[Nfb-krafters-korner] NLS Player capabilities

Mon Apr 30 16:38:04 UTC 2012

Hi all, I love the NLS player too! I have one and I use it for reading books 
when I either don't want to use my Book Port Plus or whenever my Book Port 
Plus is doing something else other than reading books. This machine is also 
great for the road for whenever you want to keep a book reader with a longer 
than ten or twelve hour battery life with you.
Kendra Schaber
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neva Fairchild" <nevafairchild at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 3:13 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] NLS Player capabilities


> On your NLS player, you can play books downloaded from BARD from a thumb
> drive, or if you create a folder named audio+podcasts and put MP3 files in
> that folder, your player will see them as books too. They can be music, or
> anything just so it is an in MP3 file. You can have multiple sub folders 
> on
> the thumb drive for NLS books, but only one audio+podcasts folder 
> containing
> as many subfolders as you want. If you have the advanced player you can 
> move
> from folder to folder within audio+podcasts but with the basic player, you
> will have to listen in order or move with fast forward and rewind. That is
> why I traded mine in on the advanced player through my library. I love it.
> You can move much easier within a book.
>
>
> Neva Fairchild
> 972 416-7039
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Powers, Terry
> (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 2:28 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] bookshairFW: craft books
>
> David;
> Is there a source that gives an explination of all the file types and what
> equipment they work on.  I am starting some refresher Jaws training and I
> want to get this down load and file type, under my belt.  Since I am
> starting with the NLS player, what can I download onto a thumb drive or
> cartrage and be able to play on the NLS player
>
> -----Original Message-----?  What format are the braille moniter and
> kurzweil books in, that they will play on the NLS player.  I was given 
> some
> of each and can play both, on a thumb drive, on the player.
> The other 2 players, besides the stream, do they have all this complex
> folder structure, like the stream.  That is why I never got efficient with
> the stream.
> Thanks for any help, David or anyone who has a compact explination for me.
> I am talking about mp3, brl, brf, e-book, dazy,...
>
> Terry P.
>
> From: David Andrews [mailto:dandrews at visi.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 5:00 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] bookshairFW: craft books
>
> You can not play BookShare.org books on the NLS player.  The BSO books are
> text-based books, so you need a machine with text-to-speech technology in
> it.  The NLS player does not have this -- but the Victor Reader Stream 
> does.
>
> The K1000 software should also be able to access them -- I believe.
>
> Dave
>
> On 3/28/2012 7:01 AM, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] wrote:
>>
>> Cathy;
>> See messages below and see if you can explain why bookshair will not work
> on NLS.  I thought he would tell me.  What format do they come in?  I
> thought the stream could also play them.  Can I use Kurzweil 1000?
>>
>> Terry P.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lloyd Rasmussen [mailto:lras at sprynet.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:47 PM
>> To: Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
>> Subject: RE: [Nfb-krafters-korner] craft books
>>
>> Bookshare books do not have an audio recording with them, so the NLS
> player cannot play them.  They can be read on a computer, using its web
> browser.
>>
>> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
>> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] [mailto:Terry.Powers at nih.gov]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:22 PM
>>> To: 'lras at sprynet.com'
>>> Subject: FW: [Nfb-krafters-korner] craft books
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Lloyd;
>>> See the message below from our craft group.  Cann't you play
>>> bookshare on an NLS player.  Just download it to a cartrage or thumb
> drive, right.
>>> Terry P.
>>> Terry.powers at nih.gov
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Cathy [mailto:flowersandherbs at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 6:02 PM
>>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] craft books
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Oh I just had to share this with everyone!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For my birthday next month my husband is giving me a Plextalk pocket
>>> portable player from Freedom Scientific and a subscription to bookshare!
>>>
>>> I was browsing around on bookshare this afternoon and there are quite
>>> a few books on knitting with looms, knitting with needles, and
>>> crocheting. I couldn't find anything on beading straight away, but I
>>> probably just need to adjust my search terms. I will be able to make
>>> so many things now and probably teach a class in something I have
>>> learned to make in one or more of these books. I have an NLS player,
>>> but this has limited me to the Bard site.
>>> Now with my subscription and the new Plextalk player I will be able
>>> to take my books and patterns everywhere with me, just like you folks
>>> who have those smart phones.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you to Karen and to the others of you who recommended bookshare
>>> as a resource for craft learning.
>>>
>>> So anyhow, just all excited and wanted to share!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cathy
>>>
>>>
>>>
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