[bksvol-discuss] Re: ot reading bookshare books with a braille display

Lynn, I'm embarrassed to ask this question because I have a feeling it's something I should have known a long time ago, but can you tell me exactly what I need to do when reading a book in order to find my place when I go back to the book. I find that the command function doesn't work either when I put in a word or try to get it to find particular page numbers. I have a feeling there is something I need to know about placemarks. This is why I love the BrailleNote; it picks up where you left off, and if not you can use the find command even in the Book Reader application. TIA. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn I" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Hi Jill,

I'm not sure if this will be helpful or not ...  but here is how I read
Bookshare books on my Braille display.

I download the book in DAISY format.  When I unpack the book, I use the
option available on Bookshare for an HTML version of the book.  I believe
it's designed so that those without Victor Soft, FS Reader, and other such
applications can read them.
After I unpack the book, I highlight the HTML file, open it, and do a "Save as". From there, I save the file in text format. However, you can, if you 
choose, just read the HTML file, itself.
You should be able to read it in Grade I or Grade II Braille, whatever your 
Braille Display is currently set to read in.
I don't use the BRF files because it hasn't been necessary. I know you can 
unpack books directly into Kurzweil or OpenBook.  There are many ways to
accomplish the same objective. This is just what I do, and it works for me. 

hth

Lynn
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:05 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] ot reading bookshare books with a braille display 


If anyone unpacks books on their computer to read with a braille display,
can you please tell me what application I should be in to read the book. I
am getting an error message on opening the book but the statement that the
unpack was successful. I am in MS Word and when I highlight the book I get a 
"file conversion" message and then information about Eastern European,
Chinese etc. Thanks to anyone who can help me with this. Jill

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