Hi,
I believe that the ePaper (the paid-for version) is a scanned PDF (ie., one
with images of text rather than the text itself). This from a brief perusal of
a sample copy, or perhaps a subscription for a day or two, about three years
ago. I am open to correction on that, though.
There’s also something called PressPlay, which they use, but which I didn’t
test because it leaves traces on any computer you use it on. The customer
services at the Irish Times could not tell me whether it was accessible or not.
I got a ‘we-do-not-know’ response from them about that. It’s also worth point
out that there are several different digital pay-only subscriptions available.
RNIB now do publish a Saturday edition of the Irish Times, and I get it. It
doesn’t include many of the weekend features, nor any of the supplements. It is
much like the offerings for the rest of the week. RNIB had to negotiate
copyright etc., and this they did so as to enable them publish a Saturday
edition in the format that they now distribute it in.
From: Tony Sweeney
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 1:38 PM
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Digital irish times for Windows
Afternoon Flor,
Thank you for your fairly detailed post of The Irish Times accessibility and
what you get for your buck!
Now do you knnow whilst on the subject) if the digital Irish Times is
accessible with Windows 7 or indeed any Windows?
From our general experience with The hard copy 'Times' think Saturday's edition
is really a look back at the week's news as I think RNIB don't produce it the
weekends.
Now I'll be in possession of a netbook shortly hopefully so may have access to
possibly 20 articles gratis also, smile.
Tony Sweeney.
On 11/04/2016 17:33, Flor Lynch wrote:
Hi Tony, Joe, Eleanor and list:
I’m subscribed to the RNIB Talking Newspaper Service. (Usual RNIB contact
number.) I pay the equivalent of £39 annually for four magazines, including the
Irish Times edition. (It is an edited version. Probably somewhere between a
quarter and a half of the full daily newspaper. It doesn’t include the various
Supplements, which are available via Irish Times digital subscriptions.) In
addition to the above, I have password-controlled download access to any of the
TN publications RNIB distribute. (These Include The Lancet, Nature, New
Scientist, The Guardian (not the online edition that we ‘know and love’); and
several other more regional publications if one wants them.
The free iPhone offer is limited to the reading of twenty articles per week,
in much the same way that one is limited to reading ten articles per seven days
on one’s individual computer. There is a lot of stuff between those that
doesn’t make it into the RNIB (or edited) organ which they are allowed to
redistribute.
So, let’s say that you own both a computer and an iPhone. (There may also be
an Android edition; or at least, there should be one.) But for those who have
both a smartphone and a PC, they could have thirty Irish Times articles per
week for free. (This to my mind, could cover several of the
behind-the-headlines stories and other opinion pieces that one may be
interested in.)
To summarise on the RNIB ‘talking newspapers’, (delivered predominantly by
email now), I would say that best value is got by subscribing to more than one.
From: Tony Sweeney
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 12:17 PM
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Re: irish times
As a matter of interest are you using Talkback?
I was only commenting re Windows access just to clarify now.
Tony Sweeney.
On 11/04/2016 12:13, Eleanor burke wrote:
I access Irish Times newspaper on my iPhone with no difficulty whatsoever.
On 11 Apr 2016, at 11:25, Tony Sweeney <tonymsweeney@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The digitall Irish Times is it that may not be accessible I guess.
There is discussion over on the access UK list re the RNIB talking
newspapers but that is a different matter.
I could be wron but think It's only about 50 GBP PA for the service.
Cheers,
Tony.
On 11/04/2016 11:13, Joe Bollard (Redacted sender EVERTON274 for DMARC)
wrote:
thanks tony, i was speaking with a friend over the weekend and he
doesn't think it is too accessible, however he is going to come back to me on
it, many thanks for your interest, god bless, travel safely, joe.
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