[access-uk] Re: rnib talking book library

  • From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:39:46 +0100

The trial was in fact of memory sticks. I never listen to a book from the cd. 




Iain
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Moore 
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:46 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: rnib talking book library

William/Jackie,
I believe the RNIB ran a trial of having the talking books delivered on memory cards instead of CD. This meant the memory cards could be re-used. The trial was successful according to RNIB's website, but two years on and we still don't have memory cards as an option.
It has got to the stage now where I simply zip up the contents of the CD and transfer them to my iPhone to read via m Daisy (I think that is what it is called, and sadly it is not the best of daisy apps). I do have a Milestone 312, but don't find it very intuitive. I quite like the Victor stream, but feel its a bit old hat now.
Is anyone on list a international bookshare customer? I hear their app is pretty good.
I have to be honest, I think the Plextalk CD player RNIB supply is a breeze to use, I just hate the lottery approach of receiving them. 

Chris
Chris On 31 Jul 2012, at 16:51, william lomas <will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
yeah i know i wish we could do that rather than me using the cd service as the books only go on to an ipad iphone or other device so waht's point?
On 31 Jul 2012, at 16:48, "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 


Hi Chris
Martin has been a TB member for several years. But he often has to contact 
RNIB to ask them for an updated book list.  It shouldn't be like that, no
more than it should be with the Braille catalogue.  You should be able to
download and place your content onto a device like the Victor Reader Stream. There has been a lot of talk about this happening, yet only now do we hear that a new system comes into place this October, where subscribers can view 
their bookshelf! Wow! Big deal, that's real progress.
Martin is largely delighted with the TB service, but it is out-of-date. And the Braille catalogue should be accessed by every member of Helpline staff 
so that we don't have to wait for a nominated person to contact us,
something the new system is addressing in October.

As for the books themselves, yes they are heavy.  We have a great system
whereby the postman comes by in his van because we live in a fairly rural
area.  We leave a set of books in the hall for him, and swap them for
whatever post he brings on his round.  This means we seldom have to take
them to the Post Office ourselves. It's great if you can organise something 
helpful like that with a postman.


Kind Regards,

Jackie Cairns

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Chris Moore
Sent: 31 July 2012 13:33
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: rnib talking book library

Jackie,
I totally share your pain. More than often I get CDs I've never asked for 
or would even dream to listen to in a million years, despite in the past
providing book requests.  I still use the service and look forward to the
update.

For now though, I have joined Audible and love it.

Speaking as a non braille user (well am learning, slowly) those braille
books must get delivered by a hunky postman!  They must weigh a ton!
Do RNIB provide electronic braille for the minority who are lucky enough to 
have a braille display?

I wonder if RNIB's talking book library will ever be rolled into an app.
And I don't mean to simply manage our book shelf (although that would be
nice via an app), but to actually download / stream content to save them
sending out a CD which they simply bin upon return.

Chris
On 31 Jul 2012, at 12:28, Jackie Cairns <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:


Hi Chris

The same applies to the Braille catalogue too, and not before time.
Imagine ordering a whole pile of books, as I did a few weeks ago, and
not being able to see your list?  Even more infuriating was that when
I did mine online and sent the list to the library, they lost it, so I
had spent an entire morning searching the catalogue for nothing.
Learning from that, I now keep a Word document of my list which I  add
to each time I find a book I want.  RNIB say the new system will be
implemented in October, and about time too! I reckon they've had more
systems installed over the years thanDr. Who's tardis! I find it
terribly frustrating to ring the helpline, only to be told that not
everyone there knows how to use the Braille catalogue, so I invariably

have to ring back.  What a ridiculous situation that is.


Sorry, but RNIB's library service isn't my favourite department at the
moment.  Dare I say incompetence?


Kind Regards,

Jackie Cairns

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chris Moore
Sent: 30 July 2012 16:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: rnib talking book library

Not sure if this has already been mentioned.  But RNIB sent a mail out
to all it's members letting them know that the talking book website is
going to be redesigned and that we will have the ability to see what
books are on our mailing list and be able to edit them.

Chris
On 30 Jul 2012, at 15:33, Iain Lackie
<ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


Try again. You should find 48 books.



Iain
-----Original Message----- From: David Weston
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 3:08 PM
To: access-uk access-uk
Subject: [access-uk] rnib talking book library

Hi,
Am I the only one who finds the RNIB talking book library catalog

difficult to navigate. I have tried twice now to find Georgette Heyer,
and it keeps coming up with no books.

I am shore that their must be a more easier way of making a web site
than

this?

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