for visualy impaired and/or auditive hp-fans: sounds and pc hp-sound

[Tiffany B. Clark]

Mary:

Hi, Katty!
  
Did you ever get answer to this? I used to make audio tapes of movies 
just so I could really listen the movie. It would be harder nowadays 
but  something I would like to do again.
  
 
---Mary

Tiffany:

I think they still sell blank audio tapes available for recording but 
you gotta hunt for them because CDs are the king of the mountain now, 
but for the HP movies, even a 2-hour tape would hardly be enough for 
it all.  Just imagine if you had to change sides or tapes during 
something important.  I know a whole lot about music & audio related 
stuff because I've been an audiophile (music lover) since I was in 
diapers.

Katty:
  
Perhaps this subject is already discussed in this list? 
 
1: Concerning the pc and restyling it to a hp-theme: seeing people 
can use screenreaders to make their pc hp-like. But blind pc-users 
can't. I, e.g. am using an owl-sound for the e-mail-alert. I mean, by 
using outlook express, I replaced the "dingdong"-sound by the sound 
of a scops owl. 
  
Did you do such things with your pc? If yes: what did you do? Do you 
have oter suggestions to make the pc hp-sounding? 
 
2: Although I prefer the hp-books above the hp-films, I am always 
listening carefully to the soundscapes of the films, and wishing I 
could hear them without  the actors voices and music. E.g.1: during 
GF-film you can hear many owl-sounds  during the owlery-scènes, and 
in this way, you'll get an auditive image of this  room. But as the 
music is playing and the actors are talking, you can't clearly  hear 
and analyse the owl-sounds. E.G2: The kittens on the ornate 
plates in  Umbridge's office are mewing (and even purring a little). 
  
I suppose, there isn't a possibility to listen to this soundscapes, 
used by  
making the films? I tried to make some myself, but they are of bad 
quality. 
 
Best Katty