Yes, isn't the new nls player great.  It has great sound, incredible battery 
life.
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From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:16 AM
Subject: Good Old "QST" in Digital Form, Finally I'm in the 21ST Century.


>I got a little box from my regional library last Friday
> containing one of the NLS digital players. One of the librarians
> there in Oklahoma City emailed me what I needed to sign up for
> the NLS bard site and I got the authorization to download on
> Monday.
>
> The February "QST" is apparently not ready for
> distribution yet, but I did download "QST" for January which I
> already had on tape to see what it is like and also to
> demonstrate the new technology for my local  radio club. It all
> worked beautifully. The audio is perfect for voice. This is the
> cat's miaow, isn't it.
>
> I discovered that the NLS players remember your place in
> more than one book. I had downloaded a different Talking Book
> from bard and had read up to Chapter 4 in that book. I expected
> to loose my place there when I not only removed the thumb drive
> but removed the book that I had put on it and put in the "QST"
> on the same drive.
>
> Last night, I removed the "QST" from the thumb drive and
> replaced it with the other Talking Book again and discovered
> that the player still rememberred it was at the beginning of
> Chapter 4. Pretty neat!
>
> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK
> Systems Engineer
> OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group