Newspaper readership has been steadily declining presumably because of the web and the papers themselves have been pouring more resources into going online. How easy is it to read an online newspaper and how do they compare (apart from their cost) with what we are now being offered by rnib?
Talking books are available free of charge from a number of different sources, (including public libraries) and it is easy to compare the different offerings. Frequently they are indistinguishhable.
In considering what makes a newspaper more or less easy to read, it would be helpful to compare whatever is available to us elsewhere. Any suggestion? As far as I know, Tnauk had no competitors.
Huw.----- Original Message ----- From: "Ari Damoulakis" <aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 1:32 PM Subject: [ntnm] Re: Some interesting stats
I'm also quite amazed with the age statistic Isaac said. I remember in 2002 when I learned about and started getting newspapers I was 16. OK at that time I mainly was most interested in football and celebrities so I was mostly reading The Sun, but I'm amazed with the statistics how few young people are members? Maybe its just because in those days with a dial-up internet which was charged per minute I couldn't read online and so was very happy to get and read things offline, also there was no portable internet access so it was brilliant driving to school and being able to read all the gossyp, but I find it quite tragic that young people just aren't subscribing? Is it because there's so much free info out there, or is it because there's not much of an interest in reading among younger blind people? Although you also have much better radio there so maybe they think that's all they need to get info from. Ari On 5/21/14, Dan Roche <dan.roche@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Alison,Has there been any change in numbers of subscribers? Or is it to early tosay?I wasn't told about the free month's extra subscription when I renewed mineback in April as myine was up at beginning of May. Dan -----Original Message----- From: ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Long, Alison Sent: 21 May 2014 11:33 To: ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ntnm] Re: Some interesting stats Hi, We can track both. Number of customers/subscriptions. We also have information about what is being viewed/downloaded at a title level, on what day and even hour of the day. Thanks Alison -----Original Message----- From: ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Roche Sent: 21 May 2014 10:18 To: ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ntnm] Re: Some interesting stats Hi, I should have have finished off my sentence! I ment Alison, how do you know how many people are using the site? Is it just via subscription's? Or can you track when people go on the web site and also see what is being downloaded? Dan -----Original Message----- From: ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Roche Sent: 21 May 2014 10:10 To: ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ntnm] Re: Some interesting stats Hi Alison, Is this figure from your new site? And how can you get? How many members does the service have now? Dan -----Original Message----- From: ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Long, Alison Sent: 20 May 2014 22:23 To: ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ntnm] Re: Some interesting stats About a third of etext subscribers download from the web. Thanks Alison -----Original Message----- From: ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Huw Evans Sent: 20 May 2014 22:07 To: ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ntnm] Re: Some interesting stats Tnauk had about 350 subscribers, the majority receiving email...How many chose to download from the web? Huw. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 9:26 PM Subject: [ntnm] Some interesting statsNeil Heslop, who is RNIB's director of Solutions Said on In Touch few weeks ago. 4,000 customers, majority receive their material on audio via CD. 285 eText service and receive distribution through e-mail. 19 customers receive their material on CD-rom.To report this e-mail as Spam, please forward it to: spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- "They told me the bad news. Then I was on my own." 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