[Dtb-talk] Flash Drives versus Cartridges: Updated Contact Information for Perkins Products

[Flint Million (iPod)]

Here in MN you can buy a compatible USB cable for cartridges at Dollar Tree (obviously, for $1.00!) it's a simple USB extension cable. Might be available in other places too - worth a look.

Most flash drive problems can be dealt with using options.xml. Too much to write out on the iPod, but it's a simple procedure of dropping an XML file in the root of the flash drive. Works nearly all the time- only seen it not work on one drive and I've tried literally over a hundred drives in the players. (this of course assumes you remove u3 Or other weird stuff like that)

That being said, this is still great info as a source for the carts themselves. It's nice to not have a drive sticking out the side of the device asking to be broken, and not man drives are long and thin enough to be used in the cart port. 

Flint

Sent from my iPod

On Jun 20, 2011, at 1:06 PM, "Andrews, David B B (DEED)" <david.b.andrews at state.mn.us> wrote:

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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NLS BARD Technical Support [mailto:BARD-SUPPORT at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV] On Behalf Of NLSDownload
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 12:14 PM
> To: BARD-SUPPORT at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV
> Subject: [BARD-Support] Flash Drives versus Cartridges: Updated Contact Information for Perkins Products
> 
> Hello List Members,
> 
> Perkins has changed the contact information they wish customers to use when ordering cartridges and cables for the NLS digital talking book machine. The message below is the same as the one we posted last Friday except that the Perkins contact information has been updated.
> 
> While some patrons have found thumb drives that do work with their NLS digital players, NLS does not recommend their use since  their performance can be unpredictable, and we have no control over the specifications used in the manufacturing of these drives. We frequently hear from frustrated readers who, when trying to use flash drives, have received error messages such as "No book available" and "Cartridge error." Others hear introductory material and then "End of book." We urge anyone with an NLS digital player who intends to download books from the BARD site to purchase blank cartridges designed specifically to be used with the NLS player. Of course, if you plan only to use NLS books supplied on cartridge through the mail, there is no need to purchase blank cartridges.
> 
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> 
> Obtaining Blank Cartridges and a Special USB Cable
> 
> We encourage you to purchase both a cartridge and the special USB cable used to attach it to your computer.
> 
> Below are four sources for blank cartridges and compatible USB cables.
> 
> 
> 1.  American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. (APH)
> 1839 Frankfort Avenue
> P.O. Box 6085
> Louisville, KY 40206-0085
> (502) 895-2405
> 800-223-1839 (Toll-free customer service in the U.S. and Canada) www.APH.org
> Contact: Customer Service
> cs at aph.org 
> 
> 2GB Cartridge: $12.00
> USB Cable: $5.00
> Free Shipping
> 
> 
> 2.  Perkins Products
> 175 North Beacon St
> Watertown, MA 02472
> (617) 972 7308
> (617) 926 2027 (fax)
> www.perkinsproducts.org Talking Book Accessories section perkinsproducts at perkins.org 
> 
> 1GB Cartridge: $10.99
> 2GB Cartridge: $11.99
> USB Cable: $5.00
> Free Shipping
> 
> 
> 3.  Howell Mobility Products
> 717 Louis Avenue
> Royal Oak, MI 48067-4603
> (248) 548-1788
> (248) 548-1788 Fax (call first)
> www.howellmobility.com
> canes at howellmobility.com
> 
> 2GB Cartridge: $11.00
> USB Cable: $3.00
> SHIPPING, HANDLING, AND SALES TAX CHARGES Howell Mobility Products says: "Shipping and handling rates for small cable and cartridge orders are less than our normal rates. For shipping and handling within the U.S. add $3.00 for up to 10 items. For over 10 items, use the regular rates, which total %5 of your order with a $7.00 minimum. For shipping outside the U.S. please call us. MICHIGAN RESIDENTS please ADD 6% SALES TAX."
> 
> 
> 4. Vistas
> Braille Institute
> 741 North Vermont Avenue
> Los Angeles, CA 90029
> (323) 663-1111, Ext. 1245
> (323) 663-0867 Fax
> www.brailleinstitute.org
> 
> 2GB Cartridge (order #21601): $15.95
> USB Cable (order #2141): $7.95
> Shipping charge of $8 per order. Customers outside California pay no state tax.
> 
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> 
> Downloading books to a cartridge entails essentially the same process as downloading to a flash drive; both are treated as external drives by your computer. Your local or regional NLS-affiliated library is available to answer any questions you may have about your free NLS player and downloading content to it using a cartridge.
> 
> We hope you find these postings helpful, and we send you all best wishes for many hours of reading pleasure.
> 
> The BARD Tech Support Team
> NLS BARD Technical Support
> e-mail: NLSDownload at loc.gov
> Read the BARD FAQ at: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/NLS/FAQ.html
> 
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