VIBUG is the Visually Impaired and Blind User Group, serving blind and visually impaired computer users primarily in Massachusetts. If you'd like to know more about us, you can download our flyer, which is available as a Microsoft Word document, or a braille formatted file. We encourage you to share this flyer with people you think would be interested in our computer users group.
VIBUG membership costs $20 a year. You may join VIBUG by coming to a meting and paying your dues by cash or check. Or, if you prefer, you can mail your check to:
Bob Resnick, VIBUG Treasurer
17 Putney Road
Wellesley, MA 02481
All checks should be made payable to VIBUG.
If you want to pay on line, you can email Bob at rresnick1@comcast.net to set up your on-line payment.
If you'd like to receive VIBUG meeting notices, as well as other announcements of interest to blind and visually impaired computer users, feel free to join the VIBUG mailing list.
The next meeting of VIBUG will be held on Saturday, May 11, from 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on the campus of MIT, 77 Mass. Ave., Building 5, room 134. In addition to our question and answer period and short business meeting, we will feature several presentations on identifying resources for answering tech questions and keeping up to date with the ever changing world of adaptive technology. These will include the use of Google, finding informative newsletters, and using podcasts to keep up to date. Please feel free to bring your own suggestions of apps, podcasts, newsletters, and other techniques to share with the group. If you need additional information or need the online password, please contact me by May 10 at 5:00 P.M. via email or by leaving a message in the VIBUG mailbox at 617-383-9560. Amy Ruell, VIBUG president Follow this link for Directions to the VIBUG meeting room at MIT. Members in good standing are invited to join us for meetings online in real time. All members will be given the password for the online chat room when their dues is received by our treasurer and/or president. Members are reminded not to share this password with anyone who is not a VIBUG member. Failure to adhere to this rule will result in loss of online participation privileges. On the day of the meeting, go to the VIBUG Meeting Room, and click on the link to install a small plugin if you are visiting the room for the first time. Once the plugin has been installed, click on the link to enter the room. Enter your name at the Username prompt, and your password when asked for a password. If you need assistance with logging in online, please contact Amy Ruell, VIBUG president by phoning the VIBUG mailbox at 617-383-9560, or writing to president@vibug.org. Please use the links below to explore the VIBUG Web site, and learn about other resources of interest to blind and visually impaired computer users: Send questions or comments about VIBUG to
Amy Ruell, VIBUG President, or leave a message in the VIBUG mailbox, (617) 383-9560. Send questions or comments about this site to
Steve Dresser, our Webmaster. last updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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