what other magizeens are there that use this? thanks hank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Siegel" <tsiegel@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Readable text and audio formats? > > On Sep 23, 2005, at 11:24 PM, Paul Migliorelli (+1 3 0 3 5 1 9 5 3 4 6 > <paulmigs at migliorelli.org> wrote: > >> Hi all. Occasionally I get daring and try looking at possible reading >> matter for books and magazines. I came across subscription for Fantasy >> and science fiction magazine which I've always enjoyed. It lists >> digital >> formats that I assume you use with your handheld whatever. Not having >> paid much attention to these kind of developments, I was wondering if >> any >> of these are usable by us? I know audible dot com needs win to use I > > AAlmost any of those formats will work for us. I've used pdb, lit, and > pdf as well as standard mp3 formats. The easiest by far is to download > the pdb formats from fictionwise, (since they're not encrypted as they > are directly from f&sf) then run a script on it to convert it back to > text, then use any reader you like. I'd give you the name of the package > I use, but I can't think of it at the moment. I'll dig it up next time > I'm on the linux box, and send it along. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/129 - Release Date: > 10/11/2005 > >
