Well I told him that just to experiment he could try downloading the whole book on to the braillenote. I don't know if that would work on the newer impowers like he has.
On 7/19/10, John Patrick Houck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello David, either way you receive the book your best bet is to > put it on a pc and then transfer it to a card or thumb drive. As > far as mp3 files, if you were to receive a book by email it would > need to be in multiple files sent separately. I think your ISP > only goes up to 20 MB for attachments. I may be wrong though. > Anyway, the best thing to do is to have the files uploaded to > somewhere like sendspace so they can be retrieved on a PC. As > far as having a book in one large mp3 file, the bn's media player > will play them and it's pretty easy to navigate. If you receive > a book in one large mp3 file you could take a file splitting > program and splice the book into smaller files. > I hope this helps. > Sincerely, > John > >>Original Message ----- >>From: David Meador <[email protected] >>To: Braille Note List Humanware <[email protected] >>Date sent: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:48:46 -0500 >>Subject: [Braillenote] Friend Sending Me a Book, MP3 or Cd He > Asked > >>Good Monday Good People, > >>Ok, here I am a happy Empower 8.0 User, but never before have I >>read a book on it. I told my friend this morning to send the >>book he was offering as an MP3, but now I wonder. > >>The "Media Center" chapter of the Manual mentions the word "book" >>only once, but nothing explicit about downloading books, but >>rather thtalks about downloading MP3 and other files. Can I >>assume my friend will likely send me a giant email, which I >>should not download but just let my wife pull off my server onto >>her PC? Then we use a card reader to create for me a giant file >>on a storage card, or perhaps an existing flash card? Any tips? > >>Thanking you in advance, > >>David > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > -- Timothy Clark, WTCN Owner and Maniger http://wtcnradio.podzone.net ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
