Electronic Formatted Textbook Accommodations

Traditional paper textbooks do not always offer full access to materials. Students who utilize text-to-speech, magnification/enlargement, and other products may need their physical textbooks in an electronic format to use those assistive technologies.

It is the student’s responsibility to:

Be approved and have a current Letter of Accommodation for the semester
Request the electronic textbooks needed each semester
Submit an Alternative Format Request initialing a request for materials
Provide receipts of purchase
Register your FREE account with ReadSpeaker TextAid

Use your Electronic Formatted Textbook (e-text) accommodation

First: Complete the alternative format request form

Login to the AIM Portal
From My Dashboard, under My Accommodations, click Alternative Formats
Attach receipts of purchase for your textbooks to the form or email them to osd@anokaramsey.edu

Important details about your request

Once your request is received, OSD will search for electronic versions of your textbooks
While books are usually shared within about one week, it can take up to 4 weeks to complete your request
In the event your textbooks are not readily available, you will be contacted by OSD and other options for access may be explored

Next: Sign-in to ReadSpeaker TextAid

Log-in to your D2L Brightspace account: D2L Brightspace Login for Anoka-Ramsey Community College (minnstate.edu)
On the Homepage, click the ReadSpeaker Text-to-Speech Options tab on the top menu
From the ReadSpeaker Table of Contents, click on TextAid
Click on the prompt that reads: Use this -->ReadSpeaker TextAid<-- link to open and connect to TextAid
The first time you log-in to TextAid you will need to agree to the terms of use