so command-I does not show it as an audio book. Can you change it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <discuss@macvisionaries.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:12 PM Subject: Re: [macvoiceover] Fwd: MacDailyNews - Mac software introducedfordigital audiobook downloads from public libraries
Hi David, You asked: > When you look at the info for one of the books, is it listed as an > audio > book? > No, as I mentioned in my post below, when you transfer a library's digital download audiobook from OverDrive.com onto your iPod using their "Transfer" button, it is listed on your iPod Nano 4G under Album, Artist, Genre, etc. but it doesn't show up in the Audiobooks section of your iPod. That makes sense when I think about it, since originally only audiobooks purchased from Audible.com or the iTunes Store would show up in that category. You're working from the OverDrive media console (built for the Mac) when you play, download, or transfer (to iPod) the downloaded Audiobook. It basically shows up as a series of parts that would each correspond to one audio CD worth of play (e.g. about 74 minutes) if it were burned to CD. Some of the OverDrive titles can be burned to audio CD during the period they are checked out. This is like Audible's or iTunes' policy. The actual files you download are compressed, so each part's file is about 33 MB in size rather than 700 MB for an audio CD (about podcast quality in encoding bit rate). You're expected to delete any files from you iPod and destroy CD copies you've made once your subscription expires. Cheers, Esther P.S. Most public libraries now maintain audiobook collections on CD and have online catalogues that are very accessible through web interfaces. You can search the catalogs and put in requests on the web. There are options to notify you by email when these requests come in. This may be easily used even without digital downloads. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Esther" > > > Hi David, > > I just tried all this, and it works fine with VoiceOver. I have a > downloaded MP3 file playing right now on my iPod Nano 4G, and the > titles are announced. You'll need to have a library card set up with > your local public library, and the library needs to subscribe to > OverDrive.com for audiobook downloads and also have subscription > selections in the category "OverDrive MP3 audiobook file" -- not just > WMA audiobook files.'' > > The OverDrive console installation for the Mac is fine; I ran this > first. > > When you check out a downloadable book, you have to download a license > file (that will expire at the end of your checkout period). This will > show up in your Safari downloads directory (e.g., you can find it with > Command-Option-L and open it in Finder from the Downloads window, but > it will probably just go to the "Downloads" folder under your user > account.) The license file will have a name that starts with the > title of the book, and ends with an extension type of ".odm". I > double-clicked it (by holding down Command, Option, and Shift keys, > and tapping the space bar twice) to open the OverDrive Console. > > When you download parts of books, I didn't notice a progress bar, but > there might be one on the Console window. You can go to your > "Documents/My Media/MP3 Audiobooks" folder in Finder and look under > the folder created for each book to see whether the parts are there, > > There's a "Transfer" button that works to send the files to your > connected iPods. The help has information on command sequences to be > used in the case of the iPod Shuffle. You must have the checkbox to > "Manually manage your music" checked on the iPod to use the transfer. > > Oddly, the tracks don't show up under Audiobooks -- you can find them > under the "Recently Added" smart playlist, or under Album (Book > Title), or Artitst (Author), or Genre, etc. but not under Audiobooks. > > Hope this is of interest. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > > >
