From christopher.king at sfcc.edu Tue Oct 3 06:35:44 2006 From: christopher.king at sfcc.edu (King, Christopher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Position Opening: Adaptive Technology Specialist - G'ville Florida Message-ID: <45226730.9020207@sfcc.edu> The Disabilities Resource Center at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida has an opening for an ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST. We are seeking a diverse, talented pool of candidates for this position and encourage the dissemination of this position announcement to your colleagues. For more details on the position and how to apply, please visit the following Human Resources URL and click on the link for *Adaptive Technology Specialist.* http://admin.sfcc.edu/~humresourc/jobs/index.htm The current Application Deadline is OCTOBER 16th. From terrih at asu.edu Tue Oct 3 08:40:48 2006 From: terrih at asu.edu (Terri Hedgpeth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Position Opening: Adaptive Technology Specialist - G'villeFlorida Message-ID: <6DC38348EDE07642B024AA3CA0AA1BDC034BE56C@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Chris, What is the pay range? I might know someone who would be interested. Dr. Terri Hedgpeth Academic Research Professional CUbiC #376, iCare (480) 727-8133 V (480) 965-1885 Fax CUbiC.asu.edu http://www.fulton.asu.edu/fulton/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of King, Christopher Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:36 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Position Opening: Adaptive Technology Specialist - G'villeFlorida The Disabilities Resource Center at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida has an opening for an ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST. We are seeking a diverse, talented pool of candidates for this position and encourage the dissemination of this position announcement to your colleagues. For more details on the position and how to apply, please visit the following Human Resources URL and click on the link for *Adaptive Technology Specialist.* http://admin.sfcc.edu/~humresourc/jobs/index.htm The current Application Deadline is OCTOBER 16th. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From christopher.king at sfcc.edu Tue Oct 3 09:52:25 2006 From: christopher.king at sfcc.edu (King, Christopher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Position Opening: Adaptive Technology Specialist - G'villeFlorida In-Reply-To: <6DC38348EDE07642B024AA3CA0AA1BDC034BE56C@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> References: <6DC38348EDE07642B024AA3CA0AA1BDC034BE56C@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: <45229549.3080404@sfcc.edu> Hi Terri, If you click on the link I sent (also below) it will bring you to the HR page where you should see a link for Adaptive Technolgy Specialist, which in turn will bring you to the announcement in PDF format with all the details. Starting pay range is something like $30-$36,000. Also, if your person is not local, they may want to check out info on Santa Fe CC (www.sfcc.edu) and Gainesville Florida (http://www.gainesvillechamber.com/). This is a great place to live... a small town with many of the cultural benefits of a larger city, due to the presence of that 800 pound gator, University of Florida. Santa Fe, though only a moderate size college, graduates more students to UF than all the other community college's in the state combined. We also have a number of programs and features that are unique to Florida and even to the nation. All the best, Chris http://admin.sfcc.edu/~humresourc/jobs/index.htm Terri Hedgpeth wrote: >Chris, >What is the pay range? I might know someone who would be interested. > >Dr. Terri Hedgpeth >Academic Research Professional >CUbiC #376, iCare >(480) 727-8133 V >(480) 965-1885 Fax >CUbiC.asu.edu >http://www.fulton.asu.edu/fulton/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On >Behalf Of King, Christopher >Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:36 AM >To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network >Subject: [Athen] Position Opening: Adaptive Technology Specialist - >G'villeFlorida > >The Disabilities Resource Center at Santa Fe Community College in > >Gainesville, Florida has an opening for an ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY >SPECIALIST. > >We are seeking a diverse, talented pool of candidates for this position >and encourage the dissemination of this position announcement to your >colleagues. For more details on the position and how to apply, please >visit the following Human Resources URL and click on the link for >*Adaptive Technology Specialist.* > >http://admin.sfcc.edu/~humresourc/jobs/index.htm > >The current Application Deadline is OCTOBER 16th. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > -- Christopher King Adaptive Technologies Specialist Disabilities Resource Center Santa Fe Community College 352-395-5387 christopher.king@sfcc.edu From asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca Fri Oct 6 11:23:36 2006 From: asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca (Jennison Asuncion) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] BlindNews: School web sites fail accessibility test (fwd) Message-ID: Hello, Thought some here might find this article of interest. Jennison Jennison Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 12:42:11 -0400 From: BlindNews Mailing List To: BlindNews@blindprogramming.com Subject: BlindNews: School web sites fail accessibility test eSchool News - MD,USA Friday, October 06, 2006 School web sites fail accessibility test By Justin Appel, Assistant Editor Only 14 percent of nation's top universities reportedly meet W3C accessibility guidelines A maker of internet content management solutions says it has tested the web sites of the top 124 universities in the nation for how accessible they are to users with disabilities, and the results aren't good: According to the company, only 17 of the 124 schools' sites comply with the World Wide Web Consortium's standards for accessibility. October 6, 2006-Eighty-six percent of the nation's top universities have web sites that do not comply with standards designed to make the internet more accessible to persons with disabilities, according to a recent survey. Conducted in June by Hannon Hill Corp., a maker of web content-management solutions, the study examined the web sites of the top 124 universities in the United States, as ranked in U.S. News and World Report's annual account. Of these 124 schools, only 17 were found to have web sites that comply with the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C's) accessibility standards. Those not passing had an average of 45 errors each on their home pages, Hannon Hill said. Each error indicates a standard was not followed. W3C's guidelines are widely regarded as the industry standard for web accessibility. They are meant to give persons with disabilities unfettered access to web sites. People who are visually impaired must rely on electronic screen readers to read web pages to them, explained David Cummings, chief executive officer of Hannon Hill. Those with severe myopia might use screen magnifiers or text-enlarging browser settings. Color-blind individuals will miss the nuances communicated by color and must look for other indicators that convey the same meaning, while people whose motor skills are impaired generally rely on keyboard shortcuts for navigation. These individuals all must rely on assistive technology to help them navigate the web and find the information they need--and how a web page is coded can have a significant impact on this process. "By upholding W3C web-site standards, colleges take the same approach to making a web site accessible as they would to making physical walkways and structures accessible to persons with disabilities," said Cummings, whose company has a financial incentive in publishing the survey results: It sells a product, called the Cascade Server, that provides an automatic checker to ensure that all web content managed with the solution is standards-compliant. The list of schools whose web sites reportedly fall short of W3C standards includes some of the top liberal-arts and technical schools in the nation, such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Northwestern, Duke, the University of Pennsylvania, and California Institute of Technology. Of the schools whose web sites failed Hannon Hill's accessibility test, only the University of Vermont responded to an eSchool News reporter's questions before press time. "While I can't say we are where we'd like to be across the board, we do excel in many areas and go beyond what many 'automated' validation software packages can verify," said the school's Tatjana Salcedo. "We ... strive to improve in these areas and will continue to do so in each successive generation of web technology we implement." Salcedo added: "I do applaud Hannon Hill for addressing this issue so directly, but I am a little dubious of any study that bases its results on such limited criteria as an automated test. If you speak with the people at the W3C, ... the true intentions of the standards are much more meaningful than meeting simple technical criteria." One of the few schools to pass the test was the University of California-Davis. "We set [accessibility] as a major goal of the last redesign of the campus home pages," said Cal-Davis' webmaster, Craig Farris. "This takes a bit more effort and involves a [near-] complete rewrite of the HTML of all the pages to completely separate content from presentation," Farris explained. "The results, however, are well worth the time and effort. Pages are easier to edit, more backwardly compatible, and leaner"--resulting in faster downloads. While the W3C standards include a number of different guidelines for being accessible, Hannon Hill chose to focus on the language used to encode and create the home pages of each web site. This was done by inputting each home page's URL into an online evaluation tool to determine if the site's language complied with the accessibility standards. The W3C standards call for a certain language, or doctype, which will allow the accessibility to occur. Without a specific doctype or root element, a web site is unable to properly display or run programs for those who are disabled. An example is that of a blind individual who needs the use of a screen reader, a device that reads the text and photos on the screen. With the accessibility standards in place, once the screen reader comes to a photo, it will read a description of the picture that has been imbedded on the page by the webmaster. Without the proper coding, on the other hand, the individual will simply hear the word "jpeg" or "image." Although the accessibility standards are not mandatory, all of W3C's guidelines are recognized as being the "gold standard" in the online community, said Marty Blair, policy director for the National Center on Disability and Access to Education. "This looks horrible. The problem is we've got 124 colleges and universities tested, and that's only a small fraction of those who are out there," Blair said. The shortage of schools meeting the W3C guidelines for accessibility is a problem that will not change until schools are held financially accountable for making their web sites fully accessible to students with disabilities, said Blair, who added: "There may be schools and institutions of higher education that, out of the goodness of their heart, require their faculty and staff to develop web sites that are accessible--but much of what is put on sites ... is put up by faculty across campus." Much of the problem stems from individually created pages on school web sites, but money is also an issue. To go back and retrofit an entire web site to adhere to the W3C standards is an expensive venture. Currently, no laws require a school's web sites to comply with the W3C accessibility standards. Though some people cite Section 508 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act--which states that federal agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public equal access to their electronic and information technology--that provision applies only to government agencies or products and services purchased and used by the federal government. But schools might have another incentive to make their web sites accessible, Cummings said. "Conveniently, many of the techniques that make a web site easier to access for assistive technologies are the same techniques that make it more attractive to search engines, and therefore improve a site's rating," he said. Editor's Note: eSchool News' own web site is currently out of compliance with the W3C accessibility standards as well, but an extensive renovation of eSN's content-management system, just now entering its last phases, will remedy that shortcoming in the near future. Links: Hannon Hill Corp. http://www.hannonhill.com W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI National Center on Disability and Access to Education http://www.ncdae.org/index.cfm http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6639 -- BlindNews mailing list Archived at: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind/ Address message to list by sending mail to: BlindNews@blindprogramming.com Access your subscription info at: http://blindprogramming.com/mailman/listinfo/blindnews_blindprogramming.com To unsubscribe via e-mail: send a message to BlindNews-Request@BlindProgramming.com with the word unsubscribe in either the subject or body of the message From Howard.Kramer at colorado.edu Mon Oct 9 11:00:56 2006 From: Howard.Kramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS access to equation editor Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20061009120009.05b62050@buffmail.colorado.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.gardner at orst.edu Mon Oct 9 11:21:01 2006 From: john.gardner at orst.edu (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS access to equation editor In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20061009120009.05b62050@buffmail.colorado.edu> References: <6.1.2.0.2.20061009120009.05b62050@buffmail.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20061009111339.0232da00@orst.edu> Howard, the MS equation editor and its big brother MathType are not accessible. There are two straightforward ways to access the math that has been written using either of these however. To access it you'll need MathType and can either convert the equations to a Tiger environment and emboss as DotsPlus or export as math page with the MathML option selected in MathType. The resulting XML page can be displayed in Internet Explorer with the free MathPlayer plug-in from Design Science http://dessci.com. For IE 6 you need to change the XML extension to XHTML to make it display right. Then one can read the equations as words using any current screen reader. Other export options are coming. Unfortunately MathType itself isn't likely to get more accessible for some time. Hope this helps. John At 11:00 AM 10/9/2006, you wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a way to convert or make MS equation >editor object accessible to JAWS or another screen reader? > >Thanks, >Howard > >Howard Kramer >Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator >AT Conference Coordinator >Disability Services >CU-Boulder, 107 UCB >Boulder, Co 80309 >303-492-8672 > > >NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the >Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is >confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended >recipient, please be aware that any retention, dissemination, >distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you >are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender that you >have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you for >helping to maintain privacy. >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org John A. Gardner Professor and Director, Science Access Project Department of Physics Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331 tel: (541) 737 3278 FAX: (541) 737 1683 SAP URL: http://dots.physics.orst.edu/ From Howard.Kramer at colorado.edu Mon Oct 9 12:03:57 2006 From: Howard.Kramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS access to equation editor In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20061009111339.0232da00@orst.edu> References: <6.1.2.0.2.20061009120009.05b62050@buffmail.colorado.edu> <6.2.5.6.2.20061009111339.0232da00@orst.edu> Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20061009130348.06648ba0@buffmail.colorado.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at kckcc.edu Mon Oct 9 13:01:57 2006 From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Genzabar EX software Message-ID: Hello, Does anybody have any experience with the Genzabar management software? Our institution is looking at this software for managing enrollment, student records, payroll, accounts payable/receivable, etc. In other words, a complete college management system. It sounds like it will even be used for online enrollment, grade posting, and other online student account processing. I'm wondering if anybody knows about the accessibility of this product. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks. 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 From Michael.Goldhammer at mhcc.edu Mon Oct 9 13:35:11 2006 From: Michael.Goldhammer at mhcc.edu (Michael Goldhammer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Genzabar EX software In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Robert - It's called Jezebel. Besides the info you listed they also have an Educational Student Portal. I haven't been able to find much on their accessibility strategies. Michael Goldhammer Assistive Technology Computer Specialist Mt Hood Community College 26000 S.E. Stark Street Gresham, Oregon 97030 503.491-7593 E-mail: Michael.Goldhammer@mhcc.edu Web Site: http://www.mhcc.edu/dso NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you for helping to maintain privacy. -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:02 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] Genzabar EX software Hello, Does anybody have any experience with the Genzabar management software? Our institution is looking at this software for managing enrollment, student records, payroll, accounts payable/receivable, etc. In other words, a complete college management system. It sounds like it will even be used for online enrollment, grade posting, and other online student account processing. I'm wondering if anybody knows about the accessibility of this product. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks. 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 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From Michael.Goldhammer at mhcc.edu Mon Oct 9 13:47:19 2006 From: Michael.Goldhammer at mhcc.edu (Michael Goldhammer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Genzabar EX software In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The trouble with spellcheckers, What I meant was "Jenzabar" NOT "Jezebel" ...... Hmmm. Got to beat on my computer some more! Michael Goldhammer Assistive Technology Computer Specialist Mt Hood Community College 26000 S.E. Stark Street Gresham, Oregon 97030 503.491-7593 E-mail: Michael.Goldhammer@mhcc.edu Web Site: http://www.mhcc.edu/dso NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you for helping to maintain privacy. -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Michael Goldhammer Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:35 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Genzabar EX software Robert - It's called Jezebel. Besides the info you listed they also have an Educational Student Portal. I haven't been able to find much on their accessibility strategies. Michael Goldhammer Assistive Technology Computer Specialist Mt Hood Community College 26000 S.E. Stark Street Gresham, Oregon 97030 503.491-7593 E-mail: Michael.Goldhammer@mhcc.edu Web Site: http://www.mhcc.edu/dso NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you for helping to maintain privacy. -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:02 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] Genzabar EX software Hello, Does anybody have any experience with the Genzabar management software? Our institution is looking at this software for managing enrollment, student records, payroll, accounts payable/receivable, etc. In other words, a complete college management system. It sounds like it will even be used for online enrollment, grade posting, and other online student account processing. I'm wondering if anybody knows about the accessibility of this product. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks. 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 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From rbeach at kckcc.edu Mon Oct 9 13:59:21 2006 From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Genzabar EX software Message-ID: Hmmm, I'm not sure we're talking about the same product. I took the name directly off the agenda e-mailed to us by the company. Thename on all of their material called the product Genzabar EX. It certainly sounds close to the same name though. I'll do some more digging to see if I can clarify the product and get some accessibility info. Thanks! 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 >>> Michael.Goldhammer@mhcc.edu 10/9/2006 3:35 PM >>> Robert - It's called Jezebel. Besides the info you listed they also have an Educational Student Portal. I haven't been able to find much on their accessibility strategies. Michael Goldhammer Assistive Technology Computer Specialist Mt Hood Community College 26000 S.E. Stark Street Gresham, Oregon 97030 503.491-7593 E-mail: Michael.Goldhammer@mhcc.edu Web Site: http://www.mhcc.edu/dso NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you for helping to maintain privacy. -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:02 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] Genzabar EX software Hello, Does anybody have any experience with the Genzabar management software? Our institution is looking at this software for managing enrollment, student records, payroll, accounts payable/receivable, etc. In other words, a complete college management system. It sounds like it will even be used for online enrollment, grade posting, and other online student account processing. I'm wondering if anybody knows about the accessibility of this product. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks. 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 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KCKCC's MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From rbeach at kckcc.edu Mon Oct 9 14:02:14 2006 From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Genzabar EX software Message-ID: Oooops. I see what you mean. Funny though, in the title of the agenda, it was spelled the way you put it, but in the body of the e-mail, the product name was misspelled. Good to know I'm not the only human around here. Thanks for pointing out the correction to me. 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 >>> Michael.Goldhammer@mhcc.edu 10/9/2006 3:47 PM >>> The trouble with spellcheckers, What I meant was "Jenzabar" NOT "Jezebel" ...... Hmmm. Got to beat on my computer some more! Michael Goldhammer Assistive Technology Computer Specialist Mt Hood Community College 26000 S.E. Stark Street Gresham, Oregon 97030 503.491-7593 E-mail: Michael.Goldhammer@mhcc.edu Web Site: http://www.mhcc.edu/dso NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you for helping to maintain privacy. -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Michael Goldhammer Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:35 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Genzabar EX software Robert - It's called Jezebel. Besides the info you listed they also have an Educational Student Portal. I haven't been able to find much on their accessibility strategies. Michael Goldhammer Assistive Technology Computer Specialist Mt Hood Community College 26000 S.E. Stark Street Gresham, Oregon 97030 503.491-7593 E-mail: Michael.Goldhammer@mhcc.edu Web Site: http://www.mhcc.edu/dso NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential and may be privileged. 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Thanks, Candace Richardson Disability Accommodations Coordinator Student Support Services Indiana University East canricha@indiana.edu (765) 973-8236 ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Helen Ostrander Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:45 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] K3000 Text to MP3 Fix Earlier this semester, the alternate media support was having great difficulty converting text to MP3 using K3000 audio spooler. Through the diligence of our IT department, I have attached the fix to the problem. Hope this saves some of you time and energy. Helen Helen Ostrander Interim Coordinator Disability Instructional Support Center (DISC) Mission College 3000 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054-1897 408.855.5274 408.855.5449 FAX -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Open Praxis is launching a call for research and ?good practices? papers to be published in 2008 concerning distance education and the right to education (in particular reference to article 26 of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights): What is the role of distance education in the implementation of the right to education? How is distance education involved when education is seen as a right? What is its position in educational policy, as a factor of quality and an instrument for liberty? This theme can be approached from multiple points of view, pedagogical, sociological, economical, political, legal, etc. as developed in the enclosed description. Open Praxis is ICDE?s electronic journal for members only. Open Praxis is now launching this call for papers in collaboration with five other scientific journals with international influence and leadership, among others, in Europe, North America, and Asia: ? Asian Journal of Distance Education : http://www.asianjde.org/ ? Distances et savoirs: www.cned.fr/ds, http://ds.revuesonline.com ? EURODL : http://www.eurodl.org/ ? Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network: http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/ ? IRRODL: http://www.irrodl.org/ ? Open Praxis : http://www.openpraxis.com/ Final texts selected by each participating journal (according to the usual scientific process of anonymous expertise) will be published in their original language on a common website, with open access; they will also be published on the usual web sites of the journals, and in the printed versions of those journals (if they have one), either in their original language or translated. Authors will benefit from a wide international dissemination, and their work will make up a common international reference regarding distance education and the universal question of the right to education. Schedule: - October 2006: call for papers - January 31st, 2007: deadline for submitting summaries of propositions for articles (500 to 1000 maximum words); - April 1st, 2007: Notification to authors of selected propositions; - December 1st, 2007: deadline for submitting the first version of full text; - January 1st, 2008: Final versions of texts; - Spring 2008: All selected texts published on common website of participating journals. For Open Praxis, abstracts are to be sent to: perona@icde.org Information concerning texts format: format for contributions to open praxis Articles will have to conform to usual scientific requirements: research hypothesis, methodology, references, contextualisation, results and prospects. Scientific committee : Terry Anderson (ORRODL), John Bourne (JALN), Reidar Roll, Svein Haaland, Ana Perona (Open Praxis), Ramesh C SHARMA (AsianJDE), Alan Tait (EURODL) and Martine Vidal, Monique Grandbastien, Pierre Moeglin (D&S). 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We do use both Producer and Publisher extensively in our production process and as we work our way through processes and workflows, we are finding that each has it place. For the most part they have positively impacted our workflow but not as much as the positive effects they have had on student access to the materials - and student satisfaction with the end products. Where we have found Producer to be quite effective is in creating quick and simple DTB especially when students need portions of a book (chapters, sections) early in the semester before we can get to the complete book using the more extensive Publisher. Producer is also extremely capable for knocking out 'one-offs' such as journal articles professors have posted on Bb. As for the specific question of whether or not they have "eased production" - that depends upon what you mean. They have made much of our production easier BUT now that students have gotten wind of what we can provide they are coming out of the wood work with requests. Students who got fed up with Books on Tape years ago or found fault with us when we were struggling in the early years of digital production are coming back and asking for more and sooner! We have our first student this year that came in already familiar with DAISY and has some of the nastiest books (Graduate School of Management) I have ever dealt with! One of my presentations at AHG will be on the topic of setting up such workflows and organizing processes. For complete information on AHG - visit the website: http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ ========================= 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@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Roll,Marla Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:35 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader Hello all, We have offered the use of Easy Reader this fall to students reading books in alternate format and so far the response has been quite positive. Now, we are considering buying a site license for the product but I want to know if anyone out there has done so... 1. has any campus bought a site license for Easy Reader and if so are they pleased or not with that decision? 2. has any campus implemented the use of Dolphin's Producer and/or Publisher products and, if so, have they eased the production of alternate format on your campus? Thanks for any input you can provide, Marla Roll ________________________________________ Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center 304 Occupational Therapy Building Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 - 1586 970-491-2016 970-491-6290 (fax) mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu Fri Oct 20 10:16:38 2006 From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <45390476.3010407@mcmail.maricopa.edu> Hi Dan, I am impressed by your thorough response, especially as it pertains to a purchase we are considering for MCC. Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend AHG and would like to know if it would be remotely possible to get a copy of your presentation /information on how to set up a workflow for the alt text production prorcesses. Thanks a mizillion! Wink Berkowitz, Daniel J wrote: > Marla, > > We do not have a site license for EasyReader (yep ? they Americanized > the name?). We would like to (one day) but our structure does not lend > itself to anything campus-wide. We are considering opening a dialogue > with some of the larger computer labs on campus to see what can be > done. On a side note- for those of you attending AHG in a few weeks ? > I recommend the presentation by ATHEN members Alice Anderson & Henry > Huang ?//Computer Access on Campus: Separate, Equal or Hybrid??// > > We do use both Producer and Publisher extensively in our production > process and as we work our way through processes and workflows, we are > finding that each has it place. For the most part they have positively > impacted our workflow but not as much as the positive effects they > have had on student access to the materials ? and student satisfaction > with the end products. > > Where we have found Producer to be quite effective is in creating > quick and simple DTB especially when students need portions of a book > (chapters, sections) early in the semester before we can get to the > complete book using the more extensive Publisher. Producer is also > extremely capable for knocking out ?one-offs? such as journal articles > professors have posted on Bb. > > As for the specific question of whether or not they have ?eased > production? ? that depends upon what you mean. They have made much of > our production easier BUT now that students have gotten wind of what > we can provide they are coming out of the wood work with requests. > Students who got fed up with Books on Tape years ago or found fault > with us when we were struggling in the early years of digital > production are coming back and asking for more and sooner! We have our > first student this year that came in already familiar with DAISY and > has some of the nastiest books (Graduate School of Management) I have > ever dealt with! > > One of my presentations at AHG will be on the topic of setting up such > workflows and organizing processes. For complete information on AHG ? > visit the website: http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ > > ========================= > 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@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > *On Behalf Of *Roll,Marla > *Sent:* Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:35 PM > *To:* Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader > > Hello all, > > We have offered the use of Easy Reader this fall to students reading > books in alternate format and so far the response has been quite > positive. Now, we are considering buying a site license for the > product but I want to know if anyone out there has done so... > > 1. has any campus bought a site license for Easy Reader and if so are > they pleased or not with that decision? > > 2. has any campus implemented the use of Dolphin's Producer and/or > Publisher products and, if so, have they eased the production of > alternate format on your campus? > > Thanks for any input you can provide, > > Marla Roll > > ________________________________________ > > Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR > Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center > 304 Occupational Therapy Building > Colorado State University > Fort Collins, CO 80523 - 1586 > 970-491-2016 > 970-491-6290 (fax) > mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > From pratikp1 at gmail.com Sat Oct 21 01:55:07 2006 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader In-Reply-To: <45390476.3010407@mcmail.maricopa.edu> Message-ID: <04d201c6f4ee$9be110d0$6605050a@LENOVO1C5CE3C3> Hello all, Those of you who are not able to attend AHG, I would highly recommend that you order the DVD recordings of the presentations. The list of presentations/presenters is quite impressive. Of course, the recordings aren't as much fun. Pratik -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:17 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader Hi Dan, I am impressed by your thorough response, especially as it pertains to a purchase we are considering for MCC. Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend AHG and would like to know if it would be remotely possible to get a copy of your presentation /information on how to set up a workflow for the alt text production prorcesses. Thanks a mizillion! Wink Berkowitz, Daniel J wrote: > Marla, > > We do not have a site license for EasyReader (yep - they Americanized > the name.). We would like to (one day) but our structure does not lend > itself to anything campus-wide. We are considering opening a dialogue > with some of the larger computer labs on campus to see what can be > done. On a side note- for those of you attending AHG in a few weeks - > I recommend the presentation by ATHEN members Alice Anderson & Henry > Huang "//Computer Access on Campus: Separate, Equal or Hybrid?"// > > We do use both Producer and Publisher extensively in our production > process and as we work our way through processes and workflows, we are > finding that each has it place. For the most part they have positively > impacted our workflow but not as much as the positive effects they > have had on student access to the materials - and student satisfaction > with the end products. > > Where we have found Producer to be quite effective is in creating > quick and simple DTB especially when students need portions of a book > (chapters, sections) early in the semester before we can get to the > complete book using the more extensive Publisher. Producer is also > extremely capable for knocking out 'one-offs' such as journal articles > professors have posted on Bb. > > As for the specific question of whether or not they have "eased > production" - that depends upon what you mean. They have made much of > our production easier BUT now that students have gotten wind of what > we can provide they are coming out of the wood work with requests. > Students who got fed up with Books on Tape years ago or found fault > with us when we were struggling in the early years of digital > production are coming back and asking for more and sooner! We have our > first student this year that came in already familiar with DAISY and > has some of the nastiest books (Graduate School of Management) I have > ever dealt with! > > One of my presentations at AHG will be on the topic of setting up such > workflows and organizing processes. For complete information on AHG - > visit the website: http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ > > ========================= > 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@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > *On Behalf Of *Roll,Marla > *Sent:* Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:35 PM > *To:* Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader > > Hello all, > > We have offered the use of Easy Reader this fall to students reading > books in alternate format and so far the response has been quite > positive. Now, we are considering buying a site license for the > product but I want to know if anyone out there has done so... > > 1. has any campus bought a site license for Easy Reader and if so are > they pleased or not with that decision? > > 2. has any campus implemented the use of Dolphin's Producer and/or > Publisher products and, if so, have they eased the production of > alternate format on your campus? > > Thanks for any input you can provide, > > Marla Roll > > ________________________________________ > > Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR > Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center > 304 Occupational Therapy Building > Colorado State University > Fort Collins, CO 80523 - 1586 > 970-491-2016 > 970-491-6290 (fax) > mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From djbrky at bu.edu Sat Oct 21 05:30:40 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHG presentations References: <04d201c6f4ee$9be110d0$6605050a@LENOVO1C5CE3C3> Message-ID: As far as I know, the presentation recordings are audio only. However, the PPT's get posted on the conference site afterward (with the permission of the presenter). I typically also post them up on a personal site I maintain and will let folks know about that later. ========================= 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@athenpro.org on behalf of Pratik Patel Sent: Sat 10/21/2006 4:55 AM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader Hello all, Those of you who are not able to attend AHG, I would highly recommend that you order the DVD recordings of the presentations. The list of presentations/presenters is quite impressive. Of course, the recordings aren't as much fun. Pratik -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:17 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader Hi Dan, I am impressed by your thorough response, especially as it pertains to a purchase we are considering for MCC. Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend AHG and would like to know if it would be remotely possible to get a copy of your presentation /information on how to set up a workflow for the alt text production prorcesses. Thanks a mizillion! Wink Berkowitz, Daniel J wrote: > Marla, > > We do not have a site license for EasyReader (yep - they Americanized > the name.). We would like to (one day) but our structure does not lend > itself to anything campus-wide. We are considering opening a dialogue > with some of the larger computer labs on campus to see what can be > done. On a side note- for those of you attending AHG in a few weeks - > I recommend the presentation by ATHEN members Alice Anderson & Henry > Huang "//Computer Access on Campus: Separate, Equal or Hybrid?"// > > We do use both Producer and Publisher extensively in our production > process and as we work our way through processes and workflows, we are > finding that each has it place. For the most part they have positively > impacted our workflow but not as much as the positive effects they > have had on student access to the materials - and student satisfaction > with the end products. > > Where we have found Producer to be quite effective is in creating > quick and simple DTB especially when students need portions of a book > (chapters, sections) early in the semester before we can get to the > complete book using the more extensive Publisher. Producer is also > extremely capable for knocking out 'one-offs' such as journal articles > professors have posted on Bb. > > As for the specific question of whether or not they have "eased > production" - that depends upon what you mean. They have made much of > our production easier BUT now that students have gotten wind of what > we can provide they are coming out of the wood work with requests. > Students who got fed up with Books on Tape years ago or found fault > with us when we were struggling in the early years of digital > production are coming back and asking for more and sooner! We have our > first student this year that came in already familiar with DAISY and > has some of the nastiest books (Graduate School of Management) I have > ever dealt with! > > One of my presentations at AHG will be on the topic of setting up such > workflows and organizing processes. For complete information on AHG - > visit the website: http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ > > ========================= > 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@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > *On Behalf Of *Roll,Marla > *Sent:* Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:35 PM > *To:* Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader > > Hello all, > > We have offered the use of Easy Reader this fall to students reading > books in alternate format and so far the response has been quite > positive. Now, we are considering buying a site license for the > product but I want to know if anyone out there has done so... > > 1. has any campus bought a site license for Easy Reader and if so are > they pleased or not with that decision? > > 2. has any campus implemented the use of Dolphin's Producer and/or > Publisher products and, if so, have they eased the production of > alternate format on your campus? > > Thanks for any input you can provide, > > Marla Roll > > ________________________________________ > > Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR > Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center > 304 Occupational Therapy Building > Colorado State University > Fort Collins, CO 80523 - 1586 > 970-491-2016 > 970-491-6290 (fax) > mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From djbrky at bu.edu Sat Oct 21 06:01:46 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader References: <45390476.3010407@mcmail.maricopa.edu> Message-ID: How much exactly is a "mizillion"? ========================= 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@athenpro.org on behalf of Wink Harner Sent: Fri 10/20/2006 1:16 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader Hi Dan, I am impressed by your thorough response, especially as it pertains to a purchase we are considering for MCC. Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend AHG and would like to know if it would be remotely possible to get a copy of your presentation /information on how to set up a workflow for the alt text production prorcesses. Thanks a mizillion! Wink Berkowitz, Daniel J wrote: > Marla, > > We do not have a site license for EasyReader (yep - they Americanized > the name...). We would like to (one day) but our structure does not lend > itself to anything campus-wide. We are considering opening a dialogue > with some of the larger computer labs on campus to see what can be > done. On a side note- for those of you attending AHG in a few weeks - > I recommend the presentation by ATHEN members Alice Anderson & Henry > Huang "//Computer Access on Campus: Separate, Equal or Hybrid?"// > > We do use both Producer and Publisher extensively in our production > process and as we work our way through processes and workflows, we are > finding that each has it place. For the most part they have positively > impacted our workflow but not as much as the positive effects they > have had on student access to the materials - and student satisfaction > with the end products. > > Where we have found Producer to be quite effective is in creating > quick and simple DTB especially when students need portions of a book > (chapters, sections) early in the semester before we can get to the > complete book using the more extensive Publisher. Producer is also > extremely capable for knocking out 'one-offs' such as journal articles > professors have posted on Bb. > > As for the specific question of whether or not they have "eased > production" - that depends upon what you mean. They have made much of > our production easier BUT now that students have gotten wind of what > we can provide they are coming out of the wood work with requests. > Students who got fed up with Books on Tape years ago or found fault > with us when we were struggling in the early years of digital > production are coming back and asking for more and sooner! We have our > first student this year that came in already familiar with DAISY and > has some of the nastiest books (Graduate School of Management) I have > ever dealt with! > > One of my presentations at AHG will be on the topic of setting up such > workflows and organizing processes. For complete information on AHG - > visit the website: http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ > > ========================= > 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@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > *On Behalf Of *Roll,Marla > *Sent:* Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:35 PM > *To:* Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader > > Hello all, > > We have offered the use of Easy Reader this fall to students reading > books in alternate format and so far the response has been quite > positive. Now, we are considering buying a site license for the > product but I want to know if anyone out there has done so... > > 1. has any campus bought a site license for Easy Reader and if so are > they pleased or not with that decision? > > 2. has any campus implemented the use of Dolphin's Producer and/or > Publisher products and, if so, have they eased the production of > alternate format on your campus? > > Thanks for any input you can provide, > > Marla Roll > > ________________________________________ > > Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR > Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center > 304 Occupational Therapy Building > Colorado State University > Fort Collins, CO 80523 - 1586 > 970-491-2016 > 970-491-6290 (fax) > mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I typically also post them up on a personal site I maintain and will let folks know about that later. ========================= 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@athenpro.org on behalf of Pratik Patel Sent: Sat 10/21/2006 4:55 AM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader Hello all, Those of you who are not able to attend AHG, I would highly recommend that you order the DVD recordings of the presentations. The list of presentations/presenters is quite impressive. Of course, the recordings aren't as much fun. Pratik -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:17 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader Hi Dan, I am impressed by your thorough response, especially as it pertains to a purchase we are considering for MCC. Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend AHG and would like to know if it would be remotely possible to get a copy of your presentation /information on how to set up a workflow for the alt text production prorcesses. Thanks a mizillion! Wink Berkowitz, Daniel J wrote: > Marla, > > We do not have a site license for EasyReader (yep - they Americanized > the name.). We would like to (one day) but our structure does not lend > itself to anything campus-wide. We are considering opening a dialogue > with some of the larger computer labs on campus to see what can be > done. On a side note- for those of you attending AHG in a few weeks - > I recommend the presentation by ATHEN members Alice Anderson & Henry > Huang "//Computer Access on Campus: Separate, Equal or Hybrid?"// > > We do use both Producer and Publisher extensively in our production > process and as we work our way through processes and workflows, we are > finding that each has it place. For the most part they have positively > impacted our workflow but not as much as the positive effects they > have had on student access to the materials - and student satisfaction > with the end products. > > Where we have found Producer to be quite effective is in creating > quick and simple DTB especially when students need portions of a book > (chapters, sections) early in the semester before we can get to the > complete book using the more extensive Publisher. Producer is also > extremely capable for knocking out 'one-offs' such as journal articles > professors have posted on Bb. > > As for the specific question of whether or not they have "eased > production" - that depends upon what you mean. They have made much of > our production easier BUT now that students have gotten wind of what > we can provide they are coming out of the wood work with requests. > Students who got fed up with Books on Tape years ago or found fault > with us when we were struggling in the early years of digital > production are coming back and asking for more and sooner! We have our > first student this year that came in already familiar with DAISY and > has some of the nastiest books (Graduate School of Management) I have > ever dealt with! > > One of my presentations at AHG will be on the topic of setting up such > workflows and organizing processes. For complete information on AHG - > visit the website: http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ > > ========================= > 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@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > *On Behalf Of *Roll,Marla > *Sent:* Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:35 PM > *To:* Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader > > Hello all, > > We have offered the use of Easy Reader this fall to students reading > books in alternate format and so far the response has been quite > positive. Now, we are considering buying a site license for the > product but I want to know if anyone out there has done so... > > 1. has any campus bought a site license for Easy Reader and if so are > they pleased or not with that decision? > > 2. has any campus implemented the use of Dolphin's Producer and/or > Publisher products and, if so, have they eased the production of > alternate format on your campus? > > Thanks for any input you can provide, > > Marla Roll > > ________________________________________ > > Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR > Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center > 304 Occupational Therapy Building > Colorado State University > Fort Collins, CO 80523 - 1586 > 970-491-2016 > 970-491-6290 (fax) > mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu Sat Oct 21 08:33:35 2006 From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] Apologies Message-ID: <453885A600000202@email3.dist.maricopa.edu> Dear Listers, My apologies for the mass posting earlier this week requesting info on Dan's presentation at AHG. I have been so sleep-deprived lately...I intended to reply only to Dan, and inadvertently hit the "reply all" button instead. Please forgive my lapse(s). ;>) Wink Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Mesa, AZ Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Mesa AZ 480-461-7447 From JElmer at vcccd.edu Thu Oct 19 14:49:57 2006 From: JElmer at vcccd.edu (John Elmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We have tried both eClipse reader and EaseReader. They both are fine. eClipse reader allows for multiple users to save their profiles, bookmarks, etc, to somewhat better for a lab situation. Have not looked into site licenses, since we mostly use for RFBD books, and these require that special tweak of theirs in order for either of these products to read RFBD files. Production of Daisy files is not a simple task and takes time. However, we have recently implemented Kurzweil License to Go for K3000 for our LD students and that has had some impact on easing the burden. And... students love it. We buy they book, remove the binding, run it through out high speed scanner, saving the chapter files as PDF's. We then use the Kurzweil Automater to convert these files to .KESI files (run it overnight), burn a CD, license K3000 to the students laptop, and we are done. John F. Elmer Alternate Media Specialist Ventura College Educational Assistance Center (DSP&S) 4667 Telegraph Road Ventura, CA 93003 805.654.6400, x1278 "Roll,Marla" Sent by: athen-bounces@athenpro.org 10/19/2006 02:35 PM Please respond to Access Technologists in Higher Education Network To "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" cc Subject [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader Hello all, We have offered the use of Easy Reader this fall to students reading books in alternate format and so far the response has been quite positive. Now, we are considering buying a site license for the product but I want to know if anyone out there has done so... 1. has any campus bought a site license for Easy Reader and if so are they pleased or not with that decision? 2. has any campus implemented the use of Dolphin's Producer and/or Publisher products and, if so, have they eased the production of alternate format on your campus? Thanks for any input you can provide, Marla Roll ________________________________________ Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center 304 Occupational Therapy Building Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 - 1586 970-491-2016 970-491-6290 (fax) mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Today's Topics: 1. Re: Dolphin's Easy Reader (John Elmer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:49:57 -0700 From: John Elmer Subject: Re: [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" We have tried both eClipse reader and EaseReader. They both are fine. eClipse reader allows for multiple users to save their profiles, bookmarks, etc, to somewhat better for a lab situation. Have not looked into site licenses, since we mostly use for RFBD books, and these require that special tweak of theirs in order for either of these products to read RFBD files. Production of Daisy files is not a simple task and takes time. However, we have recently implemented Kurzweil License to Go for K3000 for our LD students and that has had some impact on easing the burden. And... students love it. We buy they book, remove the binding, run it through out high speed scanner, saving the chapter files as PDF's. We then use the Kurzweil Automater to convert these files to .KESI files (run it overnight), burn a CD, license K3000 to the students laptop, and we are done. John F. Elmer Alternate Media Specialist Ventura College Educational Assistance Center (DSP&S) 4667 Telegraph Road Ventura, CA 93003 805.654.6400, x1278 "Roll,Marla" Sent by: athen-bounces@athenpro.org 10/19/2006 02:35 PM Please respond to Access Technologists in Higher Education Network To "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" cc Subject [Athen] Dolphin's Easy Reader Hello all, We have offered the use of Easy Reader this fall to students reading books in alternate format and so far the response has been quite positive. Now, we are considering buying a site license for the product but I want to know if anyone out there has done so... 1. has any campus bought a site license for Easy Reader and if so are they pleased or not with that decision? 2. has any campus implemented the use of Dolphin's Producer and/or Publisher products and, if so, have they eased the production of alternate format on your campus? Thanks for any input you can provide, Marla Roll ________________________________________ Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center 304 Occupational Therapy Building Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 - 1586 970-491-2016 970-491-6290 (fax) mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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She is moving to Portland and it would be a shame to waste her experience. ========================= 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 Fri Oct 27 05:58:13 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] YouTube-Copyright-and us ... Message-ID: Some of you know my interest in issues of copyright (OK - mostly bashing it). But I try not to pass up an opportunity to learn more about briar patch known as copyright law. Wired Magazine has an article briefly explaining why YouTube does not have the sort of legal issues one would expect from what has been referred to as the Napster of Video (which it is not). The key passage herein is: "...much of the copyrighted material on YouTube is in a legal category that is new to our age. It's not "fair use," the famous right to use works despite technical infringement, for reasons of public policy. Instead, it's in the growing category of "tolerated use"-use that is technically illegal, but tolerated by the owner because he wants the publicity. If that sounds as weird as "don't ask, don't tell," you're getting the idea." Granted - we frequently refer to "fair use" for our tasks but I rather like the terminology "tolerated use" as begets our need to scan and digitize academic works. Could it be that as NIMAS provides a competitive edge for publishers wishing to get their textbooks into the K-12 market that a similar postsecondary law could provide incentives that will allow institutions greater permissible leeway to chop and scan and digitize? Take a look at the Fullerton case and consider how every student must have their texts in a suitable format before faculty cannot make us of the book in the classroom. There are other similar cases pending and work is underway to create a postsecondary law similar to NIMAS. Consider this - publishers build into their sales pitches to postsecondary faculty that such and such a textbook is also available in a digital format that will allow the most expedient turn-around-time for students in need of alternate formats. Maybe publishers will start sending deskcopies to DSS office in hopes we will make suggestions to faculty (I can dream, can't I). ========================= 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 Fri Oct 27 07:03:17 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] Drop Patent, Educause Urges Blackboard Message-ID: Inside Higher Education: http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/10/27/educause Drop Patent, Educause Urges Blackboard The leaders of higher education's main technology association have written a powerfully worded letter urging Blackboard to relinquish the rights it gained under a controversial patent of online learning technologies in the public domain and to drop a patent infringement lawsuit it filed in August against a Canadian competitor, Desire2Learn. ========================= 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 Fri Oct 27 07:59:34 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG Message-ID: The ATHEN business meeting for member attending the Accessing Higher Ground conference will be held on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 PM. I believe it will be in room 311 of the hotel (the small lab) just like last year. Howard will correct me if I am wrong and this information will be posted around the conference site, agendas, etc. I will also be sending this information out to the other listservs in due time in order to invite interested parties to the meeting. However, only active/registered members will be able to vote on agenda items. Speaking of which - please send all agenda items to ATHEN Secretary Laurie Vasquez at Vasquez@sbcc.edu More info later -- Dann ========================= 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 rbeach at kckcc.edu Fri Oct 27 08:39:19 2006 From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG Message-ID: Dan, What are you serving for dinner? 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 >>> djbrky@bu.edu 10/27/2006 9:59 AM >>> The ATHEN business meeting for member attending the Accessing Higher Ground conference will be held on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 PM. I believe it will be in room 311 of the hotel (the small lab) just like last year. Howard will correct me if I am wrong and this information will be posted around the conference site, agendas, etc. I will also be sending this information out to the other listservs in due time in order to invite interested parties to the meeting. However, only active/registered members will be able to vote on agenda items. Speaking of which - please send all agenda items to ATHEN Secretary Laurie Vasquez at Vasquez@sbcc.edu More info later -- Dann ========================= 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@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KCKCC's MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From Howard.Kramer at colorado.edu Fri Oct 27 09:42:06 2006 From: Howard.Kramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20061027104152.02eb2ba0@buffmail.colorado.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Howard will correct me if I am wrong and this information > will be posted around the conference site, agendas, etc. > > I will also be sending this information out to the other listservs in > due time in order to invite interested parties to the meeting. 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I don't arrive into Boulder until after > 9PM > (I thought the meeting would be Thurs.). > > Take care, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > Web Accessibility Instructor > High Tech Center Training Unit for the California Community Colleges > > Quoting "Berkowitz, Daniel J" : > > > The ATHEN business meeting for member attending the Accessing Higher > > Ground conference will be held on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 PM. > > > > I believe it will be in room 311 of the hotel (the small lab) just like > > last year. Howard will correct me if I am wrong and this information > > will be posted around the conference site, agendas, etc. > > > > I will also be sending this information out to the other listservs in > > due time in order to invite interested parties to the meeting. However, > > only active/registered members will be able to vote on agenda items. > > > > Speaking of which - please send all agenda items to ATHEN Secretary > > Laurie Vasquez at Vasquez@sbcc.edu > > > > More info later -- Dann > > > > > > ========================= > > 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@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > Howard Kramer > Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator > AT Conference Coordinator > Disability Services > CU-Boulder, 107 UCB > Boulder, Co? 80309 > 303-492-8672 > > > NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications > Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential and may be privileged. 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URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Fri Oct 27 10:50:32 2006 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20061027114301.0695a530@buffmail.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <002201c6f9f0$661e3200$5e821299@htctu.fhda.edu> Robert asked what we were having for dinner...with all these room changes, I believe that at least some of us will be eating crow. ;-) ROFL Happy Friday, all!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich Alternate Media Training Specialist / Instructor High Tech Center Training Unit De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 408.996.6043 www.htctu.net _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:45 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG I just did a cross-check. Except for 4 of the 13 new ATHEN members, everyone is registered for either Tues-Fri or Weds-Fri. So most of your new members should be able to make the meeting. And the room for the meeting is 231, not 331. My mistake. -Howard At 11:02 AM 10/27/2006, you wrote: Sorry I won't be able to make it. I don't arrive into Boulder until after 9PM (I thought the meeting would be Thurs.). Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Web Accessibility Instructor High Tech Center Training Unit for the California Community Colleges Quoting "Berkowitz, Daniel J" : > The ATHEN business meeting for member attending the Accessing Higher > Ground conference will be held on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 PM. > > I believe it will be in room 311 of the hotel (the small lab) just like > last year. Howard will correct me if I am wrong and this information > will be posted around the conference site, agendas, etc. > > I will also be sending this information out to the other listservs in > due time in order to invite interested parties to the meeting. However, > only active/registered members will be able to vote on agenda items. > > Speaking of which - please send all agenda items to ATHEN Secretary > Laurie Vasquez at Vasquez@sbcc.edu > > More info later -- Dann > > > ========================= > 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@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential and may be privileged. 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Connie Wiersma, Assistant Director Center for Students with Disabilities 262-472-5244 ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 12:45 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG I just did a cross-check. Except for 4 of the 13 new ATHEN members, everyone is registered for either Tues-Fri or Weds-Fri. So most of your new members should be able to make the meeting. And the room for the meeting is 231, not 331. My mistake. -Howard At 11:02 AM 10/27/2006, you wrote: Sorry I won't be able to make it. I don't arrive into Boulder until after 9PM (I thought the meeting would be Thurs.). Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Web Accessibility Instructor High Tech Center Training Unit for the California Community Colleges Quoting "Berkowitz, Daniel J" : > The ATHEN business meeting for member attending the Accessing Higher > Ground conference will be held on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 PM. > > I believe it will be in room 311 of the hotel (the small lab) just like > last year. Howard will correct me if I am wrong and this information > will be posted around the conference site, agendas, etc. > > I will also be sending this information out to the other listservs in > due time in order to invite interested parties to the meeting. However, > only active/registered members will be able to vote on agenda items. > > Speaking of which - please send all agenda items to ATHEN Secretary > Laurie Vasquez at Vasquez@sbcc.edu > > More info later -- Dann > > > ========================= > 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@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential and may be privileged. 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The Grand Pooba has spoken, for all the good it does me :) Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:38 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG Agreed. Can we move the meeting to Thursday? -*- Dan Comden danc@u.washington.edu Access Technology Lab http://www.washington.edu/computing/atl/ University of Washington On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Howard Kramer wrote: > I worry a little bit about the Wednesday evening meeting. You have 13 > new ATHEN members signed up. I think you want to make sure the > majority of them can make a Wednesday evening meeting. In the end, it's the call of the officers. > > -Howard > > > At 11:02 AM 10/27/2006, you wrote: > Sorry I won't be able to make it.? I don't arrive into Boulder until after > 9PM > (I thought the meeting would be Thurs.). > > Take care, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > Web Accessibility Instructor > High Tech Center Training Unit for the California Community > Colleges > > Quoting "Berkowitz, Daniel J" : > > > The ATHEN business meeting for member attending the Accessing Higher > > Ground conference will be held on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 PM. > > > > I believe it will be in room 311 of the hotel (the small lab) just like > > last year. Howard will correct me if I am wrong and this information > > will be posted around the conference site, agendas, etc. > > > > I will also be sending this information out to the other listservs in > > due time in order to invite interested parties to the meeting. However, > > only active/registered members will be able to vote on agenda items. > > > > Speaking of which - please send all agenda items to ATHEN Secretary > > Laurie Vasquez at Vasquez@sbcc.edu > > > > More info later -- Dann > > > > > > ========================= > > 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@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > Howard Kramer > Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator > AT Conference Coordinator > Disability Services > CU-Boulder, 107 UCB > Boulder, Co? 80309 > 303-492-8672 > > > NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the > Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is > confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please be aware that any retention, dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender that you have received this message in error, then delete it. > Thank you for helping to maintain privacy. > > From pratikp1 at gmail.com Fri Oct 27 11:36:25 2006 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG In-Reply-To: <00c801c6f9f5$68be6610$805ac180@RonsLaptop> Message-ID: <005101c6f9f6$cf3f21d0$6605050a@LENOVO1C5CE3C3> I agree with the Grand Pooba. I have to look back at my schedule but I don't arrive until 4/5 either. If the flight's delayed for some reason ... Pratik -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:26 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG Lots of folks do not come in till late on Wed, probably would be best to do it on Thursday. The Grand Pooba has spoken, for all the good it does me :) Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:38 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG Agreed. Can we move the meeting to Thursday? -*- Dan Comden danc@u.washington.edu Access Technology Lab http://www.washington.edu/computing/atl/ University of Washington On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Howard Kramer wrote: > I worry a little bit about the Wednesday evening meeting. You have 13 > new ATHEN members signed up. I think you want to make sure the > majority of them can make a Wednesday evening meeting. In the end, it's the call of the officers. > > -Howard > > > At 11:02 AM 10/27/2006, you wrote: > Sorry I won't be able to make it.? I don't arrive into Boulder until after > 9PM > (I thought the meeting would be Thurs.). > > Take care, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > Web Accessibility Instructor > High Tech Center Training Unit for the California Community > Colleges > > Quoting "Berkowitz, Daniel J" : > > > The ATHEN business meeting for member attending the Accessing Higher > > Ground conference will be held on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 PM. > > > > I believe it will be in room 311 of the hotel (the small lab) just like > > last year. Howard will correct me if I am wrong and this information > > will be posted around the conference site, agendas, etc. > > > > I will also be sending this information out to the other listservs in > > due time in order to invite interested parties to the meeting. However, > > only active/registered members will be able to vote on agenda items. > > > > Speaking of which - please send all agenda items to ATHEN Secretary > > Laurie Vasquez at Vasquez@sbcc.edu > > > > More info later -- Dann > > > > > > ========================= > > 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@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > Howard Kramer > Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator > AT Conference Coordinator > Disability Services > CU-Boulder, 107 UCB > Boulder, Co? 80309 > 303-492-8672 > > > NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the > Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is > confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please be aware that any retention, dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender that you have received this message in error, then delete it. > Thank you for helping to maintain privacy. > > _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From djbrky at bu.edu Fri Oct 27 11:42:39 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG In-Reply-To: <00c801c6f9f5$68be6610$805ac180@RonsLaptop> Message-ID: OK -- Ron has spoken -- Howard can we make the meeting THURSDAY at 6:00 pm instead? Thanks ========================= 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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On >Behalf Of Ron Stewart >Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:26 PM >To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' >Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG > >Lots of folks do not come in till late on Wed, probably would be best to do >it on Thursday. > >The Grand Pooba has spoken, for all the good it does me :) > >Ron > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On >Behalf Of Dan Comden >Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:38 PM >To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network >Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG > >Agreed. Can we move the meeting to Thursday? > >-*- Dan Comden danc@u.washington.edu > Access Technology Lab http://www.washington.edu/computing/atl/ > University of Washington > >On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Howard Kramer wrote: > >> I worry a little bit about the Wednesday evening meeting. You have 13 >> new ATHEN members signed up. I think you want to make sure the >> majority of them can make a Wednesday evening meeting. In the end, it's >the call of the officers. >> >> -Howard >> >> >> At 11:02 AM 10/27/2006, you wrote: >> Sorry I won't be able to make it.? I don't arrive into Boulder >until >after >> 9PM >> (I thought the meeting would be Thurs.). >> >> Take care, >> Sean >> >> Sean Keegan >> Web Accessibility Instructor >> High Tech Center Training Unit for the California Community >> Colleges >> >> Quoting "Berkowitz, Daniel J" : >> >> > The ATHEN business meeting for member attending the Accessing >Higher >> > Ground conference will be held on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 >PM. >> > >> > I believe it will be in room 311 of the hotel (the small lab) >just >like >> > last year. Howard will correct me if I am wrong and this >information >> > will be posted around the conference site, agendas, etc. >> > >> > I will also be sending this information out to the other >listservs >in >> > due time in order to invite interested parties to the meeting. >However, >> > only active/registered members will be able to vote on agenda >items. >> > >> > Speaking of which - please send all agenda items to ATHEN >Secretary >> > Laurie Vasquez at Vasquez@sbcc.edu >> > >> > More info later -- Dann >> > >> > >> > ========================= >> > 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@athenpro.org >> > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Athen mailing list >> Athen@athenpro.org >> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >> >> >> Howard Kramer >> Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator >> AT Conference Coordinator >> Disability Services >> CU-Boulder, 107 UCB >> Boulder, Co? 80309 >> 303-492-8672 >> >> >> NOTICE: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the >> Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is >> confidential and may be privileged. 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URL: From djbrky at bu.edu Mon Oct 30 09:47:14 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) Message-ID: OK El Presidente Ron - What does this mean (if anything) for us? ========================= 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: Nick Bogaty [mailto:nbogaty@idpf.org] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:40 AM To: library@openebook.org; conferences@openebook.org Subject: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) Dear IDPF Newsletter Subscribers, I am very pleased to announce that the IDPF membership has elected to elevate the status of the Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format 1.0 (OCF 1.0) to a Recommended Specification, an official IDPF industry standard. A press release announcing approval of the specification as well as publisher adoption and software implementations of the standard was released this morning at http://www.idpf.org/pressroom/pressreleases/ocf1.0.htm. Please contact me with any questions. -- Nick Bogaty Executive Director International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) nbogaty@idpf.org (212) 924-9081 direct New Digital Book Standard Released Software Companies and Publishers Announce Implementation Plans New York, NY (October 30th, 2006) - The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standards and trade association for digital publishing, announced today the release of a new technical standard to facilitate digital content creation, distribution and use by consumers. In addition to the Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS), an XML standard for authoring digital books, the IDPF has now released a new standard for packaging a digital publication, including the contents of the publication, metadata, signatures, encryption, rights and other information into one standard file. Entitled the Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format (OCF), the new IDPF standard will allow publishers to release a single standard file into their sales and distribution channels and will also enable consumers to exchange unencrypted eBooks and other digital publications between reading systems that support the new standard. "The new container format provides a simplified method of packaging a digital publication into a single file, thereby making it easier for publishers, resellers and others to deliver and utilize digital reading materials," stated Nick Bogaty, IDPF Executive Director. "The OCF specification has widespread support from all sectors of our industry including publishers and software companies." The standard specifies a ZIP-based packaging format that is an extension of OASIS' Open Document Format Standard (ISO/IEC 26300). The OCF specification and additional information can be found at http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0 . OCF files can easily be identified by the file extension ".epub". "Today's announcement heralds the beginning of increased title availability and lower costs for publishers entering the eBook and digital reading market," stated Neil de Young, Hachette Book Group USA. "Over the coming months we will be working with our vendors and partners to transition our entire eBook publishing program to the OCF standard," he added. Over forty publishers, technology companies and organizations were involved in the OCF Working Group, the committee responsible for the creation of the standard, including Adobe Systems Inc., Benetech, DAISY Consortium, eBook Technologies Inc., Hachette Book Group, Harlequin, iRex Technologies, Mobipocket (An amazon.com company), netLibrary, OverDrive Inc., Random House, Simon & Schuster, WGBH and many others. Publisher Adoption Both trade and academic publishers plan to use the OCF standard to deliver files through their distribution channels using the standard file. The OCF will be used in workflows where an electronic publication is sent from a publisher to a distributor or retailer and when an electronic publication is delivered to a consumer using software or hardware which has implemented the standard. "Defining a single delivery format is a huge achievement for the industry. It simplifies production processes and promotes distribution of many more titles than are currently available," said Ken Brooks, VP, Global Production and Manufacturing Services, Thomson Learning. Many IDPF member companies have announced service offerings to produce digital publications using the OCF standard including codeMantra, Green Point Technology Services, Publishing Dimensions, Rosetta Solutions, Inc. and techbooks. Software Implementation Numerous software and hardware companies have also announced implementation plans for the new standard. Software implementations will allow publishers to save considerable time and expense in delivering digital content, enhancing the flow of content to consumers. Also, implementations of OCF will increase interoperability between software. Announced implementations are: Adobe Implementation - http://www.adobe.com Product name: Adobe(r) Digital Editions Implementation Time Frame: Public beta available now Product Details/Features: Natively supports PDF and OCF-packaged OEBPS content, based on in-preparation next-generation OEBPS specification. Product URL: http://www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions eBook Technologies, Inc. Implementation - http://www.ebooktechnologies.com Product Name: eBook Publisher Implementation Time Frame: Public Beta Mac Tools supporting OCF available now; Windows and Server OCF support coming in Q4 2006 Product Details/Features: eBook production tools supporting processing of OEBPS, Word, PowerPoint, text and HTML into eBooks for desktop preview and delivery into the ETI Reading System Product URL: http://www.ebooktechnologies.com/support_publisher_download.htm Mobipocket (An amazon.com company) Implementation - http://www.mobipocket.com Product name: Mobipocket Reader / Mobipocket Creator Implementation Time Frame: Q1 2007 Product Details/Features: Mobipocket Reader brings rich eBook content to all mobile platforms (Windows Mobile, Symbian smartphones, Blackberry, Palm) as well as desktops and laptops (MS Windows). Product URL: http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp OSoft Implementation - http://www.dotreader.com Product name: dotReader with OCF plug-in Implementation Time Frame: Jan 2007 Product Details/Features: The dotReader is a cross-platform, open source documentation platform that renders multiple XML and other formats and will support the OCF format for the dotReader. The OCF format will take advantage of all of dotReader's capabilities including advanced search and public, private, and group annotations. Product URL: http://www.dotreader.com OCF and the Open eBook Publication Structure OCF requires inclusion of an OEBPS version of the publication, an XML standard for digital books maintained by the IDPF (http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2 ). For reading systems that can display OEBPS files, publishers will be able to simply allow for the sale of the OCF. Platform-targeting or the application of digital rights management (DRM) will be the responsibility of the target software. For content that is not secured by DRM, digital publications in OCF will be able to be exchanged between conformant software, improving content interoperability for the consumer. In addition to the OEBPS version of the publication, OCF will also allow for the transport of alternate renditions of the publication, including PDF and other targeted eBook formats. The OEBPS standard is currently being updated in the IDPF. A draft of the next version of OEBPS will be released by the end of the year. The draft updates the standard to include better control of content rendering, navigation, accessibility and alignment with other standards efforts. OEBPS content is expected to offer publishers National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) compliance. It is the production and consumer standard for reflowable digital content. AAP/IDPF Meeting On November 29th, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the IDPF will hold a joint meeting to help educate publishers on the use of OCF and the next version of OEBPS in their production and distribution workflows. The meeting will be held at the AAP New York office. Registration for the event is limited to 50, please visit the AAP website at http://www.publishers.org/conference/index.cfm for registration details. Additional Relevant Information Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format (OCF) Version 1.0: http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0 Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS) Specification Version 1.2: http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2 OCF Working Group: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpscontainerwg.htm OEBPS Working Group: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpswg.htm IDPF Specifications & Documents: http://www.idpf.org/specs.htm IDPF Working Groups: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups.htm IDPF meetings & teleconference schedule: http://www.idpf.org/events.htm IDPF membership information: http://www.idpf.org/membership.htm About the International Digital Publishing Forum The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry. Further information about the organization and industry, including membership information, can be obtained by visiting www.idpf.org . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Mon Oct 30 10:22:20 2006 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <003001c6fc50$83d67110$8e5ac180@RonsLaptop> Here's my take, I monitored the process but did not actively engage in it, perhaps someone from Bookshare who is on the list wants to give their perspective. It means that an updated standard has been adopted for e-books or electronic versions of trade pubs. Several folks from the access community have been involved with the process, and the effort was to get them to adopt the same structure in this format as is used in the DAISY format. Not 100% success was achieved but I think most can live with the final results. Since the publishers use their own proprietary formats, we shall see what these will look like once they start hitting the streets. Ron _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 12:47 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) OK El Presidente Ron - What does this mean (if anything) for us? ========================= 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: Nick Bogaty [mailto:nbogaty@idpf.org] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:40 AM To: library@openebook.org; conferences@openebook.org Subject: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) Dear IDPF Newsletter Subscribers, I am very pleased to announce that the IDPF membership has elected to elevate the status of the Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format 1.0 (OCF 1.0) to a Recommended Specification, an official IDPF industry standard. A press release announcing approval of the specification as well as publisher adoption and software implementations of the standard was released this morning at http://www.idpf.org/pressroom/pressreleases/ocf1.0.htm. Please contact me with any questions. -- Nick Bogaty Executive Director International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) nbogaty@idpf.org (212) 924-9081 direct New Digital Book Standard Released Software Companies and Publishers Announce Implementation Plans New York, NY (October 30th, 2006) - The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standards and trade association for digital publishing, announced today the release of a new technical standard to facilitate digital content creation, distribution and use by consumers. In addition to the Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS), an XML standard for authoring digital books, the IDPF has now released a new standard for packaging a digital publication, including the contents of the publication, metadata, signatures, encryption, rights and other information into one standard file. Entitled the Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format (OCF), the new IDPF standard will allow publishers to release a single standard file into their sales and distribution channels and will also enable consumers to exchange unencrypted eBooks and other digital publications between reading systems that support the new standard. "The new container format provides a simplified method of packaging a digital publication into a single file, thereby making it easier for publishers, resellers and others to deliver and utilize digital reading materials," stated Nick Bogaty, IDPF Executive Director. "The OCF specification has widespread support from all sectors of our industry including publishers and software companies." The standard specifies a ZIP-based packaging format that is an extension of OASIS' Open Document Format Standard (ISO/IEC 26300). The OCF specification and additional information can be found at http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0. OCF files can easily be identified by the file extension ".epub". "Today's announcement heralds the beginning of increased title availability and lower costs for publishers entering the eBook and digital reading market," stated Neil de Young, Hachette Book Group USA. "Over the coming months we will be working with our vendors and partners to transition our entire eBook publishing program to the OCF standard," he added. Over forty publishers, technology companies and organizations were involved in the OCF Working Group, the committee responsible for the creation of the standard, including Adobe Systems Inc., Benetech, DAISY Consortium, eBook Technologies Inc., Hachette Book Group, Harlequin, iRex Technologies, Mobipocket (An amazon.com company), netLibrary, OverDrive Inc., Random House, Simon & Schuster, WGBH and many others. Publisher Adoption Both trade and academic publishers plan to use the OCF standard to deliver files through their distribution channels using the standard file. The OCF will be used in workflows where an electronic publication is sent from a publisher to a distributor or retailer and when an electronic publication is delivered to a consumer using software or hardware which has implemented the standard. "Defining a single delivery format is a huge achievement for the industry. It simplifies production processes and promotes distribution of many more titles than are currently available," said Ken Brooks, VP, Global Production and Manufacturing Services, Thomson Learning. Many IDPF member companies have announced service offerings to produce digital publications using the OCF standard including codeMantra, Green Point Technology Services, Publishing Dimensions, Rosetta Solutions, Inc. and techbooks. Software Implementation Numerous software and hardware companies have also announced implementation plans for the new standard. Software implementations will allow publishers to save considerable time and expense in delivering digital content, enhancing the flow of content to consumers. Also, implementations of OCF will increase interoperability between software. Announced implementations are: Adobe Implementation - http://www.adobe.com Product name: AdobeR Digital Editions Implementation Time Frame: Public beta available now Product Details/Features: Natively supports PDF and OCF-packaged OEBPS content, based on in-preparation next-generation OEBPS specification. Product URL: http://www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions eBook Technologies, Inc. Implementation - http://www.ebooktechnologies.com Product Name: eBook Publisher Implementation Time Frame: Public Beta Mac Tools supporting OCF available now; Windows and Server OCF support coming in Q4 2006 Product Details/Features: eBook production tools supporting processing of OEBPS, Word, PowerPoint, text and HTML into eBooks for desktop preview and delivery into the ETI Reading System Product URL: http://www.ebooktechnologies.com/support_publisher_download.htm Mobipocket (An amazon.com company) Implementation - http://www.mobipocket.com Product name: Mobipocket Reader / Mobipocket Creator Implementation Time Frame: Q1 2007 Product Details/Features: Mobipocket Reader brings rich eBook content to all mobile platforms (Windows Mobile, Symbian smartphones, Blackberry, Palm) as well as desktops and laptops (MS Windows). Product URL: http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp OSoft Implementation - http://www.dotreader.com Product name: dotReader with OCF plug-in Implementation Time Frame: Jan 2007 Product Details/Features: The dotReader is a cross-platform, open source documentation platform that renders multiple XML and other formats and will support the OCF format for the dotReader. The OCF format will take advantage of all of dotReader's capabilities including advanced search and public, private, and group annotations. Product URL: http://www.dotreader.com OCF and the Open eBook Publication Structure OCF requires inclusion of an OEBPS version of the publication, an XML standard for digital books maintained by the IDPF ( http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2). For reading systems that can display OEBPS files, publishers will be able to simply allow for the sale of the OCF. Platform-targeting or the application of digital rights management (DRM) will be the responsibility of the target software. For content that is not secured by DRM, digital publications in OCF will be able to be exchanged between conformant software, improving content interoperability for the consumer. In addition to the OEBPS version of the publication, OCF will also allow for the transport of alternate renditions of the publication, including PDF and other targeted eBook formats. The OEBPS standard is currently being updated in the IDPF. A draft of the next version of OEBPS will be released by the end of the year. The draft updates the standard to include better control of content rendering, navigation, accessibility and alignment with other standards efforts. OEBPS content is expected to offer publishers National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) compliance. It is the production and consumer standard for reflowable digital content. AAP/IDPF Meeting On November 29th, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the IDPF will hold a joint meeting to help educate publishers on the use of OCF and the next version of OEBPS in their production and distribution workflows. The meeting will be held at the AAP New York office. Registration for the event is limited to 50, please visit the AAP website at http://www.publishers.org/conference/index.cfm for registration details. Additional Relevant Information Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format (OCF) Version 1.0: http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0 Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS) Specification Version 1.2: http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2 OCF Working Group: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpscontainerwg.htm OEBPS Working Group: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpswg.htm IDPF Specifications & Documents: http://www.idpf.org/specs.htm IDPF Working Groups: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups.htm IDPF meetings & teleconference schedule: http://www.idpf.org/events.htm IDPF membership information: http://www.idpf.org/membership.htm About the International Digital Publishing Forum The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry. Further information about the organization and industry, including membership information, can be obtained by visiting www.idpf.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djbrky at bu.edu Mon Oct 30 10:51:35 2006 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) In-Reply-To: <003001c6fc50$83d67110$8e5ac180@RonsLaptop> Message-ID: Any chance one or more of us can get our hands on some early releases and try them out? I have any number of faculty who mix 'trade publications' in with the traditional textbooks and it would be very beneficial if we knew: 1) What is/will be available in this format 2) Whether this format works with the DAISY software/hardware we presently use 3) Whether they have the same markups as DTB (pagination, headers, etc.) ========================= 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@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 1:22 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) Here's my take, I monitored the process but did not actively engage in it, perhaps someone from Bookshare who is on the list wants to give their perspective. It means that an updated standard has been adopted for e-books or electronic versions of trade pubs. Several folks from the access community have been involved with the process, and the effort was to get them to adopt the same structure in this format as is used in the DAISY format. Not 100% success was achieved but I think most can live with the final results. Since the publishers use their own proprietary formats, we shall see what these will look like once they start hitting the streets. Ron ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 12:47 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) OK El Presidente Ron - What does this mean (if anything) for us? ========================= 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: Nick Bogaty [mailto:nbogaty@idpf.org] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:40 AM To: library@openebook.org; conferences@openebook.org Subject: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) Dear IDPF Newsletter Subscribers, I am very pleased to announce that the IDPF membership has elected to elevate the status of the Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format 1.0 (OCF 1.0) to a Recommended Specification, an official IDPF industry standard. A press release announcing approval of the specification as well as publisher adoption and software implementations of the standard was released this morning at http://www.idpf.org/pressroom/pressreleases/ocf1.0.htm. Please contact me with any questions. -- Nick Bogaty Executive Director International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) nbogaty@idpf.org (212) 924-9081 direct New Digital Book Standard Released Software Companies and Publishers Announce Implementation Plans New York, NY (October 30th, 2006) - The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standards and trade association for digital publishing, announced today the release of a new technical standard to facilitate digital content creation, distribution and use by consumers. In addition to the Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS), an XML standard for authoring digital books, the IDPF has now released a new standard for packaging a digital publication, including the contents of the publication, metadata, signatures, encryption, rights and other information into one standard file. Entitled the Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format (OCF), the new IDPF standard will allow publishers to release a single standard file into their sales and distribution channels and will also enable consumers to exchange unencrypted eBooks and other digital publications between reading systems that support the new standard. "The new container format provides a simplified method of packaging a digital publication into a single file, thereby making it easier for publishers, resellers and others to deliver and utilize digital reading materials," stated Nick Bogaty, IDPF Executive Director. "The OCF specification has widespread support from all sectors of our industry including publishers and software companies." The standard specifies a ZIP-based packaging format that is an extension of OASIS' Open Document Format Standard (ISO/IEC 26300). The OCF specification and additional information can be found at http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0 . OCF files can easily be identified by the file extension ".epub". "Today's announcement heralds the beginning of increased title availability and lower costs for publishers entering the eBook and digital reading market," stated Neil de Young, Hachette Book Group USA. "Over the coming months we will be working with our vendors and partners to transition our entire eBook publishing program to the OCF standard," he added. Over forty publishers, technology companies and organizations were involved in the OCF Working Group, the committee responsible for the creation of the standard, including Adobe Systems Inc., Benetech, DAISY Consortium, eBook Technologies Inc., Hachette Book Group, Harlequin, iRex Technologies, Mobipocket (An amazon.com company), netLibrary, OverDrive Inc., Random House, Simon & Schuster, WGBH and many others. Publisher Adoption Both trade and academic publishers plan to use the OCF standard to deliver files through their distribution channels using the standard file. The OCF will be used in workflows where an electronic publication is sent from a publisher to a distributor or retailer and when an electronic publication is delivered to a consumer using software or hardware which has implemented the standard. "Defining a single delivery format is a huge achievement for the industry. It simplifies production processes and promotes distribution of many more titles than are currently available," said Ken Brooks, VP, Global Production and Manufacturing Services, Thomson Learning. Many IDPF member companies have announced service offerings to produce digital publications using the OCF standard including codeMantra, Green Point Technology Services, Publishing Dimensions, Rosetta Solutions, Inc. and techbooks. Software Implementation Numerous software and hardware companies have also announced implementation plans for the new standard. Software implementations will allow publishers to save considerable time and expense in delivering digital content, enhancing the flow of content to consumers. Also, implementations of OCF will increase interoperability between software. Announced implementations are: Adobe Implementation - http://www.adobe.com Product name: Adobe(r) Digital Editions Implementation Time Frame: Public beta available now Product Details/Features: Natively supports PDF and OCF-packaged OEBPS content, based on in-preparation next-generation OEBPS specification. Product URL: http://www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions eBook Technologies, Inc. Implementation - http://www.ebooktechnologies.com Product Name: eBook Publisher Implementation Time Frame: Public Beta Mac Tools supporting OCF available now; Windows and Server OCF support coming in Q4 2006 Product Details/Features: eBook production tools supporting processing of OEBPS, Word, PowerPoint, text and HTML into eBooks for desktop preview and delivery into the ETI Reading System Product URL: http://www.ebooktechnologies.com/support_publisher_download.htm Mobipocket (An amazon.com company) Implementation - http://www.mobipocket.com Product name: Mobipocket Reader / Mobipocket Creator Implementation Time Frame: Q1 2007 Product Details/Features: Mobipocket Reader brings rich eBook content to all mobile platforms (Windows Mobile, Symbian smartphones, Blackberry, Palm) as well as desktops and laptops (MS Windows). Product URL: http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp OSoft Implementation - http://www.dotreader.com Product name: dotReader with OCF plug-in Implementation Time Frame: Jan 2007 Product Details/Features: The dotReader is a cross-platform, open source documentation platform that renders multiple XML and other formats and will support the OCF format for the dotReader. The OCF format will take advantage of all of dotReader's capabilities including advanced search and public, private, and group annotations. Product URL: http://www.dotreader.com OCF and the Open eBook Publication Structure OCF requires inclusion of an OEBPS version of the publication, an XML standard for digital books maintained by the IDPF (http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2 ). For reading systems that can display OEBPS files, publishers will be able to simply allow for the sale of the OCF. Platform-targeting or the application of digital rights management (DRM) will be the responsibility of the target software. For content that is not secured by DRM, digital publications in OCF will be able to be exchanged between conformant software, improving content interoperability for the consumer. In addition to the OEBPS version of the publication, OCF will also allow for the transport of alternate renditions of the publication, including PDF and other targeted eBook formats. The OEBPS standard is currently being updated in the IDPF. A draft of the next version of OEBPS will be released by the end of the year. The draft updates the standard to include better control of content rendering, navigation, accessibility and alignment with other standards efforts. OEBPS content is expected to offer publishers National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) compliance. It is the production and consumer standard for reflowable digital content. AAP/IDPF Meeting On November 29th, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the IDPF will hold a joint meeting to help educate publishers on the use of OCF and the next version of OEBPS in their production and distribution workflows. The meeting will be held at the AAP New York office. Registration for the event is limited to 50, please visit the AAP website at http://www.publishers.org/conference/index.cfm for registration details. Additional Relevant Information Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format (OCF) Version 1.0: http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0 Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS) Specification Version 1.2: http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2 OCF Working Group: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpscontainerwg.htm OEBPS Working Group: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpswg.htm IDPF Specifications & Documents: http://www.idpf.org/specs.htm IDPF Working Groups: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups.htm IDPF meetings & teleconference schedule: http://www.idpf.org/events.htm IDPF membership information: http://www.idpf.org/membership.htm About the International Digital Publishing Forum The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry. 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URL: From kestrell at MIT.EDU Mon Oct 30 11:56:20 2006 From: kestrell at MIT.EDU (Kestrell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:08 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) References: <003001c6fc50$83d67110$8e5ac180@RonsLaptop> Message-ID: <000201c6fc5f$bac71620$04fea8c0@Galatea> MessageCould you elaborate a bit upon the Open eBook Forum standards announcement and its relationship to Bookshare? I've been using commercial eBook formats with Jaws for a number of years, and the only thing I have noticed happening is that fewer proprietary formats are now accessible than even two years ago. Has OEF had an actively positive incluence on making commercial eBook formats more accessible? I used to belong to OEF but gave up trying to follow their activities a couple of years ago. Kestrell ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Stewart To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) Here's my take, I monitored the process but did not actively engage in it, perhaps someone from Bookshare who is on the list wants to give their perspective. It means that an updated standard has been adopted for e-books or electronic versions of trade pubs. Several folks from the access community have been involved with the process, and the effort was to get them to adopt the same structure in this format as is used in the DAISY format. Not 100% success was achieved but I think most can live with the final results. Since the publishers use their own proprietary formats, we shall see what these will look like once they start hitting the streets. Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 12:47 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) OK El Presidente Ron - What does this mean (if anything) for us? ========================= 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: Nick Bogaty [mailto:nbogaty@idpf.org] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:40 AM To: library@openebook.org; conferences@openebook.org Subject: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) Dear IDPF Newsletter Subscribers, I am very pleased to announce that the IDPF membership has elected to elevate the status of the Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format 1.0 (OCF 1.0) to a Recommended Specification, an official IDPF industry standard. A press release announcing approval of the specification as well as publisher adoption and software implementations of the standard was released this morning at http://www.idpf.org/pressroom/pressreleases/ocf1.0.htm. Please contact me with any questions. -- Nick Bogaty Executive Director International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) nbogaty@idpf.org (212) 924-9081 direct New Digital Book Standard Released Software Companies and Publishers Announce Implementation Plans New York, NY (October 30th, 2006) - The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standards and trade association for digital publishing, announced today the release of a new technical standard to facilitate digital content creation, distribution and use by consumers. In addition to the Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS), an XML standard for authoring digital books, the IDPF has now released a new standard for packaging a digital publication, including the contents of the publication, metadata, signatures, encryption, rights and other information into one standard file. Entitled the Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format (OCF), the new IDPF standard will allow publishers to release a single standard file into their sales and distribution channels and will also enable consumers to exchange unencrypted eBooks and other digital publications between reading systems that support the new standard. "The new container format provides a simplified method of packaging a digital publication into a single file, thereby making it easier for publishers, resellers and others to deliver and utilize digital reading materials," stated Nick Bogaty, IDPF Executive Director. "The OCF specification has widespread support from all sectors of our industry including publishers and software companies." The standard specifies a ZIP-based packaging format that is an extension of OASIS' Open Document Format Standard (ISO/IEC 26300). The OCF specification and additional information can be found at http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0. OCF files can easily be identified by the file extension ".epub". "Today's announcement heralds the beginning of increased title availability and lower costs for publishers entering the eBook and digital reading market," stated Neil de Young, Hachette Book Group USA. "Over the coming months we will be working with our vendors and partners to transition our entire eBook publishing program to the OCF standard," he added. Over forty publishers, technology companies and organizations were involved in the OCF Working Group, the committee responsible for the creation of the standard, including Adobe Systems Inc., Benetech, DAISY Consortium, eBook Technologies Inc., Hachette Book Group, Harlequin, iRex Technologies, Mobipocket (An amazon.com company), netLibrary, OverDrive Inc., Random House, Simon & Schuster, WGBH and many others. Publisher Adoption Both trade and academic publishers plan to use the OCF standard to deliver files through their distribution channels using the standard file. The OCF will be used in workflows where an electronic publication is sent from a publisher to a distributor or retailer and when an electronic publication is delivered to a consumer using software or hardware which has implemented the standard. "Defining a single delivery format is a huge achievement for the industry. It simplifies production processes and promotes distribution of many more titles than are currently available," said Ken Brooks, VP, Global Production and Manufacturing Services, Thomson Learning. Many IDPF member companies have announced service offerings to produce digital publications using the OCF standard including codeMantra, Green Point Technology Services, Publishing Dimensions, Rosetta Solutions, Inc. and techbooks. Software Implementation Numerous software and hardware companies have also announced implementation plans for the new standard. Software implementations will allow publishers to save considerable time and expense in delivering digital content, enhancing the flow of content to consumers. Also, implementations of OCF will increase interoperability between software. Announced implementations are: Adobe Implementation - http://www.adobe.com Product name: Adobe? Digital Editions Implementation Time Frame: Public beta available now Product Details/Features: Natively supports PDF and OCF-packaged OEBPS content, based on in-preparation next-generation OEBPS specification. Product URL: http://www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions eBook Technologies, Inc. Implementation - http://www.ebooktechnologies.com Product Name: eBook Publisher Implementation Time Frame: Public Beta Mac Tools supporting OCF available now; Windows and Server OCF support coming in Q4 2006 Product Details/Features: eBook production tools supporting processing of OEBPS, Word, PowerPoint, text and HTML into eBooks for desktop preview and delivery into the ETI Reading System Product URL: http://www.ebooktechnologies.com/support_publisher_download.htm Mobipocket (An amazon.com company) Implementation - http://www.mobipocket.com Product name: Mobipocket Reader / Mobipocket Creator Implementation Time Frame: Q1 2007 Product Details/Features: Mobipocket Reader brings rich eBook content to all mobile platforms (Windows Mobile, Symbian smartphones, Blackberry, Palm) as well as desktops and laptops (MS Windows). Product URL: http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp OSoft Implementation - http://www.dotreader.com Product name: dotReader with OCF plug-in Implementation Time Frame: Jan 2007 Product Details/Features: The dotReader is a cross-platform, open source documentation platform that renders multiple XML and other formats and will support the OCF format for the dotReader. The OCF format will take advantage of all of dotReader's capabilities including advanced search and public, private, and group annotations. Product URL: http://www.dotreader.com OCF and the Open eBook Publication Structure OCF requires inclusion of an OEBPS version of the publication, an XML standard for digital books maintained by the IDPF (http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2). For reading systems that can display OEBPS files, publishers will be able to simply allow for the sale of the OCF. Platform-targeting or the application of digital rights management (DRM) will be the responsibility of the target software. For content that is not secured by DRM, digital publications in OCF will be able to be exchanged between conformant software, improving content interoperability for the consumer. In addition to the OEBPS version of the publication, OCF will also allow for the transport of alternate renditions of the publication, including PDF and other targeted eBook formats. The OEBPS standard is currently being updated in the IDPF. A draft of the next version of OEBPS will be released by the end of the year. The draft updates the standard to include better control of content rendering, navigation, accessibility and alignment with other standards efforts. OEBPS content is expected to offer publishers National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) compliance. It is the production and consumer standard for reflowable digital content. AAP/IDPF Meeting On November 29th, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the IDPF will hold a joint meeting to help educate publishers on the use of OCF and the next version of OEBPS in their production and distribution workflows. The meeting will be held at the AAP New York office. Registration for the event is limited to 50, please visit the AAP website at http://www.publishers.org/conference/index.cfm for registration details. Additional Relevant Information Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format (OCF) Version 1.0: http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0 Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS) Specification Version 1.2: http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2 OCF Working Group: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpscontainerwg.htm OEBPS Working Group: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpswg.htm IDPF Specifications & Documents: http://www.idpf.org/specs.htm IDPF Working Groups: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups.htm IDPF meetings & teleconference schedule: http://www.idpf.org/events.htm IDPF membership information: http://www.idpf.org/membership.htm About the International Digital Publishing Forum The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry. Further information about the organization and industry, including membership information, can be obtained by visiting www.idpf.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Mon Oct 30 14:16:46 2006 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:08 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) In-Reply-To: <000201c6fc5f$bac71620$04fea8c0@Galatea> Message-ID: <006f01c6fc71$17fd5460$8e5ac180@RonsLaptop> My comment was based on Bookshare and RFB&D being active participants in the update to the OEBF standards. Ron Stewart _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kestrell Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 2:56 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) Could you elaborate a bit upon the Open eBook Forum standards announcement and its relationship to Bookshare? I've been using commercial eBook formats with Jaws for a number of years, and the only thing I have noticed happening is that fewer proprietary formats are now accessible than even two years ago. Has OEF had an actively positive incluence on making commercial eBook formats more accessible? I used to belong to OEF but gave up trying to follow their activities a couple of years ago. Kestrell ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Stewart To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) Here's my take, I monitored the process but did not actively engage in it, perhaps someone from Bookshare who is on the list wants to give their perspective. It means that an updated standard has been adopted for e-books or electronic versions of trade pubs. Several folks from the access community have been involved with the process, and the effort was to get them to adopt the same structure in this format as is used in the DAISY format. Not 100% success was achieved but I think most can live with the final results. Since the publishers use their own proprietary formats, we shall see what these will look like once they start hitting the streets. Ron _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 12:47 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) OK El Presidente Ron - What does this mean (if anything) for us? ========================= 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: Nick Bogaty [mailto:nbogaty@idpf.org] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:40 AM To: library@openebook.org; conferences@openebook.org Subject: New Digital Book Standard Released (press release) Dear IDPF Newsletter Subscribers, I am very pleased to announce that the IDPF membership has elected to elevate the status of the Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format 1.0 (OCF 1.0) to a Recommended Specification, an official IDPF industry standard. A press release announcing approval of the specification as well as publisher adoption and software implementations of the standard was released this morning at http://www.idpf.org/pressroom/pressreleases/ocf1.0.htm. Please contact me with any questions. -- Nick Bogaty Executive Director International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) nbogaty@idpf.org (212) 924-9081 direct New Digital Book Standard Released Software Companies and Publishers Announce Implementation Plans New York, NY (October 30th, 2006) - The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standards and trade association for digital publishing, announced today the release of a new technical standard to facilitate digital content creation, distribution and use by consumers. In addition to the Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS), an XML standard for authoring digital books, the IDPF has now released a new standard for packaging a digital publication, including the contents of the publication, metadata, signatures, encryption, rights and other information into one standard file. Entitled the Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format (OCF), the new IDPF standard will allow publishers to release a single standard file into their sales and distribution channels and will also enable consumers to exchange unencrypted eBooks and other digital publications between reading systems that support the new standard. "The new container format provides a simplified method of packaging a digital publication into a single file, thereby making it easier for publishers, resellers and others to deliver and utilize digital reading materials," stated Nick Bogaty, IDPF Executive Director. "The OCF specification has widespread support from all sectors of our industry including publishers and software companies." The standard specifies a ZIP-based packaging format that is an extension of OASIS' Open Document Format Standard (ISO/IEC 26300). The OCF specification and additional information can be found at http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0. OCF files can easily be identified by the file extension ".epub". "Today's announcement heralds the beginning of increased title availability and lower costs for publishers entering the eBook and digital reading market," stated Neil de Young, Hachette Book Group USA. "Over the coming months we will be working with our vendors and partners to transition our entire eBook publishing program to the OCF standard," he added. Over forty publishers, technology companies and organizations were involved in the OCF Working Group, the committee responsible for the creation of the standard, including Adobe Systems Inc., Benetech, DAISY Consortium, eBook Technologies Inc., Hachette Book Group, Harlequin, iRex Technologies, Mobipocket (An amazon.com company), netLibrary, OverDrive Inc., Random House, Simon & Schuster, WGBH and many others. Publisher Adoption Both trade and academic publishers plan to use the OCF standard to deliver files through their distribution channels using the standard file. The OCF will be used in workflows where an electronic publication is sent from a publisher to a distributor or retailer and when an electronic publication is delivered to a consumer using software or hardware which has implemented the standard. "Defining a single delivery format is a huge achievement for the industry. It simplifies production processes and promotes distribution of many more titles than are currently available," said Ken Brooks, VP, Global Production and Manufacturing Services, Thomson Learning. Many IDPF member companies have announced service offerings to produce digital publications using the OCF standard including codeMantra, Green Point Technology Services, Publishing Dimensions, Rosetta Solutions, Inc. and techbooks. Software Implementation Numerous software and hardware companies have also announced implementation plans for the new standard. Software implementations will allow publishers to save considerable time and expense in delivering digital content, enhancing the flow of content to consumers. Also, implementations of OCF will increase interoperability between software. Announced implementations are: Adobe Implementation - http://www.adobe.com Product name: AdobeR Digital Editions Implementation Time Frame: Public beta available now Product Details/Features: Natively supports PDF and OCF-packaged OEBPS content, based on in-preparation next-generation OEBPS specification. Product URL: http://www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions eBook Technologies, Inc. Implementation - http://www.ebooktechnologies.com Product Name: eBook Publisher Implementation Time Frame: Public Beta Mac Tools supporting OCF available now; Windows and Server OCF support coming in Q4 2006 Product Details/Features: eBook production tools supporting processing of OEBPS, Word, PowerPoint, text and HTML into eBooks for desktop preview and delivery into the ETI Reading System Product URL: http://www.ebooktechnologies.com/support_publisher_download.htm Mobipocket (An amazon.com company) Implementation - http://www.mobipocket.com Product name: Mobipocket Reader / Mobipocket Creator Implementation Time Frame: Q1 2007 Product Details/Features: Mobipocket Reader brings rich eBook content to all mobile platforms (Windows Mobile, Symbian smartphones, Blackberry, Palm) as well as desktops and laptops (MS Windows). Product URL: http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp OSoft Implementation - http://www.dotreader.com Product name: dotReader with OCF plug-in Implementation Time Frame: Jan 2007 Product Details/Features: The dotReader is a cross-platform, open source documentation platform that renders multiple XML and other formats and will support the OCF format for the dotReader. The OCF format will take advantage of all of dotReader's capabilities including advanced search and public, private, and group annotations. Product URL: http://www.dotreader.com OCF and the Open eBook Publication Structure OCF requires inclusion of an OEBPS version of the publication, an XML standard for digital books maintained by the IDPF ( http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2). For reading systems that can display OEBPS files, publishers will be able to simply allow for the sale of the OCF. Platform-targeting or the application of digital rights management (DRM) will be the responsibility of the target software. For content that is not secured by DRM, digital publications in OCF will be able to be exchanged between conformant software, improving content interoperability for the consumer. In addition to the OEBPS version of the publication, OCF will also allow for the transport of alternate renditions of the publication, including PDF and other targeted eBook formats. The OEBPS standard is currently being updated in the IDPF. A draft of the next version of OEBPS will be released by the end of the year. The draft updates the standard to include better control of content rendering, navigation, accessibility and alignment with other standards efforts. OEBPS content is expected to offer publishers National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) compliance. It is the production and consumer standard for reflowable digital content. AAP/IDPF Meeting On November 29th, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the IDPF will hold a joint meeting to help educate publishers on the use of OCF and the next version of OEBPS in their production and distribution workflows. The meeting will be held at the AAP New York office. Registration for the event is limited to 50, please visit the AAP website at http://www.publishers.org/conference/index.cfm for registration details. Additional Relevant Information Open eBook Publication Structure Container Format (OCF) Version 1.0: http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0 Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS) Specification Version 1.2: http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2 OCF Working Group: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpscontainerwg.htm OEBPS Working Group: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpswg.htm IDPF Specifications & Documents: http://www.idpf.org/specs.htm IDPF Working Groups: http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups.htm IDPF meetings & teleconference schedule: http://www.idpf.org/events.htm IDPF membership information: http://www.idpf.org/membership.htm About the International Digital Publishing Forum The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry. Further information about the organization and industry, including membership information, can be obtained by visiting www.idpf.org. _____ _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jongund at uiuc.edu Mon Oct 30 14:18:50 2006 From: jongund at uiuc.edu (Jon Gunderson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:08 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHG Meeting Agenda Message-ID: <20061030161850.AEF24700@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> I would like to suggest an agenda item to discuss accessibility consortiums to improve the accessibility of web based services purchased by universities. Jon Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. Director of IT Accessibility Services Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) and Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Disability Resources and Education Services (DRES) Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248 Cell: (217) 714-6313 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/ WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/ From skeegan at htctu.net Tue Oct 31 12:22:25 2006 From: skeegan at htctu.net (sean keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:08 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Position Opening: Alternate Media Access Coordinator, Chaffey College Message-ID: <002301c6fd2a$479af830$62821299@htctrnpc5> A job position for those interested in Alternate Media... take care, sean Sean Keegan Web Accessibility Instructor High Tech Center Training Unit, California Community Colleges ***** Chaffey College Invites applications for: ALTERNATE MEDIA ACCESS COORDINATOR Application Deadline: Wednesday, November 20, 2006 4:00 PM POSITION DESCRIPTION Under general supervision, serve as a liaison between faculty, students and the Disability Programs and Services (DPS) department. Implement prescriptive programs for students with disabilities based on assessment data, resource specialist input, and other relevant information. Provide instructional and technical support to faculty by familiarizing them in the operation of adapted software and equipment. In conjunction with the DPS Resource Specialists develop access strategies to enhance the student's ability to succeed in class. RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE * Assist the Director, DPS and the Coordinator, DPS in technology related activities enabling course work to be accessible to students with disabilities. * Assist students through compensatory provisions specifically in the area of adaptive technology. * Survey the current access technology needs of the campus and develop an access technology plan. * Serve as liaison between DPS and the faculty to secure and translate instructionally related materials. Produce such materials in alternate formats in a timely manner. * Provide guidelines to faculty and staff for formatting documents and information. * Provide training on access/alternate medial technology for faculty and staff. * Provide group in-service/one-to-one assistance to faculty in their design/redesign of distance education offerings to insure they meet access guidelines. * May be required to become familiar with the content and expectations of a given college course and to assist/accommodate the student in successfully completing that course. * Develop and maintain a resource bank of access strategies which students with disabilities may use to enhance learning. * Maintain adapted and technology related equipment utilized to accommodate students with disabilities. * Serve as liaison to campus technology committee, including the 508 Compliance committee, and community agencies. * In conjunction with DPS staff maintain DPS website. * Participate in staff meetings, workshops, conferences, and courses for the purpose of professional growth and the augmentation of technical skills. * Perform related duties as assigned. DISTRICT QUALIFICATIONS * Bachelor's degree. * Demonstrated knowledge of adaptive technology. * Demonstrated ability to work with various types of educational technology. * Ability to communicate well with students who have disabilities. * Ability to communicate precisely and effectively both orally and in writing and handle sensitive information in a confidential manner. * Ability to relate empathetically to students with various ethnic, cultural, and academic backgrounds with varying degrees and types of disabilities. * Ability to work independently. * Clear evidence of sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students. MEETING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS DOES NOT ASSURE THE CANDIDATE OF AN INTERVIEW. Applications will be evaluated taking into account the breadth and depth of relevant education, experience, skill, knowledge, and abilities. DESIREABLE QUALIFICATIONS * Experience in a community college setting. SPECIAL CONDITIONS * Working hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (However, hours may vary according to student needs.) APPLICATION PROCESS Applications must be filled out completely and in detail. The application package must include a District application, copy of official transcripts, and a resume. Please do not include any additional documents not required in this section. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT This is a full-time, 12-month, classified bargaining unit position. Starting date: as soon as possible. Range 12 of the CSEA Salary Schedule, with a starting salary of Step A, $3,715/month; progresses over time to $5,230/month. Excellent benefit package. Chaffey Community College District is committed to equal employment opportunity. 06-07/37CL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: