I would think this is the reason I gave up reading newspapers a long time
ago. This was B T I, before the Internet. Well it hasn't gotten any better.
It might be even worse. The papers are driven by add revenue. The editors
want you to read their papers and see there adds. So as one gazes down the
columns, the pair of eyes are interrupted and in my case confused by the
add. Is it an add, or part of the article I am struggle ling to read. Alas
it is still a sighted world.
I use ZoomText with the screen reader. When I do end up on a newspaper site,
I find the article I want to read, then click or enter on the link. After
the article loads, I then look for the link called print. No I don't want to
print the article but this page will load and be a clean page with little or
no advertising. Most times the articles will be one wide column.
Here is the link for the Daily Harold:
http://www.heraldextra.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
Once you find your article no mean feat, click on the link then look of the
print link after the article loads.
The New York Times has this print link.
A link to a search engine for thousands of newspapers around the world:
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Link for newspapers in the U S
http://www.newspaperlinks.com/voyager.cfm
The NFB has their news line. Although I haven't signed up for this service,
it does look interesting.
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/newspapers_by_phone.asp
This service allows you to sign up for 250 papers you can listen to over the
phone. The part of the service I would be interested in you can also
subscribe to papers to be sent to your email inbox.
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From: "Ray Campbell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 2:18 PM
Subject: [VICUG-L] FW: Easy to read online news sources for the partially
sighted
Hi.
If anyone has recommendations of good national news sites for this
person, please let me know.
Thanks,
Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician
Adaptive Technology Center
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
1850 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or
888-825-0080 (voice/Relay)
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From: G F Mueden [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 8:34 AM
To: helpdesk
Subject: Easy to read online news sources for the partially sighted
Please be so kind as to pass this on to the persons who work swith your
low vision clients. I think they may have the answer. I am searching
for easy to read online news sources and would appreciate their help.
Journalism's migration from paper to the Internet has carried over old
habits of format that are unsuitable to the computer screen, making some
online newspapers confusing and hard to read. Some do it better than
others. The NYTimes and Reuters do well by providing the headlines with
links to the articles. It is a matter of "scroll down" vs. "down up
across down up across down up across, etc."
I am not talking about mousing; I am taliking about eye movement. It
is easier for me and more effective to keep my eyes ona small part of
the screen and have the news scroll to it than have my eyes search the
screen for things that interest me. It is like the old joke punch
line: "You tell that dog to come 'round to where my eyes is restin".
The NYTimes does it my way by every morning emailing me the headlines
with a short paragraph for each, sorted by category (Nat'l, Business,
Arts, etc). When I click in a headline it takes me to the story.. Not
perfect, because they select only what they think are the top stories,
but they do very well and it is better than fumbling around in a make
believe paper. They put it all in one column with ads on the right.
Reuters does it almost as well. They email me a set of headlines twice a
day, single spaced, all on the screen at once, allowing for quick
decisions as to which to read. Then, down below, they do it again, but
with a paragraph. One column plus some goodies like links to photos,
often very good.
I would like to know of others who do better. Where should I be looking?
Is there a public message board serving the partially sighted where this
could be posted? How can I reach the support groups?
Who is working on this, industry committees?
Be of good cheer, ===gm===
G F Mueden NY NY 212-222-8751 [log in to unmask]
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