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Project title: Support and Inclusion of students with disabilities at higher education institutions in Montenegro.
Work Package number 4
Work Package title: Production of accessible text books
Barouti Marialenaekpmet129@uom.gr 28-08-2012
DIGITAL LIBRARY for persons with visual disabilities
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CONTENT
1. MISSIONMISSION
2. ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL BOOKSACCESSIBLE DIGITAL BOOKS
3. STRATEGYSTRATEGY
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MISSION
To develop a full accessible digital library for individuals with visual impairments, initialy with a small number of text books that will be gradualy growing.
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BOOK SELECTION
Literature
MISSION
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University notes
handouts
Textbooks
• The books will be accessible from the Association of Visual Impairment Research (AVIR) web site.
• However, the created digital books will not be freely available to everyone.
MISSION
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ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL BOOKS
AUDIO BOOK TYPES
Analogue audio books
Digital audio books
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• Analog audio books (tapes) Do not offer much of the functionalities that users with dissabilities require.
• Digital audio booksAre an important advancement because users with visual impairement have the same functionality and full accessibility as sighted users have with printed books.
ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL BOOKS
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CONTENT
PRINTED BOOK
DESCRIPTION OF CONTENT
ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL BOOKS
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CONTENT
• Text
• Graphics
• Images
• Photographs• Scientific notation and formulas• Etc.
ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL BOOKS
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• Logical view
• Layout view
•Typography
ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL BOOKS
DESCRIPTIONOF CONTENT
• Train the Trainners
STRATEGY
• Involvement of volunteers
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Student Selection From the group of
students that expressed their interest to participate in the project, a group of 10 students was selected
STRATEGY
Information of students attending related courses
Students of two
undergraduate courses were informed on the goal of the project.
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SELECTION CRITERIA FOR
VOLUNTEERS 1
Their level of commitment in order to meet the demands of the work assigned.
Their suitability to undertake a task and if they are cooperative.
Basic knowledge of computer use on text editing software (e.g. Microsoft Word).
STRATEGY
2
3
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Step by step guides on the use of equipment and software were created in order to be given to the students
Three scanners were placed in a quite computer room with adequate lighting and space in order to be used by the volunteers.
Books were selected
STRATEGY
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• Initially a number of the most popular book titles from Greek and International literature was selected, from the university library.
• Moreover special attention were given to the fonts used in the books.
STRATEGY
BOOK SELECTION
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TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS
Instructionsfor using the
OCR and Fine Reader
Instructions for using the
scanners and demonstrating the use in each volunteer
STRATEGY
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THANK YOU
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