[Nfb-krafters-korner] NLS Player capabilities

Sun May 20 20:57:56 UTC 2012

The Book Port Plus may be purchased from www.aph.org

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> meg silkey
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 3:44 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] NLS Player capabilities
> 
> 
> Where can you get them.
> Meg
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: slerythema
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:33 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] NLS Player capabilities
> 
> 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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