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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Concerning the point about Chrome and Read&Write...yes, someone with a learning disability can read an EPUB with the Chrome R&W extension. The only proviso is that you have to first upload the EPUB to your Google Drive.
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Robert Spangler <rspangler1@udayton.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 5, 2018 2:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] EPUB</font>
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<div dir="ltr">I did see that Edge has the ability, but I was unable to find a way to make it read out loud. For me I would just use my screen reader, but someone with a learning disability would use a TTS like what they would use in ReadWrite Gold, and I
did not see anything in Edge like this. Too bad Chrome can't read them as ReadWrite has an extension to work with that browser.
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 12:42 PM George Kerscher <<a href="mailto:kerscher@montana.com">kerscher@montana.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Excellent accessibility testing of EPUB reading Apps can be found at:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__epubtest.org_testsuite_accessibility_&d=DwMFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=67olWPWhVEsI50vpRdydglG2RHA1T81UHrTuRDeUqW4&m=K_jBUeOTAJZY-KMk5AzWo5mkhp91DpCrRLeAk8Zv_yo&s=hY3avnlcEHAl9Taz2qvetNJbT8jdKY_j_QGT0GWE0GI&e=" target="_blank">http://epubtest.org/testsuite/accessibility/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Based on this testing a summary review of recommended Apps can be found on the InclusivePublishing.org website at:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__inclusivepublishing.org_blog_june-2D2018-2Depub-2Dreading-2Dapps-2Daccessibility-2Dsupport_&d=DwMFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=67olWPWhVEsI50vpRdydglG2RHA1T81UHrTuRDeUqW4&m=K_jBUeOTAJZY-KMk5AzWo5mkhp91DpCrRLeAk8Zv_yo&s=R4Uo2MsR-FK9uyn5lBA6rPVFaHhjt8Q9uXcpLRAgk6Y&e=" target="_blank">https://inclusivepublishing.org/blog/june-2018-epub-reading-apps-accessibility-support/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Many of the Reading Apps support side loading, but not all.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Joseph is correct about <span class="x_m_-8229300222215921145SpellE">
EasyReader</span> by Dolphin.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Also, Edge now natively supports reading of EPUB, and they plan to fix some of the bugs we reported.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Feel free to contact me with any questions, or if anybody needs help getting started.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Best<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>George<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph Polizzotto<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 5, 2018 9:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] EPUB<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">HI Robert:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">We would recommend <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__yourdolphin.com_product-3Fid-3D23&d=DwMFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=67olWPWhVEsI50vpRdydglG2RHA1T81UHrTuRDeUqW4&m=K_jBUeOTAJZY-KMk5AzWo5mkhp91DpCrRLeAk8Zv_yo&s=0zLkspA5AcqFMWbeQuQ1xP1oaVYJYy_LaxOdL3Xnfgw&e=" target="_blank">
Dolphin Easy Reader</a>. You can read an accessibility evaluation (with a focus on low vision users) of Dolphin Easy Reader at this site:
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