[nabs-l] daisy playback products

[David Andrews]

No, it does not play CD's.

You guys need to give it up!  CD's are going 
away.  It will take a while, but less and less equipment will support them.

Dave


Dave

At 04:01 PM 2/20/2012, you wrote:
>Does the NLS player play CD's?
>
>Chris
>
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>
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>of eyesight.  The real problem is the 
>misunderstanding and lack of education that 
>exists.  If a blind person has the proper 
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>reduced to a mere physical nuisance."
>-- Kenneth Jernigan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:48:29 -0500
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] daisy playback products
>
>Rania,
>To clarify, you can get daisy cds.  It’s the same process as always.
>My point is that its easier to pop a cd in a player; myself, I have the
>victor reader wave and the stream; although the stream needs repair.
>Learning ally still produces cds.  So as long as your vibe works,
>you can
>play them.
>
>What I'm trying to say is that humanware discontinued the daisy players.
>Therefore, our options of playback devices are limited.
>They make a daisy player called a victor reader stratus; it plays cds and
>books on a thumb drive.
>This is a fancier device and much more expensive than the wave and vibe
>were.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rania Ismail CMT
>Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:47 PM
>To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] daisy playback products
>
>I still have the Victor Vibe from formerly RFBD.  If we can't get books on cd
>from them anymore that is vary sad!
>Rania,
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>Of Joshua Lester
>Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:17 PM
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] daisy playback products
>
>Hi Ashley, and all.
>I use the Daizy Player, that plays the CD's.
>I'm hopefully going to give that back to the high school, though.
>If Rehab cooperates, I'll get my Pac Mate, and then download all of my
>stuff, from Bookshare.
>Blessings, Joshua
>
>On 2/15/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>My last message was cut off.
>I like the ease of daisy cds.
>But products for them are being discontinued.
>Increasingly, we are getting only devices that play sd cards so you have
>to
>download books.  That is fine if you are tech savvy and have an internet
>connection and the site is accessible.  For some, those variables do not
>exist though.
>Besides, I want to just pop a book in a player; its easier than
>downloading
>for me.
>I was on learning ally's site and saw this disappointing news.
>Well, I
>actually knew they discontinued the classic and bibe.
>
>It said,
>"The following players are no longer available for purchase at Learning
>Ally, but training and support materials are available for the Victor
>Reader
>Wave, Victor Reader Vibe and Victor Reader ClassicX+ "
>The players they sell include the plextalk and vr stream.
>
>So what player do you use? I saw that learning ally sells and supports the
>vr stream and plextalk.  what is the plextalk?
>I know humanware came out with the new vr stratus but of course its so
>expensive.  even more expensive than the vr stream!
>I think the book sense is a daisy player too, but I don't think it plays
>cds.
>Gee.