Hello Jane, I've just discovered that you can copy protected content from Adobe Digital Editions by using the VO command VO-Shift-c which copies the last spoken phrase to the clipboard.
Cheers, Anne On 28 Jul 2011, at 19:51, Jane wrote: > 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! > > 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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