[Dtb-talk] Batch Unpacking NLS Books

Sun Sep 18 21:53:01 UTC 2011

Good afternoon Lynn,

Thank you very much for this explanation. This sounds like it will hit 
the nail on the head. I too shall give this a try. I generally download 
a good number of books, so having a tool like this will clearly be quite 
beneficial.

On 9/18/2011 4:18 PM, Lynn Evans wrote:
> 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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