[Dtb-talk] downloading books

[Greg Kearney]

I have a Mac downloader in an AppleScript as well.

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
> Thanks. May take you up on that down the road.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] downloading books
>
>
>> Mike, or anybody else,
>>
>> I have scripts that emulate the download manager on UNIX machines if
>> you're interested.
>>
>> Basically, rfb&d decided to break up their books into small .zip files
>> (many per book).  I believe they did this to make it easy to restart a
>> failed download attempt, without needing to redownload the entire
>> book.  I'm not so sure that was necessary, but there you are.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 06:33:11PM -0800, Mike Freeman wrote:
>>>
>>> How does one "properly" install the download manager? Frankly, I
>>> just wish I could download a zipped file and handle it all myself.
>>> Oh well.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Burke, Dan (DSS)"
>>> <burke at mso.umt.edu>
>>> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:09 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] downloading books
>>>
>>>
>>> >If you are being asked to "Open" or "Save" the documents when you click
>>> >on the download link of your RFBD download page, then you haven't
>>> >properly installed the RFBD Downloader utility.  This link is at the top
>>> >of the My Downloads page.
>>> >
>>> >When you get the thing to work properly, you won't be prompted to open
>>> >or save.  It will just start to download.  But there is a trick to watch
>>> >out for.
>>> >
>>> >RFBD's Downloader creates two different folders:
>>> >
>>> >* RFBD Downloads
>>> >
>>> >And
>>> >
>>> >* RFBD Media Files
>>> >
>>> >Despite the intuitive desire to open the RFBD Downloads folder, don't
>>> >bother.  In it are lots of zipped up files that are then unzipped into
>>> >the RFBD Media files.
>>> >
>>> >So go to the RFBD Media Files folder in My Documents to find your books.
>>> >You book will be listed by its product number something like ...
>>> >DLXQ777.  For the Stream, you just copy that entire file over to the
>>> >$VRDBT folder and paste it.  You can change the folder name if you want,
>>> >but it won't make any difference to the Stream.  And if the book has
>>> >more than one CD, they will all be in the DLXQ777 folder, and will be
>>> >recognized by the Stream.
>>> >
>>> >Good luck,
>>> >
>>> >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 Greg Kearney
>>> >Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:31 AM
>>> >To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
>>> >Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] downloading books
>>> >
>>> >If you need a mac downloader contact me I wrote one a while back.
>>> >
>>> >Sent from my iPhone
>>> >
>>> >Greg Kearney
>>> >Association for the Blind of Western Australia
>>> >
>>> >On 09/01/2010, at 2:28 PM, "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>By default, the RFB&D Download Manager places your books in (I
>>> >>think) the "RFB Media Download" folder under My Documents, each book
>>> >>in its own master folder with each CD of the book (if there is more
>>> >>than one) in a subfolder. All you have to do is either copy the
>>> >>folder under the RFB Media Downloads to where you place other
>>> >>talking books for Humanware Companion to download and just proceed
>>> >>as you would with any other talking book.
>>> >>
>>> >>Mike
>>> >>
>>> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah" <sarahandfamily at live.com>
>>> >>To: <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> >>Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 7:53 PM
>>> >>Subject: [Dtb-talk] downloading books
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>>      Hello. I need to download books from recording for the blind
>>> >>>and dyslexic and copy them to my victor reader stream. Do I need to
>>> >>>open the books or save them? I know they are placed in my
>>> >>>documents. thank you.
>>> >>>  Sarah
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