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More than 200 hours of pre-recorded talk shows and personal stories
are available for listening, reading, and printing from CSN. Talk shows
and stories can be selected or searched by anyone, whether registered
with CSN or not.
In order to listen to these shows and stories, you must have RealOne
Player installed on your computer.
RealOne Player is available for both PC and Macintosh computers. It
can be downloaded from www.realnetworks.com,
or by clicking the link from our Talk Shows and Stories main page. By
clicking the link, you will also find instructions for downloading and
installing RealOne Player.
In order to print talk shows and stories, you will need Adobe Acrobat,
a free program that can be downloaded from Adobe at www.adobe.com,
or by clicking the link from out Talk Shows and Stories main page. By
clicking the link, you will also find instructions for downloading and
installing Adobe Acrobat. Adobe Acrobat is available for both PC and
Macintosh computers.
To listen to or read a CSN talk show or story:
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On the CSN Home Page, click the Talk Shows & Stories
link in the left-hand menu.
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On the Talk Shows & Stories page, select "Recent Additions,"
"Featured Stories," "Celebrity Interviews," ‘Featured Talk Shows"
or "CareCast Audio Webcasts" to access shows of these types.
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Lower on the page, you can choose from a list of topics
relating to cancer situations--Newly Diagnosed or In Treatment, After
Treatment and Beyond, In Recurrence, and Caregiver. Selecting any
of these gives you access to a list of shows for that category.
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After you have selected a list or category, you will
see a list of talk shows or personal stories. Click the link to go
to a particular show or story.
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Once you have selected a show, you will see a transcript
that you can read on its own or while listening to a recording of
the show. Click the RealOne Player icon, and the audio player that
you have installed should automatically start and play, just like
listening to a radio. You will see a control panel with buttons similar
to a stereo, allowing you to stop, start, play, rewind, fast-forward
and pause.
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You may run other programs on your computer while
running the audio player; however, in doing so, broadband (cable,
dsl, and satellite) connections allows much more flexibility than
dial-up connections. The recording will play until it finishes. At
that point, you can choose another show or show segment to listen
to, or close the program.
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All shows and stories are divided into segments. Each
show has a table of contents dividing the show into segments of the
program. You may go directly to a specific segment by clicking the
link in the table of contents located at the top of each show. Each
segment has its own RealOne Player icon to click for listening.
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If you wish to print a show segment, click the Printer/Printable
Version button. This will launch Adobe Acrobat and provide a version
of the transcript that can be printed or otherwise manipulated with
Adobe Acrobat. Click the "Back" button on your browser to return to
the regular show page.
To search talk shows and stories:
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You can search Talk Shows and Stories by using the
Search option in the top center of any CSN page.
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Type in what you would like to hear or read about,
and you will be taken to a results page. At the bottom, you will have
the option of checking only "talk shows and stories" to limit your
search to these features on your topic of interest.
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After choosing and/or typing in a word or words, then
clicking search, you will see a response list with all matches found,
including direct links to CSN content. Example: If you type in "Tamoxifen,"
and click "Search," you will be given a list of every segment in which
"Tamoxifen" is found.
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Refer to the Help section titled "Search CSN" for
more information on searching the site.
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