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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'>Neil:<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 purposely started with one of my own well-structured Word document tutorials because I wanted to compare the experience between all of my years in PDF with creating an “equally accessible” EPUB. First, I had to turn my screen reader off which left me with only screen magnification. I then just opened my Word doc and converted it. The challenge was then trying to read it with a screen reader not TTS.<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'>As I mentioned in my response to Susan, I have no idea why it fully justified my text when my text is all left aligned. I started looking at some of the settings/preferences and was overwhelmed. On the other hand, learning how to Tag PDF back in 2003-4 was equally overwhelming just trying to figure out which tool or setting did what.<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'>So with EPUB, I still have the training wheels on until I can solidly know what I’m looking for in the resulting EPUB files. Then, and I will give Susan another laugh for today, I’ll move into some InDesign and more complex layouts. </span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F3864'>J</span><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>As with PDF, there is NO easy button! But I knew that going in. It is just finding a good tool that is accessible and understandable in how its tools are organized…<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>Sorensen, Neal B<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 4, 2019 10:03 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'>For EPUB, I think your best bet is Microsoft Edge (provided you’re on a PC). It has built-in EPUB support, a navigation and options toolbar, and Edge has a “Read Aloud” feature which has made me rethink it’s viability as a browser. You don’t have to bring your own TTS reader to Edge, it will do that itself.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Alternatively, I think Google Drive has an EPUB reader feature, but it’s BYOR (bring your own reader). Or on a Mac, iBooks will read an EPUB, that has a TTS reader built-in too, though I have not tested that personally. Smartphone readers are pretty good too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Support for EPUBs is catching up a bit, but slowly… Karen: I’m curious what your experiences were in creating an EPUB with Calibre? I have tried that, but found it pretty cumbersome and confusing with all the options and configuration that was possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Neal Sorensen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Access Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Accessibility Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Minnesota State University, Mankato<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>132 Memorial Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Mankato, MN 56001<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif'>Phone: 507-389-5242<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif'>FAX: 507-389-1199<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif'>Email: <u><span style='color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu">neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><img border=0 width=217 height=47 style='width:2.2604in;height:.4895in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4D277.2FB5ECE0" alt="cid:image001.png@01CF4281.A3698650"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 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>Susan Kelmer<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 4, 2019 8:43 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] 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>