[bookport] Re: Bookshare formats
- From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:05:50 -0500
Lois,
Just got back and am catching up with mail so firgive me if this has
already been addressed. First, Everything you download from Bookshare must
be unpacked. When transferring a daisy book you need only send either the
.opf or .ncc file, I can't remember which it is with those books. Anyway,
if you send only that file, the transfer software will take care of
everything. Be advised it may take considerably longer to transfer a daisy
book than a .brf file. I've found there usually isn't much to be gained
with most of the book share daisy books so I usually use the .brf files.
They're smaller but you might have to deal with some braille translation
anomalies. The O'riley books which are usually technical in nature make
better use of the daisy system and you can easily navigate from chapter to
chapter. The book port commands work well with these and you'll find they
are only available in daisy. Hope this helps. Happy holidays. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lois Goodine" <al419@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 5:00 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Bookshare formats
> Jackie.
> Thanks for your response to my query about downloading which formats from
> Bookshare. Yes, brf files are translated by the bookport. I have been
> downloading from web braille for a couple of weeks now. (listen to the
voice of
> experience here! HEHEHOHOHAHAHA!) I just wasn't sure how much I needed
to do
> for a Daisy book from Bookshare, and which format would give me greater
> navigation features. So my first time, I downloaded two books in daisy
format.
> I wasn't sure I didn't need to unpack the books, so I did. That put four
files
> in my folder for each book. If I don't unpack first, that is before
sending it
> to the bookport, will it all come in one file, or will I still have four
> separate files in the computer? Doesn't matter I guess. Just trying to
> determine the best way to do things. Thanks again.
> Lois
>
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