New Mobile App Makes Audio Streaming of Newspapers and Magazines Available to Persons with Print Disabilities

WINDSOR, Conn., Oct. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CRIS (Connecticut Radio Information System, Inc.) today announced the release of an Android smartphone app that makes it easy for people who are blind, and those with other print disabilities to access human narrated versions of newspapers and magazines from Android smartphones.

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The mobile application called "CRIS Radio" was developed for CRIS by Apps4Android, the world's largest developer of Android accessibility applications. The fully-accessible app is being provided at no-cost-to-users and is available for downloading from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.crisradio.

The CRIS Radio app offers the following features:

• Live streaming broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week;
• Program guide (updated daily) to all audio broadcasts of human-narrated articles from nearly 50 newspapers and magazines; and,
• User-driven bookmark reminders notifying listeners five minutes before their favorite program(s) are broadcast.

According to Diane Weaver Dunne, executive director of CRIS, "Making CRIS broadcasts easily available on smartphones with the new CRIS Radio app provides our listeners with the same access to newspapers and magazines as their friends, family, and colleagues enjoy. Apps4Android has made access to print information easier."

Steve Jacobs, CEO of Apps4Android, stated, "It's great being able to partner with the likes of CRIS Radio to deliver high-quality human narrated audio programming to individuals who are blind, worldwide."

About CRIS Radio, Inc.
CRIS Radio is a 36-year-old nonprofit based in Windsor, Conn. that provides audio versions of print materials for children and adults who are blind or print-challenged due to visual, physical, learning, intellectual, or emotional disabilities. It is the only radio-reading service in the nation that provides an extensive audio library of children's magazines as well as other educational materials all featuring human voices. CRIS accomplishes this thanks to the dedication of approximately 300 volunteers. More: http://www.crisradio.org

About Apps4Android, Inc.
Established in January, 2009, Apps4Android is the world's largest developer of Android accessibility apps with 13+ million installations. Apps4Android's mobile apps are being used on 5,587 different model Android devices made by 73 wireless device manufacturers and distributed by 544 different wireless services providers in 213 countries. More: http://apps4android.org

Contacts:

Diane Weaver Dunne
+1 (860) 527-8000
Email

Steve Jacobs
+1 (614) 777-0660
Email

SOURCE Apps4Android