{"id":568,"date":"2025-03-18T11:30:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/accessibilitytookit-admin\/?page_id=568"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:21:54","slug":"brickfield-alternative-file-formats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/brickfield-alternative-file-formats\/","title":{"rendered":"Brickfield alternative file formats"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"568\" class=\"elementor elementor-568\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2500979 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2500979\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb1dac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"bb1dac3\" 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resources<\/li><li>Page resources<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>It creates an easy-to-use integration with our file conversion partner, SensusAccess, who receives and processes all the conversion requests, returning the new files back to our Brickfield Accessibility+ toolkit. Which then automatically adds these additional formats to the relevant resources and activities for download.<\/p><ul><li>A user with administrative privileges must first <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/alternate-format-deployment\/\">Deploy alternate formats<\/a> on the site for it to be usable.<\/li><li>The teacher will then need to upload the files into a convertible resource within the course for the conversion option to appear.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e168dbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e168dbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How it works<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69f5460 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69f5460\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/requesting-file-conversions\/\">Requesting a conversion<\/a><\/li><li>The file conversion request is then sent to SensusAccess.<\/li><li>When the conversion is ready, the user will receive a notification containing a link for <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/retrieving-a-new-processed-alternative-file-format\/\">retrieving the newly processed file conversion<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>If the file conversion has already been processed by SensusAccess for another user on the site, the converted file will be automatically downloaded on request.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d6ad64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d6ad64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who can use it?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d4c65d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d4c65d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Access to Brickfield Alternate Formats is controlled by capabilities and user must have the correct capabilities in the correct context:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/file-conversion-reporting\/\">Alternative file format reports<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/requesting-file-conversions\/\">Requesting file conversions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/self-service-page\/\">Self service page<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For more information, see:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/capabilities\/\">Capabilities<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a921425 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a921425\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The conversion types<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a1f900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a1f900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brickfield Alternate Formats provides several conversion options, depending on the type of original file being converted, whether it is a word document, a PDF, a spreadsheet and so on:<\/p><ul><li>Text<\/li><li>Audio<\/li><li>Ebook<\/li><li>Daisy<\/li><li>Braille<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For more information on conversion types, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/different-conversion-types\/\">Different conversion types<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home &#8211; 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