[gui-talk] free daisy player

Wed Aug 12 04:43:30 UTC 2009

Al,

I'm being completely serious, here. Until this moment, I was under the 
impression that the Victor Reader Stream is produced by a company called 
HumanWare, and that this company is based in New Zealand or something like 
that. Now you're saying flatly that the NLS is the maker and vendor of the 
Victor Reader Stream? They bought out HumanWare and now manufacture and sell 
the Stream? Can anyone tell me if this is true? Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] free daisy player

Keep in mind you'll have to pay for a key if you purchase a unit not
manufactured by NLS.

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:40 PM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] free daisy player

Hey Ray,

ah! Okay, you guys. Not only do I not use a Braille notetaker or this or
that device, but I'm not signed up with RFB&D at all! that would explain why

this all sounds so strange to me. I don't mean "strange," as in weird. I
just mean mysterious. So there's some sort of thing where you pay something
and then you can download something and then you can play it on something.
Don't even try to explain. Obviously it's over my head because I don't do
any of this stuff. I'm relieved. Al, you confused the hell out of me! Not
fair!
explainn.were y ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] free daisy player

That's correct. However, I expect that the reasoning for the key is
still the same, in that you can only play the material on certain
specialized players due to copyright issues and protecting their
materials. In other words, if you were hoping to play protected NLS
content in Windows media or Winamp, it's likely not going to happen
anytime soon. Hopefully FS and the other notetaker/screen reader
manufacturers will add the ability to play NLS content soon though.
That will at least open the door to a new user group, and one that may
not be as likely to get a specialized player, or who may not have one
for whatever other reason.

Jmt,
Wayne

On 8/11/09, Ray Foret jr <rforetjr at comcast.net> wrote:
> It's okay Joel.  I reckon Albert just got NLS confused with RFB&D.  I
> believe they do charge for a key, that is ,if I'm not mistaken.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] free daisy player
>
>
> Albert,
>
> I don't understand. Now, I should say up front that I don't use a Daisy
> player in order to access files either from the NLS BARD program nor
> anything I read on the NFB Newsline site. But I don't know which of these
> you are actually referring to, below, although you do specify NLS in your
> message.
>
> But I just don't know what you're talking about. I've never been charged a
> fee of any sort, nor issued any sort of key, whatever that is, for either
> of
> these services. Could you or someone tell me what it is I'm not
> understanding, here, and what it has to do with Daisy, and what that has
> to
> do with whether Freedom Scientific has decided to give away their FS
> Reader
> soon? My head is spinning. I can make no sense of this.
> RS wathse ----- Original Message -----
> From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] free daisy player
>
>
> Presently NLS says their publishers keep the bar raised on player
> accessibility.  This is how they justify charging use $10 for each user
> key
> and why their files can't just be played on a computer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Hoffman, Allen
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:22 PM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [gui-talk] free daisy player
>
> Lets not kid ourselves that its a free daisy player, you can't download
> it for a computer without JAWS, or run on another Mobile platform.  What
> we should be doing however, is expressing that this player should be
> recognized and made legal for NLS and RFB DTB(s).  The concept that NLS
> books must only be played on "special" devices is simply crazy, outdated
> thinking that does NOT, in any way represent the wishes of the public
> they are supposed to be serving.
>
>
>
>
>
> Allen Hoffman
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