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General
Q: How do I use my Learning Ally books?
A: Most Learning Ally audiobooks allow you to navigate by page, chapter, and sometimes higher levels, such as units or sections. It depends on how your book is set up. Learning Ally follows the format of the original book, which includes describing all graphs, charts, pictures etc.
All Learning Ally audiobook products allow you to start at your last position in the book. When you stop at a particular spot in the book and turn the machine off, the unit will remember where you left off for the next time.
Multi-CD Books
Some of Learning Ally digital books are large enough to need more than one CD.
Since Learning Ally players have last-position-remembered capability, the players will always expect you to start at the last position in the book and then move to your desired page by the "go to page" function. When you use the "go to page" feature, the player will tell you which CD to put in.
The first time you use the book, the player will expect you to start with CD number 1 and then move from there.
If you forget where you left off, just put in any CD, and the player will tell you which CD you should be starting with.
Installment Books
When you order a book from Learning Ally that is still in the recording stages, you can request to receive the book in installments until the recording is completed.
You will receive an updated CD approximately every 3 weeks. Each one of these installments is called a "release." Each release contains all the material recorded so far; each release completely replaces the prior ones. Therefore, to avoid confusion, you can (and should) discard the old release when you receive a new one.
To help you sort the CDs, the release number is on the right hand side of the CD under the book ID number.
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Q: What does Learning Ally do to make a book accessible?
A: All of Learning Ally's audiobooks are first read by a volunteer that is an expert in the subject matter. The recording is then transferred into a specialized format that has been specially built with capabilities that allow the user to go to specific pages or chapters, place bookmarks and speed up or slow down the reader's voice.
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Q: What is digital audio?
A: Digital audio is sound recorded as data or numbers. A computer can be used to record and play back the sound of a person's voice. Because the audio is stored as data, it provides several benefits over analog tape recordings, which is how Learning Ally's cassettes have traditionally been recorded.
Learning Ally DAISY CDs books were developed in cooperation with two standard-setting organizations: an international group known as the DAISY Consortium (Digital Accessible Information System) and NISO (National Information Standards Organization).
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Learning Ally Books
Q: How do I play DAISY CD (AudioPlus) format textbooks?
A: DAISY CDs (AudioPlus) can be accessed either on playback devices that have been programmed to accept the CDs or on specialized software. Visit our Product Catalog for more information on playback devices.
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Q: What is Downloadable DAISY?
A: Learning Ally members can now download our popular DAISY-formatted audiobooks in minutes.
Downloadable DAISY offers the same variable speed, bookmarking and navigational features as our DAISY CDs. With Downloadable DAISY, you can:
- Get instant access to DAISY-format audiobooks in just minutes
- Listen and learn in school, at home and on the go
- Eliminate worries about CD mailings, storage or returns
- Play downloaded books directly from a Microsoft® Windows®-compatible computer with DAISY software or on a specialized DAISY player
- And, as with all of our books, hear content read by humans, not by synthetic voice
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Q: What if I need help using Downloadable DAISY?
A: Visit our Downloadable DAISY Support website for assistance.
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Q: I was able to play a book, but now it says that I need a license again. Why?
A: All book licenses expire on your membership renewal date. At that time, books you ordered under your prior year’s membership will no longer play and you will need to get new licenses. The license acquisition dialogue will explain this process; just follow the instructions to renew your books. You do not need to re-download the books.
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