Hello ann, Overdrive media uses windows media player for its support in playing audio books. Audible uses mp3 files but uses some sort of propriatary means for its books. I've been told and so have others on the list that it's a question of hw gaining the rights to provide us with these books. Now I don't know how you took it, but I wasn't criticizing hw. I was merely pointing out that we need as many ways to access books as possible. And the web braille situation highlights this. I mean it is really sort of a slap in the face to its consumers that nls drops the program with no warning or clear explanation as to why.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ann K. Parsons Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 5:33 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] reading books Hi Denise, The folks at Humanware should have no problem with the Net Library books, if they can get the hardware and software to play them. After all, you can play them now in any commercial MP3 player. That's the whole point of the thing, that they are portable. You download them, and then they get erased on your computer after three weeks. I don't think the files disappear if you put them on a CF card or whatever. The thing that the Humanware folks have to figure out is what media these files are in and what sampling rate, etc. I believe that Net Library uses WMA, but not sure. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
