Talkingbooks, as you can already download and read BRF books. Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT American Printing House For The Blind 1839 Frankfort Ave. Louisville, KY 40206 PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307 >>> chatter8712@xxxxxxxxx 12/17/07 12:45PM >>> When you guys refer to "Downloadable books from NLS", do you mean the talking books or the BRF books? On 12/17/07, PAMELA RADER <PRADER@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Richard: > > We can't give you a date of when these things are going to occur, as we have > learned from our mistakes in the past. If something happens in development > and we fail to meet that date, then people get upset with us for giving > wrong information. We made that mistake with the Book Port 2 and it came > back to haunt us and left us with many messes and fires to put out! > However, I can tell you that of the things you mentioned, the NLS is the > closer thing to happen, but again, I can't say exactly when (it could be a > month away, it could be 2). Anyway, when they are ready, they will make > announcements on this list, plus you will be given all of the details on the > Details button in the Update Notification. We'll make sure no one misses > out! > > > > > > Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT > American Printing House For The Blind > 1839 Frankfort Ave. > Louisville, KY 40206 > > PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307 > > > >>> richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx 12/17/07 08:44AM >>> > Any progress on braille display support? > > Any guesses when NLS down loadable books will be available on the Braille+ > and Icon? > > Any news at all about GPS or cell phones? > > Lastly, any news on the docking stations? > > Richard > > ---***--- > -----Original Message----- > From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:36 AM > To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Rfbd on icon? > > RFBD is certainly something actively in the works. We expect to have > something in the coming months. > > > >>> musicproandy@xxxxxxxxx Sunday, December 16, 2007 11:45:25 AM >>> > Hi. > I was wondering if the braille plus supported rfbd books, the audio plus > ones, and if > so, how it works. > > I also wonder: can it do ftp sites, such as ftp.awebsite.dyndns.org > As an example. If not will this be implimented in the the future? > Thanks, > Andy > > > > > > > > -- -Shane Blog: http://blind-geek.com/blog/ CoOwner: http://sjtechzone.com AIM: inhaddict Skype: chatter8712