[bookport] Re: show title
- From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:31:03 -0400
Scott,
That's the difference, then. I rarely use daisy files unless they are
sufficiently marked up to allow me to use the extra navigation aids. for
the most part, I use .brf files from bookshare and they always display
correctly. Thanks for clearing that up. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Huddleson" <hudd61@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:16 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: show title
> Lou,
>
> I must also agree that the bookport is the best piece of electronics
> I've purchased in a very long time. adaptive equipment or not. I love
the
> thing.
>
> When i load Bookshare.org books onto the bookport though, if they are
> daisy files, the transfer software always shows them as "Bookshare-
> 22000,2-1" or some other such identification. I noticed this quite some
> time ago, and checking the checkbox to show titles in the option menu does
> nothing to change this. i have checked and unchecked the box to see if
this
> has changed anything, but it does not. It has no effect on my XP or my
> windows 2000 computer. The transfer software does show Braille files from
> Bookshare with the correct files though. If this is a bookport problem, i
> never stopped to think about it, if it can be fixed easily within the
> transfer software, i would appreciate it greatly. This is not a criticism
> of any one or anything, I've just noticed the same problem before. I
don't
> want Jim to start thinking he is doing something wrong. however, if I
am,
> PLEASE TELL ME!!!!!!
>
>
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 9:45 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: show title
>
>
> > Jim,
> >
> > First, I agree with you about the BP being the greatest thing going. As
> > for
> > your file name problem, I'm stumped. I always keep the "show filename
as
> > title" checked and I have no problem. The file names always display
> > correctly both in the transfer software and the unit itself. Lou
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "The Pardees" <fpardee@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "book port" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:46 PM
> > Subject: [bookport] show title
> >
> >
> >> Hi listers ,
> >> I have had my Bookport for two months and I think it is the greatest
> > piece
> >> of equipment I have ever owned.
> >>
> >> But I have one problem. I download a number of books from bookshare,
and
> >> while the title appears correctly in the Bookport it appears as a code
> >> number in the transfer software.
> >> I have read the manual and listened to Larry's podcast about the
> >> transfer
> >> software. And adapted his method of unpacking the books directly from
the
> >> Bookshare site. I have checked and unchecked the Show title as file
name
> >> box innumerable times with the Bookport connected and unconnected and
I
> >> can not get the titles to show in the folder d list.
> >> Is there a way to show the title instead of the file number in the
> > transfer
> >> program? If so how?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help,
> >>
> >> Jim P
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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