Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux
|
All my mother's files say they are "protected mp3". If that's what they're trying to call a Daisy, then we're talking about the same thing. But none of the formats are ever interpreted by my computer as being a daisy type file. And, when I put the usbstick back in the slot on my computer (to clear it so I can put a new book on it), windows tries to interpret it as an mp3, and offer to play it. Doesn't work, but again, nothing says it's a daisy.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux
NLS offers three readers to patrons. However, patrons can use their own device, if the manufacturer has certified the device with NLS. The process of certification is even more mired in bureaucratic junk that the normal government bureaucracy.
|
I only saw two models at the support group I've taken Mom to, but wouldn't surprise me that there were more.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux
Conversion to Grade 1 Braille is straightforward. If you read more than one book on programming, you can do it. Conversion to Grade 2 Braille is slightly more complicated, but still fairly trivial. In both instances, the only hard part is converting presentation markup.
Amber
|
I'm not familiar with braille, or the players. Mom is legally blind, but not totally, and doesn't use braille, so I've never dealt with it. I was only quoting info passed on at the support group meeting, by one of the leaders of a church group that did a lot of braille work. And it was more than a year ago, too. But at that time, those people who DID work a lot with braille production were not aware of an automated solution.
Oh well, worlds too big to know everything.