[stylist] Reading audio books

Sat Jan 7 18:24:48 UTC 2012

Brad,
Unfortunately, catering to blind people is no longer a priority with
Learning Ally. Most of their subscribers have some form of learning
disability like dyslexia. Can't remember if it's 60 or 70 percent. This has
been going on for a while. My first wake up call was buying the Victor Vibe
CD player. The way I figure it, they had 3 common options for arranging the
buttons -- the telephone keypad, the calculator keypad and the old-fashioned
clock. They used none of these, but chose a quasi-clock format with random
groupings of the 12 buttons.

I'm just glad they removed the word "blind" from their name. I felt for a
long time like they were keeping it there for fund-raising purposes, and
there may still be some of that going on. The customer service person I
dealt with about the new download manager is blind and said she had alerted
them to the problem, but felt they needed to hear it from consumers.
Donna

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Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 10:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Reading audio books

Donna said:
"...something from Learning Ally, but their new download manager isn't
entirely
accessible with Jaws -- you can use it, if someone tells you the tricks, but
I think it's really bogus that they couldn't make something that really
works."

It never ceases to amaze me how some blind and 
visually impaired entities can totally miss it. 
How can a place as this, miss having an 
accessible download manager? Wow. Isn't that 
their business? 'shaking head smile'.

Brad
On 1/6/2012  05:22 PM Donna Hill said...
>I'm not much for reading Braille books unless they're knitting patterns. I
>had been reading Syndicated Columnists in Braille from National Braille
>Press until my carpal tunnel syndrome got so bad I couldn't deal with it. I
>taught myself Braille after college. I should have learned in elementary
>school, but they wanted me to be sighted. Anyway, I'm thinking about
getting
>my hands fixed, so maybe after that I'll get back into reading Braille. For
>now, I love my little Booksense and the NLS books. Occasionally, I download
>something from Learning Ally, but their new download manager isn't entirely
>accessible with Jaws -- you can use it, if someone tells you the tricks,
but
>I think it's really bogus that they couldn't make something that really
>works. I also belong to Bookshare. I read mostly before bed or late in the
>day while knitting.
>Donna
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Subject: Re: [stylist] Reading audio books
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>I prefer audio, either commercial or NLS
>versions. I do appreciate the Samantha
>versions  of DTB text  read on Mr. Vic Stream
>too, but opt for the former when I can. I do most
>all my reading on Vic though I've got an iThing.
>... Nerve issue due to a nasty winter fall affected
>my Braille ability of any decent amount.  I
>really wasn't much for long reading bouts anyway.
>My bad I know.  I didn't learn it until my late
>twenties and didn't use it much until my
>mid-30's. I fall asleep trying to read Braille,
>but use it for office stuff for sure. . Me and
>Vic, we be mates 'grin', he goes with me to mow
>lawn, rake lawn, grill dinner, set on the swing
>out back, vacuum, fold clothes, wash floors,
>whatever, he's a good little worker.
>
>Brad
>
>
>
>On 1/6/2012  10:21 AM Jacobson, Shawn D said...
> >I generally do my reading via audiobooks.  I use
> >my digital player on my commute to and from work
> >(I generally get in 2 hours a day doing this)
> >and while working on latch hook rugs.  Sometimes
> >I do sit and read (or lay on the couch and read).
> >
> >Shawn
> >
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> >Subject: [stylist] Reading audio books
> >
> >I read about 75 percent of my books via my Victor stream. The other 25
> >percent is by my PAC Mate braille display. And as for where or when I
read
> >audio books --- I bet I can count the number of minutes on one hand, that
> >I've sat and listened to an audio book. It would be a problem, I'd get
> >sleepy, too! I do my audio reading while doing other things, like:
washing
> >dishes, pulling weeds, exercising, cooking, washing the car, etc. I do
sit
> >when I'm reading Braille books; one of my favorite times to use my PAC
Mate
> >to read, is lying in bed, before I go to sleep. (and if during the small
> >hours of the night, if I'm not able to sleep, I'll do some more reading,
> >there under the covers.)
> >
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