It is interesting how simple something can sound in the abstract. Note that Amazon does it only with Amazon controlled equipment. Back when I had both a Windows Mobile smartphone and a Nokia smartphone, each device syncing with my computer was basic as long as I was not trying to sync things more complicated than updates to files, and I made sure the file was closed last on the device which had the most recent iteration of the file. However, trying to do this with both the Windows Mobile and the Nokia became very complicated very quickly. When you add different OSs and different sync protocols managed by different sync programs on the computer, it becomes messy.
So, we have the Victor Stream by HumanWare on a proprietary OS, the iPhone app on the iOS platform, the BookSense on a modified version of Windows CE (which has been discontinued a few years ago by the way), the Icon and Braille Plus on a Linux variant, The BrailleNote on a different variant of modified Windows CE (which has been discontinued a few years ago), the forthcoming APH and NBP systems both running Android. I would love to see you design and roll out a local syncing system that will run locally on whichever equipment the person happens to have, and will manage transferring file location markers effectively between these disparate devices, with anything near 100% accuracy. After all, anything less than 100% accuracy will rapidly earn you a large volume of complaints from this community. Like I said, it would be a very complex project, and one I would not care to manage. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 21/05/2013, at 10:14, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are lots of ways this could be done without an internet connection. You > could pass some media between the devices, like an SD card, you could use > your PC as a sync point between your devices or the devices could sync with > one another through NFC, bluetooth or wifi. > > On 05/20/2013 04:57 PM, David Chittenden wrote: >> Excuse me, unless you connect your devices to some sort of central managing >> database, there is no way to synchronise one's reading location mark across >> devices. Amazon does it by having all devices connect to their servers and >> update reading location marks, highlight marks, comments, and so forth, with >> the database that also keeps track of which books one has purchased. It >> isn't complicated so long as the infrastructure is set-up for it. Setting up >> the infrastructure from scratch, on the other hand, is a real nightmare. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 21/05/2013, at 9:20, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This could be done without an internet connection. Many of these devices >>> support SD cards, USB connections and bluetooth. They're also now starting >>> to come out with wifi connections. >>> >>> On 05/20/2013 03:56 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> This would require whatever device you use at home have an internet >>>> connection. I don't own a stream or, any other type of blind centric >>>> reader except the actual NLS player so, do these devices often have the >>>> ability to connect to the internet? >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> rica...@appletothecore.info >>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>> >>>> On May 20, 2013, at 3:08 PM, "Alan Paganelli" >>>> <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think it's a fair question though. Not everybody who gets NLS Talking >>>>> Books has a smart phone and they would like to have some sense of how >>>>> popular it would be. Personally, I'd just like to have the option. Now >>>>> if there were a way in which you could start reading an NLS book on your >>>>> iPhone, get home and pickup where you left off on your reading device. >>>>> They keep saying more features will be added to the Victor Reader Stream >>>>> 2. Be cool if they could manage that. >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: Brad Hodges >>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:44 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: NLS Update on Talking Book App >>>>> >>>>> Similarly, I just signed on to NLS BARD and encountered the same two >>>>> questions. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 5/20/2013 2:37 PM, Arnold Schmidt wrote: >>>>>> When I logged onto my library's bard site today, there was a survey >>>>>> question about whether I would use the app, if it were available, and >>>>>> which version, IOS or Android, I would use. I post this, in hopes that >>>>>> it is a national survey, not just from my library. 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