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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Adobe Digital Editions is a proprietary eBook format (not EPUB) that does indeed require software or plug-ins in order to access the file.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since its proprietary rather than open source, we generally stay away from it. Plus, Adobe charges a small fortune to developers to create and publish titles in Adobe Digital Editions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And it’s not EPUB, the universal open source ebook reader file format that pretty much anyone can open on any device.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Adobe’s website does say it is now accessible. See <a href="https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html">https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bevi Chagnon, founder/CEO <b><span style='color:#AEAAAA'>|</span></b> <a href="mailto:Bevi@PubCom.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Bevi@PubCom.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>PubCom: <span style='color:#C00000'>Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>consulting <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> training <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> development <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> design <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> sec. 508 services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Upcoming classes</b> at www.PubCom.com/classes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan Kelmer<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 9, 2018 10:51 AM<br><b>To:</b> ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET; Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu>; athes@lists.colorado.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to read?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry for the cross-posting…some of you may see this more than once.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A colleague brought this to my attention. My understanding was that Jaws could read EPUBs already, but one she just received from a publisher requires the download/installation/use of Adobe Digital Editions in addition to Jaws to read.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is this new, or have I missed something? Since publishers are now foisting ePubs onto us, I need to know if we are going to run into these types of problems. “It will work, but, you need this thing and this thing and this other thing too…”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My biggest gripe is needing to give students yet another way they have to read their materials, when what they had in the first place was working just fine before publishers decided to take it upon themselves to tell us what our students need and want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Susan Kelmer<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Alternate Format Production Program Manager<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Disability Services<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>University of Colorado Boulder<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>303-735-4836<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>