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Accessible servicesKR Talking NewsSocial Inclusion and Health, Culture and Leisure Service - March 2008kirklees.recorder@kirklees.gov.uk
The KR Talking News is a free fortnightly audio newspaper available on CD or cassette tape delivered direct to your door or as an online podcast. It is a council-funded service which provides news, views and features from the local newspapers circulating within Kirklees. It is delivered to your door and is free of charge. If you struggle to read conventional newspapers then we would be pleased to hear from you. 
Group of people with local newspapers
In addition to news and features our editors also actively seeks out interviews and information of particular interest to people with a visual impairment. 
Recording in the studio
An address card with your name and address will be slotted into a clear plastic window in front of the wallet. When you have finished listening to the latest edition of the KR Talking News, simply place the CD or tape and address card inside the wallet and post it back to us. Our address is printed on the wallet itself. Please note all our CDs and tapes can be posted free post and the wallets can be posted in any post box without paid postage. Alternatively you can hand it in at any Library Information Centre within Kirklees or even call into the office at the Huddersfield Library. 
Staff copying the KR Talking News CDs
A retired local journalist, Maurice Ford was brought in to oversee its launch and the talking newspaper soon had around 100 listeners. It is now part of Kirklees Council Culture and Leisure Service and has its own studio in Huddersfield Town Hall. These days it is produced by two sound engineers, a News Editor, a Features Editor, administration officers, two volunteer presenters and a bank of more than thirty volunteer readers. At last count there were over 400 listeners on the mailing list and the team had just recorded the 700th Edition.
If you are interested in receiving the KR Talking News or would like a sample copy to try please contact us or call in to our office.
KR Talking News Kirklees Transcription Service Huddersfield Library Princess Alexandra Walk Huddersfield HD1 2SU Tel: 01484 221793 Fax: 01484 221952 Email: kirklees.recorder@kirklees.gov.uk |