I believe the reason it is larger is so that elderly people and people with physical disabilities can use it. Those smaller players have small buttons which are not as easy to use. If you fashion a carrying strap, the player is easier to carry.
earlier, Trouble, wrote: > > >It is the size. My apple shuffle is about the >size of a baby bic lighter, holds more and is >just as accessible. For the size its a monster to >carry and my shuffle slips into a pocket anywhere >you like. The shuffle is even smaller then its cartridges. >When a simple device is over designed. Its not for functions, its for cost. > >At 09:09 AM 2/5/2010, you wrote: > > > > > >How much money did they get to develop it and also who do you mean by > >they?Personally, I think theyre amazing.A 100 percent improvement over the > >cassette tape players and it didnt cost me anything. Also, yes it does use > >a flash drive, if you choose, instead of the cartridge with the book pre > >loaded and mailed to you. That is all I use is a flash drive, that plugged > >into the USB port on the player. > > > >If your player doesnt use a flash drive then you must have a proto type or > >something else, which would probably explain why you dont like it. > > > >From: > ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] > >On Behalf Of Trouble > >Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:33 PM > >To: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > >Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re:NLS Digital Book Player > > > >I have seen one of those cartridges and they > >ain't no flash drive that you can get retail. > >The machine I saw was just like a old style > >cassette player and just about as big. > >Be leave me for the money they got to developed > >it and what they came up with leaves the mind to > >wonder who actually got the money. > >personally, there is many over the counter > >players that can use any USB drive or sd card. That is cheaper and better. > >i couldn't be leave that it was what they came up with after all that > >testing! > > > >At 06:34 PM 2/4/2010, you wrote: > > > > > > > > >On my player, to read multiple books, all you do is hold the play button > > >down for about four or five seconds and it says bookshelf, then you press > > >fast forward or fast reverse to read the title of all the books on the > >flash > > >drive or the USB drive, or whatever you want to call it. > > > > > >From: > > ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com><mailto > > > :blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > >[mailto:<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com > > ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] > > >On Behalf Of john schwery > > >Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:17 PM > > >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re:NLS Digital Book Player > > > > > >Gil, I would suggest that you put each book in > > >its own directory under the directory containing > > >your books. You can put multiple books on a > > >drive or cartridge and use the book shelf feature > > >to navigate between books. If your player does > > >not have that feature, you will need a later > > >update. You can get all kinds of information at: > > > > > >www.bardtalk.com > > > > > >earlier, Gil Laster, wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >3-weeks ago I received the digital NLS player. > > > >The only instructions given were those recited > > > >by the player itself. With some experimentation here is how I download > > >books: > > > > > > > >A USB flash memory device is required, also > > > >known as a thumb drive. From the BARD website, > > > >select the book or magazine that you want, then > > > >download it onto your PC (an Internet connection > > > >is required). It will be a zipped file. Go to > > > >that file on the PC and open it. That extracts > > > >several files that then appear. Copy those files > > > >to the USB flash memory device, preferably into > > > >folder that you reserve for NLS books. Remove > > > >the USB flash memory from the PC and plug it > > > >into the NLS Player at the side USB port next to > > > >the headphone jack. The next time that the > > > >player is turned on it will beep as it searches > > > >the flash memory for the book. When it finds the > > > >book, it will begin to play it. > > > > > > > >- Gil Laster, Charlotte, NC > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > >John > > >Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 69°F Wind:ESE-110° at 3mph > > >"A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, > > >tells you." - Bert Leston Taylor > > >Created by Weather Signature v1.31 > > ><<<http://www.weathersig.com>http://www.weath > ersig.com>http://www.weathers > > ig.com><http://www.weathersig.com>http://www.weathersig.com > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > >Tim > >trouble > >Verizon FIOS support tech > >"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." > >--Sam Brown > > > >Blindeudora list owner. > >To subscribe or info: > ><<http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora> > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora>http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >Tim >trouble >Verizon FIOS support tech >"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." >--Sam Brown > >Blindeudora list owner. >To subscribe or info: ><http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora>http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora > > > > John Currently in Ocala, Florida Overcast, 69°F Wind:S-190° at 17mph A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. 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