Reading bookshare books using Safari

Hi all, I read that we should rename or convert books downloaded from Bookshare into HTML format. Of course, one can read these books with Safari and other browsers. Can we make the browsers remember a particular place in the book? Kindly let me know. Thanks so much for all your suggestions

Re: reading bookshare books

Jason, granted i read bookshare books differently and am not as of yet using a mac. Still I often come across a notation when searching for bookshare books indicating that some works cannot be read in their web reader program, but require another format be chosen. My hope was to encourage

Re: reading bookshare books

ellen" wrote: making all these various avenues supporting the most important question, that was not asked. bookshare books in what format? there are loads of options these days. On Sun, 9 Feb 2020, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote: > I use Booksha

Re: reading bookshare books

making all these various avenues supporting the most important question, that was not asked. bookshare books in what format? there are loads of options these days. On Sun, 9 Feb 2020, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote: I use Bookshare Web Reader on multiple operating systems

Re: reading bookshare books

I use Bookshare Web Reader on multiple operating systems these days. On 2/9/20, 10:19, "macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of hemaka...@gmail.com" wrote: Hi all, How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. Warml

Re: reading bookshare books

How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. > > Warmly, > Hem. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you fe

Re: reading bookshare books

What I do is after unzipping the daisy book folder, open the xml file in Safari. On 2/9/20, hemaka...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all, > > How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. > > Warmly, > Hem. > > > -- > The following information is import

reading bookshare books

Hi all, How do I access bookshare books on the Mac? Kindly advise. Warmly, Hem. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

ll be gobbled > gook. > > hth, > Caitlyn > >> On Apr 11, 2016, at 9:04 PM, Carter Temm <crtbrai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> How does i text express work, and where can I get it? I would love to >> have a way of accessing bookshare book

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

t; How does i text express work, and where can I get it? I would love to > have a way of accessing bookshare books on the mac as well. On windows > there is another program you can use called read out loud, but don't > think their is a mac equivalent. > > On 4/11/16, Caitlyn Furness

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

Hi, How does i text express work, and where can I get it? I would love to have a way of accessing bookshare books on the mac as well. On windows there is another program you can use called read out loud, but don't think their is a mac equivalent. On 4/11/16, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.f

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

Ugh!! sorry about the horrible typo.. I meant safari.. Caitlyn > On Apr 11, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Bill Dengler wrote: > > Hello, > Where can I get a copy of Sasarafi? > Google and Mac App Store yield nothing, have been looking for a solution to > this as well… > > Thanks, >

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

Hello, Where can I get a copy of Sasarafi? Google and Mac App Store yield nothing, have been looking for a solution to this as well… Thanks, Bill > On Apr 11, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > Hi, > I download the books, in either .brf or daisy txt

Re: accessing BookShare books on the Mac

Hi, I download the books, in either .brf or daisy txt only formats. I read them with my braille display in either i text express or in sasarafi, depending on the format of the book. some say you have to have your display set for computer braille.. hth, Caitlyn > On Apr 11, 2016, at 9:57 AM,

accessing BookShare books on the Mac

Hello All, Has anybody found a good way !read BRF or DAISY text files on the Mac with a braille Display? Thanks, Aleeha -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

bro” file format before. I’ve been a > bookstore user for years now. I usually do read bookshare books with my > braille display, but occassionally I’ve used voice dream reader on the i > phone instead. > > Caitlyn > > On Mar 1, 2016, at 8:14 PM, Cristina Hartmann <cristi

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

Christina, thanks, I’ve never heard of “bro” file format before. I’ve been a bookstore user for years now. I usually do read bookshare books with my braille display, but occassionally I’ve used voice dream reader on the i phone instead. Caitlyn > On Mar 1, 2016, at 8:14 PM, Crist

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

>>> https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/training-and-resources/braille/reading-books-braille-ios >>> >>> Kare >>> >>> >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille >

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

ources/braille/reading-books-braille-ios Kare To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader? Hi all, I'm pretty new to the refreshable braille reader and the associated technology in general, so please bear with me. I'm probably g

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

Christina, you can also use voice dream reader on your i phone, paired with your brilliant, to read electronic braille. that way, you can be wherever you want to be when you read your books. I haven’t tried this yet, with my own brilliant, but I am just now experiementing with it with my i

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

tps://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/training-and-resources/braille/reading-books-braille-ios > > Kare > > > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader? > > > Hi all, > > I'm pretty new to the refresha

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

that it is helpful. https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/training-and-resources/braille/reading-books-braille-ios Kare To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader? Hi all, I'm pretty new to the refreshable braille reader

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

You are most welcome. Be alert for a private invitation to the bookshare discussion list. Others there who are not members here are ready to lend ideas. Kare On Mon, 29 Feb 2016, Cristina Hartmann wrote: Thanks Karen and Anders. I appreciate the input. On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 2:13 PM,

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

Thanks Karen and Anders. I appreciate the input. On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > No you’re right about that. > The brailliant is a display only not a notetaker. > /A > > On 29 Feb 2016, at 22:32, Cristina Hartmann

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

Hi Cristina, While I cannot give you a direct answer, I have posted your question to the bookshare discussion list. I will share the answers provided. Kare On Mon, 29 Feb 2016, Cristina Hartmann wrote: Hi all, I'm pretty new to the refreshable braille reader and the associated technology

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

Hi! No you’re right about that. The brailliant is a display only not a notetaker. /A > On 29 Feb 2016, at 22:32, Cristina Hartmann > wrote: > > Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like my Humanware Braille Bi 40 has storage. > It doesn't accept SD cards as far as I can

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like my Humanware Braille Bi 40 has storage. It doesn't accept SD cards as far as I can tell. (Nothing in the manual indicates that it can, but i could be wrong.) I'll keep snooping around, though. Thanks! On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 1:21 PM, E.T.

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

If your braille display has storage (SD card etc), you can download the brf formatted books and transfer them to the display's storage and read them directly that way. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

Thanks, but I'm looking for a solution that would work for mobile as I don't like to read books at my computer. (Bookshare's website offers a download file specifically for refreshable braille reader, but as I mentioned, I hate being stuck at my computer for leisure reading.) Thanks for the idea

Re: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

I would try Bookshare web reader on the Mac although I am not sure how it will work with braille display. VoiceDream reader for iOS might Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 29, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Cristina Hartmann > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm pretty new to the

Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader?

Hi all, I'm pretty new to the refreshable braille reader and the associated technology in general, so please bear with me. I'm probably goofing something up. I have a Humanware Brailliant Bi 40 and I have a Bookshare membership. I want to read the books in braille as I am hearing impaired, so I

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

Where and when am I hitting enter to rename? If I am in the file menu, enter will select whatever command has focus. Rename is not in the list. If I search fort in finder, enter opens it and reads empty html. On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:28 PM, alia robinson ali...@gmail.com wrote: Don’t try to save

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

It has always opened in Safari; previously, it read fine, but now it reads empty html. On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:28 PM, alia robinson ali...@gmail.com wrote: Don’t try to save it as html. Hit enter on the file to rename it, put html in the place xml is on the end of your file, and when you open

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

don’t open it, go to your file list, press enter on the file instead of opening it. you can then rename it by deleting the xml part, and type in html, then open the file again. It will ask you if you’re sure you want to change it, and you say yes of course. Alia On Nov 6, 2013, at 8:24 AM,

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

I must be missing something, because whenever I hit enter on a document name, it opens. (grin) On Nov 6, 2013, at 8:29 AM, alia robinson ali...@gmail.com wrote: don’t open it, go to your file list, press enter on the file instead of opening it. you can then rename it by deleting the xml

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

Try this, when VO is focused on the document name, bring up the context menu by pressing vo plus shift, plus M. Then go to get info. In there down a bit there is something called file name and extension disclosure triangle ( I can’t remember exactly what it’s called), Vo space on that if the

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

I don’t know why it would. I either have to do vo/space or command/o to open a document in the finder. Alia On Nov 6, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: I must be missing something, because whenever I hit enter on a document name, it opens. (grin) -- You

Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

Last week, I wrote with increased frustration about my inability to read previously opened xml files from bookshare. It was suggested that I try replacing the xml extension with html. However, when I attempt to do this, I am being given two choices: saving either both page source or web

Re: Changing xml extension to html for bookshare books . . .

Don’t try to save it as html. Hit enter on the file to rename it, put html in the place xml is on the end of your file, and when you open it it should open in safari. I simply copy and paste into text edit from there and save as rtf, but you can read it on safari if you want. On Nov 5, 2013, at

Bookshare books and Safari redux

Just did a software update yesterday and am having trouble opening bookshare xml books in Safari, as others described recently. Can't seem to find the threads on this -- at least not the ones discussing solutions. Looked on bookshare.org, and their support center FAQs link does not appear to be

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

Hi, there is a software called read out loud and there is a version for Mac to read bookshare books. This is what I have been using although it is a bit buggy at times. Hope this helps. You can get it from bookshare.org website. Becky and Ceil On Nov 9, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Christine Grassman

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

to read bookshare books. This is what I have been using although it is a bit buggy at times. Hope this helps. You can get it from bookshare.org website. Becky and Ceil On Nov 9, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Just did a software update yesterday and am

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

Hello Christine, Here is the recent post I made to the list about opening XML files in Safari. Please note to enable the Develop menu, go into Safari preferences with command+comma, then go to the advanced tab, and you should have an option in there to enable the develop menu, which is what

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

Harry, I am confused. I went into Safari preferences, and to the advanced tab. Show developer is checked, but I cannot find it anywhere to disabled file restrictions. Christine On Nov 9, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Harry Hogue harryhog...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Christine, Here is the recent post I

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

Christine, It is possible that you will need to restart Safari in order for the menu option to show. Once you have restarted Safari, it should work for you. Please let me know if this is not clear or doesn't work. Thanks, Harry On nov 9, 2012, at 9:23 a.m., Christine Grassman

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

Harry, you are a god. Thank you. On Nov 9, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Harry Hogue harryhog...@gmail.com wrote: Christine, It is possible that you will need to restart Safari in order for the menu option to show. Once you have restarted Safari, it should work for you. Please let me know if this

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

Glad to be of help. I was really happy when I figured this out, too. My only question is how that option gets checked in the first place. Harry On nov 9, 2012, at 9:31 a.m., Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Harry, you are a god. Thank you. On Nov 9, 2012, at 11:29 AM,

Re: Trouble reading new bookshare books in xml format

; I tend to suspect a Safari issue. Any thoughts or suggestions is grately appreciated. I was right in the middle of a great book. :) Harry On oct 20, 2012, at 5:27 p.m., Greg Aikens gpaik...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I know there have been a few threads on accessing bookshare books in xml

Re: Trouble reading new bookshare books in xml format

20, 2012, at 5:27 p.m., Greg Aikens gpaik...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I know there have been a few threads on accessing bookshare books in xml format over the last month or so, but I wanted to follow up to see if anyone had found a solution to the problem I am encountering. I can read

Trouble reading new bookshare books in xml format

Hi all, I know there have been a few threads on accessing bookshare books in xml format over the last month or so, but I wanted to follow up to see if anyone had found a solution to the problem I am encountering. I can read bookshare books that I downloaded months ago just fine in the xml

RE: Trouble reading new bookshare books in xml format

, October 20, 2012 19:28 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Trouble reading new bookshare books in xml format Hi all, I know there have been a few threads on accessing bookshare books in xml format over the last month or so, but I wanted to follow up to see if anyone had found a solution

Re: Trouble reading new bookshare books in xml format

support sent me. On Oct 20, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Greg Aikens gpaik...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I know there have been a few threads on accessing bookshare books in xml format over the last month or so, but I wanted to follow up to see if anyone had found a solution to the problem I am

Re: Bookshare books on the Mac

The last time I looked there, it was so incomplete, I had no idea how to install, let alone use the thing. On Oct 3, 2012, at 3:42 PM, Buddy Brannan bu...@brannan.name wrote: Hi, For a DAISY player, try Olearia: http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/ -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

Hi. this is interesting I didn't think it was possible to read book share books in oleria. does olearia use it's own voice to read? or does it use the system voice? I guess saving your place is the same when reading book share books with safari? God Bless! Maria from australia Newbie mac

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

It defaults to the system voice, but you can choose another in preferences. The new voice, however, seems to need a new book before it will take effect and may not switch at all. It seems to save your place exactly until you restart or close the app; once you do this, you are taken to the top

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

Alex, I get the following message. There was a problem loading an audio file. Please check the book format for problems. Olearia will now reset as this book will not play I am not sure how you unzip the books. I tried to open them in Olearia 2 different ways. the first was to open them once I

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

You download the daisy format, which comes as a zip or bks2 file. Open that and the mac will unzip it automatically. Now open Olearia, hit cmd-o, and go to the folder into which the mac unzipped the daisy files. Select either of the two the app presents and you should be all set. I don't think

Bookshare books and Olearia

Hi all, I downloaded Olearia and tried playing both versions of bookshare daisy books but it wouldn't play them. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas. I used to read them when they were in XML format but now even that won't work. If anyone has any ideas I would be very appreciative. Thank

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

I was able to open a book successfully. Granted, it does a poor job of saving my place, navigation is buggy, and the speech rate won't move past a frustratingly slow setting, but it does work. What happens when you open the book? How are you trying to go about this? I had to manually unzip the

Bookshare books on the Mac

Hi All, I am trying to download a book from Bookshare on my Mac and the xmls format is not working. Does anyone have any ideas or can any body tell me a good way to convert BRFs into actual words that VO can read or if not could anyone recommend a good daisy player that works well with ML?

Re: Bookshare books on the Mac

Hi, For a DAISY player, try Olearia: http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/ -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Oct 3, 2012, at 6:34 PM, Becky Knaub becnc...@embarqmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am trying to download a book from Bookshare on my Mac and

Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books in Safari, which is how I like to read 'em. What I've always done is just download the book, open the xml file -- and I'd be good to go. No more. Safari opens a completely blank file. I've got no idea why this might have

Re: Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

Should have said that I'm talking about 10.8.2 on the mac -- not the new iOS. Thanks. On Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:45:10 PM UTC-4, Howard Dupuis wrote: After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books in Safari, which is how I like to read 'em. What I've always

Re: Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

talking about 10.8.2 on the mac -- not the new iOS. Thanks. On Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:45:10 PM UTC-4, Howard Dupuis wrote: After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books in Safari, which is how I like to read 'em. What I've always done is just download the book

Re: Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

:08 PM, Howard Dupuis hdup...@gmail.com wrote: Should have said that I'm talking about 10.8.2 on the mac -- not the new iOS. Thanks. On Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:45:10 PM UTC-4, Howard Dupuis wrote: After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books in Safari, which

Re: Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

, 2012 1:45:10 PM UTC-4, Howard Dupuis wrote: After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books in Safari, which is how I like to read 'em. What I've always done is just download the book, open the xml file -- and I'd be good to go. No more. Safari opens a completely blank

Re: Cannot read Bookshare books if xml

wrote: After upgrading to the newest OS yesterday, I can't read Bookshare books in Safari, which is how I like to read 'em. What I've always done is just download the book, open the xml file -- and I'd be good to go. No more. Safari opens a completely blank file. I've got no idea why

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

(over the last year or so) but lately when I download bookshare books, no unzipping is required. I just seek out the title and the .xml extension, and it opens in Safari when I hit enter. Is no one else experiencing this? Harry, I know in your case, you are dealing with previously downloaded books

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

Thanks, Harry. I was wondering if you used Safari. Seems to me that means you can't pick up where you left off in a book, right? That would be a big drawback, I would think. How do you work around that/ Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

One way to get around this is to set a web spot at the place you left off. I haven't tried this under ML but in Lion it worked inconsistently and often I would forget to set a web spot when I finished reading, but it is better than nothing. -Greg On Aug 12, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Mary Otten

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

I simply would just remember where I had been reading and type a keyword or two. What I would like to know now is how to associate .bks files with The Unarchiver, as the checkbox to Always open with this application, in Other… and selecting the application does not hold, for some reason. Does

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

I don't know whether this is only true of the newest additions to bookshare (over the last year or so) but lately when I download bookshare books, no unzipping is required. I just seek out the title and the .xml extension, and it opens in Safari when I hit enter. Is no one else experiencing

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know whether this is only true of the newest additions to bookshare (over the last year or so) but lately when I download bookshare books, no unzipping is required. I just seek out the title and the .xml extension, and it opens in Safari when I hit enter. Is no one else

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

. -Greg On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Harry Hogue harryhog...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, all, I don't have the money to upgrade my VMWare Fusion at the moment, otherwise I would read my Bookshare books through Kurzweil 1000, like normal. I think a few of you said you read your Bookshare books

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

. -Greg On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Harry Hogue harryhog...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, all, I don't have the money to upgrade my VMWare Fusion at the moment, otherwise I would read my Bookshare books through Kurzweil 1000, like normal. I think a few of you said you read your Bookshare books

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

I'm still in the dark ages. If others have better solutions, please enlighten me. -Greg On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Harry Hogue harryhog...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, all, I don't have the money to upgrade my VMWare Fusion at the moment, otherwise I would read my Bookshare books through

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

Harry, once you get those bks files open on your Mac, what are you using to read them? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

Just vo-shift-m on one of them and select open with. Now find the program you want, vo-right to the checkbox about always using this application, and check it. That should do it. If not, hit cmd-i on a bks file and find the opens with popup. I might have the instructions or wording a bit off -

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

I'll try the cmd+I command, because going to Other… selecting the application, and checking the box to Always use this application nto open this type of file didn't work. And Mary, when I open these files I use Safari to read them. Harry On Aug 11, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

Right, I forgot to mention that. As others have said, you can open the .xml file found in the daisy books downloaded from bookshare in Safari. You can then use heading navigation to move around the book, depending on how it was marked up. On 8/11/12, Harry Hogue harryhog...@gmail.com wrote: I'll

Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

Hi, all, I don't have the money to upgrade my VMWare Fusion at the moment, otherwise I would read my Bookshare books through Kurzweil 1000, like normal. I think a few of you said you read your Bookshare books on the Mac, and I was wondering how you did this? The one solution I saw mentioned

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

: Hi, all, I don't have the money to upgrade my VMWare Fusion at the moment, otherwise I would read my Bookshare books through Kurzweil 1000, like normal. I think a few of you said you read your Bookshare books on the Mac, and I was wondering how you did this? The one solution I saw

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

at the moment, otherwise I would read my Bookshare books through Kurzweil 1000, like normal. I think a few of you said you read your Bookshare books on the Mac, and I was wondering how you did this? The one solution I saw mentioned on bookshare.org said that the Mac software wasn't recommended

Re: Easiest Way to Read Bookshare Books in Mountain Lion

in the dark ages. If others have better solutions, please enlighten me. -Greg On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Harry Hogue harryhog...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, all, I don't have the money to upgrade my VMWare Fusion at the moment, otherwise I would read my Bookshare books through Kurzweil 1000, like

reading daisy bookshare books?

Hi all, The thread about downloading daisy books made me wonder: what do people use to actually read books on the mac? I know Bookshare offers that one program, but I saw it run on a macbook with good specs and it took forever to do anything, so I don't think my 2gb of ram will help matters. Is

Opening bookshare books on mac.

Hi, I downloaded a bookshare book on my mac, but can't open it. What type of archiving program do I need to open this. Thanks. Stacey and GEB dog Chesley -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: The Mac and bookshare books

that was related to book marks. It said I could interact with the .html content, but, when I did, it was blank. Does anyone have any ideas as to how bookshare books can be read on the Mac? If so, I would appreciate the help. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each

The Mac and bookshare books

with the .html content, but, when I did, it was blank. Does anyone have any ideas as to how bookshare books can be read on the Mac? If so, I would appreciate the help. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until three for the Eclectic Collection

Re: [acb-l] Read2Go App for Reading Bookshare books on Apple devices

Bookshare books on Apple devices As do I. Bookshare is promising a lot, and I hope they can deliver. My natural impatience is unleashed, for sure. By the way, am I the only one who tried to sign up for the notification list and received absolutely no confirmation that I'd done so? ? The page just

Re: [acb-l] Read2Go App for Reading Bookshare books on Apple devices

: brandt.steenkamp007 - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline zkl...@speedpost.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 5:18 AM Subject: Re: [acb-l] Read2Go App for Reading Bookshare books on Apple devices As do I. Bookshare is promising a lot, and I hope they can

Re: [acb-l] Read2Go App for Reading Bookshare books on Apple devices

- iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch Users Can Read Bookshare Books with Read2Go Media Contact: Kristen Timmers krist...@benetech.org 408-571-8826 Media Contact: Valerie Chernek valeri...@bookshare.org 410-871-2670 January 26, 2011, Orlando, FL - At the 2011 ATIA (Assistive Technology Industry

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, iPhone, and iPod touch Users Can Read Bookshare Books with Read2Go Media Contact: Kristen Timmers krist...@benetech.org 408-571-8826 Media Contact: Valerie Chernek valeri...@bookshare.org 410-871-2670 January 26, 2011, Orlando, FL - At the 2011 ATIA (Assistive Technology Industry Association

Re: [acb-l] Read2Go App for Reading Bookshare books on Apple devices

://www.bookshare.org/_/aboutUs/2011/01/read2go Benetech Announces New Accessible e-Book Reader for Apple iOS devices - iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch Users Can Read Bookshare Books with Read2Go Media Contact: Kristen Timmers krist...@benetech.org 408-571-8826 Media Contact: Valerie Chernek

Re: Reading bookshare books on the mac

Hi Brandt, Check the archives for more suggestions but the method I use right now is to open the xml version of the book in safari. There is a free daisy player called Olearia but I couldn't get it to read from one chapter to the next without manually telling the program to move on. The

Re: Reading bookshare books on the mac

The way I do it is, use a program like the unarchiver which will unzip password protected zip files. One of the files will have an xml extension, just open that in safari and off you go. On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:59 PM, brandt wrote: Hi there folks, Are there any way of reading a bookshare

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

create rar files? - Original Message - From: Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:21 AM Subject: Re: downloading/reading bookshare books For some reason, the built in archive utility does not support password protected zip files

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

: Re: downloading/reading bookshare books For some reason, the built in archive utility does not support password protected zip files. Do a search for a program called the unarchiver. It will handle these kinds of files. After extracting the files, you can copy the book to a device

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

Hi Mike Arrigo, This makes me wonder. Do you know of a program for the mac that lets you create rar files? - Original Message - From: Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:21 AM Subject: Re: downloading/reading bookshare

Re: bookshare books

Hello all. There is a DAISY reader program called ReadHear Mac that I use for reading bookshare books. You can try before you buy. But it is a little pricy. USF $119 if memory serves me correctly. http://www.gh-accessibility.com/products/readhear_mac Barry AbbottOn 2010-08-28, at 2:21 AM

Re: bookshare books

Hi Merlinda, I was curious what you meant by We will also add the speed adjustment and navigation by page features. The books are read using VoiceOver, so are you referring to the speed at which VoiceOver reads or speed at which the text flows across the screen? Are you all planning to add a

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