Re: bookshare.org unpack

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[JAMES DOSMAN]

well they sed that they would get back to me but it has ben almost 6 munths so i was
wondering if any one has used it and if it worked for them before i contact them again
i am using slackware 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26 if it helps
james

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Kenny Hitt]

Wow! you have waited 6 months.

I would have been after them much sooner.  After the first week with no
response, I would have started bugging them daily until they either
refunded my money or fixed the problem.

          Kenny

On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 03:11:06PM -0400, JAMES DOSMAN wrote:
> well they sed that they would get back to me but it has ben almost 6 munths so i was
> wondering if any one has used it and if it worked for them before i contact them again
> i am using slackware 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26 if it helps
> james
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Ryan Mann]

I've also had this problem with Bookshare's unpack program. 
When I e-mailed support@bookshare.org, I never even got a 
response, so I don't think they support the Linux version.


On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, JAMES DOSMAN wrote:

> well they sed that they would get back to me but it has ben almost 6 munths so i was
> wondering if any one has used it and if it worked for them before i contact them again
> i am using slackware 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26 if it helps
> james
>
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Kenny Hitt]

hi.

So you're saying book share sells you a service and then doesn't support
it.  Glad I never spent any money on them.

          Kenny
	  
On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 03:21:40PM -0400, Ryan Mann wrote:
> 
> I've also had this problem with Bookshare's unpack program. 
> When I e-mailed support@bookshare.org, I never even got a 
> response, so I don't think they support the Linux version.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, JAMES DOSMAN wrote:
> 
> >well they sed that they would get back to me but it has ben almost 6 
> >munths so i was
> >wondering if any one has used it and if it worked for them before i 
> >contact them again
> >i am using slackware 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26 if it helps
> >james
> >
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Janina Sajka]

I believe the author of that tool may still be on this list.

Six months is definitely too long to wait for a reply.

JAMES DOSMAN writes:
> well they sed that they would get back to me but it has ben almost 6 munths so i was
> wondering if any one has used it and if it worked for them before i contact them again
> i am using slackware 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26 if it helps
> james
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Janina Sajka]

And, can you say more about your setup?

Ryan Mann writes:
> 
> I've also had this problem with Bookshare's unpack program. 
> When I e-mailed support@bookshare.org, I never even got a 
> response, so I don't think they support the Linux version.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, JAMES DOSMAN wrote:
> 
> >well they sed that they would get back to me but it has ben almost 6 
> >munths so i was
> >wondering if any one has used it and if it worked for them before i 
> >contact them again
> >i am using slackware 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26 if it helps
> >james
> >
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[John covici]

I use it all the time -- I am a Debian user but it works fine for me.

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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Ann K. Parsons]

Kenny Hitt writes:
 > Wow! you have waited 6 months.
 > 
 > I would have been after them much sooner.  After the first week with no
 > response, I would have started bugging them daily until they either
 > refunded my money or fixed the problem.
 > 
 >           Kenny
 > 
 > On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 03:11:06PM -0400, JAMES DOSMAN wrote:
 > > well they sed that they would get back to me but it has ben almost 6 munths so i was
 > > wondering if any one has used it and if it worked for them before i contact them again
 > > i am using slackware 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26 if it helps
 > > james
 > > 


I don't think he really wants it fixed, Ken.  No, I think he's just a
Windows user who's playing about in Linux like it's a toy or
something.  Six months!?  Six months!?  Good God, tromp me into the
ground, why doncha!  Tread on this door mat, go right ahead, just walk
all over this door mat, please.  I'm so insignificant that I don't
even matter.  I only paid $75.00 and I've waited six months to be able
to use it.  That is unless he's got some other way of doing it.  Man,
if you've waited six months, you're either the person with the worst
self esteme in the whole world or you've got Windows and you're just
playing around in Linux.  Which is it?  <chuckling>  Well, don't admit
to being insignificant.  You don't have to do that, but did you try
downloading the file again?  Did you do all the things it said to do
in the readme file in order to compile it?  Now you've got me curious.
Lemme see if I can make this work.  I tried running the copy I had and
it said something about not having shared libraries.  I dunnow what
that's all about.  I will try  unpacking the thing in the morning.
Gotta go out in a couple of hours.  Don't have time to futz tonight.
Good Lord, six months?????  The human animal continues to surprise me.

Ann P.

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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Ann K. Parsons]

Hi all,

What is it with you guys?  If I paid $75.00 to get something and it
didn't work, I'd be foaming at the mouth!  I'd be livid!  I admit that
since I've gotten my BrailleNote I've been using it for Bookshare
books, but this is rediculous!  C'mon people, they have the Linux
tools, they're supposed to support it!  It won't get fixed if people
don't start yapping and yapping loud enough so people understand that
there's a real need!  

Ann P.
Ryan Mann writes:
 > 
 > I've also had this problem with Bookshare's unpack program. 
 > When I e-mailed support@bookshare.org, I never even got a 
 > response, so I don't think they support the Linux version.
 > 
 > 
 > On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, JAMES DOSMAN wrote:
 > 
 > > well they sed that they would get back to me but it has ben almost 6 munths so i was
 > > wondering if any one has used it and if it worked for them before i contact them again
 > > i am using slackware 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26 if it helps
 > > james
 > >
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RE: bookshare.org unpack

[Beth Hatch]

Hello James and all,

If there is a Linux tool to unpack zip files, try changing the bks book file
from bookshare to a zip file by renaming it.  After this, you should be able
to unpack it provided you have a valid user name and password.

Thanks and good luck,

Beth 

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Subject: Re: bookshare.org unpack

well they sed that they would get back to me but it has ben almost 6 munths
so i was wondering if any one has used it and if it worked for them before i
contact them again i am using slackware 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26 if it helps
james

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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Kenny Hitt]

hi.

I think you're right.  

BTW, it's a binary, so you can't/don't compile it.

          Kenny

On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 05:15:08PM -0400, Ann K. Parsons wrote:
>  > 
> I don't think he really wants it fixed, Ken.  No, I think he's just a
> Windows user who's playing about in Linux like it's a toy or
> something.  Six months!?  Six months!?  Good God, tromp me into the
> ground, why doncha!  Tread on this door mat, go right ahead, just walk
> all over this door mat, please.  I'm so insignificant that I don't
> even matter.  I only paid $75.00 and I've waited six months to be able
> to use it.  That is unless he's got some other way of doing it.  Man,
> if you've waited six months, you're either the person with the worst
> self esteme in the whole world or you've got Windows and you're just
> playing around in Linux.  Which is it?  <chuckling>  Well, don't admit
> to being insignificant.  You don't have to do that, but did you try
> downloading the file again?  Did you do all the things it said to do
> in the readme file in order to compile it?  Now you've got me curious.
> Lemme see if I can make this work.  I tried running the copy I had and
> it said something about not having shared libraries.  I dunnow what
> that's all about.  I will try  unpacking the thing in the morning.
> Gotta go out in a couple of hours.  Don't have time to futz tonight.
> Good Lord, six months?????  The human animal continues to surprise me.
> 
> Ann P.
> 
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Ann K. Parsons]

Hi all,

Running Debian Sarge here.  2.4.27, I think.  Can't remember too late.

Ann P.

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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Ryan Mann]

Hello.  I'm running a Ubuntu system with kernel 2.6.11.8. 
I'm running a Pentium 3 with 96 MB of RAM.  I'm sure what 
else you want to know.
Thanks.
Ryan


On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Janina Sajka wrote:

> And, can you say more about your setup?
>
> Ryan Mann writes:
>>
>> I've also had this problem with Bookshare's unpack program.
>> When I e-mailed support@bookshare.org, I never even got a
>> response, so I don't think they support the Linux version.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, JAMES DOSMAN wrote:
>>
>>> well they sed that they would get back to me but it has ben almost 6
>>> munths so i was
>>> wondering if any one has used it and if it worked for them before i
>>> contact them again
>>> i am using slackware 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26 if it helps
>>> james
>>>
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RE: bookshare.org unpack

[Sina Bahram]

This is also the case for FreeBSD
 
Take care,
Sina

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On Behalf Of Gregory Nowak
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 12:26 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: bookshare.org unpack

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I have not worked with freebsd, so this might not be helpful, but I do know
for a fact that the netbsd kernel does have linux binary support, so the
admin might want to investigate the possibility of being able to run
binaries compiled for linux under freebsd as well.

Greg


On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 12:13:13PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> If you know the admin, can you ask him why any customer must wait 76 
> months for attention?
> As for  Shell world hosting it, Ken says the unpack tool will not work 
> in freebs.  That was the case a couple of months back when i asked the 
> same thing.
> Karen
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Janina Sajka]

Let me answer the question about better access in Linux to BookShare
DAISY markup.

There are two points that are important:

1.)	We need a decent user agent. Perhaps Listen-Up will eventually
handle DAISY 3. I hope so. Meanwhile, we all know Kirk is overloaded, so
rolled up sleeves from competent programmers are the best way to get
from point A to point B on this one.

2.)	The DAISY markup BookShare uses is broken. They know that. They
know they need to fix it. But, they're reluctant to start on that until
we cann all agree on exactly how the markup should be done. I don't
blame them. They don't want to put in a fix only to find out they need
to put in another fix yet again. On this point everyone is hedging their
bets waiting for players and for the markup to settle down more
permanently.

Steve Holmes writes:
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> 
> Well, I just now tried the unpack tool and it surprisingly worked here.
> I'm running Slackware 10.1 on this box.  I thought I had heard something
> about a miss matched library or some such a long time ago but never
> persued it much.  Anyway, it does work here.  
> 
> Oh, on another subject, has any progress been made on getting the
> O'reily books to work better with Daisy? The only answers or suggestions
> in the past was to extract the HTML and use that in a browser.  I really
> wanted to take advantage of the daisy navigation features.  They even
> had a disclaimer that the o"Reily books couldn't be used in the windows
> Daisy reader.  I didn't think it worked with Listen-up but can't say any
> further on that one yet.
> 
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 11:07:38AM -0400, Ann K. Parsons wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Janina, got sidetracked this morn' and haven't had a chance to run the
> > program.  I tried unpacking something last night, and got an error
> > said something about needing library xxx or whatever.  You're probably
> > right that it is library related and needs updating.  If you can light
> > a fire under them, good!  You might also ask them to please pay
> > attention when people write asking questions.  Allowing somebody to
> > sit for six months, whether or not that person persisted in his
> > efforts to contact Benetech is immaterial.  It's faulty business
> > practice to ignore or refuse to attend to, questions that come from
> > patrons.  Doesn't matter if you can't fulfill the need, if you can
> > fulfill the need.  It's the human contact that matters.  This poor guy
> > should never, ever have been allowed to stagnate for six months!
> > People pay good money for Bookshare.  <smile>  I just renewed my
> > subscription this morning.  
> > 
> > <smile>  I must say, though that Bookshare has been known to hang fire
> > sometimes, even at its beginning.  I remember one gal who wrote in,
> > thoroughly insensed because she hadn't had her proof of blindness
> > confirmed.  
> > 
> > "I don't know what's wrong with you people," she wrote.  "I think your
> > whole organization is on auto-Pilate!"
> > 
> > I've been laughing about that post for years!  Every time I think
> > about it I roar!  Anyway, I trust you'll make waves in Benetech.  You
> > go Janina!  
> > 
> > Ann P.
> > 
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Janina Sajka]

Thanks, Ann.

I agree with you about the human touch, too. I've also communicated that
complaint.

Ann Parsons writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> Janina, got sidetracked this morn' and haven't had a chance to run the
> program.  I tried unpacking something last night, and got an error
> said something about needing library xxx or whatever.  You're probably
> right that it is library related and needs updating.  If you can light
> a fire under them, good!  You might also ask them to please pay
> attention when people write asking questions.  Allowing somebody to
> sit for six months, whether or not that person persisted in his
> efforts to contact Benetech is immaterial.  It's faulty business
> practice to ignore or refuse to attend to, questions that come from
> patrons.  Doesn't matter if you can't fulfill the need, if you can
> fulfill the need.  It's the human contact that matters.  This poor guy
> should never, ever have been allowed to stagnate for six months!
> People pay good money for Bookshare.  <smile>  I just renewed my
> subscription this morning.  
> 
> <smile>  I must say, though that Bookshare has been known to hang fire
> sometimes, even at its beginning.  I remember one gal who wrote in,
> thoroughly insensed because she hadn't had her proof of blindness
> confirmed.  
> 
> "I don't know what's wrong with you people," she wrote.  "I think your
> whole organization is on auto-Pilate!"
> 
> I've been laughing about that post for years!  Every time I think
> about it I roar!  Anyway, I trust you'll make waves in Benetech.  You
> go Janina!  
> 
> Ann P.
> 
> -- 
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> Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT
> 
> 
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[ace]

Sorry, you misunderstood.  I did not mean the Bookshare admin, but 
the Shellworld one.

At 12:13 PM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
>If you know the admin, can you ask him why any customer must wait 76 
>months for attention?
>As for  Shell world hosting it, Ken says the unpack tool will not 
>work in freebs.  That was the case a couple of months back when i 
>asked the same thing.
>Karen
>
>On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, ace wrote:
>
>>I am good friends with the admin and can ask that this tool be 
>>installed if necessary.
>>
>>At 08:16 AM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
>>>Good questions, Ann.
>>>It would be quite possible for Shell World to host the unpack tool for
>>>their subscribers. The way BookShare downloads work, this would work
>>>very well.
>>>When you download from BookShare, your download file is encrypted using
>>>the same password you have for logging into BookShare. So, any one
>>>BookShare subscriber still can't unpack someone else's download.
>>>I'm not on Shell World, so suggest someone else who is ask over there
>>>about this.
>>>Ann Parsons writes:
>>> >  Hi all,
>>> > >  Well, how about anyone who doesn't have windows?  What about them?
>>> >  What about all those people on shellworld, or don't they count.  Did
>>> >  you contact the sys-admin there to find out if they have a version
>>> >  that works?  Is there anybody else who's been timid and unconcerned
>>> >  about anybody else?
>>> > >  Ann P.
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Ann K. Parsons]

Hi all,

Ace, that would be good.  They may already have it, but it's a simple
download and a simple, I mean even I  can do it, install.  

BTW, the name of the file to read is:  README.binary.  Sorry, I didn't
put the first part in caps, just in case you're trying to find it.

Ann P.

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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Gregory Nowak]

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I have not worked with freebsd, so this might not be helpful, but I do
know for a fact that the netbsd kernel does have linux binary support,
so the admin might want to investigate the possibility of being able to run
binaries compiled for linux under freebsd as well.

Greg


On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 12:13:13PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> If you know the admin, can you ask him why any customer must wait 76 months 
> for attention?
> As for  Shell world hosting it, Ken says the unpack tool will not work in 
> freebs.  That was the case a couple of months back when i asked the same 
> thing.
> Karen
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Karen Lewellen]

If you know the admin, can you ask him why any customer must wait 76 months 
for attention?
As for  Shell world hosting it, Ken says the unpack tool will not work in 
freebs.  That was the case a couple of months back when i asked the same 
thing.
Karen

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, ace wrote:

> I am good friends with the admin and can ask that this tool be installed if 
> necessary.
>
> At 08:16 AM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
>> Good questions, Ann.
>> 
>> It would be quite possible for Shell World to host the unpack tool for
>> their subscribers. The way BookShare downloads work, this would work
>> very well.
>> 
>> When you download from BookShare, your download file is encrypted using
>> the same password you have for logging into BookShare. So, any one
>> BookShare subscriber still can't unpack someone else's download.
>> 
>> I'm not on Shell World, so suggest someone else who is ask over there
>> about this.
>> 
>> Ann Parsons writes:
>> >  Hi all,
>> > 
>> >  Well, how about anyone who doesn't have windows?  What about them?
>> >  What about all those people on shellworld, or don't they count.  Did
>> >  you contact the sys-admin there to find out if they have a version
>> >  that works?  Is there anybody else who's been timid and unconcerned
>> >  about anybody else?
>> > 
>> >  Ann P.
>> > 
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[ace]

I am good friends with the admin and can ask that this tool be 
installed if necessary.

At 08:16 AM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
>Good questions, Ann.
>
>It would be quite possible for Shell World to host the unpack tool for
>their subscribers. The way BookShare downloads work, this would work
>very well.
>
>When you download from BookShare, your download file is encrypted using
>the same password you have for logging into BookShare. So, any one
>BookShare subscriber still can't unpack someone else's download.
>
>I'm not on Shell World, so suggest someone else who is ask over there
>about this.
>
>Ann Parsons writes:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Well, how about anyone who doesn't have windows?  What about them?
> > What about all those people on shellworld, or don't they count.  Did
> > you contact the sys-admin there to find out if they have a version
> > that works?  Is there anybody else who's been timid and unconcerned
> > about anybody else?
> >
> > Ann P.
> >
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RE: bookshare.org unpack

[Beth Hatch]

Hi,

I understand that the books have an encrypted password.<smile>  I've been
able to use zip by unpacking books by renaming them and entering my password
when prompted.  I'm sorry to cause confusion for anyone, but I thought since
it worked for me that it might help others.  I guess it's time for me to
stay out of this then for now since what I suggested didn't work.<smile>

Beth 

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 6:20 AM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: bookshare.org unpack

It's not a question of zip, gunzip, or any other particular archive format.
The books are encrypted with your login password. Unzip, tar, and all those
tools, won't handle that.

Beth Hatch writes:
> Hi James,
> 
> I could not tell from your message, did you first change the book's 
> extension from bks to zip before attempting to unpack it?  If you did 
> do this, I apologize, I just could not tell from your message.  I've 
> been able to unpack bookshare books using this method, but 
> unfortunately I haven't tried it in Linux yet.
> 
> Good luck with it, and please let us know if/when you get a response 
> from bookshare.
> 
> Beth
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of JAMES DOSMAN
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:16 PM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: RE: bookshare.org unpack
> 
> I tryed unziping the book with unzip like you sed and it did not seem 
> to work i also tryed gunzip and bunzip2 but none of them liked it
> I was able to unpack the file with the windows unpack tool and it   opened
> ok but it did not work for the bks-unpack in linux.
> I called them on the phone today and i got a voice mail and so i hope 
> i hear from them soon.
> james
> 
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Steve Holmes]

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Well, I just now tried the unpack tool and it surprisingly worked here.
I'm running Slackware 10.1 on this box.  I thought I had heard something
about a miss matched library or some such a long time ago but never
persued it much.  Anyway, it does work here.  

Oh, on another subject, has any progress been made on getting the
O'reily books to work better with Daisy? The only answers or suggestions
in the past was to extract the HTML and use that in a browser.  I really
wanted to take advantage of the daisy navigation features.  They even
had a disclaimer that the o"Reily books couldn't be used in the windows
Daisy reader.  I didn't think it worked with Listen-up but can't say any
further on that one yet.

On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 11:07:38AM -0400, Ann K. Parsons wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Janina, got sidetracked this morn' and haven't had a chance to run the
> program.  I tried unpacking something last night, and got an error
> said something about needing library xxx or whatever.  You're probably
> right that it is library related and needs updating.  If you can light
> a fire under them, good!  You might also ask them to please pay
> attention when people write asking questions.  Allowing somebody to
> sit for six months, whether or not that person persisted in his
> efforts to contact Benetech is immaterial.  It's faulty business
> practice to ignore or refuse to attend to, questions that come from
> patrons.  Doesn't matter if you can't fulfill the need, if you can
> fulfill the need.  It's the human contact that matters.  This poor guy
> should never, ever have been allowed to stagnate for six months!
> People pay good money for Bookshare.  <smile>  I just renewed my
> subscription this morning.  
> 
> <smile>  I must say, though that Bookshare has been known to hang fire
> sometimes, even at its beginning.  I remember one gal who wrote in,
> thoroughly insensed because she hadn't had her proof of blindness
> confirmed.  
> 
> "I don't know what's wrong with you people," she wrote.  "I think your
> whole organization is on auto-Pilate!"
> 
> I've been laughing about that post for years!  Every time I think
> about it I roar!  Anyway, I trust you'll make waves in Benetech.  You
> go Janina!  
> 
> Ann P.
> 
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Trevor Astrope]

In my experience the missing library problem is usually solved with one of 
the compat packages if using fedora/redhat. The compat-libstdc++ or 
compat-gcc packages are often helpful. Not sure what the equivelant 
packages would be for other distros though...

Hope that helps,

Trevor



On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Ann K. Parsons wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Janina, got sidetracked this morn' and haven't had a chance to run the
> program.  I tried unpacking something last night, and got an error
> said something about needing library xxx or whatever.  You're probably
> right that it is library related and needs updating.  If you can light
> a fire under them, good!  You might also ask them to please pay
> attention when people write asking questions.  Allowing somebody to
> sit for six months, whether or not that person persisted in his
> efforts to contact Benetech is immaterial.  It's faulty business
> practice to ignore or refuse to attend to, questions that come from
> patrons.  Doesn't matter if you can't fulfill the need, if you can
> fulfill the need.  It's the human contact that matters.  This poor guy
> should never, ever have been allowed to stagnate for six months!
> People pay good money for Bookshare.  <smile>  I just renewed my
> subscription this morning.
>
> <smile>  I must say, though that Bookshare has been known to hang fire
> sometimes, even at its beginning.  I remember one gal who wrote in,
> thoroughly insensed because she hadn't had her proof of blindness
> confirmed.
>
> "I don't know what's wrong with you people," she wrote.  "I think your
> whole organization is on auto-Pilate!"
>
> I've been laughing about that post for years!  Every time I think
> about it I roar!  Anyway, I trust you'll make waves in Benetech.  You
> go Janina!
>
> Ann P.
>
> -- 
> 			Ann K. Parsons
> email:  akp@eznet.net
> WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> "All that is gold does not glitter.
> Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT
>
>
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Ann K. Parsons]

Hi all,

Janina, got sidetracked this morn' and haven't had a chance to run the
program.  I tried unpacking something last night, and got an error
said something about needing library xxx or whatever.  You're probably
right that it is library related and needs updating.  If you can light
a fire under them, good!  You might also ask them to please pay
attention when people write asking questions.  Allowing somebody to
sit for six months, whether or not that person persisted in his
efforts to contact Benetech is immaterial.  It's faulty business
practice to ignore or refuse to attend to, questions that come from
patrons.  Doesn't matter if you can't fulfill the need, if you can
fulfill the need.  It's the human contact that matters.  This poor guy
should never, ever have been allowed to stagnate for six months!
People pay good money for Bookshare.  <smile>  I just renewed my
subscription this morning.  

<smile>  I must say, though that Bookshare has been known to hang fire
sometimes, even at its beginning.  I remember one gal who wrote in,
thoroughly insensed because she hadn't had her proof of blindness
confirmed.  

"I don't know what's wrong with you people," she wrote.  "I think your
whole organization is on auto-Pilate!"

I've been laughing about that post for years!  Every time I think
about it I roar!  Anyway, I trust you'll make waves in Benetech.  You
go Janina!  

Ann P.

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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Karen Lewellen]

Forgive me if someone else has pointed this out.  Bookshare *claims* to 
have a Linux version.  However they cannot give you any indication which 
distributions it actually works in, or that was the information i got after 
Ilast checked a few months back.
Frankly, there should have equal access and that even means dos, if they 
claim to be a nonprofit.  Not providing access at the basic levels, command 
line distributions of Linux, or even dos, is discrimination.  Granted many 
in the so called community use computer access as a way to create an 
us/them structure, with freedom scientific and the freedom box people, 
<and i still think they have tines> being some of the worse offenders.
Karen

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Janina Sajka wrote:

> It's not a question of zip, gunzip, or any other particular archive
> format. The books are encrypted with your login password. Unzip, tar,
> and all those tools, won't handle that.
>
> Beth Hatch writes:
>> Hi James,
>>
>> I could not tell from your message, did you first change the book's
>> extension from bks to zip before attempting to unpack it?  If you did do
>> this, I apologize, I just could not tell from your message.  I've been able
>> to unpack bookshare books using this method, but unfortunately I haven't
>> tried it in Linux yet.
>>
>> Good luck with it, and please let us know if/when you get a response from
>> bookshare.
>>
>> Beth
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
>> On Behalf Of JAMES DOSMAN
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:16 PM
>> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> Subject: RE: bookshare.org unpack
>>
>> I tryed unziping the book with unzip like you sed and it did not seem to
>> work i also tryed gunzip and bunzip2 but none of them liked it
>> I was able to unpack the file with the windows unpack tool and it   opened
>> ok but it did not work for the bks-unpack in linux.
>> I called them on the phone today and i got a voice mail and so i hope i hear
>> from them soon.
>> james
>>
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Janina Sajka]

It's not a question of zip, gunzip, or any other particular archive
format. The books are encrypted with your login password. Unzip, tar,
and all those tools, won't handle that.

Beth Hatch writes:
> Hi James,
> 
> I could not tell from your message, did you first change the book's
> extension from bks to zip before attempting to unpack it?  If you did do
> this, I apologize, I just could not tell from your message.  I've been able
> to unpack bookshare books using this method, but unfortunately I haven't
> tried it in Linux yet.
> 
> Good luck with it, and please let us know if/when you get a response from
> bookshare.
> 
> Beth 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of JAMES DOSMAN
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:16 PM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: RE: bookshare.org unpack
> 
> I tryed unziping the book with unzip like you sed and it did not seem to
> work i also tryed gunzip and bunzip2 but none of them liked it
> I was able to unpack the file with the windows unpack tool and it   opened
> ok but it did not work for the bks-unpack in linux.
> I called them on the phone today and i got a voice mail and so i hope i hear
> from them soon.
> james
> 
> _______________________________________________
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Janina Sajka]

Sean McMahon writes:
> The concept of a non-proffit having closed-source software is quite hilarious.


I don't see the humor. Care to explain?

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Janina Sajka]

Good questions, Ann.

It would be quite possible for Shell World to host the unpack tool for
their subscribers. The way BookShare downloads work, this would work
very well.

When you download from BookShare, your download file is encrypted using
the same password you have for logging into BookShare. So, any one
BookShare subscriber still can't unpack someone else's download.

I'm not on Shell World, so suggest someone else who is ask over there
about this.

Ann Parsons writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> Well, how about anyone who doesn't have windows?  What about them?
> What about all those people on shellworld, or don't they count.  Did
> you contact the sys-admin there to find out if they have a version
> that works?  Is there anybody else who's been timid and unconcerned
> about anybody else? 
> 
> Ann P.
> 
> -- 
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> email:  akp@eznet.net 			
> WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> "All that is gold does not glitter.  
> Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Janina Sajka]

Garrett Klein writes:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: RIPEMD160
> 
> Is the program binary-only? Because if so, it could be an issue of it being linked with an older version of glibc or something else


Yes, it is binary only and I agree that glibc, or something like, is the
most likely culpirt.

Most important point, imho, is that I believe we can get this resolved.
I will work on it as a member of BookShare's Advisory Committee. But, it
will likely take some days to get it resolved, so don't expect complete
answers by this afternoon! <grin>

				Janina

RE: bookshare.org unpack

[JAMES DOSMAN]

yes i tryed this.
i tryed the dazy and brf because i did not know if it matterd witch one but neather one worked.
james

RE: bookshare.org unpack

[Beth Hatch]

Hi James,

I could not tell from your message, did you first change the book's
extension from bks to zip before attempting to unpack it?  If you did do
this, I apologize, I just could not tell from your message.  I've been able
to unpack bookshare books using this method, but unfortunately I haven't
tried it in Linux yet.

Good luck with it, and please let us know if/when you get a response from
bookshare.

Beth 

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of JAMES DOSMAN
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:16 PM
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: RE: bookshare.org unpack

I tryed unziping the book with unzip like you sed and it did not seem to
work i also tryed gunzip and bunzip2 but none of them liked it
I was able to unpack the file with the windows unpack tool and it   opened
ok but it did not work for the bks-unpack in linux.
I called them on the phone today and i got a voice mail and so i hope i hear
from them soon.
james

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RE: bookshare.org unpack

[JAMES DOSMAN]

I tryed unziping the book with unzip like you sed and it did not seem to work
i also tryed gunzip and bunzip2 but none of them liked it
I was able to unpack the file with the windows unpack tool and it   opened ok but it did not work for the bks-unpack in linux.
I called them on the phone today and i got a voice mail and so i hope i hear from them soon.
james

bookshare.org unpack

[Ann K. Parsons]

Hi James,

I understand.  Of course it would be easier if you could unpack it in
Linux.  Did you try downloading the file a second time.  Maybe the
file got munged in the download process?  Just a thought.

Ann P.

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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Ann K. Parsons]

Hi all,

James, sorry for being flip.  I'll take a look in the morning.  At
this hour, I never do anything complicated with my computer.

Ann P.

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Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Sean McMahon]

If it were me I'd tell them they could wait 6 months for my check.  To those who
had the segfault, did you try running the program through a debugger?  The
concept of a non-proffit having closed-source software is quite hilarious.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann K. Parsons" <akp@eznet.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: bookshare.org unpack


> Hi all,
>
> Well, how about anyone who doesn't have windows?  What about them?
> What about all those people on shellworld, or don't they count.  Did
> you contact the sys-admin there to find out if they have a version
> that works?  Is there anybody else who's been timid and unconcerned
> about anybody else?
>
> Ann P.
>
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> Ann K. Parsons
> email:  akp@eznet.net
> WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> "All that is gold does not glitter.
> Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT
>
>
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bookshare.org unpack

[JAMES DOSMAN]

well i use linux every day as well as windows and i have found that is a shame when
i have to download the book in linux move it to a vfat  drive then reboot in windows to unpack it
then if it is brf reboot again to linux and use nfb trans to translate it then open it in linux
if i could unpack it in linux it would make things loads easier.
and also i got my subscribtion 2/3 years ago and have only ben reading the books on my braille lite m40  witch has ben at freedom scientific being repared for the past munth and it is now ready to come home to me as soon as i pay the big buill

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Ann K. Parsons]

Hi all,

Well, how about anyone who doesn't have windows?  What about them?
What about all those people on shellworld, or don't they count.  Did
you contact the sys-admin there to find out if they have a version
that works?  Is there anybody else who's been timid and unconcerned
about anybody else? 

Ann P.

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email:  akp@eznet.net 			
WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
"All that is gold does not glitter.  
Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[JAMES DOSMAN]

yes it is.
it would be nice if they could give you the source but i guess they are not able to do that.
james

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Garrett Klein]

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Is the program binary-only? Because if so, it could be an issue of it being linked with an older version of glibc or something else (think ViaVoice). I'm actually just waiting to find the time to activate my bookshare account, although I'll be mostly downloading brf formatted books so I don't think it'll be a problem for me. However, I will report my success (or lack thereof) with a daisy book when I get things working.

Garrett

On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 04:26:23PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Hi, James:
> 
> I've used the BookShare unpack tool since it was in beta without
> problems, both on Fedora and on Debian systems beginning with a 2.4.X
> kernel, and now with 2.6.12 kernels. I don't ever recall seg faulting.
> Can you say more about your setup?
> 
> JAMES DOSMAN writes:
> > Hello.
> > Has any one ever got the bks-unpack program for linux to work?
> > I have tryed it and every time i try to unpack a book it says
> > 'Segmentation fault' does any one know why it does this i have
> > tryed it with alot of diffrent books from bookshare.org and get
> > the same message.
> > If any one could help me i would be most greatful.
> > James
> > 
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Re: bookshare.org unpack

[JAMES DOSMAN]

well i am using slackware 10.0 i  think i have alot of the           dependentsies  that most programs need  maybe there is  something the tool needs extra
james

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, James:

I've used the BookShare unpack tool since it was in beta without
problems, both on Fedora and on Debian systems beginning with a 2.4.X
kernel, and now with 2.6.12 kernels. I don't ever recall seg faulting.
Can you say more about your setup?

JAMES DOSMAN writes:
> Hello.
> Has any one ever got the bks-unpack program for linux to work?
> I have tryed it and every time i try to unpack a book it says
> 'Segmentation fault' does any one know why it does this i have
> tryed it with alot of diffrent books from bookshare.org and get
> the same message.
> If any one could help me i would be most greatful.
> James
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina@freestandards.org		http://a11y.org

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[JAMES DOSMAN]

the phone number for Benetech the people that run bookshare is
650-475-5440
when you here someone pick up ask to speakup to someone at bookshare.org
james

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[JAMES DOSMAN]

i have there phone number somewhere and that is how i contacted them i remember i also tryed it with fedora when i had it but it did not work
althow the tool was created in 2003 it says ver 1.1 so i guess it was not maintained much
i guess windows is good for something, unpacking my books.
james

Re: bookshare.org unpack

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

What does book share tech support say about your problem?  If I
understand that program, you are paying them, so they should be the
first place to ask for help.
Personally, if I pay for a product, then I expect the people I pay to
support it.

          Kenny
	  
On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 11:38:05AM -0400, JAMES DOSMAN wrote:
> Hello.
> Has any one ever got the bks-unpack program for linux to work?
> I have tryed it and every time i try to unpack a book it says
> 'Segmentation fault' does any one know why it does this i have
> tryed it with alot of diffrent books from bookshare.org and get
> the same message.
> If any one could help me i would be most greatful.
> James
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
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bookshare.org unpack

[JAMES DOSMAN]

Hello.
Has any one ever got the bks-unpack program for linux to work?
I have tryed it and every time i try to unpack a book it says
'Segmentation fault' does any one know why it does this i have
tryed it with alot of diffrent books from bookshare.org and get
the same message.
If any one could help me i would be most greatful.
James