I subscribed to the NPR podcast for my Bloglines account. It was pretty easy following the directions given and now I'm glad to know how to do this for any others I may like. When I chose some podcasts from it, for some reason I was expecting there to be video too but then realized we are only talking about audio.
I think it's great that libraries are using these. I have a blind friend who uses a laptop with a special device that gives an audio of everything on a page of a website so that he can know what's on there. It would certainly help someone like this, who relies so much on audio, to have podcasts on there with information on what's available, what events are coming or even podcasts of programs that have already occurred.
I like the stories for children too. Certainly would help a busy mother who can't get to the library at times for a story hour. Just today I was fiddling around for the longest time with our old tape player trying to put in a story for my daughter who's sick today.
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Yep, in this case, we're just talking about audio. But there are some great "vodcasts" out there, too, and you'll be learning more about video in a couple of weeks.
I never thought about podcasts for people with visual impairments -- thanks for sharing that thought!
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