[Dtb-talk] Instructions for downloading an NLS Digital Talking Booknumbered (2).doc
Burke, Dan (DSS)
burke at mso.umt.edu
Thu Nov 6 21:00:09 UTC 2008
Fred,
I won't jeer at your list at all. In terms of explaining this process
to those among us who have less computer experience , it's a pretty
solid list. I might do a step or two slightly differently, such as
Windows E to go directly to Windows Explorer instead of the Desktop, but
that's all. And that might save two steps overall.
If anything, there are still a couple of items on your list that might
need to be broken down even further for some novice users. Some folks
just need it to be that basic when they are getting deeper into the
workings of a PC, as in this case motivated by the availability of
downloadable digital NLS books.
This thread has been useful to me in that I guess it's time to try the
latest version of the companion software, which sounds like it's more
user-friendly for some folks.
Dan
Daniel J. Burke
Assistant Director/Coordinator
Disability Services for Students
Emma B. Lommasson 154
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812
www.umt.edu/dss/
406.243.2243 voice/text
406.243.4424 direct line
406.243.5330 fax
-----Original Message-----
From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Fred Wurtzel
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:30 AM
To: 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'
Subject: [Dtb-talk] Instructions for downloading an NLS Digital Talking
Booknumbered (2).doc
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
_____
"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.
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