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

[David Andrews]

What I said was just my opinion, but it seems to me that this 
specific an issue belongs elsewhere, not in the halls of 
congress.  Now, if you wish to take up a larger issue of copyright, 
or intellectual property, that makes sense.

Dave

At 07:08 PM 10/28/2008, you wrote:
>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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