[access-uk] Re: Talking books: two questions and a reader's thoughts

  • From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:57:13 -0000

Hi,

http://www.humanware.ca/web/en/Download.asp

Please be careful to download the right unit, as if you download for
example the firmware of the unit which has no knobs and you put it on an
older unit with rotating knobs, you will damage the player.

Andrew.

-----Original Message-----
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Of goshawk
Sent: 24 December 2005 16:43
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Talking books: two questions and a reader's
thoughts

where is this update available from?

Simon



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Hazan" <raymond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 2:14 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Talking books: two questions and a reader's
thoughts


> Hi,
>
> If you download the latest version of software for the VCR (North
American
> version) you will have both a sleep timer and fast forward and rewind
> facility, which jump from 1 to 2 to 5 minute intervals.
>
> This upgrade has been available for a long time but has not been
released
by
> RNIB because they say it has a bug.  Mine has been faultless for well
over
a
> year and makes a big difference.
>
> RNIB also say this download is 'illegal and users may be liable for
the
cost
> of replacing the VCR if it all goes wrong.
>
> Sorry for good and bad news!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ray
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 12:36 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Talking books: two questions and a reader's
> thoughts
>
>
> > Two quick comments folks.
> >
> > My question about the fast forward and rewind would be nice to have
an
> > answer to.  The lack of such a facility is hard to fathom, such a
thing
is
> > so easy in Winamp.
> >
> > In the case of the book I am reading, the narration is fluent
enough,
but
> > the odd fluff could have been edited out.  Mark up, if that's what
it is
> > called, is minimal, just chapters, and chapter announcements almost
> > blunder into the text of the book.  Guess its the reader's style
that
> > really gets to me, but then maybe he was giving his time freely, or
for
> > less than Equity rates, don't know about that, and I'd guess the
recording
> > is at least 25 years old, probably older.
> >
> > One would hope that, given the investment now talked about at RNIB
in
> > equipment, three studios, SADIE editing and all, that things are
being
> > done better now.  That said, what seems to defeat RNIB - and just
about
> > everyone else - is the people hours available for such tasks as
editing
> > and marking up propperly.  Seems so much of the DAISY system's
potential
> > for navigation is being sidelined by this lack of ongoing funding
for
> > employing more actual human beings.  Still, dare say the same lack
is
> > obvious everywhere now.
> > Ray
> >
> > Personal emails:  Email me at
> > mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
> >
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