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WHO
USES IRIS? |
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Persons who cannot
read normal print due to blindness, low vision,
physical impairments, learning disorders
or illiteracy keep in touch with local news
and information as presented by IRIS volunteer
readers.
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IRIS
SUPPORTERS
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Partial funding for IRIS
comes from the Cable Franchise Board/City
of Indianapolis, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable
Trust and an annual membership
effort.
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IRIS Available Through the
Web
For years now IRIS has been able to
reach our listeners two ways. Those
who live in a 45-mile radius from downtown
Indianapolis are able to receive our
radio broadcast and the dial-up service,
and those outside the 45 miles can
access the dial-up, until now that
is!
Indiana Reading and Information Services now offers streaming audio through
the World Wide Web. Now IRIS users can listen to readings of local newspapers,
periodicals and books anytime and anywhere, even if they do not have access
to an IRIS radio receiver.
The audio stream is available at www.wfyi.org/irisplayer,
for IRIS users who have a user name
and password. For more information
about this new feature, call Amber
Wortman, IRIS operations manager, at
(317) 715-2004.  Every
day, IRIS broadcasts the regional
newspapers and many other Indianapolis
publications. Listeners are provided
with special radio receivers FREE of
charge to use as long as they are needed.
One must live within 45 miles of Indianapolis
to receive the broadcasts and there
is an application requiring medical
or social certification of print impairment.
Partial funding for IRIS comes from
the Cable Franchise Board/City of Indianapolis,
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust,
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Nina Mason Pulliam Statewide Dial-Up
Sections of the Indianapolis Star
as well as 17 other papers from around
the state are read by IRIS volunteers
via a telephone voice message system.
All you need is a touch tone phone
and there is even toll-free access
available for those who live outside
of the Indianapolis calling area. More
than 1,000 calls are received each
month! Each listener is assigned a
private password enabling access to
the system. Just follow the voice prompts
to hear the newspaper and section you
want to hear.
Medical or Social Certification of
Print Impairment is Required. Contact awortman@wfyi.org for
more information.
Funding for the Nina Mason Pulliam
Statewide Dial-Up is provided by the
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
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