Legislature Granted Delaware Division of Libraries $70,000

by Edward McNeeley

The Legislature has granted funds to provide a service to Delaware's constituents with low vision which will convert three national newspapers as speech-synthesized files over a phone at no cost to the user. The papers will be available at the same time the paper versions hit the street and will likely be; the Washington Post, the New York Times, and USA Today. The program also includes money to convert the News Journal for inclusion in the project and NFB will be negotiating with the paper on our behalf as part of the contract. The Gannet News organization has been supportive of programs for the visually impaired here in Delaware so we are hopeful the News Journal will participate.

The contract between NFB and the Division of Libraries is being reviewed by the Attorney General's office which is standard practice. It is hoped that this service will begin by this year's end.