[Blindtlk] Finally got my hands on digital NLS player

[Steve Jacobson]

Joe,

Did you download the magazine?  It sounds to me as though you may have a download problem.  Are you 
using a cartridge or did you put it on a jump drive?  I have seen similar behavior when using a jump 
drive that is not compatible with the player.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 19:54:57 -0700, T. Joseph Carter wrote:

>So I finally got my hands on one of the NLS digital players.

>I hate the thing already.

>I'm not sure if the (actually a magazine) is the problem, or if it's 
>the player.  I've used DAISY players before, mostly with the 
>organization formerly known as RFB&D's books, and with Bookshare 
>books.  But I'd never bothered to sign up for BARD, because most of 
>the time what I played my books on was my computer, and you can't do 
>that with NLS books.

>I finally signed up because apparently an iPhone app is in the works.

>So the problem is that I've got the navigation menu set to navigate 
>by article.  Next.  Contents.  Okay, but I want to skip that.  Next.  
>End of book.  WHAT!?  Previous.  Play.  End of book.  WHAT!?  Go back 
>around to select article in the menu and start pressing previous and 
>hold it.  One article.  Five articles.  Ten, then twenty, then 
>thirty, beginning of book.  Okay, play.  End of book.  WHAT!?  I've 
>managed to get it to jump to various places (verified with the info 
>button), but only the front matter and table of contents play, and 
>then not even them all of the time.

>Either this magazine is completely hosed, the player is completely 
>hosed, or this behaves like no other DAISY player I have ever seen, 
>ever, period.  And of course, because of the stupid ridiculous DRM, I 
>can't even begin to examine the thing myself to figure out where the 
>problem lies.

>This wasn't the way to make a good first impression.  And since my 
>Victor Stream (which I had no trouble using) has grown legs, I don't 
>even have a point of comparison.

>Joseph


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