<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I did something similar to Carly's example when we rolled out the Sensus Access tool at my previous campus...although I like Carly's page a bit more now!<div><br></div><div>In terms of educating students, it was something I demonstrated to them when we met for an assistive technology and/or alternate media assessment. We noted that it was intended for "quick services" but it may or may not be fully accurate as much of the OCR accuracy was dependent on the submitted file. We also had a website and short overview of the tool.</div><div><br></div><div>We positioned it initially as a tool for students to obtain converted documents or audio files as not all students had powerful machines that could run the latest AT software or handle OCR applications seamlessly. So, we wanted to provide a solution in which it did not matter if a student had a lower end system, they could still get quality OCR for a document or offload any text-to-audio conversions. A number of students would also upgrade their computers as soon as a new OS version came out and that could break some AT solutions. The Sensus Access tool was nice because it offered a platform-independent solution to getting materials in an alternate format. </div><div><br></div><div>There was also a side-benefit for faculty in that the system could convert old PDF documents faculty had into MS Word or text-based PDFs. Yes, there may need to be a bit of clean-up, but it made it MUCH easier to do that clean-up than to try and recreate the whole document again. Also, we could also focus on providing guidance on how to creating accessible MS Word documents and then refer people to the Sensus Access tool to convert that document into many different formats (ePub, tagged PDF, audio, DAISY, etc.).</div><div><br></div><div>One of the parts that I really tried to communicate to all users was that it was a "garbage in-garbage out" model in that if you uploaded something that was a very poor scan or of highly complex layout, then the system would likely not deliver you the results you wanted (particularly if you tried to go from scanned image directly to MP3). This was an important aspect to communicate to upper management as it was NEVER intended to replace the alt format production program, but rather augment and support students who needed something "right now." Students live a 24x7 life when at an institution, but alt media programs are not always open that many hours.</div><div><br></div><div>One thing that I felt was very cool about the tool is that we could get metrics on how the system was being used (not sure if that is still available). But it really helped me understand what formats students tended to use more than others.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps.</div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Sean <br></div><div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 10:41 AM Melanie P. Thornton <<a href="mailto:mthornt@uark.edu">mthornt@uark.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Western Washington University also uses Sensus Access. A student can do the conversion themselves if they want, or faculty/staff could do the conversion on request. It could also be used for accommodation I suppose, but I imagine disability/accessibility service
offices have alt format tools that can do the job better. Sensus Access is an automated conversion tool, so from what I've seen, the conversion isn't always 100% better/accessible.<br>
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We have a <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.wwu.edu_sensus_&d=DwMF-g&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-SdSueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=4xs5XdFl4BYq5E_PfT2ZCA&m=GcNRlXteLgzsZTFR21ya-gaJjwrE6ILsL8JIWPcVfTw&s=AihCbnBm_oOXvycXE9n6RQCIX0_tQjGyEHS3r_jnYiw&e=" title="https://access.wwu.edu/sensus/" target="_blank">
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