Welcome to homepage of Iscatape, the talking newspaper for Visually Impaired People in Exeter and district

What is Iscatape? Iscatape is a talking newspaper delivered fortnightly, free of charge, to Visually Impaired People (VIPs) in Exeter.

How does Iscatape work? We send each VIP on our list a memory stick with the talking newspaper on it. We also supply, free of charge, a machine to play the memory sticks on to each VIP. The stick is then sent back to us at our base in Exeter- in a post free reusable envelope we supply. The new programme is then copied onto the stick and sent back to the VIP in the same way.

What is the Programme about? We read selected news items from the Express and Echo newspaper. This news lasts around 45 minutes and then there is another 15 minutes or so of more general interest magazine articles. We sometimes include poetry, podcasts from the Talking News Federation, Interviews with interesting people in Exeter, radio plays or other general interest articles.

News- Like many other organisations, Iscatape has adapted to a world not exactly “post covid” but with covid in the background so that we build a new normal.

We are operating form our lovely hosts, Wilkinson Grant in Exeter, and have a core of reliable and enthusiastic volunteers. We record Iscatape every fortnight. We still have a good number of loyal listeners with memory sticks being sent out as usual.

We are continuing to visit potential new listeners at home as normal to explain the service and supply them with a player free of charge. We know there are some people who would like to try Iscatape but have not yet been referred to our service or visited. Please email or ring- ‭07947 392 637‬- get more information. We are very much accepting new referrals for Iscatape and we will visit you pretty soon.