[Nfb-krafters-korner] Help with BARD please

[Blindhands at aol.com]

I have the Victor Stream up and going with the BARD books now.
 
I want to try putting them on a thumb drive and playing them on the player  
I got from NLS.
 
Can anyone tell me if they have any trouble using a 16 gig thumb  drive???
 
When I spoke to my library for the blind yesterday they told me to get an 8 
 gig thumb drive as they have trouble with the larger drives.  It isn't 
easy  finding the smaller drives they told me.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 8/30/2013 3:16:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tknox6 at sc.rr.com writes:

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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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/)  Blindhand
s at AOL.com
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