[Journalists] press reader

Tue Oct 25 22:09:20 UTC 2016

Hi Francisco,

Thank you for following up with information about the PressReader web site
and app. I haven't downloaded the app, but I find the web site to be very
difficult and cumbersome to navigate.
First, the newspapers are presented in a format to replicate the print
versions which presented challenges when trying to navigate them with JAWS
because of hyphenated words and column spacing..
Also, I had a difficult time at first telling which paper I was looking at,
but when I carefully scrolled through the site, I could tell the difference
between the U.S. and international papers.
A question I have for you is how relevant is Pressreader to your work as I
am not familiar with this being used in newsrooms throughout the U.S. The
trend is for newspapers to push more of their content to the readers via
social media sites such as Facebook.
Facebook whether we like it or not is fast becoming the platform where
papers are sending their stories which in turn are "liked" and "shared" by
others on Facebook. We also see lots of traffic on Twitter, but Facebook
captures a much larger share of the audience.
We also use the various wire services when following breaking news or
looking for other types of stories.
We also write our stories and headlines so that they are easily viewed on
smart phones or tablets which is far different than the printed page format.
I would appreciate it if other on list can also provide feedback to
Francisco. I will also respond to the email from the NFB legal team with my
thoughts.

Best

Liz
Elizabeth Campbell
general assignments reporter
(O 817-390-7696
(c) 817-247-6862
liz at star-telegram.com
Twitter @fwstliz

-----Original Message-----
From: Journalists [mailto:journalists-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Francisco Salvador Crespo via Journalists
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 4:30 PM
To: Blind Professional Journalists List
Cc: Francisco Salvador Crespo
Subject: [Journalists] press reader

Hello all.

As I said before national convention, I was looking for federation support
to help make Press Reader, a paid service that offers around 400 newspapers
and magazines worldwide, fully accessible via both desktop and mobile apps.
Some of you in the group were interested in getting access to the content
but at that time did not know of Press Reader.
at convention I had the pleasure to talk with President Riccobono on this
issue and he sent it to the legal team.
Today I got an e-mail asking help of some of you to send reports. I hope you
can take the time to review pressreader.com <http://pressreader.com/> and
its mobile apps and provide feedback.
This will certainly help us all in the newsroom when getting information
from printed publications.
Here is the e-mail I got:

Thanks, Francisco. It would be helpful to have additional feedback from
other members of the NFB’s Blind Professional Journalist group. Could you
ask members to provide the following information to me in their review? They
can email their assessments to me directly at vyingling at nfb.org
<mailto:vyingling at nfb.org>.

Press Reader Access Barriers
·        Date Reviewed:
·        Service reviewed (mobile or desktop?):
·        Operating system and version used:
·        Screen access software used:
·        Browser and version used:
·        Detailed description of the issues, including whether they happen
in the general OS, browser, or in an application:

Regards,
Valerie

Valerie Yingling
Legal Program Coordinator
National Federation of the Blind
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