[nfb-talk] Braille Monitor

Wed Aug 3 22:54:55 UTC 2011

Ray,
I have cassettes from when I was nine too. They are a little fuzzy in some 
spots, but fairly good audio for being so old.
Tapes are durable!

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ray Foret Jr
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 6:05 PM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor

And I have an analog cassette of me when I was nine-years-old.  That 
cassette is the first generation original and was recorded in 1974.

As for "The Braille Monitor", I reckon that CD's would be a good option, 
but, then again, I remember hearing Dr. Maurer saying they would try to fix 
it so that we could just download the magazine in audio directly.  That 
puzzled me because we can do that already.

Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

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On Aug 3, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Mike Freeman wrote:

> I confess I've had some cassettes about thirty-five years but that's rare.
>
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
>
>
> 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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