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

Sat May 16 22:00:30 UTC 2009

Hi,

thanks, but I learned all those things from the internal self-voiced 
instructions. By the way, and I mentioned this to a man at Braille yesterday 
before I realized I needed to ask him what had become of my registration, 
that USB port cover is a very bad design, for anyone but especially for 
children, elderly and blind users. I have other devices where a jack or a 
port is covered against dust and dirt, and they'll use a flexible shield 
that's firmly attached at one end so that, once blipped open so you can 
stick something into the aperture, that cover doesn't just fall off and get 
lost. That was one very impractical design idea.

Thanks again for your helpfulness.

Joel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "taraprakash" <taraprakash at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now whaht?

Hi.

The USB port is just next to the headphone jack. It is covered with a cap
which you can pull off with your fingers. You might need to use your nails
for this.
And yes, you can copy a digital book on to your flash disk and listen to it
on your player. To know more about your player, just press and hold the play
button for 4 seconds and you will enter the user guide that will be read to
you in a human voice. Make sure you don't have any cartridge in the player
when you want to read the user guide.

Hope that helps

Regards
TaraPrakash

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now whaht?

>I will call them Monday and make them give me my email with log-in info and
> instructions, is O can finally se this vaunted digital catalogue.
>
> I have been sent a cartridge with a book in it, to play around with .
> Actually, it was a worthy book, if you're into reading that genre. but I'm
> not, so I jus used it for practice.  I don't happen to have an extra thumb
> drive around to plug into the unit, at least not at the moment, for the
> method where you play the book by sticking the thumb drive into it. I
> don't
> feel a USB port on the narrow, outer  (finger hole) edge of the cartridge.
> Do some of the cartridges from the library come with a USB slot, so that
> you
> can download to a folder, then plug in a short USB connector and transfer
> the file to the cartridge, and play the book with your mp3 player or thumb
> drive sticking out ?
>
> thanks.
> wsuboook . But how do I ascI could add to it and slip it into the player?
>
> ''/Think.
> ,.prcacti9
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Loy" <loyrg2845 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 4:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Recieved my NLS digital reading device: Now whaht?
>
>
> You need to fill out the application on the site and if you have done this
> call your local library and see why you have not received your user name
> and
> password. After you receive this then you can download books. You must
> unzip
> the book into a folder on your hard drive and then copy it to a cartridge.
> Or you can copy to a USB pin drive to attach to the USB port on the
> player.
> IS the cartridge you received have a book on it or is it a blank cartridge
> for copying books too? Cartridges will be available for purchase soon.
> ----- 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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