My parents are in their 80's and both of them know how to touch type. So touch typing was not necessarily a "girl" thing that guys didn't do.
However, the BN should be modified so it could read any digital talking book. And there should be a way to translate talking books into braille so deaf-blind BN users could read them, too. Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lingard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 6:31 PM Subject: RE: [BrailleNote] USA digital talking books : Ottawa Canada : : Hi Pam: : : Yes from what I hear, downloading digital talking books on the : Internet will be the preferred method of distributing them. : : This is because the net is faster than a speeding mail truck and : requires virtually no human time and effort on the part of NLS to : fulfil each download request. : : And there is no problem as with cassettes of the library being : out of stock for a while on a title you really like or : desperately need for school. : : But the vast majority of bind people are elderly and the guys : grew up when typing was the domain of girls. : : So they don't have computers and in many cases don't want one. : They just want their talking books to talk to them! : : Will take a while until the average newly blind person can be : assumed to know how to touch-type. : : Take care. : : Brian : : -- : No virus found in this outgoing message. : Checked by AVG Free Edition. : Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/409 - Release Date: : 04/08/2006 : : : : ___ : To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit : http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote : : : __________ NOD32 1.1693 (20060805) Information __________ : : This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. : http://www.eset.com : : ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
