From ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu Mon Jan 3 17:38:29 2005 From: ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu (Stewart, Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] Updates Message-ID: <2B8B2BD3A0D58F41B0F28F215AF4901D0183A481@mtadams.nws.oregonstate.edu> This list has been very quite anyone want to provide updates on the projects they took on? Ron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ron Stewart, Director Technology Access Program Information Services Oregon State University 109 Kidder Hall Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Phone: 1.541.737.7307 Fax: 1.541.737.2159 E-mail: Ron.Stewart@oregonstate.edu WWW: http://tap.oregonstate.edu From tft at u.washington.edu Tue Jan 4 10:02:11 2005 From: tft at u.washington.edu (Terry Thompson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] Updates In-Reply-To: <2B8B2BD3A0D58F41B0F28F215AF4901D0183A481@mtadams.nws.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID: <001d01c4f287$8a3b5ef0$0300a8c0@MH350Athompst3> Survey is complete! Results will be officially posted on the ATHEN web site soon, and I'll send out an official announcement at that point. For those who want a sneak preview, results are currently here: http://staff.washington.edu/tft/athen/ Terry Terry Thompson AccessIT/DO-IT The University of Washington Email: tft@u.washington.edu Voice: 206-221-4168 TTY: 206-685-3648 Fax: 206-221-4171 www.washington.edu/accessit www.washington.edu/doit >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu >[mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Stewart, Ron >Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 5:38 PM >To: athen@lists.oregonstate.edu >Subject: [athen] Updates > > >This list has been very quite anyone want to provide updates >on the projects they took on? > >Ron > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Ron Stewart, Director >Technology Access Program >Information Services >Oregon State University >109 Kidder Hall >Corvallis, Oregon 97331 >Phone: 1.541.737.7307 >Fax: 1.541.737.2159 >E-mail: Ron.Stewart@oregonstate.edu >WWW: http://tap.oregonstate.edu > >_______________________________________________ >athen mailing list >athen@lists.oregonstate.edu >http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinf>o/athen > >To >unsubscribe, send a message to: >athen-request@lists.oregonstate.edu >with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. > From ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu Tue Jan 4 10:50:47 2005 From: ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu (Stewart, Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] Updates Message-ID: <2B8B2BD3A0D58F41B0F28F215AF4901D0183A4CE@mtadams.nws.oregonstate.edu> Thanks Terry, it looks great and very informative as well. This has taken a tremendous amount of work to complete and my thanks go out to all involved. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu [mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Terry Thompson Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 10:02 AM To: athen@lists.oregonstate.edu Subject: RE: [athen] Updates Survey is complete! Results will be officially posted on the ATHEN web site soon, and I'll send out an official announcement at that point. For those who want a sneak preview, results are currently here: http://staff.washington.edu/tft/athen/ Terry Terry Thompson AccessIT/DO-IT The University of Washington Email: tft@u.washington.edu Voice: 206-221-4168 TTY: 206-685-3648 Fax: 206-221-4171 www.washington.edu/accessit www.washington.edu/doit >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu >[mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Stewart, Ron >Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 5:38 PM >To: athen@lists.oregonstate.edu >Subject: [athen] Updates > > >This list has been very quite anyone want to provide updates on the >projects they took on? > >Ron > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Ron Stewart, Director >Technology Access Program >Information Services >Oregon State University >109 Kidder Hall >Corvallis, Oregon 97331 >Phone: 1.541.737.7307 >Fax: 1.541.737.2159 >E-mail: Ron.Stewart@oregonstate.edu >WWW: http://tap.oregonstate.edu > >_______________________________________________ >athen mailing list >athen@lists.oregonstate.edu >http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinf>o/athen > >To >unsubscribe, send a message to: >athen-request@lists.oregonstate.edu >with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. > _______________________________________________ athen mailing list athen@lists.oregonstate.edu http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen To unsubscribe, send a message to: athen-request@lists.oregonstate.edu with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. From ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu Wed Jan 5 17:54:33 2005 From: ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu (Stewart, Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] DTB and NIMAS Message-ID: <2B8B2BD3A0D58F41B0F28F215AF4901D0183A64A@mtadams.nws.oregonstate.edu> I am going to a meeting on implementing the NIMAS standards and I would like to really get folks input as to the pros and cons of the adoption of NIMAS in particular as it applies to the DAISY TALKING BOOK. Ron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ron Stewart, Director Technology Access Program Information Services Oregon State University 109 Kidder Hall Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Phone: 1.541.737.7307 Fax: 1.541.737.2159 E-mail: Ron.Stewart@oregonstate.edu WWW: http://tap.oregonstate.edu From Nick.Baker at mso.umt.edu Thu Jan 6 07:01:15 2005 From: Nick.Baker at mso.umt.edu (Baker, Nick) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] DTB and NIMAS Message-ID: <8242D31D95885141A0C0587E6CC8DF310501E501@message1.umt.edu> Ron-- Do you have a resource for info on this? Nick Nick Baker Assistive Technology Coordinator nick.baker@umontana.edu 406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 406-243-2663 (Voice only) Disabilty Services for Students The University of Montana EL 154 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 -----Original Message----- From: Stewart, Ron [mailto:ron.stewart@oregonstate.edu] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 6:55 PM To: ADTECH-PS; athen@lists.oregonstate.edu Subject: [athen] DTB and NIMAS I am going to a meeting on implementing the NIMAS standards and I would like to really get folks input as to the pros and cons of the adoption of NIMAS in particular as it applies to the DAISY TALKING BOOK. Ron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ron Stewart, Director Technology Access Program Information Services Oregon State University 109 Kidder Hall Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Phone: 1.541.737.7307 Fax: 1.541.737.2159 E-mail: Ron.Stewart@oregonstate.edu WWW: http://tap.oregonstate.edu _______________________________________________ athen mailing list athen@lists.oregonstate.edu http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen To unsubscribe, send a message to: athen-request@lists.oregonstate.edu with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. From defnick at yahoo.com Thu Jan 20 15:22:11 2005 From: defnick at yahoo.com (Nick Ogrizovich III) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] [Fwd: Looking for accessibility ideas for BSAD 141] Message-ID: <20050120232212.25183.qmail@web41527.mail.yahoo.com> hello fellow problem solvers, this is an email from a prof at our college: i'd thought i'd ask the list to see if this has been done before... _________________ This semester, we have our first blind student in BSAD 141. A large part of 141 involved charting various systems, then implementing them in Access. We're currently stymied as to how to teach the bulk of the course that involves Access and Visio. Will JAWS be able to handle the design surface of Access and Visio? Are there alternatives? Are there any resources that would assist us in finding a middle ground for this student? Any ideas? _____________________ thanks, nick at the university of vermont ===== Nick Ogrizovich III http://www.uvm.edu/~nogrizov defnick@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From kcahill at MIT.EDU Thu Jan 20 17:53:52 2005 From: kcahill at MIT.EDU (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] [Fwd: Looking for accessibility ideas for BSAD 141] In-Reply-To: <20050120232212.25183.qmail@web41527.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050120232212.25183.qmail@web41527.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1106272432.41f060b0f2a04@webmail.mit.edu> Hi Nick; I can't tell from the email what the subject content of the course is. MS Access is supposed to work with JAWS for Windows but, of course, I don't know if it will specifically work with the specific database the student needs to use for this course. As far as Visio, it seems too visual and pictorial to work with a screen reader. I have never tried JAWS with Visio, but just my limited experience with Visio leads me to wonder if it's too graphical for text to speech. Kathy Cahill MIT ATIC Lab kcahill@mit.edu Quoting Nick Ogrizovich III : > hello fellow problem solvers, > this is an email from a prof at our college: > i'd thought i'd ask the list to see if this has been done before... > _________________ > > This semester, we have our first blind student in BSAD 141. A large > part of 141 involved charting various systems, then implementing them > in Access. > > We're currently stymied as to how to teach the bulk of the course > that > involves Access and Visio. Will JAWS be able to handle the design > surface of Access and Visio? Are there alternatives? Are there any > resources that would assist us in finding a middle ground for this > student? Any ideas? > _____________________ > > > thanks, > nick at the university of vermont > > ===== > Nick Ogrizovich III > http://www.uvm.edu/~nogrizov > defnick@yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > athen mailing list > athen@lists.oregonstate.edu > http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen > > To unsubscribe, send a message to: > athen-request@lists.oregonstate.edu > with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. > From goldhamm at mhcc.edu Fri Jan 21 15:57:18 2005 From: goldhamm at mhcc.edu (Michael Goldhammer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] AthenPro Website Updated Message-ID: Hi all! - The AthenPro website has been updated to reflect the 2004 Survey results: "This report gathers and consolidates the practices, experiences, and professional development needs of people supporting assistive technology and information technology accessibility on college campuses. The survey instrument was designed by members of Access Technologists Higher Education Network (ATHEN). Their goal was to conduct an unprecedented thorough study of how higher education entities are addressing their assistive technology and information technology accessibility needs." Link: http://www.athenpro.org/ Interesting read. Michael Goldhammer, BS, ATP Assistive Technology Computer Specialist Mt Hood Community College 26000 S.E. Stark Street Gresham, Oregon 97030 503.491-7593 E-mail: goldhamm@mhcc.edu Web Site: www.mhcc.edu/dso -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ea at emptech.info Sat Jan 22 05:28:36 2005 From: ea at emptech.info (ea) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] AthenPro Website Updated Message-ID: <20050122132842.05CEA10406A@smtp3.oregonstate.edu> Many many thanks and it has now gone out onto a couple of UK lists in the hope that I can persuade them that we need to carry out a similar survey and then perhaps work through both to see what really helps students most! :>)) See you are CSUN hopefully. Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Visiting Research Fellow Assistive Technology Group School of Informatics University of Manchester. _____ From: athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu [mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Goldhammer Sent: 21 January 2005 23:57 To: Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: [athen] AthenPro Website Updated Hi all! - The AthenPro website has been updated to reflect the 2004 Survey results: "This report gathers and consolidates the practices, experiences, and professional development needs of people supporting assistive technology and information technology accessibility on college campuses. The survey instrument was designed by members of Access Technologists Higher Education Network (ATHEN). Their goal was to conduct an unprecedented thorough study of how higher education entities are addressing their assistive technology and information technology accessibility needs." Link: HYPERLINK "http://www.athenpro.org/"http://www.athenpro.org/ Interesting read. Michael Goldhammer, BS, ATP Assistive Technology Computer Specialist Mt Hood Community College 26000 S.E. Stark Street Gresham, Oregon 97030 503.491-7593 E-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:goldhamm@mhcc.edu"goldhamm@mhcc.edu Web Site: HYPERLINK "http://www.mhcc.edu/dso"www.mhcc.edu/dso -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 19/01/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 19/01/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 19/01/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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Fast, accurate, and user friendly. It is not only wiped from the system it was on - but no one at Kinko's knows where to find the original software or a replacement. The Corporate Kinko's has installed OmniPage 12 and they are in the process of learning how to use it. I KNOW that someone on this list has advice for me. Kinko's is open tot the idea of something better than OmniPage 12 and my office willing to work with Kinko's to procure what they need and learn how to use it. I also know this has all been discussed on the list but I have only half-paid attention believing to be safe from problems because we have contracted with an outside entity. Whip for this later - just help me now! Help me fellow Athen-Pros! --Dann PS - and before you ask --- I have developed a proposal to create an in-house system and it has the support of my boss, etc. However it is merely in the proposal stage at this point. ================================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 617-353-3658 (voice) 617-353-9646 (fax) 617-947-4666 (mobile) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) buodsdann (aim) http://www.bu.edu/disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Nick.Baker at mso.umt.edu Thu Jan 27 08:36:48 2005 From: Nick.Baker at mso.umt.edu (Baker, Nick) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] Scanning HELP! Message-ID: <8242D31D95885141A0C0587E6CC8DF310501E56A@message1.umt.edu> Abbyy Fine Reader is a much better OCR package than OmniPage. We switched about two years ago and have ben very happy with Fine Reader. Kinkos staff should be able to get up and running with it an a few hours. Nick Baker Assistive Technology Coordinator nick.baker@umontana.edu 406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 406-243-2663 (Voice only) Disabilty Services for Students The University of Montana EL 154 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 _____ From: Berkowitz, Daniel J [mailto:djbrky@bu.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:21 AM To: Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: [athen] Scanning HELP! Importance: High HELP - and I mean it - big time! Help as in please somebody phone me instead of posting to the list kinda help! Here is the scoop - we have developed a good relationship with the local Kinko's for scanning and basic eText production. They have been great about working with in the creation of accessible .pdf files and they have till now done a good job at basic (raw) .doc/.rtf scans. However - over the holidays their main system crashed and they lost the software they had been using. Apparently it was an in-house modified version of something from Datec (?). It was a few years old and was fantastic. Fast, accurate, and user friendly. It is not only wiped from the system it was on - but no one at Kinko's knows where to find the original software or a replacement. The Corporate Kinko's has installed OmniPage 12 and they are in the process of learning how to use it. I KNOW that someone on this list has advice for me. Kinko's is open tot the idea of something better than OmniPage 12 and my office willing to work with Kinko's to procure what they need and learn how to use it. I also know this has all been discussed on the list but I have only half-paid attention believing to be safe from problems because we have contracted with an outside entity. Whip for this later - just help me now! Help me fellow Athen-Pros! --Dann PS - and before you ask --- I have developed a proposal to create an in-house system and it has the support of my boss, etc. However it is merely in the proposal stage at this point. ================================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 617-353-3658 (voice) 617-353-9646 (fax) 617-947-4666 (mobile) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) buodsdann (aim) http://www.bu.edu/disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djbrky at bu.edu Thu Jan 27 08:41:45 2005 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] Scanning HELP! Message-ID: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B059C2A89@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> Nick - any suggestions on versions? Also - I recall someone having really good step by step processes in place. Any help along those lines would also be appreciated. --Dann ============================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 617-353-3658 (voice) 617-353-9646 (fax) 617-947-4666 (mobile) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) buodsdann (aim) http://www.bu.edu/disability ________________________________ From: Baker, Nick [mailto:Nick.Baker@mso.umt.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:37 AM To: Berkowitz, Daniel J; Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: RE: [athen] Scanning HELP! Abbyy Fine Reader is a much better OCR package than OmniPage. We switched about two years ago and have ben very happy with Fine Reader. Kinkos staff should be able to get up and running with it an a few hours. Nick Baker Assistive Technology Coordinator nick.baker@umontana.edu 406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 406-243-2663 (Voice only) Disabilty Services for Students The University of Montana EL 154 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 ________________________________ From: Berkowitz, Daniel J [mailto:djbrky@bu.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:21 AM To: Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: [athen] Scanning HELP! Importance: High HELP - and I mean it - big time! Help as in please somebody phone me instead of posting to the list kinda help! Here is the scoop - we have developed a good relationship with the local Kinko's for scanning and basic eText production. They have been great about working with in the creation of accessible .pdf files and they have till now done a good job at basic (raw) .doc/.rtf scans. However - over the holidays their main system crashed and they lost the software they had been using. Apparently it was an in-house modified version of something from Datec (?). It was a few years old and was fantastic. Fast, accurate, and user friendly. It is not only wiped from the system it was on - but no one at Kinko's knows where to find the original software or a replacement. The Corporate Kinko's has installed OmniPage 12 and they are in the process of learning how to use it. I KNOW that someone on this list has advice for me. Kinko's is open tot the idea of something better than OmniPage 12 and my office willing to work with Kinko's to procure what they need and learn how to use it. I also know this has all been discussed on the list but I have only half-paid attention believing to be safe from problems because we have contracted with an outside entity. Whip for this later - just help me now! Help me fellow Athen-Pros! --Dann PS - and before you ask --- I have developed a proposal to create an in-house system and it has the support of my boss, etc. However it is merely in the proposal stage at this point. ================================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 617-353-3658 (voice) 617-353-9646 (fax) 617-947-4666 (mobile) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) buodsdann (aim) http://www.bu.edu/disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu Thu Jan 27 08:46:02 2005 From: ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu (Stewart, Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] RE: [adtech-ps] Scanning HELP! Message-ID: <2B8B2BD3A0D58F41B0F28F215AF4901D01ABF488@mtadams.nws.oregonstate.edu> Dann, Gaier and I have discussed this topic a lot. The two choices are AbbyFine Reader and Omni-Page Pro. Both are very good products, but Abby seems to be better for general textbooks, and Omni-Page does a much better job with technical materials. There are also several high end commercial scanner packages that do a much better job of automating the process than either of these products but they are dependent on the scanner being used. The two most popular are CanoScan and Kodak's DP2, these are not OCR packages but document management packages. Ron Stewart ________________________________ From: adtech-ps-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu [mailto:adtech-ps-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:21 AM To: Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: [adtech-ps] Scanning HELP! Importance: High HELP - and I mean it - big time! Help as in please somebody phone me instead of posting to the list kinda help! Here is the scoop - we have developed a good relationship with the local Kinko's for scanning and basic eText production. They have been great about working with in the creation of accessible .pdf files and they have till now done a good job at basic (raw) .doc/.rtf scans. However - over the holidays their main system crashed and they lost the software they had been using. Apparently it was an in-house modified version of something from Datec (?). It was a few years old and was fantastic. Fast, accurate, and user friendly. It is not only wiped from the system it was on - but no one at Kinko's knows where to find the original software or a replacement. The Corporate Kinko's has installed OmniPage 12 and they are in the process of learning how to use it. I KNOW that someone on this list has advice for me. Kinko's is open tot the idea of something better than OmniPage 12 and my office willing to work with Kinko's to procure what they need and learn how to use it. I also know this has all been discussed on the list but I have only half-paid attention believing to be safe from problems because we have contracted with an outside entity. Whip for this later - just help me now! Help me fellow Athen-Pros! --Dann PS - and before you ask --- I have developed a proposal to create an in-house system and it has the support of my boss, etc. However it is merely in the proposal stage at this point. ================================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 617-353-3658 (voice) 617-353-9646 (fax) 617-947-4666 (mobile) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) buodsdann (aim) http://www.bu.edu/disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu Thu Jan 27 08:50:40 2005 From: ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu (Stewart, Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] Scanning HELP! Message-ID: <2B8B2BD3A0D58F41B0F28F215AF4901D01ABF48A@mtadams.nws.oregonstate.edu> Dann and all, I have attached our procedures doc for this, hope it helps. Ron Stewart ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu [mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:42 AM To: Baker, Nick; Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: RE: [athen] Scanning HELP! Nick - any suggestions on versions? Also - I recall someone having really good step by step processes in place. Any help along those lines would also be appreciated. --Dann ============================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 617-353-3658 (voice) 617-353-9646 (fax) 617-947-4666 (mobile) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) buodsdann (aim) http://www.bu.edu/disability ________________________________ From: Baker, Nick [mailto:Nick.Baker@mso.umt.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:37 AM To: Berkowitz, Daniel J; Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: RE: [athen] Scanning HELP! Abbyy Fine Reader is a much better OCR package than OmniPage. We switched about two years ago and have ben very happy with Fine Reader. Kinkos staff should be able to get up and running with it an a few hours. Nick Baker Assistive Technology Coordinator nick.baker@umontana.edu 406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 406-243-2663 (Voice only) Disabilty Services for Students The University of Montana EL 154 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 ________________________________ From: Berkowitz, Daniel J [mailto:djbrky@bu.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:21 AM To: Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: [athen] Scanning HELP! Importance: High HELP - and I mean it - big time! Help as in please somebody phone me instead of posting to the list kinda help! Here is the scoop - we have developed a good relationship with the local Kinko's for scanning and basic eText production. They have been great about working with in the creation of accessible .pdf files and they have till now done a good job at basic (raw) .doc/.rtf scans. However - over the holidays their main system crashed and they lost the software they had been using. Apparently it was an in-house modified version of something from Datec (?). It was a few years old and was fantastic. Fast, accurate, and user friendly. It is not only wiped from the system it was on - but no one at Kinko's knows where to find the original software or a replacement. The Corporate Kinko's has installed OmniPage 12 and they are in the process of learning how to use it. I KNOW that someone on this list has advice for me. Kinko's is open tot the idea of something better than OmniPage 12 and my office willing to work with Kinko's to procure what they need and learn how to use it. I also know this has all been discussed on the list but I have only half-paid attention believing to be safe from problems because we have contracted with an outside entity. Whip for this later - just help me now! Help me fellow Athen-Pros! --Dann PS - and before you ask --- I have developed a proposal to create an in-house system and it has the support of my boss, etc. However it is merely in the proposal stage at this point. ================================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 617-353-3658 (voice) 617-353-9646 (fax) 617-947-4666 (mobile) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) buodsdann (aim) http://www.bu.edu/disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Basic Editing Procedures.rtf Type: application/rtf Size: 397791 bytes Desc: Basic Editing Procedures.rtf URL: From Nick.Baker at mso.umt.edu Thu Jan 27 09:36:02 2005 From: Nick.Baker at mso.umt.edu (Baker, Nick) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:27:56 2018 Subject: [athen] Scanning HELP! Message-ID: <8242D31D95885141A0C0587E6CC8DF310501E56B@message1.umt.edu> We are using v7, which I believe is the latest version. Her's a broad description of our process: Our printshop removed the book binding. We use a high-speed duplex Canon scanner model DR 5080C to scan the pages from within FineReader. We manually zone each page for recognition in FR, placing a section indicator (we use five colons) at the head of each chapter. (We use student workers for this, and the scanning). We output the recognized book in MS Word format. We burn a CD for the student and, if applicable, load the file onto a BookPort. HTH, Nick Nick Baker Assistive Technology Coordinator nick.baker@umontana.edu 406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 406-243-2663 (Voice only) Disabilty Services for Students The University of Montana EL 154 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 _____ From: Berkowitz, Daniel J [mailto:djbrky@bu.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:42 AM To: Baker, Nick; Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: RE: [athen] Scanning HELP! Nick - any suggestions on versions? Also - I recall someone having really good step by step processes in place. Any help along those lines would also be appreciated. --Dann ============================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 617-353-3658 (voice) 617-353-9646 (fax) 617-947-4666 (mobile) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) buodsdann (aim) http://www.bu.edu/disability _____ From: Baker, Nick [mailto:Nick.Baker@mso.umt.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:37 AM To: Berkowitz, Daniel J; Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: RE: [athen] Scanning HELP! Abbyy Fine Reader is a much better OCR package than OmniPage. We switched about two years ago and have ben very happy with Fine Reader. Kinkos staff should be able to get up and running with it an a few hours. Nick Baker Assistive Technology Coordinator nick.baker@umontana.edu 406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 406-243-2663 (Voice only) Disabilty Services for Students The University of Montana EL 154 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 _____ From: Berkowitz, Daniel J [mailto:djbrky@bu.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:21 AM To: Access Technologists Higher Education Network; ADTECH-PS Subject: [athen] Scanning HELP! Importance: High HELP - and I mean it - big time! Help as in please somebody phone me instead of posting to the list kinda help! Here is the scoop - we have developed a good relationship with the local Kinko's for scanning and basic eText production. They have been great about working with in the creation of accessible .pdf files and they have till now done a good job at basic (raw) .doc/.rtf scans. However - over the holidays their main system crashed and they lost the software they had been using. Apparently it was an in-house modified version of something from Datec (?). It was a few years old and was fantastic. Fast, accurate, and user friendly. It is not only wiped from the system it was on - but no one at Kinko's knows where to find the original software or a replacement. The Corporate Kinko's has installed OmniPage 12 and they are in the process of learning how to use it. I KNOW that someone on this list has advice for me. Kinko's is open tot the idea of something better than OmniPage 12 and my office willing to work with Kinko's to procure what they need and learn how to use it. I also know this has all been discussed on the list but I have only half-paid attention believing to be safe from problems because we have contracted with an outside entity. Whip for this later - just help me now! Help me fellow Athen-Pros! --Dann PS - and before you ask --- I have developed a proposal to create an in-house system and it has the support of my boss, etc. However it is merely in the proposal stage at this point. ================================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 617-353-3658 (voice) 617-353-9646 (fax) 617-947-4666 (mobile) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) buodsdann (aim) http://www.bu.edu/disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: