ALthough one thing is as we raise awareness, perhaps organizations, companies, etc. will start pressuring the content platforms to become more accessible. I believe it becomes a consumer and content developer issue because this is a case where it needs to come from both ends. grin

On Jul 15, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> hamfest calendar IS read, and some of the contests have been read, =
> although in the pas thy the time they did so the contests were over, tha =
> tight be better now that the lag time is  much less. i hav enot found =
> any actual articles that are not read. the only things omitted are =
> advertisements and contest stuff that would deb irrelevant due to lag =
> time. why bother to read about a contest that happened 3 weeks ago?
> I believe els does an exceptional job of reading qst and the other =
> magazines I listen to. I refuse to cal that reading though :) you read =
> with your eyes or with your fingers not with your ears unless it is on a =
> radio :)
> On Jul 15, 2013, at 12:01 PM, COLLEEN ROTH <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> Handihams just gives a synopsis of some of the articles.
>> Bard reads some of the articles but doesn't read Advertisements =
> because it is against Federal Law to do so.
>> Bard also does not read some of the standings for contests.
>> I do not believe that Hamfest Schedule is read either.
>> The problem with QST in Digital format is that the platform used to =
> produce it is not accessible with screenreaders.
>> Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Richard Fiorello <[log in to unmask]>
>> ,to3 [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Monday, July 15, 2013 10:05 am
>> Subject: qst
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>>> Hi;
>>> A couple trivia questions.  Firstly, I occasionally read qst =
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>>> from nls because it is simple to move around using daisy.  Although =
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>>> is on nls and handihams reads it, nls  leaves adds and other items =
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>>> are probably of more interest than the articles out.  I wonder if the=20=
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>>> digital version is 100% the same as the printed version or do they =
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>>> omit some things?  Finally although I haven't investigated, since =
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>>> magazine is on line courtesy of arrl what is the hang up with=20
>>> downloading and reading?  Do they use scanned images, to many =
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>>> or where do we run into a problem?  It seems more than a bit =
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>>> to have three organizations trying to produce some form of an =
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>>> magazine.
>>> Thanks
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>>> richard