I don't really know much about these source books you are talking about, but I would imagine there must be tons out there and surely someone has already scanned these onto a computer. I know a lot of people will disagree with torrent (peer to peer) sharing sites but is it worth taking a look through Google to see if these are already out there. I disagree with outright piracy but if you already own the original anyway then your just using the site to get a back up version so doing nothing wrong (at least that's how I thought it works and the way these sites get round breaking any laws and aren't shut down straight away) like dark I live in the UK and have had difficulties getting certain audio books and although the RNIB does have a big selection there are still a lot of books they either don't have or don't have the complete series off. I have some hard back books from when I could see and couldn't get the audio version in the auk so since I owned the original and can't get an audio copy I've downloaded it but like I said since I own the original in my opinion don't think I'm doing anything wrong (others might disagree) but I've brought the product and just want to read and enjoy it again. And don't think I shouldn't be able to just because its not accessable in this country.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf of Thomas Ward Sent: 15 June 2012 01:24 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books Hi Dark, Well, I think we get some of that here, but just not as bad. While it is legal to redistribute copies of the RPG source books and campaign guides in an accessible format I think the reason the major agencies like APH, Learning Alley, and NLS don't is simply this belief that blind people wouldn't be interested in them. That, of course, isn't true and Dungeons and Dragons and similar spin off games are extremely popular with both blind and sighted players. For one reason it doesn't require any vision to play, and all we really need is some braille dice and a sheet of braille paper. The high tech player might use a laptop with the GMA Dice program and Windows notepad. Either way we certainly can play roll playing games, but there is an out dated idea that blind people wouldn't be interested in that type of thing. Probably because the people who make those kind of decisions are older and aren't interested in it themselves so assume people their age wouldn't like it. Cheers! On 6/14/12, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > It's a pain, especially sinse in this country there is no government impetus > > or funding for access, so it's left to the Rnib who control with an iron > fist and wouldn't ever! make accessible versions of rp books because (as > they told me), "most blind people wouldn't like that" > > Though officially sinse 2005 an agency could make an accessible copy in this > > country without publishers' permission, none has actually done so, so > accessible copies are left up to the good will of publishing agencies who > don't generally have much. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
