[Dtb-talk] Batch Unpacking NLS Books

Sun Sep 18 21:17:26 UTC 2011

Hello Gregory:

The companion software uses the book title in the name of the unzipped file 
so the file will be easily recognized. It is a nifty program if you are 
unpacking several books or deleting books from cards.

Look for the check box that lets the program look for zipped files on your 
hard drive.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory D. Rosenberg" <gregg at ricis.com>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Batch Unpacking NLS Books

> Good evening Lynn,
>
> Is it able to rename the book's directory to the book name as Eric
> suggests he wants or does it use the downloaded zip file name as NLSBARD
> stores the book in? I like to organize my directories by books with in
> author. I often go back and listen to a better book more than once over
> the years. This is also quite beneficial at times when you are sick or
> worse stuck in a bed and need a book fix to distract you.
>
> /// Side commentary ///
> Being actively involved in emergency management and disaster prepardnes
> have a good collection of books if you ever have to shelter in place or
> get through a natural or man made disaster. Which I have willingly
> survived as a first responder more times than I can count. Yes, sight is
> optional during a disaster. Being there to help those in need is my
> chief motivating factor. Of course this assumes no EMP or other events
> that disrupt the electronics inside and a good solar panel to charge the
> digital talking book player or tape recorder back in the day.
> /// Stepping down from my soap box. ///
>
>
> On 9/16/2011 7:02 PM, Lynn Evans wrote:
>> Eric:
>>
>> HumanWare has a free softwre probram called the companion. It unzippes
>> the NLS books and transfers them to the removable media.  Just Google
>> for HumanWare companion
>>
>> English
>> .HumanWare Companion Software English Version 3.4
>> .HumanWare Companion 3.4 Release Notes (doc)
>> .Audio/Video on How to Install and Use HumanWare Companion
>> .Stream 3.3 Release Notes (doc)
>> .Stream 3.3 Release Notes (html)
>> .Stream SoftPak Release Notes
>> .English North America Version 3.3 TTS English U.S. Voices Samantha
>> and Tom
>> .English North America Version 3.3 TTS U.S Samantha and Spanish Monica
>> .English U.K. Version 3.3 TTS English U.K. Daniel and U.S. Samantha
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory D. Rosenberg"
>> <gregg at ricis.com>
>> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 6:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Batch Unpacking NLS Books
>>
>>
>>> Eric,
>>>
>>> This is a great feature. We should suggest this to the Amazon's, and
>>> other book purveyors of the world. Maybe we could get all of the folks
>>> that make the archiving / uncompression software to use meta data so
>>> that when they expand a book, music, or other compressed media file it
>>> would assume a proper name and directory structure.
>>>
>>> Today It is certainly possible to embed scripts to cause the target
>>> folders or files from a book to expand and be renamed with a proper book
>>> name, I have not seen very many publishers use this approach. One
>>> potential issue with this approach is that many anti-viurs /.
>>> anti-malware programs might block such a script unless the zipfile were
>>> password protected, in which case the AV/AM programs would simple assume
>>> it is safe and pass it through.
>>>
>>> On 9/16/2011 5:02 PM, Eric SS wrote:
>>>> I have been using WinRAR to unzip multiple books. It unpacks them
>>>> into their
>>>> own folder with the name of the download. However, it seems to do
>>>> some other
>>>> things that I don't like
>>>>
>>>> Are there suggestions what product to use to unzip books or method.
>>>> I do
>>>> like keeping each book in its own folder so I have the option of
>>>> deleting
>>>> books off the card, rather than using the player for cleanup. I also
>>>> want to
>>>> unzip a batch of books at once.
>>>>
>>>> I use Windows XP and JAWS 10 and either a BookSense or Victor Stream
>>>> for
>>>> playback.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for ideas.
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>>
>>>>
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