Hmm... First, try another book. After the major update to Bookshare (was it really a year ago?) I had that same thing happen to me a few times, but it turned out to be the book file itself. If that will not work, try going to your preferences and changing from zip to bks2 as your prefered file type.
On 1/10/10, Chris Danielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Kristen: > > Thanks to you and others who have responded to my inquiry. I have downloaded > a .zip book from Bookshare and tried to unpack it; it asks for my password > but then won't unpack the book, giving me a message that says something like > "unable to unpack Bookshare book, error 10." This is using Keysoft 9.0, > Build 534, with a brand new BrailleNOte Apex (which I otherwise love so > far.) I tried changing the filename, including the .zip extension to .bks, > but that didn't work either. > > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kristen Slemp [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 6:48 PM > To: Chris Danielsen; [email protected] > Subject: re: [Braillenote] Bookshare books > > Hello Chris, > This Is Kristen. > Welcome To the BRAILLENOTE And BRAILLENOTE Family! > What Version of KEYSOFT Do You Have?!? > As Far As I know Keysoft 8.0 is the only version that currently Can open / > Unzip the BOOKSHARE Books. > I have that one. > and I use BOOKSHARE. > And I use the Books with the .bks2 extension, not the .zip extension, > because if you use the books with the .bks2 extension, the BRAILLENOTE / > VOICENOTE doesn't switch to eloquence, it keeps speaking the KEY-NOTE-GOLD > voice ... which is my preference! > But if you use the books with the .zip extension, It switches to eloquence > and * even * if * your default speech is set *TO KEY-NOTE-GOLD*: > you * won't * be * able * to switch * to it * until your out * of the * > BOOK-READER. > At least ... that has been my experience with Keysoft. > mind * these BRAILLENOTES * and VOICENOTES * seem to be as different as two > people who use them! > so, in some cases * the experiences * one user * will have with them will * > differ * greatly *: > so, * greatly * that one * might begin to wonder if * their even the same * > product family. > Keep in mind this is just what I've experienced, and observed over the last > 8/10 years, as a BRAILLENOTE, and now a VOICENOTE user. > Starting in 9th/10th grade with a BRAILLENOTE Classic, and about 3 / 3 > and-a-half years ago a VOICENOTE MPOWER USER! > And as an off and on participant on this list. > I started with Keysoft 5.1; then went to 2.7; then to 5.0; and now am using > A: > VOICENOTE MPOWER BT KEYSOFT 8.0 Build 20! > I * Love * It! > I Hope You Enjoy The list! > And I Hope you love your unit! > Looking Forward to getting to know you more on the list as we make our > BRAILLENOTE/VOICENOTE Journey's! > May GOD BLESS You, And Give You HIS PEACE! > Sincerely, In Our LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, And OUR BLESSED VIRGIN > MOTHER Mary, Kristen...(Kristen: A Novice In The Order Of CARMELITES > DISCALCED Secular - GROUP OF THE TRANSFIGURATION) > >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Chris Danielsen" <[email protected] >>To: "Braille Note list" <[email protected] Date sent: Sat, >>9 Jan 2010 06:17:28 -0500 >>Subject: [Braillenote] Bookshare books > >>Hello everyone: > >>I am new to the list but have already gained some useful > information. I've >>noticed that the Braille Note Apex no longer supports unpacking > Bookshare >>books. I assume this is because of the fact that Bookshare now > uses >>password-protected ZIP files; I was able to open a Bookshare book > once it >>had been unzipped. All the same, I think it would be useful if > the device >>could handle these files without the user having to unzip them on > a PC. Is >>that in the works? Or, am I doing something wrong? I tried simply > opening a >>zipped Bookshare book with the Book Reader utility. Thanks in > advance for >>any suggestions. > >>Chris > > >>Chris Danielsen >>101 East Wells Street, Apt. 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