[access-uk] Re: Daisy TV Listings? was Re: Are there Freeview TV Guides that are accessible in Braille or online?

  • From: Jackie Cairns <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:24:32 +0000

It doesn't matter.  I can live with it.  Too much hassle, and far more 
important things going on in my life to smile about to be bothered! 


Jackie Cairns
Braille Specialist
Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sight and Sound Technology Ltd
Welton House North Wing
Summerhouse Road
Moulton Park
Northampton
NN3 6WD
Tel: 01604 798024
Mob: 07887 883815
www.sightandsound.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Iain Lackie
Sent: 29 January 2010 17:14
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Daisy TV Listings? was Re: Are there Freeview TV 
Guides that are accessible in Braille or online?

Surely you could cancel the subscription and take out a new one.

Iain

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From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 4:34 PM
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Daisy TV Listings?  was Re: Are there Freeview TV 
Guides that are accessible in Braille or online?

>
> Hi Alex
>
> Now don't get me started on that one! (smile).  Having lived in 
> Scotland for many years, I asked RNIB to transfer my supplement from 
> north to my region in Northampton.  And what do you think I was told?  
> "Sorry, we can't do that, it screws up our system".  I was told that I 
> couldn't get the Anglia supplement until I bought my next 12 months 
> subscription to the TV Times.  To tell the truth, when I bought it 
> again last summer, I forgot to change it, so now I'll have to wait 
> until it's up for renewal once more.  Not sure I've ever come across 
> anything as daft, but never mind, I can live with it.
>
> I know I could get DAISY listings, use the Internet, MyDigi Guide etc, 
> but I sometimes like to have Braille and be completely away from the 
> PC and audio.
>
>
> Jackie Cairns
> Braille Specialist
> Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology 
> Ltd Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton
> NN3 6WD
> Tel: 01604 798024
> Mob: 07887 883815
> www.sightandsound.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Alexander Shannon
> Sent: 29 January 2010 16:02
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Daisy TV Listings? was Re: Are there Freeview 
> TV Guides that are accessible in Braille or online?
>
> Hi Jackie,
>
> Thank you for your reply to this thread.
>
> I think the Daisy TV Listings may become useful to me once I have 
> Freeview set up.
>
> You mentioned in your message that you receive the Braille TV Guide, 
> and while I agree with your point that the Braille TV Guide itself 
> only lists ITV programs for the London area, (most of which are 
> broadcast nationally), I wondered in view of your message whether you 
> had opted to receive the Television Guide supplement which gives 
> regional variations for ITV.
>
> Knowing which town you're working in these days, I'd hazard a guess 
> that if you're not living too far from work, i.e.
> within the midlands area, the supplement you'd need is the same as I 
> currently receive, Television Guide Supplement East, as this covers 
> the Central TV Region.
>
> Alexander Shannon
>
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