I’m still using Kindle for pc with accessibility to download my books with
codex.
From: Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 6:39 AM
To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: converting kindle books gotten with the new kindle for
pc
Thanks rus. I got it from William too.
From: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Russ Kiehne
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 8:30 AM
To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: converting kindle books gotten with the new kindle for
pc
The following is from the codex webpage:
Using Codex with Kindle for PC 1.19
Posted: January 5th 2017 at 5:34 PM
In recent weeks, Amazon have made a beta version of the upcoming Kindle for PC
1.19 release available to the public. For screen reader users, this is
significant for two somewhat contradictory reasons.
Version 1.19 of Kindle for PC, along with the 2017.1 release of
NVDA
, will for the first time provide native screen reader access to book content
within the Kindle for PC application. More details are covered on the
dedicated NVAccess announcement page
, but in a nutshell, users will be able to accessibly read and navigate through
their purchased Kindle books as long as the books in question support a feature
called “Enhanced Typesetting”.
To facilitate this new feature, Amazon have introduced a new file format for
Kindle books which, until now, has not been supported by Kindle for PC. If you
have version 1.19 of Kindle for PC installed and you download a book with
Enhanced Typesetting enabled, you will receive a file in this new format. You
will then be able to access the book using NVDA. You will not, however, be able
to convert the book using Codex or any other eBook conversion tools. Based on
minimal user testing, if you download a book which does not support Enhanced
Typesetting, and thus cannot be accessed with NVDA, Codex will work with the
file as normal.
So, to clarify the available options for Codex users:
If you are happy to read your purchased eBooks in the Kindle software, you can
update to the beta of version 1.19 or wait for the full release. You will need
to continue to use Codex to convert any books which do not support Enhanced
Typesetting to read them in alternative software or on other devices. Books
which do support Enhanced Typesetting will only be able to be read inside the
Kindle software and Codex will not work with them.
If you wish to carry on using Codex to convert all your Kindle purchases, you
will need to avoid updating to any release of Kindle for PC with a version
number higher than 1.17. If you have not already updated to Kindle for PC 1.19,
you can open the Options dialog from the Tools menu and uncheck the box which
reads: “Automatically install updates when they are available without asking
me”. For now, you can download Kindle for PC 1.17 from
this Amazon link
.
Please note: This post is in no way meant to discourage official efforts to
increase the accessibility of Kindle for PC, and developers from both Amazon
and NVAccess are to be applauded for their achievements and continued work into
increasing eBook access for everyone. If you are in a position to do so, please
help NVAccess and your fellow readers by testing the new Kindle support and
reporting feedback. This way, hacks and unsupported reading methods like Codex
will become less and less necessary in the first place.
From: Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 12:25 PM
To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vi-kindle] converting kindle books gotten with the new kindle for pc
Hello, I don’t remember if this is a forbidden topic here. If it is, please
let me know and I will cease and desist. Earlier, I could use codex or e-book
converter to convert kindle books gotten in the old kindle for pc into EPub
that I could load on my phone or the stream or read in k1000. Conversion no
longer works using the new kindle for pc to get content. To kindle and jaw’s
credit, the books read fine in the new kindle for pc and jaws 18 but I would
like to have them available on my stream or for reading outside of kindle.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this now. Thank you very much in
advance.
