[Athen] Publishers platforms and AT

[Coco Napolis]

Hi Debee,

Can you share the daisy webinar about this topic with me? I'll be following
this thread as well. Usually if our alt text request is denied, we escalate
and say the student uses specific AT/Reading support tools (e.g., Kurzweil)
and that the Vitalsource or Redshelf materials are insufficient for their
learning style. Most of the time I am able to get a file back.
--

(Corazon) Coco Napolis

IT Accessibility & Business Operations Specialist

Information Technology Solutions

Cal State East Bay

(510) 885-3831 Direct

Production Assistants: alternate.media at csueastbay.edu

*"To receive much, Is to give much."*



On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:17 AM Deborah Armstrong <
armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu> wrote:


> I ask this every quarter, but have their been any new developments in

> tracking which AT works with which publisher-supplied ebook platforms?

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> I am taking a class that uses a book that is available as an ebook on

> VitalSource. I really like that platform for myself, but so so many of my

> students complain about VitalSource, or Redshelf or the many other ebook

> platforms that are publisher-specific. Pearson, Cengage, Wiley, McGrawHill

> and McMillan all offer ebooks integrated with online labs or available on

> their own platform when the student makes a purchase.

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> When the publisher refuses to provide me a book, because it’s already

> online and supposedly accessible, I can ask the student what AT they use,

> but it still leaves me unclear whether the problem is the AT, the platform

> or the student’s inability or unwillingness to learn to use the platform.

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> I could really use some real data – I know there was a daisy webinar about

> it just this morning which I’ll watch – but if I know for example that a

> particular Wiley book works fine with Kurzweil’s read the web, then I can

> just encourage the student to get more training which we have available.

> But if I know it doesn’t work, then I can start arguing with the publisher.

>

>

>

> --Debee

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