It looks to me that "adobe digital edition" as an add-on product for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. You can download it, if you have the latest Adobe Reader, from: http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/ I don't know this, but I'd guess it's accessible by jaws. hth, Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Campbell > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:28 PM > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; VICUG-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Question about Digital Edition E-Books > > Hello: > > We have a client who has downloaded some e-books from the > Chicago Public > Library. He's a JAWS user. > > The books are in PDF format, but they require something called Adobe > Digital Edition to read them. JAWS will not read these books and they > can't be read simply by bringing them up in Adobe Reader. > > Has anyone had experience with these Digital Edition books and if so, > are there changes which can be made in Adobe Reader to read > them or are > there other programs which will make them readable with JAWS? > > Thanks, > > Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician > Adaptive Technology Center > Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired > 1850 W. Roosevelt Road > Chicago, IL 60608 > 312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or > 888-825-0080 (voice/Relay) > ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > AIM Screen Name: tclhelp > -- > JFW related links: > JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ > Scripting mailing list: > http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com > JFW List instructions: > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the > subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from > the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them > to the list. Rather contact the list owner at > jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx