Accessing Digital Textbooks Accessible Instructional Materials Jeff Diedrich Ira Socol
Accessible Instructional Materials…
Legal Obligations… Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act American’s with Disability Act (ADA)
Why?
Does Text-to-Speech give an unfair advantage to students who use it?
Do students have Access to Text-to- Speech at School?
Do students have Access to Text-to- Speech at Home?
Do you consider accessible, digital content when purchasing instructional materials?
Are publishers inherently obligated to submit files to the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)?
Accessible Media Producers (AMPs) Accessible Book Collection
Free Libraries Free Digital Books Gutenberg Gutenberg Australia UVA Fordham Online Books at the University of Pennsylvania Literature Network - Antique Books Bartleby Bookshare (Free to Schools for Students with Print Disabilities) -
Free Audiobooks LibriVox (AudioBooks) - Free Classic Audio Books - Books Should Be Free Open Culture
Free Text-To-Speech Speech Enabled within Acrobat Reader Adobe Acrobat Reader with Speech (v. 9.x): Netbook (Adobe Reader for Project Gutenberg) vent=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=
Free Text-To-Speech Microsoft Reader with RMR, Dictionaries, TTS Download the basic program - (desktop or laptop) - or - (tablet PC) Then download the Text-to-Speech (TTS) software Then the Dictionaries (the Encarta if you want right-click word definition) Finally, right-now for Word2000 or Word2003 only, the "RMR" tool, which puts a toolbar icon in your Microsoft Word which allows instant conversion of any text into the E-book format Microsoft folks assure me that a Word2007 version is on the way.
Free Text-To-Speech Natural Reader Free Version (install Free Version Only) Read Please Free 03
Free Text-To-Speech Firefox 3 with CLiCk-Speak, and translation, and dictionary (Install Firefox Browser) Click speak is a text reader embedded in the Firefox web browser. (Install CLiCk, Speak) (Install gTranslate) (Dictionary Lookup Extension) (Dictionary Switcher) (Google Map Locator)
Free Text-To-Speech Alternative Speaking Browser Word Talk – TTS for Microsoft Word PowerTalk – TTS for PowerPoint PowerTalk exe?download
Free Text-To-Speech Amis - Free Daisy Reader for Windows Convert PDF to Accessible Text Convert Phone Pictures to Accessible Text