[Nfbf-l] Access to Newspapers and Other Media

[Sherri]

I guess I don't see the problem either. I just need involved people who care 
about Newsline to join the committee. Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Access to Newspapers and Other Media


> We that support Newsline also agree that it is not an end all to news
> reading! It is just one method to stay up to date on current affairs 
> either
> at home, or in a mobile mode. There really isn't any controversy that I 
> can
> see from this wonderful service. For many of the alternate topics you
> mention in your comments I have noticed through the years of working with
> seniors,they don't have the intterest to many them like Newsline does
> however. Many of the elderly don't own or have an interest to use 
> computers
> or anything that resembles one for their reading pleasure. This is why we
> are, as you state, just another source to read the information that
> interests individual! Kirk
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
> To: <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 2:25 PM
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Access to Newspapers and Other Media
>
>
> Some people here seem to portray things as if we support NFB
> Newsline, or we support the Internet and other things.  They seem to
> be either for or against NFB Newsline to the exclusion of everything else.
>
> I would like to suggest that sighted persons have access to their
> media in a variety of ways.  They can buy and read paper magazines or
> newspapers, get them on-line, via smart phones, iPads, etc., go to
> the Library and read, subscribe for home delivery, read on Kindle or
> other device etc.
>
> Blind persons should have a variety of access methods as well.  There
> just isn't one size fits all, and you might use different methods at
> different times during the day.  There are radio reading services for
> some, NFB Newsline for others, and computers, iPhones, and the rest
> for still others.  And ... each of us may use multiple access
> points.  NFB Newsline for example can be accessed via the phone, via
> a computer or phone with web browsing, via the Stream or other device etc.
>
> So, I don't think we support one method to the exclusion of others.
>
> Personally I find NFB Newsline to be invaluable.  I download daily
> onto my Stream, and read on the bus.  I don't have an iPhone, and it
> would be difficult for me to do this in other ways.
>
> This doesn't need to be a controversial or fractious issue.
>
> David Andrews
>
>
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