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Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Fri Jun 30 03:03:36 UTC 2017


How do you save it as text using Lynx?  I read Bookshare books in brf 
format, but sometimes it's better to have, say, a technical book as 
straight text.

Al

On 6/29/2017 7:53 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Speaking only for myself, I have a suggestion.
> unzip the file and see if loading the XML in Firefox works for you.
> this is not how i read them personally. but if you want to use Firefox
> that might do the trick.
> I personally load the XML into lynx, save it as text, and read it in
> wordperfect, but that is me.
> Kare
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>
>> I downloaded a bookshare book, and the opnly options i had were dazi
>> text options or mp3.  I downloaded the dazi text only version, but I
>> cannot read
>> it.  How are folks doing this.  It's been suggested that firefox will,
>> but not for me.
>> The mp3 option won't work, because it's reading various linux commands
>> as abbreviations for other things, and that's not helpful.  Converting
>> to brf is
>> obviously not the answer either.  I have no html files or options to
>> have it saved as html.
>> I think I've covered it.  What's missing here?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Peveto
>> Registered Linux user number 600552
>> Everything happens after coffee!
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