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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Mon, Jul 25 2011 6:51AM
Subject: ebook contest for screen reader users
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Hi,
Any screen reader users interested in trying for a chance to win a free ebook (you win a gift card to a book store online) to check out the new version of digital editions should sign up very soon - contest ends at noon eastern today. https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=aqcFo7KT7bUxbnqPKVCmRw

More information about Digital Editions - http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2011/07/books-for-everyone-an-accessible-digital-editions-for-windows-and-mac.html


Thanks,
AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick
Group Product Manager, Accessibility
Adobe Systems

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Mon, Jul 25 2011 7:06AM
Subject: Re: ebook contest for screen reader users
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Andrew

Glad to see this new addition to accessible eBooks.
Few initial questions (just from glancing at the web page).
By "accessible with Voiceover" do you mean just on the Mac, or would
this also work on Voiceover on iDevices?
There is no obvious link on the wb page to "getting started with 1.8
and Jaws" or similar. There are a few links I have not investigated,
but a link with an obvious label of this nature, either "getting
started" or "screen reader FAQ" would be very helpful place to start.
Much more feedback to follow, once I have sat down and tested but
congratulations on a great step forward.
-B

On 7/25/11, Andrew Kirkpatrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hi,
> Any screen reader users interested in trying for a chance to win a free
> ebook (you win a gift card to a book store online) to check out the new
> version of digital editions should sign up very soon - contest ends at noon
> eastern today. https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=aqcFo7KT7bUxbnqPKVCmRw
>
> More information about Digital Editions -
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2011/07/books-for-everyone-an-accessible-digital-editions-for-windows-and-mac.html
>
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Group Product Manager, Accessibility
> Adobe Systems
>
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> http://twitter.com/awkawk
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility
>
>

From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Mon, Jul 25 2011 7:12AM
Subject: Re: ebook contest for screen reader users
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By "accessible with Voiceover" do you mean just on the Mac, or would this also work on Voiceover on iDevices?

It is just a desktop application, so just on the Mac.

There is no obvious link on the wb page to "getting started with 1.8 and Jaws" or similar. There are a few links I have not investigated, but a link with an obvious label of this nature, either "getting started" or "screen reader FAQ" would be very helpful place to start.

When you download the app there is a getting started book in the library of the app.

Much more feedback to follow, once I have sat down and tested but congratulations on a great step forward.

I look forward to your feedback!
AWK

-B

On 7/25/11, Andrew Kirkpatrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hi,
> Any screen reader users interested in trying for a chance to win a
> free ebook (you win a gift card to a book store online) to check out
> the new version of digital editions should sign up very soon - contest
> ends at noon eastern today.
> https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=aqcFo7KT7bUxbnqPKVCmRw
>
> More information about Digital Editions -
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2011/07/books-for-everyone-an-acc
> essible-digital-editions-for-windows-and-mac.html
>
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Group Product Manager, Accessibility
> Adobe Systems
>
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> http://twitter.com/awkawk
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility
>
>

From: Mary Stores
Date: Mon, Jul 25 2011 8:09AM
Subject: Re: ebook contest for screen reader users
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Hello,

Thanks for making us aware of this drawing. I hope we can get more
information about it anyway. I once purchased an ebook from Adobe
Digital Editions and found it to be inaccessible over a year ago. It
would be nifty to be able to read some of the books from my library
that aren't vailable as Digital Overdrive Audio Books.

I was also wondering: the link you pointed us to where we fill out the
form, all of that information is contained in a list of 10 items, with
the first five items in the list being paragraphs. Why is the page
coded this way?

Mary

Quoting Andrew Kirkpatrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >:

> Hi,
> Any screen reader users interested in trying for a chance to win a
> free ebook (you win a gift card to a book store online) to check out
> the new version of digital editions should sign up very soon -
> contest ends at noon eastern today.
> https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=aqcFo7KT7bUxbnqPKVCmRw
>
> More information about Digital Editions -
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2011/07/books-for-everyone-an-accessible-digital-editions-for-windows-and-mac.html
>
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Group Product Manager, Accessibility
> Adobe Systems
>
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> http://twitter.com/awkawk
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility
>
>

From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Mon, Jul 25 2011 8:27AM
Subject: Re: ebook contest for screen reader users
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Mary,
You can read books from OverDrive that are available from your library, so long as they are the EPUB versions of the books, using Digital Editions 1.8. The book that you purchased last year (whether from Google books or Barnes and Noble or wherever you bought it, can still be read in Digital Editions 1.8 today.

To your question about coding the form, the answer is because someone made a bad decision. I'm working on that one...

Thanks,
AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick
Group Product Manager, Accessibility
Adobe Systems

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http://twitter.com/awkawk
http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility


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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] ebook contest for screen reader users

Hello,

Thanks for making us aware of this drawing. I hope we can get more information about it anyway. I once purchased an ebook from Adobe Digital Editions and found it to be inaccessible over a year ago. It would be nifty to be able to read some of the books from my library that aren't vailable as Digital Overdrive Audio Books.

I was also wondering: the link you pointed us to where we fill out the form, all of that information is contained in a list of 10 items, with the first five items in the list being paragraphs. Why is the page coded this way?

Mary

Quoting Andrew Kirkpatrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >:

> Hi,
> Any screen reader users interested in trying for a chance to win a
> free ebook (you win a gift card to a book store online) to check out
> the new version of digital editions should sign up very soon - contest
> ends at noon eastern today.
> https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=aqcFo7KT7bUxbnqPKVCmRw
>
> More information about Digital Editions -
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2011/07/books-for-everyone-an-acc
> essible-digital-editions-for-windows-and-mac.html
>
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Group Product Manager, Accessibility
> Adobe Systems
>
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> http://twitter.com/awkawk
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility
>
>