Gutenberg9443@aol.com wrote:
"Now as far as I can tell there are no more e-books available in "txt" format but only in "HTM" format. I am blind as I stated at the outset. I use an Apple computer with a screen reading programme called "OutSpoken" which conflicts with many document formats. It also conflicts with many common programmes, but that's another story which has nothing to do with you.
"My problem with the Project Gutenberg Archive in its present form is that when I download a book, the file on my computer includes many rubbish characters which make it virtually impossible to read."
He should have told what model Apple computer he is using and what charcter encoding(s) his program expects. The online recoding service offers recoding into "Apple MacIntosh" character set. -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.org