[Nfb-krafters-korner] Humanware

Blindhands at aol.com Blindhands at aol.com
Sun May 20 23:05:18 UTC 2012 

Humanware  website has a phone number for support that you can  call.  They 
will ask you a bunch of questions to check out your player to  see if they 
can get it to work over the phone.  If not they will give you  the info 
about sending it in and that.  Do a search for Victor Reader  Stream and you 
will come up with the website and phone number.  They do ask  if you live in 
the USA and provide a phone number for the USA.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 5/20/2012 3:45:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
megmiller at earthlink.net writes:

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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