Re: [orca-list] Queries regarding e-book readers for Visually Impaired

[kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>]

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hi
Not me, but I'll gladly help if I can. I'd love to see  this happen.
I've never been this close before.
Thanks
Kendell clark

On 11/17/2014 07:36 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> This is the sort of thing that Lions clubs and other charitable
> organizations can contribute to. Does anyone have connections with
> such organizations? Does anyone have experience in grant  letter
> writing?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 17, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Fernando Botelho
> > <Fernando Botelho F123 org> wrote:
> >
> > Wow, there goes my hope of something affordabel and quick.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fernando
> >
> > > On 11/17/2014 06:23 PM, kendell clark wrote:
>
> according to the email he just sent me, he wants something like
> 5000 bucks to implement it. He also wants 1500 bucks to implement
> the book list and all that goes with it. Of course, none of us can
> add this ourselves, he says something about getting a group to
> contract him. I'm not holding out much hope at the moment Thanks 
> Kendell clark
>
> > > > > On 11/17/2014 06:28 AM, Fernando Botelho wrote: Does anyone
> > > > > know if this book reading software have interface in 
> > > > > multiple languages?
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, how much of an investment are we talking about to get
> > > > > it to read Daisy?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Fernando
> > > > >
> > > > > On 11/17/2014 07:27 AM, kendell clark wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > hi My idea of a book list is one where you can select a
> > > > > directory where your books are kept, and the program will
> > > > > go through and get the books available in that folder by
> > > > > analyzing the books xml data. This would work equally for
> > > > > epub as well as daisy books. It might display something
> > > > > like the following. books list view. book title 1: current
> > > > > position: wherever you left off. Etc. Thanks Kendell clark
> > > > >
> > > > > On 11/17/2014 03:14 AM, Peter Vágner wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hello, The project is open source however developer
> > > > > > > > is looking for some funding so he can do his best in
> > > > > > > > order to implement it. E.G. see here for bookmarks
> > > > > > > > related issue... 
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/rhdunn/cainteoir-gtk/issues/6 What
> > > > > > > > is a book list as you are describing it? Ability to
> > > > > > > > open recently viewed books is already there and also
> > > > > > > > ability to see the list of chapters. Reading can be
> > > > > > > > started from any point from that list.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > This is really awesome piece of software, it's well
> > > > > > > > written continually maintained and the developer is
> > > > > > > > cooperative, really an expert, considers
> > > > > > > > accessibility and all other stuff we might have
> > > > > > > > imagined.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Another his big reference is eSpeak for android.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Greetings
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Peter
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 17.11.2014 at 09:10 kendell clark wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > hi Nods, just sent out an email to the developer. If
> > > > > > > > he'll add daisy support,a nd possibly at some point
> > > > > > > > later bookmarking support and book lists, we'll have
> > > > > > > > ourselves a daisy reader that can read other formats
> > > > > > > > too. Thanks Kendell clark On 11/17/2014 02:06 AM,
> > > > > > > > Peter Vágner wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > Hello, Well gtk UI for cainteoir is not as
> > > > > > > > > > > feature rich as we would wish however I have to
> > > > > > > > > > > add another positive comments it is accessible.
> > > > > > > > > > > Even content is rendered into a read only edit
> > > > > > > > > > > field for some simple proof reading.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Greetings
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Peter
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On 17.11.2014 at 06:27 Willem van der Walt
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: There is cainteoir which now supports
> > > > > > > > > > > > epub3 with media overlays. The player,
> > > > > > > > > > > > however is not feature-ritch at the moment.
> > > > > > > > > > > > If someone is good at writing c++, that
> > > > > > > > > > > > player could be expanded to be quite good.
> > > > > > > > > > > > The cainteoir library supports reading a 
> > > > > > > > > > > > number of formats. On Android, there is a
> > > > > > > > > > > > player called menestrelo which is good for
> > > > > > > > > > > > reading epub3. HTH, Willem
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 16 Nov 2014, Steve Holmes wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > That’s too bad about epub readers. I think
> > > > > > > > > > > > > these other solutions involving conversions
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and kludging around with other formats just
> > > > > > > > > > > > > ruins the epub experience. I really like
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the direct navigation features found in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Apple’s iBooks applications on all their
> > > > > > > > > > > > > devices. I wonder if evince can deal with 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > PDF books though. Has anyone had a chance
> > > > > > > > > > > > > to try this? Many times, books are released
> > > > > > > > > > > > > in PDF as an alternative to epub but still
> > > > > > > > > > > > > include much of the navigations normally
> > > > > > > > > > > > > available in epub. My biggest complaint
> > > > > > > > > > > > > with converting stuff to plain text or 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > whatever is you lose all that rich
> > > > > > > > > > > > > navigation that comes with hyper text
> > > > > > > > > > > > > publications. Even HTML books navigate OK
> > > > > > > > > > > > > but you can’t place bookmarks throughout
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the text with a web browser.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 6, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Dhairyashil
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bhosale 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > <dhairyashil bhosale584 gmail com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > HI, As you mentioned about e-book reader,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the FBReader, CoolReader and Calibre
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-book readers are widely used on Linux
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > platform but I am also looking some other
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-book reader that will support all type
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > of e-book format and will accessible with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Orca. So I have some information 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > regarding to your queries
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What are the tools available to read 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-books?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > :- The FBReader, CoolReader and Calibre
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > are available for Linux and Android
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > platform. but FBReader and CoolReader
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > have limited support for e-book format,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > but Calibre support all type of e-book
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > format and Calibre is open source for 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Linux platform but not for Android.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lucidor is also used for reading e-books
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > but its have limited feature.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Accessibility issues (if any) with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-book reader?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > :-  The FBReader, CoolReader and Calibre
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > are not accessible to orca. I used these
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-book reader with Orca but Orca is not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > able to read these e-book readers. But
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lucidor e-book reader is accessible with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > orca screen reader, but it have some
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > issue while reading e-books.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Navigation related issues with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-book reader?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > :- while using these e-book reader they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > have limited navigation feature, if we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > press mouce-scroll button for zoom-in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > then it will not work as page number
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > wise. so these e-book readers have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > limited navigation facilities.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > With Regards, Dhairyashil
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 6.  Queries regarding e-book readers for 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visually Impaired (Leena Chourey)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Message: 6 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 15:18:49
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > +0530 From: Leena Chourey
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > <leenagour gmail com> To: Orca-list
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > <orca-list gnome org>, 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > gnome-accessibility-list 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > <gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>, 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > evince-list gnome org, 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > poppler lists freedesktop org Subject: 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > [orca-list] Queries regarding e-book
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > readers for Visually Impaired
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Message-ID: 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > <CAD-S5bOtwATLYwtoKXruHG=XknecYOREuicH3aLaHmx1_rSwrQ mail gmail com>
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear all,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > While exploring about the e-book reading
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > facility for Visually Impaired, I found
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > that various formats like epub, pdf are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > availble. Various readers like FBReader,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Coolreader, Caliber people use. Please
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > help to find answer for my queries about
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > - What are the tools available to read
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-books? - Is it require to have specific
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > readers to read e-books? - Widely used
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-book readers working on Linux & Android
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > platform and with screen reader like Orca
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Accessibility issues (if any) with 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-book reader - Navigation related issues
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > with e-book reader
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > With regards
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Leena
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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>
> > > > > >
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