[Journalists] Journalists Digest, Vol 95, Issue 3

[Francisco Salvador Crespo]

Hello Anne.
 
Press reader is almost inaccessible. stories can’t be read with screen readers. The app has a feature called radio that speaks stories aloud but the voice is too slow and there is no way to speed it up.
The rest of the iOs app and the website is so hard to use with screen reading software. It is possible to get an issue but will take long time the first time you do it.
The company is located in Canada. Since they offer the service at universities, libraries and hotels they should be required to be accessible. I think the NFB is the organization with the best resources to help them meet accessibility requirements.
 
Best.
> El 22 jun 2016, a las 12:17 p.m., Annemarie via Journalists <journalists at nfbnet.org> escribió:
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> Hi Francisco, please tell us more about how or in what ways Press Reader is not accessible and what you would propose to do to change that.  Who owns it, runs it, etc?  Thanks.
> Annemarie Cooke
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>> Good morning all.
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>> Press reader is a platform to read print newspapers from all over the world. consumers can buy individual issues or subscribe to publications and get full access to them.
>> Many hotel, colleges and libraries are subscribed to the service, letting their visitors access any publication for free while using their wifi network. My school is currently paying the service.
>> Press Reader is currently totally inaccessible. I know americans can access NFB Newsline for free, but journalists and blind people interested in international newspapers should have access to them.
>> I think we, as part of a group of blind journalists, should work something out to make Press Reader accessible using american law. Would it be possible to discuss this issue sometime during convention?.
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>> Best.
>> Francisco.
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