[access-uk] Re: Talking books: two questions and a reader's thoughts
- From: "goshawk" <goshawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:42:50 -0000
where is this update available from?
Simon
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From: "Ray Hazan" <raymond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 2:14 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Talking books: two questions and a reader's
thoughts
> Hi,
>
> If you download the latest version of software for the VCR (North American
> version) you will have both a sleep timer and fast forward and rewind
> facility, which jump from 1 to 2 to 5 minute intervals.
>
> This upgrade has been available for a long time but has not been released
by
> RNIB because they say it has a bug. Mine has been faultless for well over
a
> year and makes a big difference.
>
> RNIB also say this download is 'illegal and users may be liable for the
cost
> of replacing the VCR if it all goes wrong.
>
> Sorry for good and bad news!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ray
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 12:36 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Talking books: two questions and a reader's
> thoughts
>
>
> > Two quick comments folks.
> >
> > My question about the fast forward and rewind would be nice to have an
> > answer to. The lack of such a facility is hard to fathom, such a thing
is
> > so easy in Winamp.
> >
> > In the case of the book I am reading, the narration is fluent enough,
but
> > the odd fluff could have been edited out. Mark up, if that's what it is
> > called, is minimal, just chapters, and chapter announcements almost
> > blunder into the text of the book. Guess its the reader's style that
> > really gets to me, but then maybe he was giving his time freely, or for
> > less than Equity rates, don't know about that, and I'd guess the
recording
> > is at least 25 years old, probably older.
> >
> > One would hope that, given the investment now talked about at RNIB in
> > equipment, three studios, SADIE editing and all, that things are being
> > done better now. That said, what seems to defeat RNIB - and just about
> > everyone else - is the people hours available for such tasks as editing
> > and marking up propperly. Seems so much of the DAISY system's potential
> > for navigation is being sidelined by this lack of ongoing funding for
> > employing more actual human beings. Still, dare say the same lack is
> > obvious everywhere now.
> > Ray
> >
> > Personal emails: Email me at
> > mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
> >
> >
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