[nfbcs] Software to download DTB

[Mike Freeman]

Nope!

Mike Freeman


On Nov 18, 2011, at 14:13, "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote:

> 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.
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Denise M Robinson" <deniserob at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Software to download DTB
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> 
>> 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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>>> >
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>> Denise
>> 
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