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Section Two: Using Disability Services and Accommodations
Alternate Media Request Fulfillment Timeline by Format
Library Accounts
• Set up library account: 2 days
Configurations
• Configuring equipment for demonstration or student loans: 2 days
Production Formats
• Exams (any electronic format): 2 days
• Exams ( hard copy from outside vendor): 2 weeks
• Class handouts (any electronic format): 2 days
• Class handouts (hard copy from outside vendor): 2 weeks
• Tiff: 2 days
• PDF: 4 days
• Kurzweil: 4 days
• Word: 6 days
• Daisy text: 6 days
• Plain text: 6 days
• Epub: 8 days
• Kindle: 8 days
• mp3 audio: 10 days
• Daisy audio: 10 days
• Unusual formats (e.g. Ruby, WYNN, ODF, Works, WordPerfect, etc.): 10 days
• English Braille: 10 days per 500 pages
• Foreign language Braille: 3 weeks per 500 pages
• Technical (music, math or science) Braille: 3 weeks per 500 pages
• Tactile graphics: 3 weeks
• Large print (standard): 2 weeks per 500 pages
• Large print (technical): 3 weeks per 500 pages
• Large print (non-standard): 4 weeks per 500 pages
• Request from publisher: Publisher controls the timeline
Notes:
1) Timelines are based on standard business days only
2) Add an extra day to electronic formats
3) Add an extra day to hard copy formats
4) Materials that take more than 10 days are usually supplied by outside vendor
5) Job will commence only when specific email request is received. Request must include desired format, author, title, publisher, copyright and edition with optional ISBN.
6) If student only want e-text supplied by publisher, the publisher controls the format and delivery date. Student needs to bring in hard copy book for scanning to receive it in a timely manner.