[Athen] RE: Ebooks

[Bundy, Keith]

Hello, all.  I have worked with Adobe Digital Editions and JAWS.  I have not done so for about six months, so there could have been some improvements made.

Basically, I found Digital Editions to be cumbersome to use with JAWS.  You can get the material read, but, at least six months ago, it was a very clunky process.  A lot of work still needs to be done, in my opinion

Hope this helps.


Keith Bundy, MS
Dakota State University
Phone: 605-256-5121
Email: keith.bundy at dsu.edu<mailto:keith.bundy at dsu.edu>


From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:53 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] RE: Ebooks

Hi Lorraine,

Looks like Wiley e-books utilize Adobe Digital Editions.  You have to use the Adobe software to read a protected version of the book.  According to this Adobe blog, Digital Editions is supposed to work with JAWS but I have not tried it (http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/category/digital-editions ).

I doubt very much that there is a way to convert the E-book to PDF.  E-books are protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to prevent copying.  If anyone knows anything more, I'd love to hear it.

Kathy


Kathleen Cahill
Assistive Technology Specialist
MIT ATIC (Assistive Tech. Info. Center)
77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 253-5111
kcahill at mit.edu<mailto:kcahill at mit.edu>



From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu> [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:44 PM
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Subject: [Athen] Ebooks

HI

We have just heard that we unable to get a hard copy of the book published by Wiley in time for a student with a vision impairment.  We are able to get the book in eBook version.  My question is


1.        Has anyone had any success with the eBooks working with Jaws from Wiley

2.       How can you recommend how we can convert eBooks to PDF or word for some of our students.

Thanks

Lorraine

Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS
Assistant Director of Disability Services
Boston University
19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02215
lnorwich at bu.edu<mailto:lnorwich at bu.edu> (email)
617-353-3658 (vox)
617-353-9646 (fax)
www.bu.edu/disability<http://www.bu.edu/disability> (website)

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