[nabs-l] Learning Ally new prices

Thu Aug 11 01:29:11 UTC 2011

Marsha,
Why can't you understand the stream voice? I can do most of it, but its so 
hard to process that weird speech, it is not much use to me.
I take it that you are not a member of bookshare then.
No, learning Ally will not go away. Maybe most blind people will not use 
them. But Learning Ally is expanding their focus to other learning 
disabilities. That is partly why they changed names. They are not going 
away; just the opposite. Membership is increasing. Just talk
to an Learning Ally rep. They have expanded to the I Phone and many other 
technology. They are definitely growing.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Marsha Drenth
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:12 PM
To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Learning Ally new prices

As someone who needs Learning allie, I sure hope they do not go away. Yes
they don't have the best readers, and some times the recordings are
horrible. But I rely on these books for school. But even more that, using
Bookshare books and reading them on my stream is impossible for me. I can't
understand the text to speech voice. Yes there are other ways of reading
BookShare books, but if you need to find words, sentences, or what not in an
1200 page Braille document. Its going to take a while. And I am by no means
saying that I am not a good Braille reader, cuz I am.

Just my two cents,
Marsha

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Peter Donahue
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 5:44 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Learning Ally new prices

Good afternoon everyone,

Out of respect to those who currently have life time memberships it needs to

stay that way!Given this horsepuckey, the increased availability of
electronic books, and some of the other comments made here I fear they're on

their way to the fossil pit.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rania Ismail CMT" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Learning Ally new prices

I joined in 95 and have the life time membership. The membership is free.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Anjelina
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Learning Ally new prices

I joined in 1993 and was told with a lifetime membership we are exempt from
paying the annual fee.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Marsha Drenth
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:00 AM
To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Learning Ally new prices

I think I heard of Learning Allie loosing its funding some time around
convention, but did not much think about it. So if now people want to use
the books, we must pay. What happens to those of us who have been
grandfathered in since the beginning of time?

At least because I am a student I get BKS for free of charge. I don't use
BKS books all that much, because when put on my stream to read audibly I
can't understand the speech. So thus why I like the Learning Allie books.

Marsha

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