Assistive Technology Collaboration for Student Success

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Assistive Technology Collaboration for Student
Success

• Angella Anderson, Disability Specialist,
• Supervisor of Text Conversion
• University of Illinois
• Mike Venzon, Disability Specialist
• Coordinator of Alternative Media Services
• University of Iowa

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Assistive Technology _at_ Illinois

• ICITA Illinois Center for Information
  Technology www.cita.uiuc.edu
• Committee On Institutional Cooperation
  www.cic.net/groups/ITAccessibilityAndUsability
• DRES staff collaborate with campus IT staff and
  departments for accessibility issues

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Assistive Technology _at_ Iowa

• Campus Technology Services works with campus
  partners to provide technology solutions to
  accommodate community members with disabilities.
• Student Disability Services
• Faculty/Staff Disability Services
• Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education
  and Reseach (ICATER)

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U of I Text Conversion Spring 08

• Not sure how many approved
• 36 users for Spring/44 Fall semester
• Spring- 40,205/Fall-85,249 pages
• Spring 117 docs/Fall - 172
• Word and MP3 - highest
• Staffing
• 1 Academic Professional
• 1 Clerical who scans and then converts
• 1 Academic Hourly captioning 30 hrs/wk
• 4 Student workers 60 hrs/wk
• 1 STEP high school student 10 hrs/wk

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UI Alternative Media Services Spring 08

• 160 eligible for service
• 100 users trained
• Spring 2008 78, 396 pages reformatted
• 200 books
• Kurzweil/Audio majority
• Staffing
• Graduate Assistant (20 hours/week)
• 8 Student Workers (50 hours/week)

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Captioning Information

• Started Fall 2007
• 106 Videos
• 553 hours labor!
• Captioning web videos, tape/dvd, and Flash
• Now including videos/podcasts for Global Campus
  3 universities
• Getting policies/procedures is hardest!

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Kurzweil 3000

• Scan Read Software
• Increases reading speed and comprehension
• Allows end user to create customized MP3/CDs
• Offers multi-sensory approach to reading
• Study Tools include highlighting, voice notes,
  etc.
• Includes Abbyy FineReader OCR engine
• Flexible Networking Options
• Available in all ITCs (Concurrently licensable)

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Kurzweil ICON

• ICON
• Assures confidential delivery to students
• Alternative formats are always available to
  students
• No additional training for students
• Students use existing HawkID and password
• Allows AMS to offer additional information to
  specific sub-group of students with disabilities
• Demonstration

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Illinois

• Scan with Kodak Scanner
• OCR with Abbyy FineReader
• Save as Marked up Word or pdf
• Students download from secure website
• Looking at delivery through WebCT/Compass
• Considering switching to DAISY

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