[Athen] Liz Bottner research (acessible survey)

[John Foliot - Stanford Online Accessibility Program]

Berkowitz, Daniel J wrote:

> Liz,

> 

> I am sharing this e-mail with colleagues from the Access Technologist

> Higher Education Network. Several members have been working on the

> issue of accessible web-based survey tools and perhaps one of them

> can offer assistance or at least discuss this with you further.   

> 

> Cheers --- Dann



There are a large number of free scripts that can do this type of thing on
the web.  One resource I return to time and again is
http://php.resourceindex.com (which of course presumes you have access to
this type of hosting environment).  I cannot specifically recommend one
survey tool over the other (especially in reference to accessibility), but
they currently offer 75 different scripts, ranging in quality and price -
many are free.
(http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Survey_and_Voting/)

Their sister site: http://cgi.resourceindex.com has another 56 Perl scripts
for surveys, if you do not have PHP support:
http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/

I'm not a huge fan of ASP and don't work in that environment, but I'm sure
there is an equivalent out there for this scripting language as well.

Hope this helps.

JF
---
John Foliot
Academic Technology Consultant
Stanford Online Accessibility Program
http://soap.stanford.edu
Stanford University
560 Escondido Mall
Meyer Library 181
Stanford, CA 94305-3093
Tel: 650-862-4603 









> 

> 

> From: Liz Bottner [mailto:lizb at udel.edu]

> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:34 PM

> To: Berkowitz, Daniel J

> Subject: My research

> 

> Hi Dann:

> 

> I want to thank you for responding to my post regarding my research. 

> The topic of information access is of most interest to me, and is of

> great importance not only to myself, but, I feel, to everyone, and is

> definitely worth researching.  I myself use a combination of Braille

> and computer/assistive technology in order to obtain that access. 

> Information should be available to everyone, not just one specific

> sect of the population, and I strongly believe that the combination

> of using Braille and assistive technology together, and not just

> either one or the other alone, helps close that information gap. 

> Some things are easier to do with hardcopy Braille, such as skimming

> a document, finding specific pages, and even proofreading, whereas

> computer/assistive technology is a better solution in other

> instances; completing assignments, access to the Internet, and

> reading books that would otherwise be too huge to carry around were

> they in multiple Braille volumes.  (Instead of only being able to

> carry around one book or part of a book, we can carry around

> thousands of books either on our laptop computers or portable note

> taking devices).  Some find that by listening to speech, they can

> also read faster than were they to read the same thing in Braille. 

> These are some of my thoughts and opinions on the topic, at any rate,

> to give you an idea of my take on things and where I'm trying to go

> with my research, which I hopefully have been able to do.            

> 

> Regarding a survey, I would love to be able to implement an online

> survey as that would probably be easier for people to answer and I'm

> guessing also easier for me to compile the responses once people have

> completed it.  In that, though, I have no idea how to go about

> creating one.  For previous surveys, I have just written out a

> Microsoft Word document of the survey and stored each person's

> completed survey in a particular folder on my computer, organizing

> things that way.  If you would be able to help me create an online

> survey or know of someone who would be willing, I would be greatly

> interested.  I have an idea of the questions I want to ask, (the

> survey really isn't that involved and shouldn't be that long), so

> perhaps making it available online wouldn't be that hard to do?  I

> don't know.            

> 

> Thank you, take care, and whatever help or suggestions you would be

> able to offer me in completing my research is greatly appreciated. 

> 

> Thanks again,

> 

> Liz

> 

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