[Athen] RE: Ebooks

[Prof Norm Coombs]

I have found adobe digital editions very accessible for reading. 
Cutting and pasting seems to be out.
At 10:52 AM 10/10/2013, you wrote:

>Content-Language: en-US

>Content-Type: multipart/alternative;

> 

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>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>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

>

>

>

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>[mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of 

>Norwich, Lorraine S

>Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:44 PM

>To: athen-list at u.washington.edu

>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

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