Okay? I mean if you just wanna use a few sentences, surely you can remember them, and just write them?
Sandie. Sent from my iPad > On 14 Oct 2017, at 15.43, Michael Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Mark, > > I hope that wherever you live, and wherever you are, you are having a nice > weekend. > > Before asking my question, please let me once again tell you how much I enjoy > many of your postings on the list. I believe that they perform a real > service to all of us. > > So here’s my question: You may have seen my recent posting on the list about > the Kindle app and how one might copy text from a Kindle book into a document > that I am creating. Since I am team-teaching a course, I sometimes need to > site short passages from a book that we are discussing. > > Thus far, I haven’t received any feedback, and that is okay. However, the > matter is somewhat urgent for me. If you are familiar with Voice Dream > Reader, you will know that performing such an operation is reasonably readily > accomplished. In the past, after I have purchased books from the Amazon > store, I have asked a friend to remove the DRM so that I could import the > books into Voice Dream Reader. While my friend doesn’t at all mind helping > me, he isn’t always available when I need material. I have no desire to > pirate material, nor do I wish to act irresponsibly. I have only had the DRM > removed from books which I myself have purchased, and I do not share these > books with other people. > > All of this having been said, I am wondering about the appropriateness of > asking list members if they know of an accessible program that removes DRM > from eBooks, not Audible or other audio books. Perhaps there is a Unix > utility or something like that. > > I would appreciate your thoughts, and understandably, I will abide with > whatever you decide is appropriate. The last thing I want to do is ask a > question and get preached at by someone on the list who sees him or herself > as a pillar of moral rectitude, if you get my drift. > > On a totally different subject, I am wondering where you live and what you do > for a living. As for me, I grew up on a farm near Chicago, was mainstreamed > into the local school system, got a degree in German at the University of > Illinois, came to Austria, where I have lived since 1976. For better or > worse, I’m starting to become an old, yet very lively, geezer. > Professionally, I have worked with several companies and organizations in the > blindness field, and I have also been a freelance translator and interpreter. > > I have three daughters, all of whom are in their 20s, and I am married to > Regina, who is a registered nurse at a private hospital here in Vienna. Our > three children and one grandchild are all bilingual. Regina and I always > speak German with one another, but we each speak our mother tongue with the > kids. > > Well, Mark, that’s probably more information than you might have wanted, but > since we occasionally interact through the list, I wanted you to know just a > little bit more about me. > > My very best to you with thanks in advance, > > Mike > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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