HELLO TARA PRAKASH: Thanks for sending clarified message in very short moment. RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taraprakash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [AI] news about talking books marathon reading session
> The national Library Service, NLS, a A great resource for electronic and > talking books is celebrating 75th anniversary of the talking books. the > first talking book in the US, and perhaps in the world, was produced in > 1931. To commemorate the occasion a non-stop reading has been organized. > The > reading itself is not necessarily relevant to the list, 75th anniversary > is. > Hope the message gets clearer. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rakesh kumar gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 3:05 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] news about talking books marathon reading session > > >> HELLO TARA PRAKASH: >> Please try to clarify your this email in details. >> Thanks, >> RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Taraprakash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 9:23 AM >> Subject: [AI] news about talking books marathon reading session >> >> >>>>> Talking book effort marks 75 years >>>>> Marathon recording session is planned >>>>> >>>>> By Martha Elson >>>>> >>>>> Lou Harpenau was immersed in the world of the eastern Caribbean, >>>>> reading aloud in a recording studio about iguanas and hurricanes in >>>>> "The Ancestor's Tale," a book about evolution by Richard Dawkins. >>>>> >>>>> Harpenau, of the Jeffersontown area, was recording Dawkins' book at >>>>> the American Printing House for the Blind in Clifton this week. >>>>> Tomorrow, the long-time professional talking book narrator will >>>>> join >>>>> about 40 others in a marathon volunteer session to record >>>>> "Gulliver's >>>>> Travels," by Jonathan Swift. >>>>> >>>>> They'll read in 20-minute shifts from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. to celebrate >>>>> the 75th anniversary of the National Library Service's Talking Book >>>>> Program for the blind and physically handicapped. In 1937, >>>>> "Gulliver's >>>>> Travels" became the first book the local printing house recorded >>>>> for >>>>> the program. >>>>> >>>>> The public is invited to watch and listen to the narrators and tour >>>>> the Callahan Museum at the nearly 150-year-old printing house, 1839 >>>>> Frankfort Ave. Museum director Mike Hudson came up with the idea of >>>>> the marathon recording session. >>>>> >>>>> The printing house produces about 500,000 tapes of recorded books >>>>> each >>>>> year under contract with the National Library Service, which >>>>> operates >>>>> a lending library for people who qualify under the auspices of the >>>>> Library of Congress. >>>>> >>>>> Among the other Gulliver narrators will be local broadcasting >>>>> professionals Milton Metz, Gary Roedemeier, Terry Meiners and Barry >>>>> Bernson, and theater performer Mitzi Friedlander. >>>>> >>>>> Popular narrators can be the equivalent of movie stars to talking >>>>> book >>>>> users, said Roberta Williams, the printing house's public relations >>>>> and special projects manager. >>>>> >>>>> Harpenau, a retired news director for WAVE Radio who began >>>>> narrating >>>>> for the printing house in 1970, also has recorded the Merck Manual >>>>> medical guide -- which took more than 123 hours and is thought to >>>>> be >>>>> the longest book ever recorded for the national program. >>>>> >>>>> "I read a lot of learned things," he said. "I wish I could say I >>>>> retained all" of it. Harpenau and the others work with a monitor, >>>>> who >>>>> follows along in the book and listens to the narrators, checking >>>>> for >>>>> mistakes. >>>>> >>>>> Down a hall marked with "Quiet Please" signs, long-time narrator >>>>> John >>>>> Polk of Lyndon, who also will participate tomorrow, was recording >>>>> "The >>>>> First Mountain Man: Preacher," a Western by William W. Johnstone. >>>>> Polk, who was production director for WHAS Radio for 10 years, >>>>> still >>>>> does freelance voice-overs, but said "this is the job I love the >>>>> most." >>>>> >>>>> Another of tomorrow's narrators will be Megan Burnett of Buechel, >>>>> who >>>>> started reading about a year ago. An actress with the Pleiades >>>>> Theatre >>>>> Company, she also teaches drama at St. Raphael Catholic School in >>>>> the >>>>> Upper Highlands. >>>>> >>>>> She said she had hoped to become a narrator when she received her >>>>> master's degree in fine arts from the University of Louisville in >>>>> 1991 >>>>> but was told she needed more voice training. In contrast to being >>>>> on >>>>> stage, "It's a unique experience being alone with a book, reading >>>>> it >>>>> aloud, with just you and a monitor," she said. "I call it swimming >>>>> in >>>>> the book." >>>>> >>>>> Computers make the recording process faster and easier, but in the >>>>> early days the recordings were on 20-minute wax cylinders and >>>>> narrators had to start over if they made a mistake, said Steve >>>>> Mullins, studio director at the printing house. >>>>> >>>>> Mullins said narrators do extensive research before beginning to >>>>> record, looking up pronunciations, familiarizing themselves with >>>>> the >>>>> text and perhaps planning when to present graphs and charts. >>>>> Narrators >>>>> may read for two hours at a stretch. >>>>> >>>>> "It takes a certain kind of person," he said. "It's a really >>>>> skilled >>>>> job." >>>>> >>>>> Reporter Martha Elson can be reached at (502) 582-7061. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "zainab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:32 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AI] Learning Braille in Pune. >>> >>> >>>> hello i am in pune u can call me i know some one >>>> my mob nom is +919822344562 >>>> zainab >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Rishi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 1:12 PM >>>> Subject: [AI] Learning Braille in Pune. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I'm in Pune( in Lonavala to be precise) and wanted to learn to read >>>>> and >>>>> type braille. Can anyone let me know the institutes situated in Pune >>>>> for >>>>> the same. Also is there any institute in Lonavala? >>>>> >>>>> Rgds, >>>>> Rishi. >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> 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 >> >> Send instant messages to your online friends >> http://in.messenger.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.in > > > 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 Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.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.in
