My understanding, if this was not mentioned, is there was an attempt to get some technical data to be able to connect both Book Port and Book Courier to a Mac and develop a version of the transfer tool. However, there was a bit of resistance from the hardware developer, at least, in the case of the BC.
Take Care John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 Email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, PULSEDATA, DUXBURY, DANCING DOTS, ROBOTRON AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Keys Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 2:00 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind Subject: Re: Katieplayer on an Intel Mac Hi, You are right. However, if those DAISY Players/Recorders that do allow you to connect to the computer, they are all windows based. Because the new Plextalk PTR2 allows for access to the memory card to download MP3 materials or DAISY materials to the unit, this can only be done in windows and not on the Mac. Also the PRS software for creating DAISY books on the computer only works in windows. Another example is this. The reason that I have not purchased BookPort is because at this time, it only works on a windows machine. Sorry for drifting from the main topic. On Apr 9, 2006, at 10:40 AM, Kafka's Daytime wrote: > 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >
