[blindkid] BookShare Access on Braille Notes

[Maurice Sloane]

As you are all aware from recent posts to the BrailleNote List,
BookShare is migrating their library to a new Web site. As part of the
changes, they are now supporting a more general file encryption format
for their compressed books.



The internal format of the books remain the same. The only difference is
the way they zip the files for download. The new format is .bks2 or
.zip.



The new BookShare site is now launched, but Bookshare's old site will
remain up for some months until manufacturers finalize their transition.
During the transition period Braillenote users with version 7.5 or older
should be able to access their service as usual.  We will provide
additional information later this week.



People may use the new BookShare site from their PC and unpack the files
in the PC.  The unpacked books can then be read in the BrailleNote as
usual.



Support for the new BookShare bks2 or .zip books will be included in the
next KeySoft release. This upgrade is for mPower and PK machines.



Support for the new BookShare unpack will not be provided for the
Classic machines.  As previously advised, KeySoft 7.5 was the last
release for these units. Classic users with version 7.5 will be able to
read any of the new BookShare books. However, the new book un-packing
would need to be done in the PC.



If you are a BrailleNote user and you require assistance to access the
old BookShare site during the transition period, we would ask that you
direct your support requests to support at humanware.com and our US based
technical support team will attend to your query.



We will provide further information on the next KeySoft release in the
coming weeks.





Thank you.





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Maurice Sloane

HumanWare NZ



Direct Dial +64 3 940 2223

Mobile: +64 21 528 374

Email: maurice.sloane at humanware.com
<mailto:maurice.sloane at humanware.com>

Website: www.humanware.com
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