we live in the only country that screws the  blind people in favor of the publishers! I have a friend in the land of oz and down under you can get anything he tells me. they even offer their materials to us here if we wan them. 
On Jul 14, 2013, at 10:26 AM, Patrick Tice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> It seems to me that the best solution would be for the online publishing
> platforms to be accessible.  It is a problem with all of them, not just the
> one that ARRL uses.  If you consider the problem from that standpoint, you
> are better off because it would mean everything published is out there with
> built-in accessibility and that means not having to deal with every magazine
> title individually.  I have to say that it is disappointing that these on
> line publishing systems can contain search facility that can pull up key
> words but the underlying text is not able to be made available to qualified
> users. Absolutely everything printed these days begins life on a computer.
> That text is there and what needs to be done is to find a better balance
> between security and accessibility. 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Patrick Tice
> [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 8:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: arrl and qst
> 
> Naturally they need to know about BARD, since they authorize it, we would
> loose all credibility by withholding information.
> Then explain the problems with BARD,
> First, inspite of their best efforts their is a publishing delay.
> Second, even though it isn't being sent through the mail, advertizing is
> omited.
> third.  Separate is not equal or inclusive, just by being separate.  Hams
> solve technical problems, this is a technical problem with a technical
> solution.
> 
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor