[nfb-talk] Braille Monitor

[bookwormahb at earthlink.net]

Well, my parents have had cassettes  that long too.
Mine would be 35 if I was that age. Anyway, as to the braille monitor, they 
need to come up with something durable.
Maybe the cost of thumb drives will come down soon.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Freeman
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 5:38 PM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor

I confess I've had some cassettes about thirty-five years but that's rare.

Mike Freeman
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On Aug 3, 2011, at 14:30, <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Yep very durable; I have had cassettes over 20 years; my CDs can only last 
> a few years and then they get scratched or something.
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Mike Freeman
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 5:20 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor
>
> Durable? You've got to be kidding. You might be right with respect to 
> reel-to-reel tape although I actually preferred it to cassettes. And CD's 
> can be scratched. But try to splice the tape in a cassette or disentangle 
> one and the love-affair quickly fades! And if the tape duplicator heads 
> were dirty or misaligned ...
>
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Aug 3, 2011, at 13:44, <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Chuck,
>> I agree; I will miss the cassette too. Cassettes are small, light and 
>> durable.
>> They turned out great quality too.
>> Ashley
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:51 AM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor
>>
>> This is unfortunate as we have many elderly members of our chapter who 
>> are
>> not computer users or Braille readers. I would think that the cassette
>> version would continue to be a good outreach tool to get new 
>> federationsits.
>> Chuck
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
>> To: "nfb-talk" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:56 PM
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor
>>
>>
>>> I am surprised that no one has referred to Dr. Maurer's announcement of 
>>> the end of the cassette edition of the Braille Monitor after the 
>>> December issue. Computer users will be encouraged to download it, but no 
>>> decision has yet been made as to what will be done for non-computer 
>>> users. A possibility is thumb drives, which can be cheaper than the 
>>> cartridges. We are supposed to get a full announcement in September. In 
>>> answer to a question, we were told that it cannot be placed on BARD, but 
>>> downloads will have to be from an NFB site.
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