There's the rub; how do you get a good OCR program to do that? I hadn't even thought of that solution.
Jane On Jul 28, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Mike, > > Adobe Digital Editions is really for reading protected ebooks and it is > therefore not possible to copy the content elsewhere unless you can take the > time to make a screenshot of each page and perform OCR on it. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 28 Jul 2011, at 16:49, Michael Busboom wrote: > >> Hello Anne, >> >> When using the program, is there a feature that would allow one to save a >> book as a text or RTF file? It would then be possible to either read the >> book with a Braille note taker or create a hardcopy braille version. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Mike >> >> On 27,Jul,2011, at 2:21 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >>> Hello Esther, >>> >>> I'm using Lion, and I just got this app today so haven't done much with it. >>> I've started reading a book from Kobo and it's stopped crashing now that >>> I'm into the book. I find that navigating around the screen causes VO to >>> crash more than usual. >>> >>> I've also hit a snag with Kobo books. It won't let me download the ones my >>> husband has already downloaded to his computer. I need to investigate this >>> one further. >>> >>> Something that will put quite a few people off this way of reading is the >>> fact that you have to click a button to turn a page. I'll set a shortcut >>> for this, but it still won't read continuously. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 27 Jul 2011, at 13:23, Esther wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Anne, >>>> >>>> Are you using the Adobe Digital Editions Preview under Lion? Because I >>>> haven't found this to be crashing VoiceOver frequently under Snow Leopard. >>>> Bookmarking works, and you can annotate the bookmarks with a label under >>>> than the default date/time marker. Searching also works. I did try this >>>> with a commercially purchased Adobe Digital Editions ePub book other than >>>> from Kobo, and it worked. It should also work with ePub file downloads >>>> from public libraries that use OverDrive. >>>> >>>> The previous stable versions of Adobe Digital Editions (1.7.2) only >>>> announced the button controls for minimize, close, and zoom, and the title >>>> bar, so this is a big improvement! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Esther >>>> >>>> On Jul 27, 2011, at 00:14, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I haven't got much time to test this today, but in the brief period I've >>>>> spent on it, it looks as though it's usable. It crashes VoiceOver fairly >>>>> frequently and Braille is a bit unreliable. >>>>> >>>>> However, it claims to handle not only Kobo books, but also Barnes and >>>>> Noble. >>>>> >>>>> You can find out more about it from the Website at: >>>>> <http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/digitaleditions1-8/> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Anne >>>> >>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>>> >>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >>>> Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>> >>>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>>> and worm-free! >>>> >>>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>>> the list website at: >>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >>> Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >> Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! 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