Name
Birmingham Talking Newspapers for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Town/City
Birmingham
Contact Name
Telephone
03003301404
Email
info@btnbvi.org
Website
Publication Frequency
Weekly, Monthly
Distribution Methods
USB Stick, Website, BWBF Bumblebee, BWBF TN App, Amazon Alexa
Summary
Birmingham Talking Newspaper has been running since 1976. We provide 6 audio publications - 3 weekly and 3 monthly for people who are blind, or have a visual impairments living in Birmingham.
Weekly Publications:
- weekly selection of local news;
- weekly magazine of information for the visually impaired;
- weekly history talk by the U3A.
Monthly Publications:
- monthly selection of local news,
- monthly magazine for entertainment, and
- monthly magazine that is non-fiction, whether entertaining or not. Our news is taken from the (daily) Birmingham Mail, the (weekly) Birmingham Post, weekly Sutton Coldfield Observer, and numerous local south Birmingham papers.
Our terrestrial output is on memory sticks to our listeners throughout Birmingham and elsewhere. There may be listeners who take our output via our website. Our weekly and monthly news is very local.
We have two recording centres, one North, one South of the city and each centre sends out weekly news relevant to that half of the city. The monthly news covers local areas throughout the city.
Publications
- Birmingham Mail Publication frequency: Daily
- Birmingham Post Publication frequency: Weekly
- Sutton Coldfield Observer Publication frequency: Weekly