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Procedure regarding Books-on-Tape and Alternative Text Format
Information About
Books-on-Tape and Alternative Text Format
Students have the responsibility
to inform the Disability Services
Office of the course and text that is needed in alternate format.
Students with a
diagnosed learning disability, visual impairment or physical
disability may qualify for receiving textbooks in an alternate
format. Eligibility for this accommodation is determined on a
case-by-case basis and students must be able to demonstrate a
substantial visual, learning or physical disability, which requires
alternate materials. Students are responsible for submitting
textbook information to the Disability Services Office as soon as it
is available, or as soon as they register for classes.
Typically, 4-6 weeks notice is required to obtain some types of
alternate formats for texts. Late requests will result in a delay in
providing materials. The Disability Services Office will make every
attempt to provide materials as promptly as possible. Reasonable
accommodations depend on the nature and severity of the documented
disability. While the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
requires that priority consideration be given to the specific
methods requested by the student, it does not imply that a
particular accommodation must be granted if it is deemed not
reasonable and other suitable techniques are available. Please read
the procedures below:
Procedure for
Requesting Texts on CD from Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D):
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Obtain the texts that are
required by either going on-line to the KU Bookstore Web site or
calling the secretary or professor in the department office for the
text information.
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Forward to the Disability
Services Office the course name and number as well as the title,
author, publisher, edition and year of the text that you would like
ordered by Disability Services. Go to the Disability Services Web
site:
www.kutztown.edu/admin/humandiversity/disabilityservices/
to complete the form for text orders. Every student is
responsible for the pick-up and return of his/her text on CDs from
the Disability Services Office. If
Disability Services has ordered CDs for you and they have not been
picked up within two weeks of being notified, then the CDs will be
returned to RFB&D.
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You may purchase your own
individual account with RFB&D for a one-time registration fee of
$65.00 and an annual membership fee of $35.00. For more information
about individual memberships call RFB&D Customer Service at (800)
221-4792 or check the Web site at
www.RFBD.org. If you will be using your own personal account,
please let us know.
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The texts on CD from RFB&D
can be played on a Victor CD player, or accessed by software
sold from RFB&D. Visit
www.RFBD.org for information on how to access their CDs.
Alternatives to RFB&D CDs:
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Text Scanning and Application
of Synthetic Voice Output Software:
Purchase your textbook
and bring it to Disability Services. Students must sign an
agreement to allow the office to get the binding sliced off, scan
the textbook and download it to a CD which is provided on loan to
the student. In order to get voice output, the student downloads a
free version of software at:
www.Readplease.com and
applies it to the text document or uses another software program. If
the textbook lends itself to rebinding with tape, it will be done
and returned to the student. At the end of the semester, the
student returns the text on CD to the Disability Services Office.
The bookstore does not receive rebound texts for resale.
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The Rohrbach Library
has a room on the second floor called the Assistive Technology
Center, Room 207. There is software called Wynn Wizard on a PC
in that room. It provides voice output and also has additional
features including the ability to highlight main points and
print a set of notes, as well as to create more space between
the lines or block out all the lines except the one being read.
The student scans a textbook page by page, or inserts a CD and
listens to the voice as the cursor moves along the page. The
Open Book program and CCTV’s are also available in that room.
See Joanne Bucks in Room 203, Rohrbach Library for assistance in
the Assistive Technology Center and/or if the student would like
a peer helper or directions to learn Wynn Wizard, please call
the Disability Services Office at 610-683-4108.
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Electronic text from the
publisher provided to the student on CD.
Requesting e-text directly from a publisher may
take up to a month to obtain, if available. Disability Services
will check with the publisher in lieu of scanning the textbook
in our office, however, the student is responsible for
submitting the textbook information on-line using the form at
the Disability Services Web site at
www.kutztown.edu/admin/humandiversity/disabilityservices/ as
soon as the textbook information is available. Please note that
you are requesting a CD from the publisher. After receipt of the
CD or e-text from the publisher, the student then applies the
Readplease or other software program for voice output. Students
are required to verify that they have purchased a print copy of
the text. CD’s are returned to the Disability Services Office at
the end of the semester.
Other Web sites to check for E-text:
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The website,
www.bookshare.org
, under the topic “Textbooks and
Educational Materials” may have texts available to download.
Bookshare has a nominal membership fee although some books in
the “public domain” category are free to download. Then apply
voice software that is recommended.
·
Project Gutenberg –
has a collection of free electronic
books. Go to http://promo.net/pg/
to explore this website.
·
Check the Library of
Congress at
http://lcweb.loc.gov/
a. Click on Search our
catalog
b. Click on
Alternative interface search (lower right of screen)
c. Do general
search
d. Continue with
specific libraries as necessary
·
Check for e-text at
netLibrary
http://www.netlibrary.com/
·
Check for e-text at
University of Virginia’s E-Book Library
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/
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Another site for links to
e-text is Banned Books
http://www.tnellen.com/school/books.html
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Additional sites to check:
http://www.assistivemedia.org
http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/
http://www.braillelibrary.org/ (Braille only)
http://www.classicreader.com/
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/books/
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/digitext.html
http://www.ipl.org/
http://www.loc.gov/nls/
http://www.literature.org/
http://classics.mit.edu/
http://www.booksaloud.org/
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Audiotape recorded by
student readers hired by the Disability Services Office.
This method may be used as a last resort.
Students should inform the office as to what chapters, in what
order are needed. Readers are required to deliver tapes in a
timely manner and students are required to pick up the tapes in
a timely manner. Tapes are returned to the Disability Services
Office at the end of the semester.
Contacts for organizations:
RFB&D Independent
Living Aids
20
Roszel Road 27 East Mall
Princeton, NJ 08540 Plainview, NY
11903
www.rfbd.org
www.independentliving.com
1-800-221-4792
1-800-537-2118
Maxi
Aids Lighthouse
Enterprises
42
Executive Boulevard Consumer Products
Division
Farmingdale, NY 11735 111 East 59th
Street
www.maxiaids.com
New York, NY 10022
1-800-522-6294 1-800-829-0500
Sight
Connection Library of Congress
www.sightconnection.com
Email: nls@loc.gov
email:
csbstore@csbps.com 1291
Taylor Street, NW
1-800-458-4888 Washington, DC
20542
Please call the Disability Services Office at 610-683-4108 with any
questions you may have.
PR
8/07 alternate text revised
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