You'll love it Shelley! Susan -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 12:55 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T got a VR stream and have questions Hi Ann and Everyone, Thank you for the help with the VR Stream and its voice changes, smile, things are working so much better now, and just signed up for the Digital Talking Book program. Will see how that goes. Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs for the Blind Alumni Association www.guidedogs.com Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. -Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th president (1890-1969) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:58 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T got a VR stream and have questions > Hi all > > Shellie, > > You put the DAISY books from bookshare in the $VRdtb folder. If you got > the braille copy, you put that in $vrtext > > As for the voices, go to the Humanware site and download the correct > version of the software with the voice you want. Yes, I'm not wild about > her or Tom. So, what I do, is I put the bookshare books into Kurzweil and > convert 'em to MP3. Now, you can't get the DAISY features, the navigation > if you do this, but the voice is a heck of a lot more pleasant. If > somebody knows of a way to convert DAISY text in Kurzweil so it retains > its ability to navigate, I'll be in your debt. However, if you're > planning to read the book all the way through, it's fine. Just put the > mp3's in a folder called by the book's name in $vrother books. > > HTH, > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > Portal Tutoring > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.portaltutoring.info > Skype: Putertutor > > "All that is gold does not glitter, > Not all those who wander are lost." > > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.