OT: Information on Toronto Public Library accessibility

[E.J. Zufelt]

Good afternoon Vicki,

The two workstations that I am speaking of are setup to allow  
individuals with print impairments to digitize printed materials.  To  
the best of my knowledge the workstations consist of a computer, a  
scanner and the Kurzweil 1000 application.  One of these workstations  
is located in a North York branch, the other is at the Reference  
library at Yonge and Bloor.

HTH,
Everett

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On 26-Jan-10, at 11:30 AM, Victoria Moulder wrote:

> Hi Everett,
>
> Your article is not off topic, its very timely, we are currently  
> looking into the physical design of a kiosk that prints. Do you know  
> what 2 libraries in TO have these printers as it would be  
> interesting to find out more about their operation and maintenance  
> costs?
>
> Thanks, Vicki
>
>
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> From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett at zufelt.ca>
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> Sent: Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 04:29:33 GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: OT: Information on Toronto Public Library accessibility
>
>
> Good morning,
>
>
> Understandably this message is a little off topic for this list.  
> However, I thought that the information would be of some interest to  
> those of you working on different Fluid projects.
>
>
> I found out yesterday that the Toronto Public Library has two  
> workstations across its 99 branches that print impaired patrons can  
> use to digitize their own materials, one of which was recently  
> repaired after being out of service for several months.
>
>
> I have also found out that one of the titles I would like access to  
> has 136 print copies and no alternative format copies in the  
> library's collection.
>
>
> Finally, the board of the toronto public library discussed  
> accessibility (or at least received reports on accessibility) on  
> January 18, 2010. The web site and documents are poorly accessible,  
> but can be accessed with some effort by a screen-reader user.
>
>
> http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/abo_boa_10jan18.jsp
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
> Everett
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