[Vintage-Audio] Re Talking Books

[W8DBF D.B. Fischer]

Tim (and all)

Quoting: Production of these microgroove discs were for the blind, the 
illiterate, and those too lazy to read for themselves.

Hardly correct!

The books read by professional readers and recorded at the Louisville, 
Kentucky studio of the American Foundation For The Blind Inc. were only 
available to those persons certified by a physician as being "blind" - 
totally or legally), physically disabled, home bound, senior citizen or 
otherwise print handicapped. They were not ever, nor are they today, simply 
available to anyone who wants to read a book!

Just because a person is technically illiterate, does not make them some 
kind of misfit or social reject. There are many normally sighted people with 
a neurological problem that may make reading and/or writing not possible. 
Such as those who are paralyzed.

?So let us keep one thing crystal clear, Talking Books are not available for 
the "too lazy to read"! It is a fantastic service that provides the access 
to knowledge, enjoyment and information to those unable to utilize the 
printed word in the normal manner.

Duane Fischer, W8DBF