Hi Shaun, You're welcome. Not all listed sites are equally accessible, but there's a good selection that are in that list. And in case it wasn't clear, the suggestion was to start at the link for Resources of the Week: Audiobooks for Free as a navigational marker, but not click on it. Just VO-keys down with grouping turned on, and interact when you want to find out more details on specific links and items. Should work well in either Safari 2 or 3.
Cheers, Esther VaShaun Jones wrote: >Thanks >On Dec 3, 2007, at 12:48 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Shaun, >> >>> On Dec 2, 2007, at 2:30 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote: >>> >>> Anyone know of a place that I can download audio books for free that >>> is accessible with voice over? >>> >> >> I found this recent summary: >> >> http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/10/11/resources-of-the-week-audio-books-for-free/ >> >> start at the title Resources of the Week: Audiobooks for Free link >> and read; it's a pretty fair summary. >> >> On Dec 02, 2007, at 01:38PM, David Poehlman wrote: >>> According to copyright, books for free must be out of print. >>> >> >> That's not strictly true, in that publishers and authors can choose to >> distribute books for free. For example, Baen Books, a science fiction >> publisher makes all of its books freely available to disabled readers >> in electronic form with no digital rights management. And they also >> maintain a general site, the Baen Free Library, of books that they've >> made available this way: http://www.baen.com/library/ >> >> feed://www.webscription.net/rssfeed.aspx?channel=news >> >> "Baen Books, a publisher of science fiction, will provide its books >> to fans >> who are blind, paralysed, or dyslexic, or are amputees, in electronic >> form free of charge, effective immediately. . . .this service will >> be available >> at no cost to the disabled, who must apply for this privilege. >> Applications will be processed by ReadAssist (www.readassist.org), >> a volunteer group devoted to helping disabled readers find the books >> they want in the form they need, and join the community of fandom. >> The application form has been set up by ReadAssist, and can be found >> through either WebScriptions or ReadAssist." >> >> The Baen books are ebooks -- in HTML, RTF, or other digital format, >> but other audiobook publishers or distributors release free versions >> for promotional purposes. >> >> Audible.co.uk did a promotional release of a book, "Wolf Brother" by >> Michelle Paver by podcasts with The Guardian. I think the podcasts >> are off the Guardian iTunes site now, (but probably still on their >> web site), >> but they were also released as podcasts by Audible.co.uk, and >> that source is still available at iTunes: >> >> http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=257840685 >> >> NAXOS audiobooks started a direct download sales site a year ago. >> The mp3 files are still pretty pricey, but have no DRM, and come >> with accompanying PDF booklets. They offer a few of their books >> free as samples. An abridged version of Hard Times by Charles >> Dickens is one of these titles: >> >> http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/PAGES/311012.htm >> >> as was a selection of biographies from Aubrey's Brief Lives: >> >> http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/PAGES/237812.htm >> >> In all these cases the publisher retains copyright and requires, as >> the >> terms of download that you not circulate or distribute this material >> through other web sites (see their terms and conditions below) >> >> http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/PAGES/termsandconditions.htm >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> > > > >
