[Blindtlk] Finally got my hands on digital NLS player

[T. Joseph Carter]

It was the August 2011 issue of QST.  It was just the first thing I 
tried, actually, and I probably won't try anything else until I get 
myself a cartridge.

Joseph


On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 06:12:52PM -0400, Chris Nusbaum wrote:
>Hi Joseph,
>
>That's weird! What magazine is it? I use a Stream, so I'm not sure 
>how to fix it, but I'll forward this to a friend of mine who does and 
>see if he can help.  I'll send his response to you offlist, unless 
>you and/or others want it posted to the list.
>
>Chris
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "T.  Joseph Carter" <tjcarter at spiritsubstance.com
>To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 19:54:57 -0700
>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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