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From: rsquires@unm.edu (roger m squires)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.books,alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Books on CD???
Date: 27 May 1994 13:04:43 -0600
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>Jon Randle <loki@oo.com> wrote:
>SB> Is there anywhere to get books on CD...
> 
>...I am assuming you mean on audio.  CD-ROM is something totally different

	This idea really interests me.  I would think, given the greatly
	reduced dynamic range and sampling requirements of spoken audio,
	combined with standard data compression techniques, that you
	could put quite a few hours of spoken audio on a CD-ROM for
	playback through a computer's sound card.  Has this been done?
	I've been playing King's Quest VI CD on my new system, and the
	combination of speech clips, music, and video is, well, amazing.

	How many normal audio-CDs are needed for, say, the New Testament?
	I know it takes around 15 audio cassette tapes and 5 pounds of LPs.

>Jon

rms