[Athen] Textbooks on iPad - coming very soon?

[Ken Petri]

The end of the piece Shelley linked to mentions EPUB 3. I'm hoping this is
for real and leverages that format's display and accessibility
possibilities. Could be a game changer.... Inkling has potential, but has
been slow to add textbooks, despite lots of partnerships, and VoiceOver
accessibility is a bit frustrating, at this point.

ken
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On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Gaeir Dietrich <gdietrich at htctu.net> wrote:


> Inkling is already doing some accessible textbooks on the iPad:

> http://www.inkling.com/

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> Subject: [Athen] Textbooks on iPad - coming very soon?

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> Just something to keep an eye on:

> http://tinyurl.com/7kxdbod

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> Apple has scheduled a "media event" for a "minor announcement" in late

> January.  It is highly speculated it will have something to do with digital

> textbooks.

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> - Shelley

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