$120 is a lot in view of the costs of RFBD or Book share that are added
to the basic player.
PS would love to have a way to take daisy books and load onto a CD/DVD
and play/read them in a portable way. Vickie Weir
Kafka's Daytime wrote:
OK. What if RFBD removed katieplayer as an affordable option for new
purchasers and only offered higher priced Mac software options: $120
+. Would you stick with the old version of katieplayer or go with the
higher priced option? How much do you think is too much to pay for a
DAISY player?
Joe
On Apr 8, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Jane Jordan (gmail) wrote:
I wouldn't like that. I prefer having everything in one application
if possible.
Jane
On Apr 8, 2006, at 2:36 PM, Kafka's Daytime wrote:
Thanks Jane. Duly noted. What if you had to use the existing
version of katieplayer (or an upgraded version of similar) to read
RFBD books and the katieplayer Cocoa version to access Bookshare
books i.e. two separate applications?
Joe
On Apr 8, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Jane Jordan (gmail) wrote:
Hi, Joe.
I would hesitate to upgrade KatiePlayer if RFB&D books were no
longer supported. That was the only reason I bought it in the
first place. Of cours, now I know that it does much more, and yes
I would want to be able to listen to Daisy books from Bokshare
when I get that subscription renewed again. But I would hate to
see that particular part of KatiePlayer go away in a new version.
I like the fact that I can carry the comptuer with me and listen
to books from RFB&D whenever aqnd wherever I like, so taking that
way would be a bummer.
The rest of it I don't fully understand, so won't comment on it.
Jane
On Apr 8, 2006, at 12:56 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
