[Athen] Pearson

[Kruzel, Rachel]

Hello,

I've sent a very similar message to them and have not gotten a response at
all to date from my emails. I'm in the same situation with my students who
use a .kesi or a .pdf file with their AT.

Rachel


*Rachel Kruzel, ATP **| Assistive Technology & Accommodations Specialist*
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On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:44 AM, Kluesner, Bryon <Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu>
wrote:


> Athen friends

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>

> Interesting scenario with Pearson. They sent me an email stating a text I

> requested was available as ePub through Vital Source. This has occurred at

> least a half dozen times. I replied back with the following:

>

> The students I work with use Kurzweil for their reading. While I

> appreciate the fact that the ePub files are compliant and accessible, I do

> not think my students would even want to learn another process to access

> their books other than the PDF format I have been providing. This style of

> alternate texts does not meet the need of my students. I would like to know

> if there are PDF files available instead?

>

> I am going to reply back to let them know we are a Kurzweil campus and

> re-request the title in PDF format.

>

> Has anyone else had an issue with this and push back from Pearson?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Bryon

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