[blindkid] Victor Reader Stream Question

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Mon Sep 26 00:19:56 UTC 2011


As was said there are different folders for different kinds of 
materials, $VRDTB for daisy talking books, $VRmusic for music 
etc.  Within that folder you can have sub-folders with stuff in each 
one.  I believe that it alphabetizes the stuff within one 
sub-foldder, and shows you that in order, then moves on to the next 
sub-folder.  Sol, it uses them, the sub-folders for sorting, but 
doesn't signify in any other way,.  It moves from one to the next 
without you knowing it.

Dave
p.s  This is what I think -- but could be wrong.


\At 06:54 AM 9/23/2011, you wrote:
>I think I am with you. I can see the subfolders on the disk in a 
>computer, but what is then the advantage in having them there? 
>(Perhaps that is your point?)
>
>I was hoping to be able to break several hundred items into 
>categories and then be able to navigate inside of a single 
>sub-folder, like "Harry Potter Books", "Junie B Jones Books", etc.
>
>In your example, could I list ONLY the cookbooks by going to 
>"Cookbooks" somehow?
>
>She has maybe 250 DAISY books on the unit right now and many more 
>mp3 and wav files between music and audio story files plus 
>recordings of her own from sources like her Apex.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>On Sep 23, 2011, at 1:55 AM, "Debbie Gabe" <gabe808 at hawaiiantel.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > ---I use a VR stream.
> > The subfolders are inside the main folders that are labeled as $VR....
> > You do not label the subfolders as $....
> >
> > I used to put books and music in subfolders. I have not put other files,
> > such as text or audio notes into subfolders, don't know if subfolders work
> > in those folders.
> >
> > An example of a book folder might be something like this:
> > $VRDB  (his would be first level)
> > Cookbooks  (This would be second level)
> > The Joy of cooking (a book in the 3rd level)
> > Fiction  (another 2nd level)
> > Racing in the Rain (book in 3rd level)
> > Etc.
> > Same thing for music.
> >
> > I actually stopped putting books in subfolders. I prefer just to keep them
> > in alphabetical order, and that way it is easier to navigate to them using
> > the upper left button, pressing it until it says something like go to book
> > number. Then you enter a number that is close to where you think the book
> > is.
> > I usually have about 60 books on my 8 G card at any one time
> > And I don't have the patience to navigate thru them one at a time.
> >
> > VR Stream will not say the name of the subfolder or the level of the
> > subfolder. It will only say the names of the "bookshelves" and names of the
> > books. You just have to remember what your subfolders are and 
> what order the
> > subfolders are in.
> > You should be able to see them on your computer when you put  the card in
> > your card reader.
> >
> > Does this make any sense?
> >
> > Humanware may give you info that is more current than what I gave you. I've
> > had my Stream a long time  and although I've updated it, I don't 
> always know
> > what all the newest changes are.
> > Good luck to you and your kid
> > Debbie
> > ( NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
> > Subject: [blindkid] Victor Reader Stream Question
> >
> > Are there any Victor Reader Stream users here who might be able to explain
> > to me the file structure for putting items into sub-folders to group them?
> > (Offline would be fine.)
> >
> > We have VR bookshelves with hundreds of items coming up in a single list
> > despite being grouped into sub-folders. I'm still waiting on a 
> response from
> > Humanware, and I suspect there is something simple we're not doing. I have
> > tried starting the sub-folder names with $VR like the parent folders and
> > that is no help. I think the VR Streams have some great capacities, but I
> > have always found organizing files on them to be awkward.
> >
> > The manual says you can use sub-folders on most bookshelves. Am I
> > misunderstanding something? Should not sub-folders content appear in a
> > separate sub-list or group for a given bookshelf? (What would be the point
> > otherwise?)  No matter the level of the file, we're finding them all in the
> > same bookshelf list. These groups are just too much to manage in a single
> > list!
> >
> > Any suggestions would be really appreciated! Maybe there is a VR forum
> > somewhere?






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