Your thought about copying is one that I have had as well, Tim, and it sometimes works okay.
I called my original posting an off-list inquiry because at the bottom of every message on this list, we are told how to reach the list owners. I did not know that when I used that e-mail address, it would go out to the entire list. Anyway, thanks for the feedback, and have a great weekend, Mike > On 14 Oct 2017, at 17:56, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm wondering if the "Copy Last Phrase to the Clipboard" would work for small > passages in this situation. Let's say that VO read a paragraph, then you > stopped it, then press VO-shift-c to copy the last phrase uttered by VO, then > pasted that phrase in into a TexEdit document, if that would do the trick for > you. I'm not sure if copy protection algorithms would stop this, but I doubt > it. The other limitation is the amount of stuff that VO copies at a time. I > guess that this could depend on how long of passage you need. > > Just a thought. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Oct 14, 2017, at 09:49, David & his pack of dogs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I know nothing about what you are talking about however, have posted your > query on another list. Stripping out all the headers of course. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom > Sent: October 14, 2017 7:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Off-list inquiry about a perhaps questionable topic > > 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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