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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout;position:relative;z-index:251659262;left:-2px;top:0px;width:189px;height:130px'><img width=189 height=130 src="cid:image003.png@01D6DDED.3D187910" alt="Description: A picture of OCB's logo that reads Commission for the Blind underlined with Blindness without Barriers" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></span><![endif]><!--[if gte vml 1]></o:wrapblock><![endif]--><br style='mso-ignore:vglayout' clear=ALL><a href="http://www.Oregon.gov/blind"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>http://www.Oregon.gov/blind</span></a><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> OGIEBLYN Kathleen <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 28, 2020 11:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> Field Teachers <<a href="mailto:FT@cfb.state.or.us">FT@cfb.state.or.us</a>>; Center <<a href="mailto:Center@cfb.state.or.us">Center@cfb.state.or.us</a>>; Counselors <<a href="mailto:Counselors@cfb.state.or.us">Counselors@cfb.state.or.us</a>>; Rehab Assistants <<a href="mailto:RA@cfb.state.or.us">RA@cfb.state.or.us</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> WeWALK: Revolutionary Smart Cane for the Visually Impaired - YouTube<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hello Out There – This was a Christmas Present to one of my more insistent clients – has anyone had experience with this device, has anyone heard anything good or bad? She cc’d Carla McQuillan in on her request for training, but it seems like NFB might not be supportive of this artificial smart device! Thanks in advance - Kathleen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr9RaisO11E">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr9RaisO11E</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>*****CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*****<br>This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee or it appears from the context or otherwise that you have received this e-mail in error, please advise me immediately by reply e-mail, keep the contents confidential, and immediately delete the message and any attachments from your system. <br>************************************ <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>