Wymondham and Attleborough Talking Newspaper (W A T N) is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month.
It was on Good Friday, 10 April 1998 that the first edition of the weekly audio news and information service for visually impaired people was recorded at the Abbey School Room in Wymondham. An audio magazine was subsequently added to the output.
Initially recordings were copied onto cassette tapes and distributed by post, by means of the Royal Mail “Articles for the Blind” freepost concession. Now a USB memory stick is used and listeners to the free service are supplied with a machine on which to play them. Edition no 1266 was recorded on 17 March 2023.
If you know anyone who would like to receive the service or would like to get involved in producing the recordings please visit www.watn.org.uk. The organisation is particularly keen to recruit more news compilers and sound technicians.
