1. How
can you put 5000 books on 2 CD-ROMs?
2. Can the books
be read on my PDA or Ebook?
3. What
is BookBot?
4. Can I print
out the books?
5. How
do I turn the Books To MP3?
6. What
do the Books Sound Like in MP3? Listen to Samples
6a. What are the System
Requirements for TextAloudMP3?
7. Windows
95/98 Instructions
8. Linux
Instructions
9. Mac
OS Instructions
10. Detailed Instructions
for Apple Computers
11. Project Gutenberg Books on The REB1100 eBook
Yes you can read our books on an eBook reader Here's how:
11. Only known Etext Reader
bugs.
How can you put 5000 books on 2 CD-ROMs?
--- All the 5000 books are in ASCII Plain Text format (.txt) just like most emails. They have no formatting and there for can compressed very tightly. All the books on the CDs are also compressed into ZIP (.zip) files to make them even smaller. The CD-roms include programs to view and unzip them. We even include the program Etext Reader1.2 which does both at the same time and also lets you change the FONT type , and size as well as the background color to make it easier on your eyes. It lets you search the list of books by Title and/or Author. And when you finish reading for the day you can bookmark where you left off. What's really special is that it does all this with out saving the books on your hard drive. It reads the books directly from the CD-ROM s. Just pop the CDs in and go straight to the books and READ.Can the books be read on my PDA or Ebook?
--- Most likely. Since all the books are .txt ASCII files virtually all devices can understand the files. Usually your PDA will come with a program that allows you to import text files like emails or .txt files from your computer. Text files are as basic a file as can be and most devices will recognize it easily. Read the instructions that came with your device. If it can import text files or files from Notepad, Write, Word or any word processor it can read text files. ---BookBot is our email book delivery service for travelers or just anyone that wants to read there books away from their home computer. BookBot is basically and email service in which you email us the filename of the book and we email you the book where ever you are. This service is FREE for a year when you buy the collection (just $19.95).Can I print out the books?
--- Yes, the books are Public Domain and can be copied and printed according to the Project Gutenberg License included in every book. If you are a teacher feel free to make copies for your students on paper or disks. If you are interested in including them in publications with the proper attributions feel free to do so but please read the Project Gutenberg License.Listen to Samples of what the different versions of TextAloudMP3 sound like:
(You can click on them to hear them or right click and choose "same link as" to download)Gettysburg Address (made with Free TextAloudMP3 version - Better Quality) 1.4MEG
Gettysburg Address (made with TextAloudMP3- AT&T Natural Voices 16 khz version - Best Quality) 1.2MEG
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS for TextAloudMP3?
Minimum system requirements are a 300 Mhz Processor w/ 128mb RAM and 500MB Free Disk Space (16khz versions require 1GB Free Disk Space). While on all systems the Natural Voices™ work great when reading to MP3 and WAV files, on systems with less than 256MB Natural Voices™ can have pauses when reading aloud relating to loading voices into memory.Windows 95/98 Installation Instruction for EtextReader and for Opening the Books without EtextReader:
Getting started:2. Use mycomputer or windows explorer to view the contents of the CD rom.
3. Open the Directory "EText Reader Setup and Source".
Then Double click "etr-1.2.2-1.exe" or run it from a command line.
3.a. Follow the intructions.
4. Once installed run "C:\Program Files\EText_Reader\etr.exe" by double clicking the file etr.exe. This is the default install location you may have installed it somewhere else. You can also double click the ETR icon on the desktop, or launch Programs>Etext Reader >etext reader from the START menu .
5. Choose Browse CDROM from the FILE menu and select the
drive letter for your CDROM
Drive.
6. Choose the file "Brainfly.idx" and press OPEN. This file is on both CDs so you can browse from either Disk 1 or Disk 2.
7. You should be presented with a list of all of the titles
on the CDs. You can find any title or
author by clicking the FIND button at the bottom of the
LIST SCREEN.
7.a. (The Etext Reader program has the problem that sometimes
when you start it it disappears and all you can see is the program's bar-icon
on your task bar. To bring up the program in this instance RIGHT
click the task bar icon and choose MAXIMIZE. It should pop right
up.)
8. To open any book just double click it. The program
will unzip the file and present it to you in
a different screen. Here you can change
the background color, text font, text color, text
size
and make multiple BOOKMARKS marking where your
left off reading.
8.a. (Some times when you open a book in EtextReader
it will not display the bottom of a book. If this happens close the
window displaying
the book. Go back to the index and open the book again.)
As always if you have any problems email me at jorge@brainfly.net
OR
You can also Browse the titles using your internet browser by opening the files "start.htm". If you have installed an UnZIPPing program like WINZIP.EXE you should be able to just click the link and the browser will launch WinZIP (or any other Unzipping Program installed) and you can VIEW the Book from there. Or you can then unzip the book and read in a regular Text reader like WORD or WordPad.exe.
NOTE: IF you don't have WINZIP or some other UnZipping Program installed we have included a FREE Unzipping Program called ENZIP on DISK 2 directory ./Enzip.
Have fun designing the look of your book. To start reading your book scroll down past the Gutenberg info.
Linux Installation Instructions
Follow these instructions to install EtextReader (Recommended) or use "start.htm".
EText Reader 1.2.2 Installation
===============================
BINARIES
--------
If you have RPM installed, use your favorite RPM frontend or:
rpm -ivh etr-1.2.2-1.i386.rpm
from the command line. You may also run gutensetup from the
CDROM
and click on the "Install EText Reader..." button.
If you do not have RPM, you can install using etr-1.2.2-bin.tar.gz
which contains precompiled binaries as follows:
Make sure you are logged in as root
cd /
tar xvzf /mnt/cdrom/etr-1.2.2-bin.tar.gz
or
cd /
gunzip -c /mnt/cdrom/etr-1.2.2-bin.tar.gz | tar xv
replacing "/mnt/cdrom/etr-1.2.2-bin.tar.gz" with the correct path
for your system.
SOURCE
------
The source is in etr-1.2.2-1.src.rpm and etr-1.2.2.tar.gz.
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR MACS:
Basically the procedure is as follows:2.If your browser is not set up to unzip automatically you'll have to
unzip it. If you already have an unzipping program like STUFFIT
installed you have two options.
a. Launch the unzipping program and unzip the program from there.
Once it is unzipped you can view it in your WordProcessor or Your Browser
simply open it from any of these applications. ( we have included the wordprocessors
SimpleEdit
3.5.1 and Tex-Edit_Plus 4.1.2. Install it if you need
it)
b. You may also be able to click on the file name directly and automatically
unzip it this way. Simply browse through the CDROM vol1 like you would
your harddrive and when you get to the file emma10.zip, open it.
This may launch your unzip program and take you through the steps of unzipping
it. You can then view it as above with your browser or a wordprocessor.
3. If you don't have an unzip program. Install MacZip. The program
is in Volume 2 under Mac programs. Once it's installed launch it and go
back to step 2.a.
(usually Macs come with STUFFIT an unzipping program)
I hope this works for you. If you have any questions email
me.
Project Gutenberg Books on
The REB1100 eBook
Yes you can read our books on an eBook reader Here's
how:
AS A SIDE NOTE YOU CAN BUY AN EBOOK on eBay.com
NOWADAYS FOR ABOUT $125 and you can store about 6 of our books in it.
It lasts about 8 to 10 hours of continous use. I can usually read
an entire book on one charge. It recharges very quickly. A couple of hours.
(I have not tested the REB1200 yet so that
may not work)
If you have a problem go to the web page and choose TROUBLE SHOOTING
from the main menu or if that does
not solve your problem email me at biojorge@ix.netcom.com
or mail@claywood-creations.com or visit our
Only known bugs.
1.The Etext Reader program has the problem that sometimes when you
start it it disappears and all you can see is the program's bar-icon on
your task bar. To bring up the program in this instance RIGHT click
the task bar icon and choose MAXIMIZE. It should pop right up.
2.Some times when you open a book in EtextReader it will not display
the bottom of a book. If this happens close the window displaying
the book. Go back to the index and open the book again.
As always if you have any problems email me at jorge@brainfly.net