[Athen] comic book conversions?

[Heidi Scher]

HI Jane,

Since this student does not have a visual disability, I'm trying to come up
with some type of way that we can add the text to the scanned graphic
novel. But these aren't short graphic novels!

Thanks!

Heidi

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Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
Associate Director
Center for Educational Access
University of Arkansas
ARKU 209
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479.575.3104
479.575.7445 fax
479.575.3646 tdd
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On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 5:29 PM, Jane Berk <BerkJ at macewan.ca> wrote:


> Hi Heidi,

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> I wish we had a better solution, too.  The ones we’ve done have had to

> basically be written out with a description of the graphics and then the

> text to accompany it.  Lots of work!  Hoping someone out there knows a

> better way!

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> Best,

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> *J*

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Heidi Scher

> *Sent:* Monday, January 22, 2018 4:11 PM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

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> *Subject:* [Athen] comic book conversions?

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> Hello everyone!

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> I hope your Monday has been more productive than our has been. Seems to be

> the day for strange issues and computer gremlins!

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> We have a student who has requested that the graphic novels (i.e. comic

> books) be converted for her class. The course uses a textbook plus 5

> graphic novels. The student uses text-to-speech software (i.e. is not blind

> but does have a print-related disability).

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> Has anyone else had the request for graphic novels to be converted? How

> did you accomplish the task? These are obviously important course

> materials, but just not sure how to accomplish the task. (Hard to believe

> in 13+ years I've not dealt with this topic previously!)  OCR will be a

> mess to attempt.

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> Any suggestions would be appreciated!!

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> Kind regards,

>

> Heidi

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> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC

> Associate Director

> Center for Educational Access

> University of Arkansas

> ARKU 209

> Fayetteville, AR 72701

> 479.575.3104 <(479)%20575-3104>

> 479.575.7445 <(479)%20575-7445> fax

> 479.575.3646 <(479)%20575-3646> tdd

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