Hi, Cindy. Yes, you're right. You'll need either Kurzweil or OpenBook to open either ARK or KES. You can't convert them without having the program that uses those formats. Take care. Julie Morales Email and Windows/MSN Messenger: inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise. --Unknown The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. --Anonymous ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy R" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:11 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] converting files Thanks for the info, Mary, about being able to convert and upload kes, ark & min files in rtf. I assume that one has to have special software or hardware for those, though, right? In other words, I wouldn't be able to download a book in one of those formats to validate? I must stick to rtf or txt files? I noticed that there are *so* many books awaiting validation that I'm thinking maybe I should start to do more of that and less scanning, since so many people are scanning -- and way more voluminously than I. On the other hand, there are a still a lot of books that have been requested and not done yet -- I'm torn. I guess I'll alternate procedures. Cindy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover