[Athen] FW: AT initiative (your attention please)

[Berkowitz, Daniel J]

Until recently such a Wiki did exist at the Georgia Tech Center for
Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA) - caretakers of
the National Public website of Assistive Technology. They had a a Wiki
devoted to all things Adaptive, Assistive and otherwise having to do
with Access Technology.

Unfortunately it appears to have disappeared. 


 
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Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director
Boston University Office of Disability Services
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>-----Original Message-----

>From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On

>Behalf Of Greg Kraus

>Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:22 AM

>To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

>Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: AT initiative (your attention please)

>

>One solution would be to set up a Wiki where ATHEN

>members, or maybe a select group of testers from

>within ATHEN could review products for accessibility.

>You could come up with a template that rates various

>areas of software accessibility (something like a

>VPAT?).  That way an "accessibility tester" can add

>comments to a particular area of the review as opposed

>to doing a full-blown test of the software.

>Collectively you could build up quite a resource of

>unbiased reviews of software.

>

>Greg Kraus

>

>LecShare, Inc.

>www.lecshare.com

>

>

>--- "Berkowitz, Daniel J" <djbrky at bu.edu> wrote:

>

>> ATTENTION ATHEN MEMBERS:

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: Kenneth Sawicki [mailto:ksawicki at avc.edu]

>> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:45 AM

>> To: Alternate Media

>> Subject: RE: AT initiative

>>

>> I wasn't here yesterday, but what Bob is saying hits

>> the mark... I've

>> been

>> thinking of doing something like that, and perhaps I

>> should quit

>> thinking

>> about doing something, and do it!!! I'm soooo tired

>> of reading, or

>> hearing,

>> "this Assistive Technology is totally accessible, or

>> is Section 508

>> compliant", and I try to use it, and can't..., And I

>> don't think it's my

>> inability to use Assistive Technology.

>>

>> -Ken

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: Ron Stewart

>> [mailto:ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com]

>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:58 AM

>> To: Alternate Media

>> Subject: RE: AT initiative

>>

>> That conversation has come up repeatedly and was

>> part of the discussion

>> when

>> Section 508 was on the horizon many moons ago. NIST

>> refused to step up

>> to

>> the plate or was too expensive.  We really do need a

>> form of UL labs for

>> access.  Let the buyer beware, but I am really tired

>> of back of the bus

>> access!

>>

>> One of my common policy recommendation to the

>> collleges and universities

>> that I have worked with in the last decade is that

>> access be part of

>> their

>> own institutional branding of web spaces.

>>

>> This needs to be an internal process because in

>> order for it to work

>> there

>> has to be ownership.  I be!ieve AFB has a

>> certification program, but it

>> is

>> VI centric, and does not deal effectively with

>> cognitive precessing

>> related

>> disabiities.

>>

>> Ron

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: rmartinengo at gmail.com

>> To: "Alternate Media"

>> <altmedia at htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu>

>> Sent: 3/27/07 10:30 AM

>> Subject: RE: AT initiative

>>

>> Ron,

>>

>> Sadly, it appears the main selling point for these

>> programs is that they

>> measure legal and technical compliance, rather than

>> what is truly

>> accessible

>> and usable - quantatative versus qualitative

>> analysis.

>>

>> Wouldn't it be great if there was a 'good

>> housekeeping' stamp of

>> accessibility that was more than an automated list

>> of check points?

>> Perhaps

>> a nonprofit group that would combine the benefits of

>> technical

>> compliance

>> with real-world usability analysis. Someone should

>> start this company!

>>

>> Bob

>>

>>

>> "And this does nothing to insure the accessibility

>> of their sites,

>> someone

>> must be laffing all the way to the bank. We have

>> discussed the use of

>> automated evaluators on every disability list that I

>> am one, and why the

>> do

>> not insure access. You can not just throw money and

>> technology at the

>> problem."

>>

>> Ron Stewart

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