[Dtb-talk] issues with using victor stream

[cheryl echevarria]

yes I saw it at our NY State Convention this weekend, very big item.  Even 
the person from the Library system said it was very confusing.

Cheryl Echevarria
Treasurer
National Federation of the Blind
Greater Long Island Chapter


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] issues with using victor stream


> Hello,
>
> No, there has not been any improvement.  You are right, it is complicated,
> around 50 steps, as i wrote them out for a friend who I was trying to 
> teach.
> I think this process needs more automation.
>
> The Victor Stream is quite a nice device, though the Book Port was much
> easier to use.  I love the downloaded books.  There are a number of people
> who will never be able to use the download site with Victor Reader as they
> are presently configured to work.  Fortunately, the Library system is very
> simple, even simpler than cassettes.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:58 PM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] issues with using victor stream
>
> Hi all, I had used my victor stream in the beginning, but have stopped for 
> a
>
> few months.  Only because I had such a hard time downloading and unzipping
> files, it was very complicated.  Has this since been easier to do. I use 
> the
>
> stream for other things, but to download books was a big headache even 
> when
> I contacted humanware, it was still rediculous.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> Treasurer
> National Federation of the Blind
> Greater Long Island Chapter
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "louie" <louiemost at wavecable.com>
> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] New version of Olearia
>
>
> > Greg,
> > Will you let us know when we can get the program when it is out of beta?
> >
> >
> > On Nov 4, 2008, at 6:22 AM, Greg Kearney wrote:
> >
> > > We continue to make new beta versions of Olearia. The latest ada
> > > preference option to open the last book played when you start
> > > Olearia. It also fixes a few bugs as well.
> > >
> > > I will be working on some method of installing my launch script
> > > unless someone at Apple can tell be a better way to do launching of
> > > applications on disk insert.
> > >
> > > Olearia is a free, open source  DAISY digital talking book player
> > > for Macintosh computers running MacOS X 10.5 or better. it can be
> > > found at:
> > >
> > > http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia
> > >
> > > as well as MacUpdates and Google Code which also has the source code
> > > for download.
> > >
> > > Greg Kearney
> > > Curtin University Centre for Accessible Technology
> > > www.cucat.org
> > >
> > >
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