Alternate Media Made Easy
SensusAccess is a self-service solution that automates the conversion of documents into a range of alternate formats including digital Braille, MP3 audio files, DAISY structured audio books and e-books. The service can also be used to convert otherwise inaccessible documents such as image-only PDF files, scanned documents, pictures of text and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into more accessible formats.
Who Can Use SensusAccess?
The SensusAccess web form is intended for user-requested document conversions from students, staff, faculty and alumni.
Copyright
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The person using this service is liable for any infringement.
Conversion Tool
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Usage and Best Practice
This service is hosted by an external vendor, SensusAccess. Any information submitted will be processed by SensusAccess.
This service is provided only for personal, non-commercial instructional and educational use and any other use is prohibited. Further distribution of the files received from SensusAccess is prohibited.
Incoming documents submitted to the SensusAccess service are deleted from Sensus’ servers immediately after the documents have been processed. Information about the documents (types, sizes) is stored for internal statistical, administrative, debugging and support purposes only.
Outgoing documents that are delivered to the end user through a web link are stored on Sensus’ web servers for a period of 7 days using a secure, unique link, after which it is deleted. Other outgoing documents are not stored by Sensus. Information about the documents (types, sizes) is stored for internal statistical, administrative, debugging and support purposes only.
Email addresses of users submitting information to the SensusAccess service are stored for internal statistical, administrative, debugging and support purposes only. All links between submitted documents and email address are deleted once the documents have been processed. Users can request to have their email addresses removed from Sensus’ systems by writing to contact@robobraille.org(link sends e-mail). All removals are subsequently confirmed by Sensus by email.
No information collected by Sensus as part of the services is shared with third parties.
Neither the University nor SensusAccess will be held responsible for any information submitted that is disclosed and/or subsequently misused. The end user will be solely responsible for, and will indemnify the University from and against, all claims and legal and financial consequences if sensitive or confidential information is sent either intentionally or unintentionally to SensusAccess for processing. SensusAccess endeavors to provide accurate conversion results but neither the University nor SensusAccess can guarantee such results.
Please be aware that use of SensusAccess for processing copyrighted materials other than for the purposes described above may constitute copyright infringement. The end user is solely responsible for, and will indemnify the University from and against, any claims in connection with end user's misuse of this service.