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["Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, this is the same for me with a severe hearing loss also, Christine W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "roger south" <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:45 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: new accessible mp3 player


> J K Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, stipulated the audio
> versions must be read by Stephen Fry in the UK and Jim Dale in the US. To
my
> knowledge no other versions are available at all.
>
> Out of interest to Andy the RNIB books are now all read by professional
> readers. Mainly actors but also news readers and disc jockeys. People who
> use their voices in their profession and therefore have more control of
the
> tones used.
>
> I have a very severe hearing loss, 97/98%, so quality sound is vitally
> important to me but I don't often have problems with either the RNIB or
the
> CALIBRE books which are the ones recorded in the later years. I understand
> they both once used volunteers who may have been a little lacking but
those
> days are long gone.
>
> Roger
>
> Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:31 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: new accessible mp3 player
>
>
> > Andy, and further to Iain's comment, the version sold by RNIB will
> > indeed be the Stephen Fry reading of HP.  You see RNIB is allowed to
> > DAISIFY commercial books since the changes in copyright law.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > From Ray
> > I can be contacted off-list at:
> > mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf
> > Of Iain Lackie
> >
> >
> > Books in the RNIB talking book library are not read by some bloke they
> > have
> > dragged in offf the streets.
> >
> > Iain
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > Ah! but is the RNIB daisy recording of the new HP narrated by Stephen
> > Frye,
> > or some bloke they've dragged in off the street as with other of their
> > 'recordings? :] - Andy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:28 PM
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: new accessible mp3 player
> >
> >
> > | Roger, I can agree with you about the mark up generally applied to
> > | specialist stuff for us, and almost expected by them as of right.
> > |
> > | Harry Potter audio version?  A bit different, or so I contend.
> > First
> > | off Stephen Fry won't be paid peanuts for his commercial recording
> > of
> > | it, plus paying for studio time, art work, distribution etc.
> > Visually
> > | impaired people are not the only audience either for these books.
> > OK,
> > | so this is a popular title that will be bought by many thousands of
> > | people, but don't forget that public libraries are a gaurantteed
> > | market for audio book producers, and like a good bit of access tech
> > | sales, the price can be wound up to soak the big buyers at a price
> > | that couldn't be got otherwise.
> > |
> > | Synical though that view just (might) be, these are the realities as
> > I
> > | see them.  This said, audio books, particularly unabridged ones, are
> > | always going to be more exspensive than print versions.  The only
> > way
> > | this reality can be broken is with the sort of subsidy that RNIB as
> > a
> > | charity can bring into play when it sells the small number of
> > talking
> > | books that it does.   There Roger, as a blind person, is your way
> > out
> > | of getting the latest HP at a similar price to your print book
> > buying
> > | genral public.  Buy a DAISY version of the latest HP from RNIB.  (No
> > | commission on that sale, unfortunately.)  No wonder I've never made
> > it
> > | in the big bad world of business!
> > |
> > | Cheers,
> > |
> > | From Ray
> > | I can be contacted off-list at:
> > | mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
> > | -----Original Message-----
> > | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > | Behalf Of roger south
> > |
> > |
> > | I do understand the Milestone and the BC have more functions but not
> > | as ;;many as costing £200 more. I'm a firm believer in the
> > | manufacturers see the disabled as a means of making more money with
> > | the equipment we need. I'm convinced there is a price cartel that
> > | keeps the price up because then we can't go elsewhere.
> > |
> > | When something like the Zen Stone comes along it emphasises just
> > that
> > | point. Look at the price of audio books. The new Harry Potter is
> > | priced I believe at £85. I will be able to buy a print copy a few
> > days
> > | after the release on the 21 July for around £8.99 if previous books
> > | are anything to go by. But for the sake of a few CD's at around 8
> > | pence each and the box to put it in we'll say a fiver I have to pay
> > | £85. Now if that isn't ripping off the disabled what is. The same is
> > | true of the players you mentioned but I'm climbing on my soapbox so
> > | I'll shut up now.
> > |
> > | Roger
> > |
> > | Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
> > |
> > |
> > | ----- Original Message -----
> > | From: Ian Macrae
> > |
> > |
> > | Makes you wonder why the milestone is so expensive comparatively
> > | dunnit.  any views?
> > |
> > |
> > |
> > |
> > | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > | Behalf Of roger south
> > | Sent: 30 May 2007 11:15
> > | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > | Subject: [access-uk] Re: new accessible mp3 player
> > |
> > |
> > | I've ordered one of these from Amazon at £27.99 plus p & p totalling
> > | altogether £30.12. It arrives tomorrow and sounds from the write-ups
> > | very good. But at that price if it's not what I want I can give it
> > | away as a present and not lose any sleep.
> > |
> > | Roger
> > |
> > | Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
> > |
> > |
> > | ----- Original Message -----
> > | From: Adrian Higginbotham
> > | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > | Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:50 AM
> > | Subject: [access-uk] new accessible mp3 player
> > |
> > |
> > | Just read about the upcoming release of a new screenless audible
> > | compatible mp3 player, at under £30 for 1gg version. and no
> > | proprietory software like Itunes, just use it like any USB drive.
> > | http://accessbrit.wordpress.com/
> > |
> > |
> > | Adrian Higginbotham
> >
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