[macvoiceover] Re: elba etc.

sorry folks, this shouldn't have gone to the list.
I didn't check before sending, I'd assumed it was going direct to sender. 
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Sorry about that.

On Sep 27, 2007, at 11:44 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:


That is an excellent price, and one I'd love to take advantage of.
You have no idea how much I'd like to have this note taker.
However, as it stands, I cannot pay at this time.
We're still making two house payments (waiting for the other house to sell) and we just totaled our van at the beginning of this month, and need to drop a thousand bucks (in addition to the 500 we've already paid) for a 1991 chevy caviliar just to have something to run around with (we owed more on the van than insurance totaled it for, so we get nothing out of it ourselves) Fortunately, we had gap insurance, so it will cover the rest, but that leaves us with nothing to work with for the next month or two. If you can wait, I can begin sending you funds in November and/or pay it off if the house sells before then (not likely in my opinion) so let me know, and I'll work out a payment arrangement so you will get your funds before shipping the unit. 
Thanks.


On Sep 27, 2007, at 6:47 PM, Gary Lee wrote:


Travis:

Haven't heard from you in a while.
$1,500 shipped?  she's packed and ready to go.
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I'd be interested in buying your elba.
Let me know how much you want, if you're willing to take payments,
and if greg needs to borrow it first or not.
Thanks.


On Jul 7, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Gary Lee wrote:


For Greg:

I own an elba, and
1. am in the market to sell it;

2. can send to you for limited period of time to experiment.

At 7/7/2007, you wrote:


Here are some assorted items I picked up at the NFB convention.

VictorReader Stream
A small hand held device for reading DAISY books, text and HTML files and playing and recording audio files (MP3) This $350 device will read DAISY book from RFB&D and the NLS as well as non-encrypted books. The Stream shows up on your Mac as an external drive and you can install 
files to it with the finder. I expect to have a Macintosh program
which will simplify the installing and backup of files to this device 
ready with in a week. This program will permit MP3 and unprotected
iTunes, such as podcasts, files to be moved to the Stream.

Internet Radio

A hardware internet radio that can also stream DAISY from a server
permitting navigation of the same. Come with Ethernet and a built in modem. You can configure up to 25 stations or libraries of books into the device and then play them at will. You can change the setup from a webpage. This is already in use by the RNIB and TPB in Sweden. This would be very useful with a service like NFB Newsline. Cost is less 
than $300.

Google book search
Starting on last Thursday Google book search will let you download the full text of public domain books within their collection. Also Google 
will start to index Bookshare, RFB&D and the NLS collections.

Readhoyouwant.com (Yes that is all one word.)

A commercial company that wants to offer on demand production of
DAISY, braille and large print books via Amazon. You will order the 
book and tell Amazon how you would like it. Amazon will relay the
order to Readhoyouwant who will produce the book for you in the
desired format and send it to you. Publisher gets paid the same as if he had sold a print book. The non-disabled will be able to order DAISY books this way. Another reason why Mac DAISY playback is vital. Also 
your friends will be able to get braille books as gifts.
(Mary Beth, we need to get a Daisy player written and authorized as soon as possible! The NLS is using the AMR-WB+ audio format is there a 
mac way to play that?)

NLS Downloaded books
Starting in August you will be able to download NLS daisy books from the library service. Contact your regional library for getting on the list to do this. You will need an authorized player, right now only 
the Stream player is authorized. Also on the NLS front They were
publicly showing the new players. Two models a simple and an advanced 
one. There is a USB port on the side of the units for connecting
standard USB pen drives which will play books who's files are on the root level of a pen drive. My DTBmaker books play well in the new NLS 
players.

Braille keyboards that support Mac.
I was able to make some good progress with Alva's braille keyboards and the Mac, I may well be able to get braille input working on the 
Mac with them.

Priorities in light of the above information.

DAISY playback on the Mac. This is the single most important
unaddressed area. We need DAISY playback, playback that supports all the standards and types. We need to get it as soon as we can so that 
Apple can offer the support of DASIY playback when the NLS and
Readhowyouwant start offering the book in the late summer.
Macintosh support for VictorReader Stream. I am working on this now 
and will have a utility program ready by weeks end.
MAc support for the Braille+ and Icon PDA's. Most of the other braille 
note takers support mac by means of Missing Sync software from
MarkSpace Software. The Pacmate, Braille Sense and BrailleNote all
worked. I am in contact with APH about the Braille+ There was a
machine that uses Linux called the Elba. The people displaying it
would not permit me to connect to it to se if I could make the Mac
work with it. If anyone out there has one let me know.

That's all I can think of right now.

Greg






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