[Dtb-talk] Instructions for downloading an NLS Digital Talking Book numbered (2).doc

Thu Nov 6 16:30:10 UTC 2008

Hello,

Here is the document that I wrote. Please understand that I did not prepare
this for publication, so it is far from perfect. I apologize for sending to
the list this way, butthe attachment I sent earlier was not usable for some
reason.

Please be gentle on me for my errors, I have a tender spirit and may melt
into my chair like so much chocolate in the sunshine. What a mess that would
be. (smile)

Warm Regards,

Fred 
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"Steps for downloading an NLS Digital Talking Book

Version 1.2 

By Fred J. Wurtzel

1)  Open Internet Explorer

2)  Assuming you have saved the NLS download site in favorites, Press the
alt key, Press the a key , Press up arrow until you hear the nls download
site

3)  Press enter

4)  Tab to link that says enter NLS download site

5)  Log in if necessary.

6)  You may choose to search for a book by author, title, subject, keyword
or search for a magazine.

7)  If you choose author, title or subject, there is a combo box containing
the various choices.  For instance, the author combo box contains the
alphabet.

8)  Tab to the combo box and Press enter.  This opens the combo box.  Use
the down arrow key to move down the list to the desired choice.  For
instance, if you were searching for an author named Mark Twain, you would
arrow down until you reach the t.  Alternatively, you may simply press t and
immediately jump to the t.  This works the same for title or subject.

9)  Once you are on the desired choice, You must then tab to the   go button
and press enter.

10)                    There will be a notation on the top of the page
saying that the page is displaying items x through xx of xxx items.

11)                    Some Choices, like "x", will only have a few items.
Some, like "mystery," will have a lot of items.  When there are a lot of
choices, there will be multiple pages of titles.  

12)                    You can estimate which page is likely to contain your
choice.  The choices will be:

13)                    First page

14)                    Middle page

15)                    Last page

16)                    The number of pages will depend on the number of
items.  The more items the more pages.

17)                    To find your choice on the list, there are a number
of ways of moving through the list.

18)                    In Window Eyes You may press control shift f (control
f for jaws) and type in the title and press enter.  This should take you
directly to the item.  You could also search for the author name.  The page
is divided by headings. Heading level 4 is the title.  In the author search,
Heading level 3 is author.  

19)                    By pressing the letter h you will move down the list
by heading.  Windoweyes allows the user to type a number before the h.  So
by typing "3h you will move by author.  In the title search there are no 3
level headings, so simply pressing h will move from title to title.

20)                    You may also choose to use the page down key to move
down the list.  If you think the item is nearer the end, you can pres
control end and then use the shift h to move up the list from the end toward
the beginning.

21)                    You may also press the tab key to move from download
button to download button.  In this case you must use the up arrow if you
wish to review book details, since the download button is the last item for
each book listing.

22)                    Once you have found the item you want, you can press
the tab key to get to the download button.  You may also use the up or down
arrow to navigate to the download button  The download button will announce
the name and book number of the item.  The download button immediately
follows the annotation.

23)                    When you are on the preferred download button  press
the enter key.

24)                    When you press the download button, a dialog box will
open.  Use the up arrow key to move to the download choice.  The other
choices are cancel and open.  Normally, you will not want to select either
of these choices.

25)                    After pressing enter on download, an edit box will
open.  You will enter the path and file name of the item you want to
download.  I recommend using a short form of the item name.  For instance if
it was Huckleberry Finn, you may want to simply type c:\nls\huck, if you
have a folder for downloads called NLS on your c drive. 

26)                    Press enter or tab to the save button and press
enter.

27)                    The download will begin.  This will take around 20
minutes. Depending on the size of the book.

28)                    After the book is downloaded, go to the desktop by
pressing windows key and D simultaneously.

29)                    Then press the m key until you get to My Computer

30)                    Press the space bar on the c:\ drive then press enter

31)                    Press the n key until you hear NLS

32)                    Press Enter

33)                    Using the arrow keys or the first letter of the item
name move to the item that you downloaded.  For example, press "h" for huck.

34)                    Press the applications key

35)                    Arrow down to extract files

36)                    Press enter twice to accept default folder name.

37)                    Extraction will take a couple minutes.

38)                    You will now have 2 items with the same book.  One
will be the zipped file that you downloaded and the other will be a folder
containing the extracted book.  The extracted book folder should but may
not,  have a different name than the zipped  file.  For example the Huck
file will change to huckleberry Finn or something similar, if you gave the
download file a different name.

39)                    Move to the folder containing the extracted file

40)                    Copy the item to the clipboard by pressing the
control key and the letter c at the same time.  Your computer should say
copied to clipboard

41)                    Now press windows D to return to the desk top.

42)                    Now, connect the Victor reader to the computer with
the long u s b cable

43)                    Be sure the SD card is in the Victor Stream.

44)                    Turn the Victor Stream on.  You should hear an
ascending tone from your computer to verify the connection.  press the m key
until you hear My Computer.  Press enter.

45)                    Press the down arrow key to removable disk.  There
may be more than one removable disk.  It may be necessary to explore to
determine which one is the Victor.

46)                    Press the enter key

47)                    Press the down or up arrows until you get to the DTB
or Talking book folder.

48)                    Press enter.

49)                    Now, press control V to paste the book into the
Victor Stream.  Again, this will take several minutes to copy.

50)                    Turn off the Victor reader

51)                    Disconnect the cable

52)                    Turn on the Victor Reader

53)                    On the Victor Stream, Press the number 1 key to move
to the Talking book bookshelf.

54)                    Press the 4 or 6 key to navigate to the desired book.

55)                    Press the play key and the book should begin.  You
may press the 4 or 6 keys to skip to the desired beginning point of the
book.