Kurzweil has an online menu accessed by alt-n from the main window. Choose books andchoose title or author and type in the name or title. Un-check any providers you don't want being sure to leave bookshare checked. Choose either daisy or brf and hit ok. You will have to enter bookshare password/id info here and then hit ok and the book should download automaticly. When you get the completed message, Control-o to open the book. You will get a dialog asking if you want to open recently downloaded books. Say yes. You will have to enter password info one last time. When the book is open, save it as a .kes or any other format you want or just read ajnd close. It will be in the down.lpoads folder for future reference when you want to re-open it and you shouldn't have to re-enter password info. From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 9:06 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Accessing bookshare books using Kurzweil Hi everyone, I have a question, smile. I have a student who is a new member to Bookshare and wants a reasonable way to access books and other printed materials. We tried downloading and opening a Bookshare Daisy book in Kurzweil version 11.0, and it was a bit um difficult. She picked the .opf file, and typed in the password, but then she needed to type in the password six more times to get the book opened. Once it was opened and we reviewed bookmarks she was ol.k. She also wanted to know how to save it as a Kurzweil book so she doesn't have to keep typing in passwords. What am I or my student doing wrong, is there a more efficient way to access a daisy book using Kurzweil, does she need to update Kurzweil to find a patch to solve the problem? I have to be honest I use my book courier to access Bookshare books and just recently purchased a Booksense, for the purpose so I don't use the Kurzweil method. CCan someone give me some pointers or suggestions on how to improve this for my student. I have recommended a Booksense, but I don't know if it will be purchased or not. We shall see. Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A. CVRT and Ludden black Labrador Guide Dog. Diamonds may be a woman's best friend, but a dog is mine. ?