This was presented as a guest lecture at Langara College for the Fall 2015, LIBR 2411: Library Technologies and Information Management course in the Library Technician program. The presentation included a number of discussion questions and exercises, which are still noted but the wording has been edited. Please also note that sources are listed in the deck and typically not listed in the write up. Continue reading “Presentation: Accessibility is About Your Users”
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Accessible Format Production Part 6: DAISY Book
Finally, here is the last part of the series, talking about creating DAISY books from edited e-text. Continue reading “Accessible Format Production Part 6: DAISY Book”
Tips on Recording Audiobooks with Audacity
While there is a ton of documentation out there for using Audacity, recently, I’ve been recording some audiobooks in Audacity and struggled sometimes to find how to do specific things that are less to do with mixing tracks and more to do with editing a single track. So, here are a few tips and list of helpful resources. Continue reading “Tips on Recording Audiobooks with Audacity”
Accessible Format Production Part 5: Editing the Document
Much like for PDF, there are different levels of accessibility for an electronic text (e-text) document. The more that you complete for a document, the more accessible it is. However, you still want to balance quality vs. quantity. Continue reading “Accessible Format Production Part 5: Editing the Document”
Accessible Format Production Part 4: Converting PDF & EPUB to E-Text
This is going to be a fairly short post. I would have combined it with another part but the parts before and after are long enough to need to be their own posts, so here we are. Continue reading “Accessible Format Production Part 4: Converting PDF & EPUB to E-Text”