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== Internal Links ==
Accessibility notes
* [http://dss.cua.edu/What%20Current/index.cfm Information for Registered Students]
** [http://dss.cua.edu/res/docs/Alternative%20Format%20Request%20Form.doc Alternate format Request form]
* [http://dss.cua.edu CUA Disability Support Services]
* [https://home.cua.edu/directory/index.cfm CUA Phone directory]
* [https://techsupport.cua.edu/ CUA Technology Services] [https://techsupport.cua.edu/access/unauthenticated?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftechsupport.cua.edu%2F log-in]
* [http://topaz.cua.edu/ Topaz] CUA Web Content Management tool
* [https://hcmcs.cua.edu/psp/shprd/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/h/?tab=CUA_PAPP_GUEST Cardinal Station]
 
== eText ==
=== Sources ===
* [http://www.textbooks.com/etextbooks.php Textbooks.com]
* [http://www.chegg.com/ Chegg]
=== Software ===
* Abbyy FineReader
* Kurzweil 3000
* Easy Publisher
* Adobe Acrobat
* Easy Converter
* Paginator
* Open Office
* Microsoft Word
 
== Assistive Technology ==
* [http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/ Livescribe] echo smartpen
* [http://www.texthelp.com/North-America/Our-products/Readwrite Read&Write Gold]
** [https://computing.cua.edu/support/read-write-gold/ Download from CUA Tech support]
* [http://www.kurzweiledu.com/products/kurzweil-3000-firefly-overview.html Kurzweil 3000]
 
== Organizations ==
* [http://www.ahead.org/ AHEAD] Association on Higher Education and Disability
** [http://www.ahead.org/resources/e-text E-text Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG): ]
* [http://altformatsolutions.com/ AltFormat Solutions] Ron Stewart ron@altformatsolutions.com  He has been one of the people who has started this e-text editing movement in higher education.
* [https://www.bookshare.org/ Bookshare] An Accessible Online Library
* [http://www.accesstext.org/ AccessText Network] Source for Books in electronic format
 
== Services ==
[http://www.acscaptions.com/index.asp? Alternative Communications Services]
== Technologies ==
=== Daisy ===
* [http://www.daisy.org/ Daisy home]
* [http://www.daisy.org/daisypedia DaisyPedia]
 
== Tasks ==
* Prep for Smart Start
* Meet with all eText workers
* eText worker training
* familiarity with Smartpen
* Familiarity with eText processes
* Inventory of AT hardware and software
* Evaluate, test, select and implement management software
* Check out AT around Campus
* Process engineering for eText and AT
* Update eText Guidebook
* Update web site - Topaz
* Develop Self-Service guidance
* Convert DSS forms to accessible PDF and post on Web
* Accounts on Blackberry, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.
* Work with publishers to make source documents more accessible.
* Inventory and update software on all workstations
 
== External Resources ==
* [http://loc.gov/nls/guidelines.htm  Guidelines for Accessing Alternative Format Educational Materials - LOC]
* [http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat/training.html '''Adobe® Acrobat'''® accessibility training resources ]

Latest revision as of 16:50, 16 April 2019

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