[Dtb-talk] Fwd: Designing Documents for Tomorrow's Access Needs

[David Andrews]

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>Designing Documents for Tomorrow's Access Needs
>Scrolls went out with the printing press, and scrolling through 
>electronic documents is already being replaced by formats that let 
>the reader jump from chapter to chapter, paragraph to paragraph and 
>select a page and instantaneously start reading it.  Some students 
>with disabilities are earning the envy of their seeing peers because 
>they can find the item requested by the teacher faster than they can 
>locate it.  Document navigation is closely related to document 
>structure and document formats like DAISY that take advantage of 
>it.  The recently revised Individuals With Disabilities Act now has 
>publishers providing K-12 schools with electronic books using the 
>NIMAS format, a subset of DAISY.  While it is currently being 
>accepted slowly, this will change, and you will need to know how to 
>create electronic documents in this new and exciting format.
>The Library of Congress is transitioning to digital books in the 
>next year.  Bookshare has received a large grant and will be 
>rapidaly expanding its DAISY offerings.  Recording for the Blind and 
>Dyslexic is also focusing on digital formats.  Students arriving in 
>college will expect that they will receive their college materials 
>in this format that makes studying easier and more efficient.
>
>The link below will take you to a page with several recorded 
>presentations by Bookshare, the Library of Congress NLS and 
>presentations demonstrating the features of DAISY readers:
>http://easi.cc\archive\etext.htm
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>
>In May EASI is presenting a 4-part Webinar series that will walk 
>participants, step by step, on actually creating DAISY documents 
>with easy-to-use authoring software.  This 4-part series is free to 
>EASI Annual Webinar members.  Registration for the 4 hours is $195.
>(actually it begins at the very end of April!
>
>DAISY Books: You can do it!
>Tuesdays, April 29,  May 6, 13, 20
>Presenter: Karen McCall
>
>Online registration is from the Webinar Page: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
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>Week 1
>How can I create DAISY books and content for myself or my students? What is
>DAISY? How do I choose an authoring tool? This web seminar explores the
>advantages of DAISY content, what type of information can be 
>converted to DAISY
>and how to choose your authoring tool and player. Authoring tools range from
>high level publishing software like Dolphin's Dolphin Publisher, to their bare
>bones version Dolphin Producer and now Dolphin Converter. IRTI [Innovative
>Rehabilitation Technology Inc] has the eClipseWriter software to create Daisy
>content. eClipseWriter is the tool used for the other three weeks in this
>series. The player used to access the DAISY content also plays a part in what
>DAISY format you choose. This week helps get you started!
>Week 2
>This week we begin by looking at eClipseWriter from IRTI [Innovative
>Rehabilitations Technology Inc.]. Topics include:
>Overview of the eClipseWriter application.
>Preferences and screen reader settings.
>Books from audio files.
>Books from text files.
>Week 3
>DAISY books from a Word document.
>Adding the structure in Word.
>Finishing up in eClipseWriter
>Building the book.
>Week 4
>Adding page numbers.
>Adding headings.
>Quick Markers.
>Adding Graphics.
>Building the book.
>Create a book from a web page.
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>register at http://easi.cc/workshop/clinic.htm