[Dtb-talk] Curtin Player Website

[Greg Kearney]

Hello again.

We would like to get a feel for how many of the Curtin players will need to be produced. Can those of you who represent organisations that buy such players please send us an email as to an estimate of numbers you might need so we can plan accordingly. Thank you.

The website for the Curtin Player it can be found at http://www.cbtbc.org/curtinplayer/

The Curtin Player is a low cost open source hardware Daisy digital talking book player developed at the Curtin Centre for Accessible Technology and the Association for the Blind of Western Australia and Tape Aids for the Blind of South Africa. It is designed to be produced for under $100. It offers these features:

	• Support of DAISY 2.02, DAISY/NISO 2002, DAISY/NISO 2005 and DAISY3/ePub 
	• Support for audio, text only and full text full audio DAISY books.
	• Playback support for a wide range of audio formats.
	• Support for reading text, RTF and Word documents
	• Support for reading text PDF documents with discovery of document structure
	• USB connectivity for drives, memory cards, etc.
	• Sound input via USB
	• Self-voicing controls
	• Control of playback speed
	• Information key announcements: book title, time elapsed/remaining, total pages, etc.
	• Visually contrasting tactile keypad

Because the player is being developed for use in developing nations it can be powered by a range of external power options including mains power, battery packs, solar and hand cranked generators and so on.

We are attempting to gage the interest in this device as we move towards production of units. If you or your organisation would be interested in the Curtain Player please contact either:

Dr. Iain Murray
Curtin University Centre for Accessible Technology
Building 204:216
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
Kent St Bentley
PO Box U1987
Perth 6845
WA, Australia
Work +61 8 9266 4540
Fax +61 8 9266 2584
Email: i.murray at curtin.edu.au


Or

Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media
Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA
PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100
Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America)
Email: greg.kearney at guidedogswa.com.au
Email: gkearney at gmail.com

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