[Dtb-talk] Life with an NLS player

[Mike Freeman]

I suspect that NLS feels no obligation to support multiple voltages.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Kearney <gkearney at gmail.com>
To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009 1:14:44
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
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