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moderated epub books and what to use to read them
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Jeff Lukacsena <jlukacsena@...>
Hello Everyone, I will be attending graduate school this fall. The access technology center mentioned that some of my books might be available in Epub. I have never used ePub books before. Can someone point me to the best places to find, and learn how to read these kinds of books. Thanks, Jeff Lukacsena
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Sharon
QRead will still read epub but I don’t know when it will stop working on the latest windows. It works using windows 10.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jeff Lukacsena
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 4:59 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: epub books and what to use to read them
Hello Everyone, I will be attending graduate school this fall. The access technology center mentioned that some of my books might be available in Epub. I have never used ePub books before. Can someone point me to the best places to find, and learn how to read these kinds of books. Thanks, Jeff Lukacsena
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Gene Warner
I won't use any of those Q programs, he charges for them, then doesn't give you any technical support when there are problems. So I obviously don't recommend that you use them.
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On 7/26/2022 5:49 PM, Sharon wrote:
QRead will still read epub but I don’t know when it will stop working on the latest windows. |
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John Covici
Well, if you are a user of emacs, it has a very nice epub reader
called nov. On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:59:07 -0400, Jeff Lukacsena wrote: -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@... |
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Leo
I’ve seen on different mailing lists that some people use a piece of free software called bookworm, but I couldn’t tell the official website to download it.
Best, Leo Bado
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jeff Lukacsena
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 2:59 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: epub books and what to use to read them
Hello Everyone, I will be attending graduate school this fall. The access technology center mentioned that some of my books might be available in Epub. I have never used ePub books before. Can someone point me to the best places to find, and learn how to read these kinds of books. Thanks, Jeff Lukacsena
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Gene Warner
I got this from the BookWorm documentation:
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mush42.github.io/bookworm Gene...
On 7/26/2022 7:13 PM, Leo wrote:
I’ve seen on different mailing lists that some people use a piece of free software called bookworm, but I couldn’t tell the official website to download it. |
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Ann Byrne
I believe the Victor Stream reads them.
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At 05:02 PM 7/26/2022, you wrote:
Well, if you are a user of emacs, it has a very nice epub reader |
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Gene Warner
It does, when I had an iPhone I'd get the iOS access for all book in epub format and put it on my Victor Reader.
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I have a BlindShell Classic 2 phone now and love it way more than I ever liked any of the iPhones I've ever had. Geene...
On 7/26/2022 8:02 PM, Ann Byrne wrote:
I believe the Victor Stream reads them. |
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Kelly Pierce
I use QRead and love it. I am certain the developer will offer a
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Windows 11 version shortly if he has not already. I have not heard the software was incompatible with windows 11. QRead is so good, I do not need hand holding and a diaper change from tech support. It just works great. Yes, he charges for it, and I am willing to pay money for quality software to be independent. I also pay for my own iPhone, mobile wireless service, and internet without expecting a free government hand out or to be a recipient of charitable services. Christopher Toth is a talented blind programmer who I support, just like I support the developer of Lire and Weather Gods apps. Feel free to enjoy your mysterious free ePub software, which you did not name. Kelly Kelly
On 7/26/22, Gene Warner <genewarner3@...> wrote:
It does, when I had an iPhone I'd get the iOS access for all book in |
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Gene Warner
That was sure an unnecessarily tart response. I'm happy you don't need tech support, but that's no reason to throw scorn and ridicule on those that do.
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Since you are so independent and don't need any support from anybody, I have to ask, why are you here? Gene...
On 7/28/2022 1:25 PM, Kelly Pierce wrote:
I use QRead and love it. I am certain the developer will offer a |
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Sharon
I've placed QRead on numerous computers over the years. When I try to pay for it a second time, I get a message stating that I've already paid for it.
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It will handle books with 2000 pages or more very very nicely.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2022 1:26 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: epub books and what to use to read them I use QRead and love it. I am certain the developer will offer a Windows 11 version shortly if he has not already. I have not heard the software was incompatible with windows 11. QRead is so good, I do not need hand holding and a diaper change from tech support. It just works great. Yes, he charges for it, and I am willing to pay money for quality software to be independent. I also pay for my own iPhone, mobile wireless service, and internet without expecting a free government hand out or to be a recipient of charitable services. Christopher Toth is a talented blind programmer who I support, just like I support the developer of Lire and Weather Gods apps. Feel free to enjoy your mysterious free ePub software, which you did not name. Kelly Kelly On 7/26/22, Gene Warner <genewarner3@...> wrote: It does, when I had an iPhone I'd get the iOS access for all book in |
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Phillip Gross
You can now do this with Kindle as well.
Your Kindle can finally read ePub books | PCWorld |
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David Kingsbury
Hi all,
Voicedream Reader on the iPhone does a good job of navigating ePub files marked up with headings. David |
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Just be aware that if the ePub book in question has digital protection also known as digital rights management, Voice Dream Reader will not be able to access it. Otherwise Voice Dream is my app of choice for reading ePub content. Alan Lemly On Jul 30, 2022, at 9:26 AM, David Kingsbury <davidkingsbury77@...> wrote:
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JM Casey
I just use the Caliber command line tool to convert .epubs to text files to dump onto my old braille display. It will work with anything and also convert to just about any format you can think of. Otherwise, Qread will read them on pC, but I don’t use it for much nowadays. There’s also an MS word etension that will do the trick. Web-based extensions too but I haven’t had much luck with those and getting the text to actually read with a screen-reader.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Alan Lemly
Sent: July 30, 2022 10:54 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: epub books and what to use to read them
Just be aware that if the ePub book in question has digital protection also known as digital rights management, Voice Dream Reader will not be able to access it. Otherwise Voice Dream is my app of choice for reading ePub content.
Alan Lemly
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Gene Warner
Can this Caliber tool remove DRM from some ebooks like Kindle?
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On 7/30/2022 5:47 PM, JM Casey wrote:
I just use the Caliber command line tool to convert .epubs to text files to dump onto my old braille display. It will work with anything and also convert to just about any format you can think of. |
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JM Casey
Hey Gene.
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In a word, not on its own, but you can install a plugin to do this. Probably not a good topic for the list, but: https://www.techradar.com/news/software/how-to-remove-ebook-drm-with-calibre-1291960 I have not had great experiences with Calibre main programme and jAWS, but there is an add-on for nVDA. The conversion can be done from the command line, but I'm not sure about importing the plugin. There might be a way. I'll see if I can find anything int eh documentation.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: July 30, 2022 05:52 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: epub books and what to use to read them Can this Caliber tool remove DRM from some ebooks like Kindle? Gene... On 7/30/2022 5:47 PM, JM Casey wrote: I just use the Caliber command line tool to convert .epubs to text |
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JM Casey
Hi.
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I use QRead too sometimes, but I don't think it's all that good. Mostly thought aht's because I want to read books on my braille display, and there just aren't any encoding options for file conversion. I don’t' think the developer is updating it anymore. But there's no particular reason to create a version specifically for Windows 11, is there? Windows software is usually compatible across operating systems, with very few exceptions, and these are mostly because of technology like DirectX. I'm still using software here that I used on Windows XP with no problems,a nd that's how Windows is designed to work.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Sharon Sent: July 28, 2022 06:10 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: epub books and what to use to read them I've placed QRead on numerous computers over the years. When I try to pay for it a second time, I get a message stating that I've already paid for it. It will handle books with 2000 pages or more very very nicely. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2022 1:26 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: epub books and what to use to read them I use QRead and love it. I am certain the developer will offer a Windows 11 version shortly if he has not already. I have not heard the software was incompatible with windows 11. QRead is so good, I do not need hand holding and a diaper change from tech support. It just works great. Yes, he charges for it, and I am willing to pay money for quality software to be independent. I also pay for my own iPhone, mobile wireless service, and internet without expecting a free government hand out or to be a recipient of charitable services. Christopher Toth is a talented blind programmer who I support, just like I support the developer of Lire and Weather Gods apps. Feel free to enjoy your mysterious free ePub software, which you did not name. Kelly Kelly On 7/26/22, Gene Warner <genewarner3@...> wrote: It does, when I had an iPhone I'd get the iOS access for all book in |
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Gene Warner
Thanks but you don't need to do that unless you are curious for your own reasons. I'll look at the documentation myself. I don't mind as I am one of those people who actually likes to read the instructions.
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JM Casey
Ah good man.
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Not enough people do. Not ragging on anyone but I swear the traffic on these sortso f lists would be cut in at least half if people actually read docs. Though of course, the quality fo documentation does vary. BTW I spelled "calibre" wrong in my initial post -- it's "r e " at the end and not "e r".
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: July 30, 2022 08:18 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: epub books and what to use to read them Thanks but you don't need to do that unless you are curious for your own reasons. I'll look at the documentation myself. I don't mind as I am one of those people who actually likes to read the instructions. Gene... On 7/30/2022 6:57 PM, JM Casey wrote: Hey Gene. |
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