Not always possible, and memorizing several sentences and then writing them precisely, including punctuation, isn’t always easy. That is why copy and paste functions exist.
Mike > On 14 Oct 2017, at 16:02, sandi sørensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay? > I mean if you just wanna use a few sentences, surely you can remember them, > and just write them? > > > Sandie. > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 14 Oct 2017, at 15.43, Michael Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Mark, >> >> I hope that wherever you live, and wherever you are, you are having a nice >> weekend. >> >> Before asking my question, please let me once again tell you how much I >> enjoy many of your postings on the list. I believe that they perform a real >> service to all of us. >> >> So here’s my question: You may have seen my recent posting on the list about >> the Kindle app and how one might copy text from a Kindle book into a >> document that I am creating. Since I am team-teaching a course, I sometimes >> need to site short passages from a book that we are discussing. >> >> Thus far, I haven’t received any feedback, and that is okay. However, the >> matter is somewhat urgent for me. If you are familiar with Voice Dream >> Reader, you will know that performing such an operation is reasonably >> readily accomplished. In the past, after I have purchased books from the >> Amazon store, I have asked a friend to remove the DRM so that I could import >> the books into Voice Dream Reader. While my friend doesn’t at all mind >> helping me, he isn’t always available when I need material. I have no >> desire to pirate material, nor do I wish to act irresponsibly. I have only >> had the DRM removed from books which I myself have purchased, and I do not >> share these books with other people. >> >> All of this having been said, I am wondering about the appropriateness of >> asking list members if they know of an accessible program that removes DRM >> from eBooks, not Audible or other audio books. Perhaps there is a Unix >> utility or something like that. >> >> I would appreciate your thoughts, and understandably, I will abide with >> whatever you decide is appropriate. The last thing I want to do is ask a >> question and get preached at by someone on the list who sees him or herself >> as a pillar of moral rectitude, if you get my drift. >> >> On a totally different subject, I am wondering where you live and what you >> do for a living. As for me, I grew up on a farm near Chicago, was >> mainstreamed into the local school system, got a degree in German at the >> University of Illinois, came to Austria, where I have lived since 1976. For >> better or worse, I’m starting to become an old, yet very lively, geezer. >> Professionally, I have worked with several companies and organizations in >> the blindness field, and I have also been a freelance translator and >> interpreter. >> >> I have three daughters, all of whom are in their 20s, and I am married to >> Regina, who is a registered nurse at a private hospital here in Vienna. Our >> three children and one grandchild are all bilingual. Regina and I always >> speak German with one another, but we each speak our mother tongue with the >> kids. >> >> Well, Mark, that’s probably more information than you might have wanted, but >> since we occasionally interact through the list, I wanted you to know just a >> little bit more about me. >> >> My very best to you with thanks in advance, >> >> Mike >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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