----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindNews Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 1:51 AM Subject: Audio Vision Radio Reading Service For the Blind offers specialservices
> Yucaipa/Calimesa News Mirror, CA, USA > Thursday, July 19, 2007 > > Audio Vision Radio Reading Service For the Blind offers special services > > By ZAK WEINBERG, News Mirror Intern > > Audio Vision Radio Reading Service For the Blind in Yucaipa provides a > contribution to the visually impaired. Located near the corner of Bryant > Street and Yucaipa Boulevard, below White Rabbit Coffee Company, this > establishment of 15 years operates a local radio station that broadcasts a > variety of readings over the airwaves. > > Volunteers read local newspapers and supplement this information with > readings from magazines, novels and even coupons and recipes. > > Assistant Director Tim Wallace said, "The primary objective of Audio > Vision is to get information to listeners who, otherwise, have no access > to this kind of information." > > Audio Vision has led the crusade in alleviating disadvantages faced by > visually impaired citizens, but, according to Wallace, "Public > transportation has decreased drastically." In Yucaipa there are sound > operated cross walks and buses have built in GPS sound systems that > indicate its current location and next stop. > > Audio Vision provides free radios to listeners. These radios are > pre-programmed to receive radio signals from Audio Vision, and the > station's listeners include over 1,000 residents from Yucaipa and > neighboring towns. Audio Vision is privately funded and administered by > volunteers, because California is one of few states which provides no > funding to these types of facilities. > > Mark Williams, retired librarian of 35 years, regularly reads newspapers. > "When I retired I wanted to give back. I've been reading for two years > now." > > Audio Vision broadcasts 24 hours a day, with daily orginal content, and > live newspaper readings from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. daily. > > After noon, pre-recorded material airs, which includes magazines such as > Time, The Smithsonian and even Oprah. > > For more information visit www.audiovisionradio.org. > > > http://www.newsmirror.net/articles/2007/07/19/news/09news.txt > > -- > BlindNews mailing list > > To contact a list moderator about a problem or to make a request, send a > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The BlindNews list is archived at: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind/ > > To address a message to all members of the list, send mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Access your subscription info at: > http://blindprogramming.com/mailman/listinfo/blindnews_blindprogramming.com > > To unsubscribe via e-mail: send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in either > the subject or body of the message Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
