1. SensusAccess New methods to support students and faculty who need alternate formats
Lars Ballieu Christensen, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Tanja Stevns, Special Education Teacher

2. SensusAccess Internet-based alternate media service SensusAccess can
Produce digital Braille books
Produce mp3 audio files
Produce structured audio books
Produce e-books
Convert inaccessible documents to more accessible formats
Supports multitude of languages

3. Why SensusAccess? Independence and self-sufficiency
Inclusion in education and vocation
Availability
Privacy
Multiple formats
Continued support
Accessibility support in online education, MOOCs, …

4. SensusAccess Users
In operation since 2004; 30,000+ requests each month
Users
Blind, partially sighted, reading impaired, learning disorders, borderliners
Mainstream students with different learning styles
Foreign language students
Faculty, professionals, administrators
Alternate media professionals

5. What’s inside Text-to-Speech Text-to-Braille E-book converter
Daisy Pipeline
SaveAsDaisy OA
OCR
Accessible docs
mp3 encoder
Mail/Web delivery
.doc, .docx
.htm, .html
.xml
.txt. .asc
.rtf
.pdf (all types)
.mobi, epub
.tif, gif, .bmp
.jpg, .j2k, .jp2, .jpx
.pcx, .dcx
.djv
.ppt
Mail/Web access
Daisy
Braille
Tagged pdf
mp3
Daisy Math
E-books
English
Danish
Greek
Braille artwork
Portuguese
French
German
Italian
Lithuanian
Polish
Slovenian
Icelandic
Norwegian
Spanish
Dutch
Arabic
Hungarian
Romanian
Bulgarian
Russian
Inuit
Swedish

6. Not ideal but better than
Document complexity
Simple
Complex
Timeframe
No urgency
SensusAccess
Not SensusAccess or
only as tool
Urgent
Not ideal but better than
no conversion
Estimate: Some 50-60% of all document can be handled by SensusAccess
Source: Jayme Johnson, High Tech Center Training Unit,
California Community Colleges

8. Visit http://scribe.stanford.edu

16. Also an email service … Audio Braille E-books Conversion
Braille
E-books
Conversion
Available on most platforms
Efficient for integration

17. Math in SensusAccess Three scenarios Image or pdf document with math
Word document with math formula
Daisy book with spoken math
Word document with math formula
ePub3 book with math
Word document with math formula
Braille book with math in
8-dot Latex
Braille book with math in
Lambda
Nemeth

18. Word w/math  Daisy w/spoken math
1. Prepare document in Word with MathType. Save as docx.
Word document with math formula
2. Within Word, use SaveAsDaisy and MathDaisy to export
Daisy XML document with MATHML
3. Use Daisy Pipeline to add audio
Daisy Talking book with spoken math

19. Daisy Math in SensusAccess
Prepare document using Word and MathType
Submit your document to (or use web interface)
Demonstration
Word document
Daisy Talking Book

21. E-books in SensusAccess
Mainstream
Conversion into epub (iPad, nook, Sony Reader, …)
Conversion into Mobi Pocket (Kindle)
Visually impaired
Conversion of documents into e-books with higher baseline
Large (16pt), X-large (24pt), Huge (40pt)
New development
Documents with math into epub3

22. ePub3 with Math

23. SensusLibrary Digital library for alternate media
Public and protected material
Operated in accordance with national copyright legislation
Integrated with library meta databases through Z39.50
Tightly integrated with SensusAccess
Try at
In-house repository?
Shared repository?

24. App for visually impaired
VI Reader
E-book reader for people with low vision
Available for iPad and iPhone
Free in Appstore

27. SensusAccess on your own site
Hosted solution
Subject to annual subscription fee
Prices based on standard conditions
Additional services
Alternate media workshops, scanning and editing, digital library
Academic institution
Size
Annual fee
X-small
<2,000 students
US$1,000
Small
2,000-5,000 students
US$1,500
Medium
5,001-15,000 students
US$2,500
Large
>15,000 students
US$5,000

28. Getting started How would you like your form? Context for form, guide
Style sheet, fonts, colors
Interface languages?
Examples at
Context for form, guide
Who to be local point-of-contact?
Where to send usage statistics?
End-user support
Dissemination activities
A new way of working

29. Usage Statistics

30. Important links www.sensusaccess.com www.sensuslibrary.com

31. An award-winning service
2012: WISE Award for Inclusion in Education (Qatar) 2010: BETT Award for best Special Education Needs solution (UK) 2009: Access IT Award for Learning for most affordable eLearning solution (UK) 2009: National eWell-Being Award for ”Reaching the Digitally Excluded” (UK) 2008: European Commission eInclusion Award for e- Accessibility (EU) 2008: Well-Tech Award for Innovation and Accessibility (Italy) 2007: British Computer Society's Social Contribution Award (UK)

32. Contact information
Lars Ballieu Christensen
Mail:
Phone:
Tanja Stevns
Mail:
Phone:

33. Questions; comments ?!