Disability Resource Center (DRC)

Electronic Documents | Braille Documents

Academic accommodations must be arranged through the Disability Resource Center. Accommodations for Purdue employees with disabilities must be arranged through Human Resources.

Notice: Adaptive materials are copyright protected and intended solely for instructional use by authorized student(s) in courses at Purdue University. Adaptive materials are not intended for sale, distribution or other non-instructional uses. Unauthorized use or distribution is prohibited. Questions about use of adaptive materials or this notice should be directed to the Disability Resource Center (Phone: 765-494-1247).

Electronic Documents

Turnaround time: Five (5) to Fourteen (14) business days, depending on the number of books in the queue.

Students must provide a print copy of the material to be scanned. Print copies can be submitted to the Disability Resource Center in Young Hall, Room 853.

Textbooks must be new copies to ensure the best quality scans. The Disability Resource Center cannot accept used textbooks for scanning. If the material is a photocopy (course packets, journal articles, out of print books, etc.) the quality of the scan will vary with the quality of the photocopies.

Binding materials (book spines, staples, glue, etc.) will be removed to allow the use of a high-speed scanner.

Scanned images will be OCR'd into text and saved as .kes files, a format appropriate for use with the Kurzweil Reading System.

The original print pages and a CD containing the accessible electronic files will be returned to the student. Students may collect completed materials from the Disability Resource Center in Young Hall, Room 853.

Braille Documents

Turnaround time: Varies with length and complexity of the material. Minimum turnaround time is 72 hours.

Textbooks, lab manuals, workbooks, solutions manuals, and other long documents are typically transcribed and provided to the student on a week-by-week basis as the semester progresses. Disability Resource Center staff members monitor the course syllabus and the workload to ensure that materials are completed and delivered in time for classroom use.

Due to the substantial planning required for transcription, the Disability Resource Center obtains print copies of materials to be brailled.

Smaller items (handouts, overheads, readings, etc.) will be transcribed throughout the semester as they are made available.

Completed braille materials will be delivered to a centrally located collection point for student pickup. This is currently in the Assistive Technology Center (ATC), Room 111, Stewart Center. Materials cannot be delivered to residence halls or classrooms.