Hey. Hope you don't mind me jumping in here. I use Qread for epub and pdf files nowadays. The programme costs $30 or so but in my view it has already proven its worth to me, especially as an alternative to adobe reader. However, it works great with epub and other formats as well. The second best alternative I can suggest is the Firefox epub plugin, which Fernando already brought up in his excellent summary.
Anyway, here's a link for Qread if you are interested. It is designed to be fully accessible. I'm not always quick to jump at niche software for blind users as being the best stuff out there, but this programme is a good one. It too seems to display the contents as links though. Never really thought of that as a drawback until reading Fernando's post here, but yeah... https://q-continuum.net/qread/ -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Fernando Gregoire Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 1:37 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] EPub publications Hi Gary, Epub format itself is very accessible to screen readers, because content is in HTML format and, unlike PDFs, there's a table of contents marked as such thing. However, although there are many Epub reading software, there are few accessible alternatives in Windows. You can use the Epub Reader Firefox add-on, which offers good navigation and reading support but displays the table of contents as links instead as a treeview. Theoretically Adobe Digital Editions is accessible, but, being higly focused on copyright protection, it only sends content to screen readers through MSAA. This means you will not be able to use the Virtual Cursor, Navigation Quick Keys nor Say All; you can only read correctly line by line, and sometimes it is difficult to activate links. Spanish-speaking users have the portable application Ebook Reader, developed by Juan José Montiel. This program is primarily intended for supporting screen readers, but it have two important problems: the tree view does not display the table of contents in levels when appropriate, and, since the reading area is an edit box with class Internet_Explorer_Server, it doesn't allow clicking on any link, which turns this program a bit inconvenient on books with many linked footnotes. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Gary Patterson Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 12:55 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] EPub publications Are EPub publications accessible with JAWS. I was told by a user that some documents in EPub format are accessible with JAWS and other documents in EPub format is limited. I have the most up-to-date version of JAWS. In advance, information will be appreciated. Gary Patterson For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ --- El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en busca de virus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
