From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from uni07mr.unity.ncsu.edu ([152.1.1.170]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CzGUQ-0002HH-00 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:44:22 -0500 Received: from QUARK (nom4141it.nomadic.ncsu.edu [152.7.233.154]) by uni07mr.unity.ncsu.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/N.20040817.03) with ESMTP id j1AFiIl3002071 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:44:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200502101544.j1AFiIl3002071@uni07mr.unity.ncsu.edu> From: "Sina Bahram" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:44:23 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcUPh2RBiEl+VfU6S2yNTc5O73X+QA== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-PMX-Version: 4.7.0.111621, Antispam-Engine: 2.0.2.0, Antispam-Data: 2005.2.10.7 X-Spam-Status: No, Hits=7% X-Spam-Level: IIIIIII Subject: RE: Trouble with listen-up X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:44:22 -0000 Well, if it's easy enough to crack ... Then cracking it and distributing binaries would be legal, I gather? Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:04 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Trouble with listen-up Sina Bahram writes: > RFB&D protects their daisy books with a propriotary encryption algorithm ... > Does RNIB do the same? Yes. It is definitely the case. However, it would not be hard to write a module to open the content, though the terms of licensing would not allow publishing the source. The reason for this encryption is to meet legal copyright restrictions on the distribution of this content. It's the computer equivalent of making audio cassette talking books use half speed and open reel track format, rather than standard cassette speed and standard track format. > > If so: that could explain why it reads the title and everything; > however, seg faults on the rest ... > > Good luck with this problem: I'd be interested in getting a solution > to it, as I think it may lead to one, hopefully, for reading RFB&D > daisy formats without having to pay them for the software and/or > hardware, which I find ridiculous. > > Take care, > Sina