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Chapter 8. Using the Reader with Other Devices
Viewing a Reader File on Your Computer
When you capture a text le, you are actually creating two les on the Reader.
One has an .opf le extension. This is the le that you see in menus on the
Reader, and that you can play on the Reader or on a DAISY book player. The
other version is a plain-text le that you can read on your computer without a
DAISY book reader. This le is compatible with other devices as well, including
cell phones and PDAs. It is only visible when you connect the Reader to one of
these devices.
To view the text le you created on the Reader, connect the Reader to the
computer as described in the section titled Connecting the Reader to a
Computer. A message on the Reader display screen conrms that you are
connected to the computer.
On the desktop, navigate to the IntelReader folder and open the Texts folder.
Inside the Texts folder, the book you captured is in its own folder. Open the
folder that contains the book you want to read. You will see two les that have
the same name, but different le extensions. The le with the .txt extension is
the plain-text le that you can open and read without a DAISY book player.
Playing a DAISY Book on Your Computer
Playing a DAISY book on the Reader is as simple as pressing the Play button.
When you copy a DAISY book to your computer, however, you are actually
copying a number of les. To hear the book played on your computer, you must
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