[Dtb-talk] copying textbooks

[Greg Kearney]

I have not had an issue with mounting the Stream under 10.5. That said  
I prefer to use a card reader. Your right about it not reading MPEG-4  
audio which is why iStream converts that to MP3 where it can, such as  
with unprotected AAC files.


Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
gkearney at gmail.com

On Feb 3, 2008, at 9:37 PM, T. Joseph Carter wrote:

> Greg,
>
> Have you found the Stream does not mount under 10.5?  I find I must  
> use
> another SD card reader since I've upgraded.  My own little tool  
> (inlet,
> not yet released) primarily assumes that all it cares about are the  
> $VR
> folders.  If a mounted drive has them, it's a valid place to  
> transfer to.
>
> About the only thing inlet's got going for it is that it will  
> transcode
> m4b files into a series of mp3 files.  The Victor Reader Stream does  
> not
> support MPEG-4 audio, either AAC or otherwise, at this time.  (I've  
> read
> elsewhere that it did, but my tests and an email with someone at  
> Humanware
> confirm that it does not.)
>
> Joseph
>
> On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 09:24:48PM -0700, Greg Kearney wrote:
>> If you are using a Mac you can just copy the CD from the Finder
>> (Command-C), use VoiceOver to navigate to the CD on the desktop, then
>> navigate into the $VRDTB directory of the stream and paste (command-
>> V). My iStream application, which is free, will also do this for you
>> on a Mac. http://w3.wmcnet.org/dtbmaker/istream/
>>
>>
>> Greg Kearney
>> 535 S. Jackson St.
>> Casper, Wyoming 82601
>> 307-224-4022
>> gkearney at gmail.com
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2008, at 9:16 PM, Mike Freeman wrote:
>>
>>> Open up My Computer or Windows Explorer. Select the CD drive and
>>> open it. Hit Select All (Control+A). Then Copy to Clipboard (Control
>>> +C). Now open up another instance of My Computer or Windows
>>> Explorer, selecting the drive you wish to copy to. Create a folder
>>> with the name of the RFB&DD book and open that folder. Now hit Paste
>>> from Clipboard (Control+V) and the files from the CD will be copied
>>> to your computer. You can then copy that folder to the Stream under
>>> the $VRDTB folder and voila!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From:
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>>> Saturday, February 02, 2008 5:52 PM
>>> Subject:
>>> [Dtb-talk] copying textbooks
>>>   Hello.  I installed the user authorization key to play textbooks
>>> from recording for the blind and dyslexic on the stream.  I would
>>> like to know how to copy the cd's onto my computer.  Thank you.
>>>    Sarah
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