[Dtb-talk] Fwd: Re: BWP purchase availability

[Greg Kearney]

I'm going to rant a bit here in hopes that someone at NLS will hear  
me. I have tried on several occasions to get some answers as to just  
what the NLS player will and will not read. As the author of a  
production tools this is kind of important to me. As an end user it  
is important to me. I have never received a reply to any of my  
queries and I'm a member of the Daisy Consortium. I've offered to  
test the player as someone resonably well versed in the DAISY  
standard and have never received a reply.

The whole process seems to be a black box in which we will not know  
what were getting until we get it. No one seems to be able, or  
willing,  to answer any of the many questions about this here are  
just a few:

What types of DAISY books with this player play (DAISY 2.02, DAIS/ 
NISO 2002, DAISY/NISO 2005)
Will the player play non-encrypted books from other vendors? Such as  
books produced by my dtbmaker program?
Will the play be able to play books from RFB&D?
Will there be a means of playing books not on a NLS cartridge from  
say a USB pen drive?
Will the player be able to playback books produced by other  
international producers of DAISY book such as the RNIb or TPB in  
Sweden? If not doesn't this defeat the whole idea of DAISY as an  
international standard?

If there is ANYONE  at the NLS who can answer my questions and tell  
me if books produced by my dtbmaker program will play I would dearly  
like to hear from them.

Greg Kearney
On Mar 19, 2007, at 09:18 , Lynn Evans wrote:

> Does anyone know if this new reader will read NLS new digital books  
> that
> will be coming out 2008
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:43 PM
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] Fwd: Re: BWP purchase availability
>
>
> :I forward the following -- according to the message below, Book  
> Wizard
> Producer from APH is finally available for purchase.  This had to  
> be the
> world's longest beta test (smile.)
> :
> : Dave
> :
> :
> : >To: bw at topica.com
> : >From: KEITH CREASY <KCREASY at aph.org>
> : >Subject: Re: BWP purchase availability
> : >Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:00:51 -0500
> : >
> : >Yes, BWP is now available for purchase. The price is $200 and  
> can be
> : >purchased by calling APH at (800) 223-1839.
> : >
> : >Keith
> : >
> : >
> : >
> : >>>> ploba at rogers.com 03/14/07 01:34PM >>>
> : >Hi. Is BWhP available for purchase? What is the cost, please.
> : >Thanks,
> : >Pawel.
> : >
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