Bookshare
e: Download
ding and Listtening to MP
P3 Files Bo
ookshare allo
ows users to aaccess books in several forrmats. The teext files allow
w users to read
d digital text with the op
ption of text tto speech reaader software
e. The audio files will allow
w users to listten from any device that p
plays MP3 filles. This migh
ht include a d
desk top computer, a lapto
op, or a portaable device (taablet, Ipod To
ouch, or an M
MP3 pllayer.) S
Step 1: Log
g in to https
s://www.bo
ookshare.o
org/ and se
elect your book. Clic
ck the dow
wnload
b
button when you have
e located the
t book. S
Step 2: Select the stu
udent mem
mber and th
he desired format to access the
e book.
Forr an audio//MP3 file, click
c
in the
e “Downloa
ad Format”” column a
and choose
“Au
udio” in the
e dropdow
wn menu.
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Step 3: Clic
ck the “Dow
wnload Bo
ooks” butto
on at the bottom of th
he membe
ers chart.
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Step 4: Patiience! An audio
a
file requires
r
tim
me to dow
wnload. The
e file will c
continue to
o
download iff you choo
ose to do other
o
tasks
s on the co
omputer. C
Check back
k on the file by
My History”
” at the top
p of the Bo
ookshare H
Home page
e.
going to “M
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Step 5: Wh
hen the file has down
nloaded completely, iit will say ““Available” in the “S
Status”
column. Click on “Av
vailable” an
nd it will begin to do
ownload the
e file to yo
our computter.
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Step 6: A new
n
window
w will pop up at the bottom
b
of y
your scree
en asking iif you’d lik
ke to
o
open or sav
ve the files
s. Click the
e arrow on
n the save b
button to a
access the
e “SAVE AS
S”
o
option. Cho
oose this to
t save file
es to the co
opyright fo
older.
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Step 7: Con
nnect your listening device
d
to your
y
comp
puter with a USB cable. W
When you see
s a new device und
der “Devic
ces with Re
emovable S
Storage”, y
you are rea
ady to
upload the files to you
ur device. Click on th
he icon forr your deviice.
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