Information for the Press
What does Cue and Review Recording Service do?
Cue and Review Recording Service is Scotland's largest independently-funded talking newspaper group, transcribing fifteen print magazines and newspapers into audio formats for the benefit of visually- and reading-impaired people. There are over 1.7 million registered blind people in the UK. But many others who have some sight still have difficulty in reading, especially the small print that much information is presented in.
We are one of over 600 talking newspapers and magazine groups throughout the United Kingdom and sixty in Scotland. Most groups read their local, or in some cases a national, newspaper onto tape. Cue and Review Recording Service is the only one providing a range of audio tapes specifically for young people throughout the U.K.
What are our aims?
Our service was founded in 1982 with the aim of being run for and by young people. That aim is still at the heart of our work, although our list of titles has broadened and offers something for most people, whatever their age.
We also provide a professional and cost-effective transcription service, producing high-quality audio in a range of formats from any print media. In this way we help organisations meet their responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
How do we operate?
Cue and Review Recording Service is based in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. We are a Scottish registered charity and a company limited by guarantee but without share capital. The service is provided free of charge to the listener, though many donate what they can.
It costs approximately £70,000 per year to provide the service, which is raised through corporate and trust fund donations, street fundraising by "can rattlers" and other traditional charity events, the production of government and commercial information in audio format, limited local authority support and government employment program funding (such as New Deal and Training For Work).
