[Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Happenings Speech

[Aaron Cannon]

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You said:
"Lastly, like all media these days, Compact Flash will die within a few
years, SD and Micro SD is already becoming the de facto standard for many of
the newer devices out there.  I assume that the NLS systems will be flexible
enough to deal with changing media types.  I am pretty certain that you can
get adaptors that are the size of a CF card and can accept an SD card."

I think you misunderstand.  Sd cards, MMC cards, XD cards, USB Flash drives,
and Compact flash cards, among others, all use the same type of storage,
I.E. flash memory.  The only major difference is in how the cards connecter
is configured, and its shape.  Flash memory is clearly not going anywhere
any time soon, and I also don't think that compact flash cards are dieing
out either.  Many new products still use them.

Anyway, the NLS will not be using compact flash for their books, rather, as
I understand it, they will be using a device somewhat like a usb flash
drive, but with a different shape and some additional write protections and
so forth.  That device will, however, like a compact flash card, incorporate
flash memory.

Hope that clarifies things.

Aaron


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From: "Dan Rossi" <dr25 at andrew.cmu.edu>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Happenings Speech


> Just a quick comment based on some of what I heard hear over the last
> couple of days.  And, my information isn't rock solid so take it with a
> grain of salt.
>
> I don't believe the web braille incident was triggered by a blind person
> making a remark about it being easy to translate the braille to print.
> Thus, it wasn't anyone attempting to, or discussing illegal activities.
> The concern came from within NLS.
>
> Secondly, like others, I can see why all the time and money to protect
> copyrights by encrypting the digital texts seems wasteful.  Certainly,
> like others have said, it inconveniences the honest and antagonizes the
> dishonest.  However, NLS is just trying to do their due diligence and
> keep the publishers happy.  We shouldn't take our anger out on NLS, but
> the publishers for requiring such silliness.
>
> Lastly, like all media these days, Compact Flash will die within a few
> years, SD and Micro SD is already becoming the de facto standard for many
> of the newer devices out there.  I assume that the NLS systems will be
> flexible enough to deal with changing media types.  I am pretty certain
> that you can get adaptors that are the size of a CF card and can accept an
> SD card.
>
> Just a couple of thoughts to toss out since this is the liveliest I've
> seen this list in a while.  *GRIN*
>
> --
> Blue skies.
> Dan Rossi
> Carnegie Mellon University.
> E-Mail: dr25 at andrew.cmu.edu
> Tel: (412) 268-9081
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