[Athen] EPUB

[Joseph Polizzotto]

Robert:

Have you tried these keystrokes for MS Edge's EPUB player?


   - Table of Contents - Alt + T
   - Notes - Alt + A
   - Search - Ctrl + F
   - Text size, font and other
   - visual settings - Ctrl + Shift + O
   - Read Aloud - Ctrl + Shift + G
   - Grammar Tools
   - Save As - Ctrl + Shift + S
   - Bookmark - Alt + B
   - Full Screen - F11


Source: DAISYpedia
<http://www.daisy.org/daisypedia/using-microsoft-edge-browser-read-epub-files>

HTH,

Joseph

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:07 AM Robert Spangler <rspangler1 at udayton.edu>
wrote:


> 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,

>>

>>

>>

>> Excellent accessibility 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-accessibility-support/

>>

>>

>>

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

>>

>>

>>

>> Joseph is correct about EasyReader by Dolphin.

>>

>> 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, or if anybody needs help

>> getting started.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> 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/>.

>>

>>

>>

>> Some of the features that I like are:

>>

>>

>>

>> - Free

>>

>> - active development

>>

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

>>

>> - support with VoiceOver

>>

>> - Page number support

>>

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

>> settings

>>

>> - MathML support

>>

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

>>

>>

>>

>> HTH,

>>

>>

>>

>> Joseph

>>

>>

>>

>> 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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