Well, thank you for answering the question I just wrote a question about. You must be a mind reader! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Barrett" <donter@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 7:22 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: NLS Beta Program : Humanware sells a special version of the Victor Classic Plus to take SD : cards not compact flash cards. : : "-----Original Message----- : "From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx : "[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Belbin : "Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 8:20 AM : "To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx : "Subject: [bookport] Re: NLS Beta Program : " : "Hi All, : " : "Just a quick question?did I hear right,does the Victor : "Classice have the ability to take a CF-flash card? Is this as : "well as the CD opption or do you have to get a special version : "of the Victor Classic? : " : "Cheers : " : "Steve... : " : " : "At 12:03 AM 11/5/2006, you wrote: : ">Well, since I am also in the NLS pilot test program and I am kind of : ">bored I will put in my two cents. : ">The NLS design for downloaded books is very good. Each book is : ">distributed in a zip file which gets unzipped to a flashcard : "which gets : ">put in to the victor classic player which has the firmware loaded to : ">play the NLS books. All books are daisy books which gives chapter and : ">heading navigation. : ">It would certainly be possible to rewrite the transfer program to put : ">an NLS book on the book port as books from RFB&D are done now. : ">They are encrypted in such a way that only your particular pook port : ">would play them. The only question then is would it make : "sense for APH : ">to do that for a unit that is really obsolete. It would sure be nice : ">for the users if they did but that is a management and political : ">decision they have apparently already made. : ">I think people will be very happy with the new NLS machines : "compared to : ">cassettes. The only thing I wonder about is if Congress is : "going to put : ">it in the budget. : "> : "> : " : " : " : " : : : : : -- : No virus found in this incoming message. : Checked by AVG Free Edition. : Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.13.27/517 - Release Date: 11/3/2006 4:30 PM : :