bookshare books

2010-08-25 Thread Rafaela Freundt
Hi list, I was just wandering if it is possible to read bookshare books on the iPod touch. any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks all, Rafaela -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, sen

Unzipping Bookshare Books

2010-07-28 Thread Claire
Hi Everyone, I can't seem to open Books downloaded on my Mac with the Unarchiver. I can download them without any problems, I then press Command+Down Arrow a dialog box comes up asking for a password. I type in my Bookshare password correctly but then a message comes up saying that the file can not

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
://marrie.podbean.com On Aug 25, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Rafaela Freundt wrote: > Hi list, > > I was just wandering if it is possible to read bookshare books on the iPod > touch. > any suggestions are appreciated. > > Thanks all, > > Rafaela > > -- > You r

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-25 Thread Rafaela Freundt
Thanks Sarah, but i've heard about this indaisye app? do you guys know what it is? it doesn't read bookshare books does it? thanks again, Rafaela El 25/08/2010, a las 20:39, Sarah Alawami escribió: > Nope. they are in dasi 3.0 while the dasi reader on the apps store only > s

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
No i have no clue. That's the first I've heard of it. If it doesn't support dasi3 it win't read bookshare, rfb&d and nls. On Aug 25, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Rafaela Freundt wrote: > Thanks Sarah, but i've heard about this indaisye app? > do you guys know what it

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-25 Thread Rafaela Freundt
it seems it does, i read on the app store it supports standard daisy 3 but i don't wanna risck˚ $20 something if it won't work. oh and something else. Do you guys know if there is another way of reading bookshare books on the mac not using safari? because when i'm reading a boo

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-26 Thread johns.kary
it supports standard daisy 3 but i > don't wanna risck˚ $20 something if it won't work. > oh and something else. Do you guys know if there is another way of reading > bookshare books on the mac not using safari? > because when i'm reading a book in safari and then move

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-26 Thread Rafaela Freundt
ly it will only get better from hear. > hth. > Kari. > On 26/08/2010, at 1:54 PM, Rafaela Freundt wrote: > >> it seems it does, i read on the app store it supports standard daisy 3 but i >> don't wanna risck˚ $20 something if it won't work. >> oh and something

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-26 Thread Justin Thornton
yes there is look up a daisy player called n daisy about 21 usd or so and it will read bookshare books daisy 3 supported btw daisy worm around 4 usd or so will have this support soon I have heard thanks hope that helps On Aug 25, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Nope. they are in dasi

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-26 Thread Scott Howell
rote: > >> Hi list, >> >> I was just wandering if it is possible to read bookshare books on the iPod >> touch. >> any suggestions are appreciated. >> >> Thanks all, >> >> Rafaela >> >> -- >> You received this messag

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-26 Thread Sarah Alawami
MSN: marri...@gmail.com >> aim: marri...@gmail.com: >> >> website: http://music.marrie.org >> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 >> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com >> >> On Aug 25, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Rafaela Freundt wrote: >> >>> Hi list

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-26 Thread Scott Howell
ite: http://music.marrie.org >>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 >>> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com >>> >>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Rafaela Freundt wrote: >>> >>>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> I was just wandering

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-27 Thread Justin Thornton
ebsite: http://music.marrie.org >>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 >>> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com >>> >>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Rafaela Freundt wrote: >>> >>>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> I was j

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-27 Thread Scott Howell
t it is. >>>> Sarah Alawami >>>> MSN: marri...@gmail.com >>>> aim: marri...@gmail.com: >>>> >>>> website: http://music.marrie.org >>>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 >>>> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com >>>

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-27 Thread Sarah Alawami
;>> is. >>>>> Sarah Alawami >>>>> MSN: marri...@gmail.com >>>>> aim: marri...@gmail.com: >>>>> >>>>> website: http://music.marrie.org >>>>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 >>>>> Podc

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-28 Thread Rafaela Freundt
i'll have to figure out how indaycy works and hope it helps. talking about bookshare books, do you guys know if the only way to read them on the mac is using safari? thanks, Rafaela El 27/08/2010, a las 14:37, Sarah Alawami escribió: > OH nice! I hope htey come out wiht something. and le

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-29 Thread Merlinda
into future release of InDaisy Reader. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. Regards, - Merlinda On Aug 28, 1:21 am, Rafaela Freundt wrote: > i'll have to figure out how indaycy works and hope it helps. > talking about bookshare books, do you guys know if the only way t

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-29 Thread Rafaela Freundt
estions or suggestions. > > Regards, > - Merlinda > > > On Aug 28, 1:21 am, Rafaela Freundt wrote: >> i'll have to figure out how indaycy works and hope it helps. >> talking about bookshare books, do you guys know if the only way to read them >> on the mac

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Merlinda, I was curious what you meant by "We will also add the speed adjustment and navigation by page features". The books are read using VoiceOver, so are you referring to the speed at which VoiceOver reads or speed at which the text flows across the screen? Are you all planning to add a

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Merlinda
aisy Reader. > > > Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. > > > Regards, > > - Merlinda > > > On Aug 28, 1:21 am, Rafaela Freundt wrote: > >> i'll have to figure out how indaycy works and hope it helps. > >> talking about book

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Merlinda
Hi Scott, Thanks for asking. We plan to add narration speed adjustment for Daisy books that contains audio. This is because a number of people are requesting for it. We are also considering adding a separate text to speech option, as this can work with synchronized text highlighting of text only D

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Merlinda, Thank you for your response and it sounds like you all have some very good ideas in the hopper. I will be watching development of the few DAISY offerings out there before I choose to purchase one. However, at this point, it sounds like InDaisy is working very well for folks. On Au

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-31 Thread Barry Abbott
Hello all. There is a DAISY reader program called ReadHear Mac that I use for reading bookshare books. You can try before you buy. But it is a little pricy. USF $119 if memory serves me correctly. http://www.gh-accessibility.com/products/readhear_mac Barry AbbottOn 2010-08-28, at 2:21 AM

reading bookshare books

2020-02-09 Thread hemakarah
Hi all, How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. Warmly, Hem. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inapprop

reading daisy bookshare books?

2012-07-29 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, The thread about downloading daisy books made me wonder: what do people use to actually read books on the mac? I know Bookshare offers that one program, but I saw it run on a macbook with good specs and it took forever to do anything, so I don't think my 2gb of ram will help matters. Is the

Re: Unzipping Bookshare Books

2010-07-28 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Claire. I had the same problem. I am using stuffit expander with that application, I have no problems. You can also use the terminal. Here is a link for stuffit expander: http://www.stuffit.com/mac-expander-download.html If it does not work with this one, go to the archive of this list, an

downloading/reading bookshare books

2010-08-29 Thread John D. Lipsey
Hi all, I just tried to grab a book from bookshare.org using webkit. The zip file downloaded just fine, but I can't seem to get a password prompt when I go to unzip the file. It just tells me that it failed to extract. Also, when I used windows I would just open the .xml file from daisy books

Bookshare books and Olearia

2012-10-12 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi all, I downloaded Olearia and tried playing both versions of bookshare daisy books but it wouldn't play them. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas. I used to read them when they were in XML format but now even that won't work. If anyone has any ideas I would be very appreciative. Thank you

Re: reading bookshare books

2020-02-09 Thread Cameron Strife
What I do is after unzipping the daisy book folder, open the xml file in Safari. On 2/9/20, hemaka...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all, > > How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. > > Warmly, > Hem. > > > -- > The following information is import

Re: reading bookshare books

2020-02-09 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. > > Warmly, > Hem. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you fe

Re: reading bookshare books

2020-02-09 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
I use Bookshare Web Reader on multiple operating systems these days. On 2/9/20, 10:19, "macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of hemaka...@gmail.com" wrote: Hi all, How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. Warmly, Hem. -

Re: reading bookshare books

2020-02-09 Thread Karen Lewellen
making all these various avenues supporting the most important question, that was not asked. bookshare books in what format? there are loads of options these days. On Sun, 9 Feb 2020, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote: I use Bookshare Web Reader on multiple operating sys

Re: reading bookshare books

2020-02-09 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
"Karen Lewellen" wrote: making all these various avenues supporting the most important question, that was not asked. bookshare books in what format? there are loads of options these days. On Sun, 9 Feb 2020, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote:

Re: reading bookshare books

2020-02-09 Thread Karen Lewellen
Jason, granted i read bookshare books differently and am not as of yet using a mac. Still I often come across a notation when searching for bookshare books indicating that some works cannot be read in their web reader program, but require another format be chosen. My hope was to encourage

Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread Richard Ring
Hello: While on my lunch break, I downloaded a book from Bookshare using the Mac. I received a message say that decompression failed. The reason is that Bookshare files are password procted. My question is, how do I enter the password using the Mac? There seems to be no control that will all

Bookshare books on the iPad?

2010-05-26 Thread Olivia Norman
Has anyone figured out a way to add Bookshare books to the iPad? I would like, ideally, to put them into ePub format, but am open to any suggestions. Thanks, Olivia "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower", Steve Jobs -- You received this message because you are sub

Opening bookshare books on mac.

2012-04-18 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi, I downloaded a bookshare book on my mac, but can't open it. What type of archiving program do I need to open this. Thanks. Stacey and GEB dog Chesley -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to ma

The Mac and bookshare books

2011-08-29 Thread Shannon Dyer
could interact with the .html content, but, when I did, it was blank. Does anyone have any ideas as to how bookshare books can be read on the Mac? If so, I would appreciate the help. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until three for the Ec

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

2010-08-29 Thread Rafaela Freundt
Hi John, I don't know if this has to do with it, but I unzip my files using unarchiver, a free software that unzips any kind of file. when I unzip the bookshare book it does give me the prompt for the password. and yes, you can open the xml file and you can read the book with safari. Hth, Raf

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
For some reason, the built in archive utility does not support password protected zip files. Do a search for a program called the unarchiver. It will handle these kinds of files. After extracting the files, you can copy the book to a device, or open the xml file in your browser. On Aug 29, 2010,

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

2010-09-03 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Mike Arrigo, This makes me wonder. Do you know of a program for the mac that lets you create rar files? - Original Message - From: "Mike Arrigo" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:21 AM Subject: Re: downloading/reading bookshare books For some reason, the built

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

2010-09-17 Thread Chris Blouch
lets you create rar files? - Original Message - From: "Mike Arrigo" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:21 AM Subject: Re: downloading/reading bookshare books For some reason, the built in archive utility does not support password protected zip files. Do a search for

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

2010-09-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
;> To: >> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:21 AM >> Subject: Re: downloading/reading bookshare books >> >> >> For some reason, the built in archive utility does not support password >> protected zip files. Do a search for a program called the unarchiver. It >

Bookshare books on the Mac

2012-10-03 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi All, I am trying to download a book from Bookshare on my Mac and the xmls format is not working. Does anyone have any ideas or can any body tell me a good way to convert BRFs into actual words that VO can read or if not could anyone recommend a good daisy player that works well with ML? Than

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

2012-10-12 Thread Alex Hall
I was able to open a book successfully. Granted, it does a poor job of saving my place, navigation is buggy, and the speech rate won't move past a frustratingly slow setting, but it does work. What happens when you open the book? How are you trying to go about this? I had to manually unzip the b

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

2012-10-13 Thread Maria Chapman
Hi. this is interesting I didn't think it was possible to read book share books in oleria. does olearia use it's own voice to read? or does it use the system voice? I guess saving your place is the same when reading book share books with safari? God Bless! Maria from australia Newbie mac user

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

2012-10-13 Thread Alex Hall
It defaults to the system voice, but you can choose another in preferences. The new voice, however, seems to need a new book before it will take effect and may not switch at all. It seems to save your place exactly until you restart or close the app; once you do this, you are taken to the top of

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

2012-10-13 Thread Becky Knaub
Alex, I get the following message. There was a problem loading an audio file. Please check the book format for problems. Olearia will now reset as this book will not play I am not sure how you unzip the books. I tried to open them in Olearia 2 different ways. the first was to open them once I wa

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

2012-10-13 Thread Alex Hall
You download the daisy format, which comes as a zip or bks2 file. Open that and the mac will unzip it automatically. Now open Olearia, hit cmd-o, and go to the folder into which the mac unzipped the daisy files. Select either of the two the app presents and you should be all set. I don't think i

Bookshare books and Safari redux

2012-11-09 Thread Christine Grassman
Just did a software update yesterday and am having trouble opening bookshare xml books in Safari, as others described recently. Can't seem to find the threads on this -- at least not the ones discussing solutions. Looked on bookshare.org, and their support center FAQs link does not appear to be

Reading bookshare books using Safari

2020-02-11 Thread hemakarah
Hi all, I read that we should rename or convert books downloaded from Bookshare into HTML format. Of course, one can read these books with Safari and other browsers. Can we make the browsers remember a particular place in the book? Kindly let me know. Thanks so much for all your suggestions an

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi there, I've been using the Unarchiver. This link might help: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/theunarchiver.html Cheers Dónal On 12 May 2010, at 18:28, Richard Ring wrote: > Hello: > While on my lunch break, I downloaded a book from Bookshare using the Mac. I >

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread Richard Ring
Ok, I have downloaded this software. However, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to use it to extract a file. This can't be that hard, and I know it's me at fault. But if one of you kind people could assist, I would be extremely greatful. On May 12, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Dónal Fitzpatric

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread annelie robledo
Once you have installed the application. Open it and select what type of files you want unarchivor to open.I personally selected all. Then go to the finder and find the file you want to open once your cursor is on it do vo-shift-m. Here I believe you will see open with and unarchivor will be the

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
on the bookshare file, hit vo-shift-M and highlight open with and select the archiver. I'm assuming. On 12 May 2010, at 20:36, Richard Ring wrote: > Ok, I have downloaded this software. However, for the life of me, I can't > figure out how to use it to extract a file. This can't be that hard,

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread Richard Ring
When I vo shift m, I indeed get an open with sub menu. When I press return on that item, however, I hear menu closed. I set the unarchiver to open all files, so what else can I try? Thanks. On May 12, 2010, at 2:53 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > on the bookshare file, hit vo-shift-M and highlight

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread annelie robledo
On my mac when I go to the finder and put my cursor on the file I want to open I do vo-shift-m go to open with. For what ever reason the unarchivor is listed twice once as as default and a second time in in this menu I use the second instance and it worked. It asks me for my password I typed it

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread Richard Ring
Thanks, Annelie! I finally got it to work. Here is what was happening. I would place focus on the zip file. I would press vo shift m, down arrow to the "open with" submenu, and when I would press down arrow to get to my choices, I heard "closing menu". But I pressed right arrow, and got into

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread annelie robledo
Happy to help. On May 12, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > Thanks, Annelie! I finally got it to work. Here is what was happening. I > would place focus on the zip file. I would press vo shift m, down arrow to > the "open with" submenu, and when I would press down arrow to get to my > c

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-13 Thread Kimberly thurman
I just tried this myself. When on the file in the downloads folder, press VO shift down arrow, choose open with and unarchiver should be there. I was then prompted for my Book Share password and it opened right up. Just as a side note, does anybody know hich one of the files in a downloaded B

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-13 Thread Kimberly thurman
Oops, I meant VO shift M not VO shift down arrow. Sorry! On May 12, 2010, at 3:57 PM, annelie robledo wrote: > Once you have installed the application. Open it and select what type of > files you want unarchivor to open.I personally selected all. Then go to the > finder and find the file you wa

Re: The Mac and bookshare books

2011-08-30 Thread Denise Barajas
It just kept showing me a list of things like top > sites, and a checkbox that was related to book marks. It said I could > interact with the .html content, but, when I did, it was blank. > > Does anyone have any ideas as to how bookshare books can be read on the Mac? > If so, I w

Reading bookshare books on the mac

2010-11-29 Thread brandt
Hi there folks, Are there any way of reading a bookshare book on the mac, without taking the daisy book apart? I know that in Windows we have the victor reader software. Regards, Brandt Steenkamp MSN/Windows live: brandt...@live.com Google talk: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com AIM: brandt.steenk.

Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

2012-09-20 Thread Howard Dupuis
After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books in Safari, which is how I like to read 'em. What I've always done is just download the book, open the xml file -- and I'd be good to go. No more. Safari opens a completely blank file. I've got no

Re: Bookshare books on the Mac

2012-10-03 Thread Buddy Brannan
Hi, For a DAISY player, try Olearia: http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/ -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Oct 3, 2012, at 6:34 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: > Hi All, > I am trying to download a book from Bookshare on my Mac and the xmls format > is n

Re: Bookshare books on the Mac

2012-10-15 Thread Steve Holmes
The last time I looked there, it was so incomplete, I had no idea how to install, let alone use the thing. On Oct 3, 2012, at 3:42 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Hi, > > For a DAISY player, try Olearia: > http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/ > > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (8

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

2012-11-09 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi, there is a software called read out loud and there is a version for Mac to read bookshare books. This is what I have been using although it is a bit buggy at times. Hope this helps. You can get it from bookshare.org website. Becky and Ceil On Nov 9, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Christine Grassman

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

2012-11-09 Thread Christine Grassman
cally states that Mac users using a browser should be able to read books without one of their software tools. Thank you for your reply. Christine On Nov 9, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Becky Knaub wrote: > Hi, > there is a software called read out loud and there is a version for Mac to > read b

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

2012-11-09 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello Christine, Here is the recent post I made to the list about opening XML files in Safari. Please note to enable the "Develop" menu, go into Safari preferences with command+comma, then go to the advanced tab, and you should have an option in there to enable the develop menu, which is what

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

2012-11-09 Thread Christine Grassman
Harry, I am confused. I went into Safari preferences, and to the advanced tab. Show developer is checked, but I cannot find it anywhere to disabled file restrictions. Christine On Nov 9, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Harry Hogue wrote: > Hello Christine, > > Here is the recent post I made to the list abo

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

2012-11-09 Thread Harry Hogue
Christine, It is possible that you will need to restart Safari in order for the menu option to show. Once you have restarted Safari, it should work for you. Please let me know if this is not clear or doesn't work. Thanks, Harry On nov 9, 2012, at 9:23 a.m., Christine Grassman wrote: > Har

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

2012-11-09 Thread Christine Grassman
Harry, you are a god. Thank you. On Nov 9, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Harry Hogue wrote: > Christine, > > It is possible that you will need to restart Safari in order for the menu > option to show. Once you have restarted Safari, it should work for you. > > Please let me know if this is not clear or

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

2012-11-09 Thread Harry Hogue
Glad to be of help. I was really happy when I figured this out, too. My only question is how that option gets checked in the first place. Harry On nov 9, 2012, at 9:31 a.m., Christine Grassman wrote: > Harry, you are a god. Thank you. > On Nov 9, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Harry Hogue wrote: > >>

accessing BookShare books on the Mac

2016-04-11 Thread Aleeha Dudley
Hello All, Has anybody found a good way !read BRF or DAISY text files on the Mac with a braille Display? Thanks, Aleeha -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you fe

Re: Reading bookshare books on the mac

2010-11-30 Thread Greg Aikens
Hi Brandt, Check the archives for more suggestions but the method I use right now is to open the xml version of the book in safari. There is a free daisy player called Olearia but I couldn't get it to read from one chapter to the next without manually telling the program to move on. The safari

Re: Reading bookshare books on the mac

2010-11-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
The way I do it is, use a program like the unarchiver which will unzip password protected zip files. One of the files will have an xml extension, just open that in safari and off you go. On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:59 PM, brandt wrote: > Hi there folks, > > Are there any way of reading a bookshare

Re: Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

2012-09-20 Thread Howard Dupuis
Should have said that I'm talking about 10.8.2 on the mac -- not the new iOS. Thanks. On Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:45:10 PM UTC-4, Howard Dupuis wrote: > > After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books > in Safari, which is how I like to

Re: Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

2012-09-20 Thread ROD SKENE
about 10.8.2 on the mac -- not the new iOS. > Thanks. > > On Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:45:10 PM UTC-4, Howard Dupuis wrote: > After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books in > Safari, which is how I like to read 'em. What I've always

Re: Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

2012-09-20 Thread Alex Hall
; > On Sep 20, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Howard Dupuis wrote: > >> Should have said that I'm talking about 10.8.2 on the mac -- not the new >> iOS. Thanks. >> >> On Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:45:10 PM UTC-4, Howard Dupuis wrote: >> After upgrading to the newest OS y

Re: Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

2012-09-20 Thread ROD SKENE
g about 10.8.2 on the mac -- not the new >>> iOS. Thanks. >>> >>> On Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:45:10 PM UTC-4, Howard Dupuis wrote: >>> After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books >>> in Safari, which is how I like

Re: Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

2012-09-20 Thread Christine Grassman
September 20, 2012 1:45:10 PM UTC-4, Howard Dupuis wrote: >> After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books in >> Safari, which is how I like to read 'em. What I've always done is just >> download the book, open the xml file -- and I'd b

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

2016-04-11 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, I download the books, in either .brf or daisy txt only formats. I read them with my braille display in either i text express or in sasarafi, depending on the format of the book. some say you have to have your display set for computer braille.. hth, Caitlyn > On Apr 11, 2016, at 9:57 AM, Al

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

2016-04-11 Thread Bill Dengler
Hello, Where can I get a copy of Sasarafi? Google and Mac App Store yield nothing, have been looking for a solution to this as well… Thanks, Bill > On Apr 11, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > Hi, > I download the books, in either .brf or daisy txt only formats. > > I read them

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

2016-04-11 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Ugh!! sorry about the horrible typo.. I meant safari.. Caitlyn > On Apr 11, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Bill Dengler wrote: > > Hello, > Where can I get a copy of Sasarafi? > Google and Mac App Store yield nothing, have been looking for a solution to > this as well… > > Thanks, > Bill >> On Apr 11, 201

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

2016-04-11 Thread Carter Temm
Hi, How does i text express work, and where can I get it? I would love to have a way of accessing bookshare books on the mac as well. On windows there is another program you can use called read out loud, but don't think their is a mac equivalent. On 4/11/16, Caitlyn Furness wrote: >

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

2016-04-12 Thread Caitlyn Furness
k, and where can I get it? I would love to > have a way of accessing bookshare books on the mac as well. On windows > there is another program you can use called read out loud, but don't > think their is a mac equivalent. > > On 4/11/16, Caitlyn Furness wrote: >> Hi, >

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

2016-04-12 Thread Carter Temm
t; hth, > Caitlyn > >> On Apr 11, 2016, at 9:04 PM, Carter Temm wrote: >> >> Hi, >> How does i text express work, and where can I get it? I would love to >> have a way of accessing bookshare books on the mac as well. On windows >> there is another

making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Brent Harding
Hi there. I'm kind of a new user and just got a Macbook off Ebay a few weeks ago. I tried to install DTBMaker to try and convert some Bookshare books into audio with the Alex voice to eventually put on my Victor Stream. I don't care for the voices built into the stream for long-te

Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

2013-11-05 Thread Christine Grassman
Last week, I wrote with increased frustration about my inability to read previously opened xml files from bookshare. It was suggested that I try replacing the xml extension with html. However, when I attempt to do this, I am being given two choices: saving either both page source or web archive

Converting bookshare books to Audio in the Mac

2009-09-30 Thread Dr.Khalid
Hi All! I wonder, is it possible to convert .xml files to MP3 or any type of audio files that the Victor Stream can recognize? I downloaded a DAISY book from bookshare, and I don't want to read it via the TTS in the VS. Is there an easy way to convert this book to audio using Alex? I'm using my

Trouble reading new bookshare books in xml format

2012-10-20 Thread Greg Aikens
Hi all, I know there have been a few threads on accessing bookshare books in xml format over the last month or so, but I wanted to follow up to see if anyone had found a solution to the problem I am encountering. I can read bookshare books that I downloaded months ago just fine in the xml

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Greg Kearney
m kind of a new user and just got a Macbook off Ebay a > few weeks > ago. I tried to install DTBMaker to try and convert some Bookshare > books > into audio with the Alex voice to eventually put on my Victor > Stream. I > don't care for the voices built into the st

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Brent Harding
Ah, do I still have to get darwin ports and Lame and all that installed, or will it use the encoders already there? I remember when I tried it on Windows that Bookshare books wouldn't validate, but maybe that perl script will fix that up. - Original Message - From: "Gr

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Greg Kearney
l it use the encoders already there? I remember when I tried it on > Windows that Bookshare books wouldn't validate, but maybe that perl > script > will fix that up. > > > - Original Message - > From: "Greg Kearney" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, April

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Brent Harding
ight in as VO really isn't as bad as people make it seem, once you play with it a little and the podcasts on BCT. - Original Message - From: "Greg Kearney" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:14 PM Subject: Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books? >

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread kaare dehard
- > From: "Greg Kearney" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:14 PM > Subject: Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books? > > >> >> Daisy Pipeline has all the installers you will need. >> >> Greg Kearney >> 535 S. Jackson

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Brent Harding
I'm sure we'll continue to get new improvements too. They did pretty good. - Original Message - From: "kaare dehard" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:33 PM Subject: Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books? > > there are some that find that v

Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

2012-08-10 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, all, I don't have the money to upgrade my VMWare Fusion at the moment, otherwise I would read my Bookshare books through Kurzweil 1000, like normal. I think a few of you said you read your Bookshare books on the Mac, and I was wondering how you did this? The one solution I saw ment

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

2013-11-05 Thread alia robinson
Don’t try to save it as html. Hit enter on the file to rename it, put html in the place xml is on the end of your file, and when you open it it should open in safari. I simply copy and paste into text edit from there and save as rtf, but you can read it on safari if you want. On Nov 5, 2013, at

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

2013-11-06 Thread Christine Grassman
Where and when am I hitting enter to rename? If I am in the file menu, enter will select whatever command has focus. Rename is not in the list. If I search fort in finder, enter opens it and reads empty html. On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:28 PM, alia robinson wrote: > Don’t try to save it as html. Hit

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