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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">George, this is too simplified.<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">Not every Bookshare book comes with a Word version. Not every Bookshare book comes with an ePub version. Most bookshare files I receive are atrociously edited
– lack of or misplaced page numbering, no heading levels identified or headings not even there, missing sections like indexes and working table of contents, etc.<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">Bookshare may be making strides, but they are definitely not there yet. We edit CAREFULLY for our students because we want them to have what they need. 99%
of the time, Bookshare is not it.<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Susan Kelmer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Alternate Format Production Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Disability Services<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">University of Colorado Boulder<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">303-735-4836<o:p></o:p></span></i></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>George Kerscher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Converting EPUB to PDF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Susan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">First, Bookshare is now making Word files available. There is a wide range of formats available from Bookshare. Better to just download the format you are looking for rather
than going through the torture of converting these materials yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Also, Bookshare is making EPUB available, which provides a rich reading experience for everybody, including persons with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Probably more importantly, publishers are creating Born Accessible EPUB that are fully accessible. This eliminates the need to get a format that is different from what everybody
else is reading.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If there is anything I can do to helpg DSO folks provide the materials their students need, feel free to call upon me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">George<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">George Kerscher Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.daisy.org">http://www.daisy.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.benetech.org">http://www.benetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.idpf.org">http://www.idpf.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board (IMLS)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.imls.gov">http://www.imls.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the W3C
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.w3c.org/wai">http://www.w3c.org/wai</a> <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: +1 406/549-4687<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell:+1 406/544-2466 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:kerscher@montana.com">kerscher@montana.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><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 <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan Kelmer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 29, 2018 7:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Converting EPUB to PDF<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">Andrea, this is basically what we do with Bookshare files. Most of my sighted students have no interest in learning to navigate a bookshare file, so we convert
to word, add in page numbers and heading levels (because those do not exist or are poorly done in most bookshare files) and then convert word to PDF, or just give the student the word files.<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">Isn’t it amazing the hoops we jump through for your students? This is also why I am so angry about publishers finding yet another few hoops we have to jump through
to get what our students need. Why are they making things more difficult?<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"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Susan Kelmer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Alternate Format Production Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Disability Services<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">University of Colorado Boulder<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">303-735-4836<o:p></o:p></span></i></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"><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>
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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 <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrea L. Dietrich<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 29, 2018 7:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Converting EPUB to PDF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans"">I use a free program called Calibre (also available in a “portable” version in case you don’t have the ability to install software on your computers yourself). It’s designed as a general ebook management
program, but it has really good conversion capabilities. The only issues I’ve had with epub to PDF are that sometimes the conversion will divide pages in odd places, and that there are usually no original page numbers to correspond to the hard copy of the
book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans"">Depending on your time constraints, you might want to convert the epub to .docx, add page breaks manually in Word, and then convert that file to PDF so that you can “recreate” the original publisher
layout for the book, but obviously that’s more time-consuming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans"">Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans"">-Andi :) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans"">--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans"">Andrea Dietrich <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 <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Spangler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Converting EPUB to PDF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, is it possible to convert from EPUB to PDF and, if so, how would I go about doing it? We distribute PDFs only to our students unless otherwise requested, but a publisher on AccessText is stating that Epub is the only option available
from them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Robert Spangler<br>
Disability Services Technical Support Specialist<br>
<a href="mailto:rspangler1@udayton.edu" target="_blank">rspangler1@udayton.edu</a><br>
Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023<br>
Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC)<br>
University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 <br>
Phone: 937-229-2066<o:p></o:p></p>
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