<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
</head>
<body>
<div dir="auto">Hello George,</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Thank you for the info on how to get to EPUB to Word utility. Can't wait to try it out!</div>
<div id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature" dir="auto">
<div><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">I have been experimenting with WordtoEPUB especially for Math documents in conjunction with Mathpix. Math doesn't seem to work well on all read aloud EPUB readers though. Thorium with Mathjax enabled and Books app for iOS works really well with
these EPUBs and accessible.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Best,</div>
<div dir="auto">Ramya</div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-ogsb="white" style="background-color: white;"><b>Ramya
Karthikeyan</b></span></span>
<div data-ogsb="white" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white;" dir="auto">
Alternative Format Specialist</div>
<div data-ogsb="white" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white;" dir="auto">
<span data-ogsb="white" style="background-color: white;">UCLA Center for Accessible Education</span></div>
<div data-ogsb="white" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white;" dir="auto">
</div>
</div>
<div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container" dir="auto"><br>
<hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%">
<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>From:</strong> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> on behalf of via athen-list <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<strong>Sent:</strong> Monday, May 6, 2024 1:05:51 PM<br>
<strong>To:</strong> ahead@ahead.org <ahead@ahead.org>; 'ATHENS ' <athen-list@u.washington.edu>; DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU <DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU><br>
<strong>Subject:</strong> [Athen] EPUB to Word utility<br>
</div>
<br>
<meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15">
<meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 15">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
Dear All,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
Sorry for cross posting.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
I thought folks here would be interested in this functionality.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
The WordToEPUB add-in for Word, which is freely available from the DAISY Consortium, also has a EPUB to Word function.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
After installing WordToEPUB: <a href="https://daisy.org/activities/software/wordtoepub/">
https://daisy.org/activities/software/wordtoepub/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
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.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
I did have a <span class="GramE">fail</span> with a title that had videos.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
Also, WordToEPUB has the Word to HTML functionality.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
Of course, the <span class="SpellE">WordTOEPUB</span> produces great, clean EPUB.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
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.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
I tested with EPUB from Bookshare.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
Best</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
George</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
Best</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
George</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style=""><img border="0" width="188" height="215" id="image001.png@01DA9FBE.48D174A0" src="cid:image001.png@01DA9FBE.48D174A0" alt="Drawing of a guide dog in harness sitting looking up at a dangling rope in front of a mountain wall. Credits, Outdoor Life." style="max-width: 100%;"><span style=""></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style="">George Kerscher Ph.D.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style="">-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style="">Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><a href="http://www.daisy.org/"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">http://www.daisy.org</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style="">Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style=""><a href="http://www.benetech.org/"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">http://www.benetech.org</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style="">President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style=""><a href="http://www.idpf.org/"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">http://www.idpf.org</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style="">Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), at W3C</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style=""><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">http://www.w3.org/WAI</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style="">Cell:+1 406/544-2466 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
<span style="">Email: <a href="mailto:kerscher@montana.com"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">kerscher@montana.com</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">
</p>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</body>
</html>