They are zip files. Either rename them with the .zip extension, or associate them with apple's unarchiver tool (or whatever you use). You can tell Bookshare to always download zip files instead of bks2 files in your preferences (on the website).
On 8/11/12, Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interestingly, when I moved all of my Booksahre files from my PC to my Mac > by copying them to an SD Card (or maybe they were always this way from > opening them in Kurzweil), but in any case, all I see are files with a .bks > extension. Kurzweil would open them fine, but I'm not sure how to open them > at this point. Thoughts are welcome. Someone can feel free to e-mail me > off list as this is no longer a Voicevoer issue. > > Thanks. > > Harry > > On Aug 10, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> This is how I do it as well and I am perfectly content. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 10/08/2012, at 2:55 PM, Greg Aikens <gpaik...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Check the archives for more in depth tips on this, but I'm still just >>> opening the xml file in Safari and reading it with VO. Maybe I'm still >>> in the dark ages. If others have better solutions, please enlighten me. >>> >>> >>> -Greg >>> On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, all, >>>> >>>> I don't have the money to upgrade my VMWare Fusion at the moment, >>>> otherwise I would read my Bookshare books through Kurzweil 1000, like >>>> normal. I think a few of you said you read your Bookshare books on the >>>> Mac, and I was wondering how you did this? The one solution I saw >>>> mentioned on bookshare.org said that the Mac software wasn't recommended >>>> to be sued with screen-readers, or something. >>>> >>>> Help is appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Harry >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
