[nabs-l] accessible ebooks

[Greg Aikens]

Hi Menno,
Welcome to the list.  I'm not currently using windows but I just did a similar search for accessible epubs on the mac for some of the books I need this semester.  The Adobe Digital Editions 1.8 Beta is supposed to work well with Jaws on windows and VoiceOver on the mac.  I'm not sure how well it will work with Window Eyes, but its worth a shot.  

Also, I just purchased an accessible epub through google books.  This surprised me because I didn't think google books were accessible, but so far its great.  Apparently there is some way to download the book onto your computer but I have been reading it through the google books website and it seems to work fine.  I'm not sure if google books are available outside the U.S., but I would think so.  

On a side note, has anyone else had success with google books?

I hope this is helpful.

-Greg
On Sep 13, 2011, at 5:30 AM, Menno Schaap wrote:

> Hi all,
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> A short introduction of myself, I'm  a law and economics student at the
> university of Maastricht in the Netherlands. I am practically blind, I use
> Window- Eyes in combination with NVDa with speech and braille output to
> study.
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> I have a question concerning the use of ebooks. In the Netherlands, the
> study books are normally digitalized by a foundation. Unfortunately this
> process takes around 4to 6 months. 
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> However, some study books are available in ebook (epub) format.I tried to
> figure out the accessibility of these ebooks, the content seems accessible,
> but is secured with drm I did not find any useful eBook reader. Do You have
> experience in reading ebooks? And also with help of a screen reader?
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> Met vriendelijke groet,
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> Menno Schaap
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> Victorieplein 22-I
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> 1078 PE amsterdam
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> The Netherlands
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