I didn't put a space between the end of the NLS website and the word "and", which could cause confusion, so I did it here. Also, I added a little bit more info, which I think will help to clarify. My apologies.
>----- Original Message ----- >From: Maria Kristic <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 11:01:02 -0800 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] frustrated downloading book fro webbraille >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/nls and 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. >The first time you hit BACKSPACE, you are prompted for a folder or directory, >depending on which mode y were in when last selecting a folder or directory >from anywhere in KeySoft, and the second time you hit BACKSPACE, you're >prompted for a drive. You can either type in the info you want at these >prompts, or hit SPACE until y get to the correct info; you then press ENTER, >and you move on to the next prompt. 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. If you want more info on directories, read the >sub-topics under "Directory Topics" in the Index of the User Guide in your >BrailleNote. Just post if you have any more questions about it. The SPACE >with T goes back and forth between Folder and Directory Mode every time you >press it. I've never gotten the Error Alert 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 I just had to clarify. >HTH. >Maria >>----- 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 >>>___ >>>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >? >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
