I'm using Jaws 18. Jaws 18 and the companion software have been getting along beautifully until my computer was moved from one physical location to another. At the same time, all the items in Documents got mixed up, and are not in the same order that they were. That isn't a problem since I find things by pressing the key with the first letter of the item I'm looking for. But it can't be a coincidence that these changes happened after the computer traveled from Westbury to South Huntington.
Miriam -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of LeDon Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 9:44 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] My wayward Books Folder Yes, but that way your folder wouldn't disappear. There must be some interaction between jaws 2018 or windows 10 and your software that is causing the folder to disappear. If that is true then your problem won't go away until the offending software is changed. Not much you can do about that. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni Sent: Friday, February 09, 2018 1:19 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] My wayward Books Folder Thanks. But the point of having the books folder is to use the companion software. Otherwise, I can just unzip the book in downloads, where it arrives and transfer it. The reason for using the companion software is that one can unzip and transfer several books at one time and it's somewhat easier than unzipping the book with windows. Miriam -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of LeDon Sent: Friday, February 09, 2018 12:07 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] My wayward Books Folder Why don't you try this. Create a new folder and name it. Put the zip folder which contains the book you want into that folder. Now make sure that the zip folder has focus. Press the application key and arrow up until you find, extract all. Press return on that. The book zipped file will be opened, and all of the files will be extracted to a file of the same name. You will then have two files of the same name in the folder. One will be the original zipped file.. The other will be your book with all of the necessary files in it. Copy and paste this file to your card or device. You will then have your book on the card or device, and the folder you used will still be there with both files in it, one the zipped file the other the extracted file of the same name. You can delete one of them if you wish. But anyhow, I am confident if you unzip a book this way, and then copy the book file to your card or device, the new folder you created will be there when you go back and will not disappear. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni Sent: Friday, February 09, 2018 8:42 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] My wayward Books Folder Jeff, The Humanware Companion software always works the same way. It finds the zip folder that contains the files for the book in my books folder. It unzips the zip folder, puts all the files in a folder, and then transfers this folder onto the SD card for the VR Stream or the cartridge for the NLS player. There's never been a problem, ever since Humanware developed this piece of software. It works with zip folders from NLS and Bookshare. The software is set to find the zip folders in my books folder which I've always had, ever since I began downloading books in 2007. Miriam -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Audiobookfan Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2018 10:00 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] My wayward Books Folder Miriam, When you perform the transfer to your SD card, do you transfer the entire folder or just the files inside the folder? I'm wondering if the program you're using to transfer the files is removing them once they are transferred. If you're specifying the folder to transfer, it may be removing it once it's been transferred. Just a thought. Jeff On 2/8/2018 11:23 AM, Miriam Vieni wrote: > So the last time I constructed that folder, I looked each day for 3 or > 4 days and the folder was sitting there, obediently waiting. Then I > downloaded The Newyorker and placed it in the folder. I transferred it > to my second gen stream with the companion software because I'm > accustomed to transferring and opening books that way. I read the > articles I wanted to read. And then later, I was emailing to someone > about another issue I had and I remembered the books folder so I > checked back to see if it was still in Documents and, lo and behold, > it had disappeared. > > Miriam > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] > On Behalf Of LeDon > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2018 9:03 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] My wayward Books Folder > > What a hell of a problem. If you went to your documents folder and > then pressed the ctrl spacebar to insure that no folder had the focus. > And then pressed the application key and arrowed up to, new and > pressed enter. And you pressed return on folder. Then if you typed the > name of the folder and you got a new folder with that name. Then you > placed an item in that folder and you found that it was there but > when you went back later the folder was gone. Well then I think that > you might have a poltergeist in your new home. > Check out to find if other, mysteries are happening around the home. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] > On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 5:39 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: [JAWS-Users] My wayward Books Folder > > Remember that Books folder that I constructed and it then disappeared > and I reconstructed it? I followed someone's directions and backspaced > or something and it sat comfortably in Documents until I used it > yesterday. I transferred The New Yorker magazine into it, and today, > when I looked in Documents. The folder was gone. I'd transferred the > magazine to my VR Stream so the folder was empty. It seems that each > time I put it back in documents, it stays until I use it. After I use > it, it disappears. Can anyone make a suggestion? 64 bit, Win7 IE 11, > Jaws 18, Office 365. > > > Miriam > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
