Hi KC, an audio CD and a CD ROM are absolutely the same physically. The difference is in the way that they are formatted. An audio CD can be played in any CD player, a CD Rom can only be used on a computer. The audio CD you are talking about is one of two CDs that ships with every BrailleNote. It used to be a cassette, now it's a CD. The issue is not at all a financial one for HumanWare, it is a customer focus issue. Not all BrailleNote users have access to a computer. If we made the audio CD a CD ROM, then non-PC users would not be able to access the audio material at all. The approach we are taking now means that Deaf Blind people and those who prefer text have complete access in hardcopy Braille, on the other CD which ships with the unit which is indeed a CD ROM, and on board the unit itself. We even ship it in print, in case someone needs sighted assistance, so we've covered all bases. I don't see that anyone is being disadvantaged here, since the way things are at present, everyone, whether they have a computer or not, whether they are Deaf Blind or not, has completely equal access to the same information. It's a physical impossibility for us to do all this on one CD. Jonathan Mosen BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager HumanWare
11 Mary Muller Drive Christchurch New Zealand DDI: +64-3-940-2219 http://www.humanware.com kathleen spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19/08/2006 04:59 a.m. Please respond to Braillenote List <[email protected]> To Braillenote List <[email protected]> cc Subject RE: [Braillenote] Tutorial Jonathan No doubt, You will consider me stupid However, I don't know the difference between a CD-Rom disk and a CD disk. IN fact, I doubt many who are deaf-blind know either! More to the point, why did the CD, which consumers received inthe boxes with their M-Power Transplant or new M-Power, not indicate "audio?" Finally, can you truthfully say that using a CD-Rom Disk as oppsed to the CD disk you are now using, would create a financial hardship for HW? If not, I don't see the justification for your reluctance to include both audio and text. KC KC > ----- Original Message ----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:06:41 +1200 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Tutorial >Hi KC, the audio appears in two places. The first is on an audio CD. This >is not a CD rom, but an audio CD, the kind that people put in any standard >CD player such as a stereo or portable CD player. In that sense because it >isn't a CD ROM, we can't put a text file on that. The second place it >appears is in MP3 on the KeySoft CD, and the text does already appear >there. It's also worth noting that not only do you get the text of the >audio tutorial on the BrailleNote itself and on the KeySoft CD, but you >get the text of the tutorial in hardcopy Braille with every BrailleNote, >since the audio tutorial uses the text of Chapter One of the Users Guide, >and this is what you get in hardcopy Braille. So what you are asking for, >we've done ever since the BrailleNote has been out there. To summarise >then, Deaf Blind customers can access the text of the getting started >audio tutorial in three ways. 1, on the KeySoft CD Rom in various formats >including Plain Text and PDF. 2, on board the unit in two ways, through >the on-line help system and the Book Reader. And 3, in hardcopy Braille. >Jonathan Mosen >BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager >HumanWare >11 Mary Muller Drive >Christchurch New Zealand >DDI: +64-3-940-2219 >http://www.humanware.com >kathleen spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >18/08/2006 04:48 p.m. >Please respond to >Braillenote List <[email protected] >To >Braillenote List <[email protected] >cc >Subject >RE: [Braillenote] Tutorial >sarah dear heart, >This is in reference to an audio tutorial which appears on the >CD-Rom in the package received by M-Power Trnaspant and >M-Power purchasers who are deaf-blind. >Yes, we want text, along with audio on that Cd-Rom. >HTH >___ >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
