Hi David
On the Bookshare issue, people from RNIB and the OU managed to somehow get me
registered to use it. I was simply sent the log in details, I had no other
part in it. My understanding though is that it was a real bind to achieve it,
and took some initial persistence on my part to get the two parties talking.
Once that was in place, I left it to them, and have been able to make very good
use of the service since. I think it is a crying shame that non-students
cannot avail themselves of the service, it is a huge resource which many not
studying would find very useful. And if one has to battle to initiate
membership, it does make you wonder.
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
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Dear Amro
Thanks for the feedback. If international Bookshare membership had genuine
access anything like comparable to that provided for their USA members then I
and I think many others would subscribe – which is I suppose the point as to
why they would want to protect their current access deals with publishers.
My hope is that the RNIB would eventually manage to replicate a similar service
in this country. Unfortunately the current model for Education only membership
of Bookshare in this country is apparently bewilderingly complicated. So much
so that on the 2 occasions I asked the WEA to negotiate access to the service
for the courses I was doing with them they floundered in the complexities of
what the RNIB required of them and completely failed to manage any access for
me.
I cannot give any details as apparently it the Education authority rather than
the student who has to negotiate this RNIB service – all I know is that is that
it has resulted in a complete failure to provide any access to academic
material which seems a waste of time for everybody concerned.
David Griffith.
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Hello again everyone,
Thought some of you might be interested… I received the following from
Bookshare support “Periodicals and journals are accessed through an
extension of NFB’s portal which is US state based. Unfortunately
international members do not have access to this.”
So there you go
Kind regards,
Amro
On 16/06/2020 11:14 am, Amro Bilal wrote:
Hi again Jeff and all,
I investigated a little further, and it appears none US residents can
get access to NFB newsline through subscribing to Bookshare
Periodicals for a fee. And your friend is right, pretty much all US
newspapers are available on NFB. It looks though UK newspapers are not
part of this deal.
I only found about this earlier today; I think I will try to subscribe
to Bookshare later and then will see if what I found is correct.
Many thanks to you and to your friend for the suggestion.
Kind regards,
Amro
On 15/06/2020 11:50 am, Amro Bilal wrote:
Hi Jeff,
That would be really good, but I understand NFB service is only
available for US residents; I’ve just double checked and the website
gives this impression too. Does anyone know otherwise?
Kind regards,
Amro
On 15/06/2020 08:38 am, jeffflint15@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jeffflint15@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I was talking to a friend of mine last night, he thought that the
NFB service in the states had all the publications you neededcheck out:
www.nfbNEWSLINEonline.org <http://www.nfbNEWSLINEonline.org>
Jeff.
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Thanks a lot, David, this is great. I write for a couple of
newspapers on geopolitics and political affairs, so yes, I require
the full publications, and for my sins I have to go through as much
as possible of this massive pile of articles and then some. I’m
trying to consolidate all those news outlets in one place - the
eText service sounds a very good start. Off to investigate.
For anyone else reading, please chip in if you have any other
suggestions.
Regards,
Amro
On 13/06/2020 02:56 pm, daj.griffith@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:daj.griffith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The RNIB eText service will provide at least the following through
both the Easy Reader app on iOS an d my preference is using Speak
On Media Suite via a PC.
Note these are the full publications and not distilled articles.
The New York Times International Edition.
The times and Sunday Times
The Independent and Independent on Sunday The Guardian and the
Observer.
I also occasionally read the financial Times through this service.
I have not personally read the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Or
Washington Post through the service and I don't think they are
;>>> available though I do read The Economist through both the eText and
the separate Audio CD General Magazine service.
I think there are other financial based magazines available such as
Investors Chronicle Money Week etc.
I suspect that the most economic route for you would be to
subscribe to the RNIB for the eText service and then find other
arrangements for Wall Street Journal, Washington Post etc.
Personally I find that keeping up with the New York Times The
Economist and some of the UK content is pretty massive in itself
anyway, requiring hours for full reading. You could probably get
away with dipping into the websites of Wall ;; Street Journal etc.
David Griffith
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Hi all,
I’m looking for an accessible news subscription service, akin to
Apple News Plus, but to include the Washington Post, New York
Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, plus the UK’s Guardian, The
Times, and The independent. Preferably in an iOS app, but something
on PC will do just as well. I’m not sure if such a thing exists let
alone being accessible.
Any thoughts please? Thanks.
Amro
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