<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I thought this would be of interest -- at any rate, something to keep an eye on. CourseSmart released an iPad app that allows students to not only read their textbooks on an iPad, but also add and edit notes while they read and hunt for information with keyword searches. Great!<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.coursesmart.com/go/ipad/index.html">http://www.coursesmart.com/go/ipad/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Though you need a CourseSmart account and e-textbook subscription to actually use it, the app includes a free demo with samples from five college-level textbooks (you can read text and notes, but can't take new notes).</div><div><div><br></div><div>However, I also noticed an important caveat in the "fine print":</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: block; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 32, 67); font-size: 18px; ">Accessibility</h1><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: block; ">Users with disabilities may experience difficulty with accessing the current version of CourseSmart. We apologize for any inconvenience and request your patience while CourseSmart develops an online application that will provide an accessible eTextbook user experience.</div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: block; ">Please contact the publisher directly to request accessible versions of the textbooks featured on CourseSmart.</div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: block; "><br></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">So I guess they are getting to where we want them to be, but are not quite there yet.</span></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: block; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Shelley</span></font></div></span></div></div><div>
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