Does anyone know if the software will work on iBooks, or do I have to put it on the iMac?
I finally have found out that mPhiladelphia Free Library--or whatever the title is--will let me download audio books through OverDrive, so this is a nice addition--if I can get it to work. Can you keep the audio books? Burn them to CD? Or do they go away after whatever the time-limit is? Jane On 11/20/08, David Poehlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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" <[email protected]> > 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 >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > >
