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N Ewsletter: February
N Ewsletter: February
N ewsletter
February 2017
Ed i t or 's N ot e Pr ef ace
Dear f r i en d s,
Read i n g i s a m ean s of Access t o i n f or m at i on
l an gu age acqu i si t i on , Ar t i cl e 21 of Con v en t i on on t h e Ri gh t s of Per son s w i t h
com m u n i cat i on , an d of sh ar i n g Di sabi l i t i es ex p l i ci t l y st at es abou t Fr eed om of ex p r essi on
i n f or m at i on .Th e l i br ar y p l ay s a an d op i n i on , an d access t o i n f or m at i on
p i v ot al r ol e i n t h i s jou r n ey of
States Par ties sh al l tak e al l appr opr iate m easu r es to en su r e
acqu i r i n g k n ow l ed ge. Assi st i v e
th at per son s with disabil ities can exer cise th e r igh t to
Tech n ol ogy i s a boon t o al l w i t h
fr eedom of expr ession an d opin ion , in cl u din g th e fr eedom to
p r i n t -d i sabi l i t y i .e. w h o can n ot
seek , r eceive an d im par t in for m ation an d ideas on an equ al
ef f ect i v el y r ead p r i n t becau se of a
basis with oth er s an d th r ou gh al l for m s of com m u n ication of
v i su al , p h y si cal , p er cep t u al ,
th eir ch oice, as defin ed in ar ticl e 2 of th e pr esen t Con ven tion ,
d ev el op m en t al , cogn i t i v e, or
in cl u din g by:
l ear n i n g d i sabi l i t y ".
(a) Pr ovidin g in for m ation in ten ded for th e gen er al pu bl ic to
Th i s ed i t i on i s d ed i cat ed t o
per son s with disabil ities in accessibl e for m ats an d
i d eas on h ow accessi bl e l i br ar i es
tech n ol ogies appr opr iate to differ en t k in ds of disabil ities in a
can be cr eat ed t h u s en su r i n g t h at
tim el y m an n er an d with ou t addition al cost;
al l ci t i zen s, y ou n g an d ol d h av e
an equ al op p or t u n i t y i n t h ei r (b) Acceptin g an d facil itatin g th e u se of sign l an gu ages,
qu est f or l ear n i n g. Br ail l e, au gm en tative an d al ter n ative com m u n ication , an d al l
oth er accessibl e m ean s, m odes an d for m ats of
I al so w an t t o br i n g t o y ou r
com m u n ication of th eir ch oice by per son s with disabil ities in
n ot i ce t h at h en cef or t h al l t h e
official in ter action s;
ed i t i on s of Con n ect Sp eci al w i l l
be av ai l abl e on l i n e at (c) Ur gin g pr ivate en tities th at pr ovide ser vices to th e gen er al
h t t p :/ / i n f o.con n ect sp eci al .com / pu bl ic, in cl u din g th r ou gh th e In ter n et, to pr ovide in for m ation
an d ser vices in accessibl e an d u sabl e for m ats for per son s
So H ap p y Read i n g & sh ar i n g!!
with disabil ities;
Regar d s
(d) En cou r agin g th e m ass m edia, in cl u din g pr ovider s of
Bh av n a Bot t a in for m ation th r ou gh th e In ter n et, to m ak e th eir ser vices
accessibl e to per son s with disabil ities;
(e) Recogn izin g an d pr om otin g th e u se of sign l an gu ages.
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A Poi n t To N ot e
I n cl u si v e L i br ar i es ? Ri gh t t o com pu ter s, an d n etwor k in g is al so r equ ir ed to
be accessibl e to pr ogr ess fu r th er. Fin al l y,th e
k n ow l ed ge an d sel f -l ear n i n g social attitu de in th e l ibr ar y ser vices offer ed
-Sh an k ar Su bbi ah br idges th e l ast m il e con n ectivity to th e
Libr ar ies ar e th e m ost in cl u sive setu p.
im por tan t poin t of access or gateway for W h en a per son is en abl ed, h is fam il y is. W h en
k n owl edge acqu isition , r esear ch , a fam il y is en abl ed, th e com m u n ity is, W h en a
sel f-devel opm en t an d oppor tu n ities for com m u n ity is en abl ed, th e cou n tr y is
stu den t com m u n ity. Th ou gh In ter n et ser ves em power ed goes th e fam ou s Tam il sayin g. Th e
th e r equ ir em en t, Libr ar ies pr ovide a gu ided r esou r ce pool s, Libr ar ies especial l y th ose
tou r towar ds k n owl edge in an or gan ized way, accessibl e to pu bl ic, in edu cation al in stitu tion s
qu ick to k n ow, en abl ed by th e ser vices of an d or gan ization s sh al l n ot al on e ser ve th e
exper ien ced an d tr ain ed l ibr ar ian s savin g tim e r igh t to k n owl edge acqu isition of th e
an d effor ts especial l y with n o distr action s or in dividu al , in tu r n pr ovides equ al oppor tu n ities
diver sification ch an ces fr om th e focal poin t. , in en abl in g, con tr ibu tin g to th e gr owth of ou r
Today,gath er in g in for m ation an d n ation
k n owl edge acqu isition h as becom e a . In cl u sive l ibr ar ies cr eate a l ar ger im pact
ph en om en on in stu dies, em pl oym en t, l eisu r e, on th e edu cation pr ocess of ch il dr en with
wh y n ot in al l wal k s of l ife fr om ch il dh ood. disabil ities towar ds ach ievin g th eir goal s in l ife
Per son s with disabil ities h ave special an d l ife l eadin g exper ien ces.
r equ ir em en ts in th is pr ocess. Who does i nclusi on benefi t ?
Access to l ibr ar ies pr ovide th e fir st Accessibl e an d in cl u sive l ibr ar ies n ot on l y
step bu t th at is n ot to be con ten ded with . addr ess th e in for m ation an d k n owl edge
Pr ovidin g a r am p, wh eel ch air facil ity for r equ ir em en ts of per son s with pr in t disabil ities
per son s with difficu l ties in m obil ity,or a gu ided (l ow vision , total bl in dn ess, deaf bl in d
path way for th ose with visu al im pair m en t, easy con dition , r eadin g difficu l ties, sever e m otor
to r em em ber ,accessibl e r esou r ce or gan ization difficu l ties), bu t al so addr ess th e n eeds of th ose
for ch il dr en an d oth er s with in tel l ectu al an d with com m u n ication , in tel l ectu al an d
l ear n in g difficu l ties, can be th e n ext step devel opm en tal disabil ities. An oth er
towar ds m ak in g l ibr ar ies in cl u sive. con sider abl e gr ou p of au dien ce is th e el der l y
Th e vast r esou r ce of k n owl edge in th e per son s, pr egn an t wom en an d th ose with
for m of book s, per iodical s, n ewspaper s, h eal th con dition s.
jou r n al s, r efer en ce stu dy m ater ial s, sel f St eps t owa r ds I nclusi ve Li br a r y
edu cative an d pr epar ator y m ater ial s of th e
k n owl edge war eh ou se, al on g with col l ection s Establ ish in g an in cl u sive l ibr ar y or con ver tin g
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an existin g setu p for in cl u sion is a sim pl e th r ee easy d i f f er en t i at i on by col or , or gan i zat i on of
step appr oach to accessibil ity for al l . book st ack s for per son s with cogn itive an d
Ph ysical Accessibil ity ,In tel l ectu al l ear n in g difficu l ties
Accessibil ity & Social Accessibil ity accessi bl e f u r n i t u r e an d ad ap t i v e t oi l et s for
Ph y si cal Accessi bi l i t y per son s with m obil ity,visu al im pair m en ts,
h eal th con dition s, sh or t statu r e an d el der l y
A l ibr ar y m ay h ave in for m ative per son s
r esou r ces in al l for m ats an d be accessibl e to
th r ou gh m oder n assistive m eth ods bu t an easy secu r i t y an d em er gen cy al ar m s i n
ph ysical access en su r es th eir u sage, con tin u ed accessi bl e m od e l ik e visu al l igh ts, vibr ator for
k n owl edge acqu isition an d pu r pose of settin g per son s with com m u n ication , au dio for visu al
u p. In an in cl u sive l ibr ar y,ph ysical access disabil ities, easy to iden tify al ar m in g displ ays
m ean t, an y per son ir r espective of th eir for peopl e with cogn itive an d l ear n in g
ph ysical , sen sor y or cogn itive abil ities sh al l be difficu l ties
abl e to access an d u se al l section s of th e l ibr ar y f ast er ex i t or a gu i d ed m od e ap p r oach f or
in depen den tl y,safel y an d com for tabl y. em er gen cy ev acu at i on fr om th e bu il din g
W h il e discu ssin g abou t in fr astr u ctu r e
ph ysical access in to a l ibr ar y,th er e ar e var iou s I n f or m at i on Accessi bi l i t y
com pon en ts of th e str u ctu r al in fr astr u ctu r e
Access to r esou r ces l ik e pr in ted book s,
th at n eed to be l ook ed at.
n ewspaper s, m agazin es, per iodical s, jou r n al s,
In cl u siven ess in str u ctu r e sh al l n ot au dio / video book s in th e for m of M P3, M P4
on l y ben efit peopl e with ph ysical im pair m en t, Digital for m at book s or as DAISY or e-for m atted
bu t al so en abl es peopl e with sen sor y text book s in th e l ibr ar y becom es in cl u sive,
ch al l en ges l ik e vision an d cogn itive disabil ities. th en ever yon e can access in for m ation in a way
Th e steps ar e sim pl e an d can be con sider ed ar e th ey cou l d easil y u n der stan d. In cl u din g
an accessi bl e en t r an ce an d easy to appr oach accessibl e r esou r ces, adaptation s in existin g
path way for per son s with m obil ity,visu al r eadin g pr ocess accom pl ish es th e above
im pair m en ts an d el der l y per son s objectives, l ik e.
easy t o n egot i at e p at h w i t h i n l i br ar y M agn i f i cat i on ? for per son s with pr in t
sect i on s with ou t h ittin g again st obstacl es, book disabil ities an d el der l y r equ ir e a m agn ified
r ack s or oth er im m ovabl e r esou r ces for view of r eadin g con ten ts, an d for few a col or
per son s with visu al im pair m en ts con tr ast m ode too.
Tool s l ik e h an d h el d m agn ifier s, CCTV
w r i t t en i n st r u ct i on s or i n f or m at i on , easy t o m agn ifier s, an d m agn ification u til ities in
u n d er st an d si gn age, h el p d esk wh er ever com pu ter s / tabl ets for digital for m ats su ppor t
r equ ir ed for per son s with com m u n ication it.
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Scr een Read er Su p p or t ? Access to digital in depen den t Br ail l e Reader s th at can stor e
for m at in for m ation in th e for m of e-Book s, soft book con ten ts.
copy of book s as Texts, Docu m en ts, PDF an d Tact i l e gr ap h i cs of pr in ted m aps, biol ogical
In ter n et for th e visu al l y ch al l en ged can be r epr esen tation s, oth er scien ce an d
accom pl ish ed by Scr een Readin g softwar e m ath em atical objects of l ear n in g su ppor t easy
in stal l ed in com pu ter s. Th e scr een r eadin g to feel , sen se, an d l ear n th r ou gh expl or ation .
softwar e u ses TTS (Text To Speech ) tech n ol ogy Al t er n at e I n p u t Dev i ces ? Digital for m at
l ik e NVDA, JAW S, Su per n ova con ver ts ever y r esou r ces in in ter n et an d oth er n etwor k
text, m en u , com m an ds visu al in th e com pu ter en vir on m en t r equ ir e access to com pu ter s or
scr een to au dio to h ear an d act. Scr een r eader s m obil e devices. An adaptive k eyboar d, m ou se
for An dr oid an d iOS M obil e devices ar e par t of or con tact / n on -con tact switch con n ected can
Accessibil ity settin gs. Th ey ser ve for En gl ish , ser ve access for per son s with m obil ity
In dian an d oth er l an gu age con ten t in th e im pair m en ts.
wor l d. Al t er n at e For m at Ser v i ces ?Tal k in g Book s in
Scan n i n g an d Read i n g ? W ith am ou n t of au dio for m ats or DAISY (Digital Accessibl e
k n owl edge avail abl e in pr in ted for m at, sm al l er In for m ation System ) / E-Pu b Text ar e best
sized texts, col or ed con ten ts, to con ver t th em com pan ion s for n avigatin g, r epetitive h ear in g
in to digital for m at becom es an addition al task wh en th e k n owl edge r esou r ce is a digital
an d tim e tak in g effor t. A scan n in g an d r eadin g con ten t. On l in e accessibl e l ibr ar ies l ik e
assistive tech n ol ogy scan s th e pr in ted book , Book sh ar e.or g, Su gam ya Pu stak al aya by DAISY
Optical l y Recogn ize th e Ch ar acter s (OCR) an d for u m an d Gover n m en t of In dia ser ve as
con ver t in to au dio for th ose with pr in t vol u m in ou s r epositor ies of su ch con ten t.
disabil ities. Th e scan n in g an d r eadin g Accessi bl e W ebsi t e an d Di gi t al L i br ar y ?
tech n ol ogy is avail abl e as in depen den t r eadin g W ebsite an d OPAC ser ve as th e gateway to th e
tool s as wel l as softwar e in stal l ed in com pu ter s l ibr ar y for on l in e as wel l as distan t com m u n ity
equ ipped with a scan n er. to k n ow abou t its r esou r ce str en gth an d easy
Br ai l l e, L ar ge Pr i n t an d Tact i l e Resou r ces ? n avigation to a par ticu l ar con ten t r equ ir ed.
Br ail l e is a Six Dot ch ar acter sen sor y r eadin g W ebsites of th e l ibr ar y or th e digital l ibr ar y
m eth od for per son s with visu al im pair m en ts. m u st con for m to th e W eb Con ten t
An y text or gr aph ical r epr esen tation of r eadin g Accessibil ity Gu idel in es (W CAG) 2.0 as
m ater ial can be con ver ted in to Br ail l e. An d for ou tl in ed by th e W or l d W ide W eb Con sor tiu m
th ose with l ow vision an d r eadin g difficu l ties, (W 3C).
an d l ar ge pr in t ver sion s can ser ve th e pu r pose If an y in for m ator y r esou r ces ar e in r egion al
of in for m ation access. l an gu ages th en Un icode for m atted con ten t is
Book an d r efer en ce m ater ial s can be pr ovided r equ ir ed for r eadin g assistive tech n ol ogy to
eith er as ph ysical r esou r ces l ik e Br ail l e book s r ecogn ize th e fon t
or in a digital way th r ou gh Ref r esh abl e Br ai l l e
Di sp l ay s con n ected with Com pu ter s or 6
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Soci al Accessi bi l i t y Ser vices act as a br idge Twitter ,Bl ogs) by pu bl ish in g th eir even ts,
between th e r esou r ces an d th e u ser s. An activities an d m ak in g on l in e r esou r ces of
accessibl e ser vice an d com m u n ication setu p Gover n m en t, con du ctin g awar en ess wor k sh ops
en su r es th e goal s of in cl u sive l ibr ar y. am on g th e par en ts, ch il dr en as wel l as adu l ts on
Et i qu et t es t r ai n i n g ? Libr ar ian s pl ay a m ajor disabil ities ir r espective of th e dem ogr aph y,
r ol e as in for m ation ser vice pr ovider s as wel l as oth er Gover n m en t depar tm en ts ar e add on
sou r cin g h an ds in a l ibr ar y. Th e staff an d ser vices to l ook u pon .
l ibr ar ian s h ave to be tr ain ed with adequ ate Conclusi on
k n owl edge on dail y l ife as wel l as r eadin g
access r equ ir em en ts of per son s with Righ t to Edu cation (RTE) act in In dia as wel l as
disabil ities, h eal th con dition s, ch il dr en an d th e cou n tr y sign in g in Un ited Nation s
el der l y per son s. Con ven tion on th e Righ ts for Per son s with
Disabil ities (UNCRPD), ar e m il eston es for
Tr ai n i n g on assi st i v e m et h od s an d t ool s ? edu cation as wel l as l ife oppor tu n ities for
Tr ain in g for l ibr ar ian s an d ser vice staff cr eatin g an in cl u sive society. In cl u sive Pu bl ic
en h an ces th e ser vice an d tim e for easy access Libr ar ies an d th ose in edu cation al in stitu tion s,
to r esou r ces in an in cl u sive setu p Sp eci al or gan ization s can m ak e th ese m il eston es
ser v i ces - Special ser vices l ik e ar r an gin g ach ieved in r eal ity. Let th e in cl u sive l ibr ar ies
wor k sh ops, pr ogr am m es on l atest tech n ol ogy m ak e al l th ose vast k n owl edge r esou r ces
devel opm en ts, job al er ts, stu dy gu idan ce avail abl e ph ysical as wel l as digital to ach ieve
sem in ar s, r eadin g session s can be or gan ized ever yon e?s dr eam edu cation , en h an ced r eadin g
with th e h el p of social or gan ization s, fil m s an d an d l ear n in g exper ien ce.
stor ytel l in g activities ser ve to u til ize th e
r esou r ces avail abl e in Libr ar y an d en cou r age
m or e visits. Sh an k ar Su bbi ah ,
Gu i d ed r esou r ce v i si bi l i t y - Gu ided tou r s or DIRECTOR, AGATE
r esou r ce visibil ity th r ou gh n otice boar ds, INFOTEK is a m u ch
sign age displ ays, an d k n owl edge session s on
sou gh t after Assistive
th e l ibr ar y at th e tim e of th eir m em ber sh ip as
Tech n ol ogy Con su l tan t
wel l as u pdates on n ew r esou r ces, ser vices
su ppor t th e pr ocess. In for m ation book l ets in
accessibl e for m ats l ik e Br ail l e, Tactil e, an d
Au dio for r esou r ces, r u l es an d pr ocedu r es
fol l owed by th e l ibr ar y assist per son s with pr in t
disabil ities.
Goi n g an ex t r a m i l e ? Existin g h u m an
r esou r ce bl en ded with th e m oder n m ar k etin g
tech n iqu es l ik e Social m edia (Facebook ,
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Tr en d i n g n ow
Read it air m agn ifier is a poar tabl e u n it wh er e you sim pl y pl ace you r
docu m en t u n der th e cam er a, pr ess En ter on you r k eyboar d an d a few
secon ds l ater ,you r docu m en t is bein g r ead al ou d to you , in you r ch osen
text size, col ou r an d for m attin g.
Transforms your television into a visual aid! Place the ezRead? directly on
top of your reading material to display the magnified image in full color on
your television screen!
Tar Heel Reader is a wonderful free source of books for emergent and beginning readers. It
is now possible to convert a Tar Heel Reader book into a Pictello story and read it on your
iPad, iPhone or iPod touch!
http://www.assistiveware.com/tar-heel-reader-pictello-converter
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Sn ippet s
Book sh ar e is th e Su gam y a Pu st ak al ay a , In dia 's fir st an d Th e I n cl u si v e
wor l d?s l ar gest accessibl e l ar gest col l ection of accessibl e book s. It is Pu bl i sh i n g pr om otes
on l in e l ibr ar y for peopl e a col l abor ative effor t of sever al pu bl ish in g pr ocesses
with pr in t disabil ities. or gan ization s to en d th e book fam in e th r ou gh wh ich pu bl ish er s
Book Sh ar e In dia is faced by peopl e with pr in t disabil ities. del iver "bor n accessibl e"
wor k in g to en abl e access User s can access a col l ection of over 2, pu bl ication s th at ar e fu l l y
to r eadin g m ater ial s of al l 30,000 book s. accessibl e to al l r eader s,
k in ds to pr in t disabl ed It is a facil itatin g pl atfor m for pr odu cer s in cl u din g peopl e with
in dividu al s,. of accessibl e book s to peopl e with pr in t pr in t disabil ities.
disabil ities.