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Book Port Plus. “Finding Existing Titles and Sending New Content” Presented by Maria E. Delgado. The Title key. Right bottom key in mid section When pressed once, lists all titles horizontally When pressed repeatedly, switches between the SD card, USB Media or Voice Memos
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Book Port Plus “Finding Existing Titles and Sending New Content” Presented by Maria E. Delgado
The Title key • Right bottom key in mid section • When pressed once, lists all titles horizontally • When pressed repeatedly, switches between the SD card, USB Media or Voice Memos • List of titles is the lowest level of 3 levels • Middle level is the list of Folders in the device • Top level is a list of file Categories • Move through levels using Up or Down Arrow
The 4 media Categories • DAISY – includes 2.x and 3.x audio and text formats • Text – All non-Daisy titles are categorized as text, including Word, text, and HTML • Audio – sound files not associated with a Daisy book, including music, podcasts, and other sound files. It organizes them by folders and calls them albums • Audio Books – include files from Audible.com
Finding a title • Press the Title key • This brings up a horizontal listing of all titles • Move to a title using the right or left Arrows • When you hear the desired title, press the Play/Stop key to start/stop reading
Looking for titles within a Folder • Press the Title key • Press Up Arrow to move to the Folder list level • Move right or left to find the desired folder • Press Down Arrow to see its content • Move right or left with the Arrow keys to find a title within that folder
Looking for files within a Category • Move to the Top level of the Title list • Move right or left to select a Category • Once in a Category, press Down Arrow to list its content • Good way to narrow down a book search
The Audio Category • Is unique and can be found in all 3 levels of the Title list • Unlike other Categories, must press Play/Stop to open for playback • All audio files comprise a title, and use the title navigation commands to move from track to track or album to album
Sending files from a computer • Connect the BPP to the computer via the long USB cable • BPP will show as a removable drive under ‘My Computer’ • You may copy and paste files or folders using Windows commands
Copying content directly into the SD Card • Requires a Card Reader connected to the computer (not included with BPP) • First, remove the card from the device (be sure BPP is paused or off) • Alternatively, use a different card • Copy and paste files or folders into the card using Windows commands
Transferring content without a computer • BPP writes/reads content from USB devices including: • Digital Talking Book cartridges from NLS • Thumb drives • External CD, DVD, or Disk Drive with disks including both data and music CDs
To transfer content using a USB device • Turn device on (if device has on/off switch) • Plug small end of short USB cable into USB jack on Book Port Plus. • Plug large end of cable into the external USB device. • If Book Port Plus is not on, turn it on and press the Title key until it responds "USB Media” • If Book Port Plus is already on, it announces "USB Media" to let you know it detects the connection • Find/play books using previous instructions
Backing up a title to the SD card • Open the title • Press the Menu key to opens the main menu • Press Left or Right arrow to the "Backup" option • Press Enter. It responds by asking you to confirm the backup by pressing Enter. • Press Enter. It responds by copying the selected book, file, or music CD to the SD card. • Depending on the size and type of title, this process may take several minutes. • After copying title, USB device may be removed
Things to keep in mind • Protected material may require special software/authorization to play (NLS, RFBD, Bookshare, Audible) • Daisy titles require that each title resides in its own folder • If the books are compressed into a zip file, you must first extract the contents of that zip file to a folder before copying the title. (Book Port Plus does not recognize zip files.) • Music folders can be nested only eight deep. • There can be only 1024 files or folders in each folder.
Using the Book Transfer software • Once installed from included CD, makes the process of identifying and copying titles easy by performing the following tasks: • Unzips archive files such as those downloaded from NLS and Bookshare • Converts braille files to text • Converts most PDFs to text • Sends a Digital Talking Book on CD • Creates folders on the SD card • Sends entire folders from the PC • Adds Book Port Plus to the Send To context menu of the File Explorer • Previews supported files • Queues selected files for later transfer • Checks for software and firmware updates