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From: Linda.Iverson@p0.f33.n130.z1.fidonet.org (Linda Iverson)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Radio Reading Services
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Date: 6 Dec 90 04:15:05 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi, Walter!
I couldn't agree with you more that radio reading should read things 
other than books--magazines, journals, etc., that we have no access 
to.  What irritates me even more than the fact they read books at 
all is the fact that often they read a book or magazine which has 
already been recorded; and, for thge most part, their readers and 
certainly the boradcast quality never compares to N. L. S. standards. 

 Besides, just as you get to the interesting part the broadcast is 
over.  I'd rather have the entire book so I can read as much as I 
want at one time.  I think the idea of a radio reading service is 
good, but I'm not sure for the most part that they are what they 
should be.  The one that was in Seattle when I lived there wasn't 
too bad.  They had talk shows discussing special topics and they'd 
have blind guests on the show--for example, canes versus dogs, residential/
public schools, and I thought they always had good representatives 
from both sides.
Take care,
Linda
 
 

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