Request to Reformat Textbooks and Documents
Efective as on June 1, 2015
To request documents in an alternative format please visit CASS in person at UTEP Union East, Rm. 106. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, please call (915) 747-5148 or email cass@utep.edu.- E-Book Research: By appointment only. Many required textbooks are available electronically, but not from a single source. Assistance is provided to locate electronic books and determine if student accounts are available. Please note: Most UTEP textbooks are now available electronically through the University Bookstore’s BryteWave website, http://www.brytewave.com. All students can order directly from this source. See page 2 for additional resources.
- Textbook Conversion: Please allow up to four weeks to reformat an entire textbook, which cannot be located in electronic format.
- Document Enlargements: Please allow up to seven business days to enlarge and convert short documents and standard size fonts into 18 point font or larger.
- Text to Audio Conversion: Please allow up to seven business days to convert an article, document, or similar short text into audio format.
- Technical Assistance during Exams: Pre-arranged during exam appointment, or as needed during exam in CASS testing center.
- Brytewave (University Bookstore) http://www.brytewave.com.
- Amazon Audio Books http://www.amazon.com/Audiobooks-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=368395011.
- CourseSmart coursesmart.com.
- LearnOutLoud learnoutloud.com.
- Manybooks http://manybooks.net.
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) loc.gov/nls.
- Podiobooks Podiobooks.com
- Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org.
- Read How You Want readhowyouwant.com.
- The Audio Bookstore https://audiobookstore.com.
- Requesting your alternative text well in advance makes it more likely that you will receive your materials prior to the start of the semester.
- You must provide documents that you wish to be converted at the same time you submit your request. Due to copyright laws, we must either have the textbook or receipt, as proof of ownership in order to continue.
- When a shorter turn-around time is needed to complete a required course assignment, you may opt to obtain sections or chapters of your textbook as needed on a "rolling basis", rather than waiting for the whole textbook to be converted.
This document is effective as of June