Actually, those very long Bookshare books do play on the Stream, but you
have to put up with the native Samantha voice. I've also noticed another
problem with them. On one of the very long books after you have
progressed to a certain point in them it is a good idea to not press the
5 key to check your progress. It will shut off without the double beep
that usually signals its turning off and when you get it back on it will
have reverted to the point where you started listening to it in the last
listening session. That means that when you are checking on your place
in the book you will lose your place. To prevent that from happening on
one of those very long Bookshare books you need to turn off the machine
and then turn it back on before pressing the 5 key. Right now I am
reading an Open Library book entitled Great Books of the Western World
by Mortimer J. Adler. It has 1346 pages and there is a lot packed on
each page. To save myself the trouble I am not checking my place until I
start listening to it again. That is because if I turn it off and turn
it back on I will have to wait through twenty-two statements of please
wait before I can press the 5 key. By the way, I have been reading that
book for well over a month now and I am only about forty-one percent
through with it. That is definitely a long book.
On 5/24/2016 11:28 AM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Yes, the very long daisy audio Bookshare books won't play on the stream 1,
but they do play on the dtbm. You just can't hear the title on the dtbm
bookshelf,
Miriamonly the book number.
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Humel
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 9:56 AM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: one more thought about the stream and the NLS
player
I had a bookshare book that was so large, it gave the first generation
stream fits.so I put it on a cartridge to listen to on the DTBM. It still
takes a while to fire up, but at least it works.
On May 24, 2016, at 9:24 AM, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you download the daisy audio version of the Bookshare book, and
if you
know how to open the zip file and transfer the book to a cartridge,
you can
hear the book on the NLS player. I use the humanware companion
software to
transfer the book to the cartridge. You can buy blank cartridges and
the
thing that attaches them to your computer from various places like A
P H.
Miriam
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Hi
I have no idea how you would listen to Book Share books on the
Talking
book player. I love that I can just stick the Stream in my pocket
and head
out.
Marsha