Welcome to the website of the Alternate Text Production Center (ATPC) of the California Community Colleges. The ATPC is the first publicly funded, system-wide resource dedicated to serving the alternate media needs of the largest post-secondary educational system in the world. There are 112 community colleges in California and each of them has equal access to the media services provided by the ATPC.

From existing print or electronic documents, the ATPC creates alternate media products for use by California Community College students with print-related disabilities. These products consist of:

Electronic Text files
Electronic Braille files
Braille books and documents
Tactile Graphics


The ATPC uses state-of-the-art technologies to fulfill its mission of support to the California Community College system. If you have questions or comments related to the ATPC, please contact the ATPC staff by the telephone or e-mail info listed below.