Hi, all! Just found this and thought that some of you might find it
interesting. Take care!
Jana
Hello Everyone:
The WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is currently studying ways to integrate accessible multimedia into both Digital Talking Books (DTBs) and e-books of various formats, through its Beyond the Text project. Complete information about this project can be found at http://ncam.wgbh.org/ebooks. Here you'll find a project summary, a comparison chart of e-book/DTB hardware and software, and links to sample books with accessible multimedia. The e-books and DTBs were created from materials provided by The Concord Consortium's "Seeing Math" curriculum. (For more information about Seeing Math, please visit http://www.concord.org.) Funding for Beyond the Text is provided by the U.S. Department of Education.
NCAM is now seeking volunteers who are blind or deaf to test its accessible e-book
and DTB prototypes. If you use e-books or DTBs regularly and would like to
download and try these samples, please contact the project manager,
Geoff Freed, at geoff_freed@xxxxxxxx Participants should expect to
spend no more than one hour testing the materials and answering a few
questions regarding the accessibility and usability of the books.
NCAM is also seeking five volunteers who are blind or deaf to come to its research
facilities in Boston to test the prototypes with project staff. On-site testers
will receive a $40 honorarium for their time and effort. If you are
interested in participating in these live tests, please contact the
project manager, Geoff Freed, at geoff_freed@xxxxxxxx for further
details.
Thanks! Geoff Freed Project Manager, Beyond the Text WGBH National Center for Accessible Media WGBH Educational Foundation geoff_freed@xxxxxxxx http://ncam.wgbh.org/ebooks
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