Technical data

4.2. Books
The device “Books” contains a player for intelligent audio books as, for example, in DAISY
format. The outstanding difference to conventional audio books is the extensive possibility
of navigation. This allows you to move around inside a book in a variety of different
navigational possibilities. So you can not only jump from one file to another, but use time
jumps, go from sentence to sentence, use the full chapters and sub-chapters and much
more.
4.2.1. Book Player
4.2.1.1. General Information
The following formats are possible to use with the Book Player of Milestone 312.
Format
Description
DAISY 2.02
Digital Accessible Information System (Second Generation):
Format for talking books, which enables extensive navigation.
Audible AA & AAX
File format of Audible.com, a popular internet provider of spoken
audio entertainment, information, and educational programming.
As can be seen in the list above Milestone 312 plays DAISY 2.02, which is the most
popular and wide-spread version of the DAISY format. DAISY is used by many libraries for
blind people and is an important standard for talking books.
Besides DAISY other formats will be provided. Another important format which is usable
on Books is Audible. Audible.com is the biggest internet provider for audio books.
Further formats for Books will follow.
4.2.1.2. Play a book
Press the “Selector” button on the front end until you hear the announcement “Books”.
Now you are in the right device.
Attention: If you have pushed “Selector” on M312 and it does not react, it might have been
in sleep mode. In this case just push the “Play” button and it will react. If you still have no
reaction, please check that the keyboard is not locked, volume is on and the battery has
power.
To listen to a book you have to download it to Milestone 312‘s SD memory card. Also
possible, but not usual, is to store a book on the internal memory. If you would like to
download a book and do not know how, please go to “Data management via computer” in
this manual.
To start the reading, press the “Play” button in the middle of the keyboard. The same
button also has the pause function. To navigate with Milestone efficiently, you need to
understand how the structure of a DAISY or Audible book is set up. The books have
different levels similar to the chapter structure and substructures in a printed book. With
Milestone you can select the individual levels with the top “Rec” button and the bottom
“Mode” button, and navigate inside the level with the arrow buttons. It is easier to imagine
these 4 buttons as a navigational cross.
For example: Let us assume you have the book “Grandmothers Kitchen” on your
Milestone. “Grandmothers Kitchen” is a cookery book. It is subdivided into “Warm dishes“
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