Wow! I did not know there was a program for Mac. The last I looked, It was only for windows. Interesting. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Lois Butterfield <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Well Mike, I enjoyed learning about you and your life. > > There is a program called codex that will do what you want. I use it for my > Kindle books because I want to read them in Voice Dream. I convert them to > EPub, but there are choices. I don't have a link to it, but I'm sure if you > google it, it will come up. It is free, though you can contribute. There > is a version for windows and one for Mac. > > Good luck with it, and be sure to read the instructions before using. > > Take care, > Lois > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Busboom > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Off-list inquiry about a perhaps questionable topic > > Thanks for answering my question, Sandy. This is very embarrassing because > I thought I was posting a private message to the list owner. I don’t even > know if it is permissible to discuss this topic on the list. > > However, thanks for your input, and all the best. By the way, I don’t want > to go the scanner route, because I have already purchased Kindle editions, > and I don’t want to have to pay a second time for a book when I may only use > one or two sentences for quotation purposes out of it. > > Mike > > > On 14 Oct 2017, at 15:53, sandi sørensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, lets start with your question, obviously if your friend can remove DRM > > from a book you should be able to do it , too. > > Find out how he do it , and we can take it from there. > > I too am educated a RN, registered nurse, so me and all sorts of aids in > > that regard is really close. > > I live in Europe Denmark, Jutland, when I’m not working i use an insanely > > amount of time on music. > > Too be more specific I’m a Clasiccal Keytar player. > > Another thing that might work for you, it takes more time, is to get a > > paper book, scan the relevant part in, and use that, i have had to scan > > whole medical books in, me being 5.5 and 100 pound that was a bit of a > > task. > > But what dont we do to reach our goals? > > Best 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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