1. 1. What were the options 15-20 years ago? 2. What's the goal (example)? 3. How can I read that? How do we read what we read?

2. E-Reading Electronic Text Trivia  Michael S Hart founded Project Gutenberg in 1971  http://www.gutenberg.org with 40,000 titles http://www.gutenberg.org

3. 1. What do we mean when we talk about E-Readers? a. Software or apps that run on hardware b. Dedicated Hardware What is an E-Reader?

4. Read 2 Go or iBooks for an iPad Kindle for the PC Darwin for an Android phone Google Books E-Reader Software

5. E-Reader Hardware Marketed Mainstream  A Kindle with keyboard  Barnes and Noble Nook  Sony E-Reader

6. E-Reader Hardware Marketed DTB  NLS Talking Book Player  Victor Reader Stream  Milestone

7. E-Reader Accessibility Lawsuit settled by ACB and NFB in 2009 against Arizona State University for planning to deploy the Kindle DX as an electronic book reader among students 1. Lawsuit settled by ACB and NFB in 2009 against Arizona State University for planning to deploy the Kindle DX as an electronic book reader among students

8. E-Reader Accessibility Lawsuit settled by NFB and 4 library patrons against the Philadelphia Free Library for deploying Barnes and Noble Nook e- readers without an accessible alternative. 2. Lawsuit settled by NFB and 4 library patrons against the Philadelphia Free Library for deploying Barnes and Noble Nook e- readers without an accessible alternative.

9. E-Reader Accessibility 3. Diagram Center Comparison:  Kindle 3 and Kindle Keyboard Somewhat accessible  iPad Yes accessible  That's it!!

10. Reading Technology Survey 1. For news and information reading, what hardware or software reading tools do you use to access newspapers, magazines or other publications?

11. Reading Technology Survey a) Screen reader on a laptop, netbook, desktop computer or handheld device 152 ​ / 64.4% b) Library of Congress NLS player 97 / 41.1%

12. Reading Technology Survey c) Apple device (iPhone, iPad, etc.) 96 /40.7% d) Victor Reader (any model) 92 /39% e) Kindle and Nook (any model) below 6.4%

13. Reading Technology Survey If e-reader hardware is not always accessible, and most students/professionals with VI are using DTB and screen readers, why have this discussion?

14. Supplemental Accessibility Issues “At present there is no silver bullet e- book reader or platform for users with disabilities.” ****Supplemental: Accessibility Issues in E-Books and E-Book Readers: http://wac.osu.edu/ebook-access- overview/

15. Supplemental Accessibility Issues 1. Guidelines covering accessibility 2. Assessment based on functional abilities

16. Supplemental Accessibility Issues Adds category of Web based e- reader: CourseSmart Google eBooks (not Google Books) Kindle Cloud McGraw-Hill HTML Books

17. Supplemental Accessibility Issues PC / Mac based software: Adobe Digital Editions Blio gh ReadHear Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin

18. Supplemental Accessibility Issues PC / Mac based software (cont.): Nook Study VitalSource Bookshelf

19. Supplemental Accessibility Issues Android based software: Darwin (DAISY) Go Read (DAISY) Cool Reader Ebook Reader

20. Supplemental Accessibility Issues iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad) based accessible software : iBooks Blio Google Books Inkling

21. Supplemental Accessibility Issues iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad) based accessible software (cont.): Read2Go Vital Source

22. E-Book File Formats 1. Growing number of formats 2. Update comparison chart including devices: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparis on_of_e-book_formats

23. Digital Rights Management Note: The Digital Rights Management (DRM) of some devices may prevent TTS access on certain devices

24. Software Resources 1. Resource: Colorado Dept.of Education chart of software tools for file conversions http://www.swaaac.com/Files/Form sandDocuments/SchoolMaterials.p df

25. 2. Calibre is for e-book library management (http://calibre- ebook.com) that will allow conversion from one format to another and offers a book viewer.http://calibre- ebook.com Software Resources

26. 3. DAISY Consortium Conversion tools page http://www.daisy.org/tools/conver sion Software Resources

27. 4. 4. DAISYtoEPUB converts DAISY files like Bookshare to EPUB file formats that may be used for many e-readers at http://www.donjohnston.com/produc ts/daisytoepub/index.html Software Resources

28. Features Resources 1. 1. Wikipedia Comparison of E-Book Readers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari son_of_e-book_readers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari son_of_e-book_readers 2. 2. E-book Reader Matrix (very comprehensive comparison) http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E- book_Reader_Matrix http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E- book_Reader_Matrix

29. For More Information 1. Functional Criteria and E-Book Reader Overview http://wac.osu.edu/ebook-access- overview/

30. For More Information 2. Diagram Center Complete Product Matrices http://diagramcenter.org/research/p roduct-matrices-complete.html includes comparison of software and devices

31. For More Information 3. Update to the presentation including audio recording if available http://www.lowvisiontech.com