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Much of what you say, inactuality is or will happen.
NLS is currently beta testing a system where people can download
their digital books on-line. Third parties are working on machines
that will play those books and magazines.
The protection system NLS uses is actually one which is an
International standard devised by members of the DAISY Consortium,
for the whole worldwide blind community to use, so they are not
re-invenventing the wheel, as you say.
Dave
At 12:44 PM 6/21/2007, LM Scaife wrote:
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>I disagree with all of the ideas expressed
> 1. Just because part of the blind community can't use a computer
>(30%), it shouldn't be a reason for the "elite" to be denied to use the "up
>to date" technology available to read more books in a faster
>turn around time. It's an error to create a "size fits all" service.
>It's not only denying the "elite" with good available service, but it's also
>denying an insentive for others to use the latest technology.
> 2. The NLS shouldn't have to buy computers or reading machines, but
>rather they should invest in the latest technology as to provide with more
>books and magazines that are available on demand or "online"
>(it shouldn't take weeks for a blind person to receive a book from a library
>today).
> 3. The technology to provide books "online" securely has been
>available for a while by now. The NLS shouldn't have to reinvent the wheel
>all over again to provide the same service to the blind community that is
>available to all others.
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>Lillian
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>Harry,
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>I think you have received many good points on why your suggestion is not
>as straightforward as you thought.
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>One of the issues why Congress is a bit confused, has to do with their own
>doing. They say why can't blind people use off-the-shelf technology?
>Well, they have NLS so fearful of copyright violations that NLS has felt
>it necessary to make sure that NLS books cannot be read on off-the-shelf
>technology. Four track half speed cassettes.
>
>Off-the-shelf tech works for most people but not all.
>
>Even though I am in the technology industry. Even though I listen to
>synthetic speech eight to ten hours a day, I would rather run a drill
>through my ears than listen to a book via synthetic speech.
>
>As far as the question about the learning curve, I believe the curve is
>output verses effort. The effort to learn to use a four-track tape
>recorder to listen to a human voice is much less than the effort required
>to learn to use a computer, a screen reader, a scanner, and listen to a
>synthesized voice for the same result, reading a book.
>
>--
>Blue skies.
>Dan Rossi
>Carnegie Mellon University.
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