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What will talking books–for the blind, dyslectic and others with print-related challenges–be like in the near future? How about the change from analogue to digital technology with credit-card-sized books? And what about issues such as Digital Rights Management?

Discussing these matters, at 3 p.m. Central Daylight Time on Thursday, will be Michael Moodie, Deputy Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), a division of the Library of Congress–the guest on the next eBookWorm chatcast moderated by Tom Peters.

Besides talking books, Moodie has also been involved with Web Braille.

For those interested in listening to the chatcast–and participating, too, if they want–here are details from the Mid-Illinois Talking Books Center, eBookWorm’s sponsor:

To listen to the interview and join in the discussion:

1. Go to http://www.talkingcommunities.com/entrance.pl?LIB-Auditorium&nopass_field=1.

2. Type your name and click enter.

3. A small software applet will download to your computer and you will enter the room.

Once you are in the room, you can communicate either via the text chat window in the left center area of the screen, or, if you have a microphone connected to your PC, you can press and hold the Control key to speak to the group.

Have a friend who might benefit from NLS’s talking books or Braille editions? Click here.

 
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