[Dtb-talk] The Physical Cartridges themselves?

[Nathan Tobin]

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> Original Message:
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> From: Rose Combs <rosecombs at q.com> 
> Sent: July 29, 2011 2:54:50 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books' <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] The Physical Cartridges themselves?
> 
> 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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