[access-uk] Re: Talking books: two questions and a reader's thoughts

  • From: "goshawk" <goshawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:13:17 -0000

another good point, I think they could get much better readers in, as some I
have heard could really do with some rehearsal time, and again, some editing
wouldn't go a miss either on some books I have heard.

Simon


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Collins" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 11:13 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Talking books: two questions and a reader's
thoughts


> Ray - I'd be surprised if the HP books are the Stephen Fry narrated ones -
> don't the RNIB have their own readers? That's why to my mind, a lot of
their
> books are such poor quality, because of the readers!
>
>
> Andy
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> From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 11:02 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Talking books: two questions and a reader's thoughts
>
>
> Here's Two questions which could possibly best be answered elsewhere, so
> feel free to email me off-list if you feel that's appropriate.
>
> 1.  I have one of the RNIB provided original 'Classic' DASY players.  Most
> anoying thing is that, apart from limited battery life, it appears
> impossible to be able to fast wind/rewind through books if you've missed a
> sentence or paragraph due to distractions.  Is an upgrade to the later
> machines going to give me a rewind/fast forward facility?  Or do I have to
> buy another machine to be able to do this?
>
> 2.  Well, I've just answered the question I'm about to comment on,
(smile).
> Seems you can buy all the Harry Potter books from RNIB in DAISY format,
and
> the Half-Blood Prince is around £17.00. (Presume this is the Stephen Fry
> version as available on BBC Word for Word.)  Now, I wonder, isn't that a
bit
> controversial, especially considering the HBP is in the shops for at least
> three times that amount;  on the internet likely rather less?  Good of
> course that RNIB can do this, but am I the only one to wonder if there are
> going to be those with portable MP3 players who might be geting hold of
> this?  OK, I hear the majority of the blind exclaiming,, 'Not our
problem'!
> Maybe, but I'd like to bet that some form of copy protection is going to
> rear its ugly head sooner or later.
>
> Just a final brief comment on my current reading - and I've only now
gotten
> around to reading DAISY books.  The spy story I'm reading just now is a
> scream!  Not least because of the cut glass accent in which its being
read.
> More amusing is the phrase 'four letter word' in place of say, 'F.... the
> party or F... the phone etc.  Obviously this was recorded thirty years or
> more back;  but more anoying is the poor editing of the CD version.
> Obviously banging out the titles is important with National Lotteries
> funding of the 'remasters'.  All the remastering appears to amount to is
> some good noise reduction, on this recording, but no inserting of silence
> gaps between chapters.  Also, there are large gaps where there shouldn't
be.
> I'll swear , not a 'four letter word'coming on! I can hear a dog in the
> background sometimes!  All this adds a good deal of unintentional
amuzement
> for me, to abook which isn't that good a read.
>
> Sorry if much of this belongs elsewhere, but felt sharing of my views and
> questions might be of interest to a few.
>
> Ray
>
> Personal emails:  Email me at
> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
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