[Dtb-talk] downloading books from RFBandD

[Greg Kearney]

While we are on the subject I have been writing a Macintosh Download  
manager for RFB&D books as there seems to be no good solution for Mac  
users. Odd given the preference that dyslexics seem to show twords Macs.

Gregory Kearney
Manager - Accessible Media
Association for the Blind of Western Australia
61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia

Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202
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Email: gkearney at gmail.com

On 04/09/2009, at 5:33 AM, Burke, Dan (DSS) wrote:

> Hi Sarah,
>
> NLS books seem to download a little faster for me than do the RFBD
> books.  On our University network -- which is admittedly overtaxed  
> this
> first week of school -- it took 20 to 30 minutes yesterday to get a
> large, very large, introductory anthropology book.
>
> The other factor that slowed it down was that I have only 1 GB of  
> ram in
> my computer, so couldn't have more than one file downloaded at time
> without crashing my Download Manager.
>
> When you download and install the Download Manager, two folders are
> created in your "My Documents" folder.
>
> 	RFBD Downloads
>
> 	RFBD Media Files
>
> The actual books are found in the RFBD Media Files folder, and all you
> have to do is copy them over to the Stream.
>
> Have fun!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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 Sarah
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 12:10 PM
> To: dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] downloading books from RFBandD
>
>        Hello. I use the victor reader stream to play books from
> recording for the blind and dyslexic. approximately how long does it
> take to download a book? where are the zipped  files placed? Thank  
> you.
>    Sarah
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