[nabs-l] Epub questions

[Elif Emir Öksüz]

Hi Kaiti,
Several times I did buy e-pub books.
I use Adobe Digital Editions. It is totally free. It takes maybe an
hour to get used to the keyboard short cuts.
I like it because, it allows you to navegate in the content page. You
can see the chapters and sometimes even subtitles as submenues. When
you hit on the chapter name, it takes you to the related chapter in
the book. It is very easy and fast to jump from page to page.
It is pretty accessible generally. I mean the program is accessible;
however, book accessibility generally depends on the books.
You can contact to the seller to ask about whether it is accessible or
not. It is different than asking for coppy for DSO. You are a current
customer who is ready to spend. So I think they are mor likely to
respond.


2015-08-29 19:23 GMT-04:00, David Andrews via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
> 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.
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