[bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
- From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:24:14 -0500
Yes, similar to the book port.
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From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Deb Crawford
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:42 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
Hi there,
I am new to the list as of today and was wondering what "stream" is? Is it
a device?
----- Original Message -----
From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:19 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
> Linda, consider waiting until the release of the new Book Port. You
> could purchase a Zen Stone MP3 player just for book listening. it
> would set you back some $43 if you live in the U.S. You'd feel bad if
> the new unit is the greatest thing since potato chips in a can and you
> missed out on it. The stream is a known quantity. BTW. I don't work
> for or own stock in either company, smile.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Linda Davis
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:09 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
>
> The other problem with cassettes is that I've gotten books that have
> had twisted tapes or the tapes have broken. That's really bad
> especially if you have gotten to a really good part and can't finish
> the book. So often our library doesn't really check the books when the
> are returned. A case in point, I had a book and was reading it with my
> little cassette recorder.
> While I was at a bowling meet, my record button somehow was pressed
> down while it was in my purse and the book could still be read,
> however, you could also hear the bowling going on. I don't know how
> that happened, but I informed the library, and it never got taken care
> of, and another person received the book.
>
> That's the real problem with cassettes, and I really don['t want to
> have to use them if I don't have too. I can't wait to send my book
> port off and get it fixed if it is repairable. If not, I'm going to
> have to just try to get the Stream and use that for now.
>
> Linda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walt Smith" <ka3lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:52 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
>
>
>>I don't know of anybody who can't already read NLS books on a player
>>they don't already have available. The only issue, I repeat, is
>>purely personal convenience...a device like the BP is easier to
>>carry around than is a four-track cassette player and people are
>>seemingly incapable of exerting that much effort.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Tim Snyder
>> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 12:24 PM
>> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
>>
>> I still say that a person who really wanted to break the code could
>> do so and make books available. I certainly do not want to break their
code.
>> Their severe protection is just making it hard on most people who
>> simply want to read NLS books on the devices they already own. If
>> RFB&D could make
>>
>> it kpossible for us to read books on the current bookport, then NLS
>> could make it far less difficult. Of course, HumanWare stands to
>> profit greatly from all of this proprietary stuff. I wonder how many
>> decoding problems NLS
>>
>> has experienced anyway?
>>
>>
>>
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