It is the size. My apple shuffle is about the size of a baby bic lighter, holds more and is just as accessible. For the size its a monster to carry and my shuffle slips into a pocket anywhere you like. The shuffle is even smaller then its cartridges. When a simple device is over designed. Its not for functions, its for cost.
At 09:09 AM 2/5/2010, you wrote: > > >How much money did they get to develop it and also who do you mean by >they?Personally, I think theyre amazing.A 100 percent improvement over the >cassette tape players and it didnt cost me anything. Also, yes it does use >a flash drive, if you choose, instead of the cartridge with the book pre >loaded and mailed to you. That is all I use is a flash drive, that plugged >into the USB port on the player. > >If your player doesnt use a flash drive then you must have a proto type or >something else, which would probably explain why you dont like it. > >From: ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >[mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] >On Behalf Of Trouble >Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:33 PM >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re:NLS Digital Book Player > >I have seen one of those cartridges and they >ain't no flash drive that you can get retail. >The machine I saw was just like a old style >cassette player and just about as big. >Be leave me for the money they got to developed >it and what they came up with leaves the mind to >wonder who actually got the money. >personally, there is many over the counter >players that can use any USB drive or sd card. That is cheaper and better. >i couldn't be leave that it was what they came up with after all that >testing! > >At 06:34 PM 2/4/2010, you wrote: > > > > > >On my player, to read multiple books, all you do is hold the play button > >down for about four or five seconds and it says bookshelf, then you press > >fast forward or fast reverse to read the title of all the books on the >flash > >drive or the USB drive, or whatever you want to call it. > > > >From: > ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com><mailto > :blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > >[mailto:<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com > >blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] > >On Behalf Of john schwery > >Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:17 PM > >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re:NLS Digital Book Player > > > >Gil, I would suggest that you put each book in > >its own directory under the directory containing > >your books. You can put multiple books on a > >drive or cartridge and use the book shelf feature > >to navigate between books. If your player does > >not have that feature, you will need a later > >update. You can get all kinds of information at: > > > >www.bardtalk.com > > > >earlier, Gil Laster, wrote: > > > > > > > > >3-weeks ago I received the digital NLS player. > > >The only instructions given were those recited > > >by the player itself. With some experimentation here is how I download > >books: > > > > > >A USB flash memory device is required, also > > >known as a thumb drive. From the BARD website, > > >select the book or magazine that you want, then > > >download it onto your PC (an Internet connection > > >is required). It will be a zipped file. Go to > > >that file on the PC and open it. That extracts > > >several files that then appear. Copy those files > > >to the USB flash memory device, preferably into > > >folder that you reserve for NLS books. Remove > > >the USB flash memory from the PC and plug it > > >into the NLS Player at the side USB port next to > > >the headphone jack. The next time that the > > >player is turned on it will beep as it searches > > >the flash memory for the book. When it finds the > > >book, it will begin to play it. > > > > > >- Gil Laster, Charlotte, NC > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > >John > >Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 69°F Wind:ESE-110° at 3mph > >"A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, > >tells you." - Bert Leston Taylor > >Created by Weather Signature v1.31 > ><<http://www.weathersig.com>http://www.weathers > ig.com>http://www.weathersig.com > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >Tim >trouble >Verizon FIOS support tech >"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." >--Sam Brown > >Blindeudora list owner. >To subscribe or info: ><http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora>http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Tim trouble Verizon FIOS support tech "Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." --Sam Brown Blindeudora list owner. To subscribe or info: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora
