thanks max i'm also interested in aircraft and trains and railways whair can i get magazines on theese subjeckts ----- Original Message ----- From: Max Robinson To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice pleas
Larry Martin is reading woodworking magazines on CD Rom in MP3 format. You can contact him at the following email address. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope this helps. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fowle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice pleas > Carl, > Since nobody else has had a whack at this, I'll pass along what I > think I know, maybe it'll generate some corrections or enhancements. > > I know of no magazines offered directly in word format, but > Bookshare > http://www.bookshare.org > has some in daisy format which can be converted to html with > software they provide. They are a paid subscription of course > for print impaired folks, and I don't think there is anything there > in the areas you want. > > Also of course the library of congress's talking book > program, I believe may have something on gardening in one of the various > talking book formats, all audio or maybe braille. Braille can be > back translated to text, but the audio formats must be played on a talking > book complient device. > > There may be some print mags that are beginning to offer electronic > subscriptions, but they'll be in PDF or some other proprietary format > which may or may not be readilly converted to word or text. > > And don't anybody write back to whine at me how accessible PDF is, > you'll get a very loud and very knowledgable lecture on the > inconsistancies > of that bloody mess. Some PDF is accessible sometimes. > > Basically nobody is likely to produce commercial magazines in word or any > other easilly modified format because they can't be sure of keeping > their copyright protected and not having people distribute > modified or corrupted versions of their copyrighted materials. > > Tom Fowle > > > ------------------------------------ > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.9/1420 - Release Date: 5/7/2008 > 2:12 PM > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
