[bksvol-discuss] Re: ot reading bookshare books with a braille display
- From: "Lynn I" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:59:54 -0500
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>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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