it's a book I bought. at the time they didn't have pdf available. > On May 2, 2021, at 3:55 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi to you both, > Lorie, > May i ask where the file came from? > One possible test, as Jonathan suggests might be this. > save the file with a .zip extension, put it in a folder, and unzip the > contents. perhaps? you may find .xml or .html files there, which can be > read using a number of tools. > There might be a flaw in his theory however. > while indeed many epub files are technically epub.zip, when I get those, I > save them as .epub, and send them to robobraille for converting, some epub > files are created for specific e-readers. Nook for example. > i am unsure if those files work the same way..I have an idea for a test > though. > Hope that helps, > Kare > > > > On Sun, 2 May 2021, Lorie McCloud wrote: > >> do you know what a prc document is? I have an ebook in that format and I >> don't know what to do with it. >> >> thanks. >> Lorie >> >>> On May 2, 2021, at 12:56 PM, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It is my understanding that a pub is essentially just a set of HTML / CSS >>> documents that have been encapsulated as a zip file with an pub extension. >>> Except for those cases where the pub is protected, you should be able to >>> rename the file by replace pub with zip and then uncompressing it. Unlike >>> web pages, instead of a index.html there will probably be a SMIL file that >>> will be used to define the order and also to synchronize audio and text >>> files. >>> >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Jonathan Cohn >>> >>> >>> >>>> On May 1, 2021, at 22:44, Lorie McCloud <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Are you saying that robobraille will convert a pdf to epub or that you can >>>> convert epub to other formats too? >>>> >>>> thanks. >>>> Lorie >>>> >>>>> On Apr 30, 2021, at 12:50 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Helga, >>>>> While I cannot suggest a specific pdf reader for the mac that lets you >>>>> read..why does preview not do this?, I can suggest a way to convert the >>>>> pdf files into other formats. >>>>> robobraille, >>>>> www.robobraille.org <http://www.robobraille.org/> >>>>> Allows you to convert pdf files into several alternatives, some epub >>>>> files as well, using an e-mail convert tool. >>>>> Hopefully that might provide an extra door. >>>>> Kare >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021, Herbie Allen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I don’t think it will let you edit, but try using Chrome as your PDF >>>>>> reader. It should let you let you select text and all that. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Apr 30, 2021, at 02:53, Helga Schreiber >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi everyone. Hope you guys are doing well. Can you guys recommend me a >>>>>>> good PDF reader app for the Mac that is accessible with VoiceOver, >>>>>>> which will allow me to read PDF documents and edit text within the >>>>>>> documents? Just wondering. I would like to read line by line, word >>>>>>> by word, sentence by sentence, and paragraph by paragraph and copy and >>>>>>> paste content. with this app. I understand that the Preview app is >>>>>>> the default app of the Mac to read PDF documents, but when I’m trying >>>>>>> to read line by line or word by word, it does not allow me to do so. >>>>>>> Did Preview app on the Mac improve with the Bigsur Mac software >>>>>>> update? I know some apps are not free, but any suggestion will be >>>>>>> really appreciate it. 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