Re: Updated EdSharp supports reading books in EPUB format
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:36:49 -0700
Where'd u buy it from, Jamal? & may I make private contact, as I'm not
particularly eager for this next bit to be for public consumption,
though, having said thus, what I am proposing is legal, since the
material was legitimately purchased but u as a blind individual are
being denied access to it.
On 7/30/11, Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As Jackie said, a lot of EPUB books -- and most Kindle books -- use
> Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes, as far as I know. This
> calibre-based conversion does not work with such books, unfortunately.
>
> I have also heard of the Firefox extension that Jackie mentioned, though
> have not tried it yet.
>
> Recently, I read that a new release of Adobe Digital Editions supports
> JAWS 12 and VoiceOver. That software seems to be similar to Adobe
> Reader, but for various ebook formats, including EPUB. DRM is
> integrated into the product, which is a free download from adobe.com.
>
> Theoretically then, Adobe Digital Editions should allow one to read any
> EPUB, including whatever rich text features are supported by the
> accessibility APIs (which could be an advantage over a plain text
> rendering). Personally, however, I have not been able to get access to
> a DRM-protected EBOOK I just bought, which is frustrating. If anyone
> else wants to try with Digital Editions or some other EPUB reader, the
> title is "Drupal 7 Bible," available in EPUB but no other electronic
> format, as far as I can tell. The publisher is Wiley,
> http://wiley.com
>
> With JAWS 12 on Vista32 and the version of Digital Editions that says it
> includes accessibility, I get no text whatsoever in the content area of
> the application.
>
> Jamal
>
> On 7/29/2011 11:19 PM, Katherine Moss wrote:
>> You know, my friend was telling me about those types of books, and he was
>> wondering if there's a way to read them in their native format (for I
>> prefer keeping documents in their original format when possible), on a PC
>> accessibly. Is Edsharp's conversion feature there because there simply
>> isn't a way since Epub's an iPOD format? Or is it?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
>> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 2:55 PM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: John J. Boyer
>> Subject: Re: Updated EdSharp supports reading books in EPUB format
>>
>> Hi John,
>> I do not know much about this area, myself, but someone shared the
>> following info:
>>
>> The EPub which the Calibre library supports is probably version 2.
>> Things are going to be quite different under EPub 3, which is slated to
>> become the distribution format endorsed by the Daisy Consortium some time
>> next year. Information about the draft version of EPub 3 is available on
>> the web page of the International Digital Publishing Forum,
>>
>> http://www.idpf.org
>>
>> Jamal
>>
>> On 7/29/2011 9:19 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>>> Jamal,
>>>
>>> liblouis and liblouisxml or liblouisutdml will provide not only
>>> Braille translation but als formatting according to specifications in
>>> the epub file. All that is necessary is to make a semantic-action file
>>> for epub.
>>> The programs themselves are designed to help in making this file.
>>>
>>> If you can point me to a good epub document I can make it.
>>>
>>> I hear that Daisy 5 is basically epub. Is this true?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 08:36:47AM -0400, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
>>>> EPUB is increasingly competing with PDF as a format in which
>>>> publishers distribute ebooks. I found a good converter from EBUB to
>>>> plain text in the "calibre" software available at
>>>> http://calibre-ebook.com/
>>>>
>>>> It is part of a large download that includes many ebook management
>>>> features. Due to its size, I have not bundled it with EdSharp like
>>>> other command-line converters. Instead, I have included an option at
>>>> the end of the EdSharp installation process, which lets one download
>>>> and install the latest calibre version for Windows. That checkbox is
>>>> off by default. If one checks that option, I recommend accepting the
>>>> default directory suggested by the installer, which isc:\program
>>>> c:\program
>>>> Files\Calibre2
>>>>
>>>> If that is done, then the Open Other Format command of EdSharp,
>>>> Control+Shift+O, will convert a file from .epub to .txt format.
>>>> Control+Shift+Also,
>>>> the Text Convert command, Control+T, should be able to batch convert
>>>> a list of .epub files.
>>>>
>>>> If you have an existing installation of EdSharp, you can get the
>>>> update via the Elevate command, F11. Otherwise, you can install from
>>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe
>>>>
>>>> Jamal
>>>>
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