Veilaudio provides a
free audio-book library lending service to the visually impaired.
Most of the titles on offer are of a religious or spiritual nature,
but membership is open to all the visually impaired, irrespective
of religious belief or affiliation. Currently, audio books are
supplied on cassette, but we are keen to introduce DAISY technology
and explore alternative means of making the books available. Much
of the software and equipment required is beyond our means at
present, but we hope to be able to make a start on "Project Daisy"
in the not too distant future. We have already made exhaustive
tests on the equipment we intend to use, so it is "just" a question
of acquiring it! Also on the "to do" list is an improved online
guide to the library contents and ensuring that this web site is
accessible to everyone.
Keeping in touch with
members
Currently there are about
600 religious titles on offer — approximately 3300 cassettes — and
132 titles of a more recreational nature. An enthusiastic team of
volunteer readers is helping to add new titles, while other
volunteers try to keep us on top of the admin — with mixed success.
At present, we are recording and releasing a new title
approximately every fortnight and have just begun to relase titles
in mp3 CD format. The current catalogue is available as a download
from the sidebar.
If you would like to help in any way, or are able to donate
equipment or money (Gift-Aided if possible) to help maintain this
as a free service, please get in touch. Blindness and visual
impairment can occur at any age, but it is often the elderly and
housebound who suffer most. Veilaudio plays a small but important
part in combating the isolation that many experience because of
their disability.
Rewinding and repairing tapes is a regular chore. This equipment
was the last word in white-hot technology in about
1970!
Rewinding a returned
cassette
