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

[Randy Stegall]

Why not, Congress oversees NLS, doesn't it?  Isn't that one of the  
things we pay them to do through our taxes?

Randy
On Oct 28, 2008, at 7:00 PM, David Andrews wrote:

> 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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