Saturday, December 20, 2008

#22: Audiobooks

As I write this blog, I'm listening to Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs, read by Allyson Hester. I just went to the web and easily picked a title from the list. I didn't know if I could listen to it, it sounded like I might have to download something first. But, I just went to How to Listen and clicked, and followed these directions:

“right-click/save as” the “zip file of the entire book” onto your hard drive

It only took a few minutes and I was listening to the story, using Windows Media Player, already on my computer. After all the video and images, we have seen, I was surprised to find the audio reading so interesting.

I think having the audiobooks on line is even more convenient than the Talking Book Program. My father used it when his vision failed. Living by himself, even though the program made it as easy as they could, it was some what hard for him to send and receive requests.

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