HOW TO USE BOOKS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC BRAILLE BOOK LIBRARY

What You Will Need:

ù A computer with an internet connection

ù Archiving software such as PkUnzip or WinZip

ù A braille display like the PowerBraille, a braille notetaker like

the Braille Lite, or a braille embosser

Important Note Concerning Braille Embossers:

At this time, some of the books in the International Electronic

Braille Book Library are formatted in such a way that they cannot be sent directly from the computer to a braille embosser; such files can only be accessed with a note-taker or braille display. We are working to increase the number of embosser-ready files and to indicate clearly on the site which files are embossable.

Accessing The Files

The files on this site may either be viewed online by chapter or

section or downloaded for reading on a PC or note-taker with a braille

display.

To read the books online, you must have a braille display attached to

your computer, and all braille translation on the display itself must be turned off (see documentation for your display).

Files for downloading are clearly indicated as such on the web site.

These downloadable files have been be decompressed using archiving software.

The names of the files have a .zip extension. Zip files usually contain

multiple files.

The books in the International Electronic Braille Book Library have

been archived in one or more of the following ways: (1) each chapter or

story in a book as a separate file; (2) the book divided into volumes (a

volume may be about 100 to 150 braille pages in length); or in some cases,(3) a complete book in one file.

Unzipping the files for reading is usually a fairly simple matter

once you have installed the archiving software. For instance, if you're

using the DOS program PkUnzip, simply go to the DOS prompt and type

<pkunzip filename.zip>, where <filename.zip> is the name of the file you have downloaded. If you are using WinZip, go to the file you have

downloaded and open it (by pressing Enter or by clicking on the file).

WinZip will open and will show you a list of all the files in the archive.

Select them all, then choose Extract from the Actions menu. You'll be

presented with a dialog in which you will choose which folder you want the files to go to. Then press the Extract button.

For more information on how to uncompress files, check the

documentation for your archiving program.

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