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Showing posts with label Newspapers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newspapers. Show all posts

Monday, July 28, 2008

Marshall News Messenger and Audio history

Back up in Marshall, my hometown, they've gone and gotten fancified and new.  It's nothing new for historian Ben Z. Grant to pen an article (this time on the importance of the ox compared to the mule, recently vaunted in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly by Arnold Watson.)  Ben writes a good read.  But what I noticed was that beside the article was an AUDIO BUTTON.  I thought it may be an advertisement (due to its position) but lo and behold, there was gentle whizzing and clanking and a mechanical voice began voicing Ben's article to me right then and there.  And it was much better than previous mechanical readers.  Better intonation, selective emphasis, more normal pacing - in short, fairly tolerable.  It moved along faster than an ox and very little snorting.
The "Click 2 Listen" button took me to the active site which was
Powered by NewsworthyAudio - Personal Audio Newspaper 
 
READ MORE AND GIVE A LISTEN AT
What'll those Mavericks do next?
 

Friday, June 20, 2008

Talking Newspapers in West Texas

West Texas Recording Library opens telephone reader

by Kathleen ThurberMidland Reporter-Telegram
http://mywesttexas.com/articles/2008/06/19/news/top_stories/west_texas_recording_library.txt
Published: Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:21 AM CDT
-Program allows visually impaired to hear current events
[Clients call in and give a listen to their newspaper]
"Today is Thursday June 19. Beep.
Press one for the Midland Reporter-Telegram,
two for grocery store ads,
four for Texas Monthly. Beep.

Press 10 for front page, 11 for local news, 12 for state news. Beep.
With the touch of just a few buttons visually impaired citizens throughout the Permian Basin will now be able to call in and soak up local news, advertisements and other information they may have been missing by only having accessibility to audio news reports. The Recording Library of West Texas opened a new phone line this week where locals can hear recordings of the Reporter-Telegram each day as well as grocery store ads, Texas Monthly articles and any requested newsletters, said its Executive Director Trish Speight. The Odessa American and a variety of national news articles also will be added to the line shortly.

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Tex-Mex or Tejano Newspapers in The Mex Files


Richard and Lyn Grabman's "The Mex Files" are broader than Texas but one of the Texana or Tejano portions include a list of Texas newspapers. The below link is a rewarding browse.




"Texas media en español


This is far from a complete list. Some like the Presidio International/Internacional are not on-line… yet."