SensusAccess New methods to support students and faculty who need alternate formats Lars Ballieu Christensen, Ph.D., M.Sc. Tanja Stevns, Special Education Teacher

SensusAccess Internet-based alternate media service SensusAccess can Produce digital Braille books Produce mp3 audio files Produce structured audio books Produce e-books Convert inaccessible documents to more accessible formats Supports multitude of languages

Why SensusAccess? Independence and self-sufficiency Inclusion in education and vocation Availability Privacy Multiple formats Continued support Accessibility support in online education, MOOCs, …

SensusAccess Users In operation since 2004; 30,000+ requests each month Users Blind, partially sighted, reading impaired, learning disorders, borderliners Mainstream students with different learning styles Foreign language students Faculty, professionals, administrators Alternate media professionals

What’s inside Text-to-Speech Text-to-Braille E-book converter Daisy Pipeline SaveAsDaisy OA OCR Accessible docs mp3 encoder Mail/Web delivery .doc, .docx .htm, .html .xml .txt. .asc .rtf .pdf (all types) .mobi, epub .tif, gif, .bmp .jpg, .j2k, .jp2, .jpx .pcx, .dcx .djv .ppt Mail/Web access Daisy Braille Tagged pdf mp3 Daisy Math E-books English Danish Greek Braille artwork Portuguese French German Italian Lithuanian Polish Slovenian Icelandic Norwegian Spanish Dutch Arabic Hungarian Romanian Bulgarian Russian Inuit Swedish

Not ideal but better than Document complexity Simple Complex Timeframe No urgency SensusAccess Not SensusAccess or only as tool Urgent Not ideal but better than no conversion Estimate: Some 50-60% of all document can be handled by SensusAccess Source: Jayme Johnson, High Tech Center Training Unit, California Community Colleges

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Also an email service … Audio Braille E-books Conversion american@ deutsch@ parlefrancais@ daisy@ daisymath@ Braille banagrade1@ banagrade2@ sixdot@ kurzschrift@ E-books epub@ epub3@ mobi@ Conversion convert@ Available on most platforms Efficient for integration

Math in SensusAccess Three scenarios Image or pdf document with math Word document with math formula Daisy book with spoken math Word document with math formula ePub3 book with math Word document with math formula Braille book with math in 8-dot Latex Braille book with math in Lambda Nemeth

Word w/math  Daisy w/spoken math 1. Prepare document in Word with MathType. Save as docx. Word document with math formula 2. Within Word, use SaveAsDaisy and MathDaisy to export Daisy XML document with MATHML 3. Use Daisy Pipeline to add audio Daisy Talking book with spoken math

Daisy Math in SensusAccess Prepare document using Word and MathType Submit your document to daisymath@ (or use web interface) Demonstration Word document Daisy Talking Book

E-books in SensusAccess Mainstream Conversion into epub (iPad, nook, Sony Reader, …) Conversion into Mobi Pocket (Kindle) Visually impaired Conversion of documents into e-books with higher baseline Large (16pt), X-large (24pt), Huge (40pt) New development Documents with math into epub3

ePub3 with Math

SensusLibrary Digital library for alternate media Public and protected material Operated in accordance with national copyright legislation Integrated with library meta databases through Z39.50 Tightly integrated with SensusAccess Try at www.sensuslibrary.com In-house repository? Shared repository?

App for visually impaired VI Reader E-book reader for people with low vision Available for iPad and iPhone Free in Appstore

SensusAccess on your own site Hosted solution Subject to annual subscription fee Prices based on standard conditions Additional services Alternate media workshops, scanning and editing, digital library Academic institution Size Annual fee X-small <2,000 students US$1,000 Small 2,000-5,000 students US$1,500 Medium 5,001-15,000 students US$2,500 Large >15,000 students US$5,000

Getting started How would you like your form? Context for form, guide Style sheet, fonts, colors Interface languages? Examples at www.sensusaccess.com/iframeview Context for form, guide Who to be local point-of-contact? Where to send usage statistics? End-user support Dissemination activities A new way of working

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Important links www.sensusaccess.com www.sensuslibrary.com www.sensusaccess.com/presentations

An award-winning service 2012: WISE Award for Inclusion in Education (Qatar) 2010: BETT Award for best Special Education Needs solution (UK) 2009: Access IT Award for Learning for most affordable eLearning solution (UK) 2009: National eWell-Being Award for ”Reaching the Digitally Excluded” (UK) 2008: European Commission eInclusion Award for e- Accessibility (EU) 2008: Well-Tech Award for Innovation and Accessibility (Italy) 2007: British Computer Society's Social Contribution Award (UK)

Contact information Lars Ballieu Christensen Mail: lars@sensus.dk Phone: +45 40 32 68 23 Tanja Stevns Mail: tanja@sensus.dk Phone: +45 23 24 06 72 www.sensusaccess.com

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