E-Textbooks from Alternative E-Text Repository of Ontario

Each Special Education Teacher at your son/daughter’s school has access to the Central Ontario Repository for E-text funded by the Ministry of education for students requiring alternative access. Most textbooks and novels are available in ‘readable’ PDF format. As a parent you can browse the catalogue. Your son/daughter’s SET can download the relevant textbooks and share them electronically. They can then use the Read and Write app to listen to the textbook, use highlighters, leave notes etc…Contact your son/daughter’s SET for more information.

The main weblink to browse the catalogue to see what books are available:

  • http://alternativeresources.ca/Aero/Public/WelcomePage.aspx (Website is currently down)

Simply click on ‘Catalogue’ and then ‘Browse Catalogue’ and provide the title or ISBN number for a quick searchetext