[Nfbmt] Library

Fri Jan 10 00:36:13 UTC 2014

Dar, I'm not sure which generation of stream I have.  I just bought it a few
months ago when I was at the NFB headquarters in Baltimore so I'm assuming
it's the newest one.  As I said, I left it home so I can't look at it right
now to see what version it is. What is the Plex talk pocket? 

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From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 1:43 PM
To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library

You have the first stream rite?
I sold mine when I got the I products.
As well as I have the booksense I bought from the program.
I also have the Plex talk pocket.
So you can see why I didn't want the upgraed stream.

Original message:
> Becca,
>         I use the victor stream for reading nearly all my NLS books.
> Currently I have 93 books, several newspapers, a few magazines   plus
> several NP3 files and still have over 2.76 gig left on my 16 gig sd card.
>         You can install books from the NLS as long as you have 
> registered your equipment with them.  Visit with the Library in Helena 
> and they can help you do this.  Thhis is quite simple, but YOU have to 
> do it plus learn how to download the books.  Itt all just takes a little
time.

> Ted

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca 
> Stewart
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 10:36 AM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library

> Thanks Dar.  I recently bought a Victor Stream when I was in 
> Baltimore.  I'm having trouble learning how to use it though.  My gf 
> and I started figuring it out when I got home with it but we got stuck 
> when we tried to sign up for Book Share, which apparently is the thing 
> one needs to use to download books into the Victor and I haven't had a
chance to get back to it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dar
> Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 8:49 AM
> To: NFB of Montana Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library

> Hi there,
> One of the machines you might want to buy is the Victor stream.
> Or you can do this as well on your I phone.
> Then you can stay on a site as long as long as you wish.
> We do this all of the time.
> I'm learning how to down load books with niss mini.
> It takes time and patients.
> To think what I am doing now, I would have never dreamed when I was a 
> little girl.
> I remember getting the heavy Braille books carrying them down the 
> drive way from the mail box.
> That sure was exercise.
> When we take trips, we make sure we have plenty to read, or have music 
> to listen to as well.
> Yes you will learn allot in training.
> Wishing you the best.

> Dar
> Every Saint has a past,
> Every sinner has a future, Sent from my iPad

>> On Jan 8, 2014, at 6:59 PM, "Rebecca Stewart" <becca33 at bresnan.net>
wrote:

>> Hi Dar.  That sounds like you and Jim had a great day!  I've had a 
>> library card in the past but I haven't utilized the public library 
>> for almost 15 years now because it's too difficult for me to read 
>> print anymore so I try to get all my books on audio and I don't think 
>> the pub library has audio books.  I find it easier to get audio books 
>> from the NLS library in Helena that I listen to and then I ship back 
>> to them.  I download a lot of books into this tiny little flash drive 
>> I bought so I have probably over two
> dozen
>> books on that flash drive right now and I haven't listened to all of 
>> them yet.  I love the new digital player from the library in Helena.  
>> It is
> much
>> more convenient than the old style four sided cassettes used to be 
>> that I got from Helena when I was a kid after I went blind.  I drive 
>> my husband crazy sometimes, begging him to download more audio books 
>> into my
> flashdrive
>> for me.  He makes out good though.  I have grown fond of Louis 
>> L'amour
> and
>> so my husband gets to listen to his novels with me at night when we 
>> go to bed.  My husband has a lot of difficulty reading and so he 
>> listens to my audio books with me and he's so used to it that he 
>> can't sleep at night without an audio book playing.  I really like 
>> the portability of my
> digital
>> machine.  I take it with me all the time when I travel.  I am in 
>> Minnesota right now and I brought it here with me also.  I can listen 
>> to it with my headphones on long car rides or on long bus trips 
>> across country, things like that.  I just wish I was better at using 
>> the computer so I could download my own books from the NLS library 
>> sight.  I also wish I could go
> on
>> the NLS site and browse to see what all they have to offer.  With 
>> Randi's help, all I can get is his help downloading specific books 
>> that I learn
> the
>> name of the book and the author so he can go right to it, he doesn't 
>> want
> to
>> spend time reading through long lists of topics and things like that 
>> on
> the
>> web site so I can browse titles and subjects that are available.  
>> I've
> never
>> even been on the web site by myself before. Computer skills are one 
>> of the many things I hope to learn at CCB if I ever go.  It's so 
>> awesome that
> there
>> is a place like CCB out there for blind people to learn.  I've never 
>> seen
> a
>> place like it before.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dar
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 3:52 PM
>> To: Nfb Of Montana
>> Subject: [Nfbmt] Library

>> Hi folks,
>> Today I decided to miss mass and Jim went with me to the new library 
>> that opened this last Monday.
>> We wanted to take a tour where they were quite busy giving other 
>> tours. So they took our phone numbers and names to call us when it 
>> would be a good time to do this.
>> We didn't feel unhappy about this, sense they took the numbers.
>> What we did though was to get library cards.
>> This is the first time that I have ever had a public card.
>> They shared that we could take a book home if we wanted to do so.
>> We also learned that we can down load books onto our I products.
>> They helped us fill out the paper work as well as reading the numbers 
>> to
> us
>> from each card.
>> We will wait for a month if we don't hear from them, then we will 
>> call again.
>> We were wishing that we had an app that we could scan the page of the 
>> book and have it read to us.
>> Ted have you done this with your phone with a library book, and if 
>> so, how well did it read?
>> Jim thought that your phone was still a better deal at this time 
>> until someone improves and updates the I products.
>> We also learned that anyone across the state can get a library card.
>> Just wanted to share on behalf of our fun day.
>> I am sure Jim will share more about the day when he gets to reading 
>> the list.

>> Dar
>> Every Saint has a past,
>> Every sinner has a future, Sent from my iPad 
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