And there ya go. Hit Apple with the idea and beat NLS about the head and shoulders until they start paying attention. THey will quickly find that folks really want to have this option and not be tied to one of their funky players or spend a crap-load of money on specialized hardware, when the hardware is there, ready to be leveraged for their needs. On Jul 15, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Barry Hadder wrote:
> > That's definitely my vision of how things should be. However, all > such blind services (i.e. NLS, RFBD) seem to be hell bent on producing > material in some bizarre format completely incompatible with anything > that the main stream world is using. I wonder just how much money > actually goes in to the research development of that crap anyway. > Also, I think it will be a long time before the prevailing myth that > "blind folks are supposed to use windblows based pcs" is broken. The > more everyone requests compatiblity with other platforms the more > chance there will be for change. > > > On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:39 PM, Chris Polk wrote: > >> >> that would be really cool to have only one device for all of the >> books/ >> music/phone/email, well you get the point. >> >> >> On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Jenny Kennedy (Howard) wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi guys, >>> Well it looks as if the NLS here in the U.S. is going to be rolling >>> out their long awaited digital talkingbooks and players in a few >>> months program wide. >>> >>> For a while there have been beta testers that have used assorted >>> aspects of the program's hardware and software. >>> >>> The digital talking books are going to be put on flash memory and >>> people who have the victor reader stream have been able to download >>> digital files of the books to play on their players for a while. >>> You >>> have to register for the service and receive a special file that you >>> load onto the stream from what I understand and it pinpoints you >>> as a >>> registered NLS user and allows you to use the download-able files. >>> >>> Well I am wondering if it would be possible for Apple to team up >>> with >>> NLS like they've done with Audible and allow iTunes, future iPods >>> and >>> or the iPhone to play the NLS DTBs? I am thinking it would be the >>> best thing in the world if I could put NLS books in iTunes and on my >>> iPod. This can be done but it is against the law and cumbersome and >>> time consuming. LOL and it would be just better in my way of >>> thinking >>> if NLS DTBs would just go on the iPod all on their own without much >>> fuss or muss. >>> Do you all think this could be done and is it something anyone else >>> would like to see? >>> How would people e go about telling Apple to look into this or >>> like I >>> said is it even possible? >>> >>> Best Wishes >>> Jenny Kennedy (Howard) >>> blueskyes9112...@gmail.com >>> Olathe, Kansas USA >>> >>> Join me on FaceBook: >>> Personal Profile - www.facebook.com/blueskyes >>> And feel free to join "The Blind Parents of FaceBook" group. Search >>> for it in groups or contact me for details. >>> >>> Follow me via twitter using the username: ben_folds_fan >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
