Ottawa Canada Dear Terry and lists:
R. F. B. and D. digital books are distributed at the moment on CD. You can copy the encrypted R. F. B. and D. digital talking book files from their CD to an SD card or USB Drive (USB Key etc) on your PC. Then in order to play the R. F. B. and D. books, the unit you wish to play them on must have a UAK (User Authorization Key) installed on it. Each player, be it your Mpower, V. R. Stream or a PC with Daisy player software, must have its very own UAK to play R. F. B. and D. digital books. I believe R. F. B. and D. has said they will charge $20 plus $6 or so for shipping per UAK. I'm not certain if you were to order a UAK for each of: Your Mpower, V. R. Stream and PC with DAISY player software if you would pay three shipping charges, or, if they were all ordered at once, let you pay just one shipping charge for all UAK ordered at the same time. At $20 per UAK, for three of them you would pay: $20 times 3 equals $60 Plus $6 for shipping but they might charge $18 for shipping, So your total due for three UAK would be either $66 or $78. The UAK charge is made only once for each player. So unless your player breaks and you replace it with another one, you need never pay another UAK fee to R. F. B. and D. as long as you live. Now NLS will also require a UAK to play their digital books, but it has been said here on the list that NLS will not charge for issuing UAK. Why does R. F. B. and D. charge $26 for issuing a UAK and NLS not? Beats me! Possibly NLS is budgeted for this administrative work and R. F. B. and D. isn't. You would have to request an explanation from R. F. B. and D. of why they charge for issuing a UAK. Oh and you do have to also pay your annual membership fee to R. F. B. and D. in order to borrow books, either on 4-track cassette or CD from them. Because I was first enrolled as an R. F. B. and D. borrower years ago, I get my membership with them free for the rest of my natural life. However, as I am living outside the USA, I'm not eligible to borrow their digital talking books. Wild eh? Take care. Brian Brian K. Lingard email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/990 - Release Date: 04/09/2007 10:36 PM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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
