Re: Information on epublishing

Hello everyone,
Yes as George referred to the link
View the EPUB 3 Support Grid (all results) <http://www.epubtest.org/results/> http://www.epubtest.org/results/ <http://www.epubtest.org/results/>
has just about all the major players of accessible ePub3 readers.


As far as Benetech is concerned our take is:
IBM currently uses Lucifox, which is a Firefox plugin. (We have not used it.)
IDEAL group has a beta android reader:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.easyaccess.epubreader&hl=en <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.easyaccess.epubreader&hl=en>

iBooks is increasingly accessible
Gitden for android is also supposed to be accessible, but I've heard mixed results:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitden.epub.reader.app&hl=en <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitden.epub.reader.app&hl=en>

We think Readium will be the big win as it gets more traction so I would also watch that space.

Thanks
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Charles LaPierre
charlesl@benetech.org




> On Nov 26, 2014, at 8:50 AM, George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> If you bookmark:
> http://www.epubtest.org <http://www.epubtest.org/>
> 
> you will find the latest on EPUB testing of reading systems. The column on the far right in the grid has information about accessibility. We are crowd sourcing this testing and look forward to have more results over time.
> 
> Volunteers for accessibility testing can contact me.
> Best
> George
> Email: Kerscher@montana.com <mailto:Kerscher@montana.com>
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> 
> From: Ivan Herman [mailto:ivan@w3.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 1:23 AM
> To: Deborah Kaplan; Charles LaPierre
> Cc: public-dpub-accessibility@w3.org; Vivienne Conway
> Subject: Fwd: Information on epublishing
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> Deborah, Charles,
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> I have received this question, but I think you guys are in a much better position to give a good answer. Can you help me and, primarily, Vivienne out? Thanks a lot!
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> Ivan
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> From: "WebKeyIT" <v.conway@webkeyit.com <mailto:v.conway@webkeyit.com>>
> To: <ivan@w3.org <mailto:ivan@w3.org>>
> Subject: Information on epublishing
> Date: 26 Nov 2014 04:30:39 CET
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> Hi Ivan
> 
> Thanks for connecting with me on LinkedIn.  Rick Barrett also just gave me your email address.  I was lovely to catch up with the IW3C2 group here in Perth, and I trust you have a lovely time getting to know us and our State.
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> I have a client who is interested in changing from PDF to ePub3 for their annual reports.  They know they will have to provide a link to an accessible reader for those who want to view the document online.
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> While I was at TPAC I chatted briefly with someone from the epub group who talked about accessible readers.  Can you give me the names of some accessible, free epub readers that I can recommend to my client?  There are quite a few clients here with similar questions who are hoping that epub3 will be an answer to providing the reports in an accessible format, seeing that it is based on HTML 5 and there is good accessibility support (of course, if it created properly).
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> Your thoughts would be very much appreciated.
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