[Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Players

[Daniel Vejil]

Not only are the NLS DTBM Players incapable of erasing or 
reformatting any sort of Flash Memory inserted into them, but the NLS 
DTB Cartridges are also Write-protected.  DTBM users can at their own 
option purchase cartridges which are not protected in this way, but 
the NLS DTBM Player still is not able to erase the content off of them, either.

This design has been well thought out, and it works very well in this 
user's opinion,
Daniel Vejil


At 06:11 PM 2/15/2010, you wrote:
>Some of you have been talking about reloading thumbdrives with 
>different files
>but as David Andrews reminded us, the NLS is not in that business.
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>One of the benefits of providing a special player for clients is 
>precisely that
>you can make it incapable of erasing / rewriting the cartridge's files.
>
>Here's a cautionary tale:
>
>  Many years ago the Association For the Blind of
>Western Australia in its infinite wisdom decided to stop supplying special
>NLS type cassette tape players - or any tape players - to its clients.
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>  This move came back to bite them.
>ABWA staff began to get complaints from clients of titles with whole 
>sections blank.
>With the record capable cassette machines that clients were now 
>forced to use,
>some clients were accidentally pressing the record button instead of play,
>and at random points through the title.
>
>ABWA had a problem on its hands, all of its own making, that it had 
>never anticipated.
>
>I assume that like the old analog players the new NLS players
>  will similarly be incapable of erasing/formatting cartridges,
>thereby protecting all patrons from inadvertently mutilated titles!
>
>
>Tim Gillett
>Audio/Electronics Technician
>Perth, Western Australia
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