[Minnesota-talk] Victor reader stream

[Steve Jacobson]

Quinn,

Welcome, I'm glad you are here.  This list is so quiet I wonder sometimes if it is working.  <smile>

I can't give you step by step instructions, but can try to point you in a couple of possible directions.  

First, here is a general description of what must happen.  Basically, what you have to do is to "unzip" the content of each book 
you download into its folder.  It is my understanding that there is an unzip program on the MAC, but you have to be careful that 
you get all of the files associated with a book into a folder.  Each BARD book that you download consists of a couple of dozen 
files, and it is a pain to find them all if you don't make sure they go into a folder.  Anyone familiar with a MAC can probably 
tell you how to do that.  Once you have the books unzipped into their own folders, you need to copy each folder onto the Stream 
into the Talking Book folder.  You either must connect the Stream to your computer, or take out the SD card and put it in the SD 
Card slot on your MAC if you have one.  If your MAC has an SD card slot, placing the card in that slot is the fastest way to 
transfer material to the stream.  Transferring data to the stream using the USB cable with the SD card remaining in the stream is 
much slower.  Virtually all of these steps are steps that someone familiar with the MAC can be of help with.

If you don't have anyone handy who is a MAC expert and if nobody else here has an answer for you, I know that there are som MAC 
users on the NFBNET's GUI-Talk list.  Joining that list and asking your question there should get you more detailed step by step 
instructions.  You can subscribe to that list by going to

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org

and subscribe there.  There is a list for blind MAC users somewhere as well, but I don't have that information here at work.

Good luck.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson


On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:29:35 -0600, Quinn Haberl wrote:

>Hey, just a quick question

>I only Victor reader stream and like listening to NLS talking books.    I also own a Mac computer. The Victor reader stream 
companion does not work on a Mac computer. Can anyone give me step-by-step instructions how to put NLS books on my stream using a 
Mac?

>Thanks a lot and your help is greatly appreciated

>Sincerely 
>Quinn Haberl 

>Sent from my iPhone

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