Class Action Lawsuit
Blind or visually impaired customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power may be interested in a legal notice of a currently pending class action lawsuit. Follow these links For the complete class action text in audio form or for the complete class action text in large-print form.
New Podcasts!
AIRS is always searching for new items to read and connect you to. Here are a few of our latest projects.
The Children's Hour - Has been resurrected by The Library Fairy®! Cindy Conway, aka The Library Fairy®, produces a delightful series of interractive children's performances accompanied by her friend, Toofus the Troll.
Children's Stories from the Denver Public Library and Storynory - You should also tune your kids and grandkids into these AIRS favorites produced by The Denver Public Library and The Storynory Lady, Natasha Gostwick.
Poetry Radio from WGLT-FM and The Poetry Shelf from Alt NPR - Poetry lovers among our listeners will enjoy these podcasts of poetry from public service stations.
Prevention Magazine - Voice over artist Rob Trygg is about to resume his podcasts of health-related articles from this esteemed popular magazine after suffering a severe injury. Welcome back Rob!
The New Yorker - Join Sunny as she reads you the main research article from "The Big Apple's" cultural icon each week. If there's time, she'll read the short stories too! Let her know if you'd prefer other features.
New Yorker Fiction and New Yorker Out Loud - Fiction and events from the New Yorker Magazine's Podcasts read by authors, critics and others from the New Yorker staff.
Catholic: Under the Hood, Conejo Valley UU Fellowship, and The Grace Lutheran Church Podcast - In response to requests for inspirational content, AIRS offers this sampling of religious podcasts. If you have favorites you'd like to share with other listeners, let us know.
Vision News - A new podcast series intended to bring you news from the leading service organizations in the impaired-vision community. We lead off with the newsletter Vision Access, for and about people with low vision, and published quarterly by the Council of Citizens for Low Vision, International. We'll be expanding coverage to more organizations in the near future.
Breaking News
Braille Challenge A podcast of the 2009 Braille Challenge is now available for your listening pleasure!
The American Council of the Blind and its Audio Description Project is officially part of the YouTube scene! An audio described excerpt from THE MIRACLE WORKER on DVD can now be enjoyed on YouTube! If you don't know about audio descriptions, you can now view and listen to a sample of The Miracle Worker DVD on the You Tube site.
AIRS-LA recorded FFB's "Dining In The Dark" event at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Crystal Ballroom on May 12. A series of eight podcasts of Dining In The Dark including interviews with FFB award winners is now available. Our thanks to Anne Marie Howard, Max Flehinger, and Dick Burden for their coverage and the extreme sacrifice they made eating "...breast of chicken stuffed with artichoke hearts and sun-dried tomatoes, ratatouille-stuffed squash and sweet roasted fingerling potatoes served by visually-impaired waiters during the 35 minutes the lights were off..." (quote from the LA Times 5/13/2009)
Unable to Read the Newspaper? NFB-NEWSLINE is a free electronic service that gives any blind, visually impaired or print disabled person access to newspapers, magazines, and TV listings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week using a Touch-Tone telephone. To hear more information, including samples and how you can sign up, go to NFB NewsLine Information.
Free Computer Access for K-12 Kids! For todays kids, using a computer is as basic as riding a bike. Serotek Corp. is introducing a program that will put blind children on the same page with their sighted peers - the ability to use a computer anytime, anywhere, with help from Keys for K-12. Find out more via Serotek K-12 Podcast or by going to the Serotek web site.
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Our Audience
Our audience can get the news from several broadcast media, but not directly from newspapers, magazines, and other primary sources. Through the magic of streaming audio and podcasting, we provide word-for-word readings of print material and other news and entertainment, focused on and designed for our visually-impaired listeners.
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