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Dolphin Easy Converter 1-In-5-Out. Julie K Balassa Valencia College November 2011. Vision. Alternate formats so woven into the fabric of the learning experience that they disappear as a separate entity. Mission.
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Dolphin Easy Converter1-In-5-Out Julie K Balassa Valencia College November 2011
Vision • Alternate formats so woven into the fabric of thelearning experience that they disappear as a separate entity
Mission • Alternate Format Services offers premier technologiesthat support students in the achievement of learning, personal, and professional goalsby seamless inclusion in every aspect of the learning communitywithout distinction from their peers.
Where we came from • Books on tape • Standard • Good enough? Better than nothing? • Navigation? • New bar • Cal State Fullerton • FSU • Penn State • You?
Is one huge PM3 good enough? • Navigable? • Usable? • Legal?
Is a publisher file good enough? • Navigable? • Usable? • Legal?
Disability law is Civil Rights law • Much bigger than just breaking the law • Violating the Civil Rights of a human being
What goes in the toolkit? • Microsoft Word • OCR software • DAISY production software • Large Print production software • MP3 production software • Adobe Acrobat Pro • Math production software • you
But what brands should I use? • Valencia College decided on • Dolphin Publisher • Dolphin Producer • Dolphin Easy Converter • Duxbury • Infty • Scientific Notebook
1-In-5-Out • In • Microsoft Word documents • EPUB files (open or unprotected files) • PDFs • HTML • Text • Scanned paper documents • NIMAS • DAISY XML • Rich Text Format • Kurzweil project files • Image files
1-In-5-Out • Out • DAISY digital talking books • MP3 audio • Large Print • Braille • Text
Summary • Stay tuned for the magic…well not really • Easy Converter is not a magic wand • You can’t feed roadkill into a grinder & get steak tartare • You can’t feed an unstructured or badly structured file into EC and get an accessible alt format (if you don’t edit in the 2nd stage) • That’s why you belong in the toolkit!