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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you for this. I am always happy to get access to new tools!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] EPUB to Word utility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sorry for cross posting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I thought folks here would be interested in this functionality.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The WordToEPUB add-in for Word, which is freely available from the DAISY Consortium, also has a EPUB to Word function.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After installing WordToEPUB: <a href="https://daisy.org/activities/software/wordtoepub/">
https://daisy.org/activities/software/wordtoepub/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When on Windows File explorer, and being on a EPUB file, the context menu will show EPUB to word. This will launch the utility. I tested with simple documents and with more complex publications. I also tested with EPUB that has MathML.
It worked great.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I did have a fail with a title that had videos.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, WordToEPUB has the Word to HTML functionality.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course, the WordTOEPUB produces great, clean EPUB.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I thought there were a variety of functions for this. It might be easier to fix alt text or add long descriptions to a Word docx and then remake the EPUB. Also, having it in Word could allow for other functions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tested with EPUB from Bookshare.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">George<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">George<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">George Kerscher Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.daisy.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.daisy.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.benetech.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.benetech.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.idpf.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.idpf.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), at W3C<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.w3.org/WAI</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell:+1 406/544-2466 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:kerscher@montana.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">kerscher@montana.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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