[guispeak] Re: Microsoft ebook reader and the *.lit format.
- From: "Will Pearson" <will-pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:03:04 -0000
Hi;
I wouldn't like to say at the moment. The legality of this is unsure. In
the U.S. legislation exists that states it's legal to convert ebooks to
another format if they are inaccessible, but the big question is, by
providing a TTS plug-in for Reader, is the format considered accessible? I
know in the UK, you can use OCR to store only a part of a book on your
computer, and this prohibits distribution or alteration of the content.
Outside of the UK and US I don't know anything about the legality of this
sort of situation, and I wouldn't like to offer advice that may mean you
break the law and are subsequently open to prosicution.
I'm currently discussing the point with some folk from MS UK, who I suspect,
being the format vendor, are in a position to make a judgement on the
legality. I'll post more when I hear something from MS.
Thanks,
Will
Microsoft MVP (Visual Studio/VC++)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nektarios Mallas" <nmallas@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:47 PM
Subject: [guispeak] Re: Microsoft ebook reader and the *.lit format.
> 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 -----
> 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
> > other way to access a *.lit file and extract the text from it so you
> > can read it with standard applications such as wordpad? Thanks.
> > Nektarios.
> >
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