[gui-talk] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Review of NLS player and digital downloads, etc.

Thu Jun 11 00:04:07 UTC 2009

I realize the feds aren't responsible for what RFB And D might charge but
I'm hoping the organization in the spirit of cooperation or goodness will
decide not to charge as much as $10.  Although it isn't much to pay.  Maybe
I'm just feeling greedy today.

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:34 PM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Review of NLS player and digital
downloads, etc.

The Feds will have nothing to do with the price of RFB&D keys, if 
any, it is a RFB&D matter.

Dave

At 11:48 PM 6/8/2009, you wrote:
>I hope when we can play RFB And D books that the unlock keys are provided
>without cost.  For those who don't know Stream owners have to pay $10 for
>each key.  It's a fair price but RFB And D may negotiate a better deal with
>the feds.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of David Andrews
>Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:40 PM
>To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Review of NLS player and digital
>downloads, etc.
>
>Not yet, and the player isn't even out yet, except 5000 test machines
>-- but they say ultimately it will be possible.
>
>Dave
>
>At 09:09 PM 6/7/2009, you wrote:
> >Is it at all possible to play RFB&D books on NLS digital player?
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "tunecollector"
> ><tunecollector at sbcglobal.net>
> >To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 9:44 PM
> >Subject: Re: [gui-talk] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Review of NLS player and
> >digitaldownloads, etc.
> >
> >
> >>It was the ability to vary the playback speed that I was looking for.
> >>Thanks for the clarification.
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On
> >>Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> >>Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 4:55 PM
> >>To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> >>Subject: [Bulk] Re: [gui-talk] [Bulk] Review of NLS player and digital
> >>downloads,etc.
> >>
> >>this device is a playback device, not a recording device. As I believe I
> >>said below, you can vary playback speed. You have no control over how
the
> >>file you download to play on it is recorded, though. Hope that helps.
> >>plaback udevice ----- Original Message ----- From: "tunecollector"
> >><tunecollector at sbcglobal.net>
> >>To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:50 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] [Bulk] Review of NLS player and digital
> >>downloads,etc.
> >>
> >>
> >>Can you vary the speed of the recording?
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On
> >>Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> >>Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:43 PM
> >>To: GUI-Talk
> >>Cc: Will Smith
> >>Subject: [Bulk] [gui-talk] Review of NLS player and digital downloads,
>etc.
> >>
> >>Hi Will,
> >>
> >>I've already read enough on this device, both as a pre-recorded
cartridge
> >>(really a sort of flash drive housed in a shell that looks something
like
>an
> >>
> >>audio cassette, except flatter, and also as downloaded files straight
from
> >>the NLS Bard site via a thumb drive inserted into the USB port in the
>unit's
> >>
> >>side, to be able to have an impression of the basic model digital
reader.
> >>
> >>The sound, as you might easily guess, is impeccably clear. The reading
> >>quality of the two readers I've heard is fine, no better or worse than
>many
> >>NlS readers, so that's neither here nor there. No complaints.
> >>
> >>And the usability is pretty darn nice. Even though this is the basic
>model,
> >>and thus lacks what are probably more complex navigational controls,
it's
> >>quite a lot better than a tape player, and better than playing an
> >>audible.com file on my own .mp3 player, too. Fast forward and rewind
offer
> >>increments of speed and travel distance that are easily mastered. There
>are
> >>controls to raise or lower the pitch in terms of relative treble and
bass,
> >>one step at a time, which allows me to tailor the sound to my greatest
>area
> >>of auditory comfort. I can also increase or decrease the playing speed
by
> >>similar stepped increments without altering the voice pitch, which of
>course
> >>
> >>is great. Naturally there's a volume stepper, up and down, and there's
>also
> >>a sleep function to allow for auto turn-off without losing the place
where
> >>it stops after a certain amount of time. And of course it always starts
> >>playing again wherever you've stopped it last time.
> >>
> >>All in all, a thumbs up from me. I'll be happier when I can begin to buy
> >>blank, recordable cartridges from one or two blind products companies,
>soon
> >>they say, as that will relieve me of having to stick a thumb drive into
>the
> >>side like a dart fired into a large animal. It's a vulnerable thing,
>having
> >>the thumb drive protruding, and requires more careful handling than
would
>be
> >>
> >>necessary with just the cartridge inserted in its slot.
> >>
> >>the unit's smaller than a table top four track player, but dense and
heavy
> >>so that it feels able to take a beating from careless users, if
necessary,
> >>and feels solid to handle.
> >>
> >>I'm going to send this reply primarily to GUI-Talk, because there's
> >>something in your message that sounds as if you're referring to more
than
> >>just yourself. So I'd like to have this casual review readable by
others,
> >>also.
> >>
> >>Thanks again for your stalwart efforts with the Slate compilation. They
> >>certainly don't make it easy, do they. I still can't get to Slate with
> >>either my IE7 browser or, when I installed and tried it out, the current
> >>version of Firefox, either. I have never had such an experience, and
used
>to
> >>
> >>go to slate.com at will until sometime last fall when I started to get a
> >>page not found result every time I tried. I have no idea what happened.
> >>
> >>Hope my review helps.
> >>Joel
> >>
> >>P.S. I'm deleting the personal message to which I'm replying .)
> >>
> >>
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