[bookshare-discuss] Bookshare audio DAISY books
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:10:08 -0400
Hi all,
Just a quick notification about the MP3 DAISY content from Bookshare
just recently implemented. I have attempted to play this material on
two devices, the VR Stream and the NLS DTBM. I downloaded Three Hands
For Scorpio by Andre Norton. I also ordered one of the new books
listed, I forget the title. It hasn't arrived yet.
Here are the results of my experiments.
First, when I placed the folder with the book files on a blank
cartridge and placed it in the machine, it wouldn't play. I kept
getting the repeated announcement of the first two words in the file,
'please respect'. I attempted to place the book in the $VRDTB folder
of my card for the Stream, and I still got errors.
Following a prompt by Roger, I made an audio+podcasts folder on my new
cartridge and was able to play the book just fine. I don't know what's
going on here, but there's some incompatibility between the DAISY
format that is recognized by both the Stream and the NLS DTBM and
Bookshare content. I think, as a matter of fact, that what is
happening is that the player is finding the MP3 files but not parsing
the other parts of the DAISY book, so you don't get any navigation
points or anything. This is not the way it should be. Perhaps Tech
Support will have an answer for us tomorrow. Until then, if you have
material from Bookshare in MP3,/DAISY put it in the audio+podcasts
folder on the NLS player. It may play in the VROther Books part of the
VR Stream, dunnow.
Ann P.
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