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Sources of Accessible Instructional Materials
Sources of Accessible Instructional Materials
Braille Textbooks
- Will be loaned from the depository if available.
- If it is not available, the staff will search for a
classroom compatible version to loan.
- If a classroom compatible version is not available from
the depository, we will search for a copy to purchase and then loan it to
the school system.
- Current state textbook adoptions will be given
priority for purchasing.
- If it is not available commercially, the GIMC will
attempt to arrange the transcription and production of the textbook for loan
to the school system (we will need you to send us an ink print copy of the
book).
- Current state textbook adoptions will be given
priority for transcribing.
- If the textbook is not available on loan and the GIMC has
exhausted the funds it has for purchasing braille books, the school system
will be provided with ordering information.
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Braille Leisure Books
- The local school can borrow many of these from the
regional branch of the National Library Services (NLS) for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped (404-756-4619).
- Many books can be downloaded by the local systems
from the NLS Web-Braille service and from
Bookshare
- The GIMC maintains a limited collection of literature titles in braille that are available on loan.
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Large Print Textbooks
- Will be loaned from the depository if available.
- If one is not available, the center will purchase the
book from the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) or other
commercial producers and loan it to the
school system.
- If the book is not available from APH or other commercial
producers, the GIMC will
produce the textbook (we will need you to send us an ink print copy of the
book).
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Large Print Leisure Reading
Books
- A great many of currently copyrighted titles are
available in Large Print from the local library or can be purchased by the
school system from book retailers such as Amazon.com.
- The GIMC maintains a limited collection of classic
literature titles in large print that are available on loan.
- The GIMC may be able to assist in providing
non-copyrighted titles that are not available from any other source.
- The GIMC does not have permission from the
publishers to enlarge copyrighted materials that are not
textbooks.
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Digital Books
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The most widely used Digital Book format is
DAISY. Textbooks with digital speech, navigation, and images are
available free to K-12 members of
Bookshare. Bookshare can also provide a free DAISY book player that is
appropriate for many students. Please contact Bookshare directly to set up
an account, register your students, and to place orders.
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Another source of DAISY format books is
Learning Ally (Previously called
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic).
Learning Ally can provide textbooks with digital speech and and some
with text that is
synchronized with a recorded voice. Reading Ally does currently charge a membership
fee but many school districts already have a membership. Reading Ally has
also begun providing some versions of textbooks free of charge to eligible
K-12 students. Please contact
Reading Ally directly to set up an account, register your students, and to place
orders.
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Please contact the GIMC if a textbook is
not available from Reading Ally so that we can arrange access for them to
the necessary files. You will, however, need to arrange for the
production of the book with Reading Ally.
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Some students require a replica of the book
either enlarged on the screen or with simple text reading ability such as an
accessible PDF. These are
often included with the purchase of a regular print textbook. Please check
with your textbook coordinator.
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On some occasions a student may need a format
that is not available from the sources above (primarily accessible PDFs). In these cases the GIMC will
assist in locating an existing source, produce the book, or pay a 3rd party
to produce the textbook.
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Please contact the GIMC to discuss
options.
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If the GIMC produces or purchases a
digital textbook the school district must have a designee registered as
a GIMC patron and the student using the book must also be registered.
Please see the GIMC procedures for information.
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Sound Recordings (textbooks)
- The local school system can register and borrow these
from Reading Ally (706-549-1313).
- The GIMC does not provide textbook sound recordings.
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Books on Tape
(leisure reading and magazines)
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