[Dtb-talk] Life with an NLS player

[Burke, Dan (DSS)]

It is disconcerting not to have page navigation after getting accustomed
to it with other Daisy titles.



Daniel J. Burke
Assistant Director/Coordinator
Disability Services for Students
Emma B. Lommasson 154
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812

www.umt.edu/dss/

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-----Original Message-----
From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Greg Kearney
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:36 AM
To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Life with an NLS player

The books I have tested do not have page navigation. I did not expect  
the nls player to support such.

Greg

Sent from my iPhone

On 19/08/2009, at 10:47 PM, "Burke, Dan \(DSS\)" <burke at mso.umt.edu>  
wrote:

> Thanks Greg --
>
> NLS books don't offer page navigation, and neither do their magazines.
> That is, even on a Stream you don't get a page navigation option when
> playing an NLS book or magazine.
>
> Best,
>
> Dan
>
> Dan
>
>
> Daniel J. Burke
> Assistant Director/Coordinator
> Disability Services for Students
> Emma B. Lommasson 154
> The University of Montana
> Missoula, MT 59812
>
> www.umt.edu/dss/
>
> 406.243.2243 voice/text
> 406.243.4424 direct line
> 406.243.5330 fax
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Greg Kearney
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:41 AM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] Life with an NLS player
>
> I have been working with the NLS player for a while and have few
> noughts on how it all works. For the nost part these are very good
> devices and while not offering page number navigation they are well
> built with a solid feel to them.
>
> A few items that should get some attention:
>
> There is a rather serious bug in DAISY 2.02 playback where the player
> can only remember to return to the start of the last heading you were
> in and not the current playback position. This bug seems to find its
> way into a number of player and playback software but I am unsure as
> to why this seems to be the case.
>
> If you play  a DAISY/NISO z3986 book in the device it will report that
> there are two books even if there is but one on the media. This is not
> a bug deal but an odd thing for it to do.
>
> Finally the device has a U.S. standard 120v power supply which is OK
> but in this modern age would it not be better to have a multi-voltage
> power supply that would require only a plug adapter rather than a
> transformer? Most modern computer and personal electronic equipment is
> so equipped and would make travel much simpler.
>
> Well that is all for now.
>
> Gregory Kearney
> Manager - Accessible Media
> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
>
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