[gui-talk] any progress in NLS DTB limited access issues?

[Wayne Merritt]

For what it's worht, there's also the Blio E-reader software coming in
May, which will unlock access to 1,000,000 books, way more than
Bookshare, Audible, NLS and RFBD combined! And, it's going to be free,
at least for that first million books. Sounds pretty good to me.

Wayne

On 4/29/10, Joel Deutsch <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Hi Allen,
>
> At first I  was perplexed by your subject line. I  thought you were having
> problems registering and/or downloading files from the NLS Bard site.
>
> But from your message, I  take it you're disconsolate, frustrated and angry
> at what must be for you too limited a  number of titles at the Bard site, at
> least where your taste and your needs are concerned.
>
> I  myself have my complaints about THERE    being too few titles of interest
> to me on the Bard site, but between it and Audible, where I  enjoy a modest
> subscription, not to mention the troves of online journalism I  consume
> daily, I'm satisfied enough.
>
> I  know what Bookshare is, although I've never subscribed to it. What manner
> of titles do you find there in such profusion that, for you, Bookshare  puts
> the Bard site to shame, even to the point of arousing your political fervor?
>
> Thanks,
> Joel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hoffman, Allen" <Allen.Hoffman at dhs.gov>
> To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:33 PM
> Subject: [gui-talk] any progress in NLS DTB limited access issues?
>
>
> Anyone know if there is any movement to provide UAC for such products as
> FS Reader for NLS digital talking books?  The concept that bookshare.org
> can produce volumes of materials for various platform usage, with
> adequate if not draconian IP protections, while the well funded NLS
> chooses to keep things to non-mainstream platforms seems ridiculous.  If
> this doesn't change soon I recommend folks start writing their
> Congressman about finding new budget solutions to this problem.  It is
> all well and good to have a benevolent NLS to provide leisure materials
> for folks, but insisting we can't be trusted to keep our access terms is
> just a poor way to serve the public as a government in my opinion.  I am
> finding that I read far more from bookshare.org of late than NLS anyway,
> so it may just become something irrelevant to me soon.  I just hate to
> see tax dollars spent without a more direct connection between a
> perceived problem and reality.  Same goes for the whole publishing
> industry's perceived problem with copying of materials by people with
> disabilities.  If your book was so good that it gets copied
> electronically, you probably have buyers anyway.  Besides, if the
> accessible version is not for sale, they were not missing any revenues,
> and if someone is copying materials for sale then the publisher was
> missing a market opportunity of their own.
>
> I personally think that NLS should have a audiobooks sales licensing
> side for publishers to use as they see fit-e.g. NLS does the contract to
> get the materials recorded, and if a publisher wants to sell this to the
> general public, it should be allowed.  Gives publishers motivation to
> make things easy to get NLS to record, and maybe there even is some
> revenue sharing, beyond taxes, that could make the project more self
> supportive.
> Anyhow, just wondering if it's time to send Congressmen letters, or if
> progress is being made to improve NLS services for the modern world.
>
>
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