[bksvol-discuss] Re: downloading a book using a pac mate omni
- From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:08:58 -0800
Here Estin.
Accessing Bookshare.org Books on the PAC Mate
On January 11, 2009, Bookshare.org changed the way books are searched,
downloaded, and formatted. Bookshare.org material is no longer distributed
in the BKS format. Instead, books are compressed and encrypted using the
popular ZIP format which can be opened on most computers. This means you can
no longer use the Bookshare Unpack Utility to open Bookshare.org books onto
your PAC Mate.
In order to continue downloading and unzipping Bookshare.org books directly
on your PAC Mate, you can download a third-party file-management utility
called Total Commander. This free utility allows you to open the encrypted
books from Bookshare.org. The following sections provide step-by-step
instructions for downloading and installing Total Commander as well as using
the program to unzip Bookshare.org books.
Downloading and Installing Total Commander
To download and install Total Commander, do the following:
1.. Download Total Commander version 2.51 and save the tcmdpocketarm.cab
file to a folder on your computer that you can easily remember. You might
choose to save it on the desktop, which is the Windows default.
2.. Locate the file and transfer it to your PAC Mate. You can choose to
copy it to a storage card or to main memory, such as the My Documents
folder.
3.. On your PAC Mate, navigate to the file and press ENTER to begin the
installation. If a storage card is inserted, you are asked if you want to
install to the device or the storage card. Use the arrow keys to make your
selection and press F1 (F1+F2) to continue with the install to the selected
location.
4.. After the installation completes, a confirmation message appears
informing you that Total Commander was successfully installed. Press the
CLOSE button (ESC) (F1) to close it.
Downloading and Unzipping a Bookshare.org Book using Total Commander
To unzip a book downloaded from Bookshare.org directly on your PAC Mate
using Total Commander, do the following:
1.. Login to Bookshare.org and locate the book you want to download. Press
ENTER on the appropriate link to download the book in DAISY or BRF format. A
Download dialog box opens.
Note: Since DAISY books consist of several files, it is suggested that you
create a folder in the location where you will be unzipping your books, such
as your storage card. Use the title of the book as the folder name and
choose this folder when unzipping the book.
2.. Make sure the Open file after download check box is checked then
choose Yes to save the ZIP file in My Documents. Choose Change if you want
to save to a different folder.
3.. After several seconds, depending on the size of the book, Total
Commander automatically launches and places you in a list of the files in
the ZIP archive. If the book is in DAISY format, the archive will contain
several files. Press CTRL+A (E CHORD, A) to select all. Otherwise, if you
chose BRF format, the BRF file is already selected.
4.. Press ALT (F2), select File, then choose Copy/Move to select the
folder where you want to extract the book. When this dialog box opens,
select the Tree button then use the arrow keys to select a folder from the
tree view and press F1 (F1+F2). You can also manually type the folder path
instead of using the tree view if you prefer.
5.. Once you have finished selecting a folder, press F1 (F1+F2) and you
are prompted to enter a password. Type your Bookshare.org member password,
then choose OK to extract the book. Once the book is unzipped, you are
returned to the list of files in the ZIP archive.
6.. To exit Total Commander once the book is extracted, press ALT (F2) and
select File then Exit.
Once you have unzipped the book, if you do not want to keep the original ZIP
file, you must locate it using File Explorer or Total Commander and delete
it.
Please note you can get FSReader for free now from FS's site it is called
FSReader 2.0 and it is for the pac mate if you want to load the DAISY book.
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"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti----
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Chela Robles
E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "estin" <estin@xxxxxxx>
To: "Bookshare" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:47 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] downloading a book using a pac mate omni
I have a friend and he wants to learn how to download a book off bookshare
easily.
Thanks Estin
My greatest strength is also my strongest weakness.
E-mail address <estin@xxxxxxx> or etalavera@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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