[Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub

S A. Marositz SAMAROSITZ at pasadena.edu
Thu May 24 15:02:15 PDT 2018


Hi Norm and All

I am going to give you a couple options but, please know, there are others I have not yet tried.

The first is QRead: https://q-continuum.net/qread/download
It opens e-pub books along with many other formats. One of its main advantages is you can use your own screen reader to read the book, that is you don't have to use the software's built-in TTS. It does automatic bookmarking and is good for students because it has a tabbed interface. You can have several books, all in different formats, open at once and can use CTRL+tab to switch between them. A couple of downsides are that it is not free although the price is pretty reasonable and if you use your own screen reader, some of the navigation like reading by paragraph does not work as expected.

The second is Adobe Digital Editions: https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html
I have a little less experience with this program but it works well under Windows, not so much on the Mac with Voiceover even though it says it is supported. You can make bookmarks and read continuously, all with the voice of your screen reader, but I find that reading by sentence or paragraph doesn't work, I think because Digital Editions tries to retain the structure of the page visually.

I have also had some success reading EPUB with Microsoft Edge, the browser built in to Windows 10 but I can't say I found it to be an enjoyable experience. I don't remember why but I think it was because I had difficulty turning pages easily. This can be an issue with all the browser based EPUB readers I've tried.

Lastly, I have Readium Chrome extention installed now but I can only remember using it once. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readium/fepbnnnkkadjhjahcafoaglimekefifl
I think it worked pretty well though.

I hope this helps
Stephen Alexander Marositz JD, CPACC
Assistive Technology Specialist, Pasadena City College
Phone: (626) 585-7242


-----Original Message-----
From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Keith Kolander
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:23 AM
To: norm.coombs at gmail.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub

Natural Reader supports EPUB files.

Keith Kolander
Adaptive Technology Specialist
St. Charles Community College
Cottleville, MO 63376



-----Original Message-----
From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Norm Coombs
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 12:29 PM
To: athen-list at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub

Years ago, I used AMIS to read DAISY books on my PC. i had mistakenly assumed by now it would be upgraded to handle EPUB but apparently not.
I know of windows software READHEAR by GH LLC and EasyReader by Dolphin but neiter is free for windows. (EasyReader has free apps for smart phones but so far as I understand not for windows.
Can someone recomment a windows application that works OK with screen readers and will handle EPUB content?

It seems to me it must be there but that I missed it somehow.

Thanks,
Norm
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