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

[Gloria G]

Hi
Does anyone know how to change the voice on the victor stream when 
downloading dazy books from bookshare? Is it something that can be done? 
Thanks
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Young" <jty727 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] How I Use the Learning Ally site


> 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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