[Nfb-krafters-korner] Help with BARD please

Fri Aug 30 19:14:20 UTC 2013

Joyce,
I think I have enough knowledge to answers questions about Bard and the
Victor if it would be easier to hold a Monday night chat, some questions I
would not have answers to but I have been thru this 2 times in the last 3
months. In answer to this question, No, you can not read any digitial books
on your computer. The books are formatted in a digitial formate and you must
have the compatable format to read them, like a NLS digitial reader or a
Victor stream and that Victor must be registered with the NLS site to use it
and it must have a number given to it to be used. You then must file that
number with HUMANWARE AND THEY PROVIDE YOU WITH A DOWNLOAD TO OPEN AND READ
BOOKS. TThese books must be downloaded on a thumb drive or a USB card which
hold the books. This thumb drive or card, must be formatted with Victor
files to place your books in the correct file, that is call a
DollarVictorfBy downloading the Humanware Companion, it takes the books off
your computer, once you have downloaded them from Bard to your download file
and you check what books you want transferred and the companion
automatically unzips them and places as many as you want on to your device
very, very quickly. I place about 10 books at a time on my thumb drive at a
time in about 5 minutes. More to this, so let me know I will be glad to
help.
Terry K

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Behalf Of Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Help with BARD please

I did find out you can not listen to these books on your computer.   Man, 
now give me a break.  I really prefer not using the computer, but if I  had
no other choice I would use my computer.

Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

In a message dated 8/29/2013 4:43:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Blindhands at aol.com writes:

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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