ELLAHow to convert a textbook chapter
A chapter is longer than a worksheet and holds more kinds of content: headings, boxes, tables, figures and exercises. Plan before you start.
First, check copyright
Only convert a work you are allowed to copy. The app asks what lets you make the copy. See copyright and what you can upload. ELLA does not remove copy protection. If the file is protected, ask the publisher or your school for an accessible file.
Convert a chapter
- Get the chapter as a file. A publisher's PDF or Word file is better than a scan. If you have only paper, scan it. See scanned PDFs.
- Cut it to one chapter or one section. A smaller file is faster and easier to check.
- Upload it and say what you want: "Braille grade 2 with UEB technical for the maths, as a BRF file".
- Say how to treat figures: "Describe each figure" or "Leave out decorative images".
- Send the request and wait. A chapter takes longer than a page.
- Download the files and check them against the original.
Check
- Open the contents or headings. The structure should follow the book.
- Look at the first and last page, to make sure nothing was cut.
- Check the equations and tables ELLA flagged, then a sample of three or four more in detail. That is enough to judge whether the conversion as a whole worked. If the maths will be embossed or used for assessment, check every equation, as the braille maths guide says.
- Read the figure descriptions against the figures.
- Listen to or read a section where the notation is dense.
If a file is too big
Split the chapter. See file too big.
Related
Maths: maths-heavy documents. Figures: documents with diagrams.
Still stuck?
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