[gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now whaht?

Sun May 17 02:07:40 UTC 2009

Actually, your time limits on files is not that far fetched. I've
heard, though only heard, that the program that the Texas State
Library uses, part of overdrive, has their books timing out and not
being able to be played after 2 weeks on someone's computer. I haven't
found a need to use the Texas library download program yet though,
even though I'm in Texas, mainly because the nLS program has nearly
15,000 books and the TSL program, last I heard, had half that number.
To each his own though I guess.

Wayne

On 5/16/09, Joel Deutsch <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Wayne,
>
> thanks. I was half kidding about the self-destructing file idea. I just
> didn't know how they worked this model of book lending. As for audio
> literature on digital files, I purchase audio books from audible.com
> regularly and have no trouble with hard drive housekeeping, although of
> course I keep an eye on how full my hard drive's becoming. But it's far from
> a problem for me.
>
> Thanks for checking in, and I have a feeling I'll be really pleased with
> this BARD program as soon as I get everything working. And, as I don't have
> any extra thumb drives floating around, just the one that's already sticking
> out of my computer's USB port that I use for backing up certain files and
> folders, I'll have to buy myself a second one just for this purpose. Or
> maybe just get a larger one than I have for the computer, and use the 2 GB
> one I've got as the device to play files on my NLS player, after cleaning it
> up, of course.
>
> Joel
> trasn----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now whaht?
>
>
> Joel: with the NLS books you can keep them on your hard drive or other
> medium for an unlimited time. There's no timing out. After you
> download a number of books, you may want to delete some to clear up
> space on your computer. The average book is between roughly 100 and
> 200 MB in size, some smaller and other quite a bit larger.
>
> Good luck,
> Wayne
>
> On 5/16/09, Joel Deutsch <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> thanks, but I learned all those things from the internal self-voiced
>> instructions. By the way, and I mentioned this to a man at Braille
>> yesterday
>> before I realized I needed to ask him what had become of my registration,
>> that USB port cover is a very bad design, for anyone but especially for
>> children, elderly and blind users. I have other devices where a jack or a
>> port is covered against dust and dirt, and they'll use a flexible shield
>> that's firmly attached at one end so that, once blipped open so you can
>> stick something into the aperture, that cover doesn't just fall off and
>> get
>> lost. That was one very impractical design idea.
>>
>> Thanks again for your helpfulness.
>>
>> Joel
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "taraprakash" <taraprakash at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 12:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now whaht?
>>
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> The USB port is just next to the headphone jack. It is covered with a cap
>> which you can pull off with your fingers. You might need to use your nails
>> for this.
>> And yes, you can copy a digital book on to your flash disk and listen to
>> it
>> on your player. To know more about your player, just press and hold the
>> play
>> button for 4 seconds and you will enter the user guide that will be read
>> to
>> you in a human voice. Make sure you don't have any cartridge in the player
>> when you want to read the user guide.
>>
>> Hope that helps
>>
>> Regards
>> TaraPrakash
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
>> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now whaht?
>>
>>
>>>I will call them Monday and make them give me my email with log-in info
>>>and
>>> instructions, is O can finally se this vaunted digital catalogue.
>>>
>>> I have been sent a cartridge with a book in it, to play around with .
>>> Actually, it was a worthy book, if you're into reading that genre. but
>>> I'm
>>> not, so I jus used it for practice.  I don't happen to have an extra
>>> thumb
>>> drive around to plug into the unit, at least not at the moment, for the
>>> method where you play the book by sticking the thumb drive into it. I
>>> don't
>>> feel a USB port on the narrow, outer  (finger hole) edge of the
>>> cartridge.
>>> Do some of the cartridges from the library come with a USB slot, so that
>>> you
>>> can download to a folder, then plug in a short USB connector and transfer
>>> the file to the cartridge, and play the book with your mp3 player or
>>> thumb
>>> drive sticking out ?
>>>
>>> thanks.
>>> wsuboook . But how do I ascI could add to it and slip it into the player?
>>>
>>> ''/Think.
>>> ,.prcacti9
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Loy" <loyrg2845 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 4:59 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now
>>> whaht?
>>>
>>>
>>> You need to fill out the application on the site and if you have done
>>> this
>>> call your local library and see why you have not received your user name
>>> and
>>> password. After you receive this then you can download books. You must
>>> unzip
>>> the book into a folder on your hard drive and then copy it to a
>>> cartridge.
>>> Or you can copy to a USB pin drive to attach to the USB port on the
>>> player.
>>> IS the cartridge you received have a book on it or is it a blank
>>> cartridge
>>> for copying books too? Cartridges will be available for purchase soon.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
>>> To: "GUI-Talk" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:53 PM
>>> Subject: [gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now whaht?
>>>
>>>
>>> If I recall correctly, one of our fellow subscribers is on the staff of
>>> the
>>> NlS, so I'm asking this here.
>>>
>>> I've just received my NLS player and, a couple of days later, a book
>>> cartridge from my local Los Angeles Braille Institute library, for maiden
>>> voyage purposes, so to speak.
>>>
>>> I've learned to use the unit. Now the truth is that it wasn't cartridges
>>> I
>>> was so looking forward to using, but the digital files I understand are
>>> available for download somewhere on the NlS site. I found the USB port on
>>> the side of the unit, near the headphone jack, also.
>>>
>>> But the recorded instructions you hear by holding down the Play button
>>> explain nothing about how to find digital files online, how to download
>>> them, and how to play them using this player, although I understand that
>>> this can all be done.
>>>
>>> Where do I go in order to find such instructions, I mean pertinent to
>>> this
>>> player and not something like a Victor Reader Stream? Is there a sign-up
>>> procedure? I've been to the NLS site and looked through all the links,
>>> but
>>> even the one labeled Read About the digital Program or whatever it says
>>> has
>>> nothing about this topic, nor in fact anything about how to procure files
>>> to
>>> play on any other device, either. I must be looking in the wrong place.
>>>
>>> Please, is there a way to find out about all this? Or must I simply call
>>> the
>>> person at Braille Institute who's responsible for this program and ask
>>> him
>>> to explain it all? That would seem a little strange, considering I'd
>>> expected a Web page full of instructions and maybe a sign-up form or
>>> something.
>>>
>>> No, I don't need to sign up in a basic way for library services. I've
>>> been
>>> a
>>> patron, using the audiocassettes, for years. So that's where I'm starting
>>> from.
>>>
>>> Thanks very much.
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gui-talk mailing list
>>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> gui-talk:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/loyrg2845%40gmail.com
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gui-talk mailing list
>>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> gui-talk:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/jdeutsch%40dslextreme.com
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gui-talk mailing list
>>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> gui-talk:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/taraprakash%40gmail.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> gui-talk mailing list
>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> gui-talk:
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/jdeutsch%40dslextreme.com
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> gui-talk mailing list
>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> gui-talk:
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/wcmerritt%40gmail.com
>>
>
>
> --
> My blog:
> http://wayneism.blogspot.com
> My websites:
> www.wayneism.com
> www.whitecaneday.org
>
> _______________________________________________
> gui-talk mailing list
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> gui-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/jdeutsch%40dslextreme.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> gui-talk mailing list
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> gui-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/wcmerritt%40gmail.com
>

-- 
My blog:
http://wayneism.blogspot.com
My websites:
www.wayneism.com
www.whitecaneday.org