Hello Maria and list,
Sorry, I goofed! The overwrite command is the O W sign, dots 2, 4, 6 on a
BT Keyboard. This was added to the BN some upgrades back. It is the same
command the Blazie products use to use when overwriting a given letter. In
the BN, that command deletes the wrong letter, leaves the cursor where the
letter was deleted and one types in the new letter or character. This
command works when one is in keyword as well as in a book when on the NLS
Web Site. When I am on a link, especially when a volume number is
indicated in the link, I place my cursor on the volume number, execute the
overwrite command and write in the new volume number. This takes me to the
new link. It beats typing in the entire link again! It works nicely for me!
Jim Aldrich
At 11:01 AM 03/20/2004 , you wrote:
What do you mean, an Overwrite command. SPACE with O is the Options Menu,
and you can't edit links anyway. The only thing you can edit is anything
you've inputted into a Text Input field because you can't edit stuff on a
website that's been created by someone else. The stuff that someone's put
on a website's just there, and you can't do anything about it. When
you've downloaded Volume 1, you advance the display until you get to the
Volume 2 link, and then you hit a touch cursor button above one of the
cells on which the link is displayed, and hitting it should activate the
link. Alternatively, you press SPACE until you get to the link, then
press ENTER. When you get the web page on your Display after your book's
done downloading, which is after the "Please Wait" message has disappeared
due to completion of download, you save the file, whether it appears on
the Display or not, and it will be there for you to access in KeyBook or
KeyWord. Once you've downloaded Volume 1, you have to hit ENTER with B to
Go Back to the page that's got the information about the book on it (not
the actual book's contents), and then you'll see the links for the other
volumes. If you log on to the actual Web-Braille site, you'll first be
prompted for your User Name and PassWord, which you put in, like you did
Lisa. If, however, you're searching from the NLS site, you'll be asked
for the UserName and PassWord info when you activate the first link of a
book you want to download. Note that the Online Catalog you search with
both the NLS and actual Web-Braille site are the same thing. The NLS site
is www.loc.gov/nlsand the Web-Braille site is www.loc.gov/nls/braille
Another point; when saving the book, you're offered the file
name. However, you can hit BACKSPACE to switch drives or folders. At the
"Folder Name" prompt, you can do SPACE with T to get into Directory Mode,
if you want to save it in a sub-directory of the folder. You select
directories in the same way as folders, but you move one layer at a time
and hit ENTER after selecting each layer. If you want to move up
directory layers, hit SPACE with dots 2-3. If you want to type in a
directory, do a Slash, dots 3-4, before each layer, including the very
first one. The SPACE with T goes back and forth between Folder and
Directory Mode every time you press it. I've never gotten the Error
Allert Tone when downloading, but if you get one immediately after the
"Please Wait" message comes up, don't worry about it because, if you see
the "Percent Complete" after "Please Wait" or hear Progress Tones, it'll
download. However, if your unit does ever lock up, a Reset with no keys
held down should fix it. Finally, the "Free Database Space" option
applies to KeyList and KeyMail, not KeyWeb; if it were available in
KeyWeb, there would be this option somewhere in the program, which there
isn't. BTW, I think there is an Overwrite command on Freedom Scientific
notetakers, which I never know how to work, so I'm wondering if you maybe
mixed it up with the BrailleNote. Sorry folks, but IMaria
>----- Original Message -----
>From: James Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:33:11 -0800
>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] frustrated downloading book fro webbraille
>Hi Lisa,
>Go onto the NLS Web Site Again. Select your book as you did before. Use
>your cursor keys and you should see the name of the book, Author etc. When
>you are on line with that site, the response time from the site may be slow
>so be patient. Once you see anything about the book on your display, do
>the command to save a file. It is spacebar with S. When asked for the
>filename, give it your preferred name with a .brf extention. Your BN
>should save the file. If the book you wish to read has more than one
>volume, move your cursor so that the number one of volume 1 is under
>it. Do the overwrite command which is spacebar O on a bt. Write two in
>its place and hit enter. The next volume should be on your display. Save
>that volume to a file. Keep doing this till you have all the volumes of
>the book you wish to read in your unit. If you are getting the low beep
>sound at any point, reset your unit and try again! Do other things as
>freeing database space etc. This may help you with properly downloading
>books since your flash and system disks will have more space to work
>with. Downloading books is surprisingly easy with a BN.
>HTH
>Jim Aldrich
> At 03:37 AM 03/20/2004 , you wrote:
>>Hi Listers,
>>I actually attempted to download a book from WebBraille and I don't think
>>it got downloaded. If it did I have no clue where the BN put the book. I
>>just downloaded one volume of a book and here's what happened. I put in
>>my user name and paassword and then I got this Web page that just said the
>>link with the volume of the book on it. That's it else on the
>>page. Actually it was not a link just a Web address. I would press enter
>>on it and get nothing. What am I doing wrong? If my password and user
>>name were rejected I would think the NLS Web site would have some
>>rejection message. Why is something so simple so hard? I just thought
>>using Web Braille would be easy but I guess I'm wrong us usual when it
>>comes to the BN. I looked in all of my folders and the book isn't
>>there. I didn't have any progress tones or please wait messages when this
>>weird Web page with the book number and volume came up. I would
>>appreciate any advice anyone can give me. Thanks for your help. !
>> Sorry I just thought this would be easy.
>>Lisa
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