[Nfbf-l] Be part of the World!
Sherri
flmom2006 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 24 18:39:27 UTC 2012
Matt, if you are having issues with your TV schedule, then let me know and I
can see what I can do to get it fixed. On Uverse, the channels are listed
correctly.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Roberts" <blindbikernfb at cfl.rr.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Be part of the World!
> The Orlando Sentinel is garbage on Newsline. You might as well read the
> stuff on-line, because that is what they're doing. They just copy the
> articles from teh internet, adn include the garbage.It's a total waste of
> time for me. If I want news for Orlando, I can turn on my TV. I want to
> know what's happening in my local area, and I can't depend on Newsline for
> that. IF I want TV listings, I must use my iPhone, because the TV
> listings in my area are not complete, and haven't been for months.
> Channel 24 is not public TV anymore, and channel 68 isn't even listed.
> IF you want information on this, without a computer, you are out of luck.
> This probably won't be fixed, so I'll just have to use my satellite TV
> guide to know what's on 68, if I want to know.
> IF you like living on your telephone just to read the paper, fine, but I
> don't. I want access to news where i want and when I want. Newsline
> doesn't give me that option without a computer!
> IF people need this service, let them pay for it! Sighted people pay for
> their newspapers, and we should too!
>
> --
> Matt Roberts
>
> ---- Tara Prakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Matt.
>>
>> I am a fan of iPhone and other i devices but I still use Newsline in
>> addition to getting my news from the apple devices. It makes reading news
>> so
>> much easier. It depends on how much in depth news you want. In addition
>> to
>> hundreds of magazines and newspapers every week, we have Employment,
>> Target,
>> and tv listings. A lot of our fellows don't still use computers or don't
>> have internet, getting news on your landline and cell phone is an option.
>> If
>> I have to read Orlando Sentinel, I use my phone. The electronic version
>> of
>> it couldn't improve, I tried a bit for it. I am sure more nees to be done
>> in
>> Florida to improve Newsline popularity but national newspapers and
>> magazines
>> are very well delivered.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Matt Roberts" <blindbikernfb at cfl.rr.com>
>> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 8:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Be part of the World!
>>
>>
>> > In Volusia county, Newsline is a joke. Why should I advocate for it? I
>> > am
>> > signed up, but all it si good for is TV listings. I can get that
>> > information other ways now, and since I have Apple TV, I can always get
>> > TV
>> > that way.
>> > We need to focus on other things besides this outdated stuff. How
>> > about
>> > better access to web pages such as NHL.com? How about more access to
>> > things everyone else uses?
>> >
>> > Matt Roberts
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPad
>> >
>> > On Mar 23, 2012, at 11:21 PM, craig kiser <sckiser55 at earthlink.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> An excellent observation. We have serious issues here in Florida
>> >> regarding the blind which we need to address. For example, the
>> >> Director
>> >> of Blind Services has stated she does not intend to continue funding
>> >> NFB
>> >> Newsline. Hundreds of us use it daily and they belong to both NFBF
>> >> and
>> >> FCB as well as Blinded Veterans. We need to present a united front to
>> >> preserve it. And that is only one of the pressing issues. Craig
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Sherrill O'Brien" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net
>> >> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
>> >> Date sent: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:47:07 -0400
>> >> Subject: [Nfbf-l] do we really want hate and anger on our list?
>> >>
>> >> Hello all,
>> >>
>> >> Since Dan didn't change the subject line of his plea for civility on
>> >> this
>> >> list, writing under the subject line "forgive the Student Loan Act of
>> >> 2012,
>> >> perhaps some of you have not read his original post. Here it is under
>> >> my
>> >> signature. I'm not on the Board, but I'm a member of this list, and I
>> >> would
>> >> ask, on behalf of most on this list, that everyone respect this public
>> >> forum, the good name of the National Federation of the "Blind, and, as
>> >> Dan
>> >> says, immediately stop this thread. This is an embarrassment to this
>> >> list
>> >> and the N
>> >> fB. Please realize everyone can see these posts, for years to come.
>> >> We
>> >> ask
>> >> people to support us with their time and money, and then those same
>> >> people
>> >> read such hateful posts here? I know we're all passionate about so
>> >> many
>> >> issues, but hate filled posts only hurt us. Can't we put this passion
>> >> and
>> >
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