Thanks, Richard. The link worked great. I would add a couple of tips to your instructions:
I needed sighted help to sign into the Kindle app. I couldn't get to the fields for entering my email address or password. I tried JAWS, NVDA, and Narrator with no luck. Also, to turn off updating, open a book in the Kindle app, and tab to Options. Press Enter. In the first section of Options, which is general, tab to a check box about automatic updating. Make sure to uncheck it. HTH, and May the 4th be with you all! Anna > On May 4, 2022, at 9:22 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You are most welcome. > > And, if you have any tips, or anyone else, that I didn’t cover in my few > paragraphs on my site, please do share. > > Later, > > Richard > > > My web site; https://www.turner42.com/ <https://www.turner42.com/> > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of > Alan Lemly > Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 7:20 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Codex by James Scholes is now on my web site > > Hi Richard, > > Today is the perfect day for Yoda speak. May the 4th be with you. Thanks for > all the help with Codex. > > Alan > > Sent from my iPhone with Outlook <https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of > Richard Turner <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 8:12:35 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: RE: Codex by James Scholes is now on my web site > > Hi Alan, > I think now that I have the whole file name in the html code, it would > download even if you simply hit enter on it. At least, it does with Edge. > > I had fixed the link last night after realizing the .exe got left off in the > link code. In too much of a hurry, I was. > > > > Richard > May the Fourth be with you. > > > My web site; https://www.turner42.com/ <https://www.turner42.com/> > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of > Alan Lemly > Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 10:04 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Codex by James Scholes is now on my web site > > Thanks, Richard. I can confirm that I successfully downloaded Codex 2.1.1 by > right clicking your link and saving as to my Downloads\Software folder. The > installation worked smoothly. > > Alan > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 11:25 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Codex by James Scholes is now on my web site > > Anna and Allan, > OK, now if you want the slightly more recent version of codex, it works on my > site now. > > Funny thing, when you don’t put the entire file name in the html link code; > things don’t work. Duh! > > I just tested it and it works now. > > I’m glad you got the file converted. > James Scholes did the version 2.1 in 2016 to fix some issues that I cannot > quite remember the details of, but for future reference if 2.0 doesn’t work, > try 2.1. > > Later, > > Richard > > > My web site; https://www.turner42.com/ <https://www.turner42.com/> > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of > Woody Anna Dresner > Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 9:02 PM > To: VIPhone Mailing List <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: Codex by James Scholes is now on my web site > > Hello Alan and Richard and Malcolm, > > Thank you all for your help. Alan, I had no problems downloading your Codex > link. I needed sighted help to sign into the Kindle app because the only > thing I could do myself was select the Amazon store. Fortunately, the app was > accessible once I was signed in. I was able to download my book and convert > it. There is real text there, alleluia! It's going to take some editing to > make it easy to read because (not surprisingly) the Hebrew came out as > gibberish, but it should be workable. Thanks again to all of you! > > All the best, > Anna > > > >> On May 3, 2022, at 10:43 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi Richard, >> >> When I right clicked and chose to Save link as on your Codex 2.1.1 link, I >> got a file named Codex 2.1.1 setup with no extension. When I attempted to >> rename it with a .exe at the end and execute it, I received a file is >> corrupt error message. I’ll wait till tomorrow and try again. >> >> Alan >> >> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of >> Richard Turner >> Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 10:10 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Codex by James Scholes is now on my web site >> >> Alan and Anna, >> The 2.0 version doesn't work as well; but have you tried a right click and >> save file as? >> I will fix it by the morning. >> I may just put both the Kindle and Codex files in a zip file so people can >> grab them both at once. >> >> >> >> >> >> Richard >> “What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little >> consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John Ruskin >> My web site: https://www.turner42.com <https://www.turner42.com/> >> >> >> >>> On May 3, 2022, at 7:41 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi Anna, >>> >>> Below is a Dropbox download link to a Codex version 2.0 setup file.: >>> >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxh48497qnhx9u4/Codex-2.0-setup.exe?dl=1 >>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxh48497qnhx9u4/Codex-2.0-setup.exe?dl=1> >>> >>> I have to confess that I have yet to install Codex on my windows 10 >>> computer but I did install the above on my Windows 7 computer with no >>> issues. >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of >>> Woody Anna Dresner >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 7:56 PM >>> To: VIPhone Mailing List <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Subject: Re: Codex by James Scholes is now on my web site >>> >>> Hi Richard, >>> >>> I'm getting a 404 File Not found error when I follow the link to download >>> Codex. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Anna >>> >>> >>> >>>> On May 3, 2022, at 6:13 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Codex by James Scholes >>>> >>>> Thanks to Alan Lemley for discovering that James Scholes web site seems to >>>> be no more. Never fear, I had kept the last version of the Codex >>>> installation file so please read on. >>>> P> >>>> Here is a little section from his old web site. 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 publicly available to download. >>>> 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: >>>> KindleForPC-installer-1.17.44183.exe >>>> <http://turner42.com/KindleForPC-installer-1.17.44183.exe> >>>> Since it appears that James Scholes no longer has a web site and I am >>>> unable to find out anything about what may have happened, I'm offering his >>>> Codex 2.1.1 version that I had downloaded in August of 2018. That appears >>>> to be the last version. I know it works with the Kindle for PC version >>>> 1.17 linked to on my web site above. >>>> I will try and give an explanation of how to use the app, but since the >>>> web site is gone that previously had the information, this is coming from >>>> my memory and experience. I'm open to edits or additions. >>>> after you have installed the Kindle for PC version 1.17, and logged into >>>> it wiht your Amazon/Kindle ID, be sure to not allow it to update the >>>> software! Then, install Codex from the link below. >>>> When you download a book with the Kindle for PC, take note of where the >>>> download folder is located and find the . .azw file, which will have a >>>> meaningless name like: "B079DYG6L7-EBOK.azw." >>>> Now, bring up the context menu with Shift+f10 or the applications key and >>>> press the letter x. This will open the codex conversion screen. >>>> I arrow down once to the convert to submenu and right arrow. >>>> I get the following options: >>>> * Kindle >>>> * Microsoft Word 2007 >>>> * ePub >>>> * Compressed HTML >>>> * Mobipocket >>>> * PDF >>>> * Rich text format >>>> * Plain text >>>> I hav no idea what to do with Compressed html files that end up with an >>>> extension of htmlz. However, I use the ePub option and books read great in >>>> Voice Dream Reader and retain all the headings, chapters, etc. Once you >>>> pick a format to convert your Kindle book to, press enter and wait for it >>>> to tell you it is done. >>>> Then I tab to open folder, which takes you to the default folder Codex >>>> created when it was installed where you can then copy your converted file >>>> wherever you wish. >>>> That is what I can tell you. 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