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question about playing Bard books on computer

A friend has downloaded and been registered with Bard, but he hasn't yet gotten the player from the library. Can he play Bard books through his computer, or does he need the player hooked up to his computer to play them? Quick Time tries to open but it doesn't recognize the file extension.

RE: question about playing Bard books on computer

Hi Joanne. You can't play Bard books on the PC. This is done on purpose so they can't be copied for others not registered with Bard to use. When your friend gets his player, he'll need either a flash drive or blank cartridge to put the book on in order to play it in the NLS player. If you have

Re: question about playing Bard books on computer

High Joann, I tried to play NLS books on my computer only to get a message that says, you are not authorized to play this book. If you need any help, contact your cooperating library. So your friend will need the digital talking book player and an NLS cartridge and or some kind of a USB flash

Re: question about playing Bard books on computer

So Kevin, in order to keep books could I also use an external drive to store them? And then in order to play them I'd need a cartridge so they can be listened to? I will be getting a player myself so wanted to understand how this is done. - Original Message - From: Kevin Minor

Re: question about playing Bard books on computer

I use my Zenstone 1gb player to transfer MLS books to my NLS digital player. No cartridge, no flash player. - Original Message Don- From: Joanne countrymom...@embarqmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 7:27 PM Subject: Re: question

Re: question about playing Bard books on computer

Hello Joann, Yes you can put them on an external hard drive. And yes, you will need an NLS cartridge and the USB cable in order to download the books to play them on your NLS player. And or, you can buy a USB flash drive to put the books on too as well. But be wear, some USB flash drives will

RE: question about playing Bard books on computer

Yes, if you download any books to your PC, you'll need to put them on a blank cartridge, a USB flash drive or some other USB attachable drive that you can plug into your NLS player. Note that only a blank cartridge is officially supported by the NLS, but other flash drives do work. You can find

Re: question about playing Bard books on computer

From what I read on Bard Talk..most people tend to like the Kingston brand; the thumb drive I have is a PNY..and it works fine! HTH! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org

Re: something changed in soundforge 9

Hi Dan, I think you might have accidentally pressed the letter f. After pressing q, press f. This toggles something off and on, but I can't find in my notes at present exactly what it toggles. I did test it though and can reproduce your problem. Thanks, Barry Chapman - Original

sound card issue with gold wave

Hey guys, Having an interesting issue. I'm trying to get audio out of my external tascam 2488 over to my computer to record in to gold wave. For some reason when i have my output of the taskam going in to my sound card which is a usb, i can't hear anything. I've got the headphones plugged in to