Re: Kindle free app

[Deidre Muccio]

Richard I see you after what you copied from the website that you had more to 
say. I will dig up the link so you can try it for yourself. It was clearly 
stated that there was a free sample of the of the book in question. Stay tuned. 
Let me see if I can find that link once more.

Deidre


> On Mar 4, 2018, at 5:12 PM, Richard Turner  
> wrote:
> 
> If you have a Bookshare subscription, you may find most of the books there, 
> but if there is one you want that is not on Bookshare, Kindle books can be a 
> great resource.
> James Scholes has produced a little free utility that can convert a Kindle 
> book into ePub that can be read in Voice Dream Reader so one could use any of 
> those voices within Voice Dream Reader rather than reading in the Kindle app, 
> which is my personal preference.  Partly, because you can start a book 
> reading and lock the device to save battery, whereas you cannot do that when 
> reading in the Kindle app.
> Codex by James Scholes
> 
> Here is a little section from his web site. I encourage any avid readers to 
> follow the link below and read about it and install the utility.
> 
> block quote
> A few years ago, I wrote a tutorial which guided people through the 
> installation and configuration of software for the purposes of gaining access 
> to books
> purchased from the Amazon Kindle Store. The guide proved popular, but it 
> required heavy use of the command line, making it unsuitable and daunting for
> quite a lot of people, not to mention that it was an absolute nightmare to 
> troubleshoot if anything went wrong. Which it frequently did.
> Subsequently, in 2014, I started to develop a small prototype application to 
> make the process easier and more intuitive, not only for people wanting to
> read Kindle eBooks, but also for me when people needed help. I named it 
> Codex, a word used from the 16th century onwards to denote, now ancient, 
> manuscripts
> in book form. In the second half of 2015, I finally rewrote that prototype to 
> include the functionality I wanted it to have from the start, and the software
> is now publically available to download.
> block quote end
> 
> Please note, that you can only convert books you have purchased and only for 
> your use--you cannot share them with others without violating the copyright
> laws and cheating the author out of their tiny royalties.
> In order to convert your Kindle books with Codex, you will need to install 
> Kindle For PC version 1.17, which you can get here:
> http://turner42.com/KindleForPC-installer-1.17.44183.exe
> Here is a link to his web site:
> http://jscholes.net/how-to-remove-drm-from-kindle-books-with-codex-2/
> 
> Having said that, the vast majority of Kindle books can be read using 
> VoiceOver and the Kindle app.
> I'd be curious about the book you said specifically said that was not 
> available.
> 
> You have to purchase the Kindle book on the Amazon site, then you can have it 
> delivered to your Apple device, or down load it from your library.
> 
> HTH,
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
> 
> “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” 
> - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Deidre 
> Muccio
> Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2018 1:54 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Kindle free app
> 
> Hello all
> I finally after all these years downloaded a Kindle free app for my iPhone. I 
> went to the archives to see what people had to say about it. I saw that the 
> last post  was from May 1, 2013. And then there was a note from Amazon saying 
> that accessibility features had been put in place. So today for instance I 
> went to download a free sample of a book that was being discussed on one of 
> my lists. The book was not available through any of the recording libraries 
> for the blind or through book share. When I got to the description of the 
> book, it clearly stated that the particular book had no text to speech or 
> voice over capacity. I was impressed that I could get that information before 
>  downloading the book to find that out The hard way.
> Before I start buying books, I'm wondering who's using the Kindle free app 
> and where I might find free samples to test it out. Are people finding books 
> that can be read on the Kindle a  valuable resource? It's interesting that 
> the book sample I wanted to download was just published in December 2017 
> which may be why it was not converted to text to speech or voiceover. Who who 
> is responsible for that conversion? Is it the publisher or is that Amazon? 
> 
> Deidre
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Re: Kindle free app

[Deidre Muccio]

Fantastic. Thank you Richard, I will look into this. I have very little 
patience for a obtuse ways of  navigating. If an app or website is not laid out 
systematically and even intuitively,  I I  avoid using it if possible and 
remain disdainful! I do have a subscription to book Cher and often find things 
there that I don't find anywhere else. The book in question that was being 
discussed on dog read this month was not available through book share. So it 
was recommended I try Kindle and Amazon which is what finally brought me there.

Deidre


> On Mar 4, 2018, at 5:12 PM, Richard Turner  
> wrote:
> 
> If you have a Bookshare subscription, you may find most of the books there, 
> but if there is one you want that is not on Bookshare, Kindle books can be a 
> great resource.
> James Scholes has produced a little free utility that can convert a Kindle 
> book into ePub that can be read in Voice Dream Reader so one could use any of 
> those voices within Voice Dream Reader rather than reading in the Kindle app, 
> which is my personal preference.  Partly, because you can start a book 
> reading and lock the device to save battery, whereas you cannot do that when 
> reading in the Kindle app.
> Codex by James Scholes
> 
> Here is a little section from his web site. I encourage any avid readers to 
> follow the link below and read about it and install the utility.
> 
> block quote
> A few years ago, I wrote a tutorial which guided people through the 
> installation and configuration of software for the purposes of gaining access 
> to books
> purchased from the Amazon Kindle Store. The guide proved popular, but it 
> required heavy use of the command line, making it unsuitable and daunting for
> quite a lot of people, not to mention that it was an absolute nightmare to 
> troubleshoot if anything went wrong. Which it frequently did.
> Subsequently, in 2014, I started to develop a small prototype application to 
> make the process easier and more intuitive, not only for people wanting to
> read Kindle eBooks, but also for me when people needed help. I named it 
> Codex, a word used from the 16th century onwards to denote, now ancient, 
> manuscripts
> in book form. In the second half of 2015, I finally rewrote that prototype to 
> include the functionality I wanted it to have from the start, and the software
> is now publically available to download.
> block quote end
> 
> Please note, that you can only convert books you have purchased and only for 
> your use--you cannot share them with others without violating the copyright
> laws and cheating the author out of their tiny royalties.
> In order to convert your Kindle books with Codex, you will need to install 
> Kindle For PC version 1.17, which you can get here:
> http://turner42.com/KindleForPC-installer-1.17.44183.exe
> Here is a link to his web site:
> http://jscholes.net/how-to-remove-drm-from-kindle-books-with-codex-2/
> 
> Having said that, the vast majority of Kindle books can be read using 
> VoiceOver and the Kindle app.
> I'd be curious about the book you said specifically said that was not 
> available.
> 
> You have to purchase the Kindle book on the Amazon site, then you can have it 
> delivered to your Apple device, or down load it from your library.
> 
> HTH,
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
> 
> “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” 
> - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Deidre 
> Muccio
> Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2018 1:54 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Kindle free app
> 
> Hello all
> I finally after all these years downloaded a Kindle free app for my iPhone. I 
> went to the archives to see what people had to say about it. I saw that the 
> last post  was from May 1, 2013. And then there was a note from Amazon saying 
> that accessibility features had been put in place. So today for instance I 
> went to download a free sample of a book that was being discussed on one of 
> my lists. The book was not available through any of the recording libraries 
> for the blind or through book share. When I got to the description of the 
> book, it clearly stated that the particular book had no text to speech or 
> voice over capacity. I was impressed that I could get that information before 
>  downloading the book to find that out The hard way.
> Before I start buying books, I'm wondering who's using the Kindle free app 
> and where I might find free samples to test it out. Are people finding books 
> that can be read on the Kindle a  valuable resource? It's interesting that 
> the book sample I wanted to download was just published in December 2017 
> which may be why it was not converted to text to speech or voiceover. Who who 
> is responsible for that conversion? Is it the publisher or is that Amazon? 
> 
> Deidre
> 
> -- 
> The following 

RE: Kindle free app

[Richard Turner]

If you have a Bookshare subscription, you may find most of the books there, but 
if there is one you want that is not on Bookshare, Kindle books can be a great 
resource.
James Scholes has produced a little free utility that can convert a Kindle book 
into ePub that can be read in Voice Dream Reader so one could use any of those 
voices within Voice Dream Reader rather than reading in the Kindle app, which 
is my personal preference.  Partly, because you can start a book reading and 
lock the device to save battery, whereas you cannot do that when reading in the 
Kindle app.
Codex by James Scholes

Here is a little section from his web site. I encourage any avid readers to 
follow the link below and read about it and install the utility.

block quote
A few years ago, I wrote a tutorial which guided people through the 
installation and configuration of software for the purposes of gaining access 
to books
purchased from the Amazon Kindle Store. The guide proved popular, but it 
required heavy use of the command line, making it unsuitable and daunting for
quite a lot of people, not to mention that it was an absolute nightmare to 
troubleshoot if anything went wrong. Which it frequently did.
Subsequently, in 2014, I started to develop a small prototype application to 
make the process easier and more intuitive, not only for people wanting to
read Kindle eBooks, but also for me when people needed help. I named it Codex, 
a word used from the 16th century onwards to denote, now ancient, manuscripts
in book form. In the second half of 2015, I finally rewrote that prototype to 
include the functionality I wanted it to have from the start, and the software
is now publically available to download.
block quote end

Please note, that you can only convert books you have purchased and only for 
your use--you cannot share them with others without violating the copyright
laws and cheating the author out of their tiny royalties.
In order to convert your Kindle books with Codex, you will need to install 
Kindle For PC version 1.17, which you can get here:
http://turner42.com/KindleForPC-installer-1.17.44183.exe
Here is a link to his web site:
http://jscholes.net/how-to-remove-drm-from-kindle-books-with-codex-2/

Having said that, the vast majority of Kindle books can be read using VoiceOver 
and the Kindle app.
I'd be curious about the book you said specifically said that was not available.

You have to purchase the Kindle book on the Amazon site, then you can have it 
delivered to your Apple device, or down load it from your library.

HTH,
Richard




“The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” 
- Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Deidre 
Muccio
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2018 1:54 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Kindle free app

Hello all
I finally after all these years downloaded a Kindle free app for my iPhone. I 
went to the archives to see what people had to say about it. I saw that the 
last post  was from May 1, 2013. And then there was a note from Amazon saying 
that accessibility features had been put in place. So today for instance I went 
to download a free sample of a book that was being discussed on one of my 
lists. The book was not available through any of the recording libraries for 
the blind or through book share. When I got to the description of the book, it 
clearly stated that the particular book had no text to speech or voice over 
capacity. I was impressed that I could get that information before  downloading 
the book to find that out The hard way.
Before I start buying books, I'm wondering who's using the Kindle free app and 
where I might find free samples to test it out. Are people finding books that 
can be read on the Kindle a  valuable resource? It's interesting that the book 
sample I wanted to download was just published in December 2017 which may be 
why it was not converted to text to speech or voiceover. Who who is responsible 
for that conversion? Is it the publisher or is that Amazon? 

Deidre

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