[access-uk] Re: RNIB Overdrive - Faults in conversion from Daisy to Overdrive format
- From: "martin wilsher" <martinwilsher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 11:47:34 -0000
Hearing these problems, I am so glad I didn't convert to the overdrive
service, though I'm very disappointed too that the online RNIB tb catalogue
is not being updated with new books, I hope the RNIB cs team have the new
books that are hopefully being recorded put on their system at least. Fifty
quid for an overdrive service that is this flaky? No thanks RNIB.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Warner
Sent: 02 December 2014 11:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Overdrive - Faults in conversion from Daisy to
Overdrive format
Hi Iain,
Interesting that you had a problem with that book. I was wondering if the
issues I was experiencing was due to the presence of multiple Daisy levels
in the original recording. Since fiction like the Bradbury book tends to
have only one level to separate chapters, I had surmised that there would be
fewer errors with single-level books. It would be unworkable for RNIB or
Overdrive to proof audibly after each conversion but the discovery of these
errors has shown that there is definitely a problem with the conversion
software. That being the case, the safest measure is to fix the software
bugs and then reconvert every title in the library.
Paul
On 02/12/2014 11:21, Iain Lackie wrote:
> Hi Paul
> I recently downloaded Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. The brief
> description of the book was followed by a long silence. It was akin to
> borrowing a book and finding that pages had been torn out. Like you, I
> have reported the matter. I was told it would be fixed but haven't
> heard any further. With the old Book Streaming service, you could at
> least be sure that you would get the whole book and there was also the
> bonus of full DAISY navigation. I think this whole library thing has
> been shockingly managed as in addition to having a lack of trust in
> the quality of Overdrive book transfers, we also have an online
> Talking Book catalogue which is not being updated until an as yet
> unknown date when the long-promised and much-vaunted new catalogue
> system eventually becomes available.
>
> Iain
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Paul Warner
> Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 10:48 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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 events 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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