[Dtb-talk] SD Card Label on Stream

[Mike Freeman]

That's a definite bummer of a feature!

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Aldrich" <jajkaldrich at gmail.com>
To: "Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>; "Discussion of Digital Talking 
Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] SD Card Label on Stream


> Hello!
>
> Mine works consistently with new upgrade but my wife's unit is 
> intermintent! They say this happens when a card is too full!  It will say 
> "please wait" then the label won't be heard.  My wife could read my cards 
> on her unit but couldn't read her own for a time.  Once she deleted books, 
> the lable would work!
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: " Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:06 AM
> 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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