[access-uk] Re: New Harry Potter book
- From: David W Wood <g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 22:55:01 +0100
Can we (or those who supposedly represent the interests of the V.I.
population) use this popularist publication to promote the more general
spectrum of reading requirements of the V.I. population of the U.K. -
this should also include those who are not registered ...
the popularisation of the Potter books should surely be used as an
example to promote 'our' plight!
David
In message <E1DpuU6-000Hvj-00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tink
Watson <tink@xxxxxxxxxx> writes
> The audio is already available for pre-order. Although the release
>date is a month after the print release date, it's considerably quicker than
>last time around.
>
> For those who are interested, www.play.com have it for £45, as
>opposed to the rrp, £65.
>
>Tink.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>James O'Dell
>Sent: 05 July 2005 14:47
>To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [access-uk] Re: New Harry Potter book
>
>Hi Andrew
>
>I don't think they would have been very happy to provide a text copy as it's
>inevitable that some visually impaired person would distribute it
>eventually, however much they tried to secure it. The logical thing to have
>done would have been to generate a Daisy audio book using synthetic speech
>and the text version they already have, and sell that. That way illegal
>distribution would be more difficult than with a text version, and the
>prospect of listening to the book being read by a synthesiser wouldn't
>appeal to much of the sighted audience. It would also save them some cash
>on braille distribution, not to mention trees, as I'd certainly go for the
>electronic version if it were available. I'm also a bit confused as to why
>the publishers won't allow the books to be published on audible.com, since
>the number of copies they could sell from there is only limited by
>bandwidth, and everyone would want Harry Potter on their I-pods. But this
>is certainly an excellent start for those who read braille/large print,
>hopefully the use of the Daisy format will make the production of audio
>books from electronic text easier, if people can stand the synthesisers. I
>would expect In Touch to be on to this one either this week or next, so
>maybe we'll hear more about how we've finally arrived at this point then.
>
>James
>
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