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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Greetings colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">And happy new year to you all! I’m reaching out for some suggestions on how to make ESL textbooks and workbooks accessible with JAWS for a completely
blind user. These books contain very little text and are comprised mainly of images that are used to depict scenarios the student must describe in English… similar to any other foreign language textbooks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">There is no audio version of these books, so I am starting from scratch with .pdfs. However, any alt text that I might use for the images would essentially
give the student the answer to the questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">If anyone has any experience with remediating materials like this, I would love to hear your suggestions on how to proceed in making these accessible.<br>
Thanks and best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Jillian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D">Disability Support Services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D">Montgomery College</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D">51 Mannakee St., CB116</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D">Rockville, MD 20850</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D">Tel. 240-567-5224
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D">Fax. 240-567-5097</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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