[Athen] comic book conversions?

[Thaddeus Nelson]

Hello
  If the print is the primary challenge to the student (instead of the
images), you might consider looking at C-Pen Readers.  They work well and
may be a good alternative.

Thaddeus Nelson
Stony Brook University

On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 6:11 PM, Heidi Scher <hascherdss at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hello everyone!

>

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

> the day for strange issues and computer gremlins!

>

> 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).

>

> 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.

>

> Any suggestions would be appreciated!!

>

> Kind regards,

> Heidi

>

>

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