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Submit your alternative media requests as early as possible by completing and submitting an Alternative Media Request Form via email to disabilityaccomodations@westernu.edu. CDHP will send you an email acknowledging receipt and provide an estimated completion date. Please ensure that you include all the required information, or your production may be delayed until CDHP receives it.

Keep in mind that SWAG视频 has many of your required textbooks already available for download and in digital format either through the Harriet K. and Philip Pumerantz Library or through a paid subscription that you purchase through a link your instructor provides. The Alternative Media Request Form should be used for books that are not available in digital format or if the eBook version (i.e., Kindle) is not compatible with your screen reader software.

Email CDHP with the subject line 鈥淎lt Media Notice鈥� if it is six weeks (or less) before the start of the class and indicate the reason you have not submitted materials to CDHP for processing:

• The course instructor has not yet announced course textbooks/reader.
• The book is out of stock.
• You arranged for the book to be sent directly to CDHP by the Campus Store, a bookstore or vendor (e.g., Amazon).
• You have identified a source to obtain materials in an electronic format.

If you do not email CDHP in a timely manner, the Center may not be able to provide that course鈥檚 materials within the standard production timeframes.

When materials are completed, they will be uploaded and shared to the student鈥檚 playlist (Capti Higher Ed) or uploaded and shared through a Google Shared Drive (Speechify, etc.). Students will be notified via email that they have been uploaded. Students receiving Braille will be emailed their materials are ready and may schedule to pick them up from CDHP during normal business hours.

Books that are listed as rentals, this includes subscriptions, are only available for the duration of the rental/subscription period.

For materials that are provided through Canvas by the instructor, students can access them directly by logging into their Capti or Speechify accounts and selecting the add option for the Canvas choice. Students needing a refresher course on the features of their approved software should contact the Alternative Media Consultant via email at disabilityaccommodations@westernu.edu.

Please note that books on Adobe Shelf or Red Shelf cannot be downloaded and uploaded into the software CDHP provides; however, they possess read aloud and marking features similar to CDHP鈥檚 approved software.

Promptly email CDHP at disabilityaccommodations@westernu.edu about any problems with the alternative media you receive. CDHP will investigate the reported problem and take appropriate action to resolve it.

Any alternative media materials provided to you by CDHP may not be copied or distributed in any manner that violates copyright law. For example, if you sell the original hard copy version of a copyright protected text, you must promptly return the converted alternative media version to CDHP or delete your electronic version. You may not share or give another student your alternative media. Students who receive copyrighted alternative media through CDHP are required to sign an Alternative Media Copyright Agreement. Students approved for alternative media as an accommodation should review CDHP鈥檚 Alternative Media Policy and Procedures.

There are several “self-help” options available for obtaining reading materials in various digital formats. You may contact CDHP at disabilityaccommodations@westernu.edu if you need assistance using any of these self-help options. Using self-help options does not preclude you from obtaining assistance from CDHP with the electronic copy you self-scanned or self-converted.

Self-Search: there are many databases/inventories of electronic books/materials (some in an accessible format, others not). You may be able to locate an existing electronic copy of the book you need by yourself鈥攎any electronic books are available for free [e.g., , , and (for titles in the public domain)] or for a nominal fee [e.g., ] Before submitting an alternative media request for a book, you are encouraged to first check these primary e-book databases for availability of an existing electronic copy. If the electronic copy you locate via these databases requires additional editing, or conversion to hard copy Braille or large print, CDHP will do such further editing or conversion provided a) it is a required or recommended course reading, b) an Alternative Media Request form is submitted, and c) the electronic document is not technically “locked” so as to preclude further editing or conversion (in which case you may have to provide a different version, e.g., hard copy, of the book/material to CDHP).

Students approved for Capti or Speechify can convert any digital materials provided by their instructors simply by uploading the file either in PDF or Word Doc format. The text recognition automatically applies to the document, and it is ready to read once it finishes processing. For students using Capti and Speechify, they can access their electronic documents directly through Canvas by logging into their respective accounts and using the add through Canvas feature. For materials that are available only in hard copy, students will need to submit those materials to CDHP for conversion to an electronic format, large print, or Braille format