Earlier today, mjohnson posted a diary about the shutdown last Thursday of the Library of Congress' National Library Service (NLS) Web Braille site for unnamed "technical and security difficulties". Through this service, braille readers who were approved by their regional library, were able to access Web Braille digital braille book files with a computer and a refreshable braille display (electronic device that raises or lowers an array of pins to create a line of braille characters) or a braille embosser.
I have since exchanged emails with Christopher Gray, the President of the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and gotten an update. Chris spoke with the head of the NLS, Frank Kurt Cylke, with very unsatisfactory results. More on this after the jump.
There is now an online petition and I encourage all Kossacks to review it and (hopefully) add your names. There's more...