[macvoiceover] Re: Greg Kearney, ABWA and DAISY Bookworm at NFB convention

  • From: Bryan Smart <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:24:49 -0400

Seriously.

And those devices have a good excuse for even those few steps, as they don't 
have always-on Internet access. An iOS device is practically always online, so 
it should download material directly, and skip the steps that are required of 
the digital book players. Instead, it adds even more steps, and wastes even 
more time. Don't know who was the product manager for this, but I wonder how 
they didn't realize these facts when it was being designed.

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of william lomas
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:43 PM
To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Greg Kearney, ABWA and DAISY Bookworm at NFB 
convention

lol a booksense or stream easier copy straight to device and done

On Jun 23, 2010, at 6:34 PM, David Poehlman wrote:

> sheesh, you use your pc to log in to the server, you upload the book, you use 
> the app on your device to download it.
> 
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> 
> Yikes, no thanks. That's a pain. Can do it, but don't care to.
> 
> It is easy for an app to include an integrated browser. Anything tha you 
> download with that browser can be accessed by the app, since the download 
> goes in to its sandbox.
> 
> So, they should let you connect to NLS, Bookshare, etc, and download directly 
> from there. Of course, they'd need to include a framework to decompress zip 
> files, and maybe they don't want to pay for that. Don't know.
> 
> What I do know is that requiring lots of round about steps, like uploading 
> files to an FTP server, will put off most people to the idea. Imagine 
> explaining to someone "yeh, all you do is download the book from your 
> library, uncompress it, upload it to an FTP server, download it to your 
> phone, and then you're ready to go." Besides the geekery, it's time consuming.
> 
> Bryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:05 PM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Greg Kearney, ABWA and DAISY Bookworm at 
> NFB convention
> 
> no, you upload the daisy files you want to transfer and it does the transfer.
> 
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> 
> From their FTP site, or from your own? Or does it link up to the services I 
> talked about through FTP?
> 
> Also, is it an accessible app that we use through normal VoiceOver 
> interaction, or is it some kind of self-voicing app? 
> 
> Bryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:51 PM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Greg Kearney, ABWA and DAISY Bookworm at 
> NFB convention
> 
> it's done via ftp.
> 
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> 
> What I'll be interested to see is how well it acquires content. I don't think 
> that you can easily transfer arbitrary content in to it via iTunes, and you 
> obviously can't transfer content to the mobile devices directly.
> 
> What would be particularly spectacular if it integrated with the download 
> services (like Bookshare or NLS Bard in the US, along with other such 
> services around the world), so it could download books directly.
> 
> Bryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of william lomas
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:21 AM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Greg Kearney, ABWA and DAISY Bookworm at 
> NFB convention
> 
> ah wow now it is complete
> a daisy reader on iphone wow i ahve tos ee this
> 
> On Jun 22, 2010, at 1:09 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
> 
>> can we get a copy to try?
>> 
>> On Jun 21, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
>> 
>> Hello;
>> 
>> I will be attending the NFB Convention in Dallas for Association for the 
>> Blind of Western Australia and will be showing our iPHone/iPod Touch/iPad 
>> DAISY Bookworm player to anyone who is interested. Also explaining the 
>> Association for the Blind of Western Australia digital talking book library 
>> service and other digital talking book issues.
>> 
>> I should be in the hotel starting on the evening of the 2nd of July until 
>> the 6th of July I will be staying at the convention hotel so you can reach 
>> me there. I will post a little Australian flag by my door to make it easy to 
>> find.
>> 
>> Please feel free to share this email with all who are interested. I 
>> look forward to seeing you in Dallas
>> 
>> Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind 
>> of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 
>> Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100
>> Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
>> Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America)
>> Email: greg.kearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Email: gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
>> 
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