[Nfb-krafters-korner] Lion Brand books

Sat Jul 24 16:32:02 UTC 2010

Not free per se, but there is one thats fairly inexpensive, the TextAloud program that I referred to earlier.

Terrence

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On Jul 24, 2010, at 7:59 AM, "Marianne Denning" <mdenning at cinci.rr.com> wrote:

> I thought you probably could with Open Book but I didn't want to say that since I wasn't certain.  Do you know of any free mp3 converters?
> 
> Marianne Denning
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> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 11:52 AM
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>> Hello Terry and all,
>> If you have OPENBook, you can do something similar; there's a "Save to Audio" function or something similar that you can use to convert the text to MP3.  There is also a program called TextAloud that can do this as well.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> Terrence
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>> On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:18 AM, "Terry Knox" <tknox6 at sc.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thank you for help, no I do not have any special equipment. I only thought I
>>> could copy from word to mp3 player, like a CD, apparently I was incorrect.
>>> 
>>> Terry
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marianne
>>> Denning
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:07 AM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Lion Brand books
>>> 
>>> Terry, do you have Kurzweil 1000?  You need to make the word document into
>>> an mp3 so you can put it onto a portable mp3 device.
>>> 
>>> If you have a Victor Stream you put the document into the text folder.  I am
>>> 
>>> not sure what you would do with the Book Sense or Bookport.
>>> 
>>> Marianne Denning
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Knox" <tknox6 at sc.rr.com>
>>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 6:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Lion Brand books
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Joyce,
>>>> 
>>>> I think I am beginning to understand this, now that you have made it
>>>> clearer
>>>> for me. One last thing, after saving in tex doc to word, how do I then
>>>> save
>>>> to MP3 player?
>>>> 
>>>> Terry
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Blindhands at aol.com
>>>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 4:47 PM
>>>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Lion Brand books
>>>> 
>>>> We were having trouble with finding the book that we purchased and
>>>> downloaded to read and I have found out what is what.
>>>> 
>>>> You can go back any time to your account at Lion Brand and view your
>>>> "download books and patterns on a list.  There is a button you can use
>>>> that
>>>> says
>>>> download again.  If you enter on that it will open up in Adobe.   It does
>>>> not save it as a download on your computer as I have searched high and
>>>> low
>>>> through lotse of folders trying to find it.  So once you have it opened
>>>> in
>>>> adobe you need to hit the alt key and go down the file menu and choose to
>>>> save it.  I saved it in a text file so I can open it in Word.  If you
>>>> don't
>>>> 
>>>> save it it is not on the list of files you recently opened in adobe nor is
>>>> in your document or download folder.  The only way to get it open is by
>>>> going back to Lion Brand under your account and get it from the download
>>>> list.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Joyce  Kane
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>>>> Blindhands at AOL.com
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