Re: [Techno-Chat]: Re: Reading Versus Listening

[Joshua Gregory]

No actually you do have a point. There is a difference. Hadn't thought
about it that way but it's true.

On 11/9/17, Gordon Smith  wrote:
> Main stream is certainly cheaper, once you have the phone itself, that is.
> Actually I’m going to. Look at the Android Audible client, because I also
> use Audible books quite a lot. You’re right, Josh, they have actually a
> tremendous amount of professionally recorded materials.
>
> But you know, Josh, there are an awful lot of great text and Kindle books
> around, and some of them are both entertaining and informative. Reading is,
> in my view, not just about recreation. It’s also about information learning.
> And I really think that Amazon’s independent publishing service is something
> worth looking at for both potential publishers and for reading enthusiasts.
>
> I personally don’t classify listening to audiobooks as “Reading”. But that’s
> just me. That’s listening to somebody else doing the reading. I often read
> stuff on my Braille display, courtesy of the Internet. That is what I
> classify as “Reading literature”. But to each their own.
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> On 9 Nov 2017, at 16:19, Joshua Gregory  wrote:
>
> I don't read much but when I do I use Audible. Sure they don't have
> everything, but they do have a lot, and while you do have to pay for
> the books they're professionally done. I do feel that blindness stuff
> is quite expensive, I do get what is said here, but for a lot of folks
> mainstream is more affordable and easier for this reason.
>
> On 11/8/17, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
>> I'd like to take a slightly different tac if I may and pose a question,
>> I wonder how relevant all these talking book player this and talking
>> book player that may be in the future with the advent of Amazon Echo,
>> Google Home and so on.
>>
>> I find myself reading more books with my Amazon Echo these days through
>> audible though Audible too does have some disadvantages but in the main
>> Amazon Echo is a truly delightful tool for book reading.
>>
>> Issue voice commands to navigate through your book, bookmark, set sleep
>> timers and so on.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/9/2017 7:08 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:
>>> Read the article. The primary differences are convenience and
>>> all-in-the-same-place functionality. David’s point is valid, regarding
>>> swiping around. Certainly on iOS it is, at any rate. But I’m not so
>>> sure that an Android user who knows their way around the system would
>>> find it such a chore. This is due, in my opinion, to the fact that the
>>> entire interface under Android is consistently better than it is under
>>> iOS.
>>>
>>> But again, if the user is happy with iOS, then more power to them.
>>>
>>> 
>>>
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>>> Gordon Smith:
>>> >
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>>> On 8 Nov 2017, at 19:48, joe quinn >> > wrote:
>>>
>>> what's the difference between ios and the stream then? you can do the
>>> same thing with ios devices that you can with the stream
>>>
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[Techno-Chat]: Re: Reading Versus Listening

[Gordon Smith]

Main stream is certainly cheaper, once you have the phone itself, that is. 
Actually I’m going to. Look at the Android Audible client, because I also use 
Audible books quite a lot. You’re right, Josh, they have actually a tremendous 
amount of professionally recorded materials.

But you know, Josh, there are an awful lot of great text and Kindle books 
around, and some of them are both entertaining and informative. Reading is, in 
my view, not just about recreation. It’s also about information learning. And I 
really think that Amazon’s independent publishing service is something worth 
looking at for both potential publishers and for reading enthusiasts.

I personally don’t classify listening to audiobooks as “Reading”. But that’s 
just me. That’s listening to somebody else doing the reading. I often read 
stuff on my Braille display, courtesy of the Internet. That is what I classify 
as “Reading literature”. But to each their own.



My compliments and kindest regards
Gordon Smith:

Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist..

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On 9 Nov 2017, at 16:19, Joshua Gregory  wrote:

I don't read much but when I do I use Audible. Sure they don't have
everything, but they do have a lot, and while you do have to pay for
the books they're professionally done. I do feel that blindness stuff
is quite expensive, I do get what is said here, but for a lot of folks
mainstream is more affordable and easier for this reason.

On 11/8/17, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> I'd like to take a slightly different tac if I may and pose a question,
> I wonder how relevant all these talking book player this and talking
> book player that may be in the future with the advent of Amazon Echo,
> Google Home and so on.
> 
> I find myself reading more books with my Amazon Echo these days through
> audible though Audible too does have some disadvantages but in the main
> Amazon Echo is a truly delightful tool for book reading.
> 
> Issue voice commands to navigate through your book, bookmark, set sleep
> timers and so on.
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/9/2017 7:08 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:
>> Read the article. The primary differences are convenience and
>> all-in-the-same-place functionality. David’s point is valid, regarding
>> swiping around. Certainly on iOS it is, at any rate. But I’m not so
>> sure that an Android user who knows their way around the system would
>> find it such a chore. This is due, in my opinion, to the fact that the
>> entire interface under Android is consistently better than it is under
>> iOS.
>> 
>> But again, if the user is happy with iOS, then more power to them.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> My compliments and kindest regards
>> Gordon Smith:
>> >
>> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist..
>> 
>> This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can
>> avoid printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree!
>> 
>>   Contact:
>> 
>> • UK Free Phone:
>> 0800 8620538
>> • UK Geographic / Global:
>> +44(0) 1642 688095
>> • UK Mobile/SMS:
>> +44 (0)7804 983849
>> • Vic. Australia:
>> +61 38 82059300
>> • US/Canada:
>> +1 646 9151493
>> 
>> 
>> On 8 Nov 2017, at 19:48, joe quinn > > wrote:
>> 
>> what's the difference between ios and the stream then? you can do the
>> same thing with ios devices that you can with the stream
>> 
> 
> --
> 
> **
> "For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the one's you
> put in the ground and not the electric light one's."
> **
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