[Dtb-talk] SD Card Label on Stream

[Mike Freeman]

Agreed. But probably few people are using a 32-gig card.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: " Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] SD Card Label on Stream


> 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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