[bksvol-discuss] Re: reading a .brf book
- From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:16:55 -0700
Hi, Nancy,
I will give you the method I use to unzip the book and save it as a .brf file
which can be then read, saved to a flash drive, etc.
Once I have downloaded the book from bookshare to my computer I
Enter on the name of the .zip file.
A file with a .brf extension appears; I space to select that file.
Then I press alt and will be in the file menu.
I arrow up to the choice extract all and press enter.
Then I tab to next.
The prompt gives the option of where it will save the file but you can browse
to save it wherever you wish.
Once I have chosen the location to save I tab to the edit box for my bookshare
pasword.
I enter my pasword in that field and tab to next and press enter.
A box appears which says something like "show all files". That box should
already be checked, so I tab to finish and press enter.
This may be more detail than you want or need, but I hope it answers your
question.
Cat Lover Lori
----- Original Message -----
From: Nancy Martin
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:24 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] reading a .brf book
Hi everyone,
I downloaded several .brf books from Bookshare but can't read them.
From the context menu I choose "open with compressed zip folder". I give my
password, then I'm placed in a download situation where I'm asked if I want to
open or cancel this file. Selecting open gets me that message about Windows
doesn't know what program to use to open this kind of file. Going online to
look gets me nowhere and I can't figure out what program to choose from a list.
I was under the impression that all I needed was a braille display but no
special software. Besides that, I thought the book was already downloaded.
Why am I shown a download box? I'd appreciate any help from anyone who uses
this format and a braille display.
thanks much,
Nancy Martin
Oklahoma
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