[bksvol-discuss] Re: Favor - Book in collection I can't get to download
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:11:02 -0700
Hi, bob and Judy, I once had a problem with The Joy of Cooking. The problem
was I couldn't get to the end of the book after I'd pasted it in my
BrailleNote. Also I think the pagination for this book may have been screwy.
Mind you, maybe that's because the print pages had so much on them that the
Braille page numbers would be at least 3 or 4 to 1 print page. I don't know
if my observation was correct, but so it was. What you might have to do is
chop up the files into different parts to make the book manageable, much as
Braille books are separated into volumes. You might have to do that for this
one. Create different documents calling them 2009 Writers Guide vol. 1, etc.
Hope this helps. I hope Bookshare will let you do that. Regards, Kim
Friedman.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Favor - Book in collection I can't get to
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Hi Judy.
Ok, I was able to open the .brf file in Kurzweil.
On my system the book appears to have 1017 pages, which is quite a monster.
And just briefly looking at the file, it appears that you would want the
daisy format if possible because of the many websites cited in the book.
Actually, looks like a rather boring book, but different folks ... . *smile.
The problem seems to stem from the sheer size of the book, not bookshare's
formatting etc. But, that's just a guess.
If you can think of anything else I can do, let me know.
Bob (who's tired of this challenge <lol>) "We know the future will outlast
all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make,"
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
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From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 5:38 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Favor - Book in collection I can't get to
download
> Hi Judy.
>
> That must be some book!
>
> I downloaded it just fine, I'm lucky to have high-speed connectivity
> because the file took a long time to download. However, that's where
> my luck ran out.
>
> I couldn't open the file with ie7, firefox 3.5 or Kurzweil 10.05. In
> each case my system hung up and required a dishonorable reboot. I
> expect this has something to do with the large file-size, but have no
proof of that.
>
> I also downloaded the Braille version, and will try to open it with
> Kurzweil next.
>
> Fortunately I didn't even try getting the book with images.
>
> Hope this information helps. If I get it to open somehow I'll let you
> know.
>
> Bob (who loves a challenge, but his system doesn't).
>
> "We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of
> us will live on in the future we make,"
> Senator Edward M. Kennedy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 12:25 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Favor - Book in collection I can't get
> to download
>
>
>> Thanks, Doug! Another list member tried it, too, using IE8, and she
>> couldn't get the daisy file to work, the way I can't either. But if
>> you can, than the file can't be corrupt. Not sure what I'm going to
>> try next, but support suggested I call them next week if I can't get
>> it to work on my system. I may end up doing that.
>>
>> Judy
>>
>> Doug Maples wrote:
>>> It took me a while to find it because the 2009 in the title comes
>>> before Writer's Market. I was searching the other way around until I
>>> clicked on the link you put in. No problem downloading and opening
>>> it. Unzipping was a breeze. Everything worked like normal for me.
>>>
>>> -- Doug
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy s.
>>> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 9:49 PM
>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Favor - Book in collection I can't get to
>>> download
>>>
>>> I need I favor, if someone can help out.
>>>
>>> I've tried downloading the title "Writer's Market 2009" five times
>>> now, on three different days. I've used Firefox and Seamonkey both,
>>> and tried downloading all three types of downloads it's available
>>> in: the DAISY file, the Daisy with images file and the brf file.
>>> I'm using a dial-up link, and this is a fairly large book, so it's
>>> slow, but I download tons of stuff regularly and don't have
>>> problems.
>>>
>>> My browsers say that that all the zips download successfully, but I
>>> know they haven't as the finished zip file size is anywhere from
>>> 200K to 800K smaller than it should be. When I test the zip file,
>>> or try to open it, both winzip and 7zip say that it isn't a valid
>>> archive.
>>>
>>> I contacted support, and support sent me back an email right away
>>> that said they tested it and can open the zip without any trouble.
>>>
>>> If someone could download and then open the DAISY version of this
>>> for me, to see if a member can get it to work correctly, and then
>>> let me know the results, I'd be really grateful. Here's the link:
>>>
>>> http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106316/2009%2BWriter%2527s%2BMa
>>> rket%25C
>>> 2%25AE%20?
>>>
>>> Judy s.
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