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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We continue to update the grid on epubtest.org. VitalSource, RedShelf are maintained, and we know they plan to make updates and when they do, we will retest.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you send me the platforms you want tested, we can consider testing those platforms. The integrations with LMS is more difficult for us to test, and we need more people helping to test out with the various AT. Thorium is really working well (I use the continuous updated version) and we have the results up for NVDA, and I expect Jaws would be similar. However, Thorium will require an unprotected EPUB , probably from Bookshare or ATN.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>EBSCO and Fulcrum are also in the grid now, and we have the developers joining our reading system testing calls; it is great to see the developers there, and RedShelf, VitalSource, EBSCO, Fulcrum, and Thorium developers are frequent visitors.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The DAISY webinar today was very good as an introduction (Deborah, you personally know everything about what we presented (grin), but others would benefit), and we plan a follow-up webinar about the methodology and go into detail on others. The Roundup is maintained and can be found at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://inclusivepublishing.org/rs-accessibility/">https://inclusivepublishing.org/rs-accessibility/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are starting to maintain short videos that show the various Reading Apps with specific AT so people can pick what works for them. I did a Thorium and NVDA, for example. We have Thorium with visual adjustments (low vision), and Read Aloud (Dyslexic and LD). We need to do a ton more.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We also have the EPUB in Higher Ed working group (let me know if anybody wants to join), which is getting stronger and producing more materials to support the DSO folks. We really need to get the students to use the mainstream tech. Kurzweil says that support for EPUB is their current highest priority, which is great, and we all cannot wait to see what they have done. Text Help already has their updated EPUB reader out.<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> Wednesday, April 21, 2021 12:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Publishers platforms and AT<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I ask this every quarter, but have their been any new developments in tracking which AT works with which publisher-supplied ebook platforms?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am taking a class that uses a book that is available as an ebook on VitalSource. I really like that platform for myself, but so so many of my students complain about VitalSource, or Redshelf or the many other ebook platforms that are publisher-specific. Pearson, Cengage, Wiley, McGrawHill and McMillan all offer ebooks integrated with online labs or available on their own platform when the student makes a purchase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When the publisher refuses to provide me a book, because it’s already online and supposedly accessible, I can ask the student what AT they use, but it still leaves me unclear whether the problem is the AT, the platform or the student’s inability or unwillingness to learn to use the platform.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I could really use some real data – I know there was a daisy webinar about it just this morning which I’ll watch – but if I know for example that a particular Wiley book works fine with Kurzweil’s read the web, then I can just encourage the student to get more training which we have available. But if I know it doesn’t work, then I can start arguing with the publisher.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--Debee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>