RE: Audible's "The Great Courses" series and Window-Eyes.

[Vaughan Dodd via Talk]

Hello Dave.

I'm encouraged by your comments, so will check things out.  Seems like I won't 
need the extra material - booklet and cd/dvd, so won't be forking out any more 
cash.

The wish list feature of Audible is great, and is accessible to Window-eyes.  
As you find titles you might be interested in, there is a link to "add to wish 
list" which is below the "add to cart".

>From the Audible home page, you can go to your Wish List.  You can check 
>individuals titles or all in the list to transfer to cart for subsequent 
>purchase.

You comment also about needing help with downloading.  There are several ways 
of achieving this, and my preference is that once the order has been completed, 
I use the Audible app on my iPhone.  I don't have a Stream, and Audible files 
are  not accessible to the new Blaze series of devices from HIMS.

If you download to the pc via the Audible Download Manager, operation of which 
has been improved due to fixes within Window-Eyes, the various links regarding 
books and their parts are accessible to Window-Eyes.

I agree: Audible help desk staff are very efficient - courteous and helpful.


Hope I've been of as much help to you as you have been to me.

Warmest regards.

Vaughan.



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Subject: re: Audible's "The Great Courses" series and Window-Eyes.

Hi all.

Resending, as replies did not reach me.  Appreciate comments from those who 
might know.

With thanks.

[dh: This may, or may not be tied into what you need. My responses will be in 
brackets '[]'.

Vaughan.


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On Behalf Of Vaughan Dodd via Talk
Sent: Thursday, 13 October 2016 3:57 p.m.
To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List'
Subject: Audible's "The Great Courses" series and Window-Eyes.

Greetings everyone.

I've loaded several of the "Great Courses" into my Audible wish list, and 
notice that titles have extra material which I guess is a form of study guide 
to supplement the lectures.

[dh: DING! The extra material is in the form of a print booklet/study guide, 
which, if you order the DVD from the Teaching Company, comes along with the 
disks. The supplements truly are helpful, especially if you plan on using them 
in a study session/class.

I've downloaded via Audible.com, over a dozen courses. Every time I've 
downloaded, except twice, I've had to have assistance which actually is very 
good. I've never downloaded the extra material via Audible.com since I only 
wanted the audible. In fact, I didn't know I could get the extra material. 
Also,I've never used the 'wishlist' feature.]

What form does this extra material take, and is it readable with Window-Eyes?

[dh: Do not know the format/form of the material as I haven't downloaded it. In 
the direct order placement with the Teaching Company, the box contains the 
disks and the booklet.]

Some of the courses do look genuinely interesting, but I'm not prepared to 
purchase if the package for each course is not truly accessible.  I do notice 
that there is a return book option, but user feedback from those who have gone 
down this path might ensure that I don't make the mistake of buying something, 
only to be disappointed.

[dh: I doubt if you will be disappointed unless you want/need the extra 
material. These courses are truly excellent and the version you get via Audible 
is heavily discounted since they are released through this outlet. Just an 
example, the course "From Jesus to Constantine" 
cost me around $150 (maybe more. It's been a while.) I got the disks and the 
booklet. The version from Audible was 'free' as I used the one credit of my 
gift membership to get it. I know it's a duplicate, but I wanted to be able to 
use my Victor Reader Stream to listen to it without being required to use my 
DVD player. The booklet came in handy when I taught some Adult Education 
classes on the history of Christianity. The booklet had some maps, timelines, 
etc. which the sighted 'students' enjoyed.

I do not know what the supplemental information is since the courses do have 
additional material (on the first di

re: Audible's "The Great Courses" series and Window-Eyes.

[David Helkenn via Talk]

Hi all.

Resending, as replies did not reach me.  Appreciate comments from 
those who might know.


With thanks.

[dh: This may, or may not be tied into what you need. My responses 
will be in brackets '[]'.


Vaughan.


-Original Message-
From: Talk 
[mailto:talk-bounces+vaughan.dodd001=msd.govt...@lists.window-eyes.com] 
On Behalf Of Vaughan Dodd via Talk

Sent: Thursday, 13 October 2016 3:57 p.m.
To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List'
Subject: Audible's "The Great Courses" series and Window-Eyes.

Greetings everyone.

I've loaded several of the "Great Courses" into my Audible wish list, 
and notice that titles have extra material which I guess is a form of 
study guide to supplement the lectures.


[dh: DING! The extra material is in the form of a print booklet/study 
guide, which, if you order the DVD from the Teaching Company, comes 
along with the disks. The supplements truly are helpful, especially 
if you plan on using them in a study session/class.


I've downloaded via Audible.com, over a dozen courses. Every time 
I've downloaded, except twice, I've had to have assistance which 
actually is very good. I've never downloaded the extra material via 
Audible.com since I only wanted the audible. In fact, I didn't know I 
could get the extra material. Also,I've never used the 'wishlist' feature.]


What form does this extra material take, and is it readable with Window-Eyes?

[dh: Do not know the format/form of the material as I haven't 
downloaded it. In the direct order placement with the Teaching 
Company, the box contains the disks and the booklet.]


Some of the courses do look genuinely interesting, but I'm not 
prepared to purchase if the package for each course is not truly 
accessible.  I do notice that there is a return book option, but user 
feedback from those who have gone down this path might ensure that I 
don't make the mistake of buying something, only to be disappointed.


[dh: I doubt if you will be disappointed unless you want/need the 
extra material. These courses are truly excellent and the version you 
get via Audible is heavily discounted since they are released through 
this outlet. Just an example, the course "From Jesus to Constantine" 
cost me around $150 (maybe more. It's been a while.) I got the disks 
and the booklet. The version from Audible was 'free' as I used the 
one credit of my gift membership to get it. I know it's a duplicate, 
but I wanted to be able to use my Victor Reader Stream to listen to 
it without being required to use my DVD player. The booklet came in 
handy when I taught some Adult Education classes on the history of 
Christianity. The booklet had some maps, timelines, etc. which the 
sighted 'students' enjoyed.


I do not know what the supplemental information is since the courses 
do have additional material (on the first disk) about the course and 
the professor. If that's what the 'extra material' is, then it is 
certainly accessible with WE.]


Vaughan.
[dh: The 'return policy' is just as advertised. I've had to return a 
course to Audible because it turned out not to be what I thought it 
would be whenI downloaded it. I did removed it from my Stream. There 
was a restoration of my credit for the download, no questions asked. 
It was very smooth.


Try the download. Better yet, check with the person on the other end 
of the phone. I've called their help line over a dozen times to get 
help with the download and delivery onto my Stream. As I said, I was 
only able to do the full transfer twice! Just make sure the other 
person is familiar with your needs.


Try it. You'll like it!

Dave
dhelk...@san.rr.com]

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