[bksvol-discuss] Re: help me electronically save a good cat
- From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:25:33 -0800
Lissi, Unless you know something that I don't, why do you think Echoes won't be
approved? As a matter of fact, I have three BSO books right now that haven't
been either approved or rejected. If they still haven't been by the time I
return from Thanksgiving, I plan to contact Bookshare. Books you take from step
1 will always have xip as their extension; when unzipped they will have the RTF
or some other extension. Since I use Kurzweil 1000 to validate books, I won't
confuse you by trying to explain further. Am I mistaken or were you getting
Kurzweil?
----- Original Message -----
From: Jana Jackson
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 12:15 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: help me electronically save a good cat
Hi, Lissi! Okay, I probably shouldn't be tackling this in my current state,
as I could very easily make things worse. But I'll do my best. <Smile>
First of all, it's pretty common for a book on the Step 1 page to be in a zip
form when you download it. It's not a problem, you just have to know how to
extract (or unzip) the file to a particular folder, some place that is easy for
you to get to. I'm assuming that you've already done this, so you do have a
copy of the file. When it was unzipped, it was already an RTF file, right?
Clarify that for me, and it'll be easier for me to help you, I think. I've
written and deleted this e-mail a couple of times, so I think I'd just better
make sure I'm understanding where exactly you're getting stuck first. <Smile>
I'll probably go to sleep soon, so we may have to wait until tomorrow to
finish this anyway. E-mail me off-list at jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if you want.
If my voice is okay tomorrow, maybe we can talk on the phone. Hang in there,
you're doing great!
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: Estelnalissi
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 1:33 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] help me electronically save a good cat
Dear Everyone,
I should have gotten it by now, but after not getting the excellent scan of
Echoes approved after I validated it, I've been putting off attempting to
upload the well scanned, very nice story of a cat in medieval times, for a
week. The scan should be pleasant to read, but I'm afraid I'll do something
wrong and it will drift about, who knows where, instead of being added to the
collection. I thought the file should be named with a dot rtf before I began
the uploading process.
I Tried to copy the dot zip file I worked with to an RTF file. Every RTF
book I download appears changed to dot zip and I don't know how to stop that
from happening.
When I open the RTF file I made, Jaws says something like, "File conversion
Julian_s.rtf dialogue list box Western European(windows
Jaws is on Western European) I get western European with .dos and ..iso and
.mac and us-askee and Viet namese.something by arrowing up in that field.
If I upload that I'm afraid book share will just get pages and pages of
stuff not even written with the alphabet. I thought RTF meant a nice, easy to
read and work with text. How did I make this awful stuff appear?
Also, as I tab through this box trying to decide what to do, something I
land on makes it vanish.
Hoping someone has the patience to tackle this or knows a way to get this
book uploaded properly.
Always With Love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Petraccaro
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 9:43 PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wishlist requests
No. I mean that you install the pc equivalent software and these books
are readable. There's one other step which is that you need a very simple set
file to draw a window and read what's in that window at the press of page-up or
page-down. With Window-Eyes, that's a couple minutes work. I've already done
it and I'm very unfamiliar with set files. With JFW, it should be equally easy.
There may be talking palm pilots which would work, but I'm not familiar
with them.
Alternatively, many books on PDB are also available as PDF. I have no
idea whether these would be readable.
----- Original Message -----
From: E.
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 12:09 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wishlist requests
You mean I buy a palm pilot and then these books talk to me? How much
are
palm pilots? What else can I do with it and how would I do it with no
vision at all? Thanks for info.
E.
At 09:00 AM 11/19/2005, you wrote:
><http://www.ereader.com>www.ereader.com
>www.fictionwise.com
>I think it stands for Palm database or Palm Doc Book. It's a secure
or
>unsecure format readable via software or on such devices as Palm
Pilots.
>The software is accessible. There's a rumor going around that it's
not
>and I don't know how it got started. The unsecure formats can be
turned
>into text. I haven't had luck with the secured ones and, frankly,
since
>the software is accessible, I haven't tried that hard.
>Hope this helps.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>E.
>To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 4:15 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wishlist requests
>
>What is pdb format and where are books available in that format? I
gather
>it can be used with speech. How? I mean with what program? Thanks.
>
>Would folks please also post about other unusual formats and how you
use
>them with speech or convert to something you can read with a braille
>display. Again thanks.
>E.
>At
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