[gui-talk] free daisy player

Thu Aug 13 03:46:16 UTC 2009

Dave,

I knew the other two were Daisy books, but for some reason I didn't 
understand that the format by which NLS means to keep its files free from 
misuse by sightlings is also Daisy format. Which must mean, I guess, that 
the NLS player is a Daisy player, sort of. right?

Yes, I was following the development of the NLS digital program for several 
years, but it just didn't stick in my mind that Daisy was the protective 
format they'd decided upon using. As Albert knows, I'm a little bit stupid 
about stuff like that. A learning disability of some kind. I dunno. Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] free daisy player

Joel, the NLS books are DAISY Digital Talking Books.  A DAISY book
can contain audio, text, or various combinations of audio and
text.  NLS books are daisy books, RFB&D books are DAISY books, and
Bookshare.org books are also DAISY books.

Dave

At 10:33 AM 8/12/2009, you wrote:
>Gerald,
>
>DTB? Does that mean Daisy Talking Book? I don't think that technology plays
>any part at all in this program.
>
>Which is to say, the NLS has been running a program out of their regional
>libraries, such as my local Braille Institute Library and others from Texas
>to New York, handing out the new NLS digital Players to people who put
>themselves on the list as interested, for some months now. There are basic
>players and advanced players, with one more  row of navigation buttons,
>which I'd have ordered if I knew they existed when I signed up.
>
>They are meant to be used two was. One by inserted a plastic cartridge that
>looks like a skinny audiocassette, the other by downloading files from the
>online thing. Library.
>
>Where are you, New York I think? Call your most local participating library
>from which you get NLS books on tape and ask them what's going on, and 
>don't
>forget to express your interest. There's a new shipment doming to those
>branches for distribution end of august.
>Joel
>
>P.S. This is all audio files, as far as I know. Nothing to do with Daisy.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
>To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:39 AM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] free daisy player
>
>
>
>Exactly how were you able to get your hands on an NLS DTB player?  They
>aren't even available here yet.
>
>Gerald
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
>To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 2:49 AM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] free daisy player
>
>
> > Steve,
> >
> > Don't worry about that. As i said in an earlier post, I am subscribed to
> > the
> > BARD site for downloading files, but I play them on the NLS didgital
> > player.
> > See? So I was just trying to figure out what Albert was talking about. 
> > I'm
> > starting to piece something together, to the effect that NLS digital
> > player
> > users have no impediment to playing the files on those devices, but the
> > only
> > other device that's currently known to play them is the Stream, and in
> > order
> > to transffer a BARD book onto the Stream and get it to play, you have to
> > make some sort of special arrangement with the NLS under which, for $10,
> > they sell you either a key that's good forever or make you pay that same
> > amount every single time you download a book from the site. That may be
> > quite a difference to not be sure of, but it's closer than I was before.
> > Or
> > at least I think so.
> >
> > read knowen
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Pattison" <srp at internode.on.net>
> > To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [gui-talk] free daisy player
> >
> >
> > Hi Joel,
> >
> > Thanks for your message.  Actually I'm not able to answer any of your
> > questions about playing NLS files on the Victor Stream because I live in
> > Australia and we're not able to have access to NLS materials here and
> > because of that I haven't made an effort to find out how the BARD site
> > works.  Hopefully someone else on the list will be able to help.
> >
> > Regards Steve.
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:42:00 -0700
> > "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> >> Okay, Steve. So you pay this fee for each and every book file you
> >> download
> >> from the NLS BARD site? Or you pay once in order to make your Stream
> >> support
> >> the BARD files? How does this work?
> >> also, none of this has anything at all to do with the RFD etc. people?
> >
> > Regards Steve
> > Email:  srp at internode.on.net
> > MSN Messenger:  internetuser383 at hotmail.com
> > Skype:  steve1963
> >
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