Thank you thank you. This is what I don't understand! Why do the users of the other device have it and we don't?! I have used both devices and just think the bn is better quality along with some other issues.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mary Ward Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 1:36 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] reading books I really think that it might be worth it atsome point for HW to support Audible and Overdrive, even for a price. A certain competitor of the BN, whose dreaded name I won't mention, has supported Audible for some time. That device also supports DAISY files, including those from Bookshare. Lack of support for these features could conceivably cut into HW's market. When I was selecting my device, I disliked some of the other traits of That-Device-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named, especially the way the hookup between the removable Braille display and the unit itself looked like a big, bad accident waiting to happen. I certainly don't regret my choice of BN, but many users might select one of the devices that supports the media types that most hearing blind people want to use. ----- Original Message ----- From: "denise avant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 7:36 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] reading books > 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 > > ___ 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
