Hi all,
A huge amount of research and work was done before RNIB Overdrive was
trialled and then launched and we have a lot of customers who are using it
currently - nearly 7,000 books have been borrowed from the service since
15 September.
RNIB Overdrive was never launched to replace the Talking Books Service and
our Daisy CD offering, but through demand, we wanted to launch a digital
download library, to reach out and support more reading choices and give
the public the option to pick the service that suited them.
Sadly, the BookStream BookClub was not scalable and had a number of
issues. OverDrive, the platform that we use, is in constant touch with us
about improving their platform and the accessibility and have done a
number of changes and are working on more.
We have had many people who have decided to transfer across to RNIB
Overdrive from Talking Books Service - if you have decided that you would
prefer to be transferred across to Talking Books Service instead and
continue with Daisy CDs, then this can be arranged too - all you need to
do is contact us and we can arrange that for you.
In regards to book prioritisation - to upload over 20,000+ titles to the
service takes a while and we are working to get the complete catalogue up
quickly. We analysed the different genres and uploaded cross sections, to
ensure a variety of books were available. If we started prioritising
titles from customers, this would slow the process down and would have an
impact on all customers, who each would have different books that they
would like.
We have a team who work tirelessly on this service and have a lot of plans
to continue improving our offering and the books available, alongside our
fundraising teams, who help us heavily subsidise all our reading choices.
I can be personally contacted by email on Louisa.muhsin@xxxxxxxxxxx,
should you wish to contact me directly.
Best regards,
Louisa.
Louisa Muhsin
Louisa Muhsin
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Nutt
Sent: 17 December 2014 12:28
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Priority Uploads to RNIB Overdrive
Hi Carol,
I think their idea was to allow files to play on cheaper media players
than Daisy players. Of course, this idea is nonsense, because Daisy files
will simply be ignored by cheaper media players, so they too would play
just fine.
So bring back Daisy I say.
All the best
Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Carol.Pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 17 December 2014 11:52
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Priority Uploads to RNIB Overdrive
We feel the same way, Steve. So many VI's have good Daisy players,
allowing
such great access, so why do we need anything different. I wonder just
how
much longer they'll actually prepare Daisy books?
Carol P
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From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:02 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Priority Uploads to RNIB Overdrive
Hi,
My view is they should have used an online delivery service compatible
with Daisy readers, rather than go down this convaluted route.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Iain Lackie
Sent: 16 December 2014 13:48
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Priority Uploads to RNIB Overdrive
In defense of RNIB, I don't think the process is as straightforward as
that.
The file structure of Overdrive books is different from their DAISY
equivalents. Personally, I think any download or streaming system should
have utilised DAISY as not doing so has cut down the possibilities of
effective book manipulation for those who desire it.
Iain
-----Original Message-----
From: martin wilsher
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:32 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Priority Uploads to RNIB Overdrive
Four months for upload? Is it really that difficult that it takes this
length of time when the said book is in digital format from the mem
stick/disc catalogue? I think someone's being unacceptably slow here.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
David Griffith
Sent: 16 December 2014 13:22
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Priority Uploads to RNIB Overdrive
Thanks for providing me with sight of this which was also invisible on my
system.
To respond to Lisa’s post.
I do not consider it is appropriate to comment in detail on our
correspondence on list = but given it has been raised . This email to me
last week said did not mention February but the New Year.
However the wider principle of refusing to allow a priority = system
of
uploading books for people who are waiting for books is worth of wider
discussion as this is presumably an issue of RNIB Overdrive policy.
The issue is not that books are being uploaded but that people like me
have
been waiting since early November for books to become available with no
promise that they be available until February. In other words there is
potentially a wait of 4 months for a book.
This I personally regard as unacceptable and unresponsive policy and ask
that it urgently be reviewed in favour of responding to request for book
uploads.
I am circulating this o n a wider forum as I am interested in the views
of
other Visually Impaired people on this aspect of RNIB Overdrive Policy.
David Griffith
.
On 16 Dec 2014, at 12:25, Iain Lackie <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
I think it must be. What Louisa said was
Dear David,
As per my email to you last week, we are on track to have the complete
collection uploaded by February and if you go to the section, 'New this
Week', you can see what has been uploaded in the past seven days.
If you do have any further queries, please don't hesitate to contact the
Overdrive team as instructed, who are more than happy to help.
Best regards,
Louisa.
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Priority Uploads to RNIB Overdrive
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