V. Printed, Large Print Documents

The most efficient accommodation is to use a quality CCDTV to enlarge the text. However, there are situations when a CCDTV is not the proper accommodation. In those rare cases where a CCDTV is contraindicated, the items discussed below will provide a medium for accommodation.

Printed Large Print documents are difficult to create. If the document is just text, the process is similar to regular text, but there is the added objective that the document must be printed in a recognizable form. There are many forms of text which are not recognizable when converted to large print on a regular 8.5 X 11.00 paper. Tables, pictures, graphs, and some equations are examples of text forms which do not translate their meaning when they are printed in an enlarged form. Textual units are often split on different lines and lose their contextual meaning.

It is possible to edit equations so that they are understandable when they are enlarged. It is also possible to use a product like VisAbility by Ai Squared, (803) 362-3612, to enlarge a graphic then segment the enlarged image on different sheets of paper and print each section. The segments must then be assembled on a table or large surface to be viewed.

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