RE: Updated EdSharp supports reading books in EPUB format
- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:06:50 -0400
I'm not sure I understand this question at all.
Take care,
Sina
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 11:20 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Updated EdSharp supports reading books in EPUB format
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?
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[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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