[nabs-l] to Joshua and list

Nicole B. Torcolini at Home ntorcolini at wavecable.com
Sun Jan 8 02:56:46 UTC 2012


Thank you for the information would have done.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] to Joshua and list


> Good evening everyone,
>
>    A professional representing an agency for the blind should know to
> proofread their e-mail messages prior to sending them. We do this and run
> them through spell-check before they're sent.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Annemarie Cooke" <aec732 at msn.com>
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 7:39 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] to Joshua and list
>
>
>
> Hey NABSters,
>
> I am writing for a couple of reasons. Starting with Joshua's suggestion
> about Learning Ally posting samples of readers' voices. Perhaps you didn't
> know we use more than 5,000 volunteers to read our audiobooks. The readers
> are assigned books based on their specificc subject knowledge; e.g. a
> physicist reads physics, a native speaker of Spanish reads Spanish 
> language,
> etc. The volunteers read for at least two hours a week and many readers 
> are
> assigned to a book so that it can be completed and uploaded for us as
> quickly as possible.
>
> With all of these factors, Learning Ally does offer book samples on thee
> website but providing samples of a volunteer group thaa changes on a 
> regular
> basis doesn't seem feasible.
>
> You may know tha tthe NLS hires paid actors or voicers to read the 
> majority
> of those books and that individual readers read specificgenres of books,
> such as mysteries, true crime, romance, etc.
>
> I also would like to be ghelpful in any area in which you are having
> difficulty with Learning Ally. If watching the YouTube video doesn't work,
> wy not call tech support? OOur blind tech experts are wonderful in
> explaining processes and answering questions about how something works. In
> addition, so that I can help YOU, please let mek now what specific issues
> you are having with the website.
>
> You can e-mail me offlist if your question or issue is lengthy so that 
> this
> list doesn't get monoopolized.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Annemarie Cooke
> Learning Ally consultant (and member)
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