Alaska Center for Accessible Materials (AKCAM)

What can AKCAM do for you/your students?

We can convert instructional materials to accessible formats, such as

• Braille

• large print

• digital text and audio

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We can also help determine what format is needed based on:

• how the student will access information contained in printed materials

• what format will allow the student to

  • work as independently as possible

  • develop literacy skills

  • and help them make progress in the general education curriculum and their IEP goals

How does it work?

1. Contact Tyler Arsen with the name of the item that's needed

2. Describe what the product needs to be converted to (or Tyler can help you make that determination)

3. We take care of the rest!

4. We will contact you when materials are ready for mail or pick-up

Contact the Coordinator, Tyler Arsen for more information:

907-334-1320 or tarsen@sesa.org

Free Tools to help you get started:

This tool consists of a series of guiding questions to assist teams with decision-making about need, selection, acquisition, and use of accessible printed materials. Learning supports for completing each decision-making step are available throughout. 

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This tool is a simulation that combines grade-leveled digital text with access features common to most text readers and other supported reading software. Magnification, custom text and background colors, text-to-speech (synthetic and human), text highlighting, and layout options are presented in a logical sequence to help struggling readers.