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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Dec 17, 2018 2:08PM

Hello,
There is no solid leader on PC for Epub at the moment. None of the Epub
readers have all features of Epub 3 and the most accessible readers don't
have any of the new Epub3 features.
Here are the PC readers:

1. QRead
2. Microsoft Edge
3. Cobo
4. Adobe Digital Editions

My money is on Microsoft Edge becoming the leader in the near future until
Chrome or Firefox get into the game.

For IOS:
Voice Dream Reader is the leader
I don't know if Read to Go has Epub support, but it would be number 2.
Then IBooks is number 3.

Android has lots of custom book readers on the Braille Note Touch and other
Braille note-takers that blind users use.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 10:09 AM Jackson, Derek <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> Does anyone have information on, or experience with screen reader, EPUB
> desktop applications that are more common or typical for users? We want to
> do some QA for EPUBs and could use some direction on what combinations to
> look at (e.g. Voice Over/iBooks, Readium/NVDA, ???). Is there a preference
> among users of AT that we want to be sure and check? I am thinking
> primarily about desktop EPUB reading applications but if that is a poor
> assumption what are the alternative platforms/devices?
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> Derek
>
>
> Derek Jackson
>
> Associate Director, Content Publishing
>
> Harvard Business School Publishing
>
>
>
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