[nfb-talk] FW: Four New Publications Added to NFB-NEWSLINE

[David Andrews]

That has not been my experience at all, I have never had the app 
crash, and it works fine on my iPhone 5.  Have you reported your 
problems to Newsline?

Finally, I would guess that the people who program the app are not 
the same people that add publications.  Two different skill sets, and 
you wouldn't pay programmers a higher wage, just to add papers.


Dave

At 10:16 AM 12/9/2012, you wrote:
>Why don't they work on fixing the app itself and then adding new 
>publications?  I'd love to see an iPhone 5 compatible version, and 
>the app is so buggy that it takes a good 5-10 tries to download any 
>publications because the app crashes so much.
>Mike.
>
>On 12/9/2012 6:50 AM, Joshua Lester wrote:
>>Why would NFB Newsline put an ACB magazine on their site?
>>Things that make you go "hmmm?"
>>Blessings, Joshua
>>________________________________________
>>From: Joshua Lester [jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu]
>>Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:46 AM
>>To: Joshua Lester
>>Subject: Fwd: Four New Publications Added to NFB-NEWSLINE
>>
>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>From: Director of NFB-NEWSLINE<swhite at nfb.org>
>>Date: Thu,  6 Dec 2012 14:21:56 -0500 (EST)
>>Subject: Four New Publications Added to NFB-NEWSLINE
>>To: Joshua Lester<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
>>
>>Four New Publications Added to NFB-NEWSLINE
>>
>>December 5, 2012
>>
>>We are pleased to inform you that we have added four new publications
>>to NFB-NEWSLINE service, which brings our total to 361 publications.
>>NFB-NEWSLINE is an audio information service for the blind which
>>provides access to print publications. We have 307 newspapers,
>>including the Associated Press newswire and the United Press
>>International newswire; 38 magazines such as the Economist and AARP
>>Magazine; ten international newspapers including the China Daily and
>>the Jerusalem Post, and four Blindness Specific publications such as
>>the Braille Monitor and the Matilda Ziegler Magazine.
>>
>>Two of the four new publications are part of a new category labeled
>>Breaking News Online. These are the Huffington Post, a very well-known
>>online site, and CNN, which is part of Turner Broadcasting Systems
>>cable news network. To access the new Breaking News Online
>>publications, select option 5 off the main menu and then press 1.
>>
>>The ACB Braille Forum, a publication of the American Council of the
>>Blind, is the third new publication. This is available in the magazine
>>section, in the Blindness Specific category, option 7 from the main
>>menu followed by option 1.
>>
>>Finally, a newspaper from Topeka, Kansas, rounds out the additions,
>>the Topeka Capital Journal, available by accessing option number 5
>>from the main menu and then navigating to the state of Kansas.
>>NFB-NEWSLINE subscribers living in Kansas can access the Topeka
>>Capital Journal by just pressing the number 3 key after logging into
>>NFB-NEWSLINE on the telephone.
>>
>>NFB-NEWSLINE also provides other types of information to the blind
>>such as job listings, option 9 from the main menu; TV listings, option
>>8 from the main menu; and weekly Target ads from the Target
>>Corporation, option 6 from the main menu.
>>
>>Remember that you can now read NFB-NEWSLINE publications on your iOS
>>Device such as the iPad, the iPhone, and the iPod Touch. Just download
>>the NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile App from the Apple App Store by searching for
>>NFB Newsline.
>>
>>If you are not currently a NFB-NEWSLINE subscriber, you can register
>>for this free service online by visiting our website at
>>www.nfbnewsline.org, and filling out the application under the Online
>>Application link. You can also call us at 866-504-7300 for more
>>information on how to register.
>>
>>We are looking for feedback about further additions to the Breaking
>>News Online category. If you have suggestions, please email Scott
>>White at swhite at nfb.org, or call our comment line at 410-505-5896.
>>Please enjoy the four new publications on NFB-NEWSLINE.
>>
>>The NFB-NEWSLINE Team