[access-uk] Re: the new newspapers site from r n i b
- From: Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 14:02:32 +0200 (CEST)
Reading this thread, I say thank goodness for RSS news feeds! I get more than
enough news from my news reader program. It's all free, and perfectly
accessible. And it doesn't depend on the vaguaries of the RNIB.
Vince.
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Message Received: Apr 01 2014, 12:42 PM
From: "john gallagher"
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: [access-uk] Re: the new newspapers site from r n i b
hi there it is all to do with cut backs and saving money. and as i said in my
first post where is the access for blind people. thank god for the iphone and
the ability to read newspapers on it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ari Damoulakis
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, 1 April 2014 11.23 am
Subject: [access-uk] Re: the new newspapers site from r n i b
>
>
> I totally agree with you Jackie, its the most stupid thing. My first
> worry is of course, not being in the UK, I hope RNIB will still allow
> us international people to subscribe. But I think its crap what
> they've done for a few reasons:
> 1. The new web address doesn't really mean anything, its longer and
> more complicated.
> 2. They aren't going to be sending out on emails anymore, I think
> that's just an excuse not to have kept the email system going. Are we
> now to be expected to go and look ever so often to check if there are
> new publications?
> 3. Once you do actually log in, you have to go through millions of
> links just to get to the file of the paper you want anyway.
> And New Scientist and Nature aren't available anymore apparrently. Its
> like they've gone backwards, not forwards!
>
> On 4/1/14, Jackie Brown wrote:
> > I don't quite understand why the newspaper service needed changing. We
> > have
> > used the download service for a long time, and find it perfectly
> > accessible.
> > Why change what isn't broken? Could someone please explain?
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Jackie Brown
> > Twitter: @thebrownsplace
> > Skype: Thejackmate
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > John Gallagher
> > Sent: 31 March 2014 18.25
> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [access-uk] the new newspapers site from r n i b
> >
> > Hi all
> > I cannot access the new rnib newspapers site on my sense product
> > wonder if anyone is having the same problem.
> >
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