Talking Newspaper Subscription Database
Another application founded on our dataspace technology, the Subscription Database was developed for the West Shropshire Talking Newspaper for the Blind.
Situation
The Shrewsbury based charity West Shropshire Talking Newspaper were looking for an IT solution to manage the increasingly difficult task of despatching audio cassettes and CDs to their five hundred strong listenership.
The new system need to make efficient use of the audio tape stock, but above all, it needed to be easy to operate for the charity's team of volunteers.
Solution
Idonix developed a
dataspace application comprising two Windows clients and SQL Server's "baby brother", MSDE. The primary interface is a regular dataspace "browser", targeted at the organisation's membership secretary, and the second is large and clear with barcode integration and auditory cues, and manages the despatch and returns procedures.
Features
- Effective and efficient returns reconciliation based on bar-coded mailing labels
- Basic despatch mail sorting by postcode
- Handles multiple "services" – for example magazines and newspapers
- Caters for county council newsletter despatches
- Membership management tools include searching and temporary suspension facilities
- Automated printing of correspondence using Microsoft Word templates
- Streamlined handling of address changes
- Easily understood by inexperienced computer users