VoicePrint
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VoicePrint is a Canadian
24-hour English language
non-profit audio broadcast television service. VoicePrint is an audio-only service that broadcasts readings
of news articles and features from more than 600 of Canada’s top newspapers and magazines, as well as audio theatre and films. It is owned by Accessible Media Inc. VoicePrint is a volunteer-based service, where individuals perform voice recordings at various centres across the country.
VoicePrint is licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and went on the air in 1990. The CRTC licensed VoicePrint as a "must-carry" service in 2001, meaning all digital cable and satellite providers must carry the service. VoicePrint is primarily accessed on the secondary audio program
(SAP) of CBC News Network, while some providers carry the service on a separate channel through digital cable. The service is also available on the Internet, through its website.
A similar service for francophone listeners is Vues & Voix, operated by an organisation unrelated to VoicePrint.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
24-hour English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
non-profit audio broadcast television service. VoicePrint is an audio-only service that broadcasts readings
Radio reading service
A radio reading service or reading service for the blind is a service of many universities, community groups and public radio stations, where a narrator reads books, newspapers and magazines aloud for the benefit of the blind and vision-impaired. It is most often carried on a subcarrier, with...
of news articles and features from more than 600 of Canada’s top newspapers and magazines, as well as audio theatre and films. It is owned by Accessible Media Inc. VoicePrint is a volunteer-based service, where individuals perform voice recordings at various centres across the country.
VoicePrint is licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and went on the air in 1990. The CRTC licensed VoicePrint as a "must-carry" service in 2001, meaning all digital cable and satellite providers must carry the service. VoicePrint is primarily accessed on the secondary audio program
Second audio program
Second audio program , also known as secondary audio programming, is an auxiliary audio channel for analog television that can be broadcast or transmitted both over the air and by cable TV.-Usage:...
(SAP) of CBC News Network, while some providers carry the service on a separate channel through digital cable. The service is also available on the Internet, through its website.
A similar service for francophone listeners is Vues & Voix, operated by an organisation unrelated to VoicePrint.