I use open book's freedom import printer, myself. Sometimes, adobe will let you save to txt but not always. ----- Original Message ----- From: alice dampman To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:36 PM Subject: Re: e-books with JAWS Hi, How do you convert the pdf to text files successfully? Thanks. Alice alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: JM Casey To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 6:09 PM Subject: Re: e-books with JAWS Agreed here. Personally, I like text files because I prefer to read in braille and so can easily transfer them to a braille display device. I still find PDF files to be a pain in the arse with jaws..they work but not pleasantly; I just convert them all to .txt files and delete the stupid .pdf, which is always bigger than it needs to be. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Midence To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:56 PM Subject: Re: e-books with JAWS Honestly, though, if I had my true druthers, just a plain old .txt file is just wonderful for an eBook. I read a lot of the stuff on Project Gutenberg and much of it is in plain text format. Bookmarks, you say? Just put an odd character combination where you stopped reading and do a jaws find to it. I like inserting a string like khkj with a space on either side of it where I left off and just deleting it when I resume reading. I've never had Jaws encounter a problem finding it, the format is always accessible, and the file size is tiny compared to just about anything else you can find. Just read the Three Musketeers like that over the weekend using jaws with the Australian English Karen voice which I find insanely pleasant to listen to never mind the oddity of an American English speaker choosing Ausie English to read a book originally written in French. Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: Laura Shumate To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 8:01 AM Subject: RE: e-books with JAWS PDF is a good way to read Ebooks. I also found that if you can find ebooks that are in a web based format it is easy to read them. Laura Shumate The Arc of Dauphin and Lebanon Counties Harsco Center 2569 Walnut St Harrisburg, PA 17103 Phone: (717) 920-2727 Fax: (717) 920-2730 www.arcofdc.org Affiliate of The Arc of PA Advocacy & resources for citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities & their families ------------Confidentiality Notice ------------- This e-mail message, together with any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and or privileged information. The information may be protected by state and federal laws, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which prohibit unauthorized disclosure. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, forwarding, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail immediately and destroy all copies of the original message. From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of john.falter Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 5:20 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: e-books with JAWS Which of these e-book formats works best with JAWS? Adobe EPUB eBook Adobe PDF eBook Microsoft eBook Mobipocket eBook -------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.88/2357 - Release Date: 09/09/09 17:50:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2360 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00