[access-uk] Re: rnib talking book library

  • From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:23:01 +0100

There is the book streaming service which is currently only available for Pc. 




Iain
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Moore 
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:32 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: rnib talking book library

Jackie,
I totally share your pain. More than often I get CDs I've never asked for or would even dream to listen to in a million years, despite in the past providing book requests. I still use the service and look forward to the update. 

For now though, I have joined Audible and love it.
Speaking as a non braille user (well am learning, slowly) those braille books must get delivered by a hunky postman! They must weigh a ton!
Do RNIB provide electronic braille for the minority who are lucky enough to have a braille display?
I wonder if RNIB's talking book library will ever be rolled into an app. And I don't mean to simply manage our book shelf (although that would be nice via an app), but to actually download / stream content to save them sending out a CD which they simply bin upon return. 

Chris
On 31 Jul 2012, at 12:28, Jackie Cairns <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 


Hi Chris
The same applies to the Braille catalogue too, and not before time. Imagine ordering a whole pile of books, as I did a few weeks ago, and not being able to see your list? Even more infuriating was that when I did mine online and sent the list to the library, they lost it, so I had spent an entire morning searching the catalogue for nothing. Learning from that, I now keep a Word 
document of my list which I  add to each time I find a book I want.  RNIB
say the new system will be implemented in October, and about time too! I
reckon they've had more systems installed over the years thanDr. Who's
tardis! I find it terribly frustrating to ring the helpline, only to be told 
that not everyone there knows how to use the Braille catalogue, so I
invariably have to ring back.  What a ridiculous situation that is.

Sorry, but RNIB's library service isn't my favourite department at the
moment.  Dare I say incompetence?


Kind Regards,

Jackie Cairns

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Chris Moore
Sent: 30 July 2012 16:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: rnib talking book library

Not sure if this has already been mentioned.  But RNIB sent a mail out to
all it's members letting them know that the talking book website is going to be redesigned and that we will have the ability to see what books are on our 
mailing list and be able to edit them.

Chris
On 30 Jul 2012, at 15:33, Iain Lackie <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


Try again. You should find 48 books.



Iain
-----Original Message----- From: David Weston
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 3:08 PM
To: access-uk access-uk
Subject: [access-uk] rnib talking book library

Hi,
Am I the only one who finds the RNIB talking book library catalog

difficult to navigate. I have tried twice now to find Georgette Heyer, and
it keeps coming up with no books.

I am shore that their must be a more easier way of making a web site than

this?

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