lol, I agree its stupid but, I doubt these people huddled up in a corner and said, " lets figure out away to steel money from a population base which extremely small, and has a 70% unemployment rate. I just think their paranoid about sighted people taking advantage of this, not how to make an extra buck off blind folks.
JMO. Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > That's not quite true. It's not because of copy right. The truth is this. > It's because of the Author's guild. They don't want the blind to be able to > read their books without extra costs. Their twisted reasoning is that the > text to speech technology will rob them of sales. Every single organization > of the blind is fighting this stupid infantile logic. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 > > > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Hank Smith wrote: > >> so because of stupid drm copy write crap the blind can't read the ebooks? >> On 3/22/2012 6:30 PM, Esther wrote: >>> Hi Jeff, >>> >>> There are a number of ebook apps that specifically disable VoiceOver's >>> ability to access the content in order to preserve digital rights >>> management. This is also true if you try to use the Barnes & Noble Nook >>> app, for example. You'll notice that usually you can access everything >>> except for the actual content of the text. That's being blocked. You can >>> verify this by taking a screen capture, and sending the results to an OCR >>> app like Prizmo or TextGrabber. The OCR app will tell you what the >>> contents are, but obviously you're not going to read the book by screen >>> capturing every page and sending it to an OCR app. >>> >>> If you want to read another example of this viewpoint, that the ability of >>> screen readers to access text would promote copyright violation, take a >>> look at Greg Kearney's posted response from Fictionwise in the archives, >>> sent in reply to his inquiry about ebook accessibility for their ebook >>> reading app just a few months after the iPhone 3GS was released >>> with VoiceOver support: >>> • Fwd: Response for Support Ticket #102495 >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg06200.html >>> Since this is the Mail Archive post, if you're reading on your computer, >>> you can also use access key shortcuts of Control-N to read down the thread >>> for other reader comments. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>> >>>> Forget it. It ain't gonna happen. >>>> >>>> It ain't accessible at all. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>>> >>>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >>>> >>>> Skype name: >>>> barefootedray >>>> >>>> Facebook: >>>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 22, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> I downloaded the Kindle app so I can read some of the books that my wife >>>>> is reading. I can't, however, figure out how to get it to work. Has >>>>> anybody had success with the Kindle app? Is it accessible? Any tips? >>>>> >>>>> It looks like, to me, that it is displaying images instead of rendering >>>>> the text. >>>>> >>>>> Thx, >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> websites: >> >> http://www.fivedollarfreedomplan.com/hs5leap.html >> http://www.tmiwireless.com/?aid=54868 >> http://www.tmiwireless.com/affiliate/?aid=54868 >> >> personal email: >> >> [email protected] >> >> facebook: >> >> http://www.facebook.com/hanksmith5 >> >> Klango: >> hanksmith >> Skype: >> hank.smith966 >> Amateur radio call sign: >> ke7ief >> check out my Youtube video of a song I recorded in Nashville Tennessee! >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqut5Bi3e7A >> >> also you can find my youtube channel at: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/hanksmith2011 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
