[Dtb-talk] installing humanware companion

[Mike Freeman]

It does and if the Stream folders aren't there, it will create them. But the NLS player and Book Port Plus will find the books anyway.

Mike Freeman


On Nov 29, 2011, at 11:02, "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com> wrote:

> This is interesting.  When I used the Humanware Companion sometime back, it seemed to require the 
> Stream's folder structure to work.  I guess I'll have to take another look at it.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steve Jacobson
> 
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:27:53 -0800, Mary Ellen wrote:
> 
>> If you plug either a thumb drive, a card reader, or NLS cartridge into a USB
>> port, HumanWare Companion will unzip a book and place it on the drive,
>> whatever physical form that drive takes. I like the companion because it
>> unzips and transfers a book faster than Windows.  That could just be because
>> my computer is slow, but the Companion is still quicker.
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
>> Sent: November 29, 2011 9:15 AM
>> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] installing humanware companion
> 
>> Jim,
> 
>> I didn't think that the Humanware Companion would work with NLS players
>> without copying the unzipped folder to the cartridge.  Are you saying that
>> the Humanware Companion detects the NLS cartridges?
> 
>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:57:36 -0700, James Aldrich wrote:
> 
>>> Hi Dan and list,
> 
>>> Perhaps you are right but then, I can place more than one book onto my 
>>> Victor Stream or Book Port Plus or simply send the files to my SD card 
>>> which I place in my PC.  Either way, the books go to the appropriate 
>>> $vrdtb folder and either device plays them just fine!  I continue to 
>>> use this handy utility since it doesn't matter which player I use.  
>>> Even the NLS player works nicely with this utility.  One can have the