(Mordechai T. Abzug) wrote:
> A lot of libraries allow one to borrow audio books, too. I've even
> seen a download option (i.e. you can download some audio books instead
> of actually going to the library), but it's DRM-en***bered to try to
> enforce the borrowing term, which makes it a PITA to actually use.
I have used my library's online video services ... and found them to
be somewhat lacking in variety, which will no doubt improve with time.
I tried to use the audio online downloads and never got it to work,
but that was right after they introduced the service so it may work
now.
Libraries are wonderful. As is the Gutenberg Project, which allows a
person to download uncopyrighted works ... which then allows a person
to play them through a text-to-voice program and listen at leisure.
Having been the go-between for my father and the library for the
blind, I can tell you that blind people can go through audio books at
a ferocious pace. If the complete works of James Michener had been
available through Gutenberg, my problems would have been solved.
Jerri
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