PDF: Fully Accessible (Portable Document Format: Fully Accessible)
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These PDF:FullyAccessible files are PDF:Accessible files that have been altered for additional accessibility. A PDF:FullyAccessible format does not look exactly like the printed book as it includes only content-related graphics, providing a cleaner, less distracting format.
Accessibility Features PDF:FullyAccessible
- Compatible with text-to-speech programs.
- Graphics and images that are provided are programmed with alternate text descriptions.
- Alternate text can be read aloud using text-to-speech programs.
- Font style matches the original text (i.e. bold, italics, underline).
- Page numbers correspond to the page numbers of the printed text.
- Footnotes are positioned within text to provide greater understanding of content.
Compatible programs that work with most Accessible PDF file formats
- Adobe Reader
- Text-to-speech programs such as: Kurzweil 1000 and 3000, Read&Write, KAMI
- Literacy software such as: WYNN
Teaching Strategies for use with all AIM-VA Accessible PDF formats
- While reading, use the Tools in Adobe Reader to Add a Comment, Insert Text, Highlight or Underline important information. Students can use the document to go back and study.
- If students aren’t going to have the internet available, they can use the PDF file in Offline mode: Kurzweil Education
- Students can type on the PDF file using text boxes to create sticky notes or text notes: Kurzweil Education
- Create a study guide: Kurzweil Education