[Blindtlk] Finally got my hands on digital NLS player

[T. Joseph Carter]

These buttons too after just a moment claim I've moved to the end, 
despite the 9+ hour runtime.  Something is definitely not right 
either with the magazine or the player.  I've been too busy dealing 
with my state's Commission for the Blind and what's quickly becoming 
an all out feud within my state affiliate's board to play with 
leisure reading much.  Particularly since thus far it hasn't been all 
that leisurely!

Joseph


On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 07:36:33AM -0400, Nickie Pearl wrote:
>Hi Joseph,  Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with the 
>player. There are discrepancies book to book when using the player.  
>For me the easiest way to go back and forth is to hold down the arrow 
>buttons on the outside of the square pause play button.  These 
>buttons will take you back and forth, 1 minute, 5 minute 15 
>minute...and some books go back 30 minutes. I am not a techy person, 
>but I love the player for the sound and the ease of downloading 
>books, just don't understand why they can not be consistent with 
>formatting.
>
>Have a great day!
>Nickie
>
>-----Original Message----- From: T. Joseph Carter
>Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 10:54 PM
>To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>Subject: [Blindtlk] Finally got my hands on digital NLS player
>
>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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