[gui-talk] Received my NLS digital reading device: Now what?

[David Andrews]

Yes, the link to sign up for downloading is:
https://nlsbard.loc.gov

When you sign up, and there is a choice of players, choose 
"loaner".  There should be instructions on the site.

Dave


At 10:53 PM 5/15/2009, you wrote:
>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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