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

[Ray Foret jr]

Don't get so desperate.  Help is fast coming!!  Go to:
https://nlsbard.loc.gov
There, you'll find a sign up page where you'll fill out the appoication.  On 
this page, you'll notice a list or combo box which will allow you to select 
your layer.  Fill in this form and submit it.  You'll be advised via e-mail 
as soon as you are enrolled.  IF you are in good  standing, there should be 
no problem.  By "in good standing", what I mean is that you must have a 
record of returning books on time and take care of them ETC.

Jole, I hope you can join us on the wonderful download adventure that this 
is.  You'll not regret it at all.

Sincerely,
The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray

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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 10:53 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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