[access-uk] Re: For Jackie - Audable
- From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:45:44 -0000
Hi Alfred.
I currently have something over 200 titles in my Audible Library, so if you
define that as a good experience *smile*, then most definatly I have. I use
an IPhone and have never used a Kindle Keyboard, so perhaps someone more
informed than I can answer that question for you. If you are familiar with
talking books from the RNIB then you will know that from time to time they
get permission to use a book from Naxos, Isis etc. While this is excellent
and commendable, it often takes quite some time for RNIB to bring out the
very latest titles unless of course we are talking about very high profile
books, where as Audible has a raft of Christmas releases already on its
shelves, a few of which I am currently enjoying. In short, if you want to
buy high quality digital audio books which you can enjoy on most devices,
you want the very latest releases or you just want to choose from a very
diverse range of books then Audible is without doubt the best audio book
site on the net. RNIB does have its place though so I do maintain a
subscription to their talking books service.
All the best, Ibrahim.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alfred King
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:37 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: For Jackie - Audable
Thanks Ibrahim, to clarify, I could listen to an audable book read by human
voice on KK and this would be a higher quality of reading in terms of
punctuation, pace etc, than the tts on KK at present. How about navagating
a book though, I would be restricted on KK. Have you found Audable a good
experience?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:34 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: For Jackie - Audable
Hi Alfred.
Audible is a digital audio book store where in you can buy and download
from a catalogue of over 60 thousand books, magazines and periodicals.
They are all read by human narrators, many of the commercial audio book
distributors like Audio go and Naxos titles are available and you can join
as an audible member giving you credits to spend on anything on the site.
You should be able to listen on a Kindle Keyboard, however many other
devices are supported including many if not all of the specialist players
such as the Victor Stream, Plextalk Pocket, Milestone, Book Sense etc.
etc. There are also apps available for listening to and managing your
Audible library for both PC and many smartphones including the IPhone and
Android devices.
All the best, I hope this has wetted your appetite to explore the site and
see what interests you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alfred King
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:28 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] For Jackie - Audable
I have heard a lot of discussion on list re audable but do not really know
anything about it other than one can purchase and download MP3 files, i.e.
books. Does Audable offer more than the Talking Book library DAISY books
in
terms of choice or is this just an alternative means of listening to a
book?
I now have the KK and am wondering what the advantages of joining Audable
might be. Are all books read with American accents? Is the speech a TTS
like the KK or read by some human? Thanks.
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