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Alternate Media Program (AMP)

The Service

The Disability Programs and Resource Center (DPRC) coordinates access to instructional materials in alternate media for eligible students, staff, and faculty with disabilities. Documentation verifying an individual’s eligibility must be on file with the DPRC. The objective of the Alternate Media Program is to provide electronic files in a format that is compatible with commonly used Braille translation and screen-reading software used by individuals with disabilities. The staff in the DPRC is working with publishers and other schools in securing requested material in these formats. Items not available in the necessary format may be converted by the DPRC or by a contracted outside agency.

The Alternate Media Program exists in part due to the passage of Assembly Bill 422 (Statutes of 1999, Chapter 379), Section 67302 of the California State Education Code, which states:

"This bill would require every individual, firm, partnership or corporation publishing or manufacturing printed instructional materials, as defined, for students attending the University of California, the California State University, or a California Community College to provide to the university, college, or particular campus of the university or college, for use by students at no additional cost and in a timely manner, any printed instructional material in unencrypted electronic form upon the receipt of a written request, provided that the university or college complies with certain conditions."

A comprehensive copy of AB422 is available online.

Procedures For Requesting Alternate Media

An individual with a disability requesting alternate media for the first time must meet with a DPRC staff member to determine eligibility for the service. Once found to be eligible, the individual must read, agree to and sign the Alternate Media Program Service Agreement. This step is in compliance with AB 422.

An “Alternate Media Program Request Form must be completed on-line for each item requested.

For further information about the Alternate Media Program, please call 415-405-2180 or send an email message to altmedia@sfsu.edu.

Alternate Media Program Service Agreement (please choose format):

• HTML Format

• Microsoft Word Format

• Adobe Acrobat Format
  (If you need to download Adobe Acrobat, please download it from the Adobe Acrobat Reader Page.)

Alternate Media Request Form

Users can research existing instructional materials available in alternate formats by accessing DPRC's Alternate Media Resource List.

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Disability Programs and Resource Center
Student Services Building 110
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132-4046
Phone: 415/338-2472 (voice/TTY); Fax: 415/338-1041

Last Modified March 15, 2006, by the dprc@sfsu.edu