Digital audiobook related news and information
Kim Kilpatrick is always ‘seeing’ the glass half full. Blind for years, Kim is, however, always ready to share the benefits of her own life. To do so, she created her own blog – a blog all about the wonderful things that she experiences as a blind person. Check out her insightful post about audio books – one of the many amazing things that blind people experience.
Source: http://kimgia3.blogspot.com/2011/01/great-things-about-being-blind-audeo.html
Want to give your mom a present for Mother’s Day? What makes a better gift than an interesting book? Give your mom the gift of a quality book that she’ll appreciate. Find some great suggestions for books for your Mom on Mother’s Day from the community members of Mundelein Review.
Source: http://mundelein.suntimes.com/entertainment/19692592-421/give-mom-the-gift-of-a-good-book.html
We recently discussed how audiobooks in Turkey are making a difference – let’s not forget other countries like Taiwan, where although there isn’t so much of a struggle against handicap awareness, there is still the same fight for color and light in lives of darkness. Yang Yi-wen shares her inspiring story in an article by Chiu Shao-wen and Jason Pan.
Source: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/01/12/2003552361
Are you a busy mom, searching for a way to fit more time in your day? From listening to audiobooks to learning how to speed read, you can find the time to start reading again without forsaking your other duties as a mother. Check out an article by Crystal Paine with fifteen ways that you can read more during the day.
Source: http://www.thebettermom.com/2013/02/15-ways-moms-can-fit-more-reading-into-their-day/
For men and women who live in a world of darkness, audiobooks bring light and imagination to color their days. In America, we often take the respect for blind and visually impaired for granted. In countries like Turkey, it’s harder for visually impaired to access audiobooks. Read about the struggle for the handicapped in Turkey and how audiobooks are helping the blind there in an article by E. Baris Altintas.
Source: http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=204265
Want to entertain your mom with some great audiobooks? If you’re looking for some funny audiobook suggestions that will be great from your Mom, then check out a question on Yahoo! Answers. AmandaR asks for some good, funny audiobooks and receives plenty of responses that are sure to help you out as well.
Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111004201625AAIDbjM
The audiobook format has been helping the blind and visually impaired since they came into existence, but sometimes the audiobook players aren’t nearly as helpful. With small buttons located in awkward places, audiobook players aren’t always easy to use for the visually impaired. However, audiobook players have been designed for the blind – check out a review of the Humanware Victor Reader Stream by Donald Bell.
Source: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10226447-49.html
Mother’s day is coming up, and it’s time to remember all of those great women in our lives who introduced us to reading in the first place. Why don’t you buy an audio book for your Mom for her special day? Find some recommendations for light, funny, good audio book for Moms on a thread from the Well Trained Mind Community.
Most of us have experienced the problem: we have audiobooks in a CD format, but we can’t transfer them to our iPod, or at least we’re having some trouble making them fit into one file. Whether you’re going on a long car trip and don’t have a CD player, or you’re simply going for a jog and would rather clip on an iPod touch to listen to your audiobook, these instructions from Christopher Breen will help you get your audiobook from your CDs to your iPod touch.
Source: http://www.macworld.com/article/2032536/preparing-audiobooks-for-the-road.html
What’s the difference between reading and listening to books? What are the best qualities of audiobooks? What are some great suggestions for audiobooks to listen to? We discussed all of these questions in this cycle’s articles – check it out here:
