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Originally Posted by kacir
Before you commit to audio books, do try them for yourself. And if possible provide the lady with a temporary loaner device (an old portable CD player would do) with a bunch of mp3s or even a burnt(*) CD. There are lots of stuff available to try something out. Like that LibriVox (with 4600 recordings) that was mentioned earlier or some good quality BBC4 programs available for download.
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Sure - I could always pick up a cheap MP3 player first and load some onto that. Where are the BBC4 programmes available?
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For me personally, an audio book is very different from an "ordinary" (letters on paper or e-ink screen) book. With an Audio book you can't regulate speed and you have to commit 100% to listening, otherwise you risk missing an important part of the story. With an ordinary book you set your own tempo and can take as many breaks as you wish. So for me an audio book is very tiring. This might be caused by fact I am not native English speaker - English is actually my third language. I have also tried a few e-books in my mother language (there are very few available) or my second language, and they are a little bit better, but still I *very* much prefer the ordinary book.
Obviously some people have different attitude towards books, so you really should try before commiting to either option.
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All good points - well if the E-Reader route fails, which I really hope it doesn't, then audio books are a great fallback option.
English isn't your first language? Wow - could have fooled me. You put us to shame with your level of English.
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Plus, many e-book readers, such as Kindle 3 support also audio books if the lady wants a bit of variety.
(*) this being Mobileread ;-), I mean a CD burnt from legally obtained mp3, where license allows that. We can't have an old, bed-bound arthritis patient listen to illegally burned CD with some audio-book program that was broadcast by BBC4 a few years ago, can we? ;-)
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Ha ha, no of course not!
Thanks Kacir,
David.