Vol. 35, No. 3
September 2005

News You May Use

The Library will be closed October 10 for Columbus Day, November 11 for Veterans’ Day, and November 24 for Thanksgiving.

Several AMC theatres in the Phoenix area now offer newly released movies with audio description for the visually impaired. Not every new movie comes with audio description so you’ll have to call one of the numbers listed below to be sure the movie you want to see is described, or check out the WGBH website for a list of the new releases that have description at http://access.wgbh.org. The AMC theatres that offer described movies are AMC Deer Valley 30 (623) 487-1414), AMC Ahwatukee 24 (480-705-4884), AMC Esplanade 14 (602-667-0550), AMC Desert Ridge 18 (480-606-0806), AMC Arrowhead 14 (480-487-9556), Mesa Grand (480-503-1680), and AMC Arizona Center (602-307-5371).

A new service provided by InternetSpeech makes the Internet and email available to those with visual impairments through an ordinary phone. No computer is needed and users are guided by friendly automated attendants. You can surf to any website, search any words, send, receive, compose and reply to email, and listen to news. InternetSpeech offers this service on a monthly subscription-based service. You use your own phone. For more information, call 877-312-4638 or visit www.internetspeech.com.