WYNN Tip: Reading DAISY Files from Bookshare.org in WYNN

There are three parts to reading a DAISY* book provided by Bookshare.org: saving the book, opening the book, and reading the book.  For reference, the Bookshare.org Web site is http://www.bookshare.org. 

Saving the Bookshare.org Book

You must be a Bookshare.org member to download copyrighted books on their site (books not in copyright can be downloaded by anyone).  Information about membership can be found at:  http://www.bookshare.org/web/AboutMembership.html. 

1. Log into your Bookshare.org account (if requesting copyrighted books). 
2. Find the book you want.  You can do this using WYNN's Web browsing capabilities. 
3. Click on the link to download the DAISY format.  This link is usually listed as "DAISY Digital Talking Book Format."
4. Save the book to the \Docs folder in your WYNN user files area.  This location is usually C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\WYNN\YourName\Docs, where 'YourName" is your WYNN user account name. The book is saved in the Bookshare.org proprietary format, which uses a .bks extension.
5. Once you have saved the book, you must unpack it using the unpack utility that Bookshare.org provides.  Note: This step must be done outside WYNN.  Navigate to the file that you saved, then double-click on the file.  That launches the unpack utility.  You will need to provide your Bookshare.org password before you can unpack the book.
6. Answer Yes when the unpack utility asks if you want to save a .html copy of the book.  If you have WYNN 4.x or 3.x, this is the only version you can view using WYNN.  For those people with WYNN 5.x, the HTML document might provide you with extra graphics (depending on how the file was created). 

Opening the Book in WYNN

Once you have downloaded and unpacked a Bookshare.org book, you can open it and read it in WYNN. 

1. Choose Open from the File menu, and then select DAISY/NIMAS from the Files of Type list box. 
2. Next, select a book (a file with a .opf extension) that is listed, and choose Open. WYNN displays and read the text for you.

Reading the Book in WYNN

WYNN displays DAISY books in Text View, so that you can use all of WYNN's visual tailoring capabilities during reading.  WYNN maintains the page breaks and page numbers. 

Note: If you have WYNN 4.x or 3.x, skip directly to step 5.

1. Read the book using WYNN's Read button. 
2. Navigate to a specific page using the Go To Page feature.  The shortcut command is CTRL+G, which brings up the Go To Page dialog box, where you type in the page you want and press ENTER.
3. Change the appearance of the book using WYNN's green toolbar buttons.
4. Use the study tools on WYNN's pink toolbar, including the dictionary, highlighter, and notes features.
5. You can open and display the HTML version of the book in WYNN's Web browser.  Do this by choosing Open from the File menu, and then selecting HTML Web Files from the Files of Type list box. 
   
   Important Note: The HTML file will display the entire book as one large Web page.  If the book is large and you have WYNN 4.x or 3.x, WYNN may not be able to display the book without severely impacting its ability to function.  There should be no problems with large HTML files in WYNN 5.x.

*DAISY is the international digital talking book standard, which provides the capability to distribute books digitally.  NIMAS is a national standard by which publishers are required to provide textbook files.  DAISY is a continuously evolving standard.  Since NIMAS is based on DAISY, it also evolves.  NIMAS only affects primary and secondary students with a documented print disability.  More information about NIMAS is available at CAST, at http://nimas.cast.org/,  More information about DAISY is available at the DAISY Consortium at http://www.daisy.org/.

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