Transferring NLS Books to SD card

2012-10-21 Thread -
Someone thought: "The DB is an integral part of the book number. stands for Digital Book. I think the NLS player needs that file name protocol so when you go into "bookshelf mode," (holding down the play button till it falls off or says Bookshelf), it can identify them." Me: It doesn't wo

Re: Transferring NLS Books to SD card

2012-10-20 Thread Mark Baxter
The DB is an integral part of the book number. stands for Digital Book. I think the NLS player needs that file name protocol so when you go into "bookshelf mode," (holding down the play button till it falls off or says Bookshelf), it can identify them. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype

RE: Transferring NLS Books to SD card

2012-10-20 Thread Jesus Garcia
Sorry I meant DB not DT thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Baxter Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 10:24 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Transferring NLS Books to SD card I'm

Re: Transferring NLS Books to SD card

2012-10-20 Thread Mark Baxter
I'm sorry, but I do not know what DT is. Thus, my experience is that the folders are named something like, "DB 91743" and then the name and author of the book. In which case, no need to rename anything, unless you're using a player that's not an NLS player and doesn't recognize that format, wh

RE: Transferring NLS Books to SD card

2012-10-19 Thread Jesus Garcia
? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Baxter Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 20:02 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Transfering NLS Books to SD card .1) Download the books from BARD to the

Re: Transfering NLS Books to SD card

2012-10-19 Thread Mark Baxter
•1) Download the books from BARD to the Downloads folder. *2) Acquire a USB SD card reader and plug it into an available USB port. *3) Make sure all the zip files are unzipped into their book folders. •4) Go to the Desktop on your Mac (VO Shift D from Finder). Navigate until you find somet

Transfering NLS Books to SD card

2012-10-19 Thread Jesus Garcia
Evening list members a question I know has been discussed here before. what is the simplest way to transfer a downloaded NLS book to an SD card? I downloaded a couple of books using my mac book pro and don't remember the steps for transering to a card for a reader. Thanks Jesus -- You received

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Kimberly thurman
It's free and you're entitled to it. It's just another entertainment and educational piece of technology to add to your electronic arsinal. (Smilie!) On Apr 10, 2010, at 11:36 PM, olivia norman wrote: > Thanks so much! I don't have much experience with NLS, though I m a member. > I just could

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread olivia norman
I had no idea they were free! Wow, I'll get on it. Olivia On Apr 10, 2010, at 8:21 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > The NLS players are pretty cool. They are about the size of a hard backed > book, run for 35 hours on a single charge, and have a kick butt speaker on > them. If you want to listen

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread olivia norman
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, a

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Kimberly thurman
If you get one that will fit, you can stick a regular flash drive into the NLS player where the cartridges go. Mine is a little short though, so I have to insert a butter knife under it and gently pry up when I want to get it out, because there isn't enough sticking out of the cartridge compart

RE: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread M. Taylor
s.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly thurman Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 5:28 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Downloading nls books 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 tra

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Kimberly thurman
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 headp

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Kimberly thurman
The NLS players are pretty cool. They are about the size of a hard backed book, run for 35 hours on a single charge, and have a kick butt speaker on them. If you want to listen while you do things around the room, you can turn it up loud and it sounds great. You download the books to your com

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog
This is really odd. I am getting about 390 to 410 kb per sec on this end. I don't know why you others are getting slower readings. Anyway. yeah the nls downloads are slow. I do not know if it is the fact that a bunch of people are downloading stuff at the same time or if nls has restricted thei

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog
sorry if this was already addressed. Yes the usb thumb / flash drives show up in the finder just like any usb thing generally would unless it is linked like the iphone or other device to a particular program. I do not know about the cartridges. But I am assuming so because basically all those ar

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog
hmmm that is unusual. Maybe it was just an extremely high volume of people downloading from nls. Or maybe your connection at the time was odd. Hope it goes better next time. I can guarantee it isn't the mac. At least I am pretty sure it isn't. Unless network settings got goofed or something. Je

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Sarah Alawami
m: Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 8:19 AM > Subject: Re: Downloading nls books > > Hi. do you have the digital player from the library? > Oops. are you a patron of nls? If you are you can get a digital player >

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread olivia norman
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 nu

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Carolyn
e the expression). Thanks for any further thoughts. Carolyn - Original Message - From: Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 8:19 AM Subject: Re: Downloading nls books Hi. do you have the digital player from the li

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog
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. Tha

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread olivia norman
Thanks so much! I thought about getting one of the specialized players, but opted for the iPad instead (good choice for me) Do the library players work with the mac? I have seen someone's player, but don't have one myself. I am pretty sure I have an NLS membership, but will check. Olivia On Apr

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog
Hi. do you have the digital player from the library? Oops. are you a patron of nls? If you are you can get a digital player form the library. Or if you have a booksense or victor reader stream those will work too. But no it wouldn't work just on your mac alone. nlsbard.loc.gov is the web site u

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread olivia norman
How do you work with NLS books? I don't have a specialized player, just my mac and iPad, so I am assuming that I won't be able to use them, correct? Olivia On Apr 10, 2010, at 12:42 AM, ch...@q.com wrote: > Hi Mac Family: > I'm finally downloading my first ever NLS talking

Re: Downloading nls books

2010-04-10 Thread Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog
Hi Carolyn. Finally something I can help on or at least somewhat. I download nls books all the time. I have high speed here and it downloads at usually 396kb per second. It depends really on your internet speed. But generally I think nls bard also may have some kind of speed restriction as well

Downloading nls books

2010-04-09 Thread chaas
Hi Mac Family: I'm finally downloading my first ever NLS talking book into "downloads" on my macbook Pro. The download speed is saying something like 39.something kb per second. The downlad time appears to be nearly an hour, but the book is only a 13 hours long. This seems particularly slow.

Re: NLS Books

2010-03-12 Thread Chris Hofstader
> know of an accessible Twitter client for the Mac? > I will have many more questions. > - Original Message - > From: "Buddy Brannan" > To: > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:19 AM > Subject: Re: NLS Books > > > Hey Rich, > > If you just op

Re: NLS Books

2010-03-12 Thread Rich Ring
Thanks. Now, for another question. Do you or anyone else for that matter know of an accessible Twitter client for the Mac? I will have many more questions. - Original Message - From: "Buddy Brannan" To: Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:19 AM Subject: Re: NLS Books Hey Ric

Re: NLS Books

2010-03-11 Thread Buddy Brannan
On Mar 10, 2010, at 10:32 PM, Rich Ring wrote: > >I know that many people on this list are not from the United States, and > I also know that many others on this list consider NLS books to be "getto" > books, nonetheless, I ask my question. > I need to teach so

Re: NLS Books

2010-03-11 Thread Rich Ring
Thanks, I am very new at this, and your instructions are quite clear. - Original Message - From: "Slau Halatyn" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:56 PM Subject: Re: NLS Books 1. They need to log in to the NLS BARD site, assuming they're already registered with

Re: NLS Books

2010-03-10 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ring wrote: > >I know that many people on this list are not from the United States, and > I also know that many others on this list consider NLS books to be "getto" > books, nonetheless, I ask my question. > I need to teach someone how to download NLS books and unzip

Re: NLS Books

2010-03-10 Thread Slau Halatyn
humb drive with Command-o and press Command-v to paste the book onto the thumb drive. HTH On Mar 10, 2010, at 10:32 PM, Rich Ring wrote: > >I know that many people on this list are not from the United States, and > I also know that many others on this list consider NLS book

Re: NLS Books

2010-03-10 Thread Karen Lewellen
, but am sure you can find it at www.loc.gov/nls. hope this helps, Karen On Wed, 10 Mar 2010, Rich Ring wrote: I know that many people on this list are not from the United States, and I also know that many others on this list consider NLS books to be "getto" books, nonetheless

NLS Books

2010-03-10 Thread Rich Ring
I know that many people on this list are not from the United States, and I also know that many others on this list consider NLS books to be "getto" books, nonetheless, I ask my question. I need to teach someone how to download NLS books and unzip them to a thumb drive or a blank