A clarification, RFBD does not provide CDs to people outside the United States and so, tapes are the only option. The question of software and players does not arise.
Kiran. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Taraprakash Sent: Thursday, 06 July 2006 2:54 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Availability of books in c dees As far as I know, you have to send the device you plan to use for reading to RFB&d before being a member to get an authorisation key. Otherwise, you have to buy the necessary software and player from them. Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaja, Kiran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Availability of books in c dees > You need a four track slow speed cassette player. A modified version of > BPL Sangeet which can play RFBD books is available from Delhi. You can > contact Dipendra for more details. > > Kiran. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shrirang > Sahasrabudhe > Sent: Wednesday, 05 July 2006 9:27 AM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: Re: [AI] Availability of books in c dees > > Hi, > May I pls know > Are you a member of RFB&D? > Do we need to have any special device in order to read the books on > tapes? > Thanks. > Shri > iKirana, Kiran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > > It is true that most publishers these days have an electronic copy of > the book. However, they are not very eager to give out this copy because > of the fear of pyracy. A very few titles such books on programming and > others may be available on a CD which accompanies the book but for other > subjects, it is rarely the case. The best thing is to decide on a book > that you want to read and try and see if there is an electronic version > of it. > > Alternatively, you can also subscribe to Recording for the Blind > www.rfbd.org in the US and get a lot of academic and professional > titles on tape. The joining fee if I remember is around 60 to 70 dollars > and the annual fee is 35 dollars. But they have nearly 100000 academic > and professional titles. > > So, it really depends on what you want to read... Generalizing your > reading preferences may not help. > > Regards, > Kiran. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shadab > Husain > Sent: Monday, 03 July 2006 6:37 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Availability of books in c dees > > Dear list members, > I want to know that does any publisher give books in > CDs? Because still there are many books which we are > unable to read on the internet; and in scanning the > matter does not come properly. I think that the > publishers would be having the CDs of every book, so > can we buy from them? If any one can give me any > information on this matter, I'll be very thankful to > him. Regards, Shadab Husain. > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new > http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > > > *********************************************************** > If you try, you risk failure. If you don't, you ensure it....I try. > Shrirang Sahasrabudhe, > Pune, India. > Phone: 0091-020-4227558. > > --------------------------------- > Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just > radically better. > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
