[Nfbmt] Library
d m gina
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Fri Jan 10 22:30:05 UTC 2014
There will be a time when you are out, and want to get a book to read.
You will use it then.
It is there, and ready when you are.
Have fun with the show.
Original message:
> I remember hearing at a Humanware presentation in Orlando at the national
> convention, that the newest Victor Reader Stream would have an upgrade in
> September or so. And that it would have Wi-Fi downloading of many many
> things all ready and fired up. I have not heard anything more about it. I
> have gotten my Stream Wi-Fi set up and it is connected to my local secured
> wireless network. And it did a firmware update on the Stream automatically
> as soon as that happened. But I have not been ambitious enough to learn
> about the other online downloading.
> I am sure it is very cool. But I am just as happy to remove my SD card,
> connect it to my USB port on my pc. And then copy downlaoded reading
> materials that I have saved in various content organized folders on my hard
> drive.
> All of the instant download, I guess it is nice. I will get there. But
> truthfully, I am not all that excited about it.
> Now as to automatically downloading new episodes of subscribed podcasts.
> That is a labor and time saver. My Book Port Plus sold by the American
> Printing House for the blind has been doing that for me for several years
> now. And they have just come out with a new model of that. But I have not
> looked into it.
> The new Stream's main feature that I like very much is the much better
> quality text to speech or TTS voices. Both the male and female voices are
> way easier for me to understand.
> I hope some of that bit of information is useful.
> If not, well hello, everyone. And I invite you to tune in to the radio show
> tomorrow at noon.
> I will try and attend the at-large chapter meeting. But right now, I am not
> sure if we can make it.
> Things here at the radio ranch, are rather bunched up with chores and the
> like.
> Best,
> Rik James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rebecca Stewart
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 6:38 AM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library
> Hi Ted. So you can get the Reader's Digest? Awesome! When I was a kid,
> before my eyes got so tired, I used to get large print Reader's Digests that
> my mom was getting from someone who was reading them and she would bring
> them home from work so I could read them. I loved reading them. Because of
> the large print, the articles were abridged and I don't like abridged
> literature, you never know what your missing. I haven't thought of those
> digests in so long. Can I sign up for them on Newsline then?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Edward Robbins
> Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 2:00 PM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library
> Becca,
> You can sign up for any number of papers through newsline. Again,
> you have to set up your specifics, whether e-mail, downloaded to your
> streamm, use phone listening.
> As for magazines, I download most of my preferred magazines from NLS
> and install on my Victor Stream. I do get the Readers Digest on the Stream.
> don't know about other magazines on newsline.
> Ted
> EDWARD C "TED" ROBBINS
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca Stewart
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 12:33 PM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library
> Hey Ted. Thanks for the info. I have one more question. I have been
> reading newspapers on newsline. I have the ap in my Iphone and it's
> difficult to use because it's hard to touch the screen in just the right
> place to read an entire article from top to bottom. I also use the dial in
> Newsline, touchtones, you know. I recently received something via email
> from someone, I don't recall who it was, that had an issue of a newspaper on
> it and it was so much easier to just scroll through it using the arrow keys
> and having Jaws read it to me. My understanding is that I can get my
> newspaper from Newsline vie email. Is this correct? Also, can I get any
> publication through Newsline via email?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Edward Robbins
> Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 11:24 AM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library
> 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
> EDWARD C "TED" ROBBINS
> , CEO MBEI, Treasurer NFB of Montana & MANAGER MAB EQUIPMENT PROGRAM PHONE &
> FAX: 406 453 6678, CELL: 406 799 6268
> 104 RIVERVIEW 5 E
> GREAT FALLS MT 59404
> -----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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