[macvoiceover] Re: The sad state of DAISY playback on Mac

Yes but what I want is integrated DAISY playback in the OS. just as we have with DVD's and CD's. 

Greg
On Jun 13, 2007, at 15:53 , David Poehlman wrote:


you know that jaws ships with a daisy player.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Discuss" <Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "macvoiceover"
<macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Mary Beth Janes" <mjanes@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:44 PM
Subject: [macvoiceover] The sad state of DAISY playback on Mac


OK here is the status for Mac Daisy playback, it's not good I fear.

Katieplayer is dead they do not answer phones, email or anything.
There is no reply for support and while it is still possible to order
the software online it will not authenticate on Intel macs and no one
will answer support emails any linger. All attempts to contact them
via every known email address has failed the phone is disconnected I
even had someone go by their office in N.J. which is closed and
abandoned. Joe Woodill used to be on these lists but doesn't seem to
be any longer.

VictorSoft for Mac is for sale at $129 from RFBD but you must be an
RFBD member to get it. It will play only DAISY 2.02 books.

What needs to be done, and done quickly!

We need DAISY playback as part of the OS. The same way that DVD and
Audio CD are now so that when you insert a DAISY CD, or pen drive the
player will appear. The player should be able to take keys from RFBD
or the NLS or whoever to play encrypted books, but first let's get
the basic player working with the three different kinds of DIAISY
(2.02, 2002, 2005)

Let's get the VoiceOver, Mac101 and other documentation in DAISY
format and ship that with the OS.

Let's do all this BEFORE Microsoft does. Let's have the first DAISY
compatible OS

Next up would be Daisy playback in iPods. The iPod has a user
interface which would be ideal for DAISY. DAISY playback in iPod
would be vastly superior to any current audio book system now in use.

OK I'll get off my soapbox now.



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