[bookport] Re: net library or CNIB e-braille files
- From: CLKennedy <chowe641@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:32:34 -0400
Hi Everyone,
I know about web braille, but what is CNIB? And do you know of other places
from which to download books, whether txt, braille, etc? I know of book share
and have used audible.com files. Just wondering if anyone has any other
suggestions.
Thanks,
C. L. Kennedy, www.lulu.com/KennedyPoems
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: James Nuttall <jnuttallphd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:15:23 -0700 (PDT)
>Subject: [bookport] Re: net library or CNIB e-braille files
>Where do I find command prompt.
>JIm
>Kevin Jones <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w\:*
>{behavior:url(#default#VML);}.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
>You can combine 2 files easily on the command line.
>Go to the command prompt and type
>Type file1 >> file2
>Works nicely.
>---------------------------------
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of David Bennett
>Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 3:43 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] Re: net library or CNIB e-braille files
>I've been consolidating volumes of Braille from Web Braille into single units
>for a long time. The method I use is a bit tedious, and there may be better
>means of accomplishing this, and I'd like to hear about them.
>Here's what I do. Assuming that you have a two-volume book, I open the second
>volume using NotePad, edit out the title page and other extraneous stuff, then
>copy the remaining data to the clipboard. Finally, I open the book's first
>volume, go to the end of that file, and paste in the material from the
>clipboard. I've never found a faster way of doing it, but it works and
>actually doesn't take more than a minute or so per volume. I just performed
>this action on Gone With the Wind and Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy
>yesterday, both of which are quite large. For the two books it took about
>twenty minutes, but there were more than twenty volumes involved all told.
>David Bennett
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Tyler Wood
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 2:14 PM
>Subject: [bookport] net library or CNIB e-braille files
>hi list,
>I am quite new to the bookport and am wondering if there is a way of making
>multiple files into one. (I mean, I download e-braille books from the CNIB,
>and they are mostly 6 or more files that you must download). Is it still
>possible to go by page, word, etc etc, even if there are multiple files?
>Iether then that I am thoughrely enjoying the unit. It is small, portable, and
>able to go anywhere with you weather it be in your pocket or just in the palm
>of your hand. Not to mension, I love to read.
>best regards,
>- Tyler
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