[Dtb-talk] SD Card Label on Stream

[Rob Tabor]

That is true, but it should have been caught at beta test phase.
best regards,
Rob RJ Tabor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] SD Card Label on Stream


> Makes sense. This is, in fact, what is happening. I love my Stream but 
> this is the sort of feaux pas that should have been caught at the Alpha 
> stage!
>
> Thank you.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com>
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Saturday, Feb 20, 2010 0:09:49
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] SD Card Label on Stream
>
>>
>>
>> So, the card labeling feature is not new to 3.1, I think it first came
>> out in 3.0
>>
>> However, the 3.1 release appears to have broken this feature.
>>
>> The short version appears to be that when running the 3.1 firmware, if
>> you insert a card, or turn on your stream, your card will be scanned.
>> If the scan takes "too long", the stream will say "please wait" and
>> also do something to get in the way of reading the $VRLabel.txt file.
>>
>> So, if you have a lot of stuff on your card, likely you'll hear
>> "please wait", and so won't hear the label file being read.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:30:30PM -0800, Mike Freeman wrote:
>> > The release notes for Stream version 3.1 say that one can create a text 
>> > file containing a label for a secure digital card which the Stream will 
>> > voice upon card insertion. The document says that NOTEPAD can be used 
>> > to create the file. The file is named $vrlabel.txt. I used my Braille 
>> > Sense Plus to create this text file on a 32 gigabyte secure digital 
>> > card but the Stream doesn't voice it. The file is pure ASCII. Any ideas 
>> > why this feature doesn't work?
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
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