Soon you will be able to download RNIB books once purchased and use console media drive or whatever it's called. I have used it but don't like it on the Mac very much It's the same thing that the American Congress use for their talking books for the blind.
Kawal. > On 31 Jul 2014, at 08:39 am, David Griffith <[email protected]> wrote: > > olearia works on Mavericks but is basic. There is no way for example to > accelerate playback. > In the UK the RNIB Talking Book Service whilst formally supporting Daisy has > virtually abandoned the format. > They no longer provide Daisy Players for Book Subscriber and instead point to > the availability of cheaper mp3 players which customers can buy. > > Since January this year all RNIB Books are now simply structured so that > they will now simply play as an mp3 audio Book with a single mp3 file for > each chapter or part of a book named sequentially. > > So if it is Audio output from a Daisy Book you want I think you will find > that you can get this from many simple media players like VLC. You can > accelerate playback. You can also jump to time and fast forward and rewind. > As RNIB and other Daisy Books are essentially collections of mp3 files now > you could theoretically use something like Audio Book Builder to play them in > iTunes I guess, but I halve never done this. > > > >> On 31/07/2014 08:00, Maria and Joe Chapman wrote: >> Hi. I was thinking of audio books in daisy format. >> >> thanks >> Cheers >> Maria >> >> Produced on macbook [email protected] >> >> >> >> >>> On 30 Jul 2014, at 12:23 am, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Just open the XML file in safari. >>> >>> On Jul 29, 2014, at 1:27, Maria and Joe Chapman <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> HI. >>>> the only one i know of is olearia. I think it’s pretty old and stuff but >>>> seems to work. Will be watching this thread with interest. >>>> Blessings! >>>> maria and Joe chapman >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 28 Jul 2014, at 12:55 pm, Brandon Misch <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey does anyone know of good daisy players for mac os 10.9? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
