Hi Christopher, Great point.
I wonder if the majority of the blind tech would catch up to make this even possible though? Its been my experience that the hardware upgrade for these things are measured in decades, not months like general consumer products. haha. But bluetooth or NFC would definitely be a good solution for syncing such data. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 20, 2013, at 6:42 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't disagree. You could get around using a third device though by just > having the two devices hand shake with one another over NFC, bluetooth or > wifi. It also wasn't that long ago that we had to resort to iTunes on a PC or > Mac to do a lot with our iPhones, and I still need a PC or SD card / NLS > cartridge to get my books on my Booksense or my NLS player. > On 05/20/2013 05:25 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Wouldn't that kinda ruin the experience? I mean, the act of having a 3rd >> medium I had to physically interact with, SD card, computer, etc, would make >> the syncing process not worth it. Of course, this is just my own personal >> take on it. Others might find such an arrangement to their liking. >> >> But, the thing that makes syncing with Kinlde or iBooks work is, you don't >> have to do anything on your end but make sure your signed in. >> >> JMO. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rica...@appletothecore.info >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On May 20, 2013, at 6:14 PM, 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. If you tend >>>>>>>> not to log onto bard often, log onto it and, if the question is there, >>>>>>>> hopefully answer it yes. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Arnold Schmidt >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>>>> Google Group. >>>>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>>>> --- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>>>> Google Group. >>>>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>>>> --- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Christopher (CJ) >>>>> chaltain at Gmail >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Christopher (CJ) >>> chaltain at Gmail >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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