[Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players

Mon Feb 15 19:03:02 UTC 2010

This does work sometimes. If the flash drive will not work go into the user guide and come back out and the drive might work. I was able to get a 16GB drive to work this way. Another 16gb drive I have works fine without going into the guide.

Nick

> From: f.wurtzel at comcast.net
> To: dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:53:57 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players
> 
> I agree. It is possible to use other media besides the NLS cartridge, which
> makes the machine even more flexible. NLS has hit a home run on this
> machine.
> 
> Warm Regards,
> 
> Fred
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 10:25 AM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players
> 
> I concur. Moreover, the battery life on the NLS player is to die for and the
> 
> sound is great! I tend to use my VR Stream most of the time but am very glad
> 
> to have the NLS player and it's still small enough to carry in a pinch.
> 
> Incidentally, I have a 32 gig card in my Stream with something like 69 
> talking books, the complete "Gunsmoke" series and God knows what else on it.
> 
> But I anxiously await my NLS blank cartridges from APH. Trouble is APH 
> hasn't charged my credit card yet so no pay, no cartridges! (grin)
> 
> Mike
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players
> 
> 
> > Personally, I think NLS is due a lot of credit. They resisted the 
> > pressure to use CD's. They started this process back in the 90's, and 
> > while they can be slow and ponderous at times, they developed a system 
> > that works well for most of their target audience. And ... for those more
> 
> > technically inclined there is the download service.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > At 11:53 PM 2/14/2010, you wrote:
> >>These are some of the very reasons we settled on the NLS cartridges. We 
> >>have found we can get about 4 books on one. You don't really want more 
> >>than that anyway. Imagine hearing that your bookshelf had 100's of books 
> >>in it and you had to go one by one to get to the one you want.
> >>
> >>We thought about using SD card but when we tested such we found them just 
> >>too small and easy to loose.
> >>
> >>
> >>Gregory Kearney
> >>Manager - Accessible Media
> >>Association for the Blind of Western Australia
> >>61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
> >>Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
> >>
> >>Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202
> >>Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America)
> >>Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696
> >>Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only)
> >>Email: gkearney at gmail.com
> >>
> >>On 15/02/2010, at 12:27 PM, Tim Gillett wrote:
> >>
> >> > David wrote:
> >> >
> >> > "NLS does not provide blank cartridges or thumb drives.
> >> > They are in the business of providing books preloaded on cartridges
> >> > - in the way that they have provided cassettes."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Yes it's easy to forget the whole purpose of the NLS larger
> >> cartridge housing
> >> > is to make it easy for the Print handicapped to read books.
> >> >
> >> > One of the downsides of the miniaturisation of electronics has
> >> been its effect on the blind.
> >> >
> >> > The compact cassette was still reasonably large enough for easy
> >> use by the blind. Whereas
> >> > on the modern flash card there is usually not enough room for
> >> adequate braille or printed labelling
> >> > for example, let alone reliably inserting such small media into a 
> >> > player.
> >> > And what if the blind person drops a tiny memory card? How do
> >> they find it again?
> >> >
> >> > Similarly players with tiny control buttons and tiny
> >> screens make them almost impossible to use,
> >> > especially for the elderly blind.
> >> >
> >> > I came across this many times with the blind here in WA when
> >> cassettes were the current format
> >> > and here in WA. but clients had to find their own cassette player.
> >> > The old "shoebox" cassette player with its large piano key
> >> operation was fairly easy for most blind to use.
> >> > But once it started to disappear from the market and was replaced
> >> by smaller, more fiddly Walkmans
> >> > the blind struggled to use these players.
> >> >
> >> > I'm pleased to see the designers of the NLS player specified a
> >> largish cartridge
> >> > even though it only contains a small memory stick inside. This is
> >> practical for the blind,
> >> > however antiquated and "uncool" it might appear by sighted
> >> people's standards.
> >> >
> >> > Similarly it's pleasing in the NLS DTB to see other features
> >> carried over from the old TBC1 players
> >> > such as internal speaker, rechargeable battery, variable speed
> >> control, automatic power down etc.
> >> >
> >> > It's important we stay real and remember the many blind people
> >> in their homes who have to use these devices.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Tim Gillett
> >> > Audio/Electronics Technician
> >> > Perth, Western Australia
> >> >
> >
> >
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