[Athen] RFBD Software & DAISY Players

[Robert Beach]

Dan,

What kind of trouble have you had?  I've used the Victor Wave and the Telex Scholar with no problems.  I've also tried some in-house books on the Victor Clasic+, but we don't have those for student use.

If you can describe the problems you're having, maybe I can help.



Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS  66112
Phone:  (913) 288-7671
Fax: (913) 288-7678
E-mail:  rbeach at kckcc.edu

>>> djbrky at bu.edu 11/17/06 5:58 PM >>>

Our typical students arrives on campus with a personal computer of their own - generally a nice laptop. We load them up with EasyReader purchased through RFB&D and that allows us to provide them with a mix of RFB&D and In-House produced DTB's. I have three of each common stand alone players as described here:
http://people.bu.edu/access/DTB_Hardware.htm <http://people.bu.edu/access/DTB_Hardware.htm> 
 
I have some loaned out to students but we have had trouble getting the In-House produced DTB's to play on them. Which brings up the question - has anyone else had difficulty getting In-House produced DTB's to play on these machines? If so - how did you correct it? 
 
---Dann
 
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Boston University Office of Disability Services 
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(617) 353-3658 (office) 
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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org on behalf of Patrick Burke
Sent: Fri 11/17/2006 5:06 PM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] RFBD Software & DAISY Players



Hi everyone,

I'm interested to know what other adaptive tech programs are doing
about providing RFBD-compatible DAISY players or software. Has anyone
purchased multiple systems for students to try? Or have you settled
on one system that works best for you (in terms of price, ease of
management, etc.)?

On our campus, the vast majority of our e-text efforts have gone into
producing Kurzweil-readable files in recent years. I have only had
one inquiry about RFBD players recently, but I suspect the digital
revolution will hit this area pretty soon.

Thanks for your comments & experiences,

Patrick


--
Patrick J. Burke

Coordinator
UCLA Disabilities &
Computing Program

Phone: 310 206-6004
E-mail: burke at ucla.edu


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