Yeah, I as well, like Scourby Actually I think he read the Old King James Version of the Bible. Just google it, you'll see it. On 3/12/08, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ann I agree with everything you said. > > The problem is (as it often is) we have sighted people making decisions for > blind people, and they may not make much sense. Why hire someone else to > re-read a book that has already been recorded by an irreplaceable reader? > Makes no sense. > > Huff huff, now you've made me mad! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:25 AM > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: NLS Narrators (was: Re: Re: comments on > Publishers Phase Out Piracy Protection. . .) > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Original message: > >> I hate to bring up the thought, but if they were in > >> old-time radio shows, it my be that Father Time had > >> gotten rid of them, not NLS. smile > > > > > > Actually, G. Cindy, one of the griefs which we who are old enough to > > remember is the loss of so many of these books that were recorded for the > > blind. We find it interesting, and indeed troubling, that one can collect > > all the OTR programs one would ever want to collect and yet, only a few of > > the old master recordings are available for duplication today. LOC claims > > lack of funding, and perhaps they are right. Some of us, indeed one > > person I know of in California has personally offered to reclaim these old > > master recordings, but to my knowledge, he has not been given the time of > > day by the powers that be at Library of Congress. > > > > Oh, G. Cindy, when you can listen to The Shadow and Amos and Andy at any > > darn time you want, and yet, the complete set of Charles Dickens read by > > Alan Haines is thrown on the garbage heap because it is too costly to > > reclaim it, this makes me actually weep in frustration! Alan Haines, a > > radio personality and actor from New York City was Welsh. He could do > > *all* the regional accents of England, all of them, G. Cindy. His reading > > of How Green Was My Valley is a treasure, and if I find it *anywhere* at > > all, I want it, I want it so bad I can taste it! All those singing welsh > > voices with their wonderful accents. A treasure, a real treasure lost > > because some stupid sighted bureaucrat decided it wasn't worth keeping! I > > have here, my own personal recording of Haines reading The Dean's watch. > > I treasure it! I have Scourby reading Watership Down. > > > > NLS has seen fit to have The Robe, remember my mentioning it? They have > > seen fit to have some little bimbo with a tiny squeaky voice reading this > > book! It is *not* right! They miscast this reading! I am sure that this > > lady, whomever she is, is not a bimbo, but she sounds like one. Her voice > > is high and it is tiny and it is squeaky. Dale Carter might have done a > > good job with The Robe, but not this bimbo! I can just hear her giggling > > in the background. I had to send the book back to the library. I > > couldn't read it, just couldn't! Her reading is awful, just terrible, and > > they threw out the Blackwell or Donally reading that made that book > > *live*! Oh, it's not a trivial complaint, not a trivial complaint at all! > > > > I better stop now, or I'll fill up my whole computer with this rant. > > > > Ann P. > > > > -- > > Ann K. Parsons > > Portal Tutoring > > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.portaltutoring.info > > "All that is gold does not glitter, > > Not all those who wander are lost." > > > > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list > > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1324 - Release > > Date: 3/10/2008 7:27 PM > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > -- Chela Robles E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx T-Mobile Phone: 9,2,5,2,5,0,5,9,5,5 SkypeName: jazzytrumpet (!SMILEYFACE!) To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.