Notes
Outline
Scan, Read, Achieve!!
      Indiana University’s
  Alternative Text Support
                 Model
Scanning….how? why?
The old way
  Who is served?
Students referred from Disabled Student Services and from other academic support units
Faculty, staff and community members
Perils of Success
Approximately 450 books processed per semester……
  Perils ….technology
     Need second scanner
     Need more powerful
           workstations
     Need more powerful server
Perils…administrative
More staff…part-time hourly
Dirty Scanning?
Head to head with flatbed and highspeed scanners
Delivery of Materials…
Multiple file formats
    .KES
    .rtf
    .txt
    .html
    .MP3
    .wav
Audio Files…
The Good…
          Future Delivery
Possible Web-based delivery
  Storage Issues
Short term
Long term
Security
    Short Term Storage
Local hard drives with redundancy is….
-Easy, immediate access
-Untidy administration
Storage Specifications
Expect to need one terabyte
Storage Specifications…
(cont.)
Need file system interface so files can always be looked up easily
 Quantity Data Storage
Raid Array
Institutional  mass storage
Jukebox
Institutional Mass Store
No immediate access, direct drive mapping or Windows support; Unix based system
     Jukebox Storage
Uses write once DVDs
Jukebox Storage (cont.)
Optical storage is more reliable
         Raid Array
UltraTrak SX8000 with 8 bays which provides 1280 GB or 1.2 terabytes of storage (IDE)
Badger Book Catalog System
Provide easy way to search for existing books in all archives
           Badger Book
     Catalog System (cont.)
Guided input form for date entry
           Badger Book
     Catalog System (cont.)
Online management of scanning requests including……
         Badger Book
   Catalog System (cont.)
Ability to see all books scanned or given to clients
         Networking
  All scanning stations connected by intranet for ease of file access from a variety of adminstrative and processing stations.
Hardware
Scanner:
Canon 5080C, duplexing, multiple color image formatting, 128 MB   RAM, 60 pages per minute at low resolution, multiple scanning resolutions
Scanning Station:
Dell precision
Dual Pentium IV 2.2 Ghz processor
1 GB RAM MB
160 MB Hard Drive
Text Recognition Station:
Dell Precision
Pentium IV 1.8 Ghz  processor
1 GB PC800 RDRAM
Multiple 160 MB Hard Drives
Scanner Team Stations
Dell Pentium III or IV class systems
Used to initiate scan jobs
CD Production Station:
  Gateway E3400
Pentium III 933 MHz
512 MB 133PC RAM
15.1 GB hard drive
   12x8x32 CDRW
Indications of Success?
Student feedback…
      Is this perfect?
Maintaining high quality in routine, production environment
Questions?
  Adaptive Technology Center
        Indiana University
Margaret Londergan
812-856-4112
londerga@indiana.edu