The national Library Service, NLS, a A great resource for electronic and talking books is celebrating 75th anniversary of the talking books. the first talking book in the US, and perhaps in the world, was produced in 1931. To commemorate the occasion a non-stop reading has been organized. The reading itself is not necessarily relevant to the list, 75th anniversary is. Hope the message gets clearer.
----- Original Message ----- From: "rakesh kumar gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [AI] news about talking books marathon reading session > HELLO TARA PRAKASH: > Please try to clarify your this email in details. > Thanks, > RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Taraprakash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 9:23 AM > Subject: [AI] news about talking books marathon reading session > > >>>> Talking book effort marks 75 years >>>> Marathon recording session is planned >>>> >>>> By Martha Elson >>>> >>>> Lou Harpenau was immersed in the world of the eastern Caribbean, >>>> reading aloud in a recording studio about iguanas and hurricanes in >>>> "The Ancestor's Tale," a book about evolution by Richard Dawkins. >>>> >>>> Harpenau, of the Jeffersontown area, was recording Dawkins' book at >>>> the American Printing House for the Blind in Clifton this week. >>>> Tomorrow, the long-time professional talking book narrator will join >>>> about 40 others in a marathon volunteer session to record >>>> "Gulliver's >>>> Travels," by Jonathan Swift. >>>> >>>> They'll read in 20-minute shifts from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. to celebrate >>>> the 75th anniversary of the National Library Service's Talking Book >>>> Program for the blind and physically handicapped. In 1937, >>>> "Gulliver's >>>> Travels" became the first book the local printing house recorded for >>>> the program. >>>> >>>> The public is invited to watch and listen to the narrators and tour >>>> the Callahan Museum at the nearly 150-year-old printing house, 1839 >>>> Frankfort Ave. Museum director Mike Hudson came up with the idea of >>>> the marathon recording session. >>>> >>>> The printing house produces about 500,000 tapes of recorded books >>>> each >>>> year under contract with the National Library Service, which >>>> operates >>>> a lending library for people who qualify under the auspices of the >>>> Library of Congress. >>>> >>>> Among the other Gulliver narrators will be local broadcasting >>>> professionals Milton Metz, Gary Roedemeier, Terry Meiners and Barry >>>> Bernson, and theater performer Mitzi Friedlander. >>>> >>>> Popular narrators can be the equivalent of movie stars to talking >>>> book >>>> users, said Roberta Williams, the printing house's public relations >>>> and special projects manager. >>>> >>>> Harpenau, a retired news director for WAVE Radio who began narrating >>>> for the printing house in 1970, also has recorded the Merck Manual >>>> medical guide -- which took more than 123 hours and is thought to be >>>> the longest book ever recorded for the national program. >>>> >>>> "I read a lot of learned things," he said. "I wish I could say I >>>> retained all" of it. Harpenau and the others work with a monitor, >>>> who >>>> follows along in the book and listens to the narrators, checking for >>>> mistakes. >>>> >>>> Down a hall marked with "Quiet Please" signs, long-time narrator >>>> John >>>> Polk of Lyndon, who also will participate tomorrow, was recording >>>> "The >>>> First Mountain Man: Preacher," a Western by William W. Johnstone. >>>> Polk, who was production director for WHAS Radio for 10 years, still >>>> does freelance voice-overs, but said "this is the job I love the >>>> most." >>>> >>>> Another of tomorrow's narrators will be Megan Burnett of Buechel, >>>> who >>>> started reading about a year ago. An actress with the Pleiades >>>> Theatre >>>> Company, she also teaches drama at St. Raphael Catholic School in >>>> the >>>> Upper Highlands. >>>> >>>> She said she had hoped to become a narrator when she received her >>>> master's degree in fine arts from the University of Louisville in >>>> 1991 >>>> but was told she needed more voice training. In contrast to being on >>>> stage, "It's a unique experience being alone with a book, reading it >>>> aloud, with just you and a monitor," she said. "I call it swimming >>>> in >>>> the book." >>>> >>>> Computers make the recording process faster and easier, but in the >>>> early days the recordings were on 20-minute wax cylinders and >>>> narrators had to start over if they made a mistake, said Steve >>>> Mullins, studio director at the printing house. >>>> >>>> Mullins said narrators do extensive research before beginning to >>>> record, looking up pronunciations, familiarizing themselves with the >>>> text and perhaps planning when to present graphs and charts. >>>> Narrators >>>> may read for two hours at a stretch. >>>> >>>> "It takes a certain kind of person," he said. "It's a really skilled >>>> job." >>>> >>>> Reporter Martha Elson can be reached at (502) 582-7061. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "zainab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:32 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Learning Braille in Pune. >> >> >>> hello i am in pune u can call me i know some one >>> my mob nom is +919822344562 >>> zainab >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Rishi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 1:12 PM >>> Subject: [AI] Learning Braille in Pune. >>> >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I'm in Pune( in Lonavala to be precise) and wanted to learn to read >>>> and >>>> type braille. Can anyone let me know the institutes situated in Pune >>>> for >>>> the same. 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