Savonia Library provides access to e-books through various online services. Some e-books are available only online, while others can be downloaded to a reader programme. You can often adjust the browser view or use the accessibility features of the reader programme. Additionally, you can listen to the text of your e-book.
Most e-books today are in EPUB format, though some older ones may be available only as PDFs. Downloadable e-books must be opened in Adobe Digital Editions or another reader programme. These programmes support digital rights management (DRM) technology, which prevents sharing e-books with others.
Read more information on how to use e-books from Savonia Library's E-book guide.
Open the e-book in the browser (from the "Access options" drop-down menu), choose the EPUB format of the e-book if possible. Use the "read aloud" function in your browser to listen to the e-book.
To use the “read aloud” function in your browser to listen to e-books online, first activate the Ebook Central Accessibility mode (sign in to your Ebook Central account > Settings > Profile). Then open the e-book in the browser by choosing "Read Online" from the options. Images and tables may be hidden in Accessibility mode.
Open the e-book in the browser by choosing "Read Online" from the options. The eReader has a "read aloud" feature. You can also listen to those e-books that are in EPUB format by downloading the e-book to your computer and opening it with Thorium Reader software. Thorium Reader has a Text-to-Speech feature for EPUB files.
Open the e-book in the browser by choosing "Read" from the options. The e-book opens in VleReader, which has a ReadAloud feature (only available with e-books in EPUB format).
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