[access-uk] Re: Re. Must you have a cassette copy?
- From: tedmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:05:33 -0000
Graham, the relative costs of tape and CD are not that great. Some time ago
when I checked, a pouch cost £1.99 from the RNIB, and a C90 cassette from
TapeSense about 35p. These should last a couple of years, while supplying
CDs will probably be about £6 per annum.
I'm aware of the difficulty of recording comments and contributions on CD.
The more experienced contributors email mp3 recordings. Hopefully the less
experienced listeners, for whom this is difficult, will be the ones who are
happy to continue receiving tapes. The CDs would not be re-writable.
I feel I should keep quiet about this now, as it is probably rather O T.
Best wishes, Ted
Graham Page wrote:
> ted, you probably have it about right there I think though then again the
> wallet and tape does cost them money. If people have enough interest to
> want to read about computers regularly, I would have thought most of them
> have the internet. What sort of costs are involved and how does paying
> for
> a cassette of an appropriate quality plus a wallet compair with using CDs?
>
> Also, I assume if they pay for the CD they can then choose to keep the CD
> and just send back the or you could just keep sending them out in
> envelopes.
>
> The other issue is that of readers communicating with you and I must admit
> it is onE I had forgotten about.
>
> With tape magazines, the people running the magazines would encourage
> listeners to leave messages on the tapes and put elastic bands round the
> tape when sending back to indicate that there was a message on it. This
> generally worked well and encouraged feedback from users of the
> service.These ar record once CDS and for home users, recording onto
> rewritable CDs is not really that easy. Ease of recording is one thing we
> have lost. The minidisk would have been ideal but for whatever reason it
> just didn't really catch on.
>
> Cheers
>
> Graham
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <tedmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 3:13 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re. Must you have a cassette copy?
>
>
> Hello list,
> I produce a monthly audio magazine on tape called "Talking Computers", for
> VI computer users. The service is free, inasmuch that the listeners
> provide
> their own tapes and postal wallets.
>
> This month, I asked how many people would be interested in receiving CDs
> instead of tapes, and paying a small subscription to cover the cost of
> discs, stationery etc.
> It's still early days, but so far the response has not exactly been
> overwhelming.
> This may be because they prefer to listen or download from the internet,
> www.tc.pressakey.net or it may just be that people prefer a free tape to
> a
> CD that has to be paid for.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ted
>
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