[Athen] ePub readers, again

[George Kerscher]

Hello Robert,
 
Yes, Apple Books are EPUB, and the app supports sideloading. Google
Playbooks, Kobo, VitalSource, RedShelf,  and many more support EPUB.
 
Excellent testing of EPUB reading Apps can be found at:
http://epubtest.org/testsuite/accessibility/
 
Based on this testing a summary review of recommended Apps can be found on
the InclusivePublishing.org website at:
https://inclusivepublishing.org/blog/june-2018-epub-reading-apps-accessibili
ty-support/
 
Also, Edge now natively supports reading of EPUB, and they plan to fix some
of the bugs we reported.
 
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
 
Best
George
 
George Kerscher Ph.D.
-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.
Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium
http://www.daisy.org
Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech
http://www.benetech.org
President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) 
http://www.idpf.org
Member of the National Museum and Library Services  Board (IMLS)
http://www.imls.gov
Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the
W3C 
http://www.w3c.org/wai 
Phone: +1 406/549-4687
Cell:+1 406/544-2466 
Email: kerscher at montana.com
 
 
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Subject: [Athen] ePub readers, again
 
Hi all,
 
I know there was some discussion on this recently, but I need a refresher.
 
What apps are available to read ePub books? Does iBooks read them?
 
Thanks.
 
 
Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS  66112
Phone: 913-288-7671
Email: rbeach at kckcc.edu <mailto:rbeach at kckcc.edu> 
 
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