Who will create accessible “student-ready” versions of textbooks from NIMAS-conformant files?
Under contract with coordinating agencies, accessible, student-ready versions of textbooks will be created from NIMAS-conformant files by— • National third-party authorized entities such as Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, American Printing House for the Blind, Bookshare.org, and Talking Tapes, etc.; • Regional or state conversion organizations such as Texas Region IV ESC Braille Services, the California Department of Education Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Technology (CSMT), the Kentucky Accessible Materials Consortium, and other state instructional materials resource centers, etc.; • Software developers and file conversion services; • Curriculum publishers; K–12 curriculum publishers may produce accessible alternate-format versions for direct sale to SEAs and LEAs. (This workflow is referred to as the “market model”); and • Accessible media producers such as braille transcribers.
