[Blindmath] Accessible Textbook Finder Beta: Federated Search

Richard Baldwin baldwin at dickbaldwin.com
Tue Jul 26 22:40:26 UTC 2011


I entered the ISBN # 9780321559678, which is a textbook that one of my
students is interested in.

It sent back information about the book, including title, author, etc., but
I didn't see any information about accessibility in the response.

What does that mean?

Dick Baldwin

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Kevin Chao <kevinchao89 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Accessible Textbook Finder (ATF) searches multiple sources of
> accessible books and provides the results in a combined format.
> The ATF search includes six accessible media producers and libraries.
> Search results and materials are provided by the individual sources.
> Additional sources may be added during the beta.
>
> Current sources: AccessText Network, Alternative Media Access Center,
> BookShare, CourseSmart, Learning Ally, and National Library Service
>
> Please give it a try, it's a one-stop search for all accessible books.
> http://www.accesstext.org/fedsearch.php
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
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