Gerald, I validate with MS Word, not wordpad. I don't knoow what version of Windows XP I have, but I have verizon.com DSL with MSN. I have Microsoft Office, and Word says 2006. I have notepad, Windows Media Player, a lot of stuff I can't use. I had to use Jaws 7.0 professioonal because Dell goofed and sent the media center. But my fille says Microsoft Word at the top, so I am using it. And remember, I am a braille only user, so I have a Powerbraille 40 refreshable braille display. I also have DVD, Adobe Acrobat. Reall player. What else do you need to know? <grin> I am very frustrated because I have tried and tried and tried some more to get this file up because I validated it by reading it and correcting. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 6:04 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sue, I don't mean to be picking on you,but you still didn't provide much info. You didn't mention which version of XP you're running, and if JAWS is the only software you have installed, then are you validating your books in WordPad? You no doubt have other software which came on your laptop, probably either Word Perfect since it came from Dell, or MS Word since I believe that's what you've been using in the past. The reason I'm bringing up this oversight is that Dell probably loaded McAfee or Norton on your laptop and both have versions which come with a firewall. XP Pro also comes with a firewall, and I believe XP Home does as well, but I'm not sure if it's normally installed. That's why I suggest you talk to either Dell or get someone there to help you. Dell should have a record of how they configured the laptop, and someone there could look on your laptop to see what you have. Trying to talk you through this via e-mail would be impractical, if not impossible. Sorry I couldn't be more help other than to suggest checking to see if a firewall is causing the problem. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of siss52 Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:08 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Hi Gerald, I have Windows XP and Jaws 7.0. John said he had no problem uploading Hello Darkness, and what I am wondering is this. If it is Firewall, would I also have trouble downloading books? And how would Firewall be listed on my computer? Thanks, Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 11:55 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sue, There's not much info to go on here. All you mentioned was that you have a new laptop from Dell and are using DSL, nothing about which operating system you're using or what software is installed on it and how that differs from your tower from Gateway. I'm guessing though that since it's new that it may have a firewall. If so, then it's possible that the firewall may be preventing you from uploading. You should probably get someone you know or the customer support from Dell to check to see if you have one and help disable it long enough for you to retry uploading if you do happen to have one. It sounds like though from your mention of the error Not a Valid RTF File that the file may be uploading but the Bookshare tools are having problems processing it. Because John helped you though with Hello Darkness, I doubt that's the case if he didn't say anything about a bad file, so I'd try the firewall to see if it's interfering with the upload. Without more info, I don't know anything else to suggest. HTH Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of siss52 Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:21 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Hi Prat, Yes, that does help me understand John's job. I wasn't using my head, if I have one. <grin> Speaking of John, he suggested that I post a problem I have in uploading books for admin approval. I have a Dell Notebook and cannot seem to upload books after validating them. I do the usual, limiting the filename to 8 letters or less, I tried zipping it, I deleted my cookies and did the space delete trick, and still cannot upload a book which is not large enough to be a problem. I recently changed from dial-up on a Gateway Tower to DSL on this laptop. The error messages I get run from none to things like problem copying the file, not a valid RTF file, and it just sits on accept until the page expires. I have tried browsing for the path as well. I enjoy validating if the book is interesting. Any ideas about why I would be having problems on this laptop when I had none on the Gateway Tower? Thanks. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 12:12 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sue, I am sure Bookshare has no objection to John approving books if time permits. John, however, has taken over support duties that take up an incredible amount of time. In other words, if you recall the duties that Peter performed when he worked with Bookshare, John is performing similar duties and has responsibilities that force him to focus on answering user inquiries in a timely manner. Not only does John focus on answering technical questions on this list, but he is responsible for answering all questions that come to him at support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx With Bookshare's growing focus on University memberships and student members, I am certain that John's time is well-spent on areas where he excels a great deal. HTH. Pratik -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of siss52 Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 11:39 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List I should think Gustavo could let John Glass help approve books since he is right there in Palo Alto and is the customer support manager. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:22 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Wow!! So many new books have been submitted from, I assume, commercial sources, and you volunteers have been so busy (I say you, because I'm slower and still working on one long but fascinating one) that there are approcxiamtely 275 books waiting for admin approval. If only someone could help Gustavo with that project. And 350 awaiting validation. And, for those of you who like statistics, 143 on the rejected list. Some of those look really good; the one on the top would be good to have for Christmas. Mabe some of you who like to scan could scan some of the rejected books. Jake, is there any way to tell when those books were rejected? If they were rejected some time ago and haven't been rescanned, then that would support my argument that having someone like me validate and fix it, even if it takes a while, would be better than outright rejection. Cindy --- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > Gustavo kindly sent me a copy of today's new > Marissa's List, which is available at: > > http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/ml.asp > > Enjoy, > Jake __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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