[bookport] Re: New York Times on Bookshare
- From: Robert Carter <r-carter@xxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:28:41 -0500
Hi All,
Larry is not kidding. When you use the daisy version of the New York Times
and USA Today, you can jump from article to article using the nine key
while the Book Port is reading. It is the closes that I have ever come to
being able to browse a newspaper. It is very cool!
Robert Carter
At 12:21 PM 8/17/2004, you wrote:
>You can convert your books to text, but there are some real advantages of =
>sending them as a DTB, mainly additional navigation, and, as Rob mentions, =
>you need Book Wizard to do that. It should have been installed by =
>default.
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><<< rmeredith@xxxxxxx 8/17 8:26a >>>
>Book Wizard Reader is not optional if you plan to send Digital Talking =3D
>Books.
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> >>> eddie.montanez@xxxxxxxxxxx 08/16/04 09:49PM >>>
>Hi Larry,
>
>When I tried sending the new york time .opf file, I got the following
>message.
>Book Port Transfer
>Unable to send Digital Talking Books.
>Book Wizard Reader is not installed.
>OK Cancel
>Dump question but do I really have to install the Book Wizard Reader? I
>never really used it before. I normally would convert my books into text
>form and send it to the book port.
>Eddie
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
>Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 10:56 AM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
>Subject: [bookport] Re: New York Times on Bookshare
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>No, you just send the .opf file.
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> >>> r-carter@xxxxxxx Monday, August 16, 2004 10:51:19 AM >>>
>Hi,
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>When you download the New York Times in daisy format from Bookshare, =3D3D
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>Thanks,
>
>Robert Carter
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>At 09:30 AM 8/16/2004, you wrote:
> >These are actually cooler in Daisy format. With Daisy, you can jump from =
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> > >>> r-carter@xxxxxxx Monday, August 16, 2004 10:26:28 AM >>>
> >Hi,
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> >It is very cool that Bookshare is now offering some newspapers like the =
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> >Does anybody have any creative suggestions that I haven't thought of yet?
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> >Robert Carter
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