[bksvol-discuss] Re: Accessing bookshare books using Kurzweil
- From: "Bob W" <rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:19:03 -0500
Believe it or not, I went for six months typing the password six times for each
book. So, I guess that's not so strange.
Larry's method works fine. But, I like to see the newest books, the short
synopsis, and anything else from the bookshare site. So, I do things
differently.
I am using windows xp sp3, internet explorer 8 and kurzweil v12.
I'll give general instructions, and if you need more detailed help, just ask.
Go to a book on the bookshare website which you want to download, and choose
"download in daisy".
Save the book somewhere on your hard drive. I save mine in the books folder of
"Kurzweil educational systems". After you've saved all the books you want,
close the website.
Go to the "my documents" section of your computer, find the "kurzweil education
systems" then find the books section under that.
Find the first book you just downloaded. It should have a .zip extension. Since
you don't want it to have a .zip extension, you need to extract all the files
in to a regular folder. It's usually easiest if you leave the folder in the
"kurzweil educational system \ books" folder.
There are several ways to extract files from a .zip file. I prefer the
extraction tools that comes with windows. If you need help with this let me
know. Nonetheless, whichever method you choose you should have to enter the
password once.
Once the files have been successfully extracted, delete your original .zip
file. It's no longer needed.
Now open Kurzweil, and find your book in the books folder. Open the .opf
file,You should not have to enter any passwords.
To save the book as a .kes file, go to the file menu, arrow down to "save as"
and press enter.
Leave the filename alone, tab once to the file type which should be daisy. Down
arrow twice to .kes and press enter.
That's it.
Questions? Let me know.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Lumpkin
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 9:14 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accessing bookshare books using Kurzweil
Kurzweil has an online menu accessed by alt-n from the main window. Choose
books andchoose title or author and type in the name or title. Un-check any
providers you don’t want being sure to leave bookshare checked. Choose either
daisy or brf and hit ok. You will have to enter bookshare password/id info
here and then hit ok and the book should download automaticly. When you get
the completed message, Control-o to open the book. You will get a dialog
asking if you want to open recently downloaded books. Say yes. You will have
to enter password info one last time. When the book is open, save it as a .kes
or any other format you want or just read ajnd close. It will be in the
down.lpoads folder for future reference when you want to re-open it and you
shouldn’t have to re-enter password info.
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 9:06 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Accessing bookshare books using Kurzweil
Hi everyone,
I have a question, smile.
I have a student who is a new member to Bookshare and wants a reasonable way
to access books and other printed materials.
We tried downloading and opening a Bookshare Daisy book in Kurzweil version
11.0, and it was a bit um difficult. She picked the .opf file, and typed in
the password, but then she needed to type in the password six more times to get
the book opened. Once it was opened and we reviewed bookmarks she was ol.k.
She also wanted to know how to save it as a Kurzweil book so she doesn't have
to keep typing in passwords.
What am I or my student doing wrong, is there a more efficient way to access
a daisy book using Kurzweil, does she need to update Kurzweil to find a patch
to solve the problem?
I have to be honest I use my book courier to access Bookshare books and just
recently purchased a Booksense, for the purpose so I don't use the Kurzweil
method.
CCan someone give me some pointers or suggestions on how to improve this for
my student.
I have recommended a Booksense, but I don't know if it will be purchased or
not.
We shall see.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A. CVRT
and Ludden black Labrador Guide Dog.
Diamonds may be a woman's best friend, but a dog is mine.
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