[bookport] Re: .brf or Daisy

  • From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 07:47:00 -0500

When downloading a periodical, it is definitely better to get the Daisy
version.  That way, you get navigation points from article to article. 
Same thing with the Oreilley books.  The rest of the material in the
collection, however, is not very structured, and it is much better to do
the brf version because it is smaller and faster to download.  Plus, you
can queue brf books.  This makes for a really cool way to associate your
.bks extension with the unpack tool.  When you download, tell Internet
Explorer to always open bks files.  Then, you don't have to tell IE
where to store it.  IE just opens the unpack tool as soon as you click
the link.  Next, when the unpack tool asks you to open the book, do it,
and the Book Port transfer tool will queue it up so the next time you
connect, all those brf books are ready to transfer.


>>> pietruk@xxxxxxxxx Friday, February 18, 2005 6:31:02 AM >>>
When downloading a BookShare book or newspaper for reading on the Book

Port, is one better off downloading the .brf Braille Grade 2 or Daisy 
version?
Or is it 6 of one and a half dozen of the other?
Curious as to the pros and cons.

         Mike




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