[Reader-users] saving files to a computer
Jacob Kruger
jacobk at cknet.co.za
Sun Nov 25 14:18:29 CST 2007
I know.
Was just telling the other person that my machines react differently than
theirs.
FWIW, that's the same dialogue you get if you do, for example, insert a
flash drive, or CD (without an autorun.inf etc.) into one of the drives,
where that option is still enabled in the system etc.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] saving files to a computer
> The reason you get that dialogue is that there are several different
> file types on the card so Windows needs to ask you how you wish to
> handle them.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jacob Kruger
> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] saving files to a computer
>
>
> Strangely enough, on my windows XP pro machine, when I insert the card
> into
> the slot on the front (after the machine has booted up), my laptop
> reacts in
> the same way as if I'd just inserted either a flash drive, or inserted
> a
> CD - and even brings up that autoplay dialogue offering me a list of
> options
> to carry out.
>
> Don't think I've specifically made any real setting changes apart from
> once
> accidentally setting the startup option for the CD-ROM drive to always
> play
> music CDs and then having to go to that drive's property pages, find
> the
> advanced page, and there 'reset' that option to ask me every time, but
> anyway.
>
> Suppose it really does differ from machine/driver to machine/driver
> though.
>
> FWIW, I think that 'work' machine is either a Dell or Acer (can't
> remember
> which at this stage).
>
> The only other possible difference (and not necessarily true), is that
> I'm
> an administrator on that machine so it's not like I'm only 'allowed'
> to do
> certain things including running/accessing certain 'new' files.
>
> Stay well
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shelly F" <shellshell at verizon.net>
> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 8:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] saving files to a computer
>
>
> I have had the same problem with my XP computer, when I put it in my
> Vista
> the card is there. But the other problem I have had is the file being
> given
> a name that the computer does not understand and can't open or will
> not
> delete. It is not the date it is somekind of weird figures and lines.
> I do
> have the date set correctly and I am saving after every so many
> pictures
> when doing a large document.
>
> Michelle
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dora cozzolino<mailto:doracozz at surewest.net>
> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user
> list<mailto:reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 7:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] saving files to a computer
>
>
> Hi:
>
> Thank you for the tips. I did try to get the computer to read the
> card by
> using a card reader, but unfortunately, neither Win98 nor Win-XP-Pro
> would
> even acknowledge the card. The card reader itself is shown in the
> "my
> computer" section but it doesn't see the card.
>
> This isn't the first time I have had problems with Kingston sd
> cards; I
> have two new 4gb Kingston cards that I can't use for the same
> reason.
>
> Has anyone ever run into a problem like this? Is it possible to send
> the
> files from the knfb reader directly to the computer via usb?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dora
>
>
> At 12:07 PM 11/18/07 +0200, you wrote:
> >In order to get the files onto a computer, I normally just take out
> the
> >memory card, since my laptop has a slot that I just put it into,
> and then
> I
> >can browse to find the files I want, and I normally just copy the
> text
> >versions of whatever over.
> >
> >If you're talking about reading the stuff on the reader itsself,
> I'm
> pretty
> >sure that if you push the up arrow key while in document reader,
> one of
> the
> >the reading options is 'document' which means it'll just read the
> whole
> >thing, and not worry about pages etc.
> >
> >HTH
> >
> >Jacob Kruger
> >Blind Biker
> >Skype: BlindZA
> >'...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "dora cozzolino"
> <doracozz at surewest.net<mailto:doracozz at surewest.net>>
> >To: <reader-users at nfbnet.org<mailto:reader-users at nfbnet.org>>
> >Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:22 AM
> >Subject: [Reader-users] saving files to a computer
> >
> >
> > > Hi All:
> > >
> > > I looked in all the booklets and I didn't see anything regarding
> saving
> > > files to a computer. Is this possible? Also, a have a large book
> that
> I'd
> > > like to save, but I don't want to read each page one at a time
> after
> it
> > > has
> > > processed. Is it possible to save the images to be processed by
> the
> knfbr
> > > reader or by some other means, so I can read the book
> uninterrupted?
> > > Thanks to all! I hope someone has the answer!
> > >
> > > Dora
> > >
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