This document outlines the workflow for producing textbooks and other materials in alternate formats for students with special needs. It shows publishers providing print versions of textbooks to the American Printing House, which validates the files and uploads them to a national repository. The files are then converted by conversion entities into formats like Braille, digital talking books, and large print for special needs students.

1. Sample NIMAS Workflow
validation
Textbook
Order
APH
Publisher National
XML
Repository
Print validation
Version
Conversion
Entity
Alternate Formats:
Braille, Digital Talking Book,
Large Print, etc.
Presented by the American Foundation for the Blind and CAST NIMAS Centers
Boston, Massachusetts March 10, 2005

2. The Chafee Amendment
Conversion
Publisher Entity
Special Needs Students
Presented by the American Foundation for the Blind and CAST NIMAS Centers
Boston, Massachusetts March 10, 2005