[Dtb-talk] The Physical Cartridges themselves?

[Rose Combs]

Yes, I used it last week to read a book, however, the farther I read the
slower the narration was using the voices, did not try with Voice Over.  I
do have the app and will use it again.  


Rose Combs
rosecombs at Q.com


-----Original Message-----
From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Eric SS
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 11:20 AM
To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] The Physical Cartridges themselves?

Rose, have you looked into the Bookshare app Read to  Go. It is far from
perfect, but is another option. You can find an audio review at All with My
IPhone.com.

Eric SS


"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." R.W. Emerson

On Jul 29, 2011, at 2:05 PM, "Rose Combs" <rosecombs at q.com> wrote:

> Probably because NLS believes no one should ever read more than one 
> book and never two or three different ones in any given time period.
> 
> I probably have at least five different books in progress depending on 
> mood, where I am, time of day, you get the message.  My Stream only 
> has 100 books on it, my thumb drive in the NLS player has about 18 on 
> it currently.  My iPhone has about 4, maybe 5 books on it.  That was a 
> godsend when my husband spent so much time in the hospital, before I 
> either had to carry the Braille note, or the stream with me, having 
> the iPhone and Audible, when I would have had a phone with me under 
> any circumstances was great.  I have spent literally hours waiting for 
> one thing or another in the past three months and being able to use 
> only one device helps.  If NLS would use the phone then I really would
have a cornucopia of books to read absolutely anywhere.
> 
> 
> 
> Rose Combs
> rosecombs at Q.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of James McCarthy
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 10:46 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] The Physical Cartridges themselves?
> 
> I believe that the cartridges are simply a USB drive encased in a 
> plastic case. I imagine they are custom made by someone who contracts 
> with NLS to do so. NLS states that few single books are larger than 1 
> gb so they have no need to use larger USB devices in their cartridges. 
> Conversely, those of us who use BARD or find other ways to download 
> books on cartridges we purchase want more storage space. I think that 
> the biggest driver is cost and I know that NLS expects 1 and 2 gb USB 
> devices to become hard to find in the future. This would mean that if 
> the price for larger USB drives goes down and it is practical to 
> include larger ones in the cartridges, that is probably what we will 
> be offered in the future. As for SD cards, they will not fit in the 
> cartridges or connect in any way to the player, though there are SD to 
> USB adapters that will plug in the USB connection on the side of the 
> DTB player and they work for playing NLS materials on an SD card. 
> There is some increased risk that these devices could be broken though if
hit when carrying the player with one connected.
> Jim McCarthy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Eric SS
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 1:31 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] The Physical Cartridges themselves?
> 
> Paul, good question. It would be interesting.
> 
> I was just wondering why the blank cartridges we can buy are limited 
> to 1 or 2GB. Also, why couldn't there be an empty cartridge so that we 
> could insert an SD card of whatever capacity.
> 
> Curious minds keep us from getting work done...
> 
> Eric SS
> 
> 
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