[Dtb-talk] downloading books

Tue Jan 12 17:27:44 UTC 2010

Hi, Dan.

Yes, if I click "open", the downloader fires up and things proceed 
copacetically. Hafta try multiple downloads! (grin)

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Burke, Dan (DSS)" <burke at mso.umt.edu>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] downloading books

> Well, I don't know exactly how to answer that question, especially if
> you're having no problems downloading the book.  When you click *Open*
> does the RFBD Downloader then launch?
>
> I've helped a number of students install the downloader and retrieve
> their first RFBD downloads.  Typically, if the "open, save, or cancel"
> window pops up, it's because the downloader isn't installed.
>
> Installing it is just the click really, it's pretty quick and doesn't
> even require an admin login for our network, which usually requires
> admin login in order to scratch behind one's ear.  However, after
> installing and downloading on my office machine, I couldn't get it to
> install properly on my home machine, causing me to wonder about some
> restriction per user account.  I'd prefer to download any books for
> myself at home, while using my work computer to train students or, as
> with Mac users, to download their books using their accounts so they can
> transfer them to a Stream.  It seems, though, that I'm locked into the
> use of my work  machine if I want anything from RFBD for my personal
> use.
>
> I agree with the sentiment that it's all overly complicated, especially
> when we compare it with the relative ease of the NLS downloads.  The one
> advantage that RFBD has, it turns out, is that you can click on a number
> of packets at once in the RFBD Downloader and speed up the download
> process, given the limits of your connection and RAM and so forth.  This
> has considerable appeal to the college-aged user. (grin)
>
> Dan
>
>
> Daniel J. Burke
> Assistant Director/Coordinator
> Disability Services for Students
> Emma B. Lommasson 154
> The University of Montana
> Missoula, MT 59812
>
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>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 7:33 PM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] downloading books
>
> 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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