[Nfb-krafters-korner] NLS Player capabilities

slerythema slerythema at gmail.com
Fri May 18 05:33:33 UTC 2012 

Book Port Plus is currently (as of tonight) $329. This is a good price
because I paid $384 last June. Like Kendra, I absolutely love it. It is with
me every day, all day, and it is fantastic for keeping knitting patterns on
it. If you convert your pattern to a .txt file, then you can also edit it as
you go (such as marking off rows as you complete them).

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Kendra Schaber
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:03 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] NLS Player capabilities
> 
> 
> Hi Joyce, a Book Port Plus is around the size of a standard 
> cell phone but 
> it's around $450.00 or so but I must say that it's so worth 
> the cost!!! Kendra
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 10:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] NLS Player capabilities
> 
> 
> > 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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