[nabs-l] Tool for accessing print materials.

[Lucy Sirianni]

Agreed; this service is fantastic! It's freely available to all 
(no university affiliation required) and can be accessed through 
the website Kaiti shared or by emailing the file you'd like to 
convert to  convert at robobraille.org,  with your desired file type 
as the subject line of the email.

Lucy

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 01:33:30 -0400
Subject: [nabs-l] Tool for accessing print materials.

Hi all,

I saw the email about the Reading Project, and thought it would 
be a
good time to share a useful link.

My university's Office of Learning Resources has just implimented 
a
tool that allows students to upload files of varrying filetypes 
to a
service that will convert them to accessible files and email them 
back
to you.  This is great for those times when your professor gives 
you a
last-minute worksheet, or if you just can't make it to the DS 
office
before it closes but don't want to wait another day to get your 
copy
of the homework.  It's called Sensus Access.  There are four easy
steps to getting your file converted, and emails usually reach my
inbox in 5 minutes or less.  I would highly recommend you talk to 
your
DS offices about it because, although the editting isn't perfect, 
it's
great for getting materials on demand.

I've included a link so you can see the basics of what it's like.  
I
can't vouch for if this site will work for everyone, (as I have 
to
actually access a page specific to my university and haven't used 
this
one before), but it looks like you might be able to test it out.
http://sensusaccess.com/
--
Kaiti

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