SensusAccess
SensusAccess is an online document conversion service available to Lewis & Clark employees and students which converts documents into alternate and more accessible formats such as braille, audio, or e-books. SensusAccess is meant to complement, not replace, services used to make materials fully accessible available through the Office of Student Accessibility.
About SensusAccess
SensusAccess is an online document conversion application that allows users to automatically convert documents into various alternate and accessible formats on demand. You may be prompted to login with your LC credentials to access this service.
It’s available to everyone with a Lewis & Clark account.
- It’s easy. Quickly convert existing course materials into flexible formats to meet your universal design course design goals.
- It’s private. You submit the files and get the email when the transformation is complete.
- It’s always there. Self-service conversion is fast and available on your schedule, even on weekends!
- Access this service.
SensusAccess supports conversion of most text or image based formats like .DOCX, .TXT, .PPT, .HTML, .PDF, and .JPG to numerous formats such as e-books (EPUB, EPUB3 and Mobi), digital large-print, audio books (mp3 and DAISY), digital Braille, and BeeLine Reader.
SensusAccess can also take formats like LaTeX, JPEG, image-only PDF, and PowerPoint presentations and convert them into less complex and more accessible formats, like .TXT, .DOCX, and searchable .PDFs.
- Students may use SensusAccess to convert documents to a preferred file format. For example, if you prefer an audiobook to reading, SensusAccess can convert content. If you would rather read from an ebook rather than a pdf, SensusAccess is the way to go
- Faculty have a new tool that can improve the accessibility of course materials for everyone. For example, SensusAccess can convert documents, like image-only pdfs, to searchable pdfs, making them more accessible for everyone.
[ https://www.sensusaccess.com/sensusaccess-e-learning/]
SensusAccess provides online training modules to provide guidance on various file types and their usage and explains how to use SensusAccess to convert files to these file types. The SensusAccess e-learning course is composed of the following nine modules:
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Module 1: Introduction to the e-learning course
- Quick introduction to the course and its objectives.
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Module 2: Introduction to SensusAccess
- Provides an overview and intended use of SensusAccess
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Module 3: Producing simple MP3 files
- Explains some of the pros and cons of the MP3 file format and how to convert a file to MP3 using SensusAccess
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Module 4: Converting inaccessible or tricky documents
- Demonstrates how to convert inaccessible and tricky documents to accessible formats and what those formats are as well as some of the limitations of SensusAccess
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Module 5: Producing simple e-books
- Explains what reflowable e-books are, how to convert documents to e-books and then finally how to read the e-books you’ve created.
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Module 6: Designing and creating accessible documents
- Explains what the fundamentals of digital accessibility are and why digital accessibility is so important
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Module 7: Producing advanced e-books
- Explains what advanced e-books are, how to convert documents to them, and then how to read them.
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Module 8: Producing DAISY books
- Explains how to convert documents to DAISY format and how to read DAISY books.
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Module 9: Producing Braille
- Explains the basics of braille, how to convert documents to braille, and finally how to view the braille document you’ve created
Information Technology is located in Watzek Library on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 97
email ITservice@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7225
fax 503-768-7228
Chief Information Officer Adam Buchwald
Information Technology
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219