[nabs-l] VR stream pros and cons

[Katie Wang]

Hi, Ashley,
  The site for downloading talking books is nlsbard.loc.gov. You will need 
to create a user name and password the first time you visit the site, and 
your state NLS library will approve your account in a few days. After that 
you can download books onto your computer and transfer them to the Stream. I 
just got a Stream myself and haven't played with it much, but I have heard 
many good things about it. A good resource you can check out is the Access 
World journal published on-line by AFB; I have seen several detailed product 
reviews of various talking book players, including the Stream. Hope that 
helps!
   Katie

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From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at maine.edu>
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> Hi Ashley. I've found it extremely useful for recording classes. Both 
> classes I attend and classes I teach. It allows me to then transfer the 
> recordings to the computer. I've not played around with the music portion 
> of the vr stream, so would be interested in hearing more about that from 
> another subscriber.  You cansearch for a word if the book is in txt 
> format. Otherwise, you can navigate to chapter or page.
> Hth.
> Hope and Beignet
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm getting a VR stream.  I'd like to hear from users of it about your 
>> experiences and what it does.  What do you use it for?  I know you can 
>> download digital talking books; now I use the traditional cassettes. 
>> What's the site to download books?
>>
>> What navigation capabilities does it have?  Can you search by words?  I 
>> know on the VR Wave you can go to bookmarks as well as chapters and 
>> pages.
>>
>> If you record stuff can you transfer it to your computer?  What functions 
>> does the MP3 player portion have?  Can you create playlists?  Can you 
>> jump to certain songs by name or singer like with regular mp3 players?
>>
>> What are some of the cons of it?
>> I will likely use it for recording notes such as phone numbers and lists. 
>> I will also use the books feature to download books from RFB and digital 
>> talking books.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Ashley
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