[Dtb-talk] Bookshare and the NLS player

[Lynn Evans]

Yes with the great sound quality the mew NLS player along with its simple 
operation you will have a winning combination here.


From: "Roger Dennis" <rogernews at mydennis.com>
To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Bookshare and the NLS player


> It sounds like a great idea. Would it be Apple based or transportable to
> Windows? Could it be done in PHP and put on a server? Just some thoughts.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Greg Kearney
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1:47 AM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] Bookshare and the NLS player
>
> Here is a thought for the list to talk over. Many of you are likely
> Bookshare member and have read their books. Bookshare produces text
> only Daisy books which are small and fine if you have a player able to
> read them, for example the VictorReader Stream.
>
> One issue that I can foresee in the future is the need to play a
> Bookshare title on an NLS issued player which does not support text
> only Daisy titles.
>
> I have developed but have never released a program that will read the
> Bookshare XML files and transform them into a DTBook XML file which
> can then be rendered as a full text full audio DAISY book which will
> play in the NLS playback device. Is this something anyone would ever
> find useful? Should I even be bothered with it? What say you all.
>
>
> Gregory Kearney
> Manager - Accessible Media
> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
>
> Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202
> Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America)
> Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696
> Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only)
> Email: gkearney at gmail.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Dtb-talk mailing list
> Dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/dtb-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Dtb-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/dtb-talk_nfbnet.org/rogernews%40mydenn
> is.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Dtb-talk mailing list
> Dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/dtb-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> Dtb-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/dtb-talk_nfbnet.org/evans-lynn%40comcast.net