The VR Stream also enables direct transfer of Bookshare books in the bks2 format - No unzipping, etc. This would also be a nice feature to see in the Book Sense. Not easy to compete with a product that has been out for several years and had the opportunity to mature the product. Hopefully the Book Sense folks will be able to come up the learning curve at an accelerated rate and begin introducing features which make this unit shine.
-----Original Message----- From: Bryan Bashin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 11:52 AM To: John McCann; Amy Ruell; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Newsline folder use? John and others, I've successfully done exactly what you are saying in order to read newsline files. I must say, though, that the process is unnecessarily cumbersome. In the Victor Stream one can simply put one or a hundred newspaper files in a single folder and the stream is smart enough to present the issues sequentially without the bother of having to create 100 separate subfolders. Newsline is coming out with the ability simply to have new newspapers delivered to the Stream as soon as your desktop PC detects that it is plugged in. Can any GW Micro folks let us know if the Newsline auto-update service will be supported on the Book Sense?A t 08:29 AM 9/13/2009, John McCann wrote: >Amy: > >I believe you have to create a subfolder under the "newsline" folder into >which you would then copy the four files which comprise the specific issue >of any newspaper. For example, I receive both the Washington Post and the >New York Times via email from the NFB newsline service. Under "daisy / >newsline", I've made subfolders for "ny times" and "Washington post", which >folders, in turn, contain folders numbered "01" through "31". So, again by >way of example, all attachments to today's email transmitting the Washington >Post are copied to: > >daisy\newsline\washington post\13\ > >This should work for you. > >John > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Amy Ruell" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]>; "Rod Gowen" <[email protected]>; "Amy Ruell"; ><[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:53 AM >Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Newsline folder use? > > >Hi, >If I put the newspaper from bookshare into my bookshare folder, it works, >but if I put the same >content into the newsline folder, it is not seen by the BookSense and does >not play. >Amy > >On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:58:08 -0700, Rod Gowen wrote: > > > > >Message The Newsline folder in the Daisy folder is put there especially to > >be > >used for NFB Newsline materials. However, that being said, there is no hard > >and > >fast rule as to where you put your material, as long as it is in one of > >the > >main folder types that are required for each type of material; documents, > >daisy & other audio media. I do not like the way the newspapers are read > >as > >daisy files, so I simply copy the .XML files each day into the document > >folder > >and read them as plain text documents. Rod ----- Original Message ----- > >From: > >Amy Ruell To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 > >6:45 > > AM Subject: [GW-Booksense] Newsline folder use? Hello all, I > > usually > >use another device to access newspapers, but have a question. I put the > >newsline papers in the Bookshare foler to play them. Therefore, what is > >the > >newsline option for? Thanks. Amy > > > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 4421 (20090913) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > > > > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 4421 (20090913) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.95/2368 - Release Date: 09/13/09 17:50:00
