Digitisation of study materials
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One of the basic forms of support for students with visual impairment is the digitisation
materials. A major advantage of a digitised text (university textbook, book, article, etc.
be transformed into audio form using a computer with the relevant software.
The texts are digitised mainly into DOCX or PDF format as agreed individually.
There are three sites at CU that provide this service. The main one is the Digitisation Ce
of the Carolina Centre (Centrum Carolina), which also provides a number of other services
with visual impairment. Digitisation is carried out also at the libraries of the Faculty o
Protestant Theological Faculty (not currently due to the reconstruction). See further for
about these centres.
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* Availability of earlier digitised literature
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The books that were digitised at CU in the past, and can thus be provided in electronic fo
available:
• with the help of the DALETH [ URL "https://www.teiresias.muni.cz/daleth/"] browser
• in the DSpace [ URL "https://dspace.cuni.cz/handle/20.500.11956/172325?locale-attribute=
• with the help of the UKAŽ [ URL "https://cuni.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?
vid=420CKIS_INST:UKAZ&lang=en"] browser
Digitised literature will be provided only to persons registered at the relevant library (
of Education, Protestant Theological Faculty) or centre (Centrum Carolina). The student mu
registered on the list of students with specific needs.
At the Faculty of Education, the student will download the book from the library web using
by registration. In the case of the Protestant Theological Faculty or Centrum Carolina the
send in a request for the book by e-mail or phone call and the document will be sent to th
data storage system, or saved directly to an e-reading device or USB flash drive.
Study materials in electronic form can be acquired also from other sources [ URL "CCENG-31
(university or non-university).
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* Request for digitisation
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For digitisation requests, contact each digitisation center.
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* Digitisation centres at CU
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1. Digitisation centre at Centrum Carolina
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- this centre digitises books for all the faculties except the Faculty of Education and th
faculties (Catholic Theological Faculty, Protestant Theological Faculty and Hussite Theolo
- other services:
• braille printing
• black proof copying, binding of printed materials
• advice on how to use the Study Information System (SIS) and search in the Central Catalo
databases
• training courses on how to use computer technology
• typhlographic printing with a fuser – tactile thermoprinting
• reading room operations – possibility of using special software (JAWS, Zoomtext)
• information and counselling services for CU students and staff
PhDr. Lenka Dobešová, Ph.D.
lenka.dobesova@ruk.cuni.cz [ URL "lenka.
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2. CU Protestant Theological Faculty
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- digitisation of materials for students at the Protestant Theological Faculty, Catholic T
Faculty and Hussite Theological Faculty
- other services:
• a Tieman Twinkle Bright magnifier is available in the library for magnifying printed mat
Mondays and Fridays also by appointment at other than opening hours)
• printing of materials
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3. Central Library of the CU Faculty of Education
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- digitisation of materials for Faculty of Education students
- other services:
• reading room – computer equipped with synthesised audio output and screen magnification
is also a magnifier camera to magnify printed materials.
• printing of materials