[nabs-l] accessible magazines

Tue Sep 20 22:22:39 UTC 2011

Hi=20Ashley,

You=20have=20a=20few=20options=20here.=20=20You=20could=20read=20magazines
and=20newspapers=20on=20NFB=20Newsline.=20=20This=20is=20the=20way=20I=20re=
ad=20most=20of=20
my=20magazines.=20=20It's=20free=20to=20sign=20up,=20and=20you=20can=20read=
=20many=20
magazines=20and=20newspapers=20from=20around=20the=20country=20plus=20TV=20=

listings,=20job=20listings,=20and=20local=20blindness-related=20information=
=20
(in=20the=20form=20of=20a=20state=20information=20channel=20put=20out=20by=
=20your=20
state's=20sponsor,=20which=20is=20usually=20the=20state=20NLS=20library)=20=
either=20
on=20the=20phone=20by=20calling=20into=20the=20service,=20on=20the=20Web,=20=
on=20your=20
Victor=20Stream=20or=20any=20other=20talking=20book=20player=20that=20suppo=
rts=20
DAISY=20files,=20on=20an=20NLS=20DTB=20player,=20on=20a=20notetaker=20that=
=20supports=20
DAISY=20files,=20or=20on=20your=20MP3=20player=20or=20iPod.=20=20For=20more=
=20
information,=20you=20can=20call=201-866-504-7300=20or=20go=20to=20
nfbnewsline.org.=20=20Now=20I=20know=20that=20you=20are=20in
northern=20Virginia,=20so=20you=20can=20also=20use=20the=20Washington=20Ear=
,=20which=20
is=20a=20service=20like=20Newsline,=20only=20it=20has=20human=20readers=20(=
like=20RFBD=20
magazines)=20and=20it=20only=20has=20local=20newspapers,=20although=20it=20=
has=20some=20
national=20magazines.=20=20For=20somebody=20who=20lives=20in=20the=20area,=
=20the=20Ear=20
is=20nice=20because=20it=20has=20some=20of=20the=20smaller=20newspapers=20f=
rom=20the=20DC=20
suberbs=20on=20it=20that=20you=20wouldn't=20find=20on=20a=20national=20serv=
ice=20like=20
Newsline.=20=20You=20can=20go=20to=20washear.org=20for=20information=20abou=
t=20that.=20=20
The=20Ear=20has=20both=20a=20phone=20service=20and=20a=20radio=20reading=20=
service,=20but=20
the=20phone=20service=20is=20free,=20so=20I'd=20recommend=20that.=20=20You=
=20can=20
usually=20get=20blindness=20magazines=20either=20in=20Braille,=20large=20pr=
int,=20
by=20email,=20or=20over=20the=20Internet.=20=20For=20example,=20I'm=20subsc=
ribed=20to=20
both=20the=20Braille=20Monitor=20(from=20NFB)=20and=20the=20Braille=20Forum=
=20(from=20
ACB.)=20I=20get=20the=20Monitor=20mailed=20to=20me=20in=20Braille=20(come=20=
to=20think=20of=20
it,=20I=20haven't=20gotten=20my=20August/September=20Monitor=20yet)=20and=20=
the=20
Forum=20emailed=20to=20me.=20=20You=20can=20get=20those=20magazines=20at=20=
either=20
nfb.org=20or=20acb.org.=20=20On=20the=20NFB=20site,=20just=20select=20Publi=
cations,=20
then=20Braille=20Monitor.=20=20On=20the=20ACB=20site,=20go=20to=20the=20Qui=
ck=20Links=20
heading=20and=20select=20the=20Braille=20Forum=20link.=20=20From=20there,=20=
you=20
should=20find=20subscription=20options,=20either=20in=20the=20form=20of=20a=
=20link=20
and=20then=20a=20form=20field=20or=20just=20a=20form=20field=20on=20the=20s=
ame=20page.=20=20
Many=20mainstream=20magazines=20are=20available=20online,=20and=20a=20lot=20=
of=20
these=20are=20accessible.=20=20Heck,=20even=20my=20state=20NFB=20affiliate=
=20only=20
distributes=20our=20newsletter,=20the=20Braille=20Spectator,=20on=20Newslin=
e=20
and=20online=20on=20our=20site.=20=20They=20don't=20even=20make=20a=20hardc=
opy!=20So,=20you=20
can=20find=20many=20magazines=20online.=20=20Of=20course,=20not=20all=20of=
=20them=20are=20
accessible,=20but=20it=20doesn't=20hurt=20to=20check=20the=20ones=20you're=
=20
interested=20in=20out=20to=20see,=20if=20they're=20not=20on=20Newsline,=20t=
he=20Ear,=20or=20
NLS/Bookshare,=20or=20you=20don't=20want=20to=20read=20them=20by=20these=20=
means.=20=20
Speaking=20of=20Bookshare,=20they=20also=20have=20a=20lot=20of=20magazines,=
=20along=20
with=20RFBD.=20=20You=20could=20always=20try=20them.=20=20To=20answer=20you=
r=20question=20
about=20NLS,=20I=20didn't=20know=20there=20was=20a=20special=20magazine=20p=
rogram=20
they=20have.=20=20I=20know=20that=20they=20have=20magazines=20on=20WebBrail=
le=20and=20
BARD,=20if=20you're=20subscribed=20to=20either=20one.=20=20To=20sign=20up=20=
for=20these=20
services,=20the=20best=20way=20is=20to=20contact=20your=20state=20LBPH.=20=
=20Note=20that=20
you=20need=20a=20notetaker=20or=20a=20Braille=20display=20to=20read=20WebBr=
aille=20
materials,=20as=20they=20are=20in=20BRF=20format.=20=20Hope=20this=20helps!=
=20Please=20
let=20me=20know=20if=20you=20have=20any=20questions!

Chris

=20Chris=20Nusbaum

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President=20of=20the=20National=20
Federation=20of=20the=20Blind,=201968-1986.)

=20=20Visit=20the=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20online=20at:=20
www.icanfoundation.info=20for
information=20on=20our=20foundation=20and=20how=20it=20helps=20blind=20and=
=20visually
impaired=20children=20in=20MD=20say=20"I=20can!"

Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2019=20Sep=202011=2018:36:40=20-0400
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20accessible=20magazines

Hi=20all,

I=20want=20to=20read=20more=20magazines=20to=20be=20better=20informed=20and=
=20by=20
reading=20you=20can=20learn=20how=20to=20write=20better.
How=20is=20the=20NLS=20magazine=20program=20set=20up?=20Are=20the=20cassett=
es=20indexed=20
by=20article?=20Do=20multiple=20narrators=20read=20the=20one=20periodical?
Do=20I=20contact=20my=20=20cooperating=20library=20to=20sign=20up=20for=20a=
ny=20magazine?

Also=20I=E2=80=99m=20interested=20in=20reading=20these=20magazines.=20=20I'=
=20wish=20I=20
could=20just=20buy=20one=20from=20a=20newstand,=20but=20can=E2=80=99t.=20=20=
So=20are=20any=20of=20
these=20accessible?=20Some=20magazines=20are=20digital,=20but=20I=20do=20no=
t=20know=20
if=20the=20electronic=20version=20=20is=20accessible.=20=20They=20are:
1.=20=20Time=20magazine
2.=20=20Washingtonian
3.=20=20Newsweek
4.=20=20The=20New=20Yorker
5.=20=20Southern=20Living
6.=20=20Fortune

Also,=20I=20think=20APH=20produces=20Readers=20digest.=20=20If=20anyone=20g=
ets=20it,=20is=20
the=20quality=20good?=20What=20articles=20are=20in=20it?

Thanks.

Ashley
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