Sounds like a better idea to see what they've got in Waterstone's audio book department. I've been well pleased with some of the mainstream books I've bought - watch whether they're abridged or not, though. Vince. ----- Original Message ----- From: Iain Lackie To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 5:16 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: synthetic voices for r n i b books I know that comments on my Talking Book list have been generally unfavourable on this point. Particular concernhas been expressed that there has been a number of books by popular authors either read by synthetic speech or volunteers. I haven’t yet done a check to see if any of those books recorded using synthetic speech are available from sources such as Audible. If they are, then using synthetic speech for the Talking Book library version is I think not acceptable. iain From: Debbie Palmer Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 5:06 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: synthetic voices for r n i b books Hi Yes I have seen a few books on the RNIB talking book site that state they are read using synthetic voices that put me off straight away, I like you couldn't stand listening to a book with a voice like that. Debbie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hazel & Kim Darvell Sent: 11 November 2011 16:54 To: access u k Subject: [access-uk] synthetic voices for r n i b books To all book worms Today I was looking on the talking book site and found some books I was going to order that was until I found that they were read by synthetic voices. Now while I don't mind these for phones and computers I couldn't stand them for long term listening. I spoke to the library service and was told they had recorded a trial to see what peoples comments were. They are waiting for others to give their comments. I have told them I will wait until they get someone human to read books. I can think of nothing more boring than lying in bed with a cup of coffee and trying to Time to go forth with comments folks. Take care Hazelconcentrate on the voice. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6622 (20111111) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6622 (20111111) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com