Hi Jerry,
I had heard something along these lines maybe from you. My experience
with Greg was in regard to the Book Courier and the developer's
unwillingness to work with him. APH handles the software transfer for the
BP, so it's nice to see that they do acknowledge the Mac. I wish Springer
Design would have had an equally open mind. I even attempted, as a dealer
for BC, to lobby for some kind of development. However, the details really
are not important, as they are no different than other negative types of
responses in this area.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Managing Director
Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc.
9 Nolan Court
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Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 6:02 PM
To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby the
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Subject: Re: Katieplayer on an Intel Mac
Hang on, folks. Larry Skutchan, head of development at American Printing
House,who also happens to have been a programmer of applications for Apple
computers many years ago, has stated that APH is, in fact, willing to
support the Mac. According to him, it was more a matter of when as opposed
to whether or not they would do it. One can easily connect the Book Port to
a Mac and it'll simply be recognized as a USB drive with a FAT 32 file
system. You can copy and paste files with no problem. The issue is with the
creation of DB and AA files that keep track of playback postions and such.
It's apparently not such a huge project so, in time, I think it'll happen.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Panarese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 2:21 PM
Subject: RE: Katieplayer on an Intel Mac
> Yes, I loaned him my BC and I believe he had a very difficult time
> obtaining cooperation from the developer to get the transfer tool to
> work on the Mac. I forget the details, so he can comment, if he
> wishes.
>
> 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
>
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> BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kafka's
> Daytime
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 2:12 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
>
>
> On Apr 9, 2006, at 2:03 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I believe Greg Kearney may have taken a look at this?
>
> Joe
>
>
