The situation as I understand it is that most players will treat each mp3 file as a header. So if I load an RNIB Overdrive book into the Audio Books section of the Pocket Plextalk or Linio with 9 mp3 files in the book, the device will report that there are 9 headings and allow navigation by those headings. My Stream is at the bottomed of my drawer at the moment but from memory you get a similar result by putting books into the $Otherbooks folder. The player you are using may also allow other navigation, for example on the Plextalk you can skip 30 seconds or 10 minutes forward and backwards through the book, and you can do something similar on the Victor Reader Stream though I think it is 1 minute, with customizable larger amounts available. On both the Plextalk and Stream devices you can of course set up multiple bookmarks if you want to. I know nothing about 3 minute markers in the mp3 files but I think as I say you can set a 3 minute jump up on your stream. .
Actually you can convert the RNIB Overdrive books into Daisy Books using the free PC Daisy Book Generator software, though you get only limited advantages from doing this. No extra levels of navigation beyond headings based on mp3 files will be available even if you convert to Daisy using this software. The main advantage of converting to Daisy, on the Plextalk devices at least, is that you get better time elapsed and time remaining information reported by the device when in Daisy mode. I cannot remember how the stream manages book elapsed and time remaining information and whether this differs between Daisy and Otherbooks categories.
David Griffith. David Griffith On 30/01/2015 22:01, Carol.Pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all,I'm seeking to get a better understanding of what actually works and what doesn't. I really love Daisy and am told that, even in Overdrive, certain things, such as headers, will work. I understand also that RNIB have markers every three minutes in their books in this library. Can anyone who is well used to the ease and luxury of Daisy please tell me any more about the restrictions OverDrive presents when these books are transferred to the Victor Stream.Thanks for any input on this one. Carol P
