because for one thing, the braille books are not protected in any way; that is, they are nothing but .brf files that can be read on any properly configured device having a braille support capability. The digital audio books are going to be encoded in such a way that they will not be playable on anything but a NLS-enabled device which, according to Larry's and Pamela's posts, will include some future version of the Book Port. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Snyder" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: NLS Beta Program Hi All, If one can download web braille books to a hard drive and then copy them to a flash card, why couldn't a digital bookbe be downloaded to a hard drive and then copy to a flash card and then read by the Book Port. Tim