Well, different strokes and all that. Personally, I'd take working with open reel tape any day of the week over working with cassettes. I still have hundreds of open reel tapes with books on them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 8:53 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Cassette free. It may be superior from a technical standpoint, but from the end-user, reel-to-reel is a headache I am glad I do not have to endure any longer. Rose Combs rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Otto Zamora Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 1:35 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: Cassette free. Hello, Reel to reel is of a much better quality then cassettes was. It was the preferred thing for audio files, and even now, with the computer technology out there, there is a engineer and recording friend of mine who still uses an 8 track machine. Otto -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed Meskys Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 7:30 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: Cassette free. When I first used rfb in 72 it was open reel but by 76 it was half open reel and half cassette. I spoke with a born-blind friend and she had started with sound=sheets...Dictaphone disks? Best, Edmund R. Meskys edmeskys@xxxxxxxxxxxx Niekas Publications National Federation of the Blind of NH 322 Whittier Hwy Moultonboro, NH 03254