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From: John E Brandt
Date: May 19, 2012 8:44AM

From what I understand the only applications that will read iBooks documents
(.ibook) is the iOS iBook app and iBooks Author on Mac OSX Lion.

Adobe DA will read EPUB books on Mac OSX, but I have not been able to get
VoiceOver to work with DA.

~j

John E. Brandt
www.jebswebs.com
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207-622-7937
Augusta, Maine, USA


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir R.
Gunnarsson
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 3:53 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] acsm files

Quick question.
Does Adobe DA play unprotected EPUB2 books as well?
I've been asked to test EPUB2 books that are unprotected, but not sure what
software to even try, besides EasyReader and ReadHere.
What about iBooks?
What about Android book reader?
Thanks
-B

On 5/18/12, Lucia Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Thanks I think your write. I read that article and am now looking at
> da and will be putting it on my students system thanks
>
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> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Tony
> Olivero
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 1:13 PM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] acsm files
>
> Lucy,
>
> I don't believe acsm is a ebook file per se, I believe it is an
> authorization key used to instruct Editions where to download the book.
>
> From the FAQ at http://www.ereadable.com/info/FAQ.asp
> Why do I get a file with the extension .acsm when I download an Adobe
> PDF or ePub eBook?
> When you start to download an Adobe PDF a small file with the
> extension .acsm is first downloaded. This is used by Adobe Digital
> Editions to send the activation ID to the delivery server which will
> use that ID to generate an encrypted PDF/ePub eBook, which is then
> downloaded to your PC. If your computer is asking you where to save
> the .acsm file then your Adobe Digital Editions may not be installed
> correctly or not yet authorized. Often you can solve this issue by
> simply setting your computer to always use Adobe Digital Editions to
> open this type of file (in Windows XP, for instance, right click on
> the file and choose Open With, select Adobe Digital Editions and tick
> the box to tell Windows to remember the setting; for other operating
> systems please read your documentation).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lucia Greco [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 14:36
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: [WebAIM] acsm files
>
> Hello:
>
> I just had a student call me about needing to read some e-books in
> acsm file format asap. She is using jaws 11. I am going to try
> digital additions but I do not have jaws 11 around to know if it will
> work on that platform. Lucy
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