[gui-talk] free daisy player

Fri Aug 14 03:35:57 UTC 2009

Yes, NLS uses a version of the daisy format, and their player is a 
daisy player.  You will, for example eventually be able to play RFB&D 
books on it, once you get the right key -- but not yet.

For some reason NLS has chosen to downplay the fact that they are 
using the DAISY standard for their books.

Dave

At 10:46 PM 8/12/2009, you wrote:
>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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