Richard pretty much dissected the difference between the two. Bards very easy to use. I myself use both. I actually prefer the neutral readers, the volunteer readers from Learning Ally. I often look up my favorite authors on Bart and download the books and then can barely get through The first pages of most of them because of their overly dramatic rendering which to me is generic and it's own way. I prefer a neutral read much like what it's like when a friend sits down and read to me. The commercial audio that Richard mentioned often are the best recordings. Often there very long box and series books like the girl with the Dragon tattoo or I Q 94 or of the goldfinch and some of those are extraordinary readings. So it's a mix. maybe you should call learning Ally and asked them if there are discounts and also ask them for a sample of some books that you're interested in so that you can judge for yourself what you would find most useful tolerable or pleasurable. They might be able to accommodate you.
Deidre > On Oct 15, 2017, at 9:15 PM, Maria Reyes <the.big.apple.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > here's the thing. I just happened to look in my spam folder and saw an email > from Learning Ally welcoming me to their service. I don't remember having to > pay anything. For some reason I cannot log into the app with the username and > password they gave me. I tried the website and it worked > > Maria Reyes > Owner of the following groups: Apple 411: apple411+subscr...@groups.io > iMessage/FaceTime: the.big.apple.n...@gmail.com > >> On Oct 15, 2017, at 9:10 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Learning Ally costs about $120 per year and is focus on textbooks for >> schools. >> The readers are often not very good as they are volunteers who basically >> just have to say I'll read some. >> You can often have multiple readers in one book and not because it was >> designed that way, but because one reader read as much as they could, so >> someone else took over. >> But, if you are a student, and you cannot get the book any other way, it is >> a valuable service. >> But, if you are looking for books for pleasure reading, it would be my last >> choice. >> BARD uses professional readers, though some may be volunteers. 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