[nabs-l] Epub questions

[David Andrews]

Whether or not an ePub book is accessible or not depends in part on 
the content, that is the book, and in part on the player.   However, 
ePub 3 was designed from the ground up, with accessibility in mind, 
so the odds are it will be ok, unless you are in a stem field or 
something unusual.  There are lots of players out there, stand alone, 
software, phone.  Some are accessible, some not.  The stream with 
softpack will play, as will the 2nd generation stream.  Don't 
remember about the Braille sense.  There is Adobe Digital Editions, 
iBooks, Voice Dream Reader, QBlio, Vital Source Bookshelf, Readium, 
Google PlayBooks, and more.

Dave

  Read, At 02:46 PM 8/29/2015, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I am faced with the option of buying an Epub book verses waiting for
>the publisher, which has been unresponsive to my disabilities office,
>to get them the publisher files.  I have never used Epub format files
>before, so I'm wondering a few things:
>
>I've heard conflicting reports on Epub.  Is it or is it not accessible?
>How can I access the information on Epub files?  I use windows 7 with
>jaws/NVDA.  I also have a notetaker (BrailleSense) and a Booksense I
>can use to hear the file read aloud, though the latter option is not
>preferred if it can be avoided.
>Are there any programs I will need to download to my PC to access the
>files?  If so, do these programs cost money/where can I get them?
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Kaiti Shelton
>University of Dayton-Music Therapy
>President, Ohio Association of Blind Students 2013-Present
>Secretary, The National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts
>Division 2015-2016
>
>"You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back!"

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org