[nabs-l] VR stream pros and cons

[Beth]

My VR stream is the bomb!  I love the MP3 player portion of it because
it's better than the inaccessibility of the I-pod and I-tunes.
Although I know the I-pod and I-tunes are getting there, I hope
they're getting optimally there.  But as for the VR stream, I like
downloading books from RFBD using the Download manager you have to
download.  I also get the DAISY books from Bookshare as well.  I get
mostly the newspaper from there, and then I download the books to a
little flash card which I can insert into my computer's reader.  I
figured it all out when I got the thing.  The only thing I don't like
about the VR stream is that you have to get a user key for it unless
your state agency paid for it.  Which mine did and I didn't know it.
Also, with RFBD you have to get a user key forthe BrailleNote because
if I wanted to read the books on my BrailleNote, I couldn't because
the VR's user key doesn't work on the BN.
Beth

On 1/2/10, Katie Wang <katie.Wang at yale.edu> wrote:
> Hi, Ashley,
>   The site for downloading talking books is nlsbard.loc.gov. You will need
> to create a user name and password the first time you visit the site, and
> your state NLS library will approve your account in a few days. After that
> you can download books onto your computer and transfer them to the Stream. I
> just got a Stream myself and haven't played with it much, but I have heard
> many good things about it. A good resource you can check out is the Access
> World journal published on-line by AFB; I have seen several detailed product
> reviews of various talking book players, including the Stream. Hope that
> helps!
>    Katie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at maine.edu>
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> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 8:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] VR stream pros and cons
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>
>> Hi Ashley. I've found it extremely useful for recording classes. Both
>> classes I attend and classes I teach. It allows me to then transfer the
>> recordings to the computer. I've not played around with the music portion
>> of the vr stream, so would be interested in hearing more about that from
>> another subscriber.  You cansearch for a word if the book is in txt
>> format. Otherwise, you can navigate to chapter or page.
>> Hth.
>> Hope and Beignet
>> ----- Original Message -----
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>> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 11:47 PM
>> Subject: [nabs-l] VR stream pros and cons
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I'm getting a VR stream.  I'd like to hear from users of it about your
>>> experiences and what it does.  What do you use it for?  I know you can
>>> download digital talking books; now I use the traditional cassettes.
>>> What's the site to download books?
>>>
>>> What navigation capabilities does it have?  Can you search by words?  I
>>> know on the VR Wave you can go to bookmarks as well as chapters and
>>> pages.
>>>
>>> If you record stuff can you transfer it to your computer?  What functions
>>>
>>> does the MP3 player portion have?  Can you create playlists?  Can you
>>> jump to certain songs by name or singer like with regular mp3 players?
>>>
>>> What are some of the cons of it?
>>> I will likely use it for recording notes such as phone numbers and lists.
>>>
>>> I will also use the books feature to download books from RFB and digital
>>> talking books.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Ashley
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