Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 7 Jun 91 05:57:13 GMT From: Brett G Person Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Did Western Electric Also Make Sound Recordings? Message-ID: Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 433, Message 11 of 13 Lines: 24 In article haynes@cats.ucsc.edu, aynes@cats.ucsc.edu writes: > Re: 16-2/3 RPM recordings - I suspect they are still in use as > "talking books for the blind" though they may have been supplanted by > cassettes by now. Your public librarian could probably tell you. At > [Moderator's Note: I've done volunteer work for ten years for the > Chicago Public Library producing programs for visually-handicapped > people. The 16 2/3 rpm records were gone *long* before I started. PAT] Actually, they still do produce some of the magazines for talking books in this format. I also beleive that the rpm is closer to 8. I haven't actually used my talking book turntable for a few years, so my mind may be slipping. I still get those flexible records every week though. And yes, they have gone over to cassettes for most things. Brett G. Person North Dakota State University uunet!plains!person | person@plains.bitnet | person@plains.nodak.edu