re Cocoa version: text only rather than audio and text is preferable
because we will have a much broader source of books and VO or DAISY can
read it to us. I dont mind artificial speech.
As to "katieplayer were to support only Bookshare/DAISY 3 books and
DAISY 2 content which does not use "live" Digital Rights Management
(DRM)" Two versions, as long as they could coexist on the same machine
would be ok. Much more preferable than a $120 combined one.
The Future: not totally sure what you are asking but would love to be
able to read library of congress digital books when they come out. I
understand that they will record on a diffferent media, but is there
some way to get downloads direct to our computer and use daisy rather
than ordering and waiting for the snail mail process used now? Vickie Weir
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
