[Dtb-talk] [macvoiceover] Re: Olearia first public release (version 0.90b)

[David Andrews]

I would urge people not to contact Congress.  They have more 
important things to worry about, like saving the country.  And ... 
they are NLS's books and they can decide how the books should be accessed.

Dave

         At 04:09 PM 10/28/2008, you wrote:
>An important note: Olearia, and for that matter no other software
>based player, can not play NLS books. THis is due to the NLS refusing
>to approve software players to have access to their encryption.
>
>We are working with RFB&D to be able to ply their encrypted books and
>expect a solution to that soon.
>
>If you are bothered by the NLS restriction on playback of their books
>I would urge you to contact your representatives in congress.
>
>Greg Kearney
>Curtin University Centre for Accessible Technology
>www.cucat.org
>
>On Oct 28, 2008, at 2:40 PM, Dave Hunt wrote:
>
>>Which format are the DTBs from the NLS Digital program, and does
>>this program play them?  I normally play them on my Icon, but would
>>play them on this machine if that were an option.
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>On Oct 28, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Randy Stegall wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks Greg.  It plays any of the dtbs I have tried so far.  Keep
>>>up the good work.
>>>
>>>Randy
>>>On Oct 28, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
>>>
>>>>Olearia is a DAISY digital talking book player for the Macintosh
>>>>computer platform. Olearia will play DAISY version 2.02 and 
>>>>DAISY/ NISO 2005 digital talking book. This version 0.90b will play audio
>>>>only and full text full audio books. The final version of Olearia
>>>>will support text only DAISY books as well. Olearia supports
>>>>VoiceOver. Olearia requires MacOS X version 10.5 or better.
>>>>
>>>>Olearia is free open source software and  can be downloaded from 
>>>>http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia  Source code can be 
>>>>downloaded from: http://code.google.com/p/olearia/
>>>>
>>>>Greg Kearney
>>>>Curtin University Centre for Accessible Technology
>>>>www.cucat.org
>>>>
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