[Nfb-krafters-korner] bookshairFW: craft books

Mon Apr 30 16:59:44 UTC 2012

Hi all, You can put different kinds of files on the Book Port Plus, the 
Victer Reader Streme, the Book Sense and the NLS player. The Book Port Plus 
is in my book, the best little device of them all except the NLS player. I 
find it to be the best one for me. I have found text files, MP3 files and 
even books from BARD very useful. You can record directly to MP3 on a Book 
Port Plus. I know that you can use MP3 files on the NLS book player as long 
as you set up a special file for it first. I mainly use that particular 
player for books. As for my Book Port Plus, I use text files, MP3 files and 
a few other kinds of files that I don't use as often. The best thing about a 
Book Port Plus is that you can play your recordings on your computer without 
problems. One thing with the Book Port Plus is that you have to convert 
anything that is from Word 2007 or later vertions into a text document in 
order to read it on that player. I found out the hard way and it took me and 
one of my friends who also has a Book Port Plus a day or so to figure that 
one out. The Book Sense on the other hand doesn't allow you to play any file 
from it on a computer. I have tryed it and wasn't very pleased. It has great 
text to speech on it and an alarm clock but I personally don't see a point 
to get something with an alarm clock and great text to speech if I wish for 
something that does so much more than that especially if you were to get one 
for a job. The Victer Reader Streme requires the special softwhare packige 
if you want to get better file playing features on it. Not that the Victor 
Reader Streme isn't great. The Victer Reader Streme was high on my RADAR 
when I compaired it to the Book Port Plus. I discovered that the Book Port 
Plus was the better option for me because of what my job requires for me to 
use it for during work. I would choose the Victer Reader Streme as the next 
best thing behind the Book Port Plus and the NLS player.
Kendra Schaber
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:28 PM
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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