[bookport] Re: Downloading NLS web braille magazines
- From: "Dale Lieser" <drlieser@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:13:27 -0600
Pete:
I've asked about the same thing--downloading multiple volumes with Book Port
Spyder. The folks at APH advised that Spyder would not do that. I don't have
an explanation, but just wanted you to know I, too, have considered the
situation you mentioned.
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: "ptorpey" <ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 9:19 PM
Subject: [bookport] Downloading NLS web braille magazines
> In the past when I've downloaded web braile magazines from NLS, I've
> always gone to the appropriate web page for the particular magazine and
> individually downloaded each volume of each issue to the Bookport.
> I thought this might be more simple by using Bookport Spyder. What I
> tried to do was find the page for a particular magazine, and using
> Spyder, highlight the volumes and issues (from beginning to end as with
> Spyder) and download all sections at once.
>
> This did not seem to work. After I pressed "Go" in Bookport Spyder, the
> login screen for NLS came up and I hit enter. Then IE asked if I wanted
> to open or save the first volume of the first issue (i.e., top of the
> list in Spyder). I selected "save", and the Bookport Spyder program
> made beeping sounds as if the volume were saved, but nothing showed up
> either on the Bookport or the Bookport folders list inside of Bookport
> Transfer. After this first section was "saved" (who knows where?), the
> Bookport Spyder program stopped.
>
> Is this something I should be able to do with the Bookport Spyder
> program or is the login screen from NLS messing this up? It sure would
> be nice if I could download several volumes/issues of these braille
> magazines at once (especially since so many of the magazines come in
> several volumes just for one issue!).
>
> This would also be a useful feature for downloading regular web braille
> books from NLS since most books come in multiple volumes and there are
> all the links waiting right there on the page waiting to be transferred!
>
> Thanks for any suggestions / help.
>
>
> -- Pete
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