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Special Materials Services

This organization provides a range of special materials services for students with disabilities, including e-text, audio, large print, and braille formats. They also lend equipment and offer post-secondary services such as book production and feedback collection.

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Special Materials Services

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  1. Special Materials Services Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth Susan Doerksen Coordinator – Post-secondary

  2. What we do • We produce the following formats for our students • E-text – Word, ASCII, RTF, HTML, PDF • Audio – analog, MP3, WAV • Large print – double-sided, colour • Braille – e-braille • We lend equipment Post-secondary services

  3. Our journey :From search to production • Search titles for availability • Borrow through Interlibrary Loan? • Discussion with Disability Services Post-secondary services

  4. Production– how we do it • Ask for print copies of the book • Order Publisher’s disks • Notify the National Library • Produce at SMS • Deliver books to the students Post-secondary services

  5. Feedback • We get feedback from: • Students • Teachers • Government agencies Post-secondary services

  6. New on the horizon • File formats • Publisher’s to produce a book using a voluntary electronic standard (U.S.) • Publisher’s depository for disks (Can.) • FTP site for download Post-secondary services

  7. New on the horizon • Web OPAC download • iPod and other devices • Illinois project http://www.midtb.org/index.html Post-secondary services

  8. Web site and on-line catalogue • Catalogue: http://smscat.merlin.mb.ca • Web site: http://edu.gov.mb.ca/ks4/blind/index.html • Bobby Worldwide approved AAA • Level Triple-A conformance, W3C-WAI Post-secondary services

  9. Questions and concerns? Post-secondary services

  10. Thank you ! Post-secondary services

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