Re: [Plextalk] Firmware update?
Hi all, though I can't read braille as well as I used to, do to my fingers being less sensitive, there are titles on the bard site in the BRF format that can be listened to with a player that can handle these file tipes, such as the Victor Reader Stream. Unfortunatly, I fried my Stream, do to a stupid mistake on my part, and when I replaced it with a Plextalk Pocket, I was disappointed to find out I could no longer read these files. I still don't understand why, if three diferent companys have license to play these files, why the plextalk doesn't. It sounds like politics to me, but then what do I know! GRIN! Have a good one: John John Jacques Amateur Radio Station: KD8PC "Where Cat Is, Is Civilization!" ____________________________________________________________ 30-second trick for a flat belly This daily 30-second trick BOOSTS your body's #1 fat-burning hormone http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/51da3fa4382d23fa46a42st01duc
Hi. this is way off topic for the list, I suppose; but I have seen victor stream 1 machines selling pretty inexpensively. Now I'll duck out before things start flying my way. I love the fact that the stream can read braille files. I can read braille very nicely; but it's slower than speech. On 7/7/2013 11:24 PM, John J. Jacques wrote:
Hi all, though I can't read braille as well as I used to, do to my fingers being less sensitive, there are titles on the bard site in the BRF format that can be listened to with a player that can handle these file tipes, such as the Victor Reader Stream. Unfortunatly, I fried my Stream, do to a stupid mistake on my part, and when I replaced it with a Plextalk Pocket, I was disappointed to find out I could no longer read these files. I still don't understand why, if three diferent companys have license to play these files, why the plextalk doesn't. It sounds like politics to me, but then what do I know! GRIN!
Have a good one: John
John Jacques Amateur Radio Station: KD8PC "Where Cat Is, Is Civilization!" ____________________________________________________________ 30-second trick for a flat belly This daily 30-second trick BOOSTS your body's #1 fat-burning hormone http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/51da3fa4382d23fa46a42st01duc
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But is there content that is only available in BRL and BRF formats? If so, what is it? On Jul 8, 2013, at 12:35 AM, Penny Golden <goldpen@frontiernet.net> wrote:
Hi. this is way off topic for the list, I suppose; but I have seen victor stream 1 machines selling pretty inexpensively. Now I'll duck out before things start flying my way. I love the fact that the stream can read braille files. I can read braille very nicely; but it's slower than speech. On 7/7/2013 11:24 PM, John J. Jacques wrote:
Hi all, though I can't read braille as well as I used to, do to my fingers being less sensitive, there are titles on the bard site in the BRF format that can be listened to with a player that can handle these file tipes, such as the Victor Reader Stream. Unfortunatly, I fried my Stream, do to a stupid mistake on my part, and when I replaced it with a Plextalk Pocket, I was disappointed to find out I could no longer read these files. I still don't understand why, if three diferent companys have license to play these files, why the plextalk doesn't. It sounds like politics to me, but then what do I know! GRIN!
Have a good one: John
John Jacques Amateur Radio Station: KD8PC "Where Cat Is, Is Civilization!" ____________________________________________________________ 30-second trick for a flat belly This daily 30-second trick BOOSTS your body's #1 fat-burning hormone http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/51da3fa4382d23fa46a42st01duc
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Well, yes; I am a member of bookShare. There are thousands of books in bookshare that are not available anywhere else. Now if I were to have to name some of them, I might be hard pressed. The fact is, though, they've got many more books than does the NLS program. I suppose that is as it should be, for they are also a textbook service; i have never seen so many tomes on algebra, chemistry, medicine, psychiatry, foreign affairs and such. Every so often I'll check the new listings; a whole slug of books will have been added by one author, indicating that some publishers probably "dump" into bookshare every book they publish. On 7/8/2013 2:06 AM, Kb7uengene wrote:
But is there content that is only available in BRL and BRF formats? If so, what is it?
On Jul 8, 2013, at 12:35 AM, Penny Golden<goldpen@frontiernet.net> wrote:
Hi. this is way off topic for the list, I suppose; but I have seen victor stream 1 machines selling pretty inexpensively. Now I'll duck out before things start flying my way. I love the fact that the stream can read braille files. I can read braille very nicely; but it's slower than speech. On 7/7/2013 11:24 PM, John J. Jacques wrote:
Hi all, though I can't read braille as well as I used to, do to my fingers being less sensitive, there are titles on the bard site in the BRF format that can be listened to with a player that can handle these file tipes, such as the Victor Reader Stream. Unfortunatly, I fried my Stream, do to a stupid mistake on my part, and when I replaced it with a Plextalk Pocket, I was disappointed to find out I could no longer read these files. I still don't understand why, if three diferent companys have license to play these files, why the plextalk doesn't. It sounds like politics to me, but then what do I know! GRIN!
Have a good one: John
John Jacques Amateur Radio Station: KD8PC "Where Cat Is, Is Civilization!" ____________________________________________________________ 30-second trick for a flat belly This daily 30-second trick BOOSTS your body's #1 fat-burning hormone http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/51da3fa4382d23fa46a42st01duc
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