Designing Documents for Tomorrow's Access Needs
Scrolls went out with the printing press, and scrolling through electronic 
documents is already being replaced by formats that let the reader jump 
from chapter to chapter, paragraph to paragraph and select a page and 
instantaneously start reading it.  Some students with disabilities are 
earning the envy of their seeing peers because they can find the item 
requested by the teacher faster than they can locate it.  Document 
navigation is closely related to document structure and document formats 
like DAISY that take advantage of it.  The recently revised Individuals 
With Disabilities Act now has publishers providing K-12 schools with 
electronic books using the NIMAS format, a subset of DAISY.  While it is 
currently being accepted slowly, this will change, and you will need to 
know how to create electronic documents in this new and exciting format.
The Library of Congress is transitioning to digital books in the next 
year.  Bookshare has received a large grant and will be rapidaly expanding 
its DAISY offerings.  Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic is also focusing 
on digital formats.  Students arriving in college will expect that they 
will receive their college materials in this format that makes studying 
easier and more efficient.

The link below will take you to a page with several recorded presentations 
by Bookshare, the Library of Congress NLS and presentations demonstrating 
the features of DAISY readers:
http://easi.cc\archive\etext.htm


In May EASI is presenting a 4-part Webinar series that will walk 
participants, step by step, on actually creating DAISY documents with 
easy-to-use authoring software.  This 4-part series is free to EASI Annual 
Webinar members.  Registration for the 4 hours is $195.
(actually it begins at the very end of April!

DAISY Books: You can do it!
Tuesdays, April 29,  May 6, 13, 20
Presenter: Karen McCall

Online registration is from the Webinar Page: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

Week 1
How can I create DAISY books and content for myself or my students? What is
DAISY? How do I choose an authoring tool? This web seminar explores the
advantages of DAISY content, what type of information can be converted to 
DAISY
and how to choose your authoring tool and player. Authoring tools range from
high level publishing software like Dolphin's Dolphin Publisher, to their bare
bones version Dolphin Producer and now Dolphin Converter. IRTI [Innovative
Rehabilitation Technology Inc] has the eClipseWriter software to create Daisy
content. eClipseWriter is the tool used for the other three weeks in this
series. The player used to access the DAISY content also plays a part in what
DAISY format you choose. This week helps get you started!
Week 2
This week we begin by looking at eClipseWriter from IRTI [Innovative
Rehabilitations Technology Inc.]. Topics include:
Overview of the eClipseWriter application.
Preferences and screen reader settings.
Books from audio files.
Books from text files.
Week 3
DAISY books from a Word document.
Adding the structure in Word.
Finishing up in eClipseWriter
Building the book.
Week 4
Adding page numbers.
Adding headings.
Quick Markers.
Adding Graphics.
Building the book.
Create a book from a web page.

register at http://easi.cc/workshop/clinic.htm

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