The Daisy standard is hardly a "bizarre format" and when made correctly the books are playable on existing iPods and other such devices. The issue here is not Daisy the issue is that NLS and to a lesser degree RFB&D have chosen to add digital rights management aka encryption to their books.
We make books without any DRM and include playlist so that they are playable on other non-Daisy devices. Daisy offers advantages such as multiple bookmarks, page and section navigation and the option to hear notes or not as needed. Daisy is a public standard and is published for all to use at www.daisy.org Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com On Jul 16, 2009, at 12:53 AM, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
