Eileen C. Haddon, ATP
Vermont Assistive Technology Project - Randollph Center
http://www.dail.state.vt.us/atp/
EHaddon@vtc.vsc.edu

For people with a print or reading disability, having textbooks in a format other than the printed page is a necessity and not a luxury. Vermont does not yet have a law mandating that textbooks must be available in alternative formats from the publishers, so other resources need to be used.

College textbooks are not the only time this is appropriate - remember this option for students in the primary and secondary grades. It could be for someone with dyslexia or a person with autism who learns better by hearing. It could also be a worksite accommodation.

There are two main types of alternative format - books on tape and books in a computer-based text file that a screen reading program could read to the user.

TAPE / Propietary ELECTRONIC FORMAT RESOURCE

Readings for the Blind & Dyslexic is a major source for textbooks and standard literature. Itís best to get a four-track tape player from them also. They are gradually processing over to a print format on a CD, which can be read by a proprietary CD player or software. (Prices are reasonable.)
http://www.rfbd.org

PUBLISHER CONTACTS

Elsevier         Health professions publishing company
Healthpermissions@elsevier.com

Houghton Mifflin                   for college textbooks only            http://college.hmco.com/how/how_reqperm_electronic_text_req.html

Lippincott Williams             Health professions publishing company
contact person is Arnetta Queen
phone 215-521-8458 / email aqueen@lww.com

McGraw Hill  being researched at McGraw Hill by Malizza, 1-800-338-3987, x3058

W. W. Norton Publishing            http://www.wwnorton.com/area4/disability_request.htm

Pearson / Longman                        http://www.pearsoned.com/legal/form.htm
 Includes Ally, Bacon & Prentice Hall

Thomson Learning             http://www.thomsonrights.com/permissions/action/start

Wiley  http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-100531.html

GENERAL PUBLISHING CONTACTS LIST for requesting alternative formats     

Compiled by Laura G. Ingram, Merced College, from lists provided by the High Tech Center Training Unit, Cupertino CA.

http://www.mccd.edu/dss/publishers.htm

TEXT FILE ìLIBRARYî RESOURCES

Baen Free Library    http://www.baen.com/library/

Bookshare                            http://www.bookshare.org

This is a library of texts that have already been scanned in. There is a nominal fee for joining and to renew the membership on an annual basis.

Colleges sharing texts through Alternative Media Exchange
http://www.exchange.htctu.fhda.edu/intro.html

Hoover Institution ‚ on-line books in PDF format        
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/books/

Texas Text Exchange          http://tte.tamu.edu/

This is a library of texts that have already been scanned in. There is no charge for and institution to join.

University of California Press            http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/titles_public.html

PUBLIC DOMAIN TEXT RESOURCES

These are resources for books that are already available in text format. For example, if Tom Sawyer is assigned for an American Literature course, this could be a good resource for it.

Project Gutenburg ‚ Free Online Literature in text and audio formats           
http://www.gutenberg.net/index.shtml

If you have found additional resources, I would appreciate having that information passed on to me. Iíll then add it to our resource list. Thank you!

Note: This list was found on the QIAT List