Flor,
Thanks for that very comprehensive!
It's interesting that if you have more than one computer that the ten
free reads apply per computer which I kind of gleaned but it's good to
have clarified .
Now I wonder if the powers that be would contact The Irish Times and
enquire and try assist them in acquiring for us an accessible edition of
that paper?
After all as you say, the digest is indeed very readable from a screen
reader user viewpoint and indeed maybe enough for us but the full
edition accessible please!!!
Tony.
On 12/08/2017 21:55, Flor Lynch wrote:
Hi Tony,
I didn’t mean to imply that online there’s an accessible paid subscription version of the Irish Times itself.
When I made contact with them a few years ago, they weren’t able to say if the paid version was screen-reader accessible (as such). I did once attempt – about a year ago - to get the ‘trial’ version, after which you’d pay, via my iPhone; but it was taking so long to get anywhere that I eventually cancelled out of filling the required form for it.
With the smartphone app, in the free edition you’re allowed to read twenty articles per week. I have also found, that when I reach the desktop/PC weekly limit of temn, that I could read more articles on my laptop (which I might not have used for it during the past week).
Thus, it seems to run on a per computer basis, so if you’ve more than one computer... Now the RNIB version that I mentioned is somewhat curtailed in that many of the news stories that are likely to be breaking stories, and longer feature items, aren’t featured in it.
I don’t think the access situation has changed in the intervening years/monhts, or we’d have been told by way of advertising or notices etc. I am also wary of ‘digital newspaper’ which usually means an exact onscreen replica of the print edition. The quality of such text is very poor in OCR results where necessary, and it is often enough, particularly in the smartphone app (s). (One might get lucky if there’s a pdf included with the paper, though.
The RNIB edited version comes in a .zip file, with an .html file and a text file. If interested in pursuing that avenue, contact the RNIB in the usual ways. Now you may already know, but for the benefit of any who may not: (NCBI also does a human-read, once- or twice-weekly ‘digest’ of articles from it, similar to other Irish newspapers and magazines, on USB stick.
*From:* Tony Sweeney <mailto:tonymsweeney@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Saturday, August 12, 2017 9:16 PM
*To:* vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [vip_students] Subscribing to an accessible Irish Times
Hi Flor, all,
Do you know how one can subscribe to The Irish Times online edition which is accessible to us?
I use Win10.
Thanks for any more assist,
Tony Sweeney.
On 12/08/2017 14:54, Flor Lynch wrote:
Hi Tony,
Speaking as one who subscribes to a few talking newspapers (The Irish Times being one of the bundle): -
You can get as many (electronic) newspapers & magazines as you like, for £40 pper annum. Yes, they still do the irish Times. However, it is an edited or ‘library’ version, and I feel that it alone doesn’t justify a Talking Newspapers subscription., considering the amount of information that is already fairly cheaply or freely available through the Irish Times Digests and the Irish Times apps. (The RNIB now run what was TNAUK.)
*From:* Tony Sweeney <mailto:tonymsweeney@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Saturday, August 12, 2017 2:34 AM
*To:* vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [vip_students] Re: easylinks, papers online
Hi Flor, and to Joe for raising the subject.
Thanks for your input here.
We don't know the reason for that person leaving of course but it it definitely very sad that a great service such as EasyLinks has to suffer.
I do subscribe to the free papers you mention and the Irishh Times too but would like in time to be able to subscribe to the Irish Times paid in the future.
Do you know how I can do that?
We had a little discussion of that a while back but things may have changed now.
Is Talking Newspapers still doing that paper and if so is it worth subscribing to there in your opinion?
Best,
Tony Sweeney.
On 11/08/2017 16:08, Flor Lynch wrote:
Hi Joe,
The Guardian Headlines, with links to the featured stories on its site, is available in a daily email,. (You can sign up at www.theguardian.com <http://www.theguardian.com> – it’s the usual registration process, and checkboxes to be checked or unchecked – depending on your requirements. You’ve a choice of editions, paid or free; UK, US; Australia, etc. (It’s also available in the iOS App Store.)
The Irish Examiner is also available from its own Web site; and there is a newly-launched afternoon daily digest email (containing links to featured news and stories.) It’s available in a text-only format or in .html. www.irishexaminer.ie <http://www.irishexaminer.ie> >; www.irishexaminer.com <http://www.irishexaminer.com> >. The Iurish Examiner is likewise available from the iOS App Store; (although on the iPhone initially it may be best to go to it via Safari). I, too, read both papers.
It’s a pity easylinks.eu has been taken down.
*From:* Joe Bollard (Redacted sender "everton274" for DMARC) <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Friday, August 11, 2017 12:07 PM
*To:* vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [vip_students] easylinks
sharon, many thanks for the reply and information, now, one of my daily reads has gone, i read the guardian daily, and will miss it, can anyone suggest a newspaper on the net to which i can subscribe, i don’t mind paying, something tells me i read somewhere that the irish times is available on the net, are there any other newspapers available that are accessible? hope someone can help, god bless, travel safely, joe bollard.
