[Diabetes-talk] Voice

[joy]

Dear All,
The "The Voice of the Diabetic" has been available for almost 2 years on the
NFB web site.  It was widely advertised on this list for people to take
advantage of this.  But, very few did.

At my Dr.'s office's they usually have magazine's that the office staff
leave in the waiting room, like "People", "Time", and "Ladies Home Journal".
My Dr. does not subscribe to any magazines because he has a budget  to
consider also.

When I became treasurer of DAN in 2003 the cost of publishing "The Voice"
was over $350,000 a year.  Many people tried to get advertising to help
cover some of the costs.  Please remember that almost everything we
purchased this week has gone up close to 30% in the last 2 years.
Joy Stigile, DAN Treasurer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Voice


> Why can't the voice of the Diabetic be produced in a down-loadable format
> that would save on both printing & paper costs in addition to the costs
for
> audio dubbing/recording equipment and cassettes?  If a master copy was
made
> available on a web site & with today's technology, both text & audio
> versions could be easily down-loaded to computers.  From there they could
be
> read with the use of screen reading software, magnification software, or
> simply copied onto a CD and played on a boom box.  Who doesn't own a CD
> Player these days?  Also with NLS moving to the digital down-loadable
> talking books format blind people will be equipped with players that would
> allow them to read these files.
>
> I think there is some good & useful info that comes from the voice.  It
> would be a shame if a newly blinded diabetic could not get the information
> they need.  Doctor's certainly don't know the blindness aspect of diabetes
> well.  In fact, in December, I was at my Doc's and they were asking me
what
> the options are for talking/accessible meters!
>
> By the way, out of noseyocity, what percentage of the NFB membership is
the
> diabetic population?  I would think pretty high?  Just guessing, but am
> interested to know.
>
> Eileen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joyce Porter" <joyce.m.porter at verizon.net>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Voice
>
>
> >I couldn't agree more.  I believe other cuts could have been made and the
> > "Voice" could have been left alone.  I'm afraid our support system is
> > beginning to collapse.  At work our diabetes educator has recommended
the
> > "Voice to her patients.  I sure hate to tell her that it is gone.
> > Joyce
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Anspach
> > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 10:58 PM
> > To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Voice
> >
> > Hi Joyce and all,
> > I couldn't agree more. It was quite apparent by the large number of
copies
> > being circulated that many, many in the diabetes area or field were
> > reading
> > the Voice.
> >
> > It now makes me wonder how much support I can expect to get from the NFB
> > now
> > that this happened. Will the NFB be there to help us all when it comes
to
> > fight for an accessible insulin pump, for example? How will these
cutbacks
> > impact the DAN as an affiliate in the future? After reading Elizabeth's
> > message, it really makes me wonder. I sincerely hope that this does not
> > mean
> > the end of the DAN and the support we as blind diabetics get through the
> > NFB.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Blindhands at aol.com
> > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 5:39 PM
> > To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Voice
> >
> > I feel so bad that there will be no more "Voice of the Diabetic".  So
> > many
> > folks have enjoyed and learned so much from this publication.  It will
be
> > a
> > loss to the blind and sighted community.
> >
> > Joyce Kane
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