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 <mailto:llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto: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.
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