Ally Alternate Formats

In Canvas, you have the ability to view the content in your courses through a different format, making it easier to read and customizable to your individual needs.

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In today’s classrooms we utilize integrated formats, with both physical and digital learning tools. By providing alternative formats of course content, Anthology Ally allows students with diverse needs to meet the same learning objectives and complete the same work in the same matter, allowing them to access the necessary information customized to their needs. For example, by utilizing Anthology Ally, students with visual impairments can view course content in audio and electronic braille alternatives.

Regardless, all students can benefit from alternative formats. For auditory learners, or commuter students, listening to an audio format of the course content may be helpful.

The alternative formats available to you are easily viewable in the same location as the original file. Simply select the Download Alternative Formats button to download the content in whatever format best suits your needs.

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Below is a chart that can help you decide which format to download based on your specific needs.

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Immersive Reader

The Immersive Reader alternative is an online alternative format that enhances the reading experience and increases the readability of the content. It allows learners to change font size and text spacing, change the contrast between the text and the background color, learn spelling and grammar by splitting words into syllables, highlight verbs, nouns, adjectives, and sub-clauses, view a picture dictionary, increase reading speed with line focus, convert text-to-speech (both male and female voices), and translate content in real-time.

Audio

The Audio alternative reads aloud the text in the original content, providing alternative descriptions for images (if provided). It is saved as an MP3, which is a compressed, high-quality sound file that can be played on any computer or mobile device. Audio is a good option for you if you prefer to listen than read, if you’re an auditory learner, if you want to read and listen to the content at the same time, if you have a lot of material to read and find your eyes tired, if you read on your commute, if you don’t want to, or can’t, carry print materials for any length of time, if you have a visual impairment, or if you want to adjust the speed of the audio. Ally detects the language of the original content and selects a matching language for the audio format file. The available languages are: Arabic female; Chinese, Mandarin female; Danish female; Dutch female; English (US) female; English (UK) female; English (Australian) male; English (New Zealand) female; English (Indian) female; English (South African) female; English (Welsh) male; French female; French (Canadian) female; German male; Hindi female; Icelandic female; Italian female; Japanese male; Korean female; Norwegian (bokmaal) female; Polish female; Portuguese (Brazilian) female; Portuguese (Portugal) female; Romanian female; Russian female; Spanish (European) male; Spanish (American) female; Spanish (Mexican) female; Swedish female; Turkish female; Welsh female.

Electronic Braille

The Electronic Braille alternative creates a BRF file that can be read on a refreshable Braille display (RBD), and other Braille reading devices, or within a Braille software like Duxbury. Readers of Braille acquire higher literacy rates on average, and users with visual impairments can know the spelling, punctuation, and format of text on a page. Electronic Braille is a good option if you have a visual impairment, if you are familiar with braille, if you prefer to read, or if you want to read and listen to the content at the same time.

ePub

The ePub alternative creates a digital publishing file that can be viewed on mobile devices and are reflowable, meaning that the content display automatically adapts to the device it is viewed on. Some suggested apps for ePubs are: Apple: EasyReader, iBooks, Voice Dream, NaturalReader, and Thorium Reader; Android: EasyReader, Lithium and Voice Aloud Reader; Windows: Calibre, Icecream Ebook Reader, NaturalReader, and Thorium Reader; Linux: Thorium Reader. Using ePub, you can take notes, highlight content, adjust text and background, and in some cases use text-to-speech. ePub is a good option if you want to adjust font size and background color, if you want to highlight content, take nots, and bookmark important pages, if you want to be able to copy, paste, and search text, if you want to use text-to-speech and adjust the speed of the speech, if you prefer to read, or if you read on your commute.

Semantic HTML

The Semantic HTML alternative add tags and elements (including blockquotes, paragraphs, and headings) to add meaning to a page. This aids screen reader users with a good content structure. It is viewable in a browser and adapts to the device being used during viewing, it is even available when offline on your mobile device, as ling as the browser stays open. Semantic HTML will be helpful to you if you want to adjust font size and background color, if you want to highlight content, take notes, and bookmark important pages, if you want to be able to copy, paste, and search text, if you want to be able to copy, paste, and search text, if you want to use text-to speech and adjust the speed of the speech, if you prefer to read, and if you use a screen reader.

OCR PDF

The OCR PDF, Optical Character Recognition PDF, alternative is created when the original content is a PDF of an image. It converts the image to searchable text. OCR PDF will be helpful to you if you want to be able to copy, paste, and search text, if you want to use text-to-speech and adjust the speed of the speech, if you prefer to read, if you read on your commute, or if you use a screen reader.

Tagged PDF

The Tagged PDF alternative uses tags and elements (including blockquotes, paragraphs, and headings) to add meaning to a page, which aids screen reader users with good content structure. A Tagged PDF is a good option for you if you want to be able to copy, paste, and search text, if you want to use text-to-speech and adjust the speed of the speech, if you prefer to read, if you read on your commute, or if you use a screen reader.

Translated Version

The Translated Version alternative provides a machine-translated version of the original content into multiple languages, and supports PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and HTML documents. This is a good alternative for you if the content is not in your primary language and can be compared with the original document to aid with comprehension. The available languages are: Afrikaans; Albanian; Amharic; Arabic; Armenian; Azerbaijani; Bengali; Bosnian – Latin; Bulgarian; Catalan; Chinese – Simplified; Chinese – Traditional; Croatian; Czech; Danish; Dari; Dutch; English; Estonian; Finnish; French; French (Canada); Georgian; German; Greek, Modern; Gujarati; Haitian; Hausa; Hebrew; Hindi; Hungarian; Icelandic; Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Kannada; Kazakh; Korean; Latvian; Lithuanian; Macedonian; Malay; Malayalam; Maltese; Mongolian; Norwegian Bokmål; Pashto; Persian (Farsi); Polish; Portuguese; Romanian; Russian; Serbian – Latin; Sinhala; Slovak; Slovenian; Somali; Spanish; Spanish (Mexico); Swahili; Swedish; Tagalog; Tamil; Telugu; Thai; Turkish; Ukrainian; Urdu; Uzbek; Vietnamese; Welsh. Support within this alternative format is not available in Bosnian (Cyrillic) or Serbian (Cyrillic).

BeeLine Reader

The BeeLine Reader alternative makes reading on screen easier and faster and displays text using a subtle color gradient that helps to pull your eyes through the readings. This alternative has been honored by the United Nations and is used by readers in 120 different countries. The BeeLine Reader enhances reading speed and enhances focus, is popular among undergraduate and graduate students, and especially benefits people with dyslexia, ADHD, low vision, and those who have difficulty with visual tracking or focus. This alternative may be helpful to you if you read a lot on screen and wish you could read more easily and quickly, if you read on your commute and find reading in this environment difficult, if you prefer to read, if you have a lot of material to read and find your eyes get tired, if you read late at night, when your eyes are tired, if you want to be able to read the content faster, if you experience dyslexia, ADHD, or low vision, or if you have difficulty with visual tracking or focus.

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