I prefer CF or SD cards because CDs are quite fragile. Why can't the material be put on a CF or SD card instead of a CD?
Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:14 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Tutorial : 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 : : : __________ NOD32 1.1715 (20060818) Information __________ : : This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. : http://www.eset.com : : ___ 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
