HI James,
I had read your post. My point was that the Victor Reader Classic, as
supplied by RNIB, saves the file position without any need to update the
software with all it's attendant risks.
Regards
Philip
----- Original Message -----
From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:07 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: ignorance about file position
Hi Philip
please see my earlier message, pasted below:
Hi Brian
The Victor Reader classic, with the updated firmware available from the
Humanware Canada site, will do this, and probably the newer victor hardware
players as well. I downloaded and installed the new US English firmware on
my RNIB loan player last summer and it does this just fine. However, RNIB
are seriously unhappy about people installing this new firmware on their
loan players, and have said that if anything goes wrong with the
installation we will be responsible for any repair/replacement costs
incurred as a result. I don't think there is any technical foundation to
this concern, and after all, the firmware that RNIB distributes - latest
estimate says that it might arrive in Spring this year - will most likely be
based on the same core code, with modified prompts, and involve many of the
same risks.
So basically if it's your player, or you're willing to take what on the face
of it looks like a pretty small risk, you need to head on over to
www.humanware.ca.
One word of warning: Make sure you get the right firmware for the player you
have, as there are several versions of the Victor Reader Classic. From
memory i can't remember exactly which download you need, I think Andrew
Hodgson might be able to help here and possibly send you the URL if you want
it. if you get the wrong firmware then you really will screw up the player
and will probably have to sit in the RNIB Naughty Corner for a week.
oh yes and before Steve chips in, I wouldn't be surprised if Book Courier can do this as well.
James
----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Martin" <p.martin13@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:46 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: ignorance about file position
Hi James and all,
Perhaps I don't understand about position retention and the Victor Classic. I have the original RNIB supplied software and if I switch off when I start up again the reading is at the place where I left of. Am I missing something.
The most irritating thing is where the conversion of the book from the original tape to disc has been done without sufficient indexing and one can only move through the book in over large chunks. There is no useful fast forward or back. Most annoying when falling asleep.
Regards
Philip
----- Original Message ----- From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:25 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: mp3 retention of file position
And just to add on the Victor Classic firmware since it's for another person, if you do install it on a player running the RNIB firmware, you will lose the British prompts and notice a few differences in player behaviour, but you will gain vorbis support, position retention, more intelligent handling of audio file CDs and a sleep timer.
Regards
James
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Green" <STEPHEN.TINA@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 8:24 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: mp3 retention of file position
Hi Brian
the RNIB plextor PT1 daisy player also remembers the position of MP3 tracks.
I also have the telix scholar which is a portable that does the same.
Steve Green
----- Original Message ----- From: "brian hartgen" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 1:00 PM
Subject: [access-uk] mp3 retention of file position
Hi
Can anyone please tell me which out of the many daisy players available at
the moment will retain the file position of MP3 files which are on a CD?
Thanks.
Brian Hartgen E-MAIL: brian@xxxxxxxxxxx MSN: brian@xxxxxxxxxxx SKYPE: brianhartgen
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