[Minnesota-talk] Victor reader stream

[David Andrews]

What Steve says is true, I will just clarify one point.  The folder 
containing the talking book gets copied into the fold $vrdtb on the 
SD card used by your Stream.

Dave

At 09:10 AM 1/28/2013, you wrote:
>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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