what is the use of recording on cassettes as there are plenty of cd/dvd players available in the market at much cheaper price than cassette players. Considering the numerous advantages of digital audio books, I believe now it is time to give up producing books on cassettes. Talking books libraries for the blind should stop circulating cassettes.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dipendra Manocha" <dipendra.li...@gmail.com> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>; "'Prashant'" <pr_ve...@hotmail.com> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Study materials for visually-impaired on audio CDs > Hello Friends > Does any one has feedback on which organisation is such large sum or money > for recording software where free of cost software are available for > recording of books? The software is not only free but is fine tuned for > recording of books as the requirements for recording books and music are > entirely different. > > Thanks > Dipendra > > -----Original Message----- > From: Prashant Verma [mailto:pr_ve...@hotmail.com] > Sent: 25 May 2009 21:38 > To: dipendra.mano...@gmail.com > Subject: Fw: [AI] Study materials for visually-impaired on audio CDs > > > Did you notice this? > New recording studio for blind in Tamil Nadu will use Nuendo 2.0 software. > Steinberg, a name known for innovation and user-friendliness in both MIDI > and audio-production software, has come through once again with its ultimate > > flagship application, Nuendo 2.0. The company has always sought to engineer > products that cater to the creative process while providing the type of > flexibility that the high-end recording industry requires. Nuendo 2.0 is a > continuation of that tradition: Version 2.0 is designed to meet the needs of > > audio professionals in music, postproduction, film, broadcasting, game sound > > and multimedia production. The program is intended to be a truly > user-configurable media-production system. > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Vamshi. G" <gvamsh...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 5:57 PM > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Subject: [AI] Study materials for visually-impaired on audio CDs > >> Source: The Hindu >> (http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/02/01/stories/2005020113270600.htm) >> >> Tamil Nadu >> - >> Chennai >> >> >> Study materials for visually-impaired on audio CDs >> >> >> >> By Our Staff Reporter >> >> >> >> >> CHENNAI, >> >> >> JAN. 31. >> >> Nethrodaya, a non-governmental organisation for the visually-impaired >> on Sunday inaugurated its Braille Library-cum-Research Centre, a >> project aided by the State Government. >> >> C.K. Gariyali, Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply >> Department inaugurated it. Visual impairment was no hurdle to come up >> in life when hard work was put in the right direction, she said. >> >> The State Special Commissioner for the Disabled recommended an >> allocation of Rs. 5 lakhs out of the lottery fund for the >> establishment of the library and training centre, C. Govindakrishnan, >> founder of Nethrodaya said. >> >> The centre also has a recording studio, the first of its kind in the >> State, he said. "Using the facilities, all the study material for >> college-going visually-impaired students will be digitally recorded >> and duplicated and made available as audio CDs and cassettes by the >> blind, for the blind," he said. >> >> The study materials will be provided free. Visually-impaired students >> who were dependent on volunteers to read out their lessons could >> become independent and increase their study hours using the audio CDs. >> >> The centre will make them self-reliant, he said. Written texts are >> being converted into audio format using the latest Nuendo 2.0 version >> software for recording. >> >> Thippu, playback singer, assured support for fund-raising programmes. >> >> Binoy Gupta, Chief Income Tax Commissioner, donated Rs. 10,000 to >> Nethrodaya. >> >> He presented the Nethrodaya awards instituted to recognise the >> outstanding achievements by the visually- impaired people to >> Thiagarajan, retired principal of the Poonamalee Blind School, >> Rajagopalan, astrologer and lecturer at NKT Engineering College, >> Amalraj, who won the best teacher award twice from the President of >> India, Veerakumar, the first blind person to become a legal officer in >> a bank and Radha, a professional singer with an M.Phil in Music. >> >> White canes were given to the visually impaired on the occasion. >> >> Nethrodaya's helpline is: 26565012. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> G. 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