AIM Navigator Helps Decision Making
The AIM Navigator is an interactive online tool that facilitates the process of decision-making about accessible instructional materials for an individual student. The AIM Navigator guides teams through a step-by-step process and provides just-in-time support with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), resources, and links to other helpful tools at each of four major decision-points. Read more at [...]
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vBookz Text To Speech On The iPad
Todd Bernhard writes, in iPhoneLife Magazine: I’ve always felt that it was shortsighted for eBook readers to merely try to emulate the traditional book experience. Sure, it’s fun to see the page curl as you swipe the screen, etc., but for eReaders to really take off, they need to leverage their technology and offer advantages that [...]
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Nook Study – ETextbooks for College Students
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookstudy/ Barnes and Noble today announced the release of a PC or Mac software application that can be used with electronic textbooks downloaded at a discount from Barnes & Noble. This marks the beginning of a new movement in textbook sales, and while there may be accessibility issues right off the bat, it can’t hurt to [...]
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DAISY Book Converters
We’ve found a couple of software projects that support the conversion DAISY files (NIMAC) to a variety of formats. DAISY Pipeline http://www.daisy.org/project/pipeline The DAISY Pipeline is a cross-platform, open source transformation utility, supporting conversion to and from a wide variety of file formats. It provides a comprehensive solution for converting text documents into accessible formats for [...]
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