Loading your daisy books on a cd is easy at least it is if it's an
audio daisy book.
Simply use my softcon audio burn and put the mp3 files from the daisy
book onto the cd. Poof, you've got something you can listen to in a
regular cd player.
Of coourse, tracks and stuff won't be there, except for where the mp3
files break, but it will be there. Perhaps this could be an
enhancement. If folks want to be able to index audio being placed on
the cd for track marking and such, let me know, and I'll see what I
can do to add it. It'll be a nice challenge. Don't know if I can
pull it off, but I'll sure give it a try. Shouldn't be too terribly
difficult, just time consuming.
On Apr 8, 2006, at 11:50 PM, John Weir wrote:
$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
