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11 Aug 05, 12:00 AM - Blind people broadcasting
What is it with blind people and radio?
Wireless for the Blind will have us believe that visually impaired people are entirely satisfied with life if they have a little tranny to listen to. Not so. Blind people like nothing more than to be on the radio! And now that everyone can broadcast via the internet, there's no stopping them. Crippled Monkey now puts forth his evidence:
Exhibit 1:ACB Radio - a fairly global blindie radio network funded by the American Council of the Blind. Find blind presenters talking about issues from lifestyle to tech with many on demand shows too. Plus a whole second radio station stream featuring vanity blind DJs.
Exhibit 2:VIP On Air, from Scotland. Today at 3.00pm you can hear "Grace and Wilson read the best bits from todays supplements". Sadly no one seems to have asked them any questions so their FAQ remains rather empty, bless 'em. But from September they're doing a monthly half hour hook-up with BBC Radio Scotland.
Exhibit 3: Podcasting - Marlaina Lieberg has a regular podcast on her Blindcast website. There's also David Faucheux's Blind Chance. I quite like Byron Lee's podcast too, and dare I mention the BlindKiss podcast?
whitestick.co.uk lists a whole page of blind podcasts, in fact.
I hereby submit my evidence to the court.
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At 12:00 AM on 11 Aug 2005, Mel wrote:
Hi Do you fancy adding to the entry about VIP On Air that E-Access Bulletin now have a regular monthly slot (although shows are archived so can be listened to at any time) in which access to various technologies by vision-impaired peeps is discussed. The latest, broadcast for the first time on Tuesday looks at the accessibility of mp3 players. Cheers, Mel
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At 12:00 AM on 12 Aug 2005, David Faucheux wrote:
Hello, appreciate the mention. I will have to visit the other blind podcasts out there. I'm not sure it's that I like being on the radio. I think it's more that I wanted to be heard and hope that my podcast audio blog grows and develops so that I can be a Netforce for positive change and maybe develop into a web portal or get picked up by someone like Yahoo. Dreams, I guess. Best and thanks for the mention. I'd be happy to answer any email questions you'd wish to send out.
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At 12:00 AM on 12 Aug 2005, Michael Hughes wrote:
As a totally blind presenter and producer of VIP On Air, can I say that the supplement reads are just a part of our broadcast and are meant just to be a straight read of newspaper articles, for debate with a blind presenter and live studio discussion listen to our live news show from 12 noon to 2pm Monday and Friday, and to specialist feature shows dealing with blind and partially sighted issues from 2.30pm until 2.45pm.
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At 12:00 AM on 12 Aug 2005, Katie Fraser wrote:
I think blind podcasts on the radio are cool, I love Blindkiss - it's great! Oh, I love the new homepage and messageboard too! I haven't been reading Ouch for ages because I am in Majorca sunning myself!!
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