[Blindmath] Accessible Textbook Finder Beta: Federated Search

[James McCarthy]

Richard,
At least one of the named providers does not actually provide accessible
textbooks. This is the Access Text Network. That source is a substantial
data base of materials from the top (I think 8) college publishers including
their imprints. Member schools of the Access Text Network can get these
files in an electronic form, usually PDF in order to make them accessible.
My guess is that your file can be gotten from ATN if yours is a member
school. The AMAC makes materials accessible and so any files that come from
their may already be accessible or they probably would be willing to make
them so for a fee, though anyone interested would really be best advised to
contact them directly. The other sources would be accessible. I have not
looked at this resource yet and don't know if it actually indicates the
provider of the material or whether the material located is in fact
accessible and in what file formats it can be had. Creating this single
point book location service has been a long time goal of the Access Text
Network.
Jim McCarthy

-----Original Message-----
From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Richard Baldwin
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 6:40 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Accessible Textbook Finder Beta: Federated Search

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
>
> _______________________________________________
> Blindmath mailing list
> Blindmath at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Blindmath:
>
>
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindmath_nfbnet.org/baldwin%40dickbal
dwin.com
>



-- 
Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials
http://www.DickBaldwin.com

Professor of Computer Information Technology
Austin Community College
(512) 223-4758
mailto:Baldwin at DickBaldwin.com
http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/
_______________________________________________
Blindmath mailing list
Blindmath at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
Blindmath:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindmath_nfbnet.org/jmccart%40lbph.li
b.md.us