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Definitions:

Accessible Media

Accessibility

Navigability

Portability

Digital Talking Books

Assistive Technology

Resource Links:

http://www.albritton.us/

Leading Consultant in Web Accessibility.

http://www.aph.org/

The American Printing House for the blind – one of the organizations working with the US Department of Education leading the development of NIMAC.

http://www.daisy.org/

The DAISY Consortium defining the standards for digital talking books.

http://www.idpf.org/

Link to the International Digital Publishing Forum whose mission is to, in part, “build and maintain industry standards that benefit members and consumers.”

http://www.irti.net/

Leading Supplier of Accessible Media Software – Digital Talking Book software – as well as high tech innovations for the blind, visually impaired, individuals with dyslexia and learning disabilities.

http://www.irti.net/news_events/news_events.html

Also at this site is the IRTI newsletter. Just use this link for direct access.

http://www.irti.net/AMPS/library/library.html

The on-Line DTB-DNA library from IRTI.

http://www.irti.net/related_links/tib.html

Sign-Up for the IRTI Technical Innovations Bulletin.

http://nimac.us/

This link is to the NIMAC web site – the National Instructional Material Access Center created by the new Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) at the end of 2004.

http://nimas.cast.org/index.html

This link is to the “NIMAS at Cast” web site, your source for information about the NIMAS technical standard for the production and electronic distribution of digital versions of instructional materials.

http://www.cast.org/index.html

This is the link to CAST – the Center for Applied Special Technology – a partner with APH in the formation of NIMAC.

http://www.niso.org/standards/index.html

This link to the National Information Standards Organization is directly to the page where the NISO 2005 standard for the digital talking book is located. Complete information on this standard can be obtained here.

Links for understanding Legal Requirements:

http://www.ada.gov/pubs/ada.htm

This is the link to the full Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/copyright.html

This link is to a National Library Service factsheet web page describing and citing the Chaffee Amendment.

http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/rehab.html

Here is a link to sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended.

http://www.eeoc.gov/types/ada.html

This link provides a good, quick summary of what the ADA and Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act do.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ446.108

This link is directly to the text of the Act to re-authorize and amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004.

http://idea.ed.gov/

This is the link directly to the new Department of Education web site for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, known simply as IDEA 2004.

http://www.section508.gov/

This is a key governmental web site laying out the requirements for governmental agencies to provide fully accessible media for all their employees. This section focuses on the accessibility of computer applications and most specifically on web site accessibility.