[Athen] EPUB

Robert Spangler rspangler1 at udayton.edu
Wed Sep 5 11:00:07 PDT 2018


I did see that Edge has the ability, but I was unable to find a way to make
it read out loud. For me I would just use my screen reader, but someone
with a learning disability would use a TTS like what they would use in
ReadWrite Gold, and I did not see anything in Edge like this. Too bad
Chrome can't read them as ReadWrite has an extension to work with that
browser.



On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 12:42 PM George Kerscher <kerscher at montana.com>
wrote:


> Hi,

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>

>

> Excellent accessibility testing of EPUB reading Apps can be found at:

>

> http://epubtest.org/testsuite/accessibility/

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>

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> Based on this testing a summary review of recommended Apps can be found on

> the InclusivePublishing.org website at:

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> https://inclusivepublishing.org/blog/june-2018-epub-reading-apps-accessibility-support/

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>

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> Many of the Reading Apps support side loading, but not all.

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> Joseph is correct about EasyReader by Dolphin.

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> Also, Edge now natively supports reading of EPUB, and they plan to fix

> some of the bugs we reported.

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> Feel free to contact me with any questions, or if anybody needs help

> getting started.

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>

>

> Best

>

> George

>

>

>

> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Joseph Polizzotto

> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 5, 2018 9:51 AM

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

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] EPUB

>

>

>

> HI Robert:

>

>

>

> We would recommend Dolphin Easy Reader

> <https://yourdolphin.com/product?id=23>. You can read an accessibility

> evaluation (with a focus on low vision users) of Dolphin Easy Reader at

> this site: Dolphin Easy Reader Evaluation

> <http://epubtest.org/evaluation/459/>.

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> Some of the features that I like are:

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>

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> - Free

>

> - active development

>

> - access to multiple libraries (e.g., Bookshare, NFB, EPUB Books)

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> - support with VoiceOver

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> - Page number support

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> - Built in Text to Speech, including Pitch, Pause, and Pronunciation

> settings

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> - MathML support

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> - Multiple Formats: TXT, DOCX, HTML, EPUB, DAISY 2, DAISY 3

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> HTH,

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>

> Joseph

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> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:20 AM Robert Spangler <rspangler1 at udayton.edu>

> wrote:

>

> Hello all, since I have not found a way to convert an epub to PDF, what is

> a good Epub reader? This is for a student with a learning disability, not

> someone who is blind. That being said however I myself would appreciate it

> if the suggested reader were accessible.

>

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Robert

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>

>

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Robert Spangler
Disability Services Technical Support Specialist
rspangler1 at udayton.edu
Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023
Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC)
University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302
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