[gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now whaht?

[Joel Deutsch]

If I recall correctly, one of our fellow subscribers is on the staff of the 
NlS, so I'm asking this here.

I've just received my NLS player and, a couple of days later, a book 
cartridge from my local Los Angeles Braille Institute library, for maiden 
voyage purposes, so to speak.

I've learned to use the unit. Now the truth is that it wasn't cartridges I 
was so looking forward to using, but the digital files I understand are 
available for download somewhere on the NlS site. I found the USB port on 
the side of the unit, near the headphone jack, also.

But the recorded instructions you hear by holding down the Play button 
explain nothing about how to find digital files online, how to download 
them, and how to play them using this player, although I understand that 
this can all be done.

Where do I go in order to find such instructions, I mean pertinent to this 
player and not something like a Victor Reader Stream? Is there a sign-up 
procedure? I've been to the NLS site and looked through all the links, but 
even the one labeled Read About the digital Program or whatever it says has 
nothing about this topic, nor in fact anything about how to procure files to 
play on any other device, either. I must be looking in the wrong place.

Please, is there a way to find out about all this? Or must I simply call the 
person at Braille Institute who's responsible for this program and ask him 
to explain it all? That would seem a little strange, considering I'd 
expected a Web page full of instructions and maybe a sign-up form or 
something.

No, I don't need to sign up in a basic way for library services. I've been a 
patron, using the audiocassettes, for years. So that's where I'm starting 
from.

Thanks very much.