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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-----Original Message-----
From: EASI's Library Accessibility Discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Erma Verhage
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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>>> [log in to unmask] 11/17/2006 10:15 AM >>>
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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Check out EASI New Synchronous Clinics:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi
Online courses  and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
Check the EASI Library Web http://www.rit.edu/~easi/lib.htm

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