Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
> "Linux" == Linux for blind general discussion > writes: Linux> Hi folks, Is there a way to use an audible books account that Linux> lets you download the book for say burning to a cd for Linux> reading in Linux? If your goal is to read an audible.com book on Linux, I just

Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
If you download the .aa format books, you should be able to convert them to a format that you can either play on an audio player or burn to a CD. "we only support iTunes for burning to a CD." Seriously? It makes no sense at all to restrict their books to be burned only by a competitor's product

Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Hi Karen -- Unfortunately I have never tried it from Linux and just use my iPhone for Audible. So from that perspective I'm not at all helpful. But your question got me curious so I started looking into it. If I listen to Audible on Linux I just fire up a browser and go into their web interface

Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
In fact reading the information Kathy provided makes me wonder if Audible.com staff has updated their own information. The cd restrictions say you cannot burn them to an mp3 disc.The discussion of audible.com book formats format 4 or enhanced, suggest that the first format is best for an m

Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Hi Kathy, That was most informative yes. Just for my information, how do you access your audible content in Linux? when reading the cd restrictions I smiled thinking that a grossly desperate person could just make cd copies from the cd they burn but still. kare On Thu, 4 Oct 2018, Linux fo

Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
No. That's not the problem. Audible.com switched from using the mp3 format to a proprietary one. I can no longer play audible.com books on my mp3 player. If there were a way to do it on linux, I'd be interested too. On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 03:15:11PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrot

Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Hi Karen -- Your question got me curious since I use Audible all the time. It sounds like there is an option to download a pdf but only for audiobooks that come with a pdf. And it sort of implies that this is extra content and not exactly the book itself that you can download. You may have alre

Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Hi Karen -- Your question got me curious since I use Audible all the time. It sounds like there is an option to download a pdf but only for audiobooks that come with a pdf. And it sort of implies that this is extra content and not exactly the book itself that you can download. You may have alre

Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
the company name is audible.com, not audible. Good luck. ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list

Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
I am not talking about nls, i am specifically asking about the audible.com site...which is why the subject line has the company name in it. On Thu, 4 Oct 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: I have not used audible.com, but I expect there is a way to get them. If you mean audio

Re: audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
I have not used audible.com, but I expect there is a way to get them. If you mean audio books from nls I do that every day with edbrowse. --Brian Tew ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-lis

audible books question.

2018-10-04 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Hi folks, Is there a way to use an audible books account that lets you download the book for say burning to a cd for reading in Linux? Say a third party application from the command line? Thanks, Karen ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redha