Hi all.  Besides the large player being distributed by NLS you can purchase
a small pocket sized player from Humanware that connects to the NLS
cartridges.   It is called the Victor Reader Stream, and it also plays Daisy
and other formatted audio books from an SD Card.  You will also be able to
listen to txt, rtf and html files, and record as many notes as the card will
hold.  

There are other small units on the market, so check them out.  I love my
Stream.  

Thx, Albert


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Subject: [VICUG-L] Size of the NLS Player

Greetings,

Tfwo of us received the new NLS players and cartridges, and indeed they are
easy to operate and sound great.  We certainly noticed that they are larger
than we had expected.  I am sure an NLS representative would be able to
explain the testing and evaluation, but my guess is that the sturdiness of
the player5, and the big buttons with plenty of space and braille labels,
won the day.  Many patrons probably have difficulty distinguishing buttons,
and although there is a built-in feature of the player that allows someone
to use a remote control, this way it may not be necessary to do so.

In future, I speculate that a smaller version might be available for
purchase, just as smaller cassette players have been,  and of course we
already have professional machines capable of playing the NLS books and much
more besides.  But NLS needed to decide what machine would do the most good
for the greatest number.

So, although we might enjoy a smaller player, we will probably all be happy
enough with this one and the advanced version for those who desire it--more
buttons, more navigation choices.  My mom is already marveling that she no
longer has to turn over the book, look for other tapes, or replay muffled
segments!  Cheers!

Ilene 


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