[access-uk] Re: RNIB Overdrive - Faults in conversion from Daisy to Overdrive format
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:15:54 -0000
Hi Mo,
Or even heaven forbid, let you download the full Daisy version, as per the CD,
which would be much better. The MP3 players would still play them and you
would have the added navigation if you had a Daisy player.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Mobeen Iqbal
Sent: 02 December 2014 11:34
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Overdrive - Faults in conversion from Daisy to
Overdrive format
Hi paul.
Yep it was me and it wasn't just with 1 book i think i am on my 5th corrupt
book now. The majority may be ok but there is obviously a flaw in the
conversion process. They need to get this resolved as soon as possible. Its
alright telling us to email the overdrive mailbox, but all you get is an
automatic response. Noone follows up to tell you if the book has actually been
fixed or not. Surely they could just use a file splitter to split the mp3 files
that were part of the original daisy book? So they are in chapter form. I hope
they resolve this soon or i will be switching to the daisy service!
All the best,
Mo.
Paul Warner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No idea about subscription reductions, my point was only about the
technical issue.
On 02/12/2014 11:01, Eleanor Martha Burke wrote:
Paul, not Mo, but I recall Mo's posting and I think it was with one
book that he had the problem. I learned from someone also that BCAB
members get a discount to OverDrive subscription. Personally my local
Council pay the full price for me so no money out of my pocket but I
think this could be construed as a form of discrimination within a
Class of people, should people be forced to join BCAB for perks? I
think that the service should be free to all blind people and where it
is not free, I do not think that groups of blind people shuld get
reduction in subscript
ion. I
wonder do RNIB staff get a reduction also?
Eleanor
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Warner"
<lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 10:48 AM
Subject: [access-uk] RNIB Overdrive - Faults in conversion from Daisy
to Overdrive format
I think it was Mo who posted a while back that some titles borrowed
from the new Overdrive service were jumbled due to errors at
conversion to the new format. I have read a few titles without
detecting any such problems until I started on 'A History of Eastern
Europe', a tome which apparently takes 62 hours at normal speed - or
maybe not...
At the beginning of the book, the authors provide a detailed table of
contents and then a summary of important event
s with
respective dates
before the preface and chapter 1. I found that the reading of the
table of contents and the summary was often in the wrong order and
some parts were even repeated. Skipping past the irrelevant bits, it
soon became apparent that some parts of later chapters had found
their way into the first part of the book, rendering the whole thing
unreadable. I have advised the Overdrive service in the hope that
they will reconvert the book.
Having recently transferred my subscription from Daisy to Overdrive,
I am now a bit nervous that I might find part way through a book that
there are sections out of order, repeated or even missing. I can't
be sure that the next book I read will be correct. Anyone else
experiencing this?
Paul
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