Hi Russ,
That would, indeed, be nice, but, the folks at HIMS have not deemed it
necessary to give us (Book Sense users) the same capability that the Stream
users were given, that being the ability to press one key and have the book
transferred to the Daisy/NLS folder on the SD card.
I, for one, would not use this function, as it is much too slow when I can
easily transfer it using the computer in a matter of seconds instead of
minutes using the method that the Stream uses.
Take care,
Rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:12 AM
Subject: [GW-Booksense] Re: NLS Cartridges on the Book Sense
I thought that would be the case. Let me give you an example where this is
useful. I have some friends with slow internet connections. They could
connect the cartridge to the booksense and transfer it for later blayback.
I know some people who do this with the victor reader stream.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Gowen" <[email protected]>
To: "Russ Kiehne" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:54 AM
Subject: NLS Cartridges on the Book Sense
Hi Russ and all,
To put the question of whether or not the Book Sense would play a book on
an NLS cartridge from the regional library to the test, I put it to a
test a little while ago.
First, if you only have the short cable that you get with the Book Sense,
you are *NOT* going to attach the cartridge to the Book Sense!
The end of the cable into which you would insert a flash drive will not
accept the NLS cartridges due to the fact that, on the cartridge, the USB
plug is surrounded by part of the cartridge as a sort of shield, and the
end of the cable is too fat to slide into the space surrounding the USB
plug on the cartridge.
I attached an extension cable to the cartridge and then plugged that into
the short cable and then into the Book Sense.
When I turned on my Book Sense, it acted as though I had just plugged in
a flash drive and gave me the door bell sound.
When I switched over to the flash drive by holding the zero key down, it
appeared as though I were actually looking at a flash drive and could
actually move through the various modes and folders that the Book Sense
creates for us on media.
However, the message "No List" was given upon opening any of the folders.
Nowhere did I hear that I could play the book that was on the cartridge!
The Book Sense could not and cannot see such books as they are on the
root of the cartridge and not in the Daisy/NLS folder!
Therefore the one true answer to the question "Can you play NLS
cartridges on the Book Sense?", even if you wanted to do so, is "NO!"
I really see no point in doing so in any case, as it is very easy to
transfer the book from the cartridges to an SD card using the computer!
Rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] first impressions of the Bookport Plus
Have you actually connected an nls cartridge from your regional library
to the booksense and it played?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bud dy Brannan" <[email protected]>
To: "Russ Kiehne" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] first impressions of the Bookport Plus
On Mar 12, 2010, at 9:13 AM, Russ Kiehne wrote:
Yes, I'm sure the booksense will not play nls cartridges.
Yes it will, given the correct USB cable. It will not, however, copy
them over to its internal flash or
SD card.
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
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