SensusAccess
A new approach to support students and faculty who need alternate formats 
Lars Ballieu Christensen 
Advisor, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Tanja Stevns 
Director, Special Education Teacher

SensusAccess
•	Self-service alternate media solution
•	SensusAccess 
–	Produces MP3 audio files
–	Produces structured audio books
–	Produces e-books
–	Produces digital Braille books
–	Converts inaccessible and tricky documents into more accessible formats
•	Supports multitude of languages
Why SensusAccess?
Independence and  self-sufficiency
Inclusion in education and vocation
•	Availability
•	Privacy
•	Multiple formats
•	Cost and platforms
•	Accessibility support in online education
Long-term, inclusive, open

SensusAccess Users
•	Users with special needs
–	Blind, partially sighted, reading impaired, learning disorders, …
•	At-risk students
•	Mainstream students, faculty 
–	Poor language skills, different learning styles, foreign language skills, …
•	Others 
–	Alternate media professionals, faculty, professionals, administrators
What’s inside
SensusAccess position

SensusAccess Dashboard

Also an email service …
Audio
american@ britspeech@ deutsch@ parlefrancais@  daisy@ daisymath@
Braille
banagrade1@ banagrade2@ sixdot@ kurzschrift@
E-books
epub@ epub3@ mobi@ 
Conversion
convert@sensusaccess.com

Available on most platforms
Efficient for integration  
SensusLibrary
•	Digital library for alternate media
•	Public and protected material
•	Operated in accordance with national copyright legislation
•	Integrated with library meta databases through Z39.50
•	Tightly integrated with SensusAccess
•	Try at www.sensuslibrary.com
•	In-house repository?
•	Shared repository?
SensusAccess on your own site
•	Hosted solution
•	Flat annual subscription fee

•	Prices based on standard conditions
•	Additional services
–	workshops, scanning and editing, digital library
Usage Statistics
What we will provide
•	Customised web form
•	Dashboard
•	Resources
–	Instructional videos
–	Guidelines and best practices
–	Dissemination material
•	Training
•	Access to SensusAccess community
•	Back-end support
What you will need to do
•	Complete setup questionnaire
•	Review and sign service agreement
•	Allocate a page on web site
•	Setup service:
–	Embed form on web page(s)
–	Add disclaimer and resources
–	Add support contact details 
•	Schedule training
•	Launch and promote service
Training Courses and Workshops
•	SensusAccess overview (complementary)
•	SensusAccess intro workshop
•	SensusAccess for material producers
•	Creating accessible documents
•	Creating e-books with SensusAccess
•	Creating structured audio books with SensusAccess
•	Creating Braille with SensusAccess
•	Creating math material with SensusAccess
Reference info
•	www.sensusaccess.com
•	www.sensuslibrary.com
•	Readium (free)
–	E-book reader for Windows, Mac
–	Supports media overlay
•	Menestrello (free)
–	E-book reader for iOS/Android
–	Support media overlay
•	VI Reader (free)
–	E-book reader for low vision, dyslexia
–	iOS, Android
Questions; comments
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Contact information
Lars Ballieu Christensen
•	Mail: lars@sensus.dk
•	Phone: +45 40 32 68 23

Tanja Stevns
•	Mail: tanja@sensus.dk
•	Phone: +45 23 24 06 72

www.sensusaccess.com