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Item must be owned by person making request, no borrowed or loaned books will be converted, other than required by instructor.
Specialized format is for use by student with print disability only.
Any further reproduction or distribution of this material is an infringement of copyright law.
Student will supply material to be formatted (at student’s expense).
Request must be made at least 72 working hours before pickup date and after receipt of requested media. We will also need to see your course syllabus to determine the timeliness of alternate formats.
An entire book may not be requested at one time.
Special circumstances are considered on a case-by-case basis.
Student must return request form to DSPS Office (Alternate Media).
Alternative media allows access to those people who, due to a sensory or processing disability, can not easily use the standard materials. We must be compatible with some legal issues from both federal law (Section 504, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Title II of ADA) and state law (Title 5, AB 422 and SB105) which require California's Community Colleges to provide access to all programs and activities in a manner that is accessible to people with disabilities. Alternative Media Center assist faculty, staff, and students with disabilities by providing access to alternative media formats to meet a variety of instructional needs. They can include, but not limited to Braille, large print, e-text, captioning, tactile graphics, accessible online teaching and learning, accessible college web site, and etc.
The use
of electronic digital text (E-text) has emerged as a convenient and popular
method of providing access for those who cannot use standard printed materials.
Partially sighted individuals can use E-text by taking advantage of built-in
options within many standard software applications (e.g. adjusting font size) or
through the use of specialized screen magnification software.
E-text can also be used with screen reading software to output the text
to a speech synthesizer or refreshable braille display.
The main advantage of E-text is that it can be easily stored, can be
searched and indexed, and can be converted to large print or hard copy braille
through use of a translation program.
Daisy (Digital Accessible Information SYstem) format is the new standard that is being adopted by the publishing community. DAISY allows the material to be locked down and and copyright protected. DAISY also allows the material to be searched easily and quickly, allowing the user to navigate to a particular chapter, page, heading or sentence.
The DAISY format requires a particular type of small handheld player to use, and the DSPS department has those players available for loan to those that qualify.
For those with sufficient vision, large print is often desirable. Although they are somewhat bulkier, materials in large print have all the advantages of regular print. They are relatively portable, require no special equipment, convey all the graphic and spatial information contained in the original, and can be easily referenced. Producing large print copies of materials is simple if the document is not too lengthy and is available in electronic text, although some reformatting may be necessary. However, relatively few textbooks are available in large print and those that are tend to be expensive. We have the ability to recreate your books in large print as needed.
Braille is a system of reading and writing for blind individuals. The basic unit is the braille cell. From these six raised dots you can get 64 possible combinations. There are many more inkprint symbols than the 64 braille symbols. For example, most computer systems handle about 96 different inkprint symbols. This problem is solved by using contractions, assigning more than one braille cell to represent certain inkprint symbols, and in some cases, by using specialized codes for unique applications. Thus, learning to read and write braille requires considerable training and practice.
Providing materials in a recorded audio format is one method of making information accessible to persons who are blind or visually impaired. Many individuals with learning disabilities also use materials in audio format because they find it difficult to process printed information. Audio material is commonly recorded on cassette tapes, but it may also be stored on CD-ROM, DVD and the new format called DAISY. It is also possible to produce material in audio format by having E-text read with a speech synthesizer. A large number of literary works and standard college textbooks are already available in audio format from organizations such as Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D). Such organizations will also usually record books on request, although this may take some time.
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