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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">With all due respect, Rachel…you are speaking from the perspective of a publisher. You don’t know our students. You don’t know our needs, or theirs. You don’t
know how frustrating it is for us in the business of creating accessible content to have to jump through a thousand hoops just to be able to give a student what they need to get through their reading. You are making non-information-based assumptions about
our students and how they need to access materials. Let me lay it out for you:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You just said that we need to have a special reader to read ePubs. Whether that is YET ANOTHER APP or program, or another plugin, you are asking our
students to do YET ONE MORE THING to have access to the materials their other classmates have access to readily and easily and without plugins, programs, or other hoops to jump through.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You assume every student is using Kurzweil or Read and Write Gold. What? WHAT?? Do you even do research on what people are using to read with before
you make these assumptions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Vitalsource? Give me a break. The quality of files on there leave a LOT to be desired.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Vital Source, ADE, Kobo, Amazon Kindle, etc. are all forcing people to be locked into a particular platform and a particular method of access. Additionally,
not a single one of these platforms contain ALL of the materials a student may need to access throughout their career. So, they need to have an app or program or login to a platform for each and every thing, and each one may be different. i.e., if it is
this kind of file, you open this program. If it is this other kind of file, you open this OTHER program. And here, here’s ANOTHER file that you need this other app to be able to use. And this one needs a login to an online source, so make sure you have the
Internet before you try to read it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">How do ANY of these platforms give us access for students who are blind? Is there Braille in there? Nice clean text/Word files they can access with
a screen reader? Perfectly tagged HTML that will never barf and always has images alt-tagged and all data behind graphics outlined clearly? I’m just betting not. You assume it’s just “no big thing” to have a blind student need to download another thing,
to access this thing, that a screen reader may or may not be able to navigate. Again, making assumptions about what our students need or want.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Please understand, Rachel, that we are in the business of legally-mandated provision of alternate format for our students. We’re not arguing for the provision
of perfectly tagged PDFs from publishers to serve all students. We, as providers, are asking that you continue to provide us with the PDFs we can use to create the format THAT THE STUDENT NEEDS. We are, at our very base, doing what we do for STUDENTS. Publishers
are doing what they need to do for PROFITS. We are coming from two different places, but we just wish publishers would stop pushing formats on us that our students do not need or want, or have trouble accessing.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Please, just give us PDFs when we ask for them. Is that really so hard? Keep producing all the locked in, need-yet-another-app-to read stuff you want and putting
it out there, but when we, the providers for students with disabilities, ask for a file we can work with to create accessible format for a student, can you just give us that thing?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rachel Comerford<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 11, 2018 7:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to read?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Susan!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) is one of the many readers that will open epubs. It isn't a proprietary format (although they may have a format that they push as well). ADE is the platform (like ibooks, kindle, vitalsource, redshelf, and others)
and EPUB is the format of the content (basically all of the text, design files, navigation files, etc). Students who use Kurzweil or Read and Write Gold can also open epubs in those platforms although those companies are in the process of doing some updating
to allow for more ease of use of epub.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My favorite epub reader for textbooks is vitalsource. It's free to download the reader and the company has worked really closely with Benetech and DAISY to build an accessible ebook reader. There are a lot of good ones out there though. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wholeheartedly believe that PDFs were a good solution for students using AT but EPUBs are a better one. The accessibility metadata that can be built into them, the clear navigation without remediation, and the ability to resize and reflow
text (no more horizontal scrolling!!) are just a few reasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just my 2 cents in case it helps. I know there will be some talk about this at AHEAD and AHG this year - maybe we'll get a chance to meet there!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If the file is DRM'd - have you tried reaching out through BookShare or AccessText Network for a file that isn't? I know we provide DRM-free files via those libraries... I'm sure other publishers do to.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rachel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#888888;background:white">Rachel Comerford | Senior Director of Content Standards and Accessibility | T 212.576.9433 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#888888"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:red;background:white">Macmillan Learning</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">Message: 5</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
<span style="background:white">Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 17:44:33 +0000</span><br>
<span style="background:white">From: Susan Kelmer <</span></span><a href="mailto:Susan.Kelmer@colorado.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">Susan.Kelmer@colorado.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
<span style="background:white">To: Access Technology Higher Education Network</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Subject: Re: [Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to</span><br>
<span style="background:white"> read?</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Message-ID:</span><br>
<span style="background:white"> <</span></span><a href="mailto:DM5PR03MB3321CC468FEC9FDAE6F3E22AFB440@DM5PR03MB3321.namprd03.prod.outlook.com"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">DM5PR03MB3321CC468FEC9FDAE6F3E22AFB440@DM5PR03MB3321.namprd03.prod.outlook.com</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
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<span style="background:white">Removing DRM to produce an accessible file for a student with a disability is legally allowed. Converting any type of file to another type of file for accessibility purposes is legally allowed.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">We are not "illegals!"</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Susan Kelmer</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Alternate Format Production Program Manager</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Disability Services</span><br>
<span style="background:white">University of Colorado Boulder</span><br>
<span style="background:white">303-735-4836</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">From: athen-list <</span></span><a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">>
On Behalf Of </span><a href="mailto:chagnon@pubcom.com"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">chagnon@pubcom.com</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
<span style="background:white">Sent: Monday, July 09, 2018 11:40 AM</span><br>
<span style="background:white">To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <</span></span><a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list@u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
<span style="background:white">Subject: Re: [Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to read?</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">FYI, DRM (digital rights management) was developed to protect the copyright and control the distribution of the content.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Be careful what you post on a public list! <grin></span><br>
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<span style="background:white">From: athen-list <</span></span><a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">>>
On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
<span style="background:white">Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 12:20 PM</span><br>
<span style="background:white">To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <</span></span><a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list@u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list@u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">>></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
<span style="background:white">Subject: Re: [Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to read?</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Thanks, Bevi. I will likely be experimenting with some cracking, to see if I can get it out of DRM.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">I've had success in the past doing this. This will be no different.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">-Susan</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">From: athen-list <</span></span><a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">>>
On Behalf Of </span><a href="mailto:chagnon@pubcom.com"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">chagnon@pubcom.com</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:chagnon@pubcom.com"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">chagnon@pubcom.com</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
<span style="background:white">Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 10:01 AM</span><br>
<span style="background:white">To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <</span></span><a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list@u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list@u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">>></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
<span style="background:white">Subject: Re: [Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to read?</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Adobe Digital Editions is a proprietary eBook format (not EPUB) that does indeed require software or plug-ins in order to access the file.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">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.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">And it's not EPUB, the universal open source ebook reader file format that pretty much anyone can open on any device.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Adobe's website does say it is now accessible. See </span></span><a href="https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
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<span style="background:white">From: athen-list <</span></span><a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">>>
On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br>
<span style="background:white">Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 10:51 AM</span><br>
<span style="background:white">To: </span></span><a href="mailto:ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background:white">>;
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<span style="background:white">Subject: [Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to read?</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Sorry for the cross-posting...some of you may see this more than once.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">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.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">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..."</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">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.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Susan Kelmer</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Alternate Format Production Program Manager</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Disability Services</span><br>
<span style="background:white">University of Colorado Boulder</span><br>
<span style="background:white">303-735-4836</span><br>
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