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moderated Trouble Opening & Reading A Big DAISY File
Kane Brolin
Hello.
During the past few days, I have tried a number of times to open and read a particular Bookshare archive in DAISY format on my ElBraille 4th Generation using FS Reader 3.0. This is how I was told it would work best to read electronic books in Braille on that particular device. This has always worked well, except for the book in question: "Napoleon" by Andrew Roberts. https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/2258342?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPWFuZHJldyByb2JlcnRz Whenever I attempt to open this DAISY archive on the ElBraille, my unit freezes. This has not happened with any other DAISY archives, and the only difference I can see is that this one contains 69 files instead of the 10 to 20 files that I ordinarily find in a Bookshare DAISY archive. The data package weighs in at a little more than 10 MB after I've decompressed. Of course, I checked the integrity of my download and tested the same file on FS Reader 3.0 using my more conventional Windows 10 PC: a Dell Precision notebook. It worked perfectly. Is this DAISY archive simply too big for ElBraille to process? I realize I am casting a wide net here by sending to three different lists at the same time, but I'm not sure who is best positioned to help. Thanks for any clues you may provide. I hope one of them will cause me to solve this. Kind regards, -Kane On 6/
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Chris Hill
Well, for most intents, your unit is just a pc with a braille display attached. Only reasons I can think of that it might not work is that the archive was damaged when you downloaded it, or fs-reader is damaged. I'd download the thing again, and then figure out how to reinstall fs-reader if that doesn't work. All else fails, get the book in another format such as .brf or word.
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On 6/12/2021 09:20, Kane Brolin wrote:
Hello.
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Kane Brolin
On 6/12/21, Chris Hill <hillco@earthlink.net> wrote:
Well, for most intents, your unit is just a pc with a braille display attached. ...Thanks, Chris. Someone on the ElBraille list told me recently that because ElBraille is a Windows PC in notetaker form, DAISY format with the FS Reader app is the only way to go. I would have no problem downloading as a BRF--except that I am unaware of what program I could use on the ElBraille to read BRF. I did this easily back when I was using a BrailleNote or, previously, a PAC Mate. Would I need to install something like OpenBook or Kurzweil 1000 on the ElBraille to read BRFs? Kind regards, -Kane
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Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
If the El Braille is going to be viable as a braille note taker, it should have native support on the Focus for brf files in the book reader, which means you have to put the brf on the SD card.
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I don't have one; so cannot advise further. Richard Software means never having to say you're finished Web site: www.turner42.com
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Kane Brolin Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2021 8:26 AM To: JFW Mailing List <jfw@groups.io> Cc: ElBraille <ElBraille@groups.io>; Bookshare General Discussion List <Bookshare-discuss@freelists.org> Subject: Re: Trouble Opening & Reading A Big DAISY File On 6/12/21, Chris Hill <hillco@earthlink.net> wrote: Well, for most intents, your unit is just a pc with a braille display attached. ...Thanks, Chris. Someone on the ElBraille list told me recently that because ElBraille is a Windows PC in notetaker form, DAISY format with the FS Reader app is the only way to go. I would have no problem downloading as a BRF--except that I am unaware of what program I could use on the ElBraille to read BRF. I did this easily back when I was using a BrailleNote or, previously, a PAC Mate. Would I need to install something like OpenBook or Kurzweil 1000 on the ElBraille to read BRFs? Kind regards, -Kane
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