[Dtb-talk] More on NLS and International Interlibrary loan

[Greg Kearney]

Yes your right I was taking too short a view of history. VA is  
currently disposing of all their old 4 track player.

But this still leave us with the issue of transfoming tape to digital  
in the event of getting one on loan.

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Greg Kearney
Association for the Blind of Western Australia

On 22/01/2010, at 6:13 AM, "Tim Gillett" <tim.gillett at optusnet.com.au>  
wrote:

> Greg, I must correct you on a factual error regarding Talking Books  
> in Western Australia.
>
> You said  '"even when we had tapes we did not use the half speed  
> four track system used in the United States."
>
> Until 1991 the Association For the Blind of Western Australia (ABWA)  
> very much employed the NLS/LOC 4 track system and produced titles in  
> both 4 track and standard 2 track.
>
> In 1991 ABWA closed down its busy player service facility,  
> withdrawing all service support for the approximately 1300 NLS 4  
> track players to the West Australian blind.
>
> I should know. I had been responsible for that service at ABWA.
>
> It ceased to issue 4 track titles and reverted to a merely 2 track  
> cassette service which remains to this day. Blind clients have had  
> to source, service and pay for their own tape players.
>
> Of course  the situation became much worse  in the past decade or  
> so, as  suitable standard 2 track players increasingly became very  
> difficult to obtain in the marketplace.
>
> What sort of "accessibility" should we call this?
>
> To my knowledge, in the Talking Book world ABWA's withdrawal of  
> support for the NLS 4 track service was an unprecendented move. All  
> of the other Australian and New Zealand providers who also carried  
> NLS 4 track continued to support it. Vision Australia says that it  
> will only withdraw support for its NLS 4 track cassette system in  
> June this year.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Tim Gillett
> Audio/Electronics Technician
> Perth, Western Australia
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