[bookshare-discuss] Re: HELP!!! I can't read books on my computer!!
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:22:32 -0400
Interesting.
I wonder if it depends on the daisy player.
I right now have the Fellowship of the Ring on my BC and can jump by
heading, page, and paragraph, sentence and word in it.
But I don't own a VR stream as of yet.
Smile. want one. maybe if Bush is generous with the refund check, smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
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More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my
limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
- Helen Keller
----- Original Message -----
From: "duane iverson" <diverson@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 10:15 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: HELP!!! I can't read books on my computer!!
Actually the book I chose to play with was Eats, Shoots, and Leaves.
Guess where I heard about that book?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:18 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: HELP!!! I can't read books on my computer!!
> Random thought, did you um, download and use a Publisher quality book?
>
> Smile.
>
> I know in my Book Courier, the non publisher quality books you can jump by
> page, heading preface and the like.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
> and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my
> limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
> - Helen Keller
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "duane iverson" <diverson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 5:30 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: HELP!!! I can't read books on my
> computer!!
>
>
> Thanks! This was a marvelous link.
> I haven't had the bookshare unpack tool on my computer for two years as I
> bought
> Kurzweil about the same time I upgraded from Windows 98 to XP and a new
> computer. My 98 machine crashed-and-burned with no survivors which finally
> forced the upgrade.
> I recently bought a Victor Reader Stream and was asked to see if bookshare
> books
> would play on the stream. So. With Daryl's help I unpacked a bookshare
> book,
> made a folder in my $dtb folder and copied the book there. The book reads
> just
> fine, but there seems to be no heading and other information in the book.
> Using
> the 4 and 6 keys jumps me either to the beginning or the end of the book.
> At
> that rate I might just as well unpack the book in Kurzweil and save and
> copy
> as
> a *.txt file.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:26 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: HELP!!! I can't read books on my
> computer!!
>
>
>> Hello Joe,
>>
>> Please take a look at the following link:
>>
>> http://www.shandrow.com/tutorials/bookshare.html
>>
>> I think you might just find that tutorial helpful. :-)
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jo Taliaferro" <soaringeagle7@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 7:11 AM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: HELP!!! I can't read books on my
>> computer!!
>>
>>
>> Hello all,I've been sort of lax in keeping up with the bookshare
>> happenings
>> but...I tried to download and unpack a book the other day, "old Possum's
>> book
>> of Practical Cats". I downloaded the book, saved it in my eBooks folder
>> and
>> then unpacked it. I got the book with the extensions at the end of the
>> title,
>> cmx, opt and sml. I can't find anything that tells me what these file
>> extensions stand for nor can I get the book to play in Windows Media
>> Player.
>> I dislike the Victor Reader software voice. What can I do so as not to
>> have
>> to listen to the book online? I have considered disabling my wireless
>> capability to see if that would help. I'd love some feedback. Thanks to
>> you
>> all.
>>
>>
>> Jo Taliaferro
>> Encouraging others to live as solution-seekers
>>
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