Digital Talking Book Machine (DTBM) Inspection and Maintenance: Player Troubleshooting

How do I change the level of verbosity?

The verbosity of the player’s announcements may be modified.

When the player is in reduced verbosity configuration, the following messages are not spoken.

The initial “forward” or “back” message in response to the user pressing the Rewind or Fast Forward button (for both players).
The tone, volume, and speed up and down messages in response to users pressing those buttons while the book is playing.

Note: it is only a change in behavior of the Standard player; this is the default behavior of the Advanced player.
- With the Standard player, unless you change the level of verbosity, you hear “Volume Up” with each press of the Volume Up button.
- With the Advanced player “Volume Up” just occurs.

Procedure to configure the player for reduced verbosity:

Make sure the player is in Key Describer mode (cartridge or USB device not inserted).
Press and hold the Fast Forward button and the Speed Down button simultaneously for 2 seconds.
The message “Reduced verbosity” confirms the operation has been successfully performed.

Procedure to return the player to normal verbosity:

Make sure the player is in Key Describer mode (cartridge or USB device not inserted).
Press and hold the Fast Forward button and the Speed Up button simultaneously for 2 seconds.
The message “Normal verbosity” confirms the operation has been successfully performed.