This is a blog about obtaining materials in Braille, large print, and audio format for Catholic Blind or Visually Impaired Readers.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Pray Along with a Rosary - Free Online or CD

Most of us...I started to say, although I myself am fully sighted (with my bifocals on). Let's try that again. Most people who are blind or visually impaired, who use computers, use either a screen reader (like my college son, soon, I hope) or screen magnification (like my high school son). But I'm always on the lookout to share Catholic resources with you, that are available in human voice. Maybe it's because I myself am not very auditory. But it's also because I think you - or your children - would enjoy more hearing books, talks and other items in human voice whenever possible.

So I was particularly happy to find this complete Rosary online. A priest (maybe, or maybe another man) announces the mystery and reads the Scriptural meditation, accompanied by soft background music. Then he says the first parts of each prayer, while a group of people say the second part.

You will need to have Real Player on your computer. If you don't have it, they provide a link on the home page to download it for free if you wish.

Alternatively, you can buy the CD for $14.95 to carry along with you or to use without getting online.

You can find this Rosary by going to the following site. Near the top, you will find "Online Rosary CD". Click on that link. Then you can scroll down to the mysteries you want to hear. Enjoy.
http://www.catholicradiodramas.com/index.html

Monday, September 24, 2007

Scott and Kimberly Hahn

Last night I found this site that I'm excited about sharing with you! It has various talks by Scott and Kimberly Hahn. All you need is Real Audio Player...or you can download it at the site.

Below is the link for the site. You may want to scroll up to the top of the page to get the Real Audio Player.
http://www.salvationhistory.com/bookstore/audioRsrcs.cfm#L1

Enjoy!