[nabs-l] VR stream pros and cons

[Teal Bloodworth]

Hi Ashley

i have only been using my stream since the beginning of last semester and i 
love it. Its the best thing since google. you can transfer text files and it 
reads them so like recipes or important information or even books like if 
you were to get an accessible format of a book through the publisher and it 
is an electronic copy of the text. Yes you can download books from RFB&D 
with this same feature and it is much more convienant of a format than the 
digital daisy books because it can be accessed on your computer if you 
needed the speling of a word or somthing. Then there is NLS downloadable 
books which i am fond of. For RFB&D you need to get a UAK for the stream to 
read them and then NLS authorization is needed to read those. You need to 
register on NLS.Org then its pretty simple from there.

There is also a podcast feature on the stream however i hae not had a use 
for this. The notes section is where your recorded files will be. I like 
this because i usually record my classes and with a long lasting battery and 
space for storage it can stay on without the tape having to be flipped over 
or the batteries dieing as long as i have charged it for the whole hour and 
fifteen minutes.

 Then the music. With my stream i took my SD card and played around with it 
on the companion program. I was able to gett most of my itunes library on it 
and then some saved files that i downloaded using limewire. I was not able 
to make playlists but i am still a newer user of the stream and not really 
able to jump around in the songs however it does read you the song name, 
artist, and amount of time or however you have it on your computer.

Congrats on the stream though. I had to wait until my second year of college 
to get one and i dont know how i used a VR wave or vibe all that time and a 
little mini cassette tape recorder.

            -Teal
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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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