[Electronics-talk] NFB Newsline app now available

[cheez]

Hi, David:
Thanks for your suggestion.  I did contact someone at the NFB headquarters 
and I was told that my local newspaper--which doesn't surprise me at all 
since this is a big city with a small town mentality--doen't release all 
their articles at once.  Other newspapers make their stories available like 
an RSS feed.
It was frustrating to hear only 3 or 4 articles posted on the current day, 
when you know with a population of 2 million, there ought to be more news 
than that.
Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] NFB Newsline app now available


> You could talk to the newsline coordinator in your state or Scott White, 
> swhite at nfb.org
>
> Dave
>
> At 11:01 PM 6/3/2012, you wrote:
>>This question is probably off topic here, but since you brought up the NFB 
>>News Line:
>>To whom would I correspond with about the content--or the lack thereof? 
>>That is, if anyone knows.
>>        Vince
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Foret Jr" <rforetjr at att.net>
>>Cc: <recipient list not shown:>
>>Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 5:33 PM
>>Subject: [Electronics-talk] NFB Newsline app now available
>>
>>
>>>Hi there.
>>>
>>>Late last night, I got word from the Accessible IOS e-mail list that an 
>>>app for NFB newsline had been put in the app store.  I got it and so far, 
>>>hey, what can I tell yuh?  It works great.  The text of all publications 
>>>is available, and also, TV listings.  One of the way cool things about 
>>>doing the TV listings via the Newsline Mobile app is that unlike using 
>>>the telephone, one can get spellings for items in a listing.  With 
>>>respect to publications, that's one of the easiest parts of the app to 
>>>use.  You can select from your states publications, or, if you wish, all 
>>>of the publications on Newsline.  YOu can also edit your favorites right 
>>>from the app also.  Once you've selected a publication and then an issue 
>>>for it, you can select either a given section or the entire paper. 
>>>Either way, the articles are provided at the heading level so moving back 
>>>and forth between them is really easy.  Going word by word and line by 
>>>line is a matter of knowing how to navigate according to the standard 
>>>Voice Over controls.  The tabs for controlling the app are at the bottom 
>>>of the screen, so, finding the controls could not be easier.  I would, of 
>>>course, not claim to yet know everything about the app, but, hey, I can 
>>>tell you this.  For those of us who have an use and love our Iphones, 
>>>it's a terrific way to help the NFB save money on the Newsline phone 
>>>bill.  Not to mention which, using the app won't count against your talk 
>>>minutes.
>>>
>>>I guess maybe they'll be a version for the Android eventually, if there's 
>>>not one already.
>
>
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