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

Sat May 1 14:57:07 UTC 2010

In what way or ways do you and Andy expect the NLS digital libraries to be 
technologically superseded in the near future? By what? I never have used 
the phone service, so I'm not addressing that issue. But the new digital 
downloads will be replaced by what? Why?

All best,
Joel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: " Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:02 PM
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Hi, Andy and list.
I think Andy's observation and prediction that rapidly emerging technology
is expected to render NLS obsolete is spot on. I also hold to the prediction
that the same is probably true of radio reading services. I make this
prediction despite the fact that my wife works part time for the RRS in
Kansas for which I also do some volunteer activity including its
fund-raising advisory committee.
best regards
Rob Tabor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
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Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] any progress in NLS DTB limited access issues?

> When the NLS Talking Book program was founded in the 1930's, there was
> no other practical means to get accessible books in the hands of blind
> persons in large quantities.  Today, the audio book has become part of
> the mainstream, and I think that just a few more developments will
> render the talking book program obsolete but I think that this process
> will happen on its own, and we certainly should not advocate hastening
> the death of NLS.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 4:56 AM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] any progress in NLS DTB limited access issues?
>
> Your recommendation is totally foolhardy! Something similar shut down
> webbraille for a while.
>
> The simple fact is that NLS has decided software platforms on PC''s will
> not be provided access to digital talking books. Remember that BookShare
> is volunteer; NLS is held to a higher standard whether we like it or
> not. We were lucky to get full-funding for the dtb program. Please think
> before you advocate.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hoffman, Allen" <Allen.Hoffman at dhs.gov>
> To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 16:13:14
> 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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