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an impulse like hey, I'd sure like to watch an episode of Family Guy or see what new documentaries are out from the Discovery Channel, bring up the app, type in a search query, and tap play. All of that stuff with using a PC and re-uploading files takes all of the spontaneousness out of finding something entertaining to enjoy while you have some down time, and turns it in to a project. Anyway, here's hoping we get a BlindFlix, or AudioZone, or something for audio what Netflix is for video and the general population. The person that makes that will have my money for sure! Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:34 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Personally I would not spend the money on a Victor Stream or any other product, if I can get an app for the iPhone. I still have hope that something may be done to play NLS content for example on the iPhone and it is still a possibility. The point is I could purchase the best possible battery pack and still spend less money then if I purchased one of the accessible book reading devices. Sure you would not one to drain your communications device down since having it always ready to communicate is important, but there are always at least two solutions to every problem. On Jun 26, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Chris Moore wrote: What reader do you have? Well this may be a good app for the iPod Touch which still works out cheaper then the Victor Stream. On 26 Jun 2010, at 07:47, Bryan Smart wrote: Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS
Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
hotspot, and upload the movie to your phone. There is no way most people would bother with that. They want to have an impulse like hey, I'd sure like to watch an episode of Family Guy or see what new documentaries are out from the Discovery Channel, bring up the app, type in a search query, and tap play. All of that stuff with using a PC and re-uploading files takes all of the spontaneousness out of finding something entertaining to enjoy while you have some down time, and turns it in to a project. Anyway, here's hoping we get a BlindFlix, or AudioZone, or something for audio what Netflix is for video and the general population. The person that makes that will have my money for sure! Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:34 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Personally I would not spend the money on a Victor Stream or any other product, if I can get an app for the iPhone. I still have hope that something may be done to play NLS content for example on the iPhone and it is still a possibility. The point is I could purchase the best possible battery pack and still spend less money then if I purchased one of the accessible book reading devices. Sure you would not one to drain your communications device down since having it always ready to communicate is important, but there are always at least two solutions to every problem. On Jun 26, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Chris Moore wrote: What reader do you have? Well this may be a good app for the iPod Touch which still works out cheaper then the Victor Stream. On 26 Jun 2010, at 07:47, Bryan Smart wrote: Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind
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The Stream has a sleep timer, controlled with one oval shaped button. Each time you press it, it adds 15 minutes to the sleep timer, up to a max of one hour. When the sleep timer runs down to 0, the Stream shuts off and saves your place in the book. That way, you can listen to a book as you go to sleep, but not wake up to find that you're now all the way at the end of the book, and be forced to find your place again. When I go to sleep, I might set the sleep timer for 30 minutes. Since the sleep timer is controlled by one button that is easy to identify with touch, if I lay in bed for a while, but am not dropping off to sleep right away, I can reach over and tap the button to throw another 15 minutes on the sleep timer without really having to wake up all of the way. Most of the other book readers have sleep timers, as a feature, but get the implementation wrong. I remember looking at the BookSense at a trade show. The rep was showing me all of the advanced features (Bluetooth headset support, FM radio, etc). The drawback is that you work it all with a tiny set of buttons and lots of menus. I asked him about the sleep timer. He started telling me how you could go in to the menus, navigate to a sub menu, find the sleep timer settings, and select the time. I thought that, by the time that I do all of that to add another 15 minutes, I'd be awake again. Products aren't just features. Think of how many people rarely used the timed record features on VCRs back in the day because a bunch of buttons and a small one-line LCD made the process to cryptic? Or how backup software for a computer has been around for a long time, but it took Time Machine to make it so simple that you didn't need to learn how to do it. For a laugh, compare the size of the iPhone manual against manuals of other smartphones. They're is less to explain about the iPhone, because more of it works as you'd expect. The reason that products have manuals in the first place is to explain the parts that you won't naturally understand. In many cases, it's true that, the larger the manual, the larger your design failure. Technology that many people will use on a daily basis shouldn't ever require a manual or a course in order to comprehend. If it does, you should have designed it to operate differently. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 5:43 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sleep button for audiobooks? What does this do? On Jun 28, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: Bryan, owning a VRS and a Book SEnse, I adamantly concur. Yeah, I know it's gadget overload, but I'll never need to buy a car with said payments being more than the price of one of these gadgets every month. I suppose that's how I justify the expense. LOL! I have put audiobooks on my iPod Touch, but I still enjoy listening to them on the Stream or Book Sense more. Like you, I can also operate these gadgets flawlessly while half asleep. As a matter of fact, I don't believe there is a designated sleep button on the iPod Touch or the iPhone for use while listening to books which, for me, is a necessity. Choice is the key here though. Different strokes for different folks! n Jun 27, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, a Windows user might say that they can purchase a computer, far more powerful than your Mac, and for less money, so why waste money on a Mac? Or many people wonder why people bother buying iPhones, when the new Android phones far outclass the iPhone in terms of specs and open operation? Cost isn't always the point, though. I don't want to sound like I'm down on them making this program. I might buy it. Actually, I wonder why I'm arguing this on a listserv, anyway. I know that many blind tech people are rightly down on some of the over-priced specialized blindness gadgets. But, seriously, this isn't a $5,000 note taker. Most of the book readers aren't much more than $300. That is damn cheap for a device that is optimized to be controlled with buttons and speech feedback, rather than using touch-screen gestures to review and control a visually-optimized interface. You're waiting for NLS support, which they may never provide. Meanwhile, the Stream works with NLS, RFBD, newsline, practically all other major talking book libraries in the world, DVS movies from places like SamNet, plays Daisy audio books in both MP3 and 3GP audio formats (which this probably won't ever play, so probably no NLS support), plays commercial audio books (including Audible), plays books that you rip from CD yourself as books with all book features (bookmarks, notes, highlighting, etc) still in effect (not just loading MP3s in to a media player), reads Daisy books in text
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Ah, This is a very cool feature. I would like something like that in audiobook playback in ios 4. On Jun 28, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: The Stream has a sleep timer, controlled with one oval shaped button. Each time you press it, it adds 15 minutes to the sleep timer, up to a max of one hour. When the sleep timer runs down to 0, the Stream shuts off and saves your place in the book. That way, you can listen to a book as you go to sleep, but not wake up to find that you're now all the way at the end of the book, and be forced to find your place again. When I go to sleep, I might set the sleep timer for 30 minutes. Since the sleep timer is controlled by one button that is easy to identify with touch, if I lay in bed for a while, but am not dropping off to sleep right away, I can reach over and tap the button to throw another 15 minutes on the sleep timer without really having to wake up all of the way. Most of the other book readers have sleep timers, as a feature, but get the implementation wrong. I remember looking at the BookSense at a trade show. The rep was showing me all of the advanced features (Bluetooth headset support, FM radio, etc). The drawback is that you work it all with a tiny set of buttons and lots of menus. I asked him about the sleep timer. He started telling me how you could go in to the menus, navigate to a sub menu, find the sleep timer settings, and select the time. I thought that, by the time that I do all of that to add another 15 minutes, I'd be awake again. Products aren't just features. Think of how many people rarely used the timed record features on VCRs back in the day because a bunch of buttons and a small one-line LCD made the process to cryptic? Or how backup software for a computer has been around for a long time, but it took Time Machine to make it so simple that you didn't need to learn how to do it. For a laugh, compare the size of the iPhone manual against manuals of other smartphones. They're is less to explain about the iPhone, because more of it works as you'd expect. The reason that products have manuals in the first place is to explain the parts that you won't naturally understand. In many cases, it's true that, the larger the manual, the larger your design failure. Technology that many people will use on a daily basis shouldn't ever require a manual or a course in order to comprehend. If it does, you should have designed it to operate differently. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 5:43 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sleep button for audiobooks? What does this do? On Jun 28, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: Bryan, owning a VRS and a Book SEnse, I adamantly concur. Yeah, I know it's gadget overload, but I'll never need to buy a car with said payments being more than the price of one of these gadgets every month. I suppose that's how I justify the expense. LOL! I have put audiobooks on my iPod Touch, but I still enjoy listening to them on the Stream or Book Sense more. Like you, I can also operate these gadgets flawlessly while half asleep. As a matter of fact, I don't believe there is a designated sleep button on the iPod Touch or the iPhone for use while listening to books which, for me, is a necessity. Choice is the key here though. Different strokes for different folks! n Jun 27, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, a Windows user might say that they can purchase a computer, far more powerful than your Mac, and for less money, so why waste money on a Mac? Or many people wonder why people bother buying iPhones, when the new Android phones far outclass the iPhone in terms of specs and open operation? Cost isn't always the point, though. I don't want to sound like I'm down on them making this program. I might buy it. Actually, I wonder why I'm arguing this on a listserv, anyway. I know that many blind tech people are rightly down on some of the over-priced specialized blindness gadgets. But, seriously, this isn't a $5,000 note taker. Most of the book readers aren't much more than $300. That is damn cheap for a device that is optimized to be controlled with buttons and speech feedback, rather than using touch-screen gestures to review and control a visually-optimized interface. You're waiting for NLS support, which they may never provide. Meanwhile, the Stream works with NLS, RFBD, newsline, practically all other major talking book libraries in the world, DVS movies from places like SamNet, plays Daisy audio books in both MP3 and 3GP audio formats (which this probably won't ever play, so probably no NLS support), plays commercial audio books (including Audible
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LOL I know where to come for advice when my Victor Stream arrives Brian. On 28 Jun 2010, at 23:03, Bryan Smart wrote: The Stream has a sleep timer, controlled with one oval shaped button. Each time you press it, it adds 15 minutes to the sleep timer, up to a max of one hour. When the sleep timer runs down to 0, the Stream shuts off and saves your place in the book. That way, you can listen to a book as you go to sleep, but not wake up to find that you're now all the way at the end of the book, and be forced to find your place again. When I go to sleep, I might set the sleep timer for 30 minutes. Since the sleep timer is controlled by one button that is easy to identify with touch, if I lay in bed for a while, but am not dropping off to sleep right away, I can reach over and tap the button to throw another 15 minutes on the sleep timer without really having to wake up all of the way. Most of the other book readers have sleep timers, as a feature, but get the implementation wrong. I remember looking at the BookSense at a trade show. The rep was showing me all of the advanced features (Bluetooth headset support, FM radio, etc). The drawback is that you work it all with a tiny set of buttons and lots of menus. I asked him about the sleep timer. He started telling me how you could go in to the menus, navigate to a sub menu, find the sleep timer settings, and select the time. I thought that, by the time that I do all of that to add another 15 minutes, I'd be awake again. Products aren't just features. Think of how many people rarely used the timed record features on VCRs back in the day because a bunch of buttons and a small one-line LCD made the process to cryptic? Or how backup software for a computer has been around for a long time, but it took Time Machine to make it so simple that you didn't need to learn how to do it. For a laugh, compare the size of the iPhone manual against manuals of other smartphones. They're is less to explain about the iPhone, because more of it works as you'd expect. The reason that products have manuals in the first place is to explain the parts that you won't naturally understand. In many cases, it's true that, the larger the manual, the larger your design failure. Technology that many people will use on a daily basis shouldn't ever require a manual or a course in order to comprehend. If it does, you should have designed it to operate differently. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 5:43 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sleep button for audiobooks? What does this do? On Jun 28, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: Bryan, owning a VRS and a Book SEnse, I adamantly concur. Yeah, I know it's gadget overload, but I'll never need to buy a car with said payments being more than the price of one of these gadgets every month. I suppose that's how I justify the expense. LOL! I have put audiobooks on my iPod Touch, but I still enjoy listening to them on the Stream or Book Sense more. Like you, I can also operate these gadgets flawlessly while half asleep. As a matter of fact, I don't believe there is a designated sleep button on the iPod Touch or the iPhone for use while listening to books which, for me, is a necessity. Choice is the key here though. Different strokes for different folks! n Jun 27, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, a Windows user might say that they can purchase a computer, far more powerful than your Mac, and for less money, so why waste money on a Mac? Or many people wonder why people bother buying iPhones, when the new Android phones far outclass the iPhone in terms of specs and open operation? Cost isn't always the point, though. I don't want to sound like I'm down on them making this program. I might buy it. Actually, I wonder why I'm arguing this on a listserv, anyway. I know that many blind tech people are rightly down on some of the over-priced specialized blindness gadgets. But, seriously, this isn't a $5,000 note taker. Most of the book readers aren't much more than $300. That is damn cheap for a device that is optimized to be controlled with buttons and speech feedback, rather than using touch-screen gestures to review and control a visually-optimized interface. You're waiting for NLS support, which they may never provide. Meanwhile, the Stream works with NLS, RFBD, newsline, practically all other major talking book libraries in the world, DVS movies from places like SamNet, plays Daisy audio books in both MP3 and 3GP audio formats (which this probably won't ever play, so probably no NLS support), plays commercial audio books (including Audible), plays books that you rip from CD
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of this like a rich client, which is how most all of the other media apps on the iPhone operate. Just imagine how not fun Netflix would be if you had to log on from your PC, find and download a movie, get your phone and PC on the same hotspot, and upload the movie to your phone. There is no way most people would bother with that. They want to have an impulse like hey, I'd sure like to watch an episode of Family Guy or see what new documentaries are out from the Discovery Channel, bring up the app, type in a search query, and tap play. All of that stuff with using a PC and re-uploading files takes all of the spontaneousness out of finding something entertaining to enjoy while you have some down time, and turns it in to a project. Anyway, here's hoping we get a BlindFlix, or AudioZone, or something for audio what Netflix is for video and the general population. The person that makes that will have my money for sure! Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:34 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Personally I would not spend the money on a Victor Stream or any other product, if I can get an app for the iPhone. I still have hope that something may be done to play NLS content for example on the iPhone and it is still a possibility. The point is I could purchase the best possible battery pack and still spend less money then if I purchased one of the accessible book reading devices. Sure you would not one to drain your communications device down since having it always ready to communicate is important, but there are always at least two solutions to every problem. On Jun 26, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Chris Moore wrote: What reader do you have? Well this may be a good app for the iPod Touch which still works out cheaper then the Victor Stream. On 26 Jun 2010, at 07:47, Bryan Smart wrote: Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built
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your phone and PC on the same hotspot, and upload the movie to your phone. There is no way most people would bother with that. They want to have an impulse like hey, I'd sure like to watch an episode of Family Guy or see what new documentaries are out from the Discovery Channel, bring up the app, type in a search query, and tap play. All of that stuff with using a PC and re-uploading files takes all of the spontaneousness out of finding something entertaining to enjoy while you have some down time, and turns it in to a project. Anyway, here's hoping we get a BlindFlix, or AudioZone, or something for audio what Netflix is for video and the general population. The person that makes that will have my money for sure! Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:34 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Personally I would not spend the money on a Victor Stream or any other product, if I can get an app for the iPhone. I still have hope that something may be done to play NLS content for example on the iPhone and it is still a possibility. The point is I could purchase the best possible battery pack and still spend less money then if I purchased one of the accessible book reading devices. Sure you would not one to drain your communications device down since having it always ready to communicate is important, but there are always at least two solutions to every problem. On Jun 26, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Chris Moore wrote: What reader do you have? Well this may be a good app for the iPod Touch which still works out cheaper then the Victor Stream. On 26 Jun 2010, at 07:47, Bryan Smart wrote: Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from
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should stop trying to think about how to port a desktop Daisy book reader to the iPhone, which is what they've done so far, and start thinking of this like a rich client, which is how most all of the other media apps on the iPhone operate. Just imagine how not fun Netflix would be if you had to log on from your PC, find and download a movie, get your phone and PC on the same hotspot, and upload the movie to your phone. There is no way most people would bother with that. They want to have an impulse like hey, I'd sure like to watch an episode of Family Guy or see what new documentaries are out from the Discovery Channel, bring up the app, type in a search query, and tap play. All of that stuff with using a PC and re-uploading files takes all of the spontaneousness out of finding something entertaining to enjoy while you have some down time, and turns it in to a project. Anyway, here's hoping we get a BlindFlix, or AudioZone, or something for audio what Netflix is for video and the general population. The person that makes that will have my money for sure! Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:34 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Personally I would not spend the money on a Victor Stream or any other product, if I can get an app for the iPhone. I still have hope that something may be done to play NLS content for example on the iPhone and it is still a possibility. The point is I could purchase the best possible battery pack and still spend less money then if I purchased one of the accessible book reading devices. Sure you would not one to drain your communications device down since having it always ready to communicate is important, but there are always at least two solutions to every problem. On Jun 26, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Chris Moore wrote: What reader do you have? Well this may be a good app for the iPod Touch which still works out cheaper then the Victor Stream. On 26 Jun 2010, at 07:47, Bryan Smart wrote: Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory
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Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au Email: gkear...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en
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What reader do you have? Well this may be a good app for the iPod Touch which still works out cheaper then the Victor Stream. On 26 Jun 2010, at 07:47, Bryan Smart wrote: Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au Email: gkear...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar
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I read books all the time as well. I just won't devote money to a device designed for that purpose alone. I've never traveled for more than 15 hours at a time so a new iPhone with a battery pack would more than do. It's not just an iPhone thing either. I did the same thing on my windows mobile phone.. Unless I'm stuck on a glacier, I will find a computer, or electrical outlet to plug the thing in. On Jun 26, 2010, at 2:47 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au Email: gkear...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email
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Personally I would not spend the money on a Victor Stream or any other product, if I can get an app for the iPhone. I still have hope that something may be done to play NLS content for example on the iPhone and it is still a possibility. The point is I could purchase the best possible battery pack and still spend less money then if I purchased one of the accessible book reading devices. Sure you would not one to drain your communications device down since having it always ready to communicate is important, but there are always at least two solutions to every problem. On Jun 26, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Chris Moore wrote: What reader do you have? Well this may be a good app for the iPod Touch which still works out cheaper then the Victor Stream. On 26 Jun 2010, at 07:47, Bryan Smart wrote: Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696
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Hey, I am with you. If I have to travel for more than 5 hours, I am not traveling. I refuse to sit on a plane or any other mode of transportation for that long. THe best part is my job does not require much travel, I would have to find another job. :) On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:12 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: I read books all the time as well. I just won't devote money to a device designed for that purpose alone. I've never traveled for more than 15 hours at a time so a new iPhone with a battery pack would more than do. It's not just an iPhone thing either. I did the same thing on my windows mobile phone.. Unless I'm stuck on a glacier, I will find a computer, or electrical outlet to plug the thing in. On Jun 26, 2010, at 2:47 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
RE: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Personally I would not spend the money on a Victor Stream or any other product, if I can get an app for the iPhone. I still have hope that something may be done to play NLS content for example on the iPhone and it is still a possibility. The point is I could purchase the best possible battery pack and still spend less money then if I purchased one of the accessible book reading devices. Sure you would not one to drain your communications device down since having it always ready to communicate is important, but there are always at least two solutions to every problem. On Jun 26, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Chris Moore wrote: What reader do you have? Well this may be a good app for the iPod Touch which still works out cheaper then the Victor Stream. On 26 Jun 2010, at 07:47, Bryan Smart wrote: Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA
Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
like to watch an episode of Family Guy or see what new documentaries are out from the Discovery Channel, bring up the app, type in a search query, and tap play. All of that stuff with using a PC and re-uploading files takes all of the spontaneousness out of finding something entertaining to enjoy while you have some down time, and turns it in to a project. Anyway, here's hoping we get a BlindFlix, or AudioZone, or something for audio what Netflix is for video and the general population. The person that makes that will have my money for sure! Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:34 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Personally I would not spend the money on a Victor Stream or any other product, if I can get an app for the iPhone. I still have hope that something may be done to play NLS content for example on the iPhone and it is still a possibility. The point is I could purchase the best possible battery pack and still spend less money then if I purchased one of the accessible book reading devices. Sure you would not one to drain your communications device down since having it always ready to communicate is important, but there are always at least two solutions to every problem. On Jun 26, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Chris Moore wrote: What reader do you have? Well this may be a good app for the iPod Touch which still works out cheaper then the Victor Stream. On 26 Jun 2010, at 07:47, Bryan Smart wrote: Maybe it's how you read books. I read the most when I'm traveling. A book is a great way to pass the time on a plane, in a terminal, or on a bus. I like the entertainment of a book, but would not want to risk draining down my phone, which I'd certainly need during, and more importantly toward the end, of my trip. Some days I spend 8 to 10 hours traveling. Even with a battery pack I seriously doubt that an iPhone could read books for that long, and still have enough charge left for important calls, GPS, and e-mail. If you only occasionally read books, and for short periods of time, the app would probably work out great. I read a lot! While traveling, while doing laundry, sometimes when eating, when going to sleep, etc. I'd kill an iPhone battery. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We
Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
Hi ther, What would be interesting to know is if this program will be available worldwide that is even in small or relatively small countries like Sweden? Sounds like a really interesting device. /Krister 24 jun 2010 kl. 13.39 skrev Chris Moore: Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au Email: gkear...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
RE: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au Email: gkear...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au Email: gkear...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
I also have a juice pack that my phone slides into, makes it a bit thicker and heavier but feels more solid in the hand and it doubles the length of my battery :) On 25 Jun 2010, at 19:58, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, I personally would find that of little concern. It would just be 1 less thing to carry and 1 less thing to spend money on. Those things out way a 15 hour battery life in my opinion. It's kind of silly to compare. The iPhone does more so should have lower battery time. And the IOS 4 update has fixed the standby bug so many people are having more than double the battery life than they had pre update. On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play? Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au Email: gkear...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au Email: gkear...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au Email: gkear...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
I'd definitely go for it when it comes! Will you be able to download books via wireless? On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:39 +0100, Chris Moore moor...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au Email: gkear...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Kawal Gucukoglu kawal_gucuko...@sent.com (MSN): kawal_gucuko...@sent.com (Skype User ID): kawalgucukoglu (Mobile/Text): +447905618396 +447576240421 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
RE: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone
Hello list. The idea of managing the daisy book filesystem via ftp is great. However I believed the functions need to be integrated into ibooks. As far as playing back encrypted content their are tools to help with this process. Personally it would be easier to read all my content on an ipad. If one could download and acquire daisy bos that woild be wonderful.k -Original Message- From: Chris Moore moor...@blueyonder.co.uk Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:39 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover macvoiceo...@freelists.org Subject: Re: Answering a few questions about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Sounds great and at such a low price too (don't think I will be buying a victor stream now). tHIS ftp thing, is there no way you could add support for iDisk for those of us who have it? That might be much easier then establishing a FTP connection. Seems like this year might be the start of many good accessible apps for the iPhone Is there anything on the iPhone that reads MS Word documents via VoiceOver? On 24 Jun 2010, at 09:38, Greg Kearney wrote: I'll try and answer a few questions that have come up about Daisy Bookworm for iPhone Loading Books Loading books is done via an FTP connection between your computer and the iPhone Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server which you connect to and then upload the book's directory to the phone using any FTP client on any computer. Needless to say you need a wireless network to connect the phone to. You do not need your own FTP server, Daisy Bookworm has a built in FTP server. Book compatibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone will read any audio only and full text full audio unencrypted DAISY book. This includes books from Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Vision Australia, RNZFB, CNIB, RNIB, TPB and most other world talking book libraries. It will not read NLS encrypted books. We have asked the NLS about how to have these devices authorised but have yet to receive any reply. We are working on RFBD playback and text only DAISY playback (Bookshare) in the next release. Accessibility Daisy Bookworm for iPhone is fully accessible with VoiceOver screen reader. iPad Daisy Bookworm is compatible with the Apple iPad. Where do you get Daisy Bookworm Daisy Bookworm will be available this summer from the iTunes App Store. It will cost less than $5 when released. Is this Voice of Daisy No. Voice of Daisy or VOD is a different program from a different developer in Japan. Hope this clears things up. Gregory Ke [The entire original message is not included] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
