[Nfb-krafters-korner] NLS Player capabilities

Blindhands at aol.com Blindhands at aol.com
Mon Apr 30 17:51:34 UTC 2012


Can you give us an idea on the size of the Bookport plus and estimate  
price?  I got a Victor Reader Stream maybe 3 years back and it goes to bed  with 
me every night so I can listen to a book to sleep.  Don't count sheep,  
just listen to a good book.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 4/30/2012 12:39:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Baltimore777 at comcast.net writes:

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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