Hi Again! This idea had to come, was wondering how long it would take.
I received my latest delivery of audio books from my local library and noticed a rather unusual package, something similar to a DVD case. Upon opening this I discovered a small box of around 2 inches square consisting of several buttons on the front, a headphones socket and a lanyard for carrying around the neck, this is a "Playsaway" book and you buy them as is, that is to say when you buy the book you buy the machine with the book already programmed into it which makes a whole heap of sense. CD'S are easily damaged for one thing, if you want my personal opinion I think they're not as durable for books as cassette tapes were but then again, cassette tape had its own problems as many of us know. The buttons on the machine are incredibly straight forward, a power button, volume up/down buttons, fast forward and rewind buttons and an EQ button, more than enough to control your book listening. I was pleasantly surprised when I pressed the fast forward button to go to the next track when I heard the number of the track announced, very handy when skimming through the book trying to find a location or the last chapter where you were. I don't have a web site for these books but I'm sure you'll find them if you ask your friend Google. Given the development of these books I have to wonder what the future of Daisy audio publications may hold? ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
