ePathshala vs Interactive Textbooks Digital Library

ePathshala is a free education portal and set of mobile apps from a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education and NCERT. It shares audio, video, ePub books, flipbooks, periodicals, and other digital resources with students, teachers, educators, and parents. On phones and tablets, the app provides eBooks as ePub; on laptops and desktops, the web portal presents them as flipbooks. Readers can select and zoom text, bookmark, highlight, navigate, share, and add digital notes. Text-to-speech is available through TTS apps, and offline access is supported. QR codes in textbook chapters link to related audio, video, multimedia, and text materials; users can also enter a code on the website to locate resources. The home page lists resources in Hindi, English, and Urdu. The service is available on Android, iOS, Windows, and the web. Its privacy policy says the app may require personally identifiable information and use third-party services that collect identifying information, including Google Play Services. The policy also says the service does not address children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their personal information.

Interactive Textbooks Digital Library is a free web and iOS repository for Greek schoolbooks and related educational material. It serves teachers, students, parents, guardians, and other interested users. Coverage spans primary school, gymnasium, general lyceum, and vocational lyceum (EPAL). Books are provided in PDF and HTML, with selected titles in interactive HTML, iBook, and low-vision formats. The library states that more than 160 interactive books include links to simulations, experiments, exercises, educational games, videos, maps, and visualizations from Photodentro repositories. Users can search keywords, including words inside book text, browse by class or subject, and filter by education level, class, book type, and subject. Some editions provide 18–38 point text. Materials can be copied, printed, downloaded, stored locally, and viewed on a computer. Course pages include descriptions, objectives, curricula, and grouped books, while guides support teachers and parents. The library is powered by DSpace and maintained with Ministry of Education funding.