Thanks so much! I don't have much experience with NLS, though I m a member. I just couldn't justify buying an adaptive player and an iPad, so I opted for the iPad because it's good mainstream technology, and because it affords me more productivity options for my money. Olivia On Apr 10, 2010, at 8:28 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote:
> If you are an NLS patron, call and request a digital player. You can use > your Mac to download the material which you can then transfer to a thumb > drive to play in the digital player. The NLS players are not as small as the > VRS or the Book Sense, but the NLS players do sound great without headphones. > Of course, you can use headphones with them as well. It will fit in a > backpack or bag very easily. It probably weighs about 2 pounds. Ask for the > advanced model if you want to have the functionality to be able to jump from > chapter to chapter, which is sometimes the preferred manner for reading > nonfiction books. > On Apr 10, 2010, at 12:48 PM, olivia norman wrote: > >> Do the adapters show up in the finder? I am wondering what the advantages >> of these books are if I have an iPad? I asume that the NLS players don't >> offer it's portability and easy access to materials? As I said, I >> considered a stream or something similar, but opted for the iPad instead for >> a number of reasons. >> Olivia >> Olivia >> >> On Apr 10, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog wrote: >> >>> You could call you state/local library and see if you are a patron. If you >>> are you can ask to have a digital advanced player sent to you. >>> You can either use a thumb drive in the player that it will not fuss at. I >>> hear the kingston datatravelers are good and have a 4 gig. cost me 14 >>> dollars. >>> That is including tax. >>> Or you can buy a 2 gig cartridge with adaptor to go from the cartridge to >>> the computer so you can download the books onto the cartridge and then just >>> put the cartridge into the player. >>> YOu get more for your money if you just by the usb flas/thumb drive. >>> Basically you download the nls book file (it is zipped) from the web site. >>> Then you unzip it. And you then copy the files over to the cartridge or usb >>> flash/thumb drive. >>> And then put whatever item you choose to use in the player and away you go. >>> I find that I can fit about 40 good sized magazones/books on a 4 gig >>> usb/flash thumb drive. >>> It really depends on the sizes of the books. But that seems to be a good >>> stimate. MOr if they are smaller. less if they are big books. >>> The cartridges you can get from american printing house. >>> I hope this helped. >>> Jessica >>> >>> -- >>> Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit >>> www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
