[nfb-talk] Braille Monitor

[David Andrews]

Where you barefoot???

Dave

At 05:24 PM 8/3/2011, you wrote:
>You bet I listen to it.  I do need to digitize it fairly quickly 
>though; after all, there is no other existing copy but the one analog original.
>
>
>Sincerely,
>The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>
>Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>
>Skype name:
>barefootedray
>
>Facebook:
>facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
>
>
>
>On Aug 3, 2011, at 5:14 PM, dmgina wrote:
>
> > Do you ever listen to it. I bet you were cute.
> > Dar
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Aug 3, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at att.net> wrote:
> >
> >> 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!!!
> >>
> >> Skype name:
> >> barefootedray
> >>
> >> Facebook:
> >> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.