[Nfb-lions] Possible Suggestion About Increasing Lion Magazine on NFB Newsline

adrijana prokopenko adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com
Tue Dec 29 18:54:39 UTC 2015


I also suggested this to them, but they said it couldn't be done and
said they would consider it in the future. That is why I once
suggested that all of us start asking them about this.

On 12/29/15, Todd Orlowski via Nfb-lions <nfb-lions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I would recommend contacting them again and see if they can offer a word
> or text document version which more than likely they will have because
> they had to start it in another program before moving it over into a PDF
> format.
>
>
> On 12/29/2015 9:42 AM, adrijana prokopenko via Nfb-lions wrote:
>> I can easily spread it on my facebook called:
>> Blind penpals
>> but I think they will need to work on making it more accessible to
>> blind people who use speech programs. I addressed this issue to them
>> but don't see much difference. It will make it much easier if they
>> make it in one pdf file per magazine that would be read at a click of
>> a button or one audio file that we could access by downloading,
>> otherwise, it is too much scrolling and on the pdf version, most of
>> the pages are mixed up and repeated.
>>
>> On 12/29/15, Paul Smith via Nfb-lions <nfb-lions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hello fellow Lions.  Here's a suggestion about spreading the word about
>>> The Lion Magazine on NFB Newsline that, if done right, just might
>>> increase readership.
>>>
>>> Why not approach your radio reading and/or information service in your
>>> locality and see if they'd run an add on the availability of our mag on
>>> NFB Newsline? I'm sure there are many more blind folk who listen to
>>> this kind of specialized reading service who are also subscribers of
>>> NFB Newsline.  I've approached our radio reading service here in
>>> Baltimore, and hopefully before too long something can be generated
>>> locally.  You might even determine if your local club has a program
>>> that blind folk could attend, and this info could be incorporated into
>>> say a weekly reading of The Lion Magazine, provided of course that a
>>> volunteer can be found locally to read the mag.  Anyway just a
>>> suggestion.
>>>
>>> Before I close my post, I'd like to wish my fellow Lions a good new
>>> year 2016 both personally and in your service in Lionism.  Your fellow
>>> Lion, Lion Paul, a proud member of a District 22A club
>>>
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