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Code listings in audio books are going to be, er, interesting. I remember seeing a video of a blind coder's set up and the audio was incredible - really fast and hard to tune in to.

I think there's a service idea here - something to hook people up to others who want to read a book and are prepared to read it out aloud and record it. Build a library of books. Audio books tend to be edited mind you.



>> I think there's a service idea here - something to hook people up to others who want to read a book and are prepared to read it out aloud and record it. Build a library of books.

You mean something like Librivox? [1]

[1] https://librivox.org/


Lol, yes!

Except that I was envisaging some way to suggest a book (and by extension vote for a book) so a volunteer could choose a book that was in demand.

Also I didn't figure copyright in to the equation; Librivox is for public domain works it seems.


Relevant video: https://vimeo.com/116986391 (Why programming manuals aren't on audiobook)




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