Dolphin Easy Converter

1-In-5-Out

Julie K BalassaValencia College November 2011

Alternate formats so woven into the fabric of the

learning experience that they disappear as a separate entity

Vision

Alternate Format Services offers premier technologies

that support students in the achievement of learning, personal, and professional goals

by seamless inclusion in every aspect of the learning communitywithout distinction from their peers.

Mission

Books on tape

Standard Good enough? Better than nothing? Navigation? New bar

Cal State Fullerton FSU Penn State You?

Where we came from

Navigable? Usable? Legal?

Is one huge PM3 good enough?

Navigable? Usable? Legal?

Is a publisher file good enough?

Much bigger than just breaking the law Violating the Civil Rights of a human being

Disability law is Civil Rights law

Microsoft Word OCR software DAISY production software Large Print production software MP3 production software Adobe Acrobat Pro Math production software you

What goes in the toolkit?

Valencia College decided on

Dolphin Publisher Dolphin Producer Dolphin Easy Converter Duxbury Infty Scientific Notebook

But what brands should I use?

1-In-5-Out

In Microsoft Word documents EPUB files (open or unprotected files) PDFs HTML Text Scanned paper documents NIMAS DAISY XML Rich Text Format Kurzweil project files Image files

1-In-5-Out

Out DAISY digital talking books MP3 audio Large Print Braille Text

Stay tuned for the magic…well not really Easy Converter is not a magic wand You can’t feed roadkill into a grinder & get steak tartare You can’t feed an unstructured or badly structured file

into EC and get an accessible alt format (if you don’t edit in the 2nd stage)

That’s why you belong in the toolkit!

Summary