Doesn't the Iphone have Safari? If it does, you should be able to open .xml files just like a web page. I posted instructions about opening Bookshare books in Safari a few weeks ago.
On Nov 16, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Jim Fettgather wrote: > > Email was exactly what I was going to suggest, but recently, Bookshare > files don't seem to contain HTML files, but only the XML equivalents. > > On 11/16/09, Romack <jrom...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I haven't done this myself, but know that it would work: >> >> Just put the files in a Dropbox or iDisk account. With these two apps, >> you should surely be able to store and retrieve HTML files from >> another source and view them on your iPhone. Another suggestion would >> be to e-mail them to yourself. >> >> romack >> >> John W. Carty wrote: >>> Jake, >>> If you didn't download them on the phone, how did you transfer them? >>> >>> Does the phone attach via usb? >>> >>> Will it be recognized simply as another drive or do you have to use a >>> particular application? >>> >>> thanx, >>> >>> John Carty >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jake >>> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:40 PM >>> To: MacVisionaries >>> Subject: Re: iphone >>> >>> >>> Hi >>> I've not tried to download them on my phone, though I have a hunch >>> that wouldn't work. I have however read them on the phone in the web >>> browser. Note, though, that it's the HTML file you want and not the >>> XML. The XML will work but sometimes doesn't render properly due to >>> the daisy tags in it that are not understood by most web browsers. The >>> HTML file is designed to be read in a web browser, and has the daisy >>> information removed as well as using HTML formatting where it is >>> applicable. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 16, 12:02 pm, "John W. Carty" <jca...@tarrantcounty.com> wrote: >>>> Is anyone out there who subscribes to book share tried to download, >>>> unzip, and open the xml file in your phones browser to read? >>>> >>>> Is this possible? >>>> >>>> thanx, >>>> >>>> John Carty >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
