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Accessible Book provision at

Dundee?

Andy McMahon &Anna Symeonides

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Current Provision & Costs• Aim to deliver materials in a cost effective way, within a

reasonable time scale• 4 methods/stages of obtaining books with varying costs

and time scales

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DUNDEE’S APPROACH

A quick run through of how we provide alternative formats for our students - highlighting costs as we go through

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STAGE 1 – Check our online book collection

Generally found to be mixed accessibility levels and difficult to use

CostTime required for specialist to test access and train disabled individuals to gain access

≈£10,000 per annum

If accessible and guidance is available on how to access with assistive technology

≈£0 per annum

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Stage 1 - Online book evaluation

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Stage 1 – Assuming all books available from accessible e-book subscription

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STAGE 2 – Source Commercial Availability

• iBooks (≈£30 per book)• Kindle books (≈£30 per book)• RNIB books (≈£80 per annum)

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iPad Mini & VLE Delivery• We can lend 1 iPad mini, per person – with books pre

loaded to comply with copyright • iPod for Blind Students• VoiceOver for Text2Speech for reading out material• iBooks & Kindle apps have the ability to enlarge text• PDF documents• my.dundee.ac.uk – the University of Dundee’s online

Virtual Learning Environment is used to store books and grant access to people who are authorised

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Stage 2 -Assuming all books are commercially available & accessible

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STAGE 3 - Request source PDF from the publisher

1. www.publisherlookup.org.uk/2. Email & ask publisher3. yes/no/no-reply 4. Agree to terms and conditions and return form5. Receive instructions on how to access book, Download Book

(or wait for CD)6. Comply and implement T&C’s7. Deliver book to the student via my.dundee.ac.uk8. If the book is a structured PDF and accessible we calculate it

costs £50 in admin and compliance time. (We estimate publisher cost must be similar or more)

9. In-accessible formats or delayed response from publishers see DIY costs (stage 4)

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Stage 3 -Costs if standard T&Cs are adopted by all publishers

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STAGE 4a – In House Production

Option ‘A’ – Fully accessible book via flat bed scanner (opticBook & abbyy Finereader)

Cost

Salary(s) - ≈£35,000

Equipment and operational cost ≈£16,000

Novel type book ≈ 3 minutes per page@ £10 per hour (Workers and/or volunteers)

£0.50 per page

Scientific/academic type book ≈ 6-10 minutes per page@ £10 per hour (Workers and/or volunteers)

£1.66 per page

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STAGE 4b – In House Production

Option ‘B’ – Duplex scanner & auto OCR (no errors correction)

Cost

Salary(s) - ≈£35,000

Equipment and operational cost ≈£16,000

Book ≈ 9 seconds per page. 50+ pages to be cost effective

2.5p per page

Correction on request for text, Diagrams, images, tables

£1.66 per page

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STAGE 4c – Out Source

Option ‘C’ – Outsource work CostSalary(s) – coordination costs ≈£13,500

Outsource book ≈£10.75per page

NB: 400 page academic book (printed version), £4300 outsource costs, £560 internal costs

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ANNUAL COST – MIXED PROVISION

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Internal production costs 2011/2012• ≈ £50,000,( ≈£124,000 if outsourced)• 7 students with mixed provision, requirements and

different course demands

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Costs as they are now

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A free cuddly toy?

we will be switching provider to reduce costs

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Some Suggested Solutions• When procuring online e-book resources, accessibility

is essential. It is not enough to trust a generic statement about accessibility from the supplier. Ask for case studies and evidence.

• Staff = Costs, it is cheaper to procure an iPad mini and a digital copy of a e-book

• ePub3 format has accessibility options of DAISY• Encourage publishers to adopt standard terms &

conditions when requesting books

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The End

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Notes• Additional information

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New report• Detailed report into how 4 Scottish universities provide

material• http://www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/digitisation-and-

reformatting-scottish-he

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Timeline of funding & provision

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Contact Details• Andy McMahon

– Twitter: @at_andy

– Email: a.z.mcmahon@dundee.ac.uk

– Tel: 01382 388787

– Web: blog.Dundee.ac.uk/altformats/

• Anna Symeonides– a.y.symeonides@Dundee.ac.uk

– Web: blog.Dundee.ac.uk/altformats/

– Tel: 01382 388744

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