KEYNSHAM TA lKING NEWS n OW aVaiLaBLE OnLinE

The Keynsham & District Talking Newspaper for the Blind, a weekly free service provided on USB sticks, is now also available on the KTN website. KTN is a free service for partially sighted and blind people, with around 100 listeners in Keynsham and surrounding areas, as well as further afield.

The weekly service can now be accessed via the KTN website at: https://www.ktn.org.uk/listento-our-programs-online/

To gain access to ‘Listen Online’, register with the KTN as usual via our Listener Liaison Officer on 0117 299 3021 to complete a short form. Current listeners have been already provided with the access details.

Mike Crane, KTN Chair, says: “We are delighted to offer this new service. If you or someone you know is blind or partially sighted and would like to receive our free weekly news and magazine via USB memory stick or through the Listen Online service, please get in touch via 0117 299 3021 to register.”

Seeking volunteers

KTN is also recruiting for a volunteer editor, technician, and presenter/reader. Full training will be provided.

Firstly, we are looking for someone to join the Editing Team for the News side. The Editor selects the news items from local newspapers of the region ready for the recording team. As such they would need to be available on a Thursday (usually morning) when they are on duty which is about once a month.

We are also looking for new technicians to help with recordings. The sessions take place on Wednesdays or Thursdays, and they would be required to take part around once a month.

We are also looking for new readers to join our news or magazine teams on a rota, with attendance on a Thursday evening once a month or so, or during the day on Tuesday or Wednesday.

About Keynsham & District Talking Newspaper

Started in 1983, the KTN service is a free weekly audio magazine on a memory stick, sent through the post weekly via yellow wallets using the Royal Mail’s Articles for the Blind scheme which gives free 1st Class delivery to items for blind or visually impaired people. It goes to around 100 listeners. It is also now available via the KTN website on the Listen Online feature.

If you or someone you know is unable to read newsprint, we would be delighted to supply them with the KTN service. If they do not have the means to play memory sticks, we can supply an easy-to-use box to play the USB sticks on. New listeners are welcomed and can be located anywhere in the Bristol, Bath, Somerset region or further afield.

Contact: 0117 299 3021.

Website: www.ktn.org