[macvoiceover] Re: Greg Kearney, ABWA and DAISY Bookworm at NFB convention

  • From: David Poehlman <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:41:09 -0400

well, you have it easy then, copy them directly to the ftp server.

On Jun 23, 2010, at 2:37 PM, william lomas wrote:

i have to copy the books from cd's

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:30 PM, David Poehlman wrote:

> so how do you make the content authorized?  let's see, how about if we just 
> have bookshare and nls put their content on itunes u will that do it?
> 
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> 
> Seriously.
> 
> And those devices have a good excuse for even those few steps, as they don't 
> have always-on Internet access. An iOS device is practically always online, 
> so it should download material directly, and skip the steps that are required 
> of the digital book players. Instead, it adds even more steps, and wastes 
> even more time. Don't know who was the product manager for this, but I wonder 
> how they didn't realize these facts when it was being designed.
> 
> Bryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of william lomas
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:43 PM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Greg Kearney, ABWA and DAISY Bookworm at NFB 
> convention
> 
> lol a booksense or stream easier copy straight to device and done
> 
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 6:34 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
> 
>> sheesh, you use your pc to log in to the server, you upload the book, you 
>> use the app on your device to download it.
>> 
>> On Jun 23, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
>> 
>> Yikes, no thanks. That's a pain. Can do it, but don't care to.
>> 
>> It is easy for an app to include an integrated browser. Anything tha you 
>> download with that browser can be accessed by the app, since the download 
>> goes in to its sandbox.
>> 
>> So, they should let you connect to NLS, Bookshare, etc, and download 
>> directly from there. Of course, they'd need to include a framework to 
>> decompress zip files, and maybe they don't want to pay for that. Don't know.
>> 
>> What I do know is that requiring lots of round about steps, like uploading 
>> files to an FTP server, will put off most people to the idea. Imagine 
>> explaining to someone "yeh, all you do is download the book from your 
>> library, uncompress it, upload it to an FTP server, download it to your 
>> phone, and then you're ready to go." Besides the geekery, it's time 
>> consuming.
>> 
>> Bryan
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:05 PM
>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Greg Kearney, ABWA and DAISY Bookworm at 
>> NFB convention
>> 
>> no, you upload the daisy files you want to transfer and it does the transfer.
>> 
>> On Jun 23, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
>> 
>> From their FTP site, or from your own? Or does it link up to the services I 
>> talked about through FTP?
>> 
>> Also, is it an accessible app that we use through normal VoiceOver 
>> interaction, or is it some kind of self-voicing app? 
>> 
>> Bryan
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:51 PM
>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Greg Kearney, ABWA and DAISY Bookworm at 
>> NFB convention
>> 
>> it's done via ftp.
>> 
>> On Jun 23, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
>> 
>> What I'll be interested to see is how well it acquires content. I don't 
>> think that you can easily transfer arbitrary content in to it via iTunes, 
>> and you obviously can't transfer content to the mobile devices directly.
>> 
>> What would be particularly spectacular if it integrated with the download 
>> services (like Bookshare or NLS Bard in the US, along with other such 
>> services around the world), so it could download books directly.
>> 
>> Bryan
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of william lomas
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:21 AM
>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Greg Kearney, ABWA and DAISY Bookworm at 
>> NFB convention
>> 
>> ah wow now it is complete
>> a daisy reader on iphone wow i ahve tos ee this
>> 
>> On Jun 22, 2010, at 1:09 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>> 
>>> can we get a copy to try?
>>> 
>>> On Jun 21, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello;
>>> 
>>> I will be attending the NFB Convention in Dallas for Association for the 
>>> Blind of Western Australia and will be showing our iPHone/iPod Touch/iPad 
>>> DAISY Bookworm player to anyone who is interested. Also explaining the 
>>> Association for the Blind of Western Australia digital talking book library 
>>> service and other digital talking book issues.
>>> 
>>> I should be in the hotel starting on the evening of the 2nd of July until 
>>> the 6th of July I will be staying at the convention hotel so you can reach 
>>> me there. I will post a little Australian flag by my door to make it easy 
>>> to find.
>>> 
>>> Please feel free to share this email with all who are interested. I 
>>> look forward to seeing you in Dallas
>>> 
>>> Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind 
>>> of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 
>>> Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100
>>> Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
>>> Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America)
>>> Email: greg.kearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Email: gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
>>> 
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