[nfb-talk] Audible.com to exclude Victor Reader Stream

[Buddy Brannan]

Nope, that definitely won't work, as the iTunes formats supported by these players are only the non-DRM'ed ones. The audiobooks definitely are DRM'ed and will almost certainly not play.
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Feb 3, 2013, at 3:40 PM, Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well I heard that most audio books from iTunes are from audible, so it
> shouldn't be too bad to just copy the m4b files or whatever they are,
> over to the stream, assuming it supports iTunes audio books.
> 
> Sent from my iPod
> 
> On Feb 3, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Brilliance audio? Can you explain that? Is this a company contracted
> with amazon?
> Can you  buy from them directly and if so what formats? MP3, cds, etc?
> 
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- From: Gloria Whipple
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 7:38 PM
> To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Audible.com to exclude Victor Reader Stream
> 
> You are right. I had names mixed up. It is Brilliance Audio who works with
> NLS.
> 
> Gloria Whipple
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Buddy
> Brannan
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 16:28
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Audible.com to exclude Victor Reader Stream
> 
> Audible doesn't work with NLS. Brilliance audio, which is a different
> division of Amazon, does provide some commercial content for NLS.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 2, 2013, at 4:09 PM, "Gloria Whipple" <glowhi at centurylink.net> wrote:
> 
>> I wonder if audible will stop working with the NLS program.
>> 
>> Gloria Whipple
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
>> Hingson
>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 12:43
>> To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List'; 'Research and Development Committee
>> (appointed)'
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Audible.com to exclude Victor Reader Stream
>> 
>> As you may know, Audible.com has chosen to exclude devices used by the
> blind
>> like the Book Port Desktop and the new  Victor ReaderStream from using
>> Audible. Below please find some important information which includes an
>> email address to write to about this unfortunate situation.
>> 
>> Bob Acosta
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I wanted to provide everyone with an email address to
>> send a complaint email to Audible about their decision to
>> no longer provide access to audible content to the new Victor reader
>> Stream. I telephoned Audible this morning and was advised that
>> the more complaints received by Audible, the better the hope is that
>> the policy will change. The email is greatideas at audible.com
>> Yes, I confirmed the address several times and this is the address
>> used by the department which deals with accessibility features.
>> 
>> I have no proof of this, but I suspect that this is the first
>> step in the process of limiting audible access to devices used
>> exclusively by the visually impaired community such as the Stream, the
>> Bookport and others. Not everyone has access to or can afford an Iphone
> and
>> I, for one, am distressed at Audible's business decision here.
>> 
>> Please consider sending an email to audible asking them to be
>> more accessible and continuing access to the stream, the bookport and
> other
>> devices for the visually impaired community. If we all make
>> some effort, maybe we can work together to improve access for everyone
>> who is visually impaired.
>> I have confirmed this from several sources.  Audible, or should we say
>> Amazon who owns Audible.com, is limiting the devices it will support for
>> playing Audible books.  Devices such as the new Victor Reader Stream and
>> other systems we use to read these books are excluded from supported
>> devices.  This is deplorable for a variety of reasons.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I urge everyone to write Audible opposing its position and requesting that
>> Audible support book readers developed for use by blind persons.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Michael Hingson
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Michelle
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Robert Acosta, President
>> Helping Hands for the Blind
>> Email: boacosta at pacbell.net
>> Web Site: www.helpinghands4theblind.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> You can assist Helping Hands for the Blind by donating your used computers
>> to us. If you have a blind friend in need of a computer, please mail us at
>> the above address.
>> 
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