[bookport] Re: BARD on BookPort?
- From: Rik James <rixmix2009@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 12:52:06 -0600
Hello Bookport people,
I have been meaning to ask this for awhile.
Several months ago Bookshare made some changes in their Daisy file system. I
don't know the technical things, except how I experience it.
Now as it relates to putting them on my Book Port I find the following
problematic.
First, it seems that now, I must save the extracted Daisy item into a folder
unto itself. It used to be that they could all be in a folder with other
items.
When I put a Daisy item in a folder it seems that it has no longer a
descriptive file name. The book or newsline newspaper will just say
"Bookshare." All else about the file works okay.
Can someone explain why this is? And is what I say also your experience
with the Book Port?
I have written the Bookshare folks a note about it, but they said they would
look into it and I did not hear from them again.
I switched my Newsline to get my favorite papers by email, but still use the
book port for books, too, though I find the separate folder for everything
an inconvenience.
I still much prefer my Book Port to other devices for reading my Daisy
format text items. I like the navigation, the ability to stop and quickly
spell words, the clock with date and time and many of the other numerous
other features. Very sorry, If I have understood posts on this list, to have
learned Book Port has become an obsolete product. Hopefully you may correct
me on this.
Thanks.
Rik
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From: "Pamela Rader" <prader@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:21 AM
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bookport] Re: BARD on BookPort?
Hi Larry:
Unfortunately, no. There was no more room in the Book Port firmware to make
the necessary changes to occommodate the NLS books. we then tried, but
could not get authorization for Book Port software to be able to play the
NLS files. Hopefully, the Book Port replacement product will have that
capability.
Our Braille + product can currently play these files.
Pamela
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Larry Stevens
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:08 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] BARD on BookPort?
Are we allowed to read BARD talking books on BookPort? I signed on to BARD,
was able to download a talking book. But when I moved it to my BookPort,
all I could get was a protected content notice which said "You are not
authorized to read this book"
Larry
thanks
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