[access-uk] Re: Book Courier
- From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:36:31 +0100
Hi Wendy
It depends what you want in terms of mp3s. There are a number of file sharing
networks out there - i.e. people have saved music from CDs in mp3 format and
make these files freely available to other users of that file sharing network.
There is nothing *technically* illegal about this, but the problem occurs when
people start using these networks to share copyright material - as most users
do, in practice.
The record industry is attempting to clamp down on some of these networks and
their users, and the emphasis at the moment is on people who make copyright
material available for others to download. There are a number of legal sites
where you can pay to download music, but the disadvantage of these is that most
of them don't use mp3 format, since the mp3 format doesn't give them the
ability to protect their files so that they can't be distributed to people who
haven't paid for them. Napster, for example, whose operations are now fully
legal, use a protected form of WMA (Windows Media Audio) format and as far as I
know this won't play on the Book Courier at the moment. There are a few sites
offering a more limited selection of mp3s for legal, paid download.
Alternatively, you can convert music you have on CDs that you have bought into
mp3 format (there is an almost endless number of free utilities that will do
this), and these files would then be ideal for use on the book Courier. If you
are a member of the RNIB talking book service, I understand that the book
Courier will soon support their Daisy digital format, if it doesn't already.
You also probably know that you can use the book courier to read plain
electronic text files, or text that you have converted into mp3 format using
text-to-audio software like the utility built into kurzweil 1000.
Hope this helps
James
----- Original Message -----
From: The Dundas Family
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:52 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Book Courier
Thanks george. Are there any particularly good internet sites for downloading
MP3's as I've heard that most sites are not accessible?
Thanks.
Wendy
----- Original Message -----
From: George Bell
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:54 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Book Courier
Hi Wendy,
(Commercial interest declared here)
The BookCourier was designed from the ground up as a fully accessible book
reader for people with little or no vision, so you should have no difficulty
using it.
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of The Dundas Family
Sent: 30 March 2005 12:21
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Book Courier
Hi all
I was wondering whether the new Book Courier is fully accessible. I am
thinking of purchasing one but don't want to spend the money unless it's really
worth it. Are there any inaccessible features or disadvantages on it and can
MP3's be downloaded from most sites? Is it easy to use?
Any comments would be much appreciated.
Many thanks.
Wendy Dundas
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