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

[Jennifer Aberdeen]

There is a website to go to. Try this:

https://nlsbard.loc.gov/cgi-bin/nlsbardprod/index.cgi

There should be a link somewhere on the page for the application. I did this 
just a few weeks ago.

Jen



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
To: "GUI-Talk" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:53 PM
Subject: [gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now whaht?


> 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.
>
>
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