[access-uk] Re: OVERDRIVE FIRST IMPRESSIONS
- From: "martin wilsher" <martinwilsher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:52:00 -0000
I thought that is what RNIB would do with the bookstream bookclub software,
that was streaming, but it used the daisy format. Why on earth could they not
have added functionality to that? Daisy works, period.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Steve Nutt
Sent: 16 December 2014 15:23
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: OVERDRIVE FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Hi Ian,
As is Audible. I don't think I will be renewing my Overdrive subscription when
it runs out. No Daisy as Jackie says, very low bitrate files, poor compression
means poor sound quality, I don't think it is well thought out at all.
Other countrie in Europe are adopting online Daisy with delivery direct to
things like the Stream and this should be possible here.
All the bbest
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian
Macrae
Sent: 16 December 2014 15:06
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Subject: [access-uk] OVERDRIVE FIRST IMPRESSIONS
At last I’ve had the time and opportunity to look at the Overdrive site
although I have not yet borrowed any books. My impression is that it is over
fussy, cluttered and generally rather counter-intuitive. If you compare
searching for and borrowing a book with, for instance, buying a book from the
Amazon Kindle site, the latter is much more straightforward and easy to do.
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