Maria, I'm a little behind on learning the nls player. Are all the instructions posted on the Bard site. So much to do, so little time. Thanks. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria Campbell" <lucky1i...@sbcglobal.net> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] NLS compatible Software?
: The bookshelf is available if you have downloaded more than one book on a : cartridge. : To access the bookshelf after inserting the cartridge and turning on player: : Hold play/pause button for a few seconds till you hear bookshelf. : You can then use your forward or rewind arrows to move between books. : Hit play on a book to start reading. : Your place will be saved on each book. : Neat. : : : Sunny Day : Maria Campbell : lucky1i...@sbcglobal.net : : A GEM IS NOT POLISHED WITHOUT RUBBING, : NOR A MAN PERFECTED WITHOUT TRIALS. : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Mike & Barbara" <mb69ma...@charter.net> : To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> : Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 3:37 PM : Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] NLS compatible Software? : : : > Hi George; : > : > Where can I read about learning to use Book Shelf? All help will be : > greatly : > appreciated. Thanks much. Take care. : > Mike : > : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: George Marshall : > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com : > Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 9:56 AM : > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] NLS compatible Software? : > : > : > Hi Rick & Septh: : > I just put my Kingston data traveler into the cartridge slot and it plays : > fine, use book shelf to go from one book to another. You have to play : > aroung : > with the thumb drive at first untill you find just where it slips into the : > plug, it is about the center of the cartridge opening, after a couple of : > times it is no problem. : > HTH, : > George R. Marshall : > marshall.geo...@gmail.com : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Rick Justice" <ricjust...@jaws-users.com> : > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> : > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 3:43 PM : > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] NLS compatible Software? : > : > : >> Hi Seth, : >> Using the USB port on the side of the player, is fine, except, : >> being that the player is portable, it's very easy to damage the thumb : >> drive : >> when moving the player around. : >> The blank cartridge, goes into the slot in the front of the player just : >> as : >> the digital book cartridges do, : >> and while they do not have the storage capacity of most flash drives, : >> they are better protected from damage by the player itself. : >> It is very simple to transfer files from the computer to the cartridge. : >> HTH, : >> Rick Justice : >> : >> ----- Original Message ----- : >> From: "Seth Russell" <russell.s...@gmail.com> : >> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> : >> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 11:00 AM : >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] NLS compatible Software? : >> : >> : >> So let me get this painfully straight. You can download to a thumb : >> drive and then play the downloaded file on the NLS player by putting : >> the thumb drive in the USB slot of the player? If that is true, then : >> why would anyone purchase a special purpose cartridge when you can get : >> a thumb drive these days for next to nothing and use it for all kinds : >> of other things ? Has anyone actually done that successfully? : >> : >> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Frank Ventura : >> <frank.vent...@littlebreezes.com> wrote: : >>> Try independant living aids, I think they sell it. But a thumb drive : >>> also works. : >>> Frank : >>> : >>> -----Original Message----- : >>> From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com : >>> [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Don Lorah : >>> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:35 PM : >>> To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com : >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] NLS compatible Software? : >>> : >>> Good idea. Where do you get the cartridge and cable?? Don : >>> ----- Original Message ----- : >>> From: "Norma A. Boge" <nab...@mchsi.com> : >>> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> : >>> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:25 PM : >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] NLS compatible Software? : >>> : >>> : >>> : >>> Why don't you download BARD materials to a thumb drive or blank : >>> cartridge? Then you don't have to wait for snail mail. : >>> : >>> At 12:46 PM 2/7/2010, you wrote: : >>>>Hi, yes that is true! But I still think it's discrimination that the : >>>>people : >>>>that can afford the players, where they can download the books whenever : >>> : >>>>they : >>>>want and the people that can't afford the players have to wait for : >>> their : >>>>book to come in the snail mail. : >>>>I just don't understand why they had to make the cards incompatible : >>>> : >>>> : >>>>Ginger Roe : >>>> : >>>>www.withtheblindinmind.com : >>>> : >>>> : >>>>-----Original Message----- : >>>>From: Alan & Terrie Robbins [mailto:arobb...@nycap.rr.com] : >>>>Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 5:45 AM : >>>>To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com : >>>>Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] NLS compatible Software? : >>>> : >>>>Mark, : >>>> : >>>>You can get the new free NLS player from your State : >>>> : >>>>Al : >>>> : >>>>-----Original Message----- : >>>>From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com : >>>>[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of : >>>>Mark : >>>>Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 6:12 AM : >>>>To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com : >>>>Subject: [Blind-Computing] NLS compatible Software? : >>>> : >>>> : >>>>Hi : >>>> I was wondering if there is any software that can play : >>>>the digital books from the National Library Service (NLS)? : >>>>It seems like the only thing I can find to play the books is : >>>>a $350 portable player. I would be just as happy if I could : >>>>play them on my computer. : >>>> : >>>>God bless, : >>>>Mark : >>>>Jesus Is Lord! : >>>>For answers to frequently asked questions about this list : >>>>visit: : >>>>http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : >>>> : >>>> : >>>>For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : >>>>http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : >>>> : >>>> : >>>>For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : >>>>http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : >>> : >>> : >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : >>> : >>> : >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : >>> : >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : >>> : >> : >> : >> : >> -- : >> Seth Russell : >> Alpha testing: http://tagtalking.net/ : >> Facebook ing: http://www.facebook.com/russell.seth : >> Blogging: http://fastblogit.com/seth/ : >> Catalog selling: http://www.speaktomecatalog.com : >> : >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : >> : >> : >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : > : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : : : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
