It is too bad RFBD does not allow their books to play in daisy formats on
products such as the braillenote and that company's other notetakers, the
braille sense or the Freedom Scientific line of notetakers. RFBD does not
let their books play on any cd players unless you either purchase the
player from them or send in (yes physically send in) a cd player to have
RFBD install a key on it. RFBD will not send you a key to install on any
cd players.
E.
At 11:18 AM 3/7/2006, you wrote:
It's too bad that RFB&D hasn't gone into something like BookShare. They have the expertise, the funding channels in place, and the ability to recruit volunteers to help with the day-to-day operation and grunt work. Time will tell, of course, where both technology and Bookshare will end up. I am guessing, however, that the current situation of folks hand scanning books is an interim step ultimately replaced by high speeding scanning or electronic digital tapes adding books to the collection. I understand, Sue, where you are coming from and surfacewise, your analysis makes sense. However, I suspect that the ultimate culprits are both a lack of funding compounded bby slow growth in the user base which discourages contributors even if they are found. The volunteer community can be dedicated and hard working; but whithout Palo Alto playing its part and supplying direction and management, it is for naught. Personally, while I hope that Bookshare can clean up its operation and make it more polished, I am hoping that some other organization, such as RFB&D, will ultimately step forward and offer a similar service that can overcome the short falls that a pioneer operation that Bookshare has shown. This is a learning experience for all parties involved as this has never been done before.
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