Meeting minutes
<zheng_xu> present*
Demo of Wysebee eReader capabilities re interactives
Showing games, they pass EPUBcheck
within Wysebee
Smart games for children - rendered as EPUB
Animations: created by kids, packaged as EPUB
EPUB used as distribution format
Animations created on Canvas
Animations include audio
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using EPUB format as packaging/distribution format, animations and other interactives can be supported
Accessed via browser on Wysebee website
Laurent: Is it possible to denote the EPUBs from github?
Jeff: yes, if made public
EPUBcheck pass is good, but doesn't cover everything
EPUB reading systems follow privacy/security policy introduced in the spec, so can't run javascript
External resources are difficult to support on reading systems
Trying to set options for eReader navigation to be able to click to launch animation without triggering page advance
Can create multi-page EPUB for multiple animations
online eReaders (browser-based) already support javascript
Tapping, swiping navigation is the issue
Maybe frames with margins where user can tap without triggering unwanted navigation is a solution
Wysebee eReader always expands Canvas to full screen
Sue-neu: who is the intended audience?
Jeff: TBD
Charles: assume that animations would have to made accessible
eReader will support accessibility
Wysebee reader supports EPUB as packaging/distribution format for interactives. Will pass EPUBCheck
Won't break CRM
What did you need to do specifically in your reading system to support this content?
Jeff: didn't focus on navigation, other features, focus was on supporting interactives
For other eReaders will require standards/collaboration between content creators and eReader developer
For mobile, need to use browser view, leave space to navigate back to the app
Laurent: Thorium demo
left hand illustration is animated, right text has interactive elements
most cases are fixed layout books, makes it easier to support interactive elements
Working to support external content
Every modern reading system contains a browser
Requires packaging systems for audiobooks, interactives
Want to create a package that can function offline, link to external content like audio/video that is too large to embed in EPUB
Also forms to send i.e., results of quizzes, etc.
looking at event based interactions both within the eReader vs linking to esternal server
Laurent has invited the Brazil based group he is working with to present to this group
What about data?
Looking at everything
Work that Brazil group is doing is candidate to be incubated in the PCG
30 million students
<wolfgang> @Laurent: nice idea to bring in this use case!
Charlesl: demo of DIAGRAM content in Thorium
Adding interactive to ebook via iframe
gautier: interactive content creation requires advanced skills - beyond MSWord, etc.
Need to make distinction between incubation and demonstration - capabilities may already exist on the web
Wysebee provides a packaging app to create EPUB opf, etc.
Next steps: report on these demos to PCG, determine if documentation, specification added to EPUB standard, etc. is needed
Also, keep abreast of further developments on these reader platforms - exciting things are happening