Hi Lou,

What or who is Bard?  Does QST get recorded?  I'd like to put references to
any and every other amateur publication on the Active Elements site, so
everyone can easily find out where to get recordings. 

I find I'm very happy reading a lot of things using Text to Speech, but I
still prefer amateur magazines and general fiction to be read by a human!  I
like to have pictures and diagrams at least mentioned, and I'm less tied to
the PC when I put audio on a portable player.  

This isn't true for all magazines, as I prefer New Scientist as an
unabridged and fully indexed text file.

Best wishes, Kelvin Marsh - M0AID

Working to improve accessibility for radio amateurs with disabilities

www.active-elements.org

For accessibility evaluations of amateur equipment and MP3 manuals


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Lou Kolb
Sent: 18 January 2013 15:48
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Learning ally closing studios

Probably right, Andy.  I recall reading the A B C's of ham radio from 
recording for the blind on flexible disks back in the 60's.  Of course, I 
read QST these days from Bard and that is still my prefered source of 
reading material, despite the time it takes to become available.  About 10 
years ago, when bookshare first came online and before Bard existed, I went 
through a 3-year period where I read nothing but Bookshare material on one 
of the original book ports. While I sorely missed the human voices, i have 
to say I found the immediacy of what was available and being able to read 
what I wanted, when I wanted to be seductive.  I'd love to see the digital 
edition of QsT as available to us as to the sighted world.  Barb,  could you

check with Betsy and find out if any progress has been made on that front? 
73,  Lou WA3MIX
Lou Kolb
Voice-over Artist:
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Messages On-hold:
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Baracco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Learning ally closing studios


>I recall when they were Recording for the Blind. Their reel to reel tapes
> helped get me through college. I think this is a harbinger of a trend, now
> that content is becoming available in other formats. I think you will see 
> a
> similar decline with NLS and even Bookshare.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Lou Kolb
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 4:05 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Off Topic: Learning ally closing studios
>
> Sad news from learning Ally.  They've closed 8 of their studios, including
> the one in King of Prussia, outside Philly, leaving 10 or 11 still
> operating.  I know many here use or have used their services so thought
> you'd be interested. i hate to see us lose resources.
> Lou Kolb
> Voice-over Artist:
> Radio/TV Ads, Video narrations
> Messages On-hold:
> www.loukolb.com 



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