[nabs-l] Textbooks

[Nathan Clark]

Dear Chris,
What kind of search are you trying to do?
Sincerely,
Nathan

On 11/15/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I get it in .rtf files sometimes. Not sure if that is supported.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Nusbaum
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 8:58 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Textbooks
>
> Hi Ashley,
>
> In what format do they give you the book in? If you're reading it
> on your PC and it is a supported format, just save it to a thumb
> drive and import the file to your Braille Note by:
>
> 1.  From the Main Menu, hit f for file manager.
> 2.  Then hit t for translation.
> 3.  Next hit i for import.
> 4.  Fill out the prompts as necessary for the drive (your thumb
> drive will be called a "hard disk" on the BrailleNote,) folder
> name, and filename.
> 5.  Hit Enter after typing in the destination filename and it
> should say "1 file imported."
>
> See your manual for all the details.  I do this a lot, but I
> don't want to bore the whole list with all the details.  Hope
> this helps!
>
> Chris
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
> exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
> nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind,
> 1968-1986
>
> P.S.  The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired
> youth in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through
> providing assistive technology and scholarships to camps and
> conventions which help them be equal with their sighted peers.
> For more information about the Foundation and to support our
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>
> Sent from my BrailleNote Apex
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 17:44:57 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Textbooks
>
> Good question.
> I think the VR stream is doable, but not sure what format you
> need to save
> to in order to read on vr stream.
>
> Another question.
> If my DSS office gives me electronic material, that I read on the
> PC and
> with jaws, how can I read them on my braille Note?
> Do I just save the files to the PC, then save from the PC to the
> thumb drive
> or sd card?
>
> Thanks.
> Ashley
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angela Dehart
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 4:41 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] Textbooks
>
> Hello all,
> I'm hoping someone will have the answer to my questions, anyway
> here goes.  I
> receive my college textbooks on CD, my DS office makes them with
> approval
> from the book publishers.  I can read theses CDs on my computer
> with windows
> eyes but I would also like to be able to use my textbooks on my
> iPad and
> victor reader stream as well.  Does anyone know how I would go
> about
> transferring the files from the CDs to each of these devices or
> if it can
> even be done?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Angela Dehart
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