Volunteer makes a customer happy The Minnesota RTB signal is heard by others across the country via local services that rebroadcast our programming. One place that happens is Los Angeles. A short while ago, I heard from the station manager there that one of her blind volunteers had been hit by a truck, and was ...
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April 2012 Radio Talking Book
New Employees in Audio Services Two new employees are answering phones in the Audio Services section at the Communication Center. Customer Service Representative Chris Schmiesser retired last summer. The new voice you will hear is that of Michelle Thomas. Michelle has been a State employee for over three years, coming here from South Minneapolis Vocational Rehab ...
February 2012 – Radio Talking Book
Minnesota Connections A number of this month’s books are written by Minnesota authors. The Long-Shining Waters (began Jan. 30 at 11 a.m.) is by Duluth resident, Danielle Sosin. Carlos Eire, author of Learning to Die in Miami (began Jan. 30 at 2 p.m.), taught at St. John’s University for a couple years. Martin Kihn, author of ...
January 2012 – Radio Talking Book
Weekend Program Books Your Personal World (Saturday at 1 p.m.) is airing Passages in Caregiving, by Gail Sheehy; For the Younger Set (Sunday at 11 a.m.) is airing Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos and Across the Great Barrier, by Patricia C. Wrede; Poetic Reflections (Sunday at noon) is airing The Sky Is Great, the ...
November 2011 Radio Talking Book
Weekend Program Books Your Personal World (Saturday at 1 p.m.) is airing The Mindfulness Code, by Donald Altman and The Voice, by Dr. Brian Alman; For the Younger Set (Sunday at 11 a.m.) is airing The Big Crunch, by Pete Hautman and Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos; Poetic Reflections (Sunday at noon) is ...
October 2011 Radio Talking Book
For the Younger Set Radio Talking Book's volunteer Arlene Cardozo has retired. For the last twenty years, Arlene has recorded our children’s program, Once Upon A Time. During that time, she has done research on new books for children and become a great resource. We are changing the format of the program with her departure. The ...
Radio Talking Book – September 2011
Our Economy - on the RTB Lately, everywhere that people access the news, they hear stories of economic crisis, both on a state and federal level. Unemployment is increasing, stocks have been somersaulting in value, and economists are adding an extension to the Great Recession. Since the Minnesota Radio Talking Book is one resource of information, the ...
Radio Talking Book – August 2011
Life after Government Shutdown When Radio Talking Book staff returned from three weeks of Government Shutdown, we were faced with several problems. The building had been locked so no volunteers had been able to produce programs; all mail delivery to the building had stopped so there were few materials for producing new programs; and the books, ...
Radio Talking Book – July 2011
Possible Government Shutdown The Minnesota Legislature adjourned at midnight on May 23, 2011 without reaching an agreement to appropriate money to fund operations of state government. Unless the legislature reaches agreements soon, the non-critical operations of state agencies may be forced to cease effective July 1, 2011. If this occurs, it is possible that State Services ...
Radio Talking Book – June 2011
Minnesota Book Awards Of the 2011 Minnesota Book Awards, several are books that have been or are being recorded by the Minnesota Radio Talking Book. The Reader’s Choice Award went to Laurie Hertzel for her book, News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist. The winner in the Novel category was Vestments, by John Reimringer, a ...
People and Places – May 2011
Minnehaha Falls Park to get universal access playground
Falls 4 All, a volunteer group, is raising money to enhance accessibility of planned playground improvements at Wabun Picnic Area in Minnehaha Park. Falls 4 All has teamed up with People for Parks, to raise money. The goal is to build the first universally accessible playground facility in ...
Radio Talking Book – May 2011
Books Available Through Faribault Books broadcast on the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network are available through the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault, MN. Their phone is 1-800-722-0550 and hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Their catalog is also online, and you can access it by going to the main website, http://education.state.mn.us, ...
Radio Talking Book – April 2011
Governor Dayton Releases His Budget Governor Dayton has released his budget plan for the next two years and it is now being considered by the Legislature. The Governor’s plan for State Services for the Blind (SSB) includes two primary elements: first, in spite of the severe condition of the State’s finances, he does not want to cut ...
Radio Talking Book – March 2011
DEED's New Commissioner Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has appointed Mark Phillips to be the new commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic Development, the umbrella department for the State Services for the Blind. Phillips, who started his duties with the department January 31, brings more than 25 years of demonstrated leadership in development and finance, ...
Regional News in Review – February 2011
New service helps emergency responders Time is of the essence in an emergency. Sometimes a few minutes can make the difference in whether a person lives or dies. For people with disabilities needing accessible and adapted emergency services, precious time is wasted if emergency responders do not have the information they need before they arrive at ...
Radio Talking Book – February 2011
Deployment of the Digital Radios There are currently six transmission sites in Minnesota where we are using our new digital radios: Thief River Falls, Warroad and Roseau, Bemidji, Moorhead, Saint Cloud, and Austin. Any customers of the Radio Talking Book who live in those areas have now been sent a new digital radio and reports ...
Radio Talking Book – January 2011
Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) BARD, the National Library Service (NLS) book download site, now has more than 20,000 audio titles and 40 magazines. NLS plans to add braille titles in 2011. To sign up for BARD, the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library (MBTLB) requires you to have high-speed internet connection, an e-mail ...
Radio Talking Book – December 2010
Christmas Programming Every year, we give the volunteers a short break from their normal recording and give you a chance to enjoy Christmas stories of the past and present. This year, our Christmas programming begins after the reading of the evening newspapers on Friday, December 24, and will continue up to the reading of the morning ...
Radio Talking Book – November 2010
Books Available Through Faribault Books broadcast on the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network are available through the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault, MN. Their phone is 1-800-722-0550 and hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Their catalog is also online, and you can access it by going to the main ...
Radio Talking Book – October 2010
Progress with Digital Radios Many people have been eagerly awaiting our new digital radios. Listeners in the Bemidji, Moorhead, Roseau, Warroad, and Thief River Falls area are now listening to us digitally. Recently, the digital conversion was made in St. Cloud and we are in the process of shipping those digital radios to local residents there. ...
Radio Talking Book – September 2010
Come see us at the MN State Fair! For the last five years, State Services for the Blind has had a booth at the Minnesota State Fair. Why? We go to reach out to the public, both those who know about our services and those who don’t. For you, who know about us, we would love to ...
Radio Talking Book – August 2010
Program reminder When the Radio Talking Book (RTB) Listener Survey was done in fall 2009, one finding was that many people do not know when they can hear certain programs on the radio. As an example, there was a question “Is there a topic you wish was offered on the radio that is not on now?” ...
Radio Talking Book – July 2010
20th Anniversary of the ADA The White House launched the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act at the VSA International Festival at the Kennedy Center on June 6. Senior Advisor to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett spoke of President Obama’s commitment to “honoring and enforcing the rights of all people with ...
Radio Talking Book – June 2010
New Book Lineup Begins This Month Last month, we announced that there is a slight change in the book lineup beginning this month. In content, only one of the hours will change, though the names of two programs will look different. The 2 p.m. nonfiction hour is now renamed The Writer’s Voice but the content ...
Radio Talking Book – May 2010
The NLS Digital Talking Book Players are here! Over the years, there have been very few changes in programming and those made usually done very gradually. In June, there will be changes in the names of two of the book hours and the shifting of one of them from fiction to nonfiction. The reason for this change is that many more nonfiction ...
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