Windsor Talking Newspaper
The Windsor Talking Newspaper provides a service to blind or visually impaired people who live in the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead and Slough, enabling them to listen to recordings of local news items and, therefore, stay informed about, and connected to, their community.
Formed as a charity in 1976, the Windsor Talking Newspaper (WTN) makes a weekly recording of articles about Windsor, Maidenhead, Slough and the surrounding areas, taken from the local newspapers: the Royal Borough Observer, the Slough and Windsor Express and the Maidenhead Advertiser.
The recording is put on a USB memory stick and sent by post to WTN’s Listeners. We lend a USB player for free to those Listeners who do not have an easy-to-use device on which to listen to the recordings.
Volunteers / Supporters
The WTN is run entirely by volunteers. It does not have any paid employees. They read and record for a few hours, on a rota basis (approx once every six weeks), on a Friday (am, pm or eve) and/or Saturday morning to bring Listeners the latest news.
Editors – select, organise and distribute the items from the local newspapers to the volunteer readers each week.
Readers – record the items provided on their mobile phones and email them to the Engineer.
Engineer – uses a laptop with the latest software to create the weekly recording, which is then copied on the USBs and posted to the WTN Listeners.
