I too can confirm that calibre is completely inaccessible. other than commandline tools, this software is unusable. probably as the app is written with JAVA. even the installer wizard has no interaction.. that is a shame.
are there any other suitable ebook apps here we can use? lew On 25 Apr 2012, at 21:10, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi Sandi. > > Great. Will you not need sighted assistance to turn on the command line in > calibre? > > Best regards Annie. > > Den Apr 25, 2012 kl. 1:14 PM skrev sandi sørensen: > >> hey, thanks works :) >> to annie >> see my example below for instructions . >> jadzias-MacBook-Air:MacOS jadzia$ ./ebook-convert test.mobi sandi >> 1% Converting input to HTML... >> InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running >> on /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/test.mobi >> Parsing all content... >> Forcing test.html into XHTML namespace >> Referenced file 'images/00007use.jpg' not found >> 34% Running transforms on ebook... >> Merging user specified metadata... >> Detecting structure... >> Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... >> Source base font size is 12.00000pt >> Removing fake margins... >> Cleaning up manifest... >> Trimming unused files from manifest... >> Trimming u'images/00016.jpg' from manifest >> Trimming u'images/00015.jpg' from manifest >> Creating OEB Output... >> 67% Creating OEB Output >> The cover image has an id != "cover". Renaming to work around bug in Nook >> Color >> OEB output written to /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/sandi >> Output saved to /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/sandi >> jadzias-MacBook-Air:MacOS jadzia$ >> >> >> On 4/24/12, Tyler Spivey <[email protected]> wrote: >>> None of you found ebook-convert which comes with calibre? >>> I don't have a mac, but this should work: go to your terminal, cd to the >>> right place, and do: >>> ebook-convert file.mobi .epub >>> If your shell can't find it, just specify its path. Once done, it'll put >>> an epub in the same place you ran it from. >>> Obviously, this won't work with drm infested mobi files. >>> >>> On 4/24/2012 1:14 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> I have tried calibre, it is not accessible. >>>> >>>> Best regards Annie. >>>> Den Apr 24, 2012 kl. 1:27 AM skrev sandi sørensen: >>>> >>>>> Hey. >>>>> The answer too your ebooks needs seems to be a program called calibre. >>>>> Not sure if we can use it yet, but just curled it, will write more if it >>>>> works. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> /sandi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 4/22/12, Annie Skov Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi. >>>>>> >>>>>> Do any of you know an application for the mac, that can convert mobi to >>>>>> epub, html text or rtf. I have tried stanza, but it will not work very >>>>>> well. >>>>>> I have played a little with calibre, but it is inaccessible. Do any of >>>>>> you >>>>>> know an application that would solve that problem. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards Annie. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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.
