Accessible Curriculum Materials for Students with ASN
Page last updated: 22 November 2011

Making Books

Contributing to the Books for All Database

Quick Guide Title Description
Books for All Blank Listings 2011 A blank spreadsheet for recording the details about your accessible resources
Books for All Scotland Database Contributor's Guide August 2011 Guide to creating resources for sharing via the Database
Copyright and Books for All Essential information on copyright and licencing: don't break the law!

Converting Intermediate Files to Accessible Formats

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Making Accessible Copies from MS Word Intermediate Files How to convert Word Intermediate files into different types of accessible formats

Making Audio Books

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Creating a Photo Album or Digital Book using Powerpoint Making a 'talking book' with Powerpoint
Creating Voice Notes in Word 2003 Voice notes in Word 2003 are a great way for educators and staff to make audio-rich materials
Make an audio file from an electronic text How to save text, from Word, into audio MP3
Sound in Powerpoint Inserting voice and sound clips into Powerpoint resources

Making Intermediate Files

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Accessible Text: Guidelines for Good Practice A booklet for teachers by Fran Ranaldi and Paul Nisbet
Making Intermediate Files How to add structure and create essential 'intermediate' files with MS Word
Making Maths Resources How to create accessible resources for mathematics
Microsoft Word Equation Editor The Word 2003 equation editor
Dealing with Images – alt text The art of compiling text descriptions of images

Scanning Books to Digital Format

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Bulk Scanning and OCR Don't sweat over a flatbed scanner: use a networked  multisheet scanner or a scanning bureau
Scanning and OCR with FineReader 10 Scanning paper to digital with FineReader.
Scanning into Word with FineReader 10 Scanning paper to Word with FineReader.
Scanning and OCR with Acrobat Pro 9 Scanning with Acrobat Professional

Working with files from publishers

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Digital Files from Publishers How to get digital copies of books from publishers
Making Accessible PDFs How to adapt PDFs from publishers and make them more accessible