I am on the National Library Service's National Audio Equipment Advisory Committee, and after the Committee met last month, Michael Katzmann (Acting Chief, NLS Materials Development Division) sent committee members two pictures of the nearly-final prototypes of the DTB cartridge, mailing container and player. He encouraged committee members to spread the news of the progress that has been made in the digital talking book program so I posted the pictures on my web site.  I also wrote up a very detailed  (though still not comprehensive) description of the player and cartridge that may be useful to folks who cannot see the images at all.  After spending two and a half days test-driving the player and DTB last month, I want to say emphatically that they are going to be well worth the wait. Note that the prototype lacks the braille and raised letter embossing that will be on the final versions. Congress willing, there's only one more federal fiscal year to wait!

The images and descriptions are at: 

http://blindreaders.info/dtb.html 

Bill Graczyk

 

William Graczyk
Reader Advisor and Braille Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library Web Site: http://regionallibrary.wi.gov
Personal Web Site: The Blind Readers Page: http://blindreaders.info/

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