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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They have an accessibility page:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.zybooks.com/accessibility/">https://www.zybooks.com/accessibility/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They said on this page you could ask for an evaluation copy to determine the accessibility of the title. Of course, it would take a lot of work to do the eval.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can also contact them from this page. I would check to see if they have it available in EPUB 3. I did not see where they have accessibility metadata on each title, which is what VitalSource does.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good luck<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah Armstrong<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 23, 2020 11:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Evaluating a book's accessibility<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Got an email from an instructor who asks a simple question: “is this book that I’m considering for use in my course accessible?”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First, let’s applaud this instructor for even thinking before adopting a textbook.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But, I feel completely unqualified to evaluate her proposed book. First of all she sent me a link to the publisher’s page. So no idea how I can actually get this book (ebook) to evaluate. I don’t have a student request for it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Second, I’m a screen reader user. I’m not qualified to determine other things, like whether it works for users of other AT. I don’t want to pretend I am.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What’s the best practice here? I want to give her an honest answer but don’t want to buy a book I do not need.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The book is here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.zybooks.com/">https://www.zybooks.com/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>But the instructor has given me only the publisher’s site not the exact book title. I think she wonders if any offerings from this publisher are accessible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am asking in a general sense, as I expect to get similar questions like this in the future.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--Debee<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>