HI. I am in Australia, and I agree with you Totally Dave. There are quite a few books that are not available simply because we are in the wrong country.
Maria . > On 14 Jun 2017, at 1:17 am, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is to Marie, who is further down this thread, who talks about american > taxes paying for NLS audio books, and how they should not be available to > other blind people, who are not in America. > > Well here is my view on that subject. > > I think as blind people, who are all around this world of ours, and do not > have the access, that sighted readers have. > > all our respective blind societies, should be able to share our catalogues, > and make them available to all. > > The same goes to Audible, which give access to different books, depending in > which country we are in. > > I would be happy to pay a fair subscription, to be able to have access, to as > many audio books as i can. > > I am in the UK, and have many talking books available to me, through the RNIB > library, and i wouldn't mind at all, if they were made accessible, to other > blind and visually impaired persons around the world, regardless of my UK > taxes paying for it. > > Dave. > > -----Original Message----- From: Mary Otten > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 3:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Dolphin easy reader, your thoughts? > > I tried it yesterday evening with Neospeech James, set to .4 second delay, > and it's perfect. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 13, 2017, at 6:37 AM, Russ Kiehne <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I tried that setting with neospeech and didn't seem to notice any >> difference. It did work with acapella. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: William James >> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 4:55 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Dolphin easy reader, your thoughts? >> >> Hello Mary, >> And voice dream reader, open audio settings, advanced audio settings while a >> text book is loaded. You can make your changes there. It does not work with >> the iOS voices, but it does work with the other voices you can purchase. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone 7 Plus >> >>> On Jun 12, 2017, at 7:03 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> As a tax payer, I'm not too worried about people who aren't blind using >>> BARD. I do think it's important though that the NLS work with publishers, >>> especially audio book publishers, to keep BARD books from being too widely >>> distributed and impacting the sales of audio books. >>> >>>> On 10/06/17 13:03, Marie wrote: >>>> I don't believe the NLS books should ever be readable in any other app >>>> besides the Bard Mobile. This is a service given to the handicapped in the >>>> US and it is our taxes which pay for it. >>>> Marie >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Turner >>>> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 7:17 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: RE: Dolphin easy reader, your thoughts? >>>> >>>> I doubt it will ever read NLS books. >>>> Voice dream Reader doesn't either. >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>> Of Russ Kiehne >>>> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 6:31 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Dolphin easy reader, your thoughts? >>>> >>>> At this point in time, you can't use it to read books from NLS? >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Turner >>>> Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 5:14 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: RE: Dolphin easy reader, your thoughts? >>>> >>>> It looks interesting. >>>> I did not check what they charge for the non-iOS voices. >>>> Voice Dream has many great features too that I'm sure they drew on in their >>>> development. >>>> If you wait a little while, you may find Voice Dream Reader also will allow >>>> for adjusting the pause between sentences. >>>> >>>> At this point, I'll stick with Voice Dream as I like its layout, but this >>>> is >>>> a good option for a lot of folks. It is good to see they work with >>>> Bookshare as well. >>>> >>>> Though, I have to question their claim to having the largest accessible >>>> library... >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>> Of Lev >>>> Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 4:05 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Dolphin easy reader, your thoughts? >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> there is newe book reader on appstore called dolphin easy reader, free, >>>> it only requires of login using a dolphin account or sign up for a new >>>> one, also free of charge. >>>> >>>> >>>> What I find interesting is that while on this new app you can set up a >>>> longer pause in between sentnces (using ios voices), the last VDR update >>>> is uncapable of doing the same thing. >>>> >>>> >>>> yeah, of course this app needs to be improved, but checking it out >>>> rapidly its interface and settings is really basic and complete at the >>>> same time for being free of charge. >>>> >>>> >>>> This feature, add a longer pause in between sentences (for ios voices) >>>> is very helpful if you are trying to learn another language. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Christopher (CJ) >>> chaltain at Gmail >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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