Hi Paul:
I think you are on the mark.  I get my talking books from Albany -
I have not ordered textbooks, but they try to be helpful.  I get
a number of magazines on tape such as Newsweek, People,
Readers' Digest, Discover, Asimov Science Fiction - there are
a number of others on tape like that.
I have the traditional player they supply and bought a little portable
one that I enjoy as well.



on 12/21/2001 3:20 PM, Paul Chapin at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> I've been trying to get a handle of books on tape; an area I have not
> personal experience with.  I would appreciate it if some of you could look
> at what I think I know and add any corrections or comments.
>
> The biggest source for educational material appears to be Recording for the
> Blind and Dyslexic.  This is low cost, requires specialized player and
> includes some navigation tools.  Anybody have any experience with the
> navigation tools or on how good there collection of material is?  What is
> the likelihood that a college student would actually find what they are
> looking for?
>
> Another source would be the National Library Service.  Essentially free it
> also requires specialized player.  There does not appear to be any kind of
> navigation help.  The material appears to be less oriented towards education
> that RBD.
>
> Commercial books-on-tape would appear to be more directed towards current
> popular works. They don't require any special player and don't have any
> navigation aids.  Basically they expected you to just go straight through
> the book from start to finish.  Generally of minimal value in the
> educational context unless you get lucky.
>
> As I said, I'd appreciate any comments, additions or corrections.
>
> ------
> Paul Chapin
> Curricular Computing Specialist
> Amherst College
> 413 542-2144


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