[icon-discuss] observations about NLS books
- From: "michael d. barber" <m.barber@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 04:07:24 -0600
greetings all:
first, i want to thank the Icon Team for all their hard work on this
great update we just received in the past week.
second, I just wanted to make some observations about the NLS book
playing capabilities of the Icon.
the downloading of NLS books to my import folder goes extremely well.
it's not as fast as my regular computer, but then i don't expect it to
be. even so, it's still pretty fast.
secondly, though the sound quality is pretty good, it's not as good as
the quality on the VR stream. this is only an observation and not a
criticism. i do not use my Icon as my primary method for reading NLS
books; that belongs to the VR stream. being able to read NLS books on
my Icon is, for me, a convenience.
it appears to me that the higher speed you choose for reading, the
quality gets a little poorer.
i am about to read an NLS book which was not marked up like the others
but taken from a book already recorded on tape and see how this works.
What i mean is that this is a book which was not originally digitally
recorded. i want to see if the phrase option exists which would give
me at least one option for moving through this book.
keep up the great work, Icon Team. you folks are doing a tremendous
job. when the docking station comes out, i really believe this will be
the note taker of choice and i hope you have a great marketing strategy
in mind to make this happen. might i suggest you get a list of all the
rehab agencies for the blind and send them each a flier about the
docking station when it comes out? i would also suggest an
announcement be sent to both the NFB and ACT publications for printing?
Make the biggest splash possible.
cordially,
michael d. barber
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