by Jonathan Mosen
In the last 18 months, many blind people from over 60 countries have discovered ACB Radio, and now make regular visits to our site. However, there are still many people with Internet access who have yet to hear about ACB Radio. We now have a tool designed to reach those people, and if you like what we’re doing on ACB Radio, you can play your part by spreading the word.
We’ve just completed the production of an ACB Radio promotional CD. This CD runs for just under 40 minutes. It describes ACB Radio, plays you samples of all our four streams, and explains just how easy it is to tune in. It also discusses how people can encourage their local radio information service to take up our offer of carrying ACB Radio programming free of charge, so that those who don’t have Internet access can hear our programming.
There are a number of ways in which you can hear this CD. First, it is available for listening online, as a low bandwidth mono stream suitable for modem users, and a high bandwidth stereo stream for those with DSL, cable, or other high-speed connections. Even if you’re an ACB Radio veteran, you may want to take a listen to the stream. ACB Radio is now such a large site that there may be programs and features that you didn’t even know we have.
Another on-line version we offer is a 51-megabyte zip file. In this zip file are 7 MP3 files encoded at 192 KBPS stereo. These files are suitable for burning onto an audio CD, using software like Easy CD Creator. We encourage you to make copies of this CD, play it at computer clubs or consumer group chapter meetings, and give it away to your friends.
These on-line versions of our CD can be found at http://www.acbradio.org and then choose the link near the top of the page that says “listen to our promotional CD or read an Introduction to ACB Radio.”
We hope that you enjoy this new promotional resource and that you’ll use it to help us spread the word. The positive endorsements of our listeners have enabled ACB Radio to continue to grow, so thank you.