At Swansea University, we've had many visually impaired students who need
scanned texts. Omnipage (I use version 9, and don't want an upgrade)allows
you to select the original language of the text e.g. French, German before
you scan - it then recognises accents, umlauts etc. I fid this version very
quick to edit.
Sue Miller
Disabilities / Issue Desk Librarian
Library & Information Service
UWS
tel : 01792 295178
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Sent: 18 November 2006 21:35
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Subject: Re: Scanning library books for grad student?
Hello Donna,
This is a relatively common accommodation we provide to students with print
disabilities at Cal State Fullerton. If these materials aren't already
available in a digital repurposeable format, you are most likely going to
have to scan them and run optical character recognition on them. Be aware,
you will need to use a optical character recognition program that supports
German. Depending on how they are going to be read (what type of access
technology is going to be used by the student), there will most likely need
to be some compatibility adjustments made to the adaptive technology to make
it work right with German. Good luck with this. It all sounds very doable
with the right technology and someone who knows how to edit the recognized
digital text before passing it on to the student.
Jeff
Jeffrey C. Senge
Coordinator, Information & Computer Access Program California State
University, Fullerton
714.278.7253
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Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 1:14 PM
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Subject: Re: Scanning library books for grad student?
I am so glad you asked that question. I thought of posing a similar question
to the list myself. This type of request has not surfaced at K-State yet. I
expect it might because we currently have a graduate student with a print
disability. After searching Project Gutenberg, only a remote possibility, I
would speak to our Interlibrary Loan Department.
Our Interlibrary Loan Department offers an e-document delivery service for
faculty, and for our students with disabilities who are registered with
Disability Services, using a fast speed scanner. They probably would copy a
few chapters at a time and deliver them via email.
Erma L. Verhage
Coordinator for Library Services for People with Disabilities 213-A Hale
Library Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-7472
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Hello,
I was recently asked to serve as the library's disabilities coordinator, so
I am new to this. We have a graduate student in the German Department who
needs to research through several library books that are out of print and in
German. We have Kurzweil, but it seems it would be time consuming to scan
the books page by page. Has this come up in your library and how did you
resolve the issue? Any suggestions are welcome.
Reply off-list if you wish.
Sincerely,
Donna Braquet
UT Libraries
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