I was told that the versions of jaws below 12, do not work well in Adobe digital reader.
Try version 12 or NVDA. If one converts .epub to .rtf, formatting remains and one doesn't get so many redundant characters, as when converting to .txt. If you want to convert online, the zamzar.com and convertfiles sites also work well for file conversions. Riana -----Original Message----- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:00 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] ePub reading/generating software for PC Ok, will try using calibre, but, FWIW, on this windowsXP machine, adobe digital editions 2.0 seems somewhat useless/unusable - nothing seems to show/render, in terms of book content, using either jaws or PC cursor, ctrl + F6, etc., and if I use it to open an ePub book, it doesn't even seem to render menu systems as such, to double check preferences, etc. either..? Like said, will check out calibre command line syntax, etc., but, BTW, aside from epubBud.com, another nice enough online conversion site is online-convert.com. That also reminds me, that with regards to then generating my own ePub content, for possible software documentation, tutorial material, etc., still want to try find sort of guidelines for rendering meaningful ePub content, with tables of contents, etc. as well - one day...<smile> Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Van Der Walt Riana" <rivanderw...@justice.gov.za> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] ePub reading/generating software for PC > Jacob, my answers after your questions below: > > > -----Original Message----- > While can easily enough read ePub eBooks on my android unit, using the > bookShare app, go read, am just wondering what would be the best software > to use on the windows PC itself? > > A: For free and to be used as is software, Adobe digital editions version > 2 works well with the screenreaders and you could also register and use it > to open your drm protected .acsm files and download epub purchases from > e.g. Kalahari.com, where the kalahari EReader is not accessible. > > I was told it also works for un DRM protected files with braille reading > via the screen readers. > > Kurzweil 1000 only from version 13.02 also works very well for reading > epub files, as you have all the bells and whistles and you can save in > other formats, but you can't read drm protected files with it and it's of > course not free. > > Also, while have quite successfully/comfortably used the epubBud.com > website to thus far convert various other formats into ePub documents, > what's the best bit of offline software to use on the windows PC itself? > > Thoughts? Suggestions? > > A: If you have relevant Calibre plug ins installed and enabled the full > calibre on your pc, the command line syntax to convert is: > > Ebook-convert filename.epub newfilename.newextention > > Where the new filename and new extention is what you wish and with no > spaces, commas brackets etc. in the file names. > > The main calibre program is not accessible via screen readers. > > Riana > > Jacob Kruger > Blind Biker > Skype: BlindZA > '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
