[access-uk] Re: Book Courier
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:57:35 +0100
Hi James,
> If you are a member of the RNIB talking book service, I
understand that the book Courier will soon support their
Daisy digital format, if it doesn't already.
It does indeed. It was introduced a month or two ago.
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James O'Dell
Sent: 30 March 2005 13:37
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Book Courier
Hi Wendy
It depends what you want in terms of mp3s. There
are a number of file sharing networks out there - i.e.
people have saved music from CDs in mp3 format and make
these files freely available to other users of that file
sharing network. There is nothing *technically* illegal
about this, but the problem occurs when people start using
these networks to share copyright material - as most users
do, in practice.
The record industry is attempting to clamp down on
some of these networks and their users, and the emphasis at
the moment is on people who make copyright material
available for others to download. There are a number of
legal sites where you can pay to download music, but the
disadvantage of these is that most of them don't use mp3
format, since the mp3 format doesn't give them the ability
to protect their files so that they can't be distributed to
people who haven't paid for them. Napster, for example,
whose operations are now fully legal, use a protected form
of WMA (Windows Media Audio) format and as far as I know
this won't play on the Book Courier at the moment. There are
a few sites offering a more limited selection of mp3s for
legal, paid download.
Alternatively, you can convert music you have on CDs
that you have bought into mp3 format (there is an almost
endless number of free utilities that will do this), and
these files would then be ideal for use on the book Courier.
If you are a member of the RNIB talking book service, I
understand that the book Courier will soon support their
Daisy digital format, if it doesn't already. You also
probably know that you can use the book courier to read
plain electronic text files, or text that you have converted
into mp3 format using text-to-audio software like the
utility built into kurzweil 1000.
Hope this helps
James
----- Original Message -----
From: The Dundas Family
<mailto:thedundasfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:52 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Book Courier
Thanks george. Are there any particularly
good internet sites for downloading MP3's as I've heard that
most sites are not accessible?
Thanks.
Wendy
----- Original Message -----
From: George Bell
<mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005
12:54 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Book
Courier
Hi Wendy,
(Commercial interest declared here)
The BookCourier was designed from
the ground up as a fully accessible book reader for people
with little or no vision, so you should have no difficulty
using it.
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of The Dundas
Family
Sent: 30 March 2005 12:21
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Book Courier
Hi all
I was wondering whether the new Book
Courier is fully accessible. I am thinking of purchasing one
but don't want to spend the money unless it's really worth
it. Are there any inaccessible features or disadvantages on
it and can MP3's be downloaded from most sites? Is it easy
to use?
Any comments would be much
appreciated.
Many thanks.
Wendy Dundas
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