[bookshare-discuss] Re: new Mack Bolan submission
- From: "Duane Iverson" <diverson@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 14:10:08 -0600
Ah DOS!
would that it were possible to. . .
but it's not.
You can't use a zip utility such as winzip or pk-zip to unpack
bookshare books.
There are two ways to unpack books.
1, have a newer version of either Arkenstone open book or
Kurzweil. These programs have built in facilities for unpacking
bookshare books. You can select the file from the file-list
within the program and openbook or Kurzweil will unpack the book
so you can read it.
If you use one of these programs, you should open the book then
save in *.ark or *.kes format. an *.ark file is one created by
openbook and a *.kes file is created by Kurzweil.
The second way is the method I use.
On the sight, there is the bookshare unpack utility.
You can download the program, install the program, and use it to
unpack books.
Decide in what folder you will put your downloaded books and
where you want the "unpacked" books to reside. Once you do you
can use the unpacker to create files of the books.
The unpacker creates DASI files. Each book contains about half
a dozen files one of which is text and the rest have purposes
which someone who understands DASI could explain to you.. If
you have a DASI reader, you can use the files directly. The
unpacker also gives you the option of creating an HTML file of
the book. If you let it make an HTML file you can read the book
using MS-Word or Internet Explorer.
Both openbook and Kurzweil, at least Openbook 6 and above and
kurzweil 8 and above can read DASI books.
Bookshare also has a DASI reader on the sight called Victor
Reader Soft which can read DASI books.
I have used the Victor Reader in the past, but prefer my
Openbook 6 to read DASI books.
Victor Reader has its own synthesized Voice, but Me and Mr.
Dectalk have been good friends for many years now.
All the best and welcome.
Sincerely Yours,
Duane Iverson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Penny Golden" <goldpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 1:06 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: new Mack Bolan submission
> Greetings.
>
> I just joined the list, though I am not yet a member of
bookshare.
>
> I was 18 years a dos user with apple before that. So I'm a
recent
> user of windows--xp with window eyes.
>
> One observation and one question:
> I have noticed that the braille-note m-power gives me a little
> different information than my pc does: windows xp with
window-eyes 5.
> I found that the pc gives me lots more to read; the m-power is
a
> little more truncated and brief.
>
> Question: I was a fairly savvy dos user with zip files and
such at
> my command either in a utilities file or on the main drive.
How do I
> find a zip file now? Does xp have one or am I forced to find
it elsewhere?
> Where do I want it? Do I make a folder on the hard drive for
my
> upcoming down-loaded books from book share? And do I put the
zip
> utility in it? Or do I just magically invoke a unzip command,
> leaving the zip utility where it is--or where it presumably
is.
>
> Remember, I'm rather a simple soul. My degree is not in
computer
> science. You might call me a true nerd.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Penny
>
>
>
>
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