[Blindmath] Accessible Textbook Finder Beta: Federated Search

[Birkir R. Gunnarsson]

Hi

It should be noted though, that you have to be a student, or at least
afficiliated with a college to sign up. There's also a requirement in
the sign up form for $500/year or contributing 25 titles to the
library. I do not know if it has been waived, but it is still a part
of the sign up process.
In the form you hve to fill in name of DSS service contact and use
your academic email address to prove that you are an active student,
hence this source is not currently available, as I understand it, for,
for instance, people who want to take professional certifications like
the CFA or FRM in banking, or for people outside of the U.S. (I am not
criticizing that, just pointing it out for those who think they can
have access to AccessText).
Thanks
-B

On 7/26/11, Richard Baldwin <baldwin at dickbaldwin.com> wrote:
> Right now, the following note appears on the website:
>
> AccessText is now free of charge!
>
> Renew <https://www.accesstext.org/account.php> your membership or become a
> member <https://www.accesstext.org/membership1.php> today.
>
>
> Dick Baldwin
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
> birkir.gunnarsson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Isn't the AccessText network something that only disability student
>> service office are allowed to access through paid membership, or has
>> that changed?
>> Otherwise, good to see an integrated search tool if it works.
>> I'll add it to that famous presentation (which went very well last
>> week at the NFB Youth Slam, I've meant to get it up sooner, but I had
>> to make a last ditch effort to translate all of NVDA 2011.2 into
>> Icelandic before the deadline, by end of this week, I do expect tohave
>> the presentation up for comments by the end of this weekend, though
>> many of the A2S gys are in Europe so busy).
>> Cheers
>> -B
>>
>> On 7/26/11, Richard Baldwin <baldwin at dickbaldwin.com> wrote:
>> > 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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