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Unlocking Potential
Making Published Materials More Accessible
John Sewell
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There is a problem
• Published materials specified for courses are not available in a form that some users can access
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The People
• Adrian Higginbotham • BECTA Inclusion Team
• Alistair McNaught• TechDis
• John Sewell• TechDis
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Inspiration
• Peter NicholsonSound Sense and Vision Charitable Trust and UCLan
• Jo Richler Head of Learning Resources at Wigan and Leigh college
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Who’s Problem?
• Those with visual impairment
AND
• People with reading difficulties
• People with movement difficulties
On-line or digital content is inherently more accessible
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Current Options
• Look for it as a online resource• Revealweb• The online repository project
• Have somebody read it to you
• Ask the publisher for a digital copy
• Scan,OCR and edit
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The Publishers
• Display a natural caution• Tend to be fixated on VI• Some are very conservative• Some see the potential• Looking for advice on the first steps to take
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What Format?
• Daisy
• Tagged documents
• Word
• PDF’s
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PDF’s
• Publishers are familiar with them
• Using reader 7.0 they are very accessible
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The Key factor
STRUCTURE
• Conversions are easy if the structure is there from the start
• And almost impossible if it isn’t
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Next steps
• Produce a ‘Benevolent Bill’ for Adobe
• Spread the message on structure
• Provide advice for publishers on how to make content accessible
• Keep pushing the Accessibility is for everybody message