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   Amir (amir@tweesecake.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 17:51:29 JST Amir

   Update:
   The state of book-reading apps on Windows is pretty disappointing:
   • QRead: Discontinued, lacks formatting display, doesn’t announce links, and can’t hide blank lines.
   • Bookworm: No DAISY or Bookshare support.
   • Thorium Reader: Still in development, but buggy—crashes with many DAISY books and only displays one page at a time.
   • Dolphin EasyReader: Limited to a single page view, no smooth navigation between pages, and has an odd navigation UI.
   • Kurzweil 1000: Versatile with a built-in dictionary, but discontinued, lacks heading navigation, and is very expensive.
   • Speech Central: Costs $8, making it impossible to test if it truly supports text-only navigation via screen readers, as it's mainly marketed as an audio reader. According to the dev, development for Windows 11 has been paused.
   #Accessibility

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     Kara Goldfinch (karalg84@dragonscave.space)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 17:51:46 JST Kara Goldfinch

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     @amir Agreed that it's disappointing. Another issue I've have with Bookworm if it hasn't been fixed yet is that book sections are arranged in alphabetical order rather than using the book structure. So if you have an epub where chapters have file names of chapter x, they'll appear before the preface.

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     Amir (amir@tweesecake.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 17:51:55 JST Amir

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     • Kara Goldfinch

     @KaraLG84 One small point in favor of Bookworm. Its 2024.2 release has fixed the Epub chapters issue. Epub chapters are now ordered according to the document's spine.

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     Kara Goldfinch (karalg84@dragonscave.space)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 17:52:02 JST Kara Goldfinch

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     @amir Oh excellent. I didn't know they were still working on it. My version's way out of date. Thanks for letting me know.

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     Amir (amir@tweesecake.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 17:52:04 JST Amir

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     • Kara Goldfinch

     @KaraLG84 Welcome. It's under development, but DAISY support isn't there.