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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: [email protected]
– Tel: 01382 388787
– Web: blog.Dundee.ac.uk/altformats/
• Anna Symeonides– [email protected]
– Web: blog.Dundee.ac.uk/altformats/
– Tel: 01382 388744
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