No at this time we do not have a date. It still must be checked over by RFB&D
Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com On 16/09/2009, at 6:21 AM, michael A. Babcock wrote: > > hi; > do you have an estimated release date for that software your working > on? > > On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Greg Kearney wrote: > >> >> That this program will do is to read the .rfbd file that you get from >> the RFB&D download website and will then download and combine the >> files for the book from RFB&D in much the same way as the RFB&D >> Downloader application does for Windows. >> >> THis software will not play the books. For that you will need an >> RFB&D authorised player. Until we finish Olearia here in Australia >> there is no software playback for RFB&D books that will run on modern >> Macs. >> >> >> Gregory Kearney >> Manager - Accessible Media >> Association for the Blind of Western Australia >> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 >> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia >> >> Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 >> Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) >> Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 >> Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) >> Email: gkear...@gmail.com >> >> On 16/09/2009, at 2:21 AM, Christina wrote: >> >>> >>> RFB&D offers a download manager for windows in order to download >>> their >>> daisy books. Do they have one for the mac yet? I have not heard >>> that >>> they have a mac compatible download manager. So, is this program >>> provided by this link made so that one can bypass the rfb&d download >>> manager in order to download their daisy books? >>> >>> I'm confused as to exactly what this program will do and how it >>> works. I'm even confused as to if it's software or an apple script >>> or >>> what. LOL! I don't even know what an apple script is. :) >>> >>> Also, is RFB&D offered outside the U.S.? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Christina >>> On Sep 15, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Justin Harford wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Except one problem, I don't want to buy a victor stream or >>>> booksense. :) >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Justin >>>> On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi justin, >>>>> >>>>> RFB&D offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and >>>>> you >>>>> can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can >>>>> play >>>>> RFB&D books without needing protected WMA. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Anna >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
