In Touch - 25/08/2009

Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted. The organisation National Talking Newspapers and Magazines has a largely voluntary workforce which produces a wide range of material available in accessible formats, and it's a much-appreciated service. Readers of national newspapers, consumers of celebrity magazines and enthusiasts of specialist transport journals are catered for in some format or other. But what does it take to get this material out and is it economically viable? Reporter Richard Lane (also web editor of The Lancet) looks at how the material is selected, issues of censorship and how the navigation of dense text can be improved. The chief executive of National Talking Newspapers and Magazines, John Kerby, joins Peter in the studio to discuss these issues and explain why there are advanced talks to become affiliated to the RNIB.