It doesn't work very well.
What about using the Spyder? Wouldn't that work? The BookPort Spyder is on the start menu under the programs for the BookPort transfer software.
On 9/16/06, Sandy Licht <slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Did you have fun downloading The Scottish Chiefs? I would not do that again on a bet! I think you can now download the complete text all at once from Gutenburg.
Here's the inside joke. With some books in HTML, you have to download the book a chapter at a time, pasting the chapters into a word processor document. I sort of recommended the Scottish Chiefs to Michael. That book is close to 70 chapters long! I DID warn him, though. It gives a whole new meaning to the word, "tedious".
At 01:04 PM 9/16/2006, Michael Bowman-Jones wrote: >Greetings Walt and List, >Well, turns out it didn't work--all I got was the Table of Contents >page. It does make me wonder though if a book could be transferred >by chapter, which could be real tedious if the volume has 60-70 >chapters in it. I know this will bring a laugh out of a certain >list participant out there--I was messing around with The Scottish Chiefs. > >Michael > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx> >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:05 AM >Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting books for my BP > > >>If you use JAWS, press JAWS Key (INSERT)+T to see what's happening. I didn't >>realize you could download directly to the BP, but I've never fiddled around >>with Book Port Spider, either. >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Bowman-Jones" >><mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:04 AM >>Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting books for my BP >> >> >>Hi, David and List. >> >>Here's a follow-up to Chase's question. Once a book has been found and the >>download is attempted, is there a way to monitor or check the ongoing >>status? (I did not see such in the manual but I could have missed it.) As >>a "newbie" so to speak, just for grins I went to the .edu link listed in >>Walt's previous message and found a book to download. Alt-f did nothing for >>me option-wise, so I tried the Applications menu, which offered up the BP >>Spider. Even as we speak, the unit seems to be doing something, as I get an >>eight-note tune every so often. (I was expecting a beep more than a tune.) >>Given that I am not sure what's happening, I am just letting it do its >>thing. Is what I describe supposed to be happening? (If not, I guess I >>will have to go back to the manual and do some more re-reading.) >> >>Thanks in advance to whomever lends their expertise; it is highly >>appreciated. >> >>God Bless you all and have a great day. >>Michael >> >> >> >>__________ NOD32 1.1758 (20060915) Information __________ >> >>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>http://www.eset.com >> > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 9/15/2006
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