would it have been difficult to give us a choice if we wanted a zip file
daisey or brf on the new site?
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From: "Ann Parsons" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] FW: Bookshare Issue with Braille Notes
Hi all,
Actually, Bookshare did tell people they were going to a new format for
uppacking their books. It is, as it happens more of a standard way to
incript books, and there should not be a problem with any mainstream
computer at all. Often web sites do not like download managers, and I
don't recommend using them. They're just another layer between you and
your activities. This change is actually one that will make it possible
for anyone, running any OS to download books from Bookshare. In fact, I
beta tested it for them in Linux, and it and its password protected zip
files work just fine on Linux.
The problem is that for the BN, the unpack tool is in the ROM software,
and needs to be replaced by the common, garden variety of what used to be
called PKzip. This should be an easy fix, a patch-like fix since the zip
program is common to Windows CE. Humanware could have simply made a patch
and released it free to *all* users. It should have done that, period.
This wasn't a program that had anything to do with ks8. This was a
Windows CE issue and should have been fixed in a week! The program
exists, it is a mere problem of replacing the unpack tool, a program
designed by Bookshare, with a generic, garden variety, common, available
in the OS program, period.
What program are you using to download from Bookshare, Melaina? If you
contact me privately, I may be able to help.
Ann P.
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:18:41AM -0500, Malaina VanderWal wrote:
It isn't just the braillenote family that is left in the cold with this
new bookshare site. All of the comments about those who only have bns
and no computer are very true. But it is more than just humanware that
have to try and make the changes needed to get books and other info from
bookshare. While I do feel the classic bn should be able to get a patch
of some sort and something for the rest of us soon, bookshare in their
communications with users gave us no indication there would be any
disruption in how we got our books. They should have told us months or
at least weeks in advance prior to the change. I have a program on my
computer where I am supposed to be able to get bookshare books and I am
having issues with that as well. I don't think others are but all files
downloaded from that program are corrupted. I guess my main point is
that I believe bookshare should have waited to put their new site online
until all vendors like hw could put a patch or upgrade into motion. I
really do feel for those who have classics and can no longer use
bookshare if they did for books and newspapers and such. There should
have been more communication between bookshare and hw so hw would have
had a plan long before this new site went live. Or like I said
bookshare should have waited until companies like hw could find a
solution.
Malaina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karyn Campbell" <[email protected]
To: "Braillenote Discussion List" <[email protected]
Date sent: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:47:34 -0600
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] FW: Bookshare Issue with Braille Notes
Rhonda and all,
One not having a PC is definitely not limited to the db community
and you
are a perfect example of that.
If they did not say anything about this change of access, then
isn't this
bait and switch since you can no longer access a site that you
once could?
It is obvious that they never gave members a clue as to what was
coming
which means there is blame on their end as well as that of HW.
This may be a larger issue than one thinks but I need to do some
research
before anymore can be said about that. We will see what happens
with this
one.
Karyn Campbell, Illinois USA, [email protected]
Using VN QT M Power running KS 7.5 b 28
Check out my blog at packerbrat.livejournal.com
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