January 11, 2006
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I took a bunch of these on my last airline trip. Sweet. Project Gutenberg is one of the best things on the internets.
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))) - thanks! My library's supply is not great.
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I always wondered what Steve was up to after the Police Academy movies...
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*kicks surlyboi* Too bad it's not extensive yet (not like their print versions). Anyone know of other Audiobook sources? Preferbly free? Hopefully legal?
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I tried to listen to the computerized version of one book, but that just sucked. The human-read ones are sooo limited - I guess I'm listening to Holmes stuff today. Still, it'll keep me occupied at work, and that's the important part. So thumbs up.
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If you dig Holmes and can stomach the cheese factor of radio plays, there's a metric fuck-ton there.
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<3s Project Gutenberg. Though fonder of the texts they offer. I detest being read to, if truth be told.
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But I love cheese! And that page - be still my tachycardic heart - isn't blocked by the work computers either! Yay! (looks around before cheering silently in my windowless 8'x5' office)
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Basil Rathbone at his best, y'know. agreed bees, but somehow audiobooks fly under my 'quit reading to me' radar. maybe it's something about being in the same room
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Chef put Basil in Rathbones?!?
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I'd like to get an mp3 player for audio books. I want a good VALUE. (Price divided by "functionalities.") I've heard that some players can't auto-resume or bookmark audiobooks. SO ... hijacking this thread somewhat into a Curious George thread ... What kind of player should I acquire? ... Thanks.
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the only place I know that needs a special player is audible.com. Too bad, too.
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I have three MP3 players, two flash one CD. The CD MP3 player doesn't save any sort of position information. The two flash players (one by Siren, the other by Samsung) both save the info of the last track that was played. The Siren player is the same as the Ilo sold at Walmart (except the Walmart players is 1G flash rather than 512MB) While the Siren/Ilo will save which track was last played, it won't save the position/time elapsed so you'll have to fast-forward to the last position yourself. Some nice things about the Siren/Ilo are that while it has built-in flash, you can also insert SD or MMC cards (up to 1G cards) to expand the memory; it uses one AAA battery (for around 12-16 hours of operation) rather than a built-in battery which will lose charge capacity over time. I've got four recharable AAA batteries and a recharger so I'm good to go there. On the other hand, the Samsung player, a Yepp YP-T7X, will not only save which file was last played, but will also bookmark the position within the file so it will resume where you last turned it off. (The Yepp also plays Ogg Vorbis files, if that is of any concern to you.) Unfortunately, the Yepp YP-T7X's memory can't be expanded and it has a built-in battery so over time the charge capacity will diminish. While I don't own one and have never used one, I understand the various iPods also do bookmarking. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
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I like the computer-generated ones. Especially "The Raven" (mp3) *BEEP WHIRRRR*
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I detest being read to, if truth be told. Me too, *except* during the frequent occasions when I must drive for 3 hours to visit Certain Persons. Whilst driving I find being read to far safer than reading.
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That's the only time I want to be read to, in the car. Otherwise, people read too damned slowly and I want to just grab the book from them and finish it myself. But I have very fond memories of my mother reading to me when I was a kid. Awesome times.
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Libravox is a volunteer group using the Project Gutenberg books to present audio books too. Go listen to them now! especially Frankenstein and Treasure Island cause I read chapters for those
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Librivox needs help! I know most of us monkeys are, ahem, in less than desirable financial conditions, but anyone who has a buck or two to spare, especially if you've used Librivox's books, please throw in a little to help them out.