[PW] Audiobook services in Colorado?

[Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD]

Ohmygoodness I hope that was intended to have been "tapes"!!!

Peter Ingerman

Sue Kamm wrote:

>You might try the Talking Books program that's run through LC.  I believe
>they are in transistion between rapes (on a special player) to CDs.
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>>[Original Message]
>>From: Scott Bonner <sbonner at rhmlibrary.org>
>>To: <list at project-wombat.org>
>>Date: 5/31/2008 2:00:59 PM
>>Subject: [PW] Audiobook services in Colorado?
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>>Greetings!
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>>Here in Missouri, there is a state program to provide audiobooks to folks
>>with special needs, called the Wolfner Library -
>>http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/ .  The Wolfner program even goes so far as
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>to
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>>provide readers and mail the audiobooks all over the state.
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>>I am trying to find out (with no success so far) whether there is a
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>similar
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>>program in Colorado, on behalf of a Colorado woman who is losing her
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>vision
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>>to diabetes.  She is computer-literate, so if the state has an online
>>program, that would work as well.
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>>Also, I am looking for free audiobook options beyond the excellent list at
>>http://www.archive.org/details/audio_bookspoetry , as these programs seem
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>to
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>>mostly deal with non-copyright sources.  Are there any programs that
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>legally
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>>provide some copyright materials, or are the commercial audiobook makers
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>not
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>>providing titles for such services?
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>>Any help is much appreciated!
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>>Scott Bonner, Adult Services Librarian
>>Richmond Heights Memorial Library
>>8001 Dale Avenue, Richmond Heights, MO 63117
>>Phone: (314)-645-6202  Fax: (314)-781-3434
>>sbonner at rhmlibrary.org  www.rhml.lib.mo.us
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