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
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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
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