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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Vital Source gets pretty high marks, CourseSmart gets very mixed reviews. The Kindle app appears to work pretty well with screen readers on the Windows platform. The hardware Kindle has never appropriately addressed accessibility despite all assurances otherwise. Can't speak to the others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Wink Harner<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 26, 2014 2:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Online eBook Accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi out there in ATHEN-Land,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone have any first-hand experience with the use of screen readers or TTS readers with online textbook sources such as:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Chegg<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- CourseSmart<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- GooglePlay-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Kindle<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Kno <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Vital Source<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Publisher denied a PDF file and suggested the student purchase one of the electronic versions of the requested book from the sources (above). Student’s preference is PDF, but if he can get the file to read aloud, he may be OK. I have asked him for his preference. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What experience do any of you have in the TTS capabilities on any of those e-book sources listed?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Let me know!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance for your collective knowledge.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wink Harner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:foreigntype@gmail.com">foreigntype@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>480-984-0034<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cooper Black","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>