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

[Chris Nusbaum]

Gloria,

What do you mean? Do you want to change the Stream's 
text-to-speech voice? I think that's what you mean, so I'll tell 
you how to do that if I'm understanding you right.  There are 
only 2 voices available on the Stream; Samantha and Tom.  I 
personally like Tom, so I changed the voice from its default of 
Samantha.  To change the voice, hit the menu key (7) until you 
get to something that says "text-to-speech" or something like 
that.  Then hit your 6 key until you hear the voice you want, and 
hit the pound key.

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 
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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Gloria G" <gloria.graves at gmail.com
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Date sent: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 13:36:04 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] How I Use the Learning Ally site

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
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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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