# Why didn’t anybody tell me about this? What every learning technologist should know about accessible documents Canonical page: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012 - Talk date: 2012 (year only; exact date not established) - SlideShare upload: 2012-09-13 (upload date, not the delivery date) - Event: Not established - Place: Not established - Topics: Access & reading - Language: en - Slides in the original listing: 40 - Coverage: Full text in 39 reading sections. The 40 original pages are a separate sequence: no verified map links sections to pages. - Original listing: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/alt2012-presentationwhat-every-lt-should-know-about-accessible-documents/14271650 - Cover image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/pages/page-01.png - Reader data (JSON): https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/presentation.json - TalkWeaver package (outline and images, ZIP): https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012-talkweaver.zip - TalkWeaver outline: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/talkweaver/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012-outline.md Note: Event unresolved: the historical title refers to ALT 2012, while the presentation includes #ITR12. The delivery event has not been confirmed. ## Section 1: Why didn’t anybody tell me about this? Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-1 What every learning technologist should know about accessible documents ![Load2Learn, delivered by Dyslexia Action and RNIB.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/media/image1.jpeg) Dominik Lukeš, @techczech ## Section 2: Conversation reminder Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-2 Please tweet any questions, comments @techczech ## Section 3: Load2Learn Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-3 - online resource of downloadable curriculum materials for print disabled learners - provides access to digital books and images that can be used by learners with their own technology - being developed by Dyslexia Action and RNIB, funded by DfE ## Section 4: Problem: Print disability Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-4 > “A print-disabled person is anyone for whom a **visual, cognitive or physical disability hinders the ability to read print**. This includes all **visual impairments**, **dyslexia**, and any **physical disabilities** that prevent the handling of a physical copy of a print publication.” > > CLA License,\ > ## Section 5: Print Disability: Perception Issues Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-5 - Cannot see text - Can only see text at a certain size - Cannot see certain colours, colour combinations - Prefers certain contrast ## Section 6: Print Disability: Issues with Processing Text Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-6 - Difficulties decoding written word - Difficulties finding information in large chunks of text - Needs special formatting (e.g. Sans Serif, not-justified, no all caps, no underline, no italics) ## Section 7: Print Disability: Physical Difficulties Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-7 - Can only use the keyboard - Can only use a pointing device - Can only use voice input ## Section 8: Key legal provisions Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-8 - Make an accessible copy of a document for a print disabled person under the CLA PD Licence - Accessible document: large print, electronic copy, audio version (MP3), Braille - Unless a suitable commercial alternative exists ## Section 9: Conversation reminder Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-9 Please tweet any questions, comments @techczech ## Section 10: Solution: Making text accessible Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-10 1. **Structured documents** with easy navigation (Word, PDF) 2. **Modification** of font colour, font type, font size, background colour (PDF, Word) 3. **Narrated** **Audio** books 4. **Text-to-speech**: PDF, Wordtalk, Balbolka, voices, screen reader 5. **Audio and text** linked (DAISY, WordTalk) ## Section 11: Solution 1: Structured documents Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-11 - All sections have titles marked with Heading styles - Word documents, PDFs, Web Pages ![Word document with a heading navigation pane beside a definition of print disability, showing how headings enable navigation.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/media/image2.png) ## Section 12: Solution 2: Text and document modification Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-12 - Change font size proportionally - Change font colours and background colours ![Adobe Reader at 300% zoom, displaying large green text on black; an arrow points to the zoom control.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/media/image3.png) ![Adobe Reader accessibility preferences with Replace Document Colors checked and Use High-Contrast colors selected.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/media/image4.png) ## Section 13: Solution 3: Audio books and other audio Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-13 ![VLC playlist of Animal Farm MP3 files with playback controls and individual track durations.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/media/image5.png) ## Section 14: Evidence for Audio Books Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-14 - Boys found **audio-reading enjoyable** and their self-confidence as readers improved. - ‘a marked reduction in the quantity of errors … when reading independently’ - The boys found audio reading was relatively effortless yet they perceived that they were reading books appropriate to their age and could read ‘hard words’ like their peers (Byrom, 1998, p.5) ## Section 15: Audio as spectacles Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-15 > ‘some children require **spectacles** to enable them to read a book, others may require an **audio tape** to enable them to read the same book’ (Byrom, 1998, p. 6) > ‘Today **some of these people with dyslexia even regard the computer as their equivalent to the glasses of the weak-sighted**’. (Tank & Frederikson, 2007, p.947) ## Section 16: Audio books at home Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-16 - parents reported that audio-books appeared to have ‘a positive influence in reducing emotional– behavioural problems’ - and that the use of audio-books within the home environment appeared to **reduce their child’s sense of frustration** and distractibility attributed to **greater ease in studying**. (Milani et al, 2003, p.93) ## Section 17: Solution 4: Text to speech Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-17 - Synthetic voice (Anna, Jess, Brian) - Reader software (Balabolka, WordTalk) ![Balabolka text-to-speech window with voice selection, rate and pitch controls above a document about WordTalk.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/media/image6.png) ## Section 18: Evidence for text to speech Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-18 Students took their SQA standard grade examinations in ‘Accessible PDF’ format. - Staff praised: “**independence** offered by the electronic format” - Students “all found them easier to use than a scribe” - “**mean score** was 8.93 compared with 8.00 for scribes” (Nisbet et al, 2005, p.1) ## Section 19: More evidence for text to speech Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-19 - Text to speech can ‘**relieve the burden of decoding** for struggling readers, allowing them to **focus on comprehension**’ (Wise, Ring, and Olson, 2000). - students ‘could **double or triple the time** that they could **sustain reading**’ (Elkind et al, 1996, p.160). ## Section 20: Solution 5: Text and audio linked by DAISY Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-20 - Structured document linking audio and text - Text is highlighted in sync with audio ![AMIS DAISY reader with a navigable contents tree and a highlighted sentence in the What is DAISY? section.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/media/image7.png) Solution 5: Speech recognition ![A headset with headphones and a boom microphone.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/media/image8.png) ![Windows speech recognition toolbar and numbered word alternatives, with instructions to say an item number followed by OK.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/media/image9.png) Audio note taking > ‘By using the note tool, they engaged in **new literacy practices** by envisioning **new ways to access their thought processes** to engage in **spontaneous, instantaneous response to the e-books**’ (Larson, 2009, p. 256) ## Section 21: Evidence for DAISY Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-21 > ‘Research confirms that **highlighting text as it is spoken can help learners pay attention and remember more’** (cited in Silver-Pacuilla and Fleischman, 2006, p. 84) ## Section 22: DAISY for Dyslexia Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-22 - DAISY is used by people with dyslexia in Denmark and other countries. - ‘Today some of these people with dyslexia even regard the computer as their equivalent to the glasses of the weak-sighted’. (Tank & Frederikson, 2007, p.947) ## Section 23: Conversation reminder Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-23 Please tweet any questions, comments @techczech ## Section 24: What it means for day-to-day work of Learning Technology professionals? Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-24 - Skills and knowledge - Expanded practice - User training and advocacy ## Section 25: Knowledge and skills Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-25 - Structured documents - Using PDFs accessibly - Text to speech how and why - Alternative formats like DAISY - Sources of materials in alternative formats ## Section 26: Changed practice Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-26 - Produce all documents with structure - Model good behavious for staff you support - Try using documents in different formats - Advocate for increased accessibility with users ## Section 27: User training: Mini curriculum Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-27 - Structured documents (save yourself time and use headings styles!!!!!) - Modification of font size, colour (PDF, Word) - Keyboard shortcuts - Text to speech: how to create MP3 files from documents with software and voices ## Section 28: Learn Tools for Print Accessibility Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-28 - Microsoft Word (LibreOffice) structured - Adobe Acrobat Accessibility features - Portable Apps (**MyStudyBar**) - Synthetic voices - Text to speech tools (Balabolka, WordTalk, Amis) ## Section 29: Keyboard Shortcuts Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-29 Do you know how to type keyboard shortcuts correctly? How many keyboard shortcuts do you know? ## Section 30: Text size Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-30 - Ctrl - Shift - `<` or `>` - Ctrl - \[ or \] ## Section 31: Styles Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-31 - Ctrl - Alt - 1, 2, 3 - Alt - Shift - arrow keys - Ctrl - PgUp / PgDn ## Section 32: Key new terms to remember Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-32 - **Print disability**: New term covering existing disabilities and reflected in copyright regulation. - **Accessible documents**: Can be modified to suit learners’ needs and can be converted into alternative formats. ## Section 33: Where to go next? Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-33 ## Section 34: Load2Learn.org.uk Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-34 ![Load2Learn search results for GCSE English, showing pagination, sorting controls and textbook covers.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012/media/image10.png) ## Section 35: #ITR12: Inclusive Technologies for Reading MOOC Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-35 5 hours a week, 22 weeks Free pilot open to all, 150 signed up already October 8 Load2Learn.org.uk/**training/onlinecourse** ## Section 36: Collabor8 4 Change in Inclusive Technologies Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-36 Unconference to come and share best practices 12 October, 6-9pm TES SEN Show, London Load2Learn.org.uk/**training/c84c** ## Section 37: Inclusive Technology Training Days Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-37 Load2Learn.org.uk/**training/trainingdays** Coming up in October/November ## Section 38: Computer Productivity and Accessibility Cue Cards Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-38 Load2Learn.org.uk/**training/cuecards** Increased opportunities for learning Creative Commons licensed, **remix encouraged** ## Section 39: Thank you! Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/accessible-documents-for-learning-technologists-2012#section-39 Dominik Lukes, @techczech Load2Learn.org.uk `#ITR12` ## Original pages Rendered images of the original document pages, in order. 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