It's been reported on the Today Programme that the Economist will be available in full in audio. (NO, not artificial audio, but real voices!) A Guardian article on this is at: http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2124026,00.html A snip of the beginning of the article follows. 6.45pm Economist launches audio magazine Katie Allen Wednesday July 11, 2007 Guardian Unlimited The Economist is launching an online audio version of every issue of the magazine, to meet the needs of subscribers with no time to read. The weekly said it was the first leading international publication to offer a full audio edition. From this week listeners will be able to scroll through the Economist and download audio versions of articles by section or in its entirety. The magazine, which has a worldwide print circulation of 1,197,712, said the audio service would be free to subscribers. Non-subscribers can buy each issue for £4. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq