[nabs] daisy players

Thu Jan 5 19:01:59 EST 2012

Hi, Tara,

         Hope that gets the job done.
I think it's brief, directness will be an asset!
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Your's for today, Car, that's what I meant. You 
can buy them from RFBD/learning ally site. I 
believe Freedom Scientific is also selling them.
>
>On another note, I wrote to RFBD about the 
>accessibility problem. Here is my email with the original email from the CEO:
>
>Hello Mr. Friedman.
>It is good to know that RFBD wants to be more 
>inclusive. However, after you changed your 
>website, screen reader uusers are facing a more 
>difficult task downloading books. I would like 
>to suggest that in place of providing a combo 
>box to choose format of the book to download, 
>please have check boxes. It will be easier for 
>all of us to check the desired format and then 
>click the download link. I am using the classic 
>RFBD download manager, the new bookshelf is even less accessible.
>
>Best regards
>
>Tara
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>From: <mailto:bookwormahb at earthlink.net>Ashley Bramlett
>To: <mailto:nabs at acb.org>Discussion list for 
>NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students.
>Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 6:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [nabs] daisy players
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>plustech? Is that a manufacture name? Have not 
>heard of that. I am aware of plextalk; maybe you 
>mean that. That plays learning ally, text, and 
>mp3 files. Where do I get that player?
>What is pocket edition? Maybe the portable 
>version of this. I saw plextor and vr streams 
>advertised on learning allyâ€™s site under the products section.
>
>From: <mailto:taraprakash at gmail.com>Tara Prakash
>Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:50 AM
>To: <mailto:nabs at acb.org>Discussion list for 
>NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students.
>Subject: Re: [nabs] daisy players
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>Plustech also has a desktop version that can 
>play cds. It's significantly more expensive than pocket edition though.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:bookwormahb at earthlink.net>Ashley Bramlett
>To: 
><mailto:chase.crispin at gmail.com>chase.crispin at gmail.com 
>; <mailto:nabs at acb.org>Discussion list for 
>NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students.
>Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 10:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [nabs] daisy players
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>cd drive? Hmm. Where do you get them? a general store?
>I think you mean those computer external drives, but Iâ€™m not sure.
>If anyone used the vr stream cd edition and can 
>comment how you use cds with it let me know.
>
>Sadly, it seems like the only method to play cds 
>easily now is the victor reader stratus.  I saw 
>the stratus. It combines the large buttons of 
>the vr classic with the speed and clear voice of 
>the vr wave. You can just pop a cd in the vr 
>stratus and play it as you would do it with a vr wave.
>But of course the vr stratus is much more 
>expensive than the good old vr wave or vibe.
>Ashley
>
>From: <mailto:chase.crispin at gmail.com>Chase Crispin
>Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 9:53 PM
>To: <mailto:nabs at acb.org>'Discussion list for 
>NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students.'
>Subject: Re: [nabs] daisy players
>
>Hi Ashley,
>The Plextalk Pocket from FS does not play CD's 
>unless you hook up a USB CD drive, same is true for APH's Book Port Plus.
>Thanks,
>
>
>
>Chase Crispin
><http://www.blindmobiletech.com/>http://www.blindmobiletech.com/
>chase dot crispin at gmail dot com
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>[mailto:nabs-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
>Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 5:48 PM
>To: National Alliance of Blind Students. Discussion list for NABS
>Subject: [nabs] daisy players
>
>Hi all,
>
>I know humanware sells victor reader, vr, products which play daisy cds.
>They donâ€™t have many options though. Iâ€™m 
>disappointed they discontinued the vr classic and vr wave.
>I do not know why they did that. I have a vr 
>wave and love its simplicity and the fact you 
>can navigate to pages and book mark them but its 
>still a light portable thing. Why on earth would 
>they discontinue a good product? Surely people 
>bought them as not everyone has a computer with 
>internet connection where they can download books.
>
>What is the vr stream cd edition? Is the 
>attachment a daisy cd player or just a way to transfer cds to the stream?
>The description said
>VR Stream CD Edition combines the world renowned 
>VR Stream and a special CD player accessory. 
>Ideal for readers who do not use a personal 
>computer and who want the benefit of a pocket size Stream DAISY/MP3 player.
>
>Also the VR stratus has a CD slot as well as 
>ability to use SD cards and USB drives for books/music.
>Are there other daisy cd players out there? They 
>seem to be fewer as many just download to 
>computers and transfer to sd cards. Just 
>wondering other options. I prefer daisy cds. 
>While I do have a computer and internet, not 
>everyone does, so its good to have these daisy cds.
>I wasnâ€™t sure if freedom scientificâ€™s player 
>was just for SD cards or whether it had a CD 
>player too. I think its called the Plextor pocket or something like that.
>Are there book readers from other distributors, 
>maybe APH, that play  them. Hmm. Maybe the book port does it or something.
>
>Thanks.
>Ashley
>
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