The Great Yarmouth Talking Newspaper for the Blind and Partially Sighted
Celebrating our 30th. Year 1980 to 2010

Current developments

You may have heard that cassette usage is being phased out by the audio industry and we have therefore had to look to the future. We considered changing to cds but the weekly cost would have been too great.  We also had to consider the rapidly increasing cost of serving our bank of cassette tape copiers     After much discussion, we  decided to plan for a change from cassettes to usb memory sticks, and to aim to complete the change  by  the end of 2010 - maybe even earlier!  These usb memory sticks would be sent out in the same manner as cassettes.  The usb sticks would require a "player",  and after obtaining generous sponsorship we found that we would be able to give a "player"  to each member of Grapevine.     To get everything moving we have  been visiting  listeners to deliver the players, to explain how they work, and to answer questions.  We are very pleased to report that  listeners have been pleased with the change, and that they are impressed with the great improvement in the sound quality.  We are even more please to tell you that the change has been carried out well ahead of time. A really big thanks to those who have sponsored us with that important encouragement - cash!  And a big thank you to the Grapevine volunteers who have given a lot of time, in so many different ways, to enable us to make this major change.   May 2010.

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