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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Susan:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Glad I could give you a laugh!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I figured EPUB is like PDF in that so much of accessibility depends on tagging/structure and the building of the EPUB.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Yes, I’ve tried reding my own well-structured documents converted to EPUB using Calibre in Edge with JAWS and no luck. I have my Windows 10 updated and can’t even find the immersive reading tools that are supposed to be in the Edge version for my Windows version although the Read Aloud option is available to me in Edge using my default Microsoft voice. That doesn’t give me access to the navigation tools or the UI, just the content.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Am going to continue my new adventures. The FoxIT people who have a PDF conversion tool that they say will produce Section 508 conforming PDF have something called MePub which is supposed to be an EPUB conversion tool. Given that I’ve already e-mailed them 3 times asking where the accessibility tools/Tags are in FoxIt without any response, am not holding out for MePub. And MePub is 39 USD.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I found with Calibre that it is not respecting the font alignment of the document. It is insisting on full justification when my content is left justified. Although I can go into the CSS and change it, I am baffled as to why I should have to do this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Anyway, I have a two part problem…finding an inexpensive accessible EPUB conversion tool and an app to read EPUB’s with my screen reader…and its only Monday!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Cheers, Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan Kelmer<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 4, 2019 9:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] free accessible EPUB reader?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hahahah! I’m happy to get a laugh this morning after a ridiculous commute in snowy conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Of course, there are a lot of “accessible” readers out there, but very few, if any, that work with a student’s existing TTS or screenreading technology. At best, you can franken-science something together, like using Windows Edge to open the ePub, then use Windows Narrator to listen to the file. I know that way works pretty well. Read and Write will open an ePub and read it, and includes navigation as it shows the chapters broken down on the side, so it isn’t too bad. Kurzweil is a no-win because it just opens the whole file with no really useful navigation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you’re trying to use a screen reader to read the ePub, I think, again, you can open it in Edge for Windows, and I think other browsers. But how the ePub was made is going to be the best determiner of if it can be used with any form of AT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Susan Kelmer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Alternate Format Production Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Disability Services<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>University of Colorado Boulder<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>303-735-4836<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> 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>Karlen Communications<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 2, 2019 6:02 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] free accessible EPUB reader?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Hi:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>It’s been a long time since I taught how to create Daisy books and knew what readers were accessible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I’m taking a look at EPUB and I’ve created a book from one of my tutorials. I now want to read it, but didn’t want to use the Calibre viewer/the app I used to create the book as I want to see how it reads in another viewer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Any suggestions on a free but good EPUB reader that is accessible? What are students and faculty using?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Cheers, Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>