The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 24, 1998, Image 6

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Texas Text
Continued from Page 1
At the present time, TTE in
cludes approximately 450 students
and has registered 250 books to
their online database.
Before the program was devel
oped, students with various dis
abilities had to rely on cassette-tape
versions of necessary textbooks.
The process of recording and dis
tributing these tapes required long
hours of preparation and were of
ten of poor quality.
“I had the idea of transferring
these textbooks online. E-texts had
been used before for the visually
impaired, but it wasn’t traditional,”
Sweeney said.
At the beginning of the program,
Sweeney scanned one page at a time.
Although it started out time con
suming, the method quickly turned
into an effective combination.
Once the texts started to go on
line, Sweeney began speaking with
other universities around Texas
about similar programs.
“I started talking to these other
universities and found out that
they were attempting similar ideas,
and that we were duplicating a lot
of the same books,” Sweeney said.
“We were wasting a lot of effort
working separately.”
With the help of Toby Boenig,
project coordinator for TTE,
Sweeney sent outlines of the pro
gram and invitations to colleges
and universities around Texas.
“We sent out 100 invitations, and
we got an enormous response,”
Sweeney said. “We already have 25
schools online with us. Southwest
Texas State [University] was the first
to respond to our invitation.”
Legal issues are a concern for
Sweeney and Boenig.
“We are working off of a 1996
Copyright Amendment and Section
121 of the Copyright Code,”
Sweeney said. "A&M is the first
university to create and organize a
program like this specifically for
students with disabilities. I think
other universities are hesitant
about this type of program because
of the possible legal ramifications.”
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Interactive
Continued from Page 1
Andrea Pool, communication
specialist in the College of Rural
Public Health, said the college
has placed health educators in
various rural parts of the state
and uses TTVN as a learning tool.
“The rural areas do not al
ways have as much access to the
latest health care information, so
we help them with the telev
ideo,” Pool said.
Pool said another effort being
made by the college is l
Education Rural Outreach-
program, a mobile
gram that visits rural area; I
The HERO van con«|
ous medical supplies, i
x-ray equipment.
When dental x-rays ar:|
in the field, they can I
mitted digitally to the Bad
\ege of Dentistry so the d
can view and analyzete
Street said health ch:
sometimes hesitant
emerging medical techna
IBattalion
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The B;
School
Continued from Page I
David Jones, chair of medical
school admissions at the Univer
sity of Texas Medical School at
San Antonio, said A&M students
are accepted into the school at a
high rate.
“Applicants who are successful in
getting into the University!
Medical School at San Am
academically prepared, as
demonstrating those perse
ities that predict success a;
ticing physician," Jonessai;
“Those accepted are
motivated, ethical, resj
and well informed. A&M
highest number of student
first-year medical class.
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Nicky Thrash
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