[Nfb-krafters-korner] Help with BARD please

[Paulette Vickery]

Hi Joyce,

I use a Victor Reader Stream all of the time. I let my husband use my
player. It has been so long since I registered my Stream that I don't
remember how to do it, but you do need to format the card first. Also, you
need to get something called the Humanware Companion, which can be
downloaded from the Humanware website. That makes downloading books from
BARD a snap, once your Stream is registered with NLS.  All you need to do is
go to bard, find a book that you want and download it by pressing the enter
key on the line that asks if you want to download that book. You have to
first know what folder you want to put your books into on your computer. I
have a folder I call, talking books. I suggest that you call Humanware. They
will walk you through getting the Humanware Companion and formatting your
card. They may even tell you how to get your Stream registered with NLS. Oh,
also, when you download a book, all you have to do to get it onto your
Stream is plug 1 end of a USb cable into the Stream and the other end into
your computer. Turn the Stream on, wait for it to say that it is connected
and then go to your Humanware Companion and to the talking books area. Then
press the spacebar to check the book title you want to download. Then tab
to where it says something about remove or download, and then press enter.
The books will download to your stream and you will know that they are
downloading because you will hear a soft ping every few seconds to let you
know they are still downloading. When you are finished your computer will
say, successfully completed. Remove the cable at both ends and press ALT F4
to get out of the program. Now, all you have to do is listen to your book or
books. They are on the Stream ready to go. Because you used the Humanware
Companion you don't have to unzip or anything. I love it! Here is the phone
number for Humanware.
800-722-3393.

If you want to use your player from NLS, I strongly suggest you purchase a
cartridge from APH, instead of using a thumb drive. I know they hold a lot
of books but they are a real pain. Plus you have to get a little L shaped
thing that you can get from the library in order to  use the thumb drive
with your player. If you use a cartridge, you download the books onto the
cartridge using a cable, unzip them, I don't know why NLS doesn't have a
nice program like the Humanware Companion, but they don't, and then listen
to your books. The cartridge fits snugly into your player and will give you
no trouble. Of course, you can delete the books from the cartridge so that
you can download new ones. I know I haven't answered your questions fully,
but I hope that I have been of some help. Also, I think you had a lazy
librarian. You need to call back and ask your questions again. You might not
get your Victor Reader Stream questions answered, but they should be able to
answer all of your NLS and BARD questions. If you don't want to read the
files, they can walk you through setting up your player. Remember, you are
paying their salary. They are working for you! They have to be reminded of
that from time to time.

Paulette

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 4:43 PM
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Help with BARD please

Ok, I am hanging my head in shame.  I never did go on BARD website  until 
today.  
 
Now I don't know what to do.
 
I called my library for the blind and they told me I had registered and  
they told me my Victor Reader was there.
 
I did  this several years ago when I first got my Victor Reader  Stream.  
Honestly, I do not remember if I ever went on the BARD   website nor if I 
ever put in the id numbers for the player.
 
I did spend some time on the BARD website going thru the Q & A and over  on 
Humanware in the support section for Victor Reader and I even called up my  
local Blind library services and spoke to my librarian and her support  
person.
 
Now here is my questions that no one could answer and they told me to read  
all these files and I could not find the answers.
 
 
1. How can  I find out if my player is registered.  It doesn't  have any 
information like the players that are registered to be used on my  account.

[Audible.com has a list for me].
2. Is my player that I got from NLS registered or do I have to do  
something?
3. What do I need to do to use my NLS player?
4.  I downloaded a book on my computer.  I can find it.  [I  don't 
understand why I couldn't download it to the Victor Reader stream], but do
I need 
to make a special folder on the Victor Reader memory card or which folder  
should transfer it into?
5. Do you have to select all the files that downloaded [the entire book]  
and copy and paste onto the flash card in Victor Reader?
6. Does anyone use a thumb drive to copy books and listen to on the NLS  
Player?  I need to find the thumb drive and they told me it should not be
any 
larger then 8 gigs or was it megs?
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com 
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