[access-uk] Re: accessible program for .mobi files?

  • From: Deddajay <maillists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:06:11 +0100

You could try the free software Balabolka from here: http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm


This is a text to speech program which will use any voices you have on your system. It is screen reader friendly and can read AZW, AZW3, CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, MOBI, ODT, PRC, PDF and RTF files. It can convert them to mp3 or wav files or just read aloud. It has a portable version and also a command console application, plus a text extract application.

I find it works well.

Hope this helps.
Deddajay



On 10/04/2014 12:37, goshawk on horseback wrote:
hello all,
does anyone know of any window-eyes accessible software for reading .mobi files? as in typical RNIB mismanagement fashion, the super easy to use .doc and newsreader format is being discontinued as part of there take over of tnauk, and the html versions as one of the formats set to replace it, A can't be downloaded, and B is very tedious to navigate. the only other options are text, which is going to be even worse, epub, which to the best of my knowledge isn't a very usable format with screenreaders, (although I am not 100% sure that is the case), and this new and to me unknown .mobi format. out of the 3 bits of software I have managed to find for this format, Mobipocket ebook Reader, Stanza Desktop, and calibre E-book reader, I could only get the calibre one to actually download, and that seems to be a dead loss access wise.
Simon


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