[Dtb-talk] NFBnewsline and the Mac

[Flint Million]

The application is a Java application, and thus it is in theory easy
to directly port it. Macs include a Java runtime environment built in,
so the basic infrastructure is already there. Even though the app is
distributed as an .exe file, it may be possible to extract the .jar
program file from it. The only problem I see is that the app is
designed to look for drives by drive letter, while UNIX-based systems
(Mac, Linux, etc.) do not use drive letters but rather connect drives
into the filesystem at "mount points" (e.g. the contents of a CD might
appear at /Volumes/CD and you'd access that particular folder to view
the contents.)

I'm not sure exactly who writes the apps for the NFBNN, but I'd
imagine this would be a very easy change to implement? (Macs mount all
connected drives under /Volumes so it'd be simple to scan that folder
for media rather than scanning drive letters.)

Flint

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Grover Zinn <grover.zinn at oberlin.edu> wrote:
> Yes software for the Mac for VR Stream would be nice!
>
> Yes NFB newsline works with the Mac.  Download the four email attachments to a folder and move that folder (with the title you wish) to the "text" folder on the VR Stream.  There may be other methods.
>
> best
>
> Grover Zinn
> grover.zinn at oberlin.edu
>
>
>
> On Mar 16, 2011, at 7:49 PM, Priscilla Garces wrote:
>
>> Does NFB newsline work well with the mac?
>> I now have a mac but i want to be able to use newsline on my victor stream.
>> I tried my vr stream and it works pretty well with the mac.
>> Is there a way where i can read the news on my VR stream?
>> Because when i  had the PC i liked the fact that i had pocket newsline and that it automatically synced with my vr stream.
>> I think the same thing should happen with the mac.
>> Another thing, i think humanware should provide software that is compatible for both mac and PC.
>> While mostly everyone has a PC, there are some who prefer the other way around  and are more adventurous to discover a new operating system.
>> I personally like voiceover better from jaws in comparison, but that's my own 2 sense.
>> + i enjoy reading more since the voice is humanlike in many aspects and not as monotone.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Please contact me with additional information about this quiry, i really appreciate it.
>>
>> Priscilla Garces
>> priscillagarces1987 at hotmail.com
>>
>>
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