The heavy expense is ongoing. Even so, this second generation of newspapers for the blind is a tremendous advance over the first generation. Some of the answer can be found in momentum. Once a thing is started, it tends to have a life of its own. Additionally, there is the matter of vested interest.
People have jobs, which they naturally want to keep.
Volunteers get satisfaction from reading and from raising money, as well as a feeling of prestige and self-worth. Funding sources have been developed, and they tend to continue. Nevertheless, the second generation is now taking hold. Fewer than ten of the second-generation type are now in operation, but the tide of acceptance is clearly rising. In 1994 a third generation emerged.