From djbrky at bu.edu Wed Mar 1 05:09:57 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:00 2018 Subject: [athen] Mac Access [let's get started] Message-ID: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B0C5891F2@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> Colleagues - Over the past few months there have been sporadic conversations on the listservs regarding technology access issues of Macintosh computers. These conversations indicate that few of us have little knowledge of Apple Accessibility and what we do know is from limited exposure. A few weeks ago, after a series of conversations with our IT about AT issues, I was visited by the Apple Rep for BU (Matt Costello) and a Mac Engineer (John Lemansky). They are very interested in learning about Mac access from the point of view of end-users and those of us in the tech-support trenches. Today I have taken (temporary) possession of a PowerBook G4 for the purpose of figuring out Access Tech in the Mac World and sharing my results and reflections. I will have this unit until Mid-April and plan on using it as my main workstation until then. I will be posting my experiences on the ATHEN Blog: http://athenpro.blogspot.com/ This blog does have an RSS feed for those of you with such a preference: http://athenpro.blogspot.com/atom.xml ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability From pratikp1 at lycos.com Wed Mar 1 09:25:12 2006 From: pratikp1 at lycos.com (Pratik patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:00 2018 Subject: [athen] Mac Access [let's get started] In-Reply-To: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B0C5891F2@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <054901c63d55$19227180$6500a8c0@LENOVO1C5CE3C3> Hello all, I have also just acquired a Powerbook with OSX Tiger. While I initially beta tested the Apple screen reader, I have not had the chance to play with the screen reader extensively with latest updates. I will also post my experiences to the ATHEN blog from the blindness perspective. Pratik Pratik Patel Director, CUNY Assistive technology Services (CATS) The City University of New York pratik.patel@qc.cuny.eduu -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu [mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:10 AM To: Alternate Media; athen@lists.oregonstate.edu; adtech-ps@lists.oregonstate.edu Cc: Matt Costello; John Lemansky; paul thompson Subject: [athen] Mac Access [let's get started] Colleagues - Over the past few months there have been sporadic conversations on the listservs regarding technology access issues of Macintosh computers. These conversations indicate that few of us have little knowledge of Apple Accessibility and what we do know is from limited exposure. A few weeks ago, after a series of conversations with our IT about AT issues, I was visited by the Apple Rep for BU (Matt Costello) and a Mac Engineer (John Lemansky). They are very interested in learning about Mac access from the point of view of end-users and those of us in the tech-support trenches. Today I have taken (temporary) possession of a PowerBook G4 for the purpose of figuring out Access Tech in the Mac World and sharing my results and reflections. I will have this unit until Mid-April and plan on using it as my main workstation until then. I will be posting my experiences on the ATHEN Blog: http://athenpro.blogspot.com/ This blog does have an RSS feed for those of you with such a preference: http://athenpro.blogspot.com/atom.xml ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability _______________________________________________ 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 Kerri_Hicks at brown.edu Wed Mar 1 11:01:04 2006 From: Kerri_Hicks at brown.edu (Kerri Hicks) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:00 2018 Subject: [athen] Mac Access [let's get started] In-Reply-To: <054901c63d55$19227180$6500a8c0@LENOVO1C5CE3C3> References: <054901c63d55$19227180$6500a8c0@LENOVO1C5CE3C3> Message-ID: On 1 Mar 2006, at 12:25 PM, Pratik patel wrote: > Hello all, > > I have also just acquired a Powerbook with OSX Tiger. While I > initially > beta tested the Apple screen reader, I have not had the chance to > play with > the screen reader extensively with latest updates. I will also > post my > experiences to the ATHEN blog from the blindness perspective. I'm really looking forward to hearing about your experiences. I am a Mac user (and a PC user), and as someone who doesn't *have* to use a screen reader, I have been so frustrated trying to get VoiceOver to do what I want it to do, I've given up. Tried on numerous occasions, given up on all of them. I've heard in developer circles that VoiceOver wasn't really intended to be a complete screen reader for people with visual impairments, but more a reading aid for people with certain learning disabilities. I have been using FireVox for the last couple of weeks to read web pages, and it's been doing a good job. Also, applications will vary widely in their support of VoiceOver, as certain accessibility features have to be built into applications for them to be available to VoiceOver...there's no central messaging system in the operating system to handle them, as there is in Windows. (At least not yet.) :-) There is some benefit to getting intimate with the VoiceOver manual, though -- which is available as text or audio. http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/manual.html Best, Kerri From pratikp1 at lycos.com Thu Mar 2 09:30:47 2006 From: pratikp1 at lycos.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:00 2018 Subject: [athen] FW: Microsoft helps to stamp out spam Message-ID: <009e01c63e1f$0b2acb20$8b2a0495@LENOVO1C5CE3C3> Dear Colleagues For those of you who are looking for a good foot interface, here's a promising new development. Dance, anyone? Pratik Pratik Patel Director, CUNY Assistive technology Services (CATS) The City University of New York pratik.patel@qc.cuny.eduu _____ From: BBC News | Technology | World Edition Posted At: Thursday, March 02, 2006 6:33 AM Posted To: BBC News | Technology | World Edition Conversation: Microsoft helps to stamp out spam Subject: Microsoft helps to stamp out spam http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/4766064.stm Users could soon be using their feet to sort through their e-mail messages. Related... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at kckcc.edu Fri Mar 3 08:42:19 2006 From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:00 2018 Subject: [athen] Application for ATHEN's DAISY software Player Review Project Message-ID: Hello everybody, AS most of you know, Ron contacted me last week and asked that I lead a team to review DAISY software players. ATHEN wants to provide a report that can assist folks in selecting appropriate players for the institutions as well as for their own use. Due to the interests in the project, we have decided to include two representatives from each of 4 disability categories: blindness (non-print users), low vision (large print users), learning/cognitive disabilities, and physical disabilities. The project is not tied to any specific institution other than ATHEN and participation is completely voluntary. Participants will be reviewing 5 different software packages and filling out review sheets on each one. When all five packages have been reviewed, there will be a final form to complete comparing the packages. If you know somebody who would like to review software DAISY players, please have them fill out the attached application form and return it to me. I need the forms back in my in-box by noon on Wednesday, March 15th. 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Name: reviewers application.doc Type: application/msword Size: 28160 bytes Desc: not available URL: From djbrky at bu.edu Fri Mar 3 09:28:08 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:00 2018 Subject: [athen] FW: [Access Technologist Higher Education Network] Apple Dabble ... getting to know you Message-ID: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B0C6DA7B6@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> http://athenpro.blogspot.com/ Previous Posts on this Topic: * Mac Attack ... or... * Mac Attack ... part ii * Mac Attack ... update With the rising popularity of the iPod , my office is witnessing an increase in the number of students coming to campus with Apple computers. A few weeks ago I had a conversation with IT about Mac access and this led to a meet and greet with the campus Apple Rep. That conversation is detailed in a previous blog post . He promised to get me a loaner laptop and it arrived a couple of days ago. I should disclose that the first personal computerI ever owned was a Mac Performa 636 running OS 7.x and I was a Mac owner up until OS 8.5. Until landing at Boston University I had been a dual user in previous jobs and had a preference for the Mac. Two things have changed my point on view on this matter - the first being my ever evolving access technology interests , experiences and responsibilities and the second being the upgrade to Windows XP . For the time being anyway I am a PC user with a preference for XP. This could change, however, as the OS wars continue to rage. The laptop on loan is a 2005 15" PowerBook G4 with 1GB of RAM running OS X 10.4 Tiger. Clearing the cobwebs from my memory I spent the first day reacquainting myself with this lovely metallic beauty. Two things struck me immediately - (1) is the wide screen monitor and (2) is the almost overwhelming amount of visual feedback presented by the system. Wide Screen monitors are becoming more common and may eventually supplant standard sized monitors on laptops [Business Week has a good podcast on this topic ]. A problem for low vision users is that some magnification programs for the PC may balk at magnifying the entire screen. I'll likely discuss this in more detail later - for now I am focusing my comments on E-Text. I equate Macs with Eye-Candy . This is not necessarily a bad thing and I understand why students enjoy the bouncing icons, genie-in-a-bottle effects, detailed icons, display options, etc. to the comparitively undynamic Windows desktop. Apples may be not so good for the visually impaired and perhaps a bit distracting for the ADD crowd, but were I a fair number of years younger I would probably want one for myself. Other differences, with which I will become more comfortable as I use the laptop, include the manner of installing software, how files are managed, task bar, wireless access, etc. Within minutes of starting it up for the first time I was able to locate or install many of the standard programs I prefer [Word, FireFox, Windows Media Player] and install BU VPN . In playing around with the programs [hey - it's my job] I quickly realized that non-native programs do not behave the same or work as well as native ones. For example, Windows Media Player has the ability to adjust the speed on MP3 tracks - but not on the Mac version. I do not find iTunes to be nearly as user friendly or flexible as WMP for a variety of reasons I will discuss in greater detail on a later post. Overall, most of the differences between Mac and Win are negligible and a matter of taste. They can be overcome easily enough using Virtual PC - but I do not know how this will impact access technology. That's something else to investigate. One item I will mention - and which took me by surprise - is the inability of the Mac to run portable applications off a flash drive. I tried out both my RSS reader and OpenOffice and the Mac would not recognize or allow either to run. I have gotten both of these programs to work on a variety of Windows machines (2000, ME, XP) and on a workstation running BU Linux - but not the Mac. I will try again after [if] I get Virtual PC up and running. I was able to download OpenOffice and get it to run but it is apparent that the Mac simply does not like it - kind of like the geeky kid trying to hang with the cool crowd. VoiceOver has initially turned out to be a bit of a disappointment - I do need to work with it some more. But what I thought was going to be a text to speech offering is actually a self-voicing navigation device for the system and not TTS. AccessWorld has a good review of VoiceOver as does Ermin Nacor, a colleague at the SFSU Adaptive Technology Program as part of a review of OS X . I did try out the 'start speaking' option in TextEdit and found that nothing has chaged since the last time I used a Mac. At least the 'speech' in Word for Mac works to a minimal degree. This weekend I will tackle my main goal - getting KatiePlayer installed and running along with the RFB&D upgrade . Following this will be some trials with Mac Access freeware/shareware . -- Posted by D. Berkowitz to Access Technologist Higher Education Network at 3/03/2006 03:55:00 AM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djbrky at bu.edu Sat Mar 4 11:17:00 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:00 2018 Subject: [athen] [Access Technologist Higher Education Network] ATHEN at CSUN References: <6632893.1141499244863.JavaMail.root@bla162.blogger.com> Message-ID: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B07888296@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> >From the Blog: http://athenpro.blogspot.com/ ATHEN will have a presence at CSUN and we are looking forward to meeting and greeting all who can attend. Members and non-members are invited to the ATHEN meeting at the conference: * DATE: Wednesday, March 22nd * TIME: 5:00 to 6:30 pm * PLACE: Hilton San Lorenzo, E Room This will, of course, be followed by the usual social hour at a local establishment. ATTENTION ATHEN members presenting or otherwise taking part in the conference [planning, staffing, etc.] please let us know who you are and what you are/will be doing. We want to hear from you! Between now and the conference I will be checking out exhibitors and presenters and sharing some of my interests on the blog as a way of whetting appetites for the big week. Anyone wishing to join in this is welcomwe to do so - just drop me a line . From djbrky at bu.edu Mon Mar 6 10:39:53 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:00 2018 Subject: [athen] Apple Dabble ... KatiePlayer for DAISY Message-ID: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B0C6DB17E@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> Guess what I did this weekend ... here is the next post in what is becoming a full time job - Learning about accessibility for the Mac. http://athenpro.blogspot.com/2006/03/apple-dabble-katieplayer-for-daisy. html The reason for this series of posts is to learn about and achieve DAISY access on a Mac running OS X. The machine being used for this trial is a 2005 15" PowerBook G4 with 1GB of RAM running OS X 10.4 Tiger. At present there is only one DAISY playback software product for the Mac - KatiePlayer which is produced by the oddly named KafkasDaytime. Much to my consternation, a search for reviews, articles, user feedback, etc. on this prodect did not turn up much - and what I did find was not very helpful. * 2004 NFB Review of DTB Players [.doc format - see document pages 38-40]. Bearing in mind this review is of an earlier version of KatiePlayer and by association, an earlier version of MAC OS which did not include VoiceOver , thus making installation and usage quite difficult. * 2005 conversation from the European Accessible Information Network forum. Much of the thread is written by the Joseph Woodill [head of KafkasDaytime?] and provides the development history of the product as well as recognition that the current version is not as complete as the company envisions - including a link to limitations of the current version . The company is well aware of these [and other] issues and made a conscious business decision to release the product in its current state. * 2006 post from the KatieBlog detailing what they are developing for the next release . * The company is very cognizant of the need for more trials and is actively seeking feedback and field testers. The on-line manual for KatiePlayer is difficult to navigate as it is broken up into small and somewhat disjointed sections. The index page leads to what appears to be a dead link - but that is the case only in IE and Maxthon on Windows. The index page opens fine in Safari [Mac] and Firefox [Mac and PC]. The FAQ Page is quite useful and informative. Installing the software is not as easy as I expected - but that could also be due to my lack of experience with Macs. The programs are only available on-line through the company website and involve downloading the product, registering after installation, and awaiting eMail confirmation of payment for a code to unlock the program. I opted for the Basic License as that is what my students will most likely be using. The install process is not too different than that used by RFB&D to unlock their software for accessing AudioPlus content. Speaking of which, installing the RFB&D overlay involves a twenty-two (22) step process that is quite easy to screw-up [as I learned firsthand]. Fortunately the Mac is a very forgiving machine and I have ample experience with the RFB&D installation process for various Windows software products . Post-installation and pre-use I explored the KatiePlayer Help on-line. I recommend taking the time to view the series of QuickTime movies provided on the site - keeping in mind that they are in need of updating. What you will find in both the videos and in actual use is that the Speech Guide [audio-navigation] controls - which appear to be VoiceOver integrated - are far more developed than the rest of the program. You can control the volume, rate, and pitch of the navigation controls but NOT the actual DTB playback thus making things a bit backwards. I installed a typical RFB&D book with 350+ pages. Loading the book was pretty straightforward and anyone with experience using other RFB&D DAISY players should have little difficulty in getting the hang of the basic program functions. Reviewing the manual and watching the videos before attempting any of this is recommended. Here are my notes on player operation using an RFB&D Digital book: * The current version lacks the ability to control playback speed and thus is only slightly better than simply listening to well labeled and organized mp3 files - except for the fact that this [or another software] is necessary to access RFB&D titles. * Page navigation is frustrating at best. I followed the instructions to the letter in an attempt to jump around the book and sometimes it work and sometimes it didn't. Unfortunately, the headers and pages numbers do not appear in what one would assume is the navigation window. Basic visual navigation is inexplicably missing. It could be the software, computer, RFB&D disc or some combination of the three but the time delay while searching/navigating was much longer than what I have become accustomed to with a Windows PC running a comparable program. * The bookmarking features seems to work pretty well and provides a visual list of what has been saved but - in an unusual twist on the norm - pointing and clicking with the mouse does not allow navigation to saved bookmarks and users have to use keyboard commands. * The fast-forward and reverse buttons seem to be random in operation - sometimes skipping three pages and sometimes one. This could be a result of the RFB&D indexing. Regardless, the time spent waiting for the navigation to finish could be better spent if the ability to adjust the audio speed is included in the next release. * Aside from the expected controls [play, pause, header level, location slider, etc.] there is one called page spanner which [according to the manual] "provides a visual reference - showing (with vertical white markers) where pages occur in the currently selected audio file". Though a nice idea - the spanner visual element is simply too small to be of any practical use. * The "where am I? " function seems to be the most user-friendly feature in the program. The next trial was to get KatiePlayer to play a DTB 2.02 created in-house using Dolphin EasePublisher. This was a very short trial as the program did not [and apparently will not] recognize any DTB other than those produced by RFB&D and Bookshare. I did attempt every configuration of saving a DTB file to disc and flashdrive and nothing worked. I could not find any information on the company website regarding access to or proper configuration for in-house production. I was able to use both iTunes and the Mac version of Windows Media Player to access the mp3 files within the DTB book folder. However, as I noted in a previous post , Windows Media Player has the ability to adjust the speed on MP3 tracks - but not on the Mac version. I do not find iTunes to be nearly as user friendly or flexible as WMP. In it present configuration, KatiePlayer is not a program for the blind - and extreme low vision users would have difficulty using it even with VoiceOver and the Macintosh Accessibility Features. Like most of what I have learned about the Mac, users need to be able to see what they are doing. It's inability to play DTB files created in-house severely limits its appeal. Until the company releases the next version, I am simply going to loan Mac users a portable player such as Victor Vibe or Telex Scholar. 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The latest example is iTunes U, a program that encourages colleges to distribute recorded lectures and other course materials using the company's free iTunes software, which is used to manage and play music and video files and to transfer them to iPods. Participating colleges essentially get a private section of the popular iTunes Music Store that only their students and faculty members can access, where they can download academic material rather than the newest recordings by Coldplay or the latest skit from Saturday Night Live. Apple officials have told some academic leaders that the company might expand the program so that publishers can sell textbooks or course packets through the iTunes store as well. (The Chronicle) My comments as posted: The Access Technology (AT) community has witnessed this trend with a fair amount of concern as students with disabilities who would otherwise purchase Windows based PC's are turning to Macs. Students with non-cognitive issues such as blindness, low vision and mobility impairments know to steer away from Apple products because there are simply not as many access options in both hardware and software as for the PC. Where we have seen an unfortunate increase is in the number of students with learning disability based print impairments who, having spent their K-12 years on an IEP and having access to their textbooks in alternate format [primarily cassette tape] via the learning lab or resource room with the support of SPED teachers, are unaware of OS and AT access issues. As these students prepare to move ahead to postsecondary education, they will likely acquire a personal computer to fulfill their academic (and social) computing needs. Without much thought to what access technology may be necessary or available, students are purchasing Macs based upon their previous Apple ownership and experiences. As alternate access to print materials moves away (runs away is more like it) from cassette tapes to the digital realm of DAISY Talking Books, MP3, Text-to-Speech programs and the like, we are seeing an increase in both the quality and quantity of programs for accessing print in alternate formats for Windows and Linux - but not of the Mac. In a typical scenario, a student receives an iPod as a gift while still in High School. As a graduation gift, student receives (or chooses) a Mac as their college computer. Due to a learning disability, student registers with the Disability Services office at college and requests their textbooks in an alternate format. The university has converted its alt-format process to digital and is, through no fault of its own, greatly curtailed in their ability to provide equal access to the Mac user as it is to other students using PC's. On a positive note, it is anticipated that the switch to Intel processors will greatly facilitate the development of access technologies for the Macintosh, especially if (and when) the ability to boot Windows on the Mac becomes a reality. ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability From djbrky at bu.edu Tue Mar 7 08:13:07 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:00 2018 Subject: [athen] Request for Proposals: Accessing Higher Ground Message-ID: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B0C7DDE82@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> Just a reminder that Howard Kramer is now soliciting proposals for the 9th Annual Accessing Higher Ground Conference. Though the minutes of the ATHEN meeting at last years conference are not posted on the ATHEN website, ATHEN as a body voted in favor of supporting Howard and the Conference by (1) submitting proposals to the conference, (2) attending the conference as members of ATHEN, and (3) actively promoting the conference and seeking outside individuals to present. Now get off your duffs and get proposing! ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability The University of Colorado at Boulder invites speaker proposals for the 9th Annual Accessing Higher Ground Conference - November 7-10, 2006 The conference focuses on the implementation and benefits of Assistive Technology and Accessible Media in the university and college setting. Topic areas include: * legal and policy issues, including ADA and 508 compliance * creation of accessible media and information resources, including Web pages * access to and accessibility of library resources For the main conference, accepted speakers will receive a discount to attend. Additional incentives are provided for accepted pre-conference proposals. To see a list of past workshops , visit our conference Web page . A presenter application form [in .doc format ] is also available at the conference Web site. Proposal deadline is March 16, 2006 Contact information: * 303-492-8671 (voice/tty) * hkramer@colorado.edu * Conference URL: http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ Mail Address: * Howard Kramer, Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator * Disability Services,CU-Boulder * 107 UCB * Boulder, Co 80309 -- Posted by D. Berkowitz to Access Technologist Higher Education Network at 3/07/2006 07:34:00 AM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu Tue Mar 7 10:19:48 2006 From: ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu (Stewart, Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:00 2018 Subject: [athen] A note from the Prez Message-ID: Good morning ATHEN, Sorry I have not gotten this information out sooner, was out most of last week due to family medical issues. As Dann has noted we agreed to support AHG, and assist Howard in whatever ways we can as a membership. I can not remember if we went this far, but we have had several discussions about AHG being the official conference of ATHEN. The AHG conference end ATHEN is one of our agenda items for our CSUN meeting. Howard has also asked that we assist him in doing proposal reviews at CSUN, either directly following the members meeting or in the next day or so following, and of course I volunteered you all to do so. If you are interested, and I highly encourage you to, submit a proposal to present at AHG. This is a good conference for newbie presenters, the participants tend to be very helpful and supportive. My suggestion is that you start down the path of professional growth at AHG, get your feet, knees, or face into the pool and do a presentation on a practice or process that you feel is innovative and can contribute to the collective knowledge of our slowing emerging profession. Ron Stewart ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu [mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:13 AM To: athen@lists.oregonstate.edu Subject: [athen] Request for Proposals: Accessing Higher Ground Just a reminder that Howard Kramer is now soliciting proposals for the 9th Annual Accessing Higher Ground Conference. Though the minutes of the ATHEN meeting at last years conference are not posted on the ATHEN website, ATHEN as a body voted in favor of supporting Howard and the Conference by (1) submitting proposals to the conference, (2) attending the conference as members of ATHEN, and (3) actively promoting the conference and seeking outside individuals to present. Now get off your duffs and get proposing! ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability The University of Colorado at Boulder invites speaker proposals for the 9th Annual Accessing Higher Ground Conference - November 7-10, 2006 The conference focuses on the implementation and benefits of Assistive Technology and Accessible Media in the university and college setting. Topic areas include: * legal and policy issues, including ADA and 508 compliance * creation of accessible media and information resources, including Web pages * access to and accessibility of library resources For the main conference, accepted speakers will receive a discount to attend. Additional incentives are provided for accepted pre-conference proposals. To see a list of past workshops , visit our conference Web page . A presenter application form [in .doc format ] is also available at the conference Web site. Proposal deadline is March 16, 2006 Contact information: * 303-492-8671 (voice/tty) * hkramer@colorado.edu * Conference URL: http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ Mail Address: * Howard Kramer, Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator * Disability Services,CU-Boulder * 107 UCB * Boulder, Co 80309 -- Posted by D. Berkowitz to Access Technologist Higher Education Network at 3/07/2006 07:34:00 AM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu Tue Mar 7 12:45:14 2006 From: ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu (Stewart, Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:01 2018 Subject: [athen] ATHEN members your attention please!!! Message-ID: Good afternoon, If you are currently an ATHEN member you need to renew your membership for another year. The membership information and costs can be found on our website at: http://athenpro.org/node/13 At this point we are still unable to accept institutional PO's or credit cards, but hope to have that solved in the next few months. Please send you funds to me at the address in my tag line. Nominations for the AHEAD Executive Committee. We elect our officers every year, and by tradition have always done so at CSUN. The following offices are open for nomination. President - Currently held by Ron Stewart Vice President West - Currently held by Dan Comden Vice President East - Currently held by Pratik Patel Treasure - Vacant Secretary - Currently held by Laurie Vasquez On a final note, we are just about ready with the initial launch of the ATHEN E-Journal and I would like to thank all of those who participated for their hard work. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djbrky at bu.edu Tue Mar 7 18:11:05 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:01 2018 Subject: [athen] Looking for a Volunteer with fast fingers [wi-fi card optional] References: Message-ID: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B078882A1@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> ATTN ATHEN member who will be attending CSUN. Many memners who will not be able to join us at CSUN nd the ATHEN meeting on Wednesday evening would like to attend via the web. We can very simply open some chat windows on a laptop and share shorthand notes with them during the meeting. They, in turn, can take part in the conversation. What we need is a volunteer who will be attending the meeting and is a good & fast typist. If you have your own laptop with wi-fi that would be great - but if not you can borrow mine for the meeting. I would normally volunteer for something like this but - to be honest - my typing skills are abysmal! Please let me know who you are sometime before the meeting. If more than one person is willing to assist - that would be great. Gracias! http://athenpro.blogspot.com/2006/03/athen-at-csun.html ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability From djbrky at bu.edu Wed Mar 8 04:40:40 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:01 2018 Subject: [athen] RE: Axistive - World's Leading Assistive Technology News Portal Message-ID: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B0C7DE41D@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> I love the internet -- where else can a company most of us have never heard of declare themselves the "world's leading news portal for assistive technology". I hereby declare the ATHEN Blog as the "world's leading access technology blog for the postsecondary environment". Heck - for all I know that may be true! http://athenpro.blogspot.com/ What I am pleased about is that someone on the CSUN planning committee is thinking outside the box. http://www.axistive.com/content.jsp?objectid=9013 One of the most popular tech-sites right now is IT Conversations and its spin-offs. This volunteer driven site collects, organizes and distributes content from technology conferences (and others) from all over the world. There is a virtual ton of good stuff to be heard here. http://www.itconversations.com/index.html It is becoming easier for conferences to digitally record sessions and thus share the content in podcast form. EduCause is an excellent example of this as is the University Channel [both pod and vod]. I would love it if the CSUN programs would be recorded and then made available after the conference. Accessing Higher Ground audiotapes sessions and makes the tapes available afterward. Howard and I had a conversation on the possibility of going digital with this in 2006. I will be posting to the ATHEN blog during CSUN so check the blog daily (or simply use the RSS feed). On a side note - I found information on Mac access on the Axistive site. However, this did not come up in any of the searches I did prior to the reviews I am presently undertaking. Of course, that may not be so bad as I overall disagree with their review which looks like little more than a cut and paste job from an Apple sales brochure. http://www.axistive.com/content.jsp?objectid=8999 ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability >-----Original Message----- >From: Pena, Maria [mailto:MPena@miracosta.edu] >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:45 PM >To: Alternate Media >Subject: Axistive - World's Leading Assistive Technology News Portal > > This site is teaming up with CSUN to cover the conference...mgp > > http://www.axistive.com/ > <> From rbeach at kckcc.edu Wed Mar 8 09:31:41 2006 From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:01 2018 Subject: [athen] Re: [adtech-ps] Looking for a Volunteer with fast fingers [wi-fi card optional] Message-ID: Dan, How about using a voice chat similar to what EASI uses? Then, people can hear as well as see the meeting dialogue. Maybe Norm would be willing to let us use their system during that time if they aren't doing a web cast of their own. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: (913) 288-7671 Fax: (913) 288-7678 E-mail: rbeach@kckcc.edu >>> "Berkowitz, Daniel J" 3/7/2006 8:11 PM >>> ATTN ATHEN member who will be attending CSUN. Many memners who will not be able to join us at CSUN nd the ATHEN meeting on Wednesday evening would like to attend via the web. We can very simply open some chat windows on a laptop and share shorthand notes with them during the meeting. They, in turn, can take part in the conversation. What we need is a volunteer who will be attending the meeting and is a good & fast typist. If you have your own laptop with wi-fi that would be great - but if not you can borrow mine for the meeting. I would normally volunteer for something like this but - to be honest - my typing skills are abysmal! Please let me know who you are sometime before the meeting. If more than one person is willing to assist - that would be great. Gracias! http://athenpro.blogspot.com/2006/03/athen-at-csun.html ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability _______________________________________________ adtech-ps mailing list adtech-ps@lists.oregonstate.edu http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/adtech-ps To unsubscribe, send a message to: adtech-ps-request@lists.oregonstate.edu with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. From djbrky at bu.edu Wed Mar 8 09:38:09 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:01 2018 Subject: [athen] RE: [adtech-ps] Looking for a Volunteer with fast fingers[wi-fi card optional] Message-ID: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B0C7DE7F2@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> I believe Ron is chatting or has chatted with them about such. But for a short business meeting it is likely more of a hassle than it is worth to set up the mics and such. If we knew that a small number of folks were interested in off-site access then we could Skype them in using laptops. But that would involve getting everyone set up on Skype beforehand. ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability >-----Original Message----- >From: adtech-ps-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu [mailto:adtech-ps- >bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach >Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:32 PM >To: Berkowitz, Daniel J; adtech-ps@lists.oregonstate.edu; >athen@lists.oregonstate.edu; ron.stewart@oregonstate.edu >Subject: Re: [adtech-ps] Looking for a Volunteer with fast fingers[wi-fi >card optional] > >Dan, > >How about using a voice chat similar to what EASI uses? Then, people can >hear as well as see the meeting dialogue. Maybe Norm would be willing to >let us use their system during that time if they aren't doing a web cast of >their own. > > > >Robert Lee Beach >Assistive Technology Specialist >Kansas City Kansas Community College >7250 State Avenue >Kansas City, KS 66112 >Phone: (913) 288-7671 >Fax: (913) 288-7678 >E-mail: rbeach@kckcc.edu > >>>> "Berkowitz, Daniel J" 3/7/2006 8:11 PM >>> >ATTN ATHEN member who will be attending CSUN. Many memners who will not be >able to join us at CSUN nd the ATHEN meeting on Wednesday evening would >like to attend via the web. We can very simply open some chat windows on a >laptop and share shorthand notes with them during the meeting. They, in >turn, can take part in the conversation. > >What we need is a volunteer who will be attending the meeting and is a good >& fast typist. If you have your own laptop with wi-fi that would be great - >but if not you can borrow mine for the meeting. I would normally volunteer >for something like this but - to be honest - my typing skills are abysmal! > >Please let me know who you are sometime before the meeting. If more than >one person is willing to assist - that would be great. Gracias! > >http://athenpro.blogspot.com/2006/03/athen-at-csun.html > > >========================= >Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director >Boston University Office of Disability Services >19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor >Boston, MA 02215 > >(617) 353-3658 (office) >(617) 353-9646 (fax) >djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) >www.bu.edu/disability > >_______________________________________________ >adtech-ps mailing list >adtech-ps@lists.oregonstate.edu >http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/adtech-ps > >To unsubscribe, send a message to: >adtech-ps-request@lists.oregonstate.edu >with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. > >_______________________________________________ >adtech-ps mailing list >adtech-ps@lists.oregonstate.edu >http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/adtech-ps > >To unsubscribe, send a message to: >adtech-ps-request@lists.oregonstate.edu >with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. From ea at emptech.info Thu Mar 9 10:29:13 2006 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:01 2018 Subject: [athen] RE: Axistive - World's Leading Assistive Technology NewsPortal In-Reply-To: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B0C7DE41D@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <007301c643a7$5f03c5c0$1463fea9@laptop> I hardly dare admit that I know a guy who says he is running the 'world's leading news portal on AT' ! Dennis van der Heijden used to run Handicheck in Holland (a smaller portal which has disappeared since Axistive arrived, so I am not sure what is available for Dutch speakers). He has written articles for a few years on AT in Dutch, worked as a computer trainer and more recently with a special group of children in Holland http://www.specialkids.nl/even_voorstellen/7_dennis This bibliography is a little out of date and in Dutch. He collects news items from folk, has a way of harvesting resources and has used cut and paste on occasions with some of my stuff, but he usually says where he has taken it from. I have to admit to finding it very hard to use his new site whereas the old Dutch one had the news on the front page and was much easier. Maybe he will offer large sums of money for our database (that often depends on advice from that well known 'world's leading access technology blog for the postsecondary environment') so that Robbie and I can retire Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Assistive Technologist Mobile: 07976 289103 http://www.emptech.info -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu [mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: 08 March 2006 12:41 To: Alternate Media; athen@lists.oregonstate.edu; ADTECH-PS Cc: press@axistive.com Subject: [athen] RE: Axistive - World's Leading Assistive Technology NewsPortal I love the internet -- where else can a company most of us have never heard of declare themselves the "world's leading news portal for assistive technology". I hereby declare the ATHEN Blog as the "world's leading access technology blog for the postsecondary environment". Heck - for all I know that may be true! http://athenpro.blogspot.com/ What I am pleased about is that someone on the CSUN planning committee is thinking outside the box. http://www.axistive.com/content.jsp?objectid=9013 One of the most popular tech-sites right now is IT Conversations and its spin-offs. This volunteer driven site collects, organizes and distributes content from technology conferences (and others) from all over the world. There is a virtual ton of good stuff to be heard here. http://www.itconversations.com/index.html It is becoming easier for conferences to digitally record sessions and thus share the content in podcast form. EduCause is an excellent example of this as is the University Channel [both pod and vod]. I would love it if the CSUN programs would be recorded and then made available after the conference. Accessing Higher Ground audiotapes sessions and makes the tapes available afterward. Howard and I had a conversation on the possibility of going digital with this in 2006. I will be posting to the ATHEN blog during CSUN so check the blog daily (or simply use the RSS feed). On a side note - I found information on Mac access on the Axistive site. However, this did not come up in any of the searches I did prior to the reviews I am presently undertaking. Of course, that may not be so bad as I overall disagree with their review which looks like little more than a cut and paste job from an Apple sales brochure. http://www.axistive.com/content.jsp?objectid=8999 ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability >-----Original Message----- >From: Pena, Maria [mailto:MPena@miracosta.edu] >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:45 PM >To: Alternate Media >Subject: Axistive - World's Leading Assistive Technology News Portal > > This site is teaming up with CSUN to cover the conference...mgp > > http://www.axistive.com/ > <> _______________________________________________ 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/277 - Release Date: 08/03/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/277 - Release Date: 08/03/2006 From djbrky at bu.edu Thu Mar 9 11:50:02 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:01 2018 Subject: [athen] RE: Axistive - World's Leading Assistive TechnologyNewsPortal References: <007301c643a7$5f03c5c0$1463fea9@laptop> Message-ID: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B078882AF@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> E.A. - Thanks for the info. I checked the site further and it appears that Dennis is taking the Handicheck concept global. I would like to see this take root and believe that he is heading in the right direction with coverage of CSUN. All of the Tech-blogs and social networking sites (digg. com, slashdot, gizmodo, cNet, engadget, PCWorld, etc.) covered the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and are currently covering CeBIT in Hanover. I expect Axistive will offer similar coverage of CSUN. On behalf of Ron I have eMailed Dennis and invited him (or one of his associates) to attend the ATHEN meeting on Wednesday night of the conference. If they are looking for Freelancers they may as well meet the crew. The Axistive site is offering two separate RSS feeds. It might be time to take the RSS plunge. ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu on behalf of E.A. Draffan Sent: Thu 3/9/2006 1:29 PM To: athen@lists.oregonstate.edu; 'ADTECH-PS' Subject: RE: [athen] RE: Axistive - World's Leading Assistive TechnologyNewsPortal I hardly dare admit that I know a guy who says he is running the 'world's leading news portal on AT' ! Dennis van der Heijden used to run Handicheck in Holland (a smaller portal which has disappeared since Axistive arrived, so I am not sure what is available for Dutch speakers). He has written articles for a few years on AT in Dutch, worked as a computer trainer and more recently with a special group of children in Holland http://www.specialkids.nl/even_voorstellen/7_dennis This bibliography is a little out of date and in Dutch. He collects news items from folk, has a way of harvesting resources and has used cut and paste on occasions with some of my stuff, but he usually says where he has taken it from. I have to admit to finding it very hard to use his new site whereas the old Dutch one had the news on the front page and was much easier. Maybe he will offer large sums of money for our database (that often depends on advice from that well known 'world's leading access technology blog for the postsecondary environment') so that Robbie and I can retire Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Assistive Technologist Mobile: 07976 289103 http://www.emptech.info -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu [mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: 08 March 2006 12:41 To: Alternate Media; athen@lists.oregonstate.edu; ADTECH-PS Cc: press@axistive.com Subject: [athen] RE: Axistive - World's Leading Assistive Technology NewsPortal I love the internet -- where else can a company most of us have never heard of declare themselves the "world's leading news portal for assistive technology". I hereby declare the ATHEN Blog as the "world's leading access technology blog for the postsecondary environment". Heck - for all I know that may be true! http://athenpro.blogspot.com/ What I am pleased about is that someone on the CSUN planning committee is thinking outside the box. http://www.axistive.com/content.jsp?objectid=9013 One of the most popular tech-sites right now is IT Conversations and its spin-offs. This volunteer driven site collects, organizes and distributes content from technology conferences (and others) from all over the world. There is a virtual ton of good stuff to be heard here. http://www.itconversations.com/index.html It is becoming easier for conferences to digitally record sessions and thus share the content in podcast form. EduCause is an excellent example of this as is the University Channel [both pod and vod]. I would love it if the CSUN programs would be recorded and then made available after the conference. Accessing Higher Ground audiotapes sessions and makes the tapes available afterward. Howard and I had a conversation on the possibility of going digital with this in 2006. I will be posting to the ATHEN blog during CSUN so check the blog daily (or simply use the RSS feed). On a side note - I found information on Mac access on the Axistive site. However, this did not come up in any of the searches I did prior to the reviews I am presently undertaking. Of course, that may not be so bad as I overall disagree with their review which looks like little more than a cut and paste job from an Apple sales brochure. http://www.axistive.com/content.jsp?objectid=8999 ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability >-----Original Message----- >From: Pena, Maria [mailto:MPena@miracosta.edu] >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:45 PM >To: Alternate Media >Subject: Axistive - World's Leading Assistive Technology News Portal > > This site is teaming up with CSUN to cover the conference...mgp > > http://www.axistive.com/ > <> _______________________________________________ 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/277 - Release Date: 08/03/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/277 - Release Date: 08/03/2006 _______________________________________________ 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 ea at emptech.info Thu Mar 9 13:17:55 2006 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:01 2018 Subject: [athen] Axistive - World's Leading Assistive TechnologyNewsPortal In-Reply-To: <8E929D499290744FA1BAFB2A63F3128B078882AF@XMS.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <000c01c643be$f00f9c80$0a01a8c0@laptop> I'll be there with my funny money (as Ron calls it) for our dues plus the usual jet lag hence not offering to type up notes for the Web Cam although I am willing to have a go if you are happy to have British spelling! - But joking apart it will be great to see Dennis again. He always teases me that I think he is going to be the Bill Gates of Assistive Technology News! I know he has worked hard to achieve this site and really hope it raises the AT profile. Best Wishes E.A. International ATHEN member! E.A. - Thanks for the info. I checked the site further and it appears that Dennis is taking the Handicheck concept global. I would like to see this take root and believe that he is heading in the right direction with coverage of CSUN. All of the Tech-blogs and social networking sites (digg. com, slashdot, gizmodo, cNet, engadget, PCWorld, etc.) covered the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and are currently covering CeBIT in Hanover. I expect Axistive will offer similar coverage of CSUN. On behalf of Ron I have eMailed Dennis and invited him (or one of his associates) to attend the ATHEN meeting on Wednesday night of the conference. If they are looking for Freelancers they may as well meet the crew. The Axistive site is offering two separate RSS feeds. It might be time to take the RSS plunge. ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/278 - Release Date: 09/03/2006 From ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu Thu Mar 9 16:26:48 2006 From: ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu (Stewart, Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:01 2018 Subject: [athen] CSUN meeting agenda Message-ID: Here is the intial agenda for our meeting at CSUN. Meeting time: Wed March 22nd 5:00 - 6:30 Location: Hilton Hotel San Larenzo Room B To be followed by an informal social activity for those who wish. Agenda Items: Introductions Some words from the Prez Nominations and Election of Officers E-Journal Accessing Higher Ground - The official conference of ATHEN Working Groups New Business Please send me any additional items 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: