[access-uk] Re: BBC NEWS | Technology | Not long left for cassette tapes (I feel no pain)
- From: "kevin and emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:18:44 +0100
hi, not sure where you got the idea audiobooks on tape are all abridged! i'm
sure:
http://www.isis-publishing.co.uk
and
http://www.audiobookcollection.comm
might disagree! smile
kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list
contact me on kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin R" <mypc128@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 8:45 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC NEWS | Technology | Not long left for cassette
tapes (I feel no pain)
> I quite agree actually. I find the Victor reader, as an example, not at
all
> portable and thus, can't take it on holiday with me. That's the to say,
I'm
> not really interested in audio books on cassettes, they are all abridged,
> aren't they? I'd rather have the book in it's entirety. Plus, Cassettes
> can be fiddly. Lets not forget, when one side finishes, you've got a long
> gap inbetween so, you have to forward the tape to the end to change sides.
> I think, in this day and age, the cassette is over really. Now that we
have
> DAISY format CD's. I'd like to see this format used for audio books
across
> the board.
>
> Justin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Cussick" <mm0tmg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:12 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC NEWS | Technology | Not long left for
cassette
> tapes (I feel no pain)
>
>
> > Yes,
> >
> > It's the old problem when a bit of kit gets designed for blind users I
> > think the folks that design it seem to think we have Cole bags as
> > pockets and also I think a bit of kit should look good as well just
> > because I am blind I don't want a bit of kit that looks crap I have
> > bought a bit of kit which looks really crap but it works well just my
> > thoughts.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf
> > Of kevin and emma
> > Sent: 19 June 2005 14:09
> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC NEWS | Technology | Not long left for
> > cassette tapes (I feel no pain)
> >
> >
> > maybe the acceptance or lack of it, has been to do with size and
> > portability? when the RNIB's talking book service went digital and
> > sent out
> > the victor reader player, it didn't exactly fit in your pocket!
> > mainstream
> > discmans did and still do. you can cram such equipment full of all
> > sorts of
> > useful features like the markers etc, but size and portability for
> > some is
> > far more important. personally, the markers save so much time and
> > messing
> > about, i wouldn't be without such a feature!
> > kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list
> > contact me on kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 11:54 AM
> > Subject: [access-uk] BBC NEWS | Technology | Not long left for
> > cassette
> > tapes (I feel no pain)
> >
> >
> > Interesting post Colin, not least the reflections on the by-gone days
> > of
> > real time copying and the record industry's anxst over life copying in
> > the
> > slow lane, so to speak. Sure they'd have those days back again if
> > only they
> > could!
> >
> > What perplexes me at times is how slow many of the VI community are in
> > accepting the benefits of digital media, and particularly DAISY and
> > DAISY
> > players, especially as you can get these for free on loan. One bloke I
> > know
> > moaned about the fact that his JAWS manuals didn't come on cassette,
> > but on
> > CD. He went out and bought a bog standard walkman-type CD player to
> > play
> > them on, in spite of the fact I'd told him about the DAISY players'
> > availability through the Talking Book arrangements with Local
> > Authorities.
> > The DAISY format addresses all the criticisms of the lack of ease
> > about
> > picking up where you left off, and you can mark areas of disks you are
> > interested in, and just as easily remove the marks afterwards.
> >
> > Then there are still those who tell me how good it is that cassettes
> > for
> > magazines etc can be recycled and therefore how cost effective they
> > still
> > are. Really? How many of you have gone through the process of bulk
> > erasing
> > cassettes, and the time that adds to recycling hundreds of the damn
> > things?
> > Not to mention they sometimes, not very often though, snarl up. You
> > can buy
> > blank CDs in bulk for 10-15p each and it matters not that they aren't
> > re-usable. Add to that the possibility of distributing in MP3 or
> > other
> > format, and the time savings in duplication are obvious. Eventually
> > all
> > this duplication should become a thing of the past when we get an
> > easy to
> > use internet player, rather like a radio -cassette player to use. Oh
> > yes, I
> > knew the cassette would have to appear again somehow. Thank goodness
> > it is
> > only in the form of a metaphor for the interface to operate the
> > superior new
> > digital players.
> >
> > For those who have missed the original Colin posted, go to:
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4099904.stm
> >
> > Ray
> >
> > Personal emails: Email me at
> > mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
> >
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