[bookshare-discuss] Re: QUESTION CONCERNING EBOOKS
- From: "Merrill Louise" <STARBASEWILDGOOSE@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:50:47 -0500
Hi Karen,
The e-books on amazon.com are not pdf files. Adobe has special e-book
software which a screen reader can't access.
Merrill Louise, Pastor
The Judson Fellowship
Jamestown, New York
cell/office 716.969.2840
"With all my heart I praise the Lord, and I am glad because of God my
Savior. (Luke 1:46-47)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen McDonald" <kmcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:18 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] QUESTION CONCERNING EBOOKS
> Hi, everyone,
>
> I am a brand-new member of this list, so I apologize if this question has
> been asked before.
>
> I found a book on amazon.com and it looks like it's a book that can be
> read
> by using Adobe Reader. My question is this. Has anyone had experience
> with
> books read in the PDF format, and would I be able to save this book as a
> text file? Or even better, could I print it using Kurzweil's virtual
> printer and then save it to whatever format I choose? I am inclined to
> think that I won't be able to do this, but I'd love to be able to save it
> as
> a text or grade 2 Braille file and put it in to my BrailleNote. Is this
> possibility too good to be true?
>
> I hesitate to buy this book unless I know for a fact that I can read it in
> my BrailleNote because I don't really wish to be tied to the computer. I
> am
> using the latest version of JAWS and my operating system is Windows XP, in
> case that matters.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> Karen McDonald
>
>
>
>
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