Well, except Vickie specifically mentioned CD - portable media. There
are multiple options for folks that want to play a DAISY 2 book on CD
(from any content provider) in a portable device. No computer
required. There are RFBD members (both individual and institutional)
who use the portable players only and don't own a computer. RFBD
distributes the Plextor players, among others. A number of the
portable DAISY players have no means of connecting to a computer at
all (the new, all-in-one Telex Professor player is one such example).
We have almost all of the currently available DAISY players here in-
house (don't have Book Port though) as we are developing/producing
training materials for them.
Joe
On Apr 9, 2006, at 10:45 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
correct, even the book port requires windows. Being stand alone
does no good if you can't get content into them and manipulate it.
I believe book port is working on a Mac solutioApr 9, 2006, at 1:05
AM, John Weir wrote:
This is what I heard also. Vickie Weir
Dan Keys wrote:
Hi,
But as I understand it, these players all use only Windows
software. In fact I directly asked the makers of Plextalk if they
would make an application for the Mac and they emphatically said
absolutly not!
On Apr 8, 2006, at 9:27 PM, Kafka's Daytime wrote:
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.
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. That's too much to play for a DAISY
player. katieplayer is less than $20 and we agree only to
arrangements where we can ensure the price will stay where it is
(this is harder than you might think).
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
There are a good number of portable DAISY players available from
various manufacturers: Plextor, HumanWare, Telex.
Joe
