[Blindtlk] NlS BARD and the Victor Reader Stream

[Chris Nusbaum]

Thanks. As I said in an earlier email, I thought adding barred to the online services on my stream would automatically authorize the player. If I remember correctly from when I went through this process with my old stream, the whole process took about a day. I was able to get an email very quickly from the library, and it took Humanware another day to process the request. I'll do that tomorrow.

Chris Nusbaum

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> On Aug 23, 2015, at 9:31 PM, David Andrews via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Actually the way the process works is that you fill out a form on the BARD website.  They contact your regional library, and approve you.  YOu  then get e-mail giving you a link at Humanware where you provide the machine SN, and Humanware then sends you the Key.  It sounds more complicated than it is.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 07:52 PM 8/23/2015, you wrote:
>> Hi, Chris,
>> 
>> Although I do not have a Victor Reader Stream, I know people who have the device, and I know that in order to use it for BARD, you need to contact your local NLS library and have them send you some sort of key which needs to be activated.  Hope this helps.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Tardif
>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
>> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Nusbaum via blindtlk
>> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 1:32 PM
>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Chris Nusbaum
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] NlS BARD and the Victor Reader Stream
>> 
>> Hello All:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> During our recent national convention I purchased a second-generation Victor
>> Reader Stream while Humanware was selling them at a discount. I have been
>> steadily working to learn how to use the new online services which were
>> unavailable in the previous version, and been trying to configure my BARD
>> account in the online services menu for some time now. I finally got it to
>> work this weekend and attempted to download a book directly from BARD to my
>> Stream. The book successfully downloaded, but when I try to read it I get a
>> recorded error message which says: "You are not authorized to read this
>> protected book. Please contact your library for more information." Am I
>> missing a step? Is there another step which needs to be taken on the BARD
>> Web site before my Stream is authorized to play books? Thanks in advance for
>> your help.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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>> 
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>> 
>> 
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