ACCESS TO BOOKS IN ALTERNATIVE FORMATS
Textbooks may be available in alternative formats from the Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFBD), through the Disability Support Services office. A student who is eligible for this accommodation should register with Disability Support Services. If the textbook is available through RFBD, it will be ordered and made available in audio format.
PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING BOOKS ON TAPE OR CD
For use of CFCC's RFBD membership or other conversion resources, the student must request this service and provide Disability Support Services office with the printed textbook at least 14 days in advance of the upcoming semester.
Students may also want to consider obtaining an individual membership to RFBD so they can access books directly and listen to them in the convenience of their own home. With an individual membership, the student would pay an annual fee and purchase the text-reader equipment. Disability Support Services can assist students in completing the membership application.
Other resources for obtaining books in audio format are:
- http://www.RFBD.org
- http://www.Bookshare.org
- http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg
- http://www.loc.gov/nls/eligible.html
- All printed text can be scanned and read through use of the Kurzweil 3000 software workstation in the Learning Lab in the "L" building.
