[nabs-l] How I Use the Learning Ally site

[Justin Young]

Hi Jewel again,

Just wanted to let you know that I tried the steps you laid out in
your previous message and they work fine.  I'm not sure what kind of
computer you have, but I have a PC.  With mine when I got to the part
where you are asked if you want to unblock or whatever it says I hit
alt + n and it goes to an option area where JAWS reads the options
available there.  I forget if you hit enter first then down arrow to
the download or just down arrow to the download.  I just wanted to let
you know that is the way I did it when I was playing with it.

Thanks again and talk soon,

Justin

On 1/7/12, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good day all,
> I thought I'd post about the changes in the Learning Ally site,a nd
> what can be done for a temporary fix, so people can get their books
> for this semester/quarter. So, here's what I do. First, I kept the old
> RFBD Download Manager, as the new Learing Ally download manager is not
> accessible. Then, I go to the book I want and select "Add to my
> Bookshelf." This will put the book in my bookshelf, obviously. Third,
> I go to the bookshelf when the book is ready. I look for the book by
> using the "g" hotkey for graphics...each book has a graphic of the
> cover. Then, I go to the combo box. If I want the book in Daisy, I hit
> D; if I want it in WMA, I hit W.
>
> Now, in some computers, this download will be blocked the first time.
> If this happens, you neeed to press F6 until you get to the drop-down
> bar. I get sighted assistance with this, since it's hard to know where
> to press enter. The assistant will need to pclick where it says "Click
> here for options" and select Download, then Retry."
>
> Once the computer is not blocking, it will send the book to your RFBD
> Download Manager as it would do before the changes were made.
>
> This is equivalent to GMail users using the Plain Text version instead
> of the new version of GMail. It is an inferior method, but for people
> who need their books now, it's a viable option. I am not saying we
> shouldn't push them to make their new download manager accessible; I
> am all for that. I am just saying, for those who really need their
> books like I do, this is the temproary fix.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jewel
>
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