[nfbcs] Software to download DTB

[John Heim]

Does the book player from the NLS recognize zip files as books? I suppose I 
could just try it. I've always unzipped the book to my thumb drive.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Denise M Robinson" <deniserob at gmail.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Software to download DTB


> Yes, you are correct Jim...everything is very relative...what I am 
> thinking
> is simple..you are right, there are a lot of steps involved
> Denise
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com> wrote:
>
>> Tracy, I don't have a good answer for you.  I think that NLS's
>> philosophy has been that patrons without computer literacy should
>> order pre-loaded cartridges from their local talking book library.
>>
>> Denise, Your students, being students, are probably fairly computer
>> literate. "download book to thumb drive" is a fairly complex step in
>> your recipe below, especially if you aren't used to using a web
>> browser. Also, depending on the daisy player, the book needs to be
>> unzipped and put into a particular folder.
>>
>> Again, I'd say most of us handle this easily.  However, folks who lack
>> good computer literacy will have a hard time of it.
>>
>> Take Care,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 07:32:41AM -0800, Dr. Denise M Robinson wrote:
>> > Put in a thumb drive, download book to thumb drive, put thumb drive in
>> > player, pull up book and read away
>> > My students do this constantly and it is that easy. The download takes
>> > longer than anything else
>> > Denise
>> >
>> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > About a year ago, someone was advertising some software that was
>> supposed
>> > > to make downloading digital talking books from NLS a bit easier for 
>> > > the
>> > > novice computer user.
>> > > I can't find out anything about it now--can't find the email, can't
>> find
>> > > it on Google.
>> > > Can anyone point me in the right direction?  My sister-in-law really
>> wants
>> > > to download books, but she is a total computer beginner and keeps
>> getting
>> > > lost in the process.
>> > > TIA.
>> > > Tracy
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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