[bookport] Re: future of bookport

  • From: "Yerba Bruja" <yerbabruja@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:18:34 -0500

Oh, I see Christie. But isn't it difficult to accommodate a lot of those talking books on 2 or 4 gig flashcards, which is what the bookport primarily takes? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christy Porter" <cporter001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 1:34 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: future of bookport
From what I understand, Marta, NLS doesn't want the files opened or accessed 
on the computers at all -- that's part of the reason the current bookport
set up, which has the bulk of the access software in the bookport transfer
program,  isn't acceptable to nls.

It's a security thing. Any file that the computer can access is inherently
more at risk of copyright violation than a file that the computer does not
access but only transfers to a device that can then access the file.
If the device has to access the file on it's own, then the device must have 
more space for those access programs, and in turn, at the present moment,
that then limits the number of other file types that the device can access. 
You can only crowd so many proprietary programs into a limited space.  At
least for now.  Who knows what we'll be able to do in five years [grin]

--Christy
http://caution-blind-driver.blogspot.com

-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Yerba Bruja
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:47 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: future of bookport

Perhaps no one missed it.  I think people are trying to figure out what
other alternatives they can have with bookport or whatever, because there's 
a difference between shelling out $395 for a bookport and $1,395 for a
braille plus, in spite of how convenient, versatile and impressive the
latter is.  Don't get me wrong.  I love both.  But I can see why people
would be looking for options involving cost below those of the braille plus 
or icon.

What I would be interested to know is if APH is at any point interested in
developing pc based software capable of reading those nls books. Might be a 

less costly alternative, given that there wouldn't be hardware involved.
Not as portable as the bookport or braille plus but...

Marta
----- Original Message ----- From: "Curtis Delzer" <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:24 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: future of bookport



you all missed it! Didn't Pam say that another Braille device will soon
support the NLS format?

Curtis Delzer
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Fiorello" <richkar1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: "bookport" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:00 AM
Subject: [bookport] future of bookport


Hi;
While I'm not certain if we can really know about any future releases or
not, bookport customers are "jumping ship" and going to players that will
work with nls.  As other players are approved more folks may choose to
seriously look at them. Once the bulk of the market has gone elsewhere it 
might be to little to late to come out with a new and improved bookport.
At
the moment, however, I enjoying the good old outdated bookport.
Richard







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