Joe, even though I probably wouldn't have a need to run it on another
machine, I think I'll go ahead and register another copy to not only
suport the excellent work, but I have my wife's IMac as a backup if
mine were to fail. Now as far as supporting what. I think in the
ideal world it would be nice to support all of it, RFBD, NLS, and
Book Share. I certianly think this would be wise as there are
students who would want to use Katieplayer to play those RFBD books,
there isn't another Daisy player for the Mac I'm aware of, and it
would make Katieplayer a solution for all.
Is there a particular reason why you all wouldn't want to support
DRM? I understand if there were some expensive licensing fees on your
end, but at least my understanding with RFBD is that you can get the
key for some very small fee and your registering like you do with
Book SHare so I think that would cover those fees. I don't know, but
maybe you could explain further.
Also as far as supporting text-only vs recorded voice, I think that
would not be the best route either. I think the more that can be
supported, the better, but I'm not a developer so don't know if this
is more work per say or what. I agree the smaller files etc. but I
think limiting the player to only text-only files as Daisy, not sure
this would be wise. Just my thoughts.
tnx
Scott
On Apr 8, 2006, at 1:56 PM, Kafka's Daytime wrote:
Hi Scott,
There was a bit of discussion about this on the list a few weeks
ago. We still have to complete testing of katieplayer on Intel Macs
before we make any changes required and issue a public statement
about katieplayer running on the Intel Macs. We require a license
(BASIC: $18) for each machine on which katieplayer is installed. If
it is a replacement machine (and you won't be using katieplayer on
two separate machines) please send an email to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] including your new Hardware Fingerprint.
Again, we expect to have compatibility/update news in the
reasonably near future. I'll be sure to post the new information to
the list. Sorry for any delay/inconvenience. We'll get there. Also
keep in mind the Cocoa version of katieplayer is under development
in parallel.
Incidentally, I have a question for all on the list - or at least
those interested in DAISY. - regarding the forthcoming Cocoa
version of katieplayer. How would you feel if the new Cocoa version
of katieplayer were to support only Bookshare/DAISY 3 books and
DAISY 2 content which does not use "live" Digital Rights Management
(DRM) (unless the standard is not obscure and is available to any
developer without draconian licensing fees/requirements)? RFBD
books, for instance, would - under this scenario - *not* be
supported (though we'd probably keep the legacy version of
katieplayer available). We're also considering moving away from the
'text + audio' flavor of books and concentrating solely on 'text-
only' (e.g. those books provided by Bookshare). My own humble
personal view is that it seems less and less wise to distribute
audio with a talking book. There is the advantage of the human
reader - but the prompt availability and small file sizes of the
'text-only' books (rendered 'live' by synthesized speech) - seems
to me to trump the advantages one has in the human-read audio.
Further, Bookshare's content collection is getting bigger and
broader and I think we're going to see it continue to grow (recent
addition of the O'Reilly technical series was very nice and kind of
a big deal). (RFBD offers a fine service - I'm simply wondering
about the best way for us to proceed with katieplayer based on the
needs/wants of our audience). BTW, the katieplayer Cocoa version
would come in at the same $18 price point for the BASIC version
i.e. affordability is still a basic goal of the effort. Finally,
think of katieplayer in a broader, accessible media player sense.
No promises, but what would be in your feature wish list? Again,
would love to hear some thoughts from those who are interested.
Thanks in advance,
Joe
On Apr 8, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
Joe, just got myself an Intel-based Mac. I used disk target mode
to move all my stuff to the new Mac. I didn't expect everything to
go perfectly and well Katieplayer isn't working any longer. That
would make sense do to the different hardware fingerprint. I tried
just running the app and putting the key, but that didn't work.
Matter of fact, if I switch to another app while its in the
registration dialog and then switch back, I loose speech from
Katieplayer and can't navigate around. So, I wanted to pass that
along, but also how do I register Katieplayer to work on my new Mac.
tnx
Scott
