[Nfb-krafters-korner] Help with BARD please

Fri Aug 30 20:34:28 UTC 2013

Walmart and Target have the smaller drives.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Help with BARD please

>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
>
> -----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 5:35  PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> 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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