[Perform-talk] Sing Out Mag

Donna Hill penatwork at epix.net
Tue Jul 13 00:36:00 UTC 2010 

Hi Brad,
Did you suggest that to Mark? I have a scanner and Open Book, but I hate 
using it for anything lengthy, and my version of Open Book is quite old. 
I'm guessing that if an when it is discontinued, I will drop my 
subscription unless my husband still wants it, which he might.
Donna

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Brad Dunse wrote:
> Donna,
>
> Yes Mark said there are only 3 folks currently on the accessible 
> subscription and wouldn't  guarantee  the accessibility part would 
> continue as it is contracted by a third party. I wonder if the person 
> who is willing to scan it could  send it back to Sing Out for a 
> smaller fee for their trouble? He sent me a Word Doc sample copy which 
> seems OK. I  saved it as a Web Filter copy in Word with a htm 
> extension and though there are a few spaces in words it seems to read 
> pretty well and I can use book marks to hold my place. I guess Word 
> does too but I prefer a browser for that. I do like the contents thus 
> far and will probably join if there is a way for it to continue in 
> text format. I dont have a scanner or have software or time to use it. 
> So that is what I know.
>
> Brad
>
> At 10:26 AM 7/12/2010, you wrote:
>> Hi Brad,
>> I think what I did was to copy the document to the clipboard, paste 
>> it into a text file and then paste the text file version into a new 
>> .doc. I think there's a way of copying to the clipboard without the 
>> formatting, but I can't remember it. Anyway, the text document strips 
>> the format and then once it's back into a .doc, it's in the default 
>> Word format, aligned left with no columns.
>>
>> Let me know what Mark says.
>> Donna
>>
>> Read Donna's articles on
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>>
>>
>> Check out the "Sound in Sight" CD project Donna is Head of Media 
>> Relations for the nonprofit Performing Arts Division of the National 
>> Federation of the Blind:
>> www.padnfb.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Brad Dunse wrote:
>>> Donna,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the info. That's too bad there is a low subscriber stat 
>>> on the accessible format. Perhaps because it isn't all that 
>>> accessible? If you are getting an RTF that is columnized, how is the 
>>> Word doc any different? I'd be interested in the articles as well, I 
>>> like to get in the head of folks, find out what makes them tick and 
>>> etc. :). I had wrote Mark to see if the accessible one was still 
>>> available the other day so we'll see what he says.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>>
>>> At 09:45 AM 7/12/2010, you wrote:
>>>> Hi Brad,
>>>> I subscribed to Sing Out! earlier this year and receive the 
>>>> accessible format. Sing Out! has long been a great resource for 
>>>> singer/songwriters and others in the folk community, but before you 
>>>> sign up, here are a few thoughts.
>>>>
>>>> Currently, there are 2 subscribers to the accessible version and 
>>>> editor Mark Moss expressed his frustration with the expense of the 
>>>> project and the lack of subscribers. One of the two is me and the 
>>>> other one told him that he/she would be comfortable scanning and 
>>>> reading the print edition if the accessible one was no longer 
>>>> available. So, I don't know how long he'll do it.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know why he isn't getting an accessible electronic version 
>>>> that would work for sighted and blind readers, but he isn't. The 
>>>> accessible version is a .rtf file which is done in columns like the 
>>>> print edition. I find it difficult to deal with, so I always 
>>>> transfer it into a standard .doc format. Neither version allows you 
>>>> to use the Table of Contents to find things by page number. The way 
>>>> the accessible version works is that you subscribe and receive the 
>>>> print version along with whatever CDs they send out (it's a 
>>>> quarterly publication). The .rtf arrives via e-mail.
>>>>
>>>> One thing you should look into is going online to:
>>>> singout.org
>>>> and seeing what's available in terms of the calendar of events. I'm 
>>>> not sure what you're looking for, but if it's the names  of clubs 
>>>> and festivals, rather than the articles about performers and the 
>>>> folk community, maybe the site can meet your needs.
>>>>
>>>> The magazine is having financial problems. I am doing a series 
>>>> about them for their 60th anniversary, which is running on Suite 
>>>> 101. So far, some of the people I have interviewed are: 
>>>> singer-songwriters Ellis Paul, Steve Gillette, Sara Hickman, Uke 
>>>> Jackson, Wanda Fisher (folk deejay from upstate NY) and Mark Moss 
>>>> the editor.
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Donna
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Check out the "Sound in Sight" CD project Donna is Head of Media 
>>>> Relations for the nonprofit Performing Arts Division of the 
>>>> National Federation of the Blind:
>>>> www.padnfb.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brad Dunse wrote:
>>>>> Do any of y'all get Sing Out mag in the accessible format they 
>>>>> offer? Would the contents benefit an indy performing songwriter in 
>>>>> the folk, folk-pop, folk-country,  acoustic, semi-commercial 
>>>>> strain? Thanks in advance for any info you can give on the mag.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brad
>>>>>
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