[Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student

[kerscher at montana.com]

Hi,

 

If you could us the EPUB with Thorium on Windows, the screen reader
experience would be great. Agreed that Digital Editions has always been a
mess.

 

Best

George

 

 

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf
Of Justin Romack
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 11:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for
blind student

 

Unfortunately, in all the research I've done to this point - the VR Stream
is the ONLY blindness-friendly option I can dig up.

 

It looks like the EPUB and PDF options I can download are available for
Digital Editions - which I've found to be a disaster with JAWS (personally.)

 

This student would be fine with DAISY or EPUB . if I could get them in their
app of choice.

 

Thanks for this, though! I'm glad to know that SOMEONE out there has had
some luck with their content.

 

Thanks,

J

 

 

 

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Justin Romack  | Assistive Technology Coordinator

Disability Resources | Texas A&M University

1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224

 

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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu
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Deborah Armstrong
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for
blind student

 

I've downloaded historical books on communism from the internet archive in
Daisy and they played on the VR stream just fine. I don't think things on
the archive are protected though.

 

 

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu
<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> > On Behalf Of Justin
Romack
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To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu
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Subject: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind
student

 

Howdy all!

 

Hoping you are safe and well in your respective corner of the world. I know
we're all desperately awaiting news that we're trending in a positive
direction .

 

I'm researching alt format materials for a totally blind student. I found
one of their books in the Internet Archive - and see it's available for
download in a protected DAISY format (as well as encrypted PDF and EPUB
files to borrow.) I've never had experience with IA . and truthfully, this
is why. Access to their resources . especially for blind students . feels
like a black box.

 

Can anyone shed some light on how I can help my student access these
materials?

 

Gratefully,

J

 

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Justin Romack  | Assistive Technology Coordinator

Disability Resources | Texas A&M University

1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224

 

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