[bksvol-discuss] Re: To Strip Or Not To Strip
- From: "Kenneth A. Cross" <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:29:12 -0400
Well, please let me know what device to buy so I can find out the page
numbers of the things I'm reading. I'll buy one right away and give the
list a blow-by-blow description of the success I have with knowing what page
I am reading. Please be sure to answer this request.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 10:11 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: To Strip Or Not To Strip
> Mike,
>
> Just because you choose to read Bookshare's books using a software package
> which does not display the page numbers located in the DAISY tags, does
not
> make it right for you to disregard Bookshare's validation instructions.
> Instead of intentionally circumventing the Stripper, you should take your
> grievance up with Kurzweil or choose another software package to read the
> book if you prefer to see the page numbers in the text of the book rather
> than accessing them through K-1000's list of bookmarks.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk
> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 8:52 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: To Strip Or Not To Strip
>
>
>
> Gerald
>
> Contrary to the belief of many, there are a lot of us who do not use Daisy
> players to read BookShare books.
> Hence, if those page numbers aren't protected, as I and others do, those
> of us who use other ways to read books won't see them.
> This, of course, brings back the whole catch 22 when it comes to BookShare
> books -- there is no way to make them totally usable to everyone for if I
> use one approach, it works to the disadvantage of someone; if you do
> something else, it potentially works against the best use of someone else.
> The multiplicity of reading platforms and they way they operate -- and
> folks use them -- is a can of worms in attempting to satisfy everyone's
> needs.
>
>
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