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== <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Assistive Technology'''</span><br/> ==


The AMAC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology Assistive Technology] Assessment is an Individualized tailored report, which includes recommendations based on academic and/or workplace environments. A certified [http://www.norco-inc.com/content/resna-certified-assistive-technology-professional Assistive Technology Practitioner] (ATP) administers the assessment in a one-on-one session. The ATP certification is a generalist certification that covers a broad range of Assistive Technologies. Assistive Technology (AT) areas addressed by the program include: Seating and mobility, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), cognitive aids, computer access, electronic aids to daily living (EADL), sensory, recreation, environmental modification, accessible transportation and technology for learning disabilities. AMAC also provides assistive technology training services. AMAC AT services are support by the [http://www.gatfl.org Tools for Life Program], and their [http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Assistive_Technology_Assessment:_AMAC_TechMatch TechMatch Project], which is located at AMAC.
== <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">'''Assistive Technology'''</span><br/> ==
 
The AMAC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology Assistive Technology] Assessment is an individualized tailored report, which includes recommendations based on academic and/or workplace environments. A certified [http://www.norco-inc.com/content/resna-certified-assistive-technology-professional Assistive Technology Practitioner] (ATP) administers the assessment in a one-on-one session. The ATP certification is a generalist certification that covers a broad range of assistive technologies. Assistive Technology (AT) areas addressed by the program include: Seating and mobility, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), cognitive aids, computer access, electronic aids to daily living (EADL), sensory, recreation, environmental modification, accessible transportation and technology for learning disabilities. AMAC also provides assistive technology training services. AMAC AT services are support by the [http://www.gatfl.org Tools for Life Program], and their [http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Assistive_Technology_Assessment:_AMAC_TechMatch TechMatch Project], which is located at AMAC.


Assistive technology assessments are price at a $450.00 flat rate. Training sessions are price at $125.00 per hour.
Assistive technology assessments are price at a $450.00 flat rate. Training sessions are price at $125.00 per hour.


<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">For additional information, please complete our </span>[http://www.amacusg.org/moreinfo.php online information request form]<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> or </span>[http://www.amacusg.org/contact.php contact]<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> Membership Services.</span>
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left">For additional information, please complete our </span>[http://www.amacusg.org/moreinfo.php online information request form]<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left"> or </span>[http://www.amacusg.org/contact.php contact]<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left"> Membership Services.</span>


== <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Alternative Material Formats'''</span> ==
== <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Alternative Material Formats'''</span> ==

Revision as of 10:51, 28 May 2013

Accessible Products & Services Solutions
Alternative Text Formats icon AMAC Accessibility provides technology-based products, compliance, assessments, technical assistance, and training services to pubic and private entities that require assistance with supporting customers and employees with disabilities. AMAC offers an extensive list of accessible product and service solutions.

Assistive Technology

The AMAC Assistive Technology Assessment is an individualized tailored report, which includes recommendations based on academic and/or workplace environments. A certified Assistive Technology Practitioner (ATP) administers the assessment in a one-on-one session. The ATP certification is a generalist certification that covers a broad range of assistive technologies. Assistive Technology (AT) areas addressed by the program include: Seating and mobility, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), cognitive aids, computer access, electronic aids to daily living (EADL), sensory, recreation, environmental modification, accessible transportation and technology for learning disabilities. AMAC also provides assistive technology training services. AMAC AT services are support by the Tools for Life Program, and their TechMatch Project, which is located at AMAC.

Assistive technology assessments are price at a $450.00 flat rate. Training sessions are price at $125.00 per hour.

For additional information, please complete our online information request form or contact Membership Services.

Alternative Material Formats

Accessible formats include braille, large print, audio and digital text. Accessible materials afford the flexibility to meet the needs of a broad range of individuals with disabilities.

The chart below provides a brief overview of the material formats currently offered, in addition to recommended user and assistive technology examples. All formats are tested with assistive technology to ensure quality and compliance, and file size is adjusted for usability and delivery. In order to ensure efficient and timely response to our customers, AMAC implements these policies regarding the production of alternative material.

For additional information, please complete our online information request form or contact Membership Services.

Format Price per Page Description Recommended User Examples Assistive Technology Examples
PDF: Enhanced** $0.87 Publisher-provided PDF file that is enhanced to include reading order navigation (renumbered pages & bookmarks), manual tags (heading levels, paragraphs, lists and tables), and alternative text on images and figures. Cognitive
Vision Impaired
Blind
Magnifying or Text-to-Speech software (e.g. PDF Equalizer and PDF Aloud)
PDF: OCR'd $0.29 PDF created from the printed textbook/material being purchased, chopped, and scanned. OCR identifies reading order navigation (renumbered pages & bookmarks). PDF also contains auto-tagging of images and figures. Cognitive
Vision Impaired
Magnifying or Text-to-Speech software (e.g. PDF Equalizer and PDF Aloud)


PDF: Standardized Publisher** $0.12 Publisher-provided PDF that includes renumbered pages, bookmarks, and auto-tagging. Cognitive
Vision Impaired
Magnifying or Text-to-Speech software (e.g. PDF Equalizer and PDF Aloud)
PDF: Scan/Image $0.08 PDF created from a scan. No OCR has been performed. Vision Impaired Magnifying software
Word DOC $0.32 Styled Microsoft Word Document includes reading order navigation (heading levels 1-3 and book page numbers), and alternative text on images and figures.

Please note that MathML is recommended for STEM related material.

Vision Impaired
Blind
Text-to-Speech software (e.g. Jaws and NVDA)
Math ML TBD* An application of XML that accurately reads mathematical equations and formulas. Used for STEM related material, MathML includes reading order navigation (including heading levels 1-3, and book page numbers), and alternative text on images and figures.

BETA Product - please contact amacsales@amac.gatech.edu for format request.

Cognitive
Vision Impaired
Blind
Internet Explorer 8 plus MathPlayer plugin and screenreader, or Math enabled DAISY player such as Dolphin EasyReader or ReadHear by gh
HTML $0.37 HTML file includes reading order navigation (heading levels 1-3) and alternative text on images and figures. All Users Text-to-Speech software
DAISY 2.0 (Text Only) $0.37 Text-only Daisy Talking Book that includes reading order navigation (heading levels 1-3), and alternative text on images and figures. All Users DAISY hardware players or software, mobile phones, MP3 players, or refreshable Braille displays
Audio on CD TBD* Learning Ally CD (audio only) with human narration. Books are delivered on physical media such as CD. All Users DAISY players, ReadHear by gh, iOS devices


*Please contact Member Services
**Please note: the availability of both Enhanced PDF and Standardized Publisher PDF formats is contingent upon the availability of a source publisher file. In the event that a publisher cannot provide AMAC with a file, any PDF orders will be created from a scan of the physical book. The order will be fulfilled with a PDF: OCR'd media format.

Braille

Formats available for braille readers who are vision impaired, blind, or deafblindness. Request a braille quote.

For additional information, please complete our online information request form or contact Membership Services.

Type Description Assistive Technology Examples
Embossed Braille These pages employ embossed dots evenly arranged in quadrangular letter spaces or cells, allowing touch reading for the blind. Different braille codes include: literary, foreign, Nemeth, computer, and music. Standard postal service to DSP office
Tactile Graphics Used to convey non-textual information such as maps, paintings, graphs or diagrams. N/A
Electronic Braille Braille Ready File (BRF) electronic file format. Refreshable Braille display or Text-to-Speech software


Captioning & Audio

All of AMAC's captioning services are available to AMAC members as fee-for-service, at fee levels that provide cost savings to our members.

For additional information, please complete our online information request form or contact Membership Services.

Captioning Service Description Recommended User Examples
Remote Real-Time Captioning (Text Interpreting) Can be provided in any environment that has an internet connection. Our captionists will listen to your live event or class remotely and provide access for your client(s) or student(s) by real-time text interpreting of the spoken information.

Text Interpreting is a meaning based or summarized account of the spoken message. It includes significant information delivered by the speaker, without all of the extraneous nuances of spoken language, which may sometimes be difficult to understand by those with hearing loss or language-based disabilities. Notes of the session are sent to the student/recipient as an RTF document within 24 hours of the event.

Students, clients, trainees, or employees who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, have language-based learning disabilities, or ESL individuals
Remote Real-Time CART Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) is provided remotely when access to every single word is necessary. CART is a verbatim account of everything that is spoken. CART is most effective for providing access to late-deafened adults who are accustomed to hearing all the elements of spoken language or ESL individuals. Transcripts of the session are sent to the student/recipient as an RTF document within 24 hours of the event. Students, clients, trainees, or employees who are late-deafened and accustomed to hearing all the elements of spoken language, or ESL individuals
Asynchronous Text Interpreting (Online learning) Created at AMAC as a solution to accommodate students in online learning courses. A benefit of asynchronous online learning (not at the same time as the teacher presents) is the flexibility of viewing anytime the student chooses – students who need access to the audio components of online courses should have this same benefit. The audio components of any course can be text interpreted and the transcript viewed anytime the student chooses, asynchronously. Students, clients, or trainees who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, or ESL individuals desiring to learn online


Audio Products Description Recommended User Examples
Captioned Media AMAC-added captions to movies, podcasts, or clips created from your courses or programs. Captioned media is provided in the following formats: .wmv, .mov, .mpeg, or DVD (additional cost). Users accessing your website or courses that may not have access to hearing the audio portions due to disability, environmental or technical limitations.
Transcripts Written transcripts of audio only recordings (not fully accessible for video applications). Transcripts are provided in the following formats: .doc, PDF, .txt, RTF. Users accessing your website or courses that may not have access to hearing the audio portions due to disability, environmental or technical limitations.
Professional Minute Writing Provides a professional transcript of your event or meeting when the dialogue needs to be archived or made accessible for a later date. This product is provided only when you record your event or by remote internet connection. Minutes are provided in the following formats: .doc, PDF, .txt, RTF. Telephone connections are not possible. Companies, organizations, or institutions desiring minutes of your meetings or events.