Hi David, If it provides any level of usable accessibility, then I am not so concerned about the security implications. After all, Microsoft failed to exercise due diligence in considering our accessibility needs... Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CCNA, Network+! Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom! ----- Original Message ----- From: "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:25 AM Subject: [guispeak] Re: : Microsoft ebook reader and the *.lit format. - method of converting > The question then becomes, how good is the result? I guess the answer > will > vary depending on how the .lit file is composed much the way pdf is > composed > and this also goes to the security issues. Will this conversion process > intrude through security? > > Johnnie Apple Seed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "robert dybas" <robert.a.dybas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 11:30 PM > Subject: [guispeak] Re: : Microsoft ebook reader and the *.lit format. - > method of converting > > > there exits a command line program called convert lit > convert lit converts lit files into html files. > info is here: > http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/convlit.php > as of this date, a windows version may be downloaded at: > http://www.convertlit.com/clit18.zip > > a gui front end for the command line version is available here: > http://www.hot.ee/dukelupus/ConvertLIT.htm > the download link is: > http://www.hot.ee/dukelupus/ConvertLIT%20GUI%20v2.0.exe > > i have not yet tested the gui 2.0 as to it's speech reader friendliness. > > there also exists a set of batch files that allows the conversion program > to be associated with the right click menu to allow easier use > this worked with c lit 1.5 but i have not tested it with 1.8. > i do not see a source for these right click files available in a quick > check on google. > > r. a. d. > whether the blind loophole in the copyright law applies to this is a = > legal > matter that i have not heard anyone address. > > On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:47:02 +0200, you wrote: > >>Thanks for this. >>Do you know if there is any other way to extract the text from the *.lit >>file and read it in other standard programs? >> >>Nektarios. >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf >>Of Will Pearson >>Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:55 PM >>To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [guispeak] Re: Microsoft ebook reader and the *.lit format. >> >> >>Hi; >> >>Whilst MS Reader isn't supported by any of the screen readers, there is >>a plug in. Microsoft have provided a text to speech plug in for Reader >>that will read aloud the document. It's based on MS SAPI, and uses the >>standard SAPI synth that ships with Windows. You can find a download >>for this from the Reader downloads page. >> >>Will >>----- Original Message -----=20 >>From: "Nektarios Mallas" <nmallas@xxxxxxxxx> >>To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 6:39 AM >>Subject: [guispeak] Microsoft ebook reader and the *.lit format. >> >> >>> Hello list. >>> Is Microsoft ebook reader accessible by screen readers? Is there any=20 >>> other way to access a *.lit file and extract the text from it so you=20 >>> can read it with standard applications such as wordpad? 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