The NLS player will find digital talking books in any folder, including the
root folder, of a drive.  The names of the folders are not significant.  By
nesting certain kinds of books into folders, you could achieve a certain
amount of grouping of your books on the bookshelf.  The folder called
"audio+podcasts" is reserved for audio files if there are also NLS or Daisy
books on the same drive.  If a drive does not contain NLS or Daisy books,
the whole drive is searched for audio files.

The NLS player does not contain a text-to-speech synthesizer.  RFB&D books
can be played if you install an authorization key from RFB&D.  Such keys are
free nowadays.

Software version 2.1.4 fixes an issue where, if the user had the volume set
to minimum and used the sleep timer function, it would reboot and start
playing at a louder volume when the timer expired.  When we post new
software, it can be found at
  http://www.loc.gov/nls/DTBM
, and there is also a link to software upgrades from the NLS BARD websites.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 www.facebook.com/lloyd.rasmussen


> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 12:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: nls player
> 
> Howard,
> 
> You don't need to use the Stream's companion software at all.  Simply:
> 1.  download a book from NLS.
> 2.  Create a folder on your USB drive at the root of the drive reflective
> of
> the book's name, i.e. DB55331 or alternatively a folder called "Power
> Plays
> the Cutting Edge".
> 3.  Extract all the zip files to the folder you created by running your
> favorite unzipping utility or the buiolt-in Windows unzipping utility and
> specifying that all the extracted files be placed in the folder you
> created
> in Step 2.
> 
> As long as you create books as folders in the root directory of the flash
> drive, you can navigate between them in the manner you stated.
> 
> Steve, K8SP
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 12:05 PM
> Subject: nls player
> 
> 
> > The NLS has earned the highest praise and support that we can give them
> > with
> > the new digital players!  I got mine Thursday night, and with help, I
> have
> > discovered a few fascinating things.
> > 1.  If you load multiple books on a travel drive, you can open the
> library
> > by holding down the play button for 3 seconds.  Then the right and left
> > arrows go through the books.
> > 2.  Kingston travel drives are recommended, but I had an 8 GB verbatim
> > store
> > and go here, it works fine.  Sorry if I spelled that wrong.
> > 2.  You have to be careful with this, thin fingers help.  The cartridges
> > connect to the machine via a standard USB port at the back of the
> cassette
> > well.  To avoid sticking a drive out the side of the machine, plug the
> > drive
> > in to the port inside the well.  Tiny drives are not recommended, unless
> > you
> > have really thin fingers.  The battery doesn't report more than 29 hours
> > of
> > life, but I hear it actually runs the machine for 35 hours.
> > You may have to have the latest firmware for all of this to work, Mine
> > says
> > 2.1.4, I don't know how to get or update the machine yet.  If you have
> the
> > stream companion software, you can use it to transfer downloaded books
> to
> > the travel drive.  My thanks to everybody who has been so helpful in
> > answering my many questions.
> >
> >
> > H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> > Adaptive Technology Instructor