From hascherdss at gmail.com Tue May 1 07:27:15 2007 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:27 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! Message-ID: <6e0d34c90705010727l3274bee4x257cd21ccd03aef@mail.gmail.com> My apologies to all! I previously posted this last week, but with the wrong subject line, so thought I'd try again. Norm, this sounds like a very interesting workshop! Thanks for providing it. I do have one concern which is that there is no representation from two key players - postsecondary education dss and APA (American Publishers Association) - in this workshop. Since NIMAS is the standard for K-12 and not postsecondary ed, was anyone from the AHEAD eText inititive involved or invited? It would just seem appropriate to have someone who represents postsecondary ed involved in this along with the individuals who are scheduled. Soapbox for any who wish to lend an ear: It seems that we have several different groups working on this issue, but the groups are not communicating with one another! Ex: Group 1 - we have the AHEAD eText Initiative which has the main players at the table talking, Group 2 - this EASI workshop group, Group 3 - a group of individuals who are blind who recently went to Washington to talk directly with senators and representatives about needing legislation mandating that publishers provide eText in a specific standard (I think they too had jumped on the NIMAS bandwagon). I'm sure there are other groups out there. Rather than having umpteen smaller groups picking away at the problem, it would seem more feasible for us to band together. More power in numbers! OK ? I'm stepping off my soap box and getting back to proctoring finals. Thanks all! Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Counselor/Coordinator of Disability Services Arkansas State University - Beebe Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:08:52 -0700 > From: Prof Norm Coombs (by way of Prof Norm > Coombs < norm.coombs@gmail.com>) > Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! > To: athen@athenpro.org > Message-ID: < 6.0.3.0.2.20070426090743.022b50f0@pop.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > --=====================_88253984==.ALT > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! > > Accessible E-textbooks for Students: May 1 2 PM Eastern > Presenters: > Nicole Gaines, NIMAC Manager, American Printinghouse for the Blind > Julia Myers, Director, Resource Services and NIMAC, American Printing > House > for the Blind, > Skip Stahl, Project Director, NIMAS Development Center, Center for Applied > Special Technology > > President Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Education > Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) on December 3, 2004 which, among other > things, mandated > the provision of textbooks and instructional materials in accessible > formats for students who are blind or print disabled. While the > legislation > relates to K-12 students, we believe that the more that publishers are > creating accessible e-textbooks for K-12 that they will inevitably expand > to a broader audience. If not, there will be an outcry from K-12 students > as they transition into higher education wanting the same quality of > support for their studies. This will be like dropping a pebble into the > water. The wave will expand to include higher ed and the general > public. Learning about this dramatic e-book revolution is important for > all of us. > > This presentation will focus on NIMAS, (National Instructional Materials > Accessibility Standard), the role of APH, (American Printinghouse for the > Dlind) > and the role of CAST, (Center for Applied Special Technology). > > The National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) is a file > repository for core print textbooks and related instructional materials > required for > use by blind or other persons with print disabilities in elementary and > secondary schools in the U.S. and its territories. These National > Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) source file sets > can > be used to create specialized formats, such as braille, large print, > audio, > or digital text. The NIMAC opened in December 2006. > > CAST is the home of the NIMAS Development Center and the NIMAS Technical > Assistance Center, Cooperative agreements with the Office of Special > Education Programs, United States Department of Education. > > While this Webinar is free, you need to register in advance to guarantee a > seat in the room. (Those who register, whether or not they attend, will > afterwards > receive a link to the recording. When you connect over the Internet to > the > Webinar room, you can listen to the presenters and watch as supporting Web > pages are pushed to reinforce the presentation. The audience can also > make > comments or ask questions either by using a mic to talk or by writing into > > the room's text window. > > > To read more and register to reserve a seat and to get login information > for this free event, go to: > http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > > > Look for other future Webinars on that page. We have several being > finalized and they should be on that page very soon. > The EASI month-long, online courses on accessible Information Technology > for May are: > Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) > http//easi.cc/workshop.htm > Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course > starting May 7) > http//easi.cc/workshop.htm > > > Norman Coombs > CEO EASI > > ----------------------- > Check out EASI's New Synchronous Clinics: > http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > > EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi > Online Courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm > To sign off this list > send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org saying > signoff itd-jnl > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Tue May 1 08:51:55 2007 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! In-Reply-To: <6e0d34c90705010727l3274bee4x257cd21ccd03aef@mail.gmail.com > References: <6e0d34c90705010727l3274bee4x257cd21ccd03aef@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20070501084942.022a4ad0@pop.gmail.com> The point of the Webinar is to outline the current state of NIMAS which is the K-12 standard in the IDEA legislation. Of course, my personal interest is more higher ed but I believe this event is monumental and needs treatment. Also, An hour goes by quickly. If we hope to get into any depth, 2 people is probably all we can cover. I'd love to do a follow-up on how to expand this to higher ed. ANY VOLUNTEERS???? At 07:27 AM 5/1/2007, you wrote: >My apologies to all! I previously posted this last week, but with the >wrong subject line, so thought I'd try again. > >Norm, this sounds like a very interesting workshop! Thanks for providing >it. > >I do have one concern which is that there is no representation from two >key players - postsecondary education dss and APA (American Publishers >Association) - in this workshop. Since NIMAS is the standard for K-12 and >not postsecondary ed, was anyone from the AHEAD eText inititive involved >or invited? It would just seem appropriate to have someone who represents >postsecondary ed involved in this along with the individuals who are >scheduled. > >Soapbox for any who wish to lend an ear: It seems that we have several >different groups working on this issue, but the groups are not >communicating with one another! Ex: Group 1 - we have the AHEAD eText >Initiative which has the main players at the table talking, Group 2 - this >EASI workshop group, Group 3 - a group of individuals who are blind who >recently went to Washington to talk directly with senators and >representatives about needing legislation mandating that publishers >provide eText in a specific standard (I think they too had jumped on the >NIMAS bandwagon). I'm sure there are other groups out there. Rather than >having umpteen smaller groups picking away at the problem, it would seem >more feasible for us to band together. More power in numbers! > >OK ? I'm stepping off my soap box and getting back to proctoring finals. >Thanks all! > >Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >Counselor/Coordinator of Disability Services >Arkansas State University - Beebe > > > >>Message: 7 >>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:08:52 -0700 >>From: Prof Norm Coombs >><norm.coombs@GMAIL.COM> (by way of Prof Norm >> Coombs < norm.coombs@gmail.com>) >>Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! >>To: athen@athenpro.org >>Message-ID: < >>6.0.3.0.2.20070426090743.022b50f0@pop.gmail.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >>--=====================_88253984==.ALT >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >> >>EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! >> >>Accessible E-textbooks for Students: May 1 2 PM Eastern >>Presenters: >>Nicole Gaines, NIMAC Manager, American Printinghouse for the Blind >>Julia Myers, Director, Resource Services and NIMAC, American Printing House >>for the Blind, >>Skip Stahl, Project Director, NIMAS Development Center, Center for Applied >>Special Technology >> >>President Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Education >>Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) on December 3, 2004 which, among other >>things, mandated >>the provision of textbooks and instructional materials in accessible >>formats for students who are blind or print disabled. While the legislation >>relates to K-12 students, we believe that the more that publishers are >>creating accessible e-textbooks for K-12 that they will inevitably expand >>to a broader audience. If not, there will be an outcry from K-12 students >>as they transition into higher education wanting the same quality of >>support for their studies. This will be like dropping a pebble into the >>water. The wave will expand to include higher ed and the general >>public. Learning about this dramatic e-book revolution is important for >>all of us. >> >>This presentation will focus on NIMAS, (National Instructional Materials >>Accessibility Standard), the role of APH, (American Printinghouse for the >>Dlind) >>and the role of CAST, (Center for Applied Special Technology). >> >>The National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) is a file >>repository for core print textbooks and related instructional materials >>required for >>use by blind or other persons with print disabilities in elementary and >>secondary schools in the U.S. and its territories. These National >>Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) source file sets can >>be used to create specialized formats, such as braille, large print, audio, >>or digital text. The NIMAC opened in December 2006. >> >>CAST is the home of the NIMAS Development Center and the NIMAS Technical >>Assistance Center, Cooperative agreements with the Office of Special >>Education Programs, United States Department of Education. >> >>While this Webinar is free, you need to register in advance to guarantee a >>seat in the room. (Those who register, whether or not they attend, will >>afterwards >>receive a link to the recording. When you connect over the Internet to the >>Webinar room, you can listen to the presenters and watch as supporting Web >>pages are pushed to reinforce the presentation. The audience can also make >>comments or ask questions either by using a mic to talk or by writing into >>the room's text window. >> >> >>To read more and register to reserve a seat and to get login information >>for this free event, go to: >>http://easi.cc/clinic.htm >> >> >>Look for other future Webinars on that page. We have several being >>finalized and they should be on that page very soon. >>The EASI month-long, online courses on accessible Information Technology >>for May are: >>Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) >>http//easi.cc/workshop.htm >>Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course >>starting May 7) >>http//easi.cc/workshop.htm >> >> >>Norman Coombs >>CEO EASI >> >>----------------------- >>Check out EASI's New Synchronous Clinics: >>http://easi.cc/clinic.htm >> >>EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi >>Online Courses and Clinics >>http://easi.cc/workshop.htm >>To sign off this list >>send e-mail to >>listserv@listserv.icors.org saying >>signoff itd-jnl >> > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org ---------------------------------------- Webinar Series on Accessible Powerpoint starting April 19 http//easi.cc/clinic.htm May Courses Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course starting May 7) http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Norman Coombs, Ph.D. CEO EASI (http//easi.cc) 22196 Caminito Tasquillo Laguna Hills CA 92653 (949) 855-4852 (Pacific time zone) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Tue May 1 12:07:45 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] [ATHEN] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20070501084942.022a4ad0@pop.gmail.com> References: <6e0d34c90705010727l3274bee4x257cd21ccd03aef@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.3.0.2.20070501084942.022a4ad0@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: <007601c78c24$28da60a0$7a8f21e0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> I would be happy to participate. Ron From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:52 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! The point of the Webinar is to outline the current state of NIMAS which is the K-12 standard in the IDEA legislation. Of course, my personal interest is more higher ed but I believe this event is monumental and needs treatment. Also, An hour goes by quickly. If we hope to get into any depth, 2 people is probably all we can cover. I'd love to do a follow-up on how to expand this to higher ed. ANY VOLUNTEERS???? At 07:27 AM 5/1/2007, you wrote: My apologies to all! I previously posted this last week, but with the wrong subject line, so thought I'd try again. Norm, this sounds like a very interesting workshop! Thanks for providing it. I do have one concern which is that there is no representation from two key players - postsecondary education dss and APA (American Publishers Association) - in this workshop. Since NIMAS is the standard for K-12 and not postsecondary ed, was anyone from the AHEAD eText inititive involved or invited? It would just seem appropriate to have someone who represents postsecondary ed involved in this along with the individuals who are scheduled. Soapbox for any who wish to lend an ear: It seems that we have several different groups working on this issue, but the groups are not communicating with one another! Ex: Group 1 - we have the AHEAD eText Initiative which has the main players at the table talking, Group 2 - this EASI workshop group, Group 3 - a group of individuals who are blind who recently went to Washington to talk directly with senators and representatives about needing legislation mandating that publishers provide eText in a specific standard (I think they too had jumped on the NIMAS bandwagon). I'm sure there are other groups out there. Rather than having umpteen smaller groups picking away at the problem, it would seem more feasible for us to band together. More power in numbers! OK - I'm stepping off my soap box and getting back to proctoring finals. Thanks all! Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Counselor/Coordinator of Disability Services Arkansas State University - Beebe Message: 7 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:08:52 -0700 From: Prof Norm Coombs (by way of Prof Norm Coombs < norm.coombs@gmail.com >) Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! To: athen@athenpro.org Message-ID: < 6.0.3.0.2.20070426090743.022b50f0@pop.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" --=====================_88253984==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! Accessible E-textbooks for Students: May 1 2 PM Eastern Presenters: Nicole Gaines, NIMAC Manager, American Printinghouse for the Blind Julia Myers, Director, Resource Services and NIMAC, American Printing House for the Blind, Skip Stahl, Project Director, NIMAS Development Center, Center for Applied Special Technology President Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) on December 3, 2004 which, among other things, mandated the provision of textbooks and instructional materials in accessible formats for students who are blind or print disabled. While the legislation relates to K-12 students, we believe that the more that publishers are creating accessible e-textbooks for K-12 that they will inevitably expand to a broader audience. If not, there will be an outcry from K-12 students as they transition into higher education wanting the same quality of support for their studies. This will be like dropping a pebble into the water. The wave will expand to include higher ed and the general public. Learning about this dramatic e-book revolution is important for all of us. This presentation will focus on NIMAS, (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard), the role of APH, (American Printinghouse for the Dlind) and the role of CAST, (Center for Applied Special Technology). The National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) is a file repository for core print textbooks and related instructional materials required for use by blind or other persons with print disabilities in elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. and its territories. These National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) source file sets can be used to create specialized formats, such as braille, large print, audio, or digital text. The NIMAC opened in December 2006. CAST is the home of the NIMAS Development Center and the NIMAS Technical Assistance Center, Cooperative agreements with the Office of Special Education Programs, United States Department of Education. While this Webinar is free, you need to register in advance to guarantee a seat in the room. (Those who register, whether or not they attend, will afterwards receive a link to the recording. When you connect over the Internet to the Webinar room, you can listen to the presenters and watch as supporting Web pages are pushed to reinforce the presentation. The audience can also make comments or ask questions either by using a mic to talk or by writing into the room's text window. To read more and register to reserve a seat and to get login information for this free event, go to: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm Look for other future Webinars on that page. We have several being finalized and they should be on that page very soon. The EASI month-long, online courses on accessible Information Technology for May are: Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course starting May 7) http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Norman Coombs CEO EASI ----------------------- Check out EASI's New Synchronous Clinics: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi Online Courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm To sign off this list send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org saying signoff itd-jnl _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org ---------------------------------------- Webinar Series on Accessible Powerpoint starting April 19 http//easi.cc/clinic.htm May Courses Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course starting May 7) http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Norman Coombs, Ph.D. CEO EASI (http//easi.cc) 22196 Caminito Tasquillo Laguna Hills CA 92653 (949) 855-4852 (Pacific time zone) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From accessible.text at gmail.com Tue May 1 12:14:05 2007 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] [ATHEN] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! In-Reply-To: <624817124083790926@unknownmsgid> References: <6e0d34c90705010727l3274bee4x257cd21ccd03aef@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.3.0.2.20070501084942.022a4ad0@pop.gmail.com> <624817124083790926@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <9edf8160705011214r2d61bach407d0df7ea633c39@mail.gmail.com> Hey Norm, I'd like to participate. Bob Martinengo On 5/1/07, Ron Stewart wrote: > > > > > I would be happy to participate. > > > > Ron > > > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:52 AM > To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! > > > > > The point of the Webinar is to outline the current state of NIMAS which is > the K-12 standard in the IDEA legislation. Of course, my personal interest > is more higher ed but I believe this event is monumental and needs > treatment. Also, An hour goes by quickly. If we hope to get into any > depth, 2 people is probably all we can cover. > > I'd love to do a follow-up on how to expand this to higher ed. > > ANY VOLUNTEERS???? > At 07:27 AM 5/1/2007, you wrote: > > > > My apologies to all! I previously posted this last week, but with the wrong > subject line, so thought I'd try again. > > Norm, this sounds like a very interesting workshop! Thanks for providing > it. > > I do have one concern which is that there is no representation from two key > players - postsecondary education dss and APA (American Publishers > Association) - in this workshop. Since NIMAS is the standard for K-12 and > not postsecondary ed, was anyone from the AHEAD eText inititive involved or > invited? It would just seem appropriate to have someone who represents > postsecondary ed involved in this along with the individuals who are > scheduled. > > Soapbox for any who wish to lend an ear: It seems that we have several > different groups working on this issue, but the groups are not communicating > with one another! Ex: Group 1 - we have the AHEAD eText Initiative which > has the main players at the table talking, Group 2 - this EASI workshop > group, Group 3 - a group of individuals who are blind who recently went to > Washington to talk directly with senators and representatives about needing > legislation mandating that publishers provide eText in a specific standard > (I think they too had jumped on the NIMAS bandwagon). I'm sure there are > other groups out there. Rather than having umpteen smaller groups picking > away at the problem, it would seem more feasible for us to band together. > More power in numbers! > > OK ? I'm stepping off my soap box and getting back to proctoring finals. > Thanks all! > > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Counselor/Coordinator of Disability Services > Arkansas State University - Beebe > > > > > > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:08:52 -0700 > From: Prof Norm Coombs (by way of Prof Norm > Coombs < norm.coombs@gmail.com>) > Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! > To: athen@athenpro.org > Message-ID: < > 6.0.3.0.2.20070426090743.022b50f0@pop.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > --=====================_88253984==.ALT > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! > > Accessible E-textbooks for Students: May 1 2 PM Eastern > Presenters: > Nicole Gaines, NIMAC Manager, American Printinghouse for the Blind > Julia Myers, Director, Resource Services and NIMAC, American Printing House > for the Blind, > Skip Stahl, Project Director, NIMAS Development Center, Center for Applied > Special Technology > > President Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Education > Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) on December 3, 2004 which, among other > things, mandated > the provision of textbooks and instructional materials in accessible > formats for students who are blind or print disabled. While the legislation > relates to K-12 students, we believe that the more that publishers are > creating accessible e-textbooks for K-12 that they will inevitably expand > to a broader audience. If not, there will be an outcry from K-12 students > as they transition into higher education wanting the same quality of > support for their studies. This will be like dropping a pebble into the > water. The wave will expand to include higher ed and the general > public. Learning about this dramatic e-book revolution is important for > all of us. > > This presentation will focus on NIMAS, (National Instructional Materials > Accessibility Standard), the role of APH, (American Printinghouse for the > Dlind) > and the role of CAST, (Center for Applied Special Technology). > > The National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) is a file > repository for core print textbooks and related instructional materials > required for > use by blind or other persons with print disabilities in elementary and > secondary schools in the U.S. and its territories. These National > Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) source file sets can > be used to create specialized formats, such as braille, large print, audio, > or digital text. The NIMAC opened in December 2006. > > CAST is the home of the NIMAS Development Center and the NIMAS Technical > Assistance Center, Cooperative agreements with the Office of Special > Education Programs, United States Department of Education. > > While this Webinar is free, you need to register in advance to guarantee a > seat in the room. (Those who register, whether or not they attend, will > afterwards > receive a link to the recording. When you connect over the Internet to the > Webinar room, you can listen to the presenters and watch as supporting Web > pages are pushed to reinforce the presentation. The audience can also make > comments or ask questions either by using a mic to talk or by writing into > the room's text window. > > > To read more and register to reserve a seat and to get login information > for this free event, go to: > http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > > > Look for other future Webinars on that page. We have several being > finalized and they should be on that page very soon. > The EASI month-long, online courses on accessible Information Technology > for May are: > Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) > http//easi.cc/workshop.htm > Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course > starting May 7) > http//easi.cc/workshop.htm > > > Norman Coombs > CEO EASI > > ----------------------- > Check out EASI's New Synchronous Clinics: > http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > > EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi > Online Courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm > To sign off this list > send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org saying > signoff itd-jnl > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > ---------------------------------------- > Webinar Series on Accessible Powerpoint starting April 19 > http//easi.cc/clinic.htm > > May Courses > Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) > http//easi.cc/workshop.htm > Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course > starting May 7) > http//easi.cc/workshop.htm > > Norman Coombs, Ph.D. > CEO EASI (http//easi.cc) > 22196 Caminito Tasquillo > Laguna Hills CA 92653 > (949) 855-4852 (Pacific time zone) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > From norm.coombs at gmail.com Tue May 1 13:37:32 2007 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] [ATHEN] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! In-Reply-To: <007601c78c24$28da60a0$7a8f21e0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> References: <6e0d34c90705010727l3274bee4x257cd21ccd03aef@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.3.0.2.20070501084942.022a4ad0@pop.gmail.com> <007601c78c24$28da60a0$7a8f21e0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20070501133456.02228110@pop.gmail.com> Ron: I understand your reply to indicate you'd participate in a Webinar dealing with e-books and higher ed. GOOD!! Others on the list have also said they'd help also. I'd be willing to try to organize this, but Ron you are really on top of what is happening on a daily basis. Would you line up a couple people and provide a higher ed e-book hour presentation???? If so, could we still do it in late May or should it be in June? I vote for May while the topic is hot and people aren't yet on vacation!! Norm At 12:07 PM 5/1/2007, you wrote: >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0077_01C78C02.A1C8C0A0" >Content-Language: en-us > >I would be happy to participate. > >Ron > >From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On >Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs >Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:52 AM >To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network >Subject: Re: [Athen] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! > >The point of the Webinar is to outline the current state of NIMAS which is >the K-12 standard in the IDEA legislation. Of course, my personal >interest is more higher ed but I believe this event is monumental and >needs treatment. Also, An hour goes by quickly. If we hope to get into >any depth, 2 people is probably all we can cover. > >I'd love to do a follow-up on how to expand this to higher ed. > >ANY VOLUNTEERS???? >At 07:27 AM 5/1/2007, you wrote: > >My apologies to all! I previously posted this last week, but with the >wrong subject line, so thought I'd try again. > >Norm, this sounds like a very interesting workshop! Thanks for providing >it. > >I do have one concern which is that there is no representation from two >key players - postsecondary education dss and APA (American Publishers >Association) - in this workshop. Since NIMAS is the standard for K-12 and >not postsecondary ed, was anyone from the AHEAD eText inititive involved >or invited? It would just seem appropriate to have someone who represents >postsecondary ed involved in this along with the individuals who are >scheduled. > >Soapbox for any who wish to lend an ear: It seems that we have several >different groups working on this issue, but the groups are not >communicating with one another! Ex: Group 1 - we have the AHEAD eText >Initiative which has the main players at the table talking, Group 2 - this >EASI workshop group, Group 3 - a group of individuals who are blind who >recently went to Washington to talk directly with senators and >representatives about needing legislation mandating that publishers >provide eText in a specific standard (I think they too had jumped on the >NIMAS bandwagon). I'm sure there are other groups out there. Rather than >having umpteen smaller groups picking away at the problem, it would seem >more feasible for us to band together. More power in numbers! > >OK ? I'm stepping off my soap box and getting back to proctoring finals. >Thanks all! > >Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >Counselor/Coordinator of Disability Services >Arkansas State University - Beebe > > > > >Message: 7 >Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:08:52 -0700 >From: Prof Norm Coombs ><norm.coombs@GMAIL.COM> (by way of Prof Norm > Coombs < norm.coombs@gmail.com>) >Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! >To: athen@athenpro.org >Message-ID: < >6.0.3.0.2.20070426090743.022b50f0@pop.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >--=====================_88253984==.ALT >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >EASI Webinar: The Future of E--books Is Here! > >Accessible E-textbooks for Students: May 1 2 PM Eastern >Presenters: >Nicole Gaines, NIMAC Manager, American Printinghouse for the Blind >Julia Myers, Director, Resource Services and NIMAC, American Printing House >for the Blind, >Skip Stahl, Project Director, NIMAS Development Center, Center for Applied >Special Technology > >President Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Education >Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) on December 3, 2004 which, among other >things, mandated >the provision of textbooks and instructional materials in accessible >formats for students who are blind or print disabled. While the legislation >relates to K-12 students, we believe that the more that publishers are >creating accessible e-textbooks for K-12 that they will inevitably expand >to a broader audience. If not, there will be an outcry from K-12 students >as they transition into higher education wanting the same quality of >support for their studies. This will be like dropping a pebble into the >water. The wave will expand to include higher ed and the general >public. Learning about this dramatic e-book revolution is important for >all of us. > >This presentation will focus on NIMAS, (National Instructional Materials >Accessibility Standard), the role of APH, (American Printinghouse for the >Dlind) >and the role of CAST, (Center for Applied Special Technology). > >The National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) is a file >repository for core print textbooks and related instructional materials >required for >use by blind or other persons with print disabilities in elementary and >secondary schools in the U.S. and its territories. These National >Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) source file sets can >be used to create specialized formats, such as braille, large print, audio, >or digital text. The NIMAC opened in December 2006. > >CAST is the home of the NIMAS Development Center and the NIMAS Technical >Assistance Center, Cooperative agreements with the Office of Special >Education Programs, United States Department of Education. > >While this Webinar is free, you need to register in advance to guarantee a >seat in the room. (Those who register, whether or not they attend, will >afterwards >receive a link to the recording. When you connect over the Internet to the >Webinar room, you can listen to the presenters and watch as supporting Web >pages are pushed to reinforce the presentation. The audience can also make >comments or ask questions either by using a mic to talk or by writing into >the room's text window. > > >To read more and register to reserve a seat and to get login information >for this free event, go to: >http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > > >Look for other future Webinars on that page. We have several being >finalized and they should be on that page very soon. >The EASI month-long, online courses on accessible Information Technology >for May are: >Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) >http//easi.cc/workshop.htm >Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course >starting May 7) >http//easi.cc/workshop.htm > > >Norman Coombs >CEO EASI > >----------------------- >Check out EASI's New Synchronous Clinics: >http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > >EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi >Online Courses and Clinics >http://easi.cc/workshop.htm >To sign off this list >send e-mail to >listserv@listserv.icors.org saying >signoff itd-jnl > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > ---------------------------------------- >Webinar Series on Accessible Powerpoint starting April 19 >http//easi.cc/clinic.htm > >May Courses >Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) >http//easi.cc/workshop.htm >Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course >starting May 7) >http//easi.cc/workshop.htm > >Norman Coombs, Ph.D. >CEO EASI (http//easi.cc) >22196 Caminito Tasquillo >Laguna Hills CA 92653 >(949) 855-4852 (Pacific time zone) > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org ---------------------------------------- Webinar Series on Accessible Powerpoint starting April 19 http//easi.cc/clinic.htm May Courses Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course starting May 7) http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Norman Coombs, Ph.D. CEO EASI (http//easi.cc) 22196 Caminito Tasquillo Laguna Hills CA 92653 (949) 855-4852 (Pacific time zone) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From accessible.text at gmail.com Wed May 2 08:25:06 2007 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) In-Reply-To: <20070502T093057Z_0770000C0003@matcmadison.edu> References: <20070502T093057Z_0770000C0003@matcmadison.edu> Message-ID: <9edf8160705020825v15170104u9c8a7a47b60472e2@mail.gmail.com> Hi Scott, We got a free copy of Kofax VRS with our Kodak scanner, but we never really got the hang of it. As far as I could tell, it did not do enough to improve the image to be worth the hassle, but your results may be better. What we did do is buy Quickscan Pro as our scanning software, and it has made a nice difference in how we manage our process. Bob Martinengo On 5/2/07, Scott Ritter wrote: > > > Good morning, > > Is any one using VRS (Virtual ReScan) software as a tool in their text > conversion process? We are thinking of incorporating this software into our > system. We use a variety of methods to convert materials but are looking to > improve the accuracy of the OCR process prior to editing, thus improving our > efficiency. We currently use a high speed Panasonic duplex scanner and Abby > for our OCR. My understanding is that VRS will provide a cleaner, more > accurate image prior to OCR. > > Scott J. Ritter, MS > Disability Resource Specialist-Aux Aids > Disability Resource Services > Madison Area Technical College-Truax > 608-246-6217 > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Wed May 2 08:39:15 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) In-Reply-To: <9edf8160705020825v15170104u9c8a7a47b60472e2@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070502T093057Z_0770000C0003@matcmadison.edu> <9edf8160705020825v15170104u9c8a7a47b60472e2@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <00b101c78cd0$10dc7cc0$32957640$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> Bob Almost all of the high end scanners come with the software version of VRS. I have found it to be a good tool for very complex documents, but not for everyday text scanning. I would also be interested to know how you have found the OCR capability of QuickScan to be. I looked at it a while back and while it seemed to be an effective document management package I found it lacking for true E-Text production. Also the price of the production version is pretty steep. Ron Stewart -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Martinengo Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:25 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) Hi Scott, We got a free copy of Kofax VRS with our Kodak scanner, but we never really got the hang of it. As far as I could tell, it did not do enough to improve the image to be worth the hassle, but your results may be better. What we did do is buy Quickscan Pro as our scanning software, and it has made a nice difference in how we manage our process. Bob Martinengo On 5/2/07, Scott Ritter wrote: > > > Good morning, > > Is any one using VRS (Virtual ReScan) software as a tool in their text > conversion process? We are thinking of incorporating this software into our > system. We use a variety of methods to convert materials but are looking to > improve the accuracy of the OCR process prior to editing, thus improving our > efficiency. We currently use a high speed Panasonic duplex scanner and Abby > for our OCR. My understanding is that VRS will provide a cleaner, more > accurate image prior to OCR. > > Scott J. Ritter, MS > Disability Resource Specialist-Aux Aids > Disability Resource Services > Madison Area Technical College-Truax > 608-246-6217 > _______________________________________________ > 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 gdietrich at htctu.net Wed May 2 10:09:07 2007 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) In-Reply-To: <20070502T093057Z_0770000C0003@matcmadison.edu> References: <20070502T093057Z_0770000C0003@matcmadison.edu> Message-ID: <001501c78cdc$98a7b550$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> Ditto to the others who said they never got it to work, even after three hours on the phone with tech support-and the one time it seemed to be working, the results were inferior. It is not on my recommended list. ****************************************************** Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Scott Ritter Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:31 AM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) Good morning, Is any one using VRS (Virtual ReScan) software as a tool in their text conversion process? We are thinking of incorporating this software into our system. We use a variety of methods to convert materials but are looking to improve the accuracy of the OCR process prior to editing, thus improving our efficiency. We currently use a high speed Panasonic duplex scanner and Abby for our OCR. My understanding is that VRS will provide a cleaner, more accurate image prior to OCR. Scott J. Ritter, MS Disability Resource Specialist-Aux Aids Disability Resource Services Madison Area Technical College-Truax 608-246-6217 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From accessible.text at gmail.com Wed May 2 10:20:52 2007 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) In-Reply-To: <001501c78cdc$98a7b550$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> References: <20070502T093057Z_0770000C0003@matcmadison.edu> <001501c78cdc$98a7b550$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> Message-ID: <9edf8160705021020u72ea5834nb3b17b1e55ef117e@mail.gmail.com> We just use QuickScan to run our i660 scanner, not for OCR, and yes, it was expensive! On 5/2/07, Gaeir Dietrich wrote: > > > > > Ditto to the others who said they never got it to work, even after three > hours on the phone with tech support?and the one time it seemed to be > working, the results were inferior. It is not on my recommended list. > > > ****************************************************** > Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich > High Tech Center Training Unit of the > California Community Colleges > De Anza College, Cupertino, CA > www.htctu.net > 408-996-6043 > > ________________________________ > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Scott Ritter > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:31 AM > To: athen@athenpro.org > Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) > > > > > Good morning, > > > > > > Is any one using VRS (Virtual ReScan) software as a tool in their text > conversion process? We are thinking of incorporating this software into our > system. We use a variety of methods to convert materials but are looking to > improve the accuracy of the OCR process prior to editing, thus improving our > efficiency. We currently use a high speed Panasonic duplex scanner and Abby > for our OCR. My understanding is that VRS will provide a cleaner, more > accurate image prior to OCR. > > > > > > Scott J. Ritter, MS > Disability Resource Specialist-Aux Aids > Disability Resource Services > Madison Area Technical College-Truax > 608-246-6217 > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Wed May 2 14:32:50 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) In-Reply-To: <001501c78cdc$98a7b550$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> References: <20070502T093057Z_0770000C0003@matcmadison.edu> <001501c78cdc$98a7b550$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> Message-ID: <004301c78d01$90ebe190$b2c3a4b0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> I had very different results, but I was using their hardware solutions and that resulted in fairly dramatic increases in scanning spead because we were using dedicated hardware to do the scanning. Dollars for benefit may be better achieve by a top of the line computer with the RAM maximized Ron From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:09 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) Ditto to the others who said they never got it to work, even after three hours on the phone with tech support-and the one time it seemed to be working, the results were inferior. It is not on my recommended list. ****************************************************** Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Scott Ritter Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:31 AM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) Good morning, Is any one using VRS (Virtual ReScan) software as a tool in their text conversion process? We are thinking of incorporating this software into our system. We use a variety of methods to convert materials but are looking to improve the accuracy of the OCR process prior to editing, thus improving our efficiency. We currently use a high speed Panasonic duplex scanner and Abby for our OCR. My understanding is that VRS will provide a cleaner, more accurate image prior to OCR. Scott J. Ritter, MS Disability Resource Specialist-Aux Aids Disability Resource Services Madison Area Technical College-Truax 608-246-6217 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Wed May 2 14:32:50 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) In-Reply-To: <9edf8160705021020u72ea5834nb3b17b1e55ef117e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070502T093057Z_0770000C0003@matcmadison.edu> <001501c78cdc$98a7b550$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> <9edf8160705021020u72ea5834nb3b17b1e55ef117e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <004801c78d01$92faeb70$b8f0c250$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> So what exactly is AMAC producing since according to your website you do not yet provide DAISY? Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Martinengo Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:21 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) We just use QuickScan to run our i660 scanner, not for OCR, and yes, it was expensive! On 5/2/07, Gaeir Dietrich wrote: > > > > > Ditto to the others who said they never got it to work, even after three > hours on the phone with tech support-and the one time it seemed to be > working, the results were inferior. It is not on my recommended list. > > > ****************************************************** > Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich > High Tech Center Training Unit of the > California Community Colleges > De Anza College, Cupertino, CA > www.htctu.net > 408-996-6043 > > ________________________________ > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Scott Ritter > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:31 AM > To: athen@athenpro.org > Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) > > > > > Good morning, > > > > > > Is any one using VRS (Virtual ReScan) software as a tool in their text > conversion process? We are thinking of incorporating this software into our > system. We use a variety of methods to convert materials but are looking to > improve the accuracy of the OCR process prior to editing, thus improving our > efficiency. We currently use a high speed Panasonic duplex scanner and Abby > for our OCR. My understanding is that VRS will provide a cleaner, more > accurate image prior to OCR. > > > > > > Scott J. Ritter, MS > Disability Resource Specialist-Aux Aids > Disability Resource Services > Madison Area Technical College-Truax > 608-246-6217 > _______________________________________________ > 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 accessible.text at gmail.com Thu May 3 05:40:07 2007 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) In-Reply-To: <-3646808749895591870@unknownmsgid> References: <20070502T093057Z_0770000C0003@matcmadison.edu> <001501c78cdc$98a7b550$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> <9edf8160705021020u72ea5834nb3b17b1e55ef117e@mail.gmail.com> <-3646808749895591870@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <9edf8160705030540x686364a2u4b5e3d7321a51a89@mail.gmail.com> Mostly PDF. That's what I'll be talking about at AHEAD. On 5/2/07, Ron Stewart wrote: > So what exactly is AMAC producing since according to your website you do not > yet provide DAISY? > > Ron > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Robert Martinengo > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:21 PM > To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) > > We just use QuickScan to run our i660 scanner, not for OCR, and yes, > it was expensive! > > On 5/2/07, Gaeir Dietrich wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Ditto to the others who said they never got it to work, even after three > > hours on the phone with tech support-and the one time it seemed to be > > working, the results were inferior. It is not on my recommended list. > > > > > > ****************************************************** > > Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich > > High Tech Center Training Unit of the > > California Community Colleges > > De Anza College, Cupertino, CA > > www.htctu.net > > 408-996-6043 > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > > Behalf Of Scott Ritter > > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:31 AM > > To: athen@athenpro.org > > Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan) > > > > > > > > > > Good morning, > > > > > > > > > > > > Is any one using VRS (Virtual ReScan) software as a tool in their text > > conversion process? We are thinking of incorporating this software into > our > > system. We use a variety of methods to convert materials but are looking > to > > improve the accuracy of the OCR process prior to editing, thus improving > our > > efficiency. We currently use a high speed Panasonic duplex scanner and > Abby > > for our OCR. My understanding is that VRS will provide a cleaner, more > > accurate image prior to OCR. > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott J. Ritter, MS > > Disability Resource Specialist-Aux Aids > > Disability Resource Services > > Madison Area Technical College-Truax > > 608-246-6217 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 norm.coombs at gmail.com Fri May 4 11:13:58 2007 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Accessibility Presentation at CSUN Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20070504111038.022900d0@pop.gmail.com> EASI's Podcast feed on conference presentations just posted an hour-long audio from the Google presentation last March in Los Angeles. It holds promise of more helpful accessibility features yet to come. You can find the feed and even listen online as well as see Google conference documentation all at: http://easi.cc/podcasts/conference/conference.htm Norman Coombs ---------------------------------------- Webinar Series on Accessible Powerpoint starting April 19 http//easi.cc/clinic.htm May Courses Barrier-free Information Technology (4-week online course starting May 7) http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content (4-week online course starting May 7) http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Norman Coombs, Ph.D. CEO EASI (http//easi.cc) 22196 Caminito Tasquillo Laguna Hills CA 92653 (949) 855-4852 (Pacific time zone) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Reports from colleges already looking into accessibility (~5 minutes each) 4. Decide on a timetable 5. Decide time and setup for next teleconference I think Jayme Johnson said he could have a better setup for the next meeting (virtual whiteboard, web simulcast, etc). We can talk about that too. Thankx for all your help in advance. Sorry this is so late again. Any Questions please contact me. Joe Humbert Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University - ITaP - TLT Office: STEW 111 Email: jhumbert@purdue.edu Phone: 765-494-4387 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stacylee at ksu.edu Tue May 8 15:06:47 2007 From: stacylee at ksu.edu (Stacy L. Smith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint Message-ID: <1178662007.4640f47793d4a@webmail.ksu.edu> I've tried looking at the MS site and online, and am not having much luck - I hope someone here can answer my question: If you make notes in a PowerPoint presentation (using the Notes pane), can you/how do you view those notes if you are using PowerPoint viewer? This is ppt 2003 (although if it isn't possible in 2003 but is in 2007 I'd be interested in knowing). Thanks! Stacy Stacy Smith Adaptive Technology Specialist Disability Support Services 202 Holton Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: 785-532-6441 FAX: 785-532-6457 Email: stacylee@ksu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. From cathk at cahs.colostate.edu Tue May 8 15:43:57 2007 From: cathk at cahs.colostate.edu (Kilcommons,Cath) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint In-Reply-To: <1178662007.4640f47793d4a@webmail.ksu.edu> References: <1178662007.4640f47793d4a@webmail.ksu.edu> Message-ID: I do not think that you can do that. As far as I know, it is not possible in 2003 or 2007 versions. You might be able to check on open office... Best, Cath -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Stacy L. Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:07 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint I've tried looking at the MS site and online, and am not having much luck - I hope someone here can answer my question: If you make notes in a PowerPoint presentation (using the Notes pane), can you/how do you view those notes if you are using PowerPoint viewer? This is ppt 2003 (although if it isn't possible in 2003 but is in 2007 I'd be interested in knowing). Thanks! Stacy Stacy Smith Adaptive Technology Specialist Disability Support Services 202 Holton Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: 785-532-6441 FAX: 785-532-6457 Email: stacylee@ksu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From djbrky at bu.edu Wed May 9 10:57:48 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Summer DAISY or E-Text Production New York In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602B5609F@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Hello All -- One of my veteran e-text staffers is spending the summer in New York (Manhattan proper I believe) and looking for work. Anyone in that area have need of a reliable and well trained E-Text production person with DAISY experience? Let me know and I will pass the info along. ========================= Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director Boston University Office of Disability Services 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3658 (office) (617) 353-9646 (fax) djbrky@bu.edu (eMail) www.bu.edu/disability From djbrky at bu.edu Wed May 9 11:35:14 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Summer DAISY or E-Text Production New York In-Reply-To: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602B5609F@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602B56164@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Slight Correction --- Long Island is where the student is for the summer. ========================= 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 Berkowitz, Daniel J >Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:58 PM >To: Alternate Media; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network >Subject: [Athen] Summer DAISY or E-Text Production New York > >Hello All -- > >One of my veteran e-text staffers is spending the summer in New York >(Manhattan proper I believe) and looking for work. Anyone in that area >have need of a reliable and well trained E-Text production person with >DAISY experience? > >Let me know and I will pass the info along. > > >========================= >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 From wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu Wed May 9 11:40:53 2007 From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Summer DAISY or E-Text Production New York In-Reply-To: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602B56164@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> References: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602B56164@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <464215B5.7050000@mcmail.maricopa.edu> Hey Dan, Long Island IS in Manhattan, isn't it? ;>) Wink Berkowitz, Daniel J wrote: > Slight Correction --- Long Island is where the student is for the > summer. > > > ========================= > 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 Berkowitz, Daniel J >> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:58 PM >> To: Alternate Media; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network >> Subject: [Athen] Summer DAISY or E-Text Production New York >> >> Hello All -- >> >> One of my veteran e-text staffers is spending the summer in New York >> (Manhattan proper I believe) and looking for work. 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URL: From asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca Wed May 9 18:40:42 2007 From: asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca (Jennison Asuncion) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessible items for WebCT (fwd) Message-ID: Folks, With Barbara's permission, I am sharing her inquiry (below) here. She is not a member of this list, so please eMail her directly if you can help her with her WebCT-specific questions. I figured one or more of you can share your wisdom. Thanks, Jennison Jennison Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 19:09:37 -0500 From: Barbara L Taylor Subject: accessible items for WebCT I'm sorry to jump into the middle of this discussion to ask this question. I have a deadline approaching and I knew everyone here would be able to help me. I need to find resources that will help faculty understand how to create accessible documents, multimedia, powerpoints, etc that will be put into WebCT. For example, what can faculty do to make discussions more accessible for students? What can faculty do to make assessments more accessible? What can faculty to do make assignments more accessible? If you have experience with this or know where I can find some resources, please let me know. I'd like to find something that relates to each of the WebCT tools in the CE 6 version (same as the Vista version). Thank you for your assistance. Barbara From jhumbert at purdue.edu Mon May 14 12:51:37 2007 From: jhumbert at purdue.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] iTunes U Accessibility group teleconference In-Reply-To: References: <20070502T093057Z_0770000C0003@matcmadison.edu><001501c78cdc$98a7b550$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu><9edf8160705021020u72ea5834nb3b17b1e55ef117e@mail.gmail.com><-3646808749895591870@unknownmsgid> <9edf8160705030540x686364a2u4b5e3d7321a51a89@mail.gmail.com> <310B6F0B038E0847BA40E28F322EB6C901DBDA74@EXCH02.purdue.lcl> Message-ID: <310B6F0B038E0847BA40E28F322EB6C901DBE2FE@EXCH02.purdue.lcl> Hi! For all who couldn't make it/ and those who could here are the Notes. Thank you to Kathy Cahill from MIT for taking them. The next meeting will be June 6th at 2PM EST. Hope everyone can make it. Highlights: For next meeting people are to bring collected research their university or college has done on iTunes Accessibility so we as a group can see where we need to go. Major goals (Draft): 1. Letter to Apple from ATHEN from all participating members of the group about prioritized issues with iTunes U, iTunes, and the iPod. 2. Best Practices for creating accessible content (audio, video, Podcasts, transcripts, etc) and that may be used with iTunes U or other comparable interfaces. For those of you who attended please add/correct anything I missed. Joe Humbert Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University - ITaP - TLT Office: STEW 111 Email: jhumbert@purdue.edu Phone: 765-494-4387 -----Original Message----- From: Dan Comden [mailto:danc@u.washington.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:10 PM To: Humbert, Joseph A Subject: Re: [Athen] iTunes U Accessibility group teleconference Hi Joe: Unfortunately I had to miss this due to other commitments, including a sit-down with someone here on campus about this very topic. We're apparently joining the iTunesU world. Is there a record/update of progress from the call? I still very much want to be involved. -*- Dan Comden danc@u.washington.edu Access Technology Lab www.washington.edu/computing/atl/ University of Washington On Mon, 7 May 2007, Humbert, Joseph A wrote: > Hi! > > > > Sorry this is so late. I got the confirmation late last week and then > was gone till today. > > > > The number to call is 800-568-9258 > > > > You will then give the meet me number 66521 to the operator. > > > > The local number is 765-496-6521 > > > > The meeting is from 2pm- 3pm EST > > > > Agenda: > > > > 1. Designate a secretary (I can't type fast enough) > > 2. Go over scope of project (iTunes, iPod, iTunesU) > > 3. Reports from colleges already looking into accessibility (~5 > minutes each) > > 4. Decide on a timetable > > 5. Decide time and setup for next teleconference > > > > I think Jayme Johnson said he could have a better setup for the next > meeting (virtual whiteboard, web simulcast, etc). We can talk about > that too. Thankx for all your help in advance. > > > > Sorry this is so late again. Any Questions please contact me. > > > > > > Joe Humbert > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Purdue University - ITaP - TLT > > Office: STEW 111 > > Email: jhumbert@purdue.edu > > Phone: 765-494-4387 > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ITunes U phone meeting May 8th, 2007.doc Type: application/msword Size: 40960 bytes Desc: ITunes U phone meeting May 8th, 2007.doc URL: From jane.mulrooney at NAU.EDU Mon May 14 14:44:25 2007 From: jane.mulrooney at NAU.EDU (Jane Mulrooney) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Athen Digest, Vol 16, Issue 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4648D839.5090007@nau.edu> Could we advertise our A.T. position once again on your web site...Can you let me know how to do that ...I've forgotten but I think that there might be more people out there looking for employment currently.. Thanks jane athen-request@athenpro.org wrote: > Send Athen mailing list submissions to > athen@athenpro.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-request@athenpro.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-owner@athenpro.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Athen digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: iTunes U Accessibility group teleconference > (Humbert, Joseph A) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:51:37 -0400 > From: "Humbert, Joseph A" > Subject: Re: [Athen] iTunes U Accessibility group teleconference > To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" > > Message-ID: > <310B6F0B038E0847BA40E28F322EB6C901DBE2FE@EXCH02.purdue.lcl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi! > > For all who couldn't make it/ and those who could here are the Notes. > Thank you to Kathy Cahill from MIT for taking them. The next meeting > will be June 6th at 2PM EST. Hope everyone can make it. > > Highlights: > > For next meeting people are to bring collected research their university > or college has done on iTunes Accessibility so we as a group can see > where we need to go. > > Major goals (Draft): > 1. Letter to Apple from ATHEN from all participating members of the > group about prioritized issues with iTunes U, iTunes, and the iPod. > 2. Best Practices for creating accessible content (audio, video, > Podcasts, transcripts, etc) and that may be used with iTunes U or other > comparable interfaces. > > For those of you who attended please add/correct anything I missed. > > Joe Humbert > Assistive Technology Specialist > Purdue University - ITaP - TLT > Office: STEW 111 > Email: jhumbert@purdue.edu > Phone: 765-494-4387 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Comden [mailto:danc@u.washington.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:10 PM > To: Humbert, Joseph A > Subject: Re: [Athen] iTunes U Accessibility group teleconference > > Hi Joe: > > Unfortunately I had to miss this due to other commitments, including a > sit-down with someone here on campus about this very topic. We're > apparently joining the iTunesU world. > > Is there a record/update of progress from the call? I still very much > want > to be involved. > > -*- Dan Comden danc@u.washington.edu > Access Technology Lab www.washington.edu/computing/atl/ > University of Washington > > On Mon, 7 May 2007, Humbert, Joseph A wrote: > > >> Hi! >> >> >> >> Sorry this is so late. I got the confirmation late last week and then >> was gone till today. >> >> >> >> The number to call is 800-568-9258 >> >> >> >> You will then give the meet me number 66521 to the operator. >> >> >> >> The local number is 765-496-6521 >> >> >> >> The meeting is from 2pm- 3pm EST >> >> >> >> Agenda: >> >> >> >> 1. Designate a secretary (I can't type fast enough) >> >> 2. Go over scope of project (iTunes, iPod, iTunesU) >> >> 3. Reports from colleges already looking into accessibility (~5 >> minutes each) >> >> 4. Decide on a timetable >> >> 5. Decide time and setup for next teleconference >> >> >> >> I think Jayme Johnson said he could have a better setup for the next >> meeting (virtual whiteboard, web simulcast, etc). We can talk about >> that too. Thankx for all your help in advance. >> >> >> >> Sorry this is so late again. Any Questions please contact me. >> >> >> >> >> >> Joe Humbert >> >> Assistive Technology Specialist >> >> Purdue University - ITaP - TLT >> >> Office: STEW 111 >> >> Email: jhumbert@purdue.edu >> >> Phone: 765-494-4387 >> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: ITunes U phone meeting May 8th, 2007.doc > Type: application/msword > Size: 40960 bytes > Desc: ITunes U phone meeting May 8th, 2007.doc > Url : http://athenpro.org/pipermail/athen_athenpro.org/attachments/20070514/2f8ab8f9/attachment.doc > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > End of Athen Digest, Vol 16, Issue 9 > ************************************ > -- Jane Mulrooney, M.S. 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Our total population is 60,000 with 13,000 students attending our Flagstaff campus. Students come first at NAU and faculty take office hours very seriously being very supportive of our students with disabilities. For those of you that hike and ski. I've lived here 20 years and could still be hiking new trails however I do tend to hike my favorites more often.. The ski hill is 25 minutes from town with over a 2,000ft. vertical drop. The Grand Canyon is 75 miles away and Sedonna is 25 miles to the south. It is a wonderful place to raise children - family oriented however there is a large singles population including river guides, park rangers and students who don't want to leave when they graduate. Thanks Jane -- Jane Mulrooney, M.S. Director, Disability Resources Phone: (928) 523-8773 Fax: (928) 523-8747 PO Box 5633 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5633 Jane.Mulrooney@nau.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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All official communications need to be vetted by the executive group prior to any public release. 3. The circulation of any draft versions should be confined to the select group involved with the project and not through an open list communication since this is still a public list. 4. Any individuals or representative organizations that are signatures to the correspondence need to formally agree to have their signature included in the correspondence. 5. If signatures to the correspondence are doing so in their official capacity they are responsible for any necessary authorization from the organization or institution they represent. Any comments or suggestions on this are greatly appreciated. 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URL: From jane.mulrooney at NAU.EDU Tue May 15 07:59:37 2007 From: jane.mulrooney at NAU.EDU (Jane Mulrooney) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Athen Digest, Vol 16, Issue 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4649CAD9.2090100@nau.edu> Job Position Announcement for Assistive Technology Specialist at Northern Arizona University (see attached) athen-request@athenpro.org wrote: > Send Athen mailing list submissions to > athen@athenpro.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-request@athenpro.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-owner@athenpro.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Athen digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Athen Digest, Vol 16, Issue 9 (Jane Mulrooney) > 2. An add for A.T. position (Jane Mulrooney) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 14:44:25 -0700 > From: Jane Mulrooney > Subject: Re: [Athen] Athen Digest, Vol 16, Issue 9 > To: athen@athenpro.org > Message-ID: <4648D839.5090007@nau.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Could we advertise our A.T. position once again on your web site...Can > you let me know how to do that ...I've forgotten but I think that there > might be more people out there looking for employment currently.. > Thanks > jane > > athen-request@athenpro.org wrote: > >> Send Athen mailing list submissions to >> athen@athenpro.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> athen-request@athenpro.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> athen-owner@athenpro.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Athen digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: iTunes U Accessibility group teleconference >> (Humbert, Joseph A) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:51:37 -0400 >> From: "Humbert, Joseph A" >> Subject: Re: [Athen] iTunes U Accessibility group teleconference >> To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" >> >> Message-ID: >> <310B6F0B038E0847BA40E28F322EB6C901DBE2FE@EXCH02.purdue.lcl> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Hi! >> >> For all who couldn't make it/ and those who could here are the Notes. >> Thank you to Kathy Cahill from MIT for taking them. The next meeting >> will be June 6th at 2PM EST. Hope everyone can make it. >> >> Highlights: >> >> For next meeting people are to bring collected research their university >> or college has done on iTunes Accessibility so we as a group can see >> where we need to go. >> >> Major goals (Draft): >> 1. Letter to Apple from ATHEN from all participating members of the >> group about prioritized issues with iTunes U, iTunes, and the iPod. >> 2. Best Practices for creating accessible content (audio, video, >> Podcasts, transcripts, etc) and that may be used with iTunes U or other >> comparable interfaces. >> >> For those of you who attended please add/correct anything I missed. >> >> Joe Humbert >> Assistive Technology Specialist >> Purdue University - ITaP - TLT >> Office: STEW 111 >> Email: jhumbert@purdue.edu >> Phone: 765-494-4387 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dan Comden [mailto:danc@u.washington.edu] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:10 PM >> To: Humbert, Joseph A >> Subject: Re: [Athen] iTunes U Accessibility group teleconference >> >> Hi Joe: >> >> Unfortunately I had to miss this due to other commitments, including a >> sit-down with someone here on campus about this very topic. We're >> apparently joining the iTunesU world. >> >> Is there a record/update of progress from the call? I still very much >> want >> to be involved. >> >> -*- Dan Comden danc@u.washington.edu >> Access Technology Lab www.washington.edu/computing/atl/ >> University of Washington >> >> On Mon, 7 May 2007, Humbert, Joseph A wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> >>> >>> Sorry this is so late. I got the confirmation late last week and then >>> was gone till today. >>> >>> >>> >>> The number to call is 800-568-9258 >>> >>> >>> >>> You will then give the meet me number 66521 to the operator. >>> >>> >>> >>> The local number is 765-496-6521 >>> >>> >>> >>> The meeting is from 2pm- 3pm EST >>> >>> >>> >>> Agenda: >>> >>> >>> >>> 1. Designate a secretary (I can't type fast enough) >>> >>> 2. Go over scope of project (iTunes, iPod, iTunesU) >>> >>> 3. Reports from colleges already looking into accessibility (~5 >>> minutes each) >>> >>> 4. Decide on a timetable >>> >>> 5. Decide time and setup for next teleconference >>> >>> >>> >>> I think Jayme Johnson said he could have a better setup for the next >>> meeting (virtual whiteboard, web simulcast, etc). We can talk about >>> that too. Thankx for all your help in advance. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sorry this is so late again. Any Questions please contact me. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Joe Humbert >>> >>> Assistive Technology Specialist >>> >>> Purdue University - ITaP - TLT >>> >>> Office: STEW 111 >>> >>> Email: jhumbert@purdue.edu >>> >>> Phone: 765-494-4387 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: ITunes U phone meeting May 8th, 2007.doc >> Type: application/msword >> Size: 40960 bytes >> Desc: ITunes U phone meeting May 8th, 2007.doc >> Url : http://athenpro.org/pipermail/athen_athenpro.org/attachments/20070514/2f8ab8f9/attachment.doc >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Athen mailing list >> Athen@athenpro.org >> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >> >> >> End of Athen Digest, Vol 16, Issue 9 >> ************************************ >> >> > > -- Jane Mulrooney, M.S. 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Freedom Scientific, Inc., based in St. Petersburg, FL, is the leading worldwide provider of assistive technology products for those who are low vision or blind. Assistive technology products make information, whether in electronic or print format, and computing accessible to those who are low vision or blind. The Company's software products include screen reading software, screen magnification software and scanning and reading software. Hardware products include handheld computers, Braille displays, scanning and reading machines, video magnifiers and Braille printers. Wafra Partners LLC is a private equity firm focused on middle market companies based in North America that have enterprise values between $20 and $150 million. We are currently seeking acquisitions of companies in consumer products, outsourced business services, niche manufacturing, and consumer-driven services. * Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc. serves as investment advisor to the investments referred to herein. Wafra Partners LLC seeks companies within the parameters and sectors set out above. ********************************************************************* Ron Stewart Vice President for Operations Dolphin Computer Access Inc. 231 Clarksville RD Suite 3 Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 Direct: 609 803-2174 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Sales (toll free): 866 797-5921 Support: 866 797-5921 Fax: 609 799-0475 ron.stewart@dolphinusa.com http://www.dolphinusa.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Tue May 15 08:24:28 2007 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] (no subject) In-Reply-To: <007201c79702$9e317a80$da946f80$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> References: <007201c79702$9e317a80$da946f80$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20070515082338.022913b0@pop.gmail.com> Is it fair to conclude that there is a good profit to be made from the disability market? No indication that the purchase is done for philanthropic reasons. At 08:06 AM 5/15/2007, you wrote: >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0073_01C796E1.171FDA80" >Content-Language: en-us > >Hot off the presses: > >http://www.wafrapartners.com/getnews.asp?XD=120 > >Wafra Partners Announces Acquisition of Freedom Scientific, Inc. > >April 25, 2007 > >Wafra Partners LLC and Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc.* are pleased >to announce the acquisition of Freedom Scientific, Inc. > >Freedom Scientific, Inc., based in St. Petersburg, FL, is the leading >worldwide provider of assistive technology products for those who are low >vision or blind. Assistive technology products make information, whether >in electronic or print format, and computing accessible to those who are >low vision or blind. The Company's software products include screen >reading software, screen magnification software and scanning and reading >software. Hardware products include handheld computers, Braille displays, >scanning and reading machines, video magnifiers and Braille printers. > >Wafra Partners LLC is a private equity firm focused on middle market >companies based in North America that have enterprise values between $20 >and $150 million. We are currently seeking acquisitions of companies in >consumer products, outsourced business services, niche manufacturing, and >consumer-driven services. > >* Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc. serves as investment advisor to >the investments referred to herein. Wafra Partners LLC seeks companies >within the parameters and sectors set out above. > > >********************************************************************* > >Ron Stewart > >Vice President for Operations > >Dolphin Computer Access Inc. > >231 Clarksville RD Suite 3 > >Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 > >Direct: 609 803-2174 > >Mobile: 609 213-2190 > >Sales (toll free): 866 797-5921 > >Support: 866 797-5921 > >Fax: 609 799-0475 > >ron.stewart@dolphinusa.com > >http://www.dolphinusa.com > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org ------------------------------ EASI In June! Barrier-free Web Design is the EASI online course leading to the Certificate in Accessible Information Technology http://easi.cc/workshop.htm The EASI Webinars in June are: Creating Accessible Forms and Thunder RJ: A Screen Reader with Training Wheels http://easi.cc/clinic.htm Norman Coombs CEO EASI http://easi.cc (949) 855-4852 (Pacific time zone) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From accessible.text at gmail.com Tue May 15 08:31:46 2007 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] (no subject) In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20070515082338.022913b0@pop.gmail.com> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20070515082338.022913b0@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9edf8160705150831x5c1a1254mbd7ae1c5e0ea9d11@mail.gmail.com> It would be interesting to find out what made Freedom a target for acquisition. Its far from the $7 billion price tag for Thomson Learning, but it does show some outside interest in assistive technology. bob On 5/15/07, Prof Norm Coombs wrote: > > Is it fair to conclude that there is a good profit to be made from the > disability market? No indication that the purchase is done for > philanthropic reasons. > > At 08:06 AM 5/15/2007, you wrote: > > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0073_01C796E1.171FDA80" > Content-Language: en-us > > Hot off the presses: > > http://www.wafrapartners.com/getnews.asp?XD=120 > > Wafra Partners Announces Acquisition of Freedom Scientific, Inc. > > April 25, 2007 > > Wafra Partners LLC and Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc.* are pleased > to announce the acquisition of Freedom Scientific, Inc. > > Freedom Scientific, Inc., based in St. Petersburg, FL, is the leading > worldwide provider of assistive technology products for those who are low > vision or blind. Assistive technology products make information, whether in > electronic or print format, and computing accessible to those who are low > vision or blind. The Company's software products include screen reading > software, screen magnification software and scanning and reading software. > Hardware products include handheld computers, Braille displays, scanning and > reading machines, video magnifiers and Braille printers. > > Wafra Partners LLC is a private equity firm focused on middle market > companies based in North America that have enterprise values between $20 and > $150 million. We are currently seeking acquisitions of companies in consumer > products, outsourced business services, niche manufacturing, and > consumer-driven services. > > * Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc. serves as investment advisor to the > investments referred to herein. Wafra Partners LLC seeks companies within > the parameters and sectors set out above. > > > ********************************************************************* > > Ron Stewart > > Vice President for Operations > > Dolphin Computer Access Inc. > > 231 Clarksville RD Suite 3 > > Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 > > Direct: 609 803-2174 > > Mobile: 609 213-2190 > > Sales (toll free): 866 797-5921 > > Support: 866 797-5921 > > Fax: 609 799-0475 > > ron.stewart@dolphinusa.com > > http://www.dolphinusa.com > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > ------------------------------ > EASI In June! > Barrier-free Web Design is the EASI online course leading to the > Certificate in Accessible Information Technology > http://easi.cc/workshop.htm > The EASI Webinars in June are: Creating Accessible Forms and Thunder RJ: A > Screen Reader with Training Wheels > http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > > Norman Coombs > CEO EASI http://easi.cc > (949) 855-4852 (Pacific time zone) > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > From norm.coombs at gmail.com Tue May 15 08:40:05 2007 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] (no subject) In-Reply-To: <007201c79702$9e317a80$da946f80$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> References: <007201c79702$9e317a80$da946f80$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20070515083940.02294d70@pop.gmail.com> I hope the new mother company now will improve the accessibility of their Web!!! At 08:06 AM 5/15/2007, you wrote: >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0073_01C796E1.171FDA80" >Content-Language: en-us > >Hot off the presses: > >http://www.wafrapartners.com/getnews.asp?XD=120 > >Wafra Partners Announces Acquisition of Freedom Scientific, Inc. > >April 25, 2007 > >Wafra Partners LLC and Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc.* are pleased >to announce the acquisition of Freedom Scientific, Inc. > >Freedom Scientific, Inc., based in St. Petersburg, FL, is the leading >worldwide provider of assistive technology products for those who are low >vision or blind. Assistive technology products make information, whether >in electronic or print format, and computing accessible to those who are >low vision or blind. The Company's software products include screen >reading software, screen magnification software and scanning and reading >software. Hardware products include handheld computers, Braille displays, >scanning and reading machines, video magnifiers and Braille printers. > >Wafra Partners LLC is a private equity firm focused on middle market >companies based in North America that have enterprise values between $20 >and $150 million. We are currently seeking acquisitions of companies in >consumer products, outsourced business services, niche manufacturing, and >consumer-driven services. > >* Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc. serves as investment advisor to >the investments referred to herein. Wafra Partners LLC seeks companies >within the parameters and sectors set out above. > > >********************************************************************* > >Ron Stewart > >Vice President for Operations > >Dolphin Computer Access Inc. > >231 Clarksville RD Suite 3 > >Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 > >Direct: 609 803-2174 > >Mobile: 609 213-2190 > >Sales (toll free): 866 797-5921 > >Support: 866 797-5921 > >Fax: 609 799-0475 > >ron.stewart@dolphinusa.com > >http://www.dolphinusa.com > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org ------------------------------ EASI In June! Barrier-free Web Design is the EASI online course leading to the Certificate in Accessible Information Technology http://easi.cc/workshop.htm The EASI Webinars in June are: Creating Accessible Forms and Thunder RJ: A Screen Reader with Training Wheels http://easi.cc/clinic.htm Norman Coombs CEO EASI http://easi.cc (949) 855-4852 (Pacific time zone) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From accessible.text at gmail.com Tue May 15 08:43:03 2007 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] HumanWare Shareholders Accept Proposal Message-ID: <9edf8160705150843p1fba5f82p3a98417d4be81840@mail.gmail.com> [to go with the Freedom Scientific story] http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0705/S00338.htm HumanWare Shareholders Accept Proposal and Celebrate Achievements Christchurch, New Zealand ? HumanWare shareholders today voted in favour of a $10.80-a-share proposal from Jolimont Capital and HumanWare senior managers. Adviser Deloitte had concluded the fair value to shareholders was in the range $9.80 to $12.80 a share. The offer is being funded by private equity from Jolimont Capital, debt financing from ANZ National Bank and personal investments from HumanWare senior managers. HumanWare has around 3.3m shares on issue. [...] From dmurphy at collegeofthedesert.edu Tue May 15 09:29:56 2007 From: dmurphy at collegeofthedesert.edu (Daryl Murphy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] (no subject) In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20070515082338.022913b0@pop.gmail.com> References: <007201c79702$9e317a80$da946f80$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> <6.0.3.0.2.20070515082338.022913b0@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: <866D94404CE9D049B12203795063D4DC29F53A@Dccdmail3.dccd.cc.ca.us> Investments in any successful business, which has been shown as to Freedom Scientific success, is just plain good business. One such buyout was Dragon to ScanSoft (Nuance). It lowered the price, had new money to develop a better product, and provide better tech support, including updates. Why? It brought that product to the main stream, not just the disability market. With the higher need for the rise in recognized disabilities, this is a good thing. From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:24 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] (no subject) Is it fair to conclude that there is a good profit to be made from the disability market? No indication that the purchase is done for philanthropic reasons. At 08:06 AM 5/15/2007, you wrote: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0073_01C796E1.171FDA80" Content-Language: en-us Hot off the presses: http://www.wafrapartners.com/getnews.asp?XD=120 Wafra Partners Announces Acquisition of Freedom Scientific, Inc. April 25, 2007 Wafra Partners LLC and Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc.* are pleased to announce the acquisition of Freedom Scientific, Inc. Freedom Scientific, Inc., based in St. Petersburg, FL, is the leading worldwide provider of assistive technology products for those who are low vision or blind. Assistive technology products make information, whether in electronic or print format, and computing accessible to those who are low vision or blind. The Company's software products include screen reading software, screen magnification software and scanning and reading software. Hardware products include handheld computers, Braille displays, scanning and reading machines, video magnifiers and Braille printers. Wafra Partners LLC is a private equity firm focused on middle market companies based in North America that have enterprise values between $20 and $150 million. We are currently seeking acquisitions of companies in consumer products, outsourced business services, niche manufacturing, and consumer-driven services. * Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc. serves as investment advisor to the investments referred to herein. Wafra Partners LLC seeks companies within the parameters and sectors set out above. ********************************************************************* Ron Stewart Vice President for Operations Dolphin Computer Access Inc. 231 Clarksville RD Suite 3 Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 Direct: 609 803-2174 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Sales (toll free): 866 797-5921 Support: 866 797-5921 Fax: 609 799-0475 ron.stewart@dolphinusa.com http://www.dolphinusa.com _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org ------------------------------ EASI In June! Barrier-free Web Design is the EASI online course leading to the Certificate in Accessible Information Technology http://easi.cc/workshop.htm The EASI Webinars in June are: Creating Accessible Forms and Thunder RJ: A Screen Reader with Training Wheels http://easi.cc/clinic.htm Norman Coombs CEO EASI http://easi.cc (949) 855-4852 (Pacific time zone) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeano at uwm.edu Wed May 16 07:46:05 2007 From: jeano at uwm.edu (Jean Salzer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] CRT and refreshable Braille? Message-ID: <464B192D.1030704@uwm.edu> Hi, I received an enquiry regarding how well CRT works with refreshable Braille displays (BrailleNote) in a classroom setting. Our campus has a wealth of experience with C-Print and BrailleNotes but not CRT. Anyone? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: jeano.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 284 bytes Desc: not available URL: From tft at u.washington.edu Wed May 16 09:28:11 2007 From: tft at u.washington.edu (Terry Thompson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Looking for Info on Web 2.0 In-Reply-To: <002601c78302$69be9760$0301a8c0@Piglet> Message-ID: <200705161628.l4GGSFDD007200@smtp.washington.edu> Hi All, A couple of weeks ago I promised to get back with the list regarding the W4A conference, and my thoughts regarding its being offered as a "co-located" but separate conference, rather than integrated into the larger conference. Now, back from beautiful Banff, here's my report: The W4A conference itself contained a wealth of information on web accessibility. Regarding Web 2.0 specifically, Becky Gibson of IBM and Cynthia Shelly of Microsoft each shared their perspectives on Web 2.0 accessibility, including specific techniques and demos of functioning, accessible apps. Michael Cooper of WAI also discussed Web 2.0, and gave an excellent overview of the potential that emerging technologies bring for improving accessibility, as well as accessibility problems and solutions related to these technologies from a W3C perspective. Case-in-point of AJAX actually improving accessibility, Peter Thiessen of the ATRC at the University of Toronto introduced ReefChat, his accessible chat application that depends on AJAX and the W3C's techniques for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA). He demonstrated this application with Fire Vox (the talking browser extension for Firefox), though supposedly it also works with Window-Eyes and JAWS. Here's the URL if you'd like to sample it yourselves: http://reefchat.overscore.com/ Including the above, there were over two dozen technical papers on various aspects of web accessibility, the overall quality of which was quite good. The online schedule includes links to all of the papers: http://www.w4a.info/2007/prog/index.shtml Oh, I should mention that the papers are only available in... um... untagged PDF. On the issue of accessibility being "separate" from the larger WWW conference, I actually thought long and hard about this when I was filling out my comment form. As tempting as it would be to suggest that the larger conference should include a specific track on accessibility, in many ways I liked that it was a separate event. The best thing that happened at W4A was the networking. The same group of 80 or so people spent two solid days together, which created opportunities for discussion and collaboration that probably wouldn't have happened if people were selecting accessibility-related sessions here and there among a larger mix of sessions within the context of the full conference. Also, the WWW conference actually did include some accessibility sessions of its own, one of which was even nominated for Best Paper from among the hundreds of papers that were presented (the nominee was "CSurf: A Context-Driven Non-Visual Browser", developed at Stony Brook University: http://www.www2007.org/paper649.php) A UW colleague of mine Rick Ells joined me at the conference, and has provided even more detail in his W4A/WWW Trip Report: http://staff.washington.edu/rells/conferences/www2007/ Terry Terry Thompson Technology Specialist, DO-IT University of Washington tft@u.washington.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: John Foliot - Stanford Online Accessibility Program > [mailto:jfoliot@stanford.edu] > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 9:15 PM > To: tft@u.washington.edu; 'Access Technologists in Higher > Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] Looking for Info on Web 2.0 > > Terry Thompson wrote: > > One note of clarification: Attending the WWW conference is optional. > > One could choose to attend only the W4A conference if one were so > > inclined. That's not obvious from the registration form - I had to > > ask, and that's what they told me. > > > > As for integration of accessibility into the larger > community of Web > > 2.0 ideas, I think W4A is a positive step. It's part of the larger > > conference and occurs prior to the main conference so > attendees will > > be fully emmersed in accessibility for two full days plus a > banquet, > > then can take that accessibility-focused mindset into the main > > conference and contribute informed accessibility-related > ideas to the > > larger discussions. That's what I expect to happen anyway. I'll be > > there, and will let you know if I'm still feeling good about it > > afterwards. > > > > Terry > > > > Thanks Terry, I will check my cynicism for the moment then, > and look forward to hearing back from you. > > Cheers! > > JF > > From jfoliot at stanford.edu Wed May 16 09:46:33 2007 From: jfoliot at stanford.edu (John Foliot - Stanford Online Accessibility Program) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Looking for Info on Web 2.0 In-Reply-To: <200705161628.l4GGSFDD007200@smtp.washington.edu> Message-ID: <001701c797d9$c5ae7270$d38a40ab@Piglet> Thanks for this Terry... Now off to do some reading and playing... ReefChat eh? Cool! JF Terry Thompson wrote: > Hi All, > > A couple of weeks ago I promised to get back with the list regarding > the W4A conference, and my thoughts regarding its being offered as a > "co-located" but separate conference, rather than integrated into the > larger conference. Now, back from beautiful Banff, here's my report: > > The W4A conference itself contained a wealth of information on web > accessibility. Regarding Web 2.0 specifically, Becky Gibson of IBM > and Cynthia Shelly of Microsoft each shared their perspectives on Web > 2.0 accessibility, including specific techniques and demos of > functioning, accessible apps. Michael Cooper of WAI also discussed > Web 2.0, and gave an excellent overview of the potential that > emerging technologies bring for improving accessibility, as well as > accessibility problems and solutions > related to these technologies from a W3C perspective. > > Case-in-point of AJAX actually improving accessibility, Peter > Thiessen of the ATRC at the University of Toronto introduced > ReefChat, his accessible chat application that depends on AJAX and > the W3C's techniques for Accessible Rich Internet Applications > (ARIA). He demonstrated this application with Fire Vox (the talking > browser extension for Firefox), though supposedly it also works with > Window-Eyes and JAWS. Here's the URL if you'd like to sample it > yourselves: > http://reefchat.overscore.com/ > > Including the above, there were over two dozen technical papers on > various aspects of web accessibility, the overall quality of which > was quite good. The online schedule includes links to all of the > papers: > http://www.w4a.info/2007/prog/index.shtml > > Oh, I should mention that the papers are only available in... um... > untagged PDF. > > On the issue of accessibility being "separate" from the larger WWW > conference, I actually thought long and hard about this when I was > filling out my comment form. As tempting as it would be to suggest > that the larger conference should include a specific track on > accessibility, in many ways I liked that it was a separate event. The > best thing that happened at W4A was the networking. The same group of > 80 or so people spent two solid days together, which created > opportunities for discussion and collaboration that probably wouldn't > have happened if people were selecting accessibility-related sessions > here and there among a larger mix of sessions within the context of > the full conference. Also, the WWW conference actually did include > some accessibility sessions of its own, one of which was even > nominated for Best Paper from among the hundreds of papers that were > presented (the nominee was "CSurf: A Context-Driven Non-Visual > Browser", developed at Stony Brook University: > http://www.www2007.org/paper649.php) > > A UW colleague of mine Rick Ells joined me at the conference, and has > provided even more detail in his W4A/WWW Trip Report: > http://staff.washington.edu/rells/conferences/www2007/ > > Terry > > Terry Thompson > Technology Specialist, DO-IT > University of Washington > tft@u.washington.edu > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Foliot - Stanford Online Accessibility Program >> [mailto:jfoliot@stanford.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 9:15 PM >> To: tft@u.washington.edu; 'Access Technologists in Higher Education >> Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Looking for Info on Web 2.0 >> >> Terry Thompson wrote: >>> One note of clarification: Attending the WWW conference is optional. >>> One could choose to attend only the W4A conference if one were so >>> inclined. That's not obvious from the registration form - I had to >>> ask, and that's what they told me. >>> >>> As for integration of accessibility into the larger community of Web >>> 2.0 ideas, I think W4A is a positive step. It's part of the larger >>> conference and occurs prior to the main conference so attendees will >>> be fully emmersed in accessibility for two full days plus a banquet, >>> then can take that accessibility-focused mindset into the main >>> conference and contribute informed accessibility-related ideas to >>> the larger discussions. That's what I expect to happen anyway. I'll >>> be there, and will let you know if I'm still feeling good about it >>> afterwards. >>> >>> Terry >>> >> >> Thanks Terry, I will check my cynicism for the moment then, >> and look forward to hearing back from you. >> >> Cheers! >> >> JF >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed May 16 10:41:22 2007 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] CRT and refreshable Braille? In-Reply-To: <464B192D.1030704@uwm.edu> References: <464B192D.1030704@uwm.edu> Message-ID: <000f01c797e1$6c9be3e0$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> I had a student who used her BrailleNote with medical transcription-type steno equipment. I know that's not quite the same, but it is similar. I do not know how they set it up, but it must have been fairly intuitive as the transcription instructor coordinated the whole thing, and she does not know Braille. ****************************************************** Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jean Salzer Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:46 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] CRT and refreshable Braille? Hi, I received an enquiry regarding how well CRT works with refreshable Braille displays (BrailleNote) in a classroom setting. Our campus has a wealth of experience with C-Print and BrailleNotes but not CRT. Anyone? From accessible.text at gmail.com Wed May 16 11:24:04 2007 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Referral needed for website testing Message-ID: <9edf8160705161124g118c9867o25b57e9a25c8a9aa@mail.gmail.com> I received this inquiry and am passing it on if anyone is interested in helping this person. Hello, My name is Nathan Aileo and I am the webmaster for the City of Durham, North Carolina. We recently rebuilt our websites and while doing so we reviewed the section 508 rules and W3C recommendations and built it to be accessible. We are hoping to find a way to have someone test it to make sure we are doing all we can do. We tried buying Jaws software but can't figure out how to use it, much less how to tell if it's working properly and if not how to troubleshoot through the site to fix things. Nathan N. Aileo Nathan.Aileo@durhamnc.gov Webmaster City of Durham, NC www.ci.durham.nc.us From goodman at eri-wi.org Wed May 16 12:55:11 2007 From: goodman at eri-wi.org (Phillip Goodman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Referral needed for website testing In-Reply-To: <9edf8160705161124g118c9867o25b57e9a25c8a9aa@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <002401c797f4$1d8e54f0$6400a8c0@porch> A good place to start is the W3 web page http://www.w3.org/ They have validation tools in the left hand column of the home page. All very confusing but deals with things a webmaster should understand. Phillip A. Goodman B.S. OTR/L Assistive Technology Consultant/Systems Administrator Employment Resources, Inc. 4126 Lien Rd. Suite 104 Madison, WI 53575 phone 608-246-3444 ext. 234 fax 608-246-3445 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Martinengo Sent: May 16, 2007 1:24 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Referral needed for website testing I received this inquiry and am passing it on if anyone is interested in helping this person. Hello, My name is Nathan Aileo and I am the webmaster for the City of Durham, North Carolina. We recently rebuilt our websites and while doing so we reviewed the section 508 rules and W3C recommendations and built it to be accessible. We are hoping to find a way to have someone test it to make sure we are doing all we can do. We tried buying Jaws software but can't figure out how to use it, much less how to tell if it's working properly and if not how to troubleshoot through the site to fix things. Nathan N. Aileo Nathan.Aileo@durhamnc.gov Webmaster City of Durham, NC www.ci.durham.nc.us _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From stacylee at ksu.edu Wed May 16 16:18:41 2007 From: stacylee at ksu.edu (Stacy L. Smith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Referral needed for website testing In-Reply-To: <002401c797f4$1d8e54f0$6400a8c0@porch> References: <002401c797f4$1d8e54f0$6400a8c0@porch> Message-ID: <1179357521.464b9151827f7@webmail.ksu.edu> Nathan - If you still want to try JAWS on your website, they have a .pdf you can download with all of the commands in tables, for people like me who are hopelessly incompetent with JAWS ;) It also has a quickstart guide. You might look in to WindowEyes, too. Generally there are free trial downloads, so it isn't necessary to buy the whole thing :) Stacy Quoting Phillip Goodman : > A good place to start is the W3 web page http://www.w3.org/ > They have validation tools in the left hand column of the home page. > All > very confusing but deals with things a webmaster should understand. > > Phillip A. Goodman B.S. OTR/L > Assistive Technology Consultant/Systems Administrator > Employment Resources, Inc. > 4126 Lien Rd. Suite 104 > Madison, WI 53575 > phone 608-246-3444 ext. 234 > fax 608-246-3445 > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > On > Behalf Of Robert Martinengo > Sent: May 16, 2007 1:24 PM > To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Referral needed for website testing > > I received this inquiry and am passing it on if anyone is interested > in helping this person. > > Hello, > > My name is Nathan Aileo and I am the webmaster for the City of > Durham, > North Carolina. We recently rebuilt our websites and while doing so > we reviewed the section 508 rules and W3C recommendations and built > it > to be accessible. We are hoping to find a way to have someone test > it > to make sure we are doing all we can do. We tried buying Jaws > software but can't figure out how to use it, much less how to tell if > it's working properly and if not how to troubleshoot through the site > to fix things. > > Nathan N. Aileo > Nathan.Aileo@durhamnc.gov > Webmaster > City of Durham, NC > www.ci.durham.nc.us > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > Stacy Smith Adaptive Technology Specialist, Disability Support Services 532-6441 stacylee@ksu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~ One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train. --Morehei Ueshiba From accessible.text at gmail.com Wed May 16 16:33:59 2007 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Referral needed for website testing In-Reply-To: <1179357521.464b9151827f7@webmail.ksu.edu> References: <002401c797f4$1d8e54f0$6400a8c0@porch> <1179357521.464b9151827f7@webmail.ksu.edu> Message-ID: <9edf8160705161633o349fe1dbs3b0a8d2d57364726@mail.gmail.com> Please email Nathan your suggestions directly also. Thanks! On 5/16/07, Stacy L. Smith wrote: > Nathan - > > If you still want to try JAWS on your website, they have a .pdf you can > download with all of the commands in tables, for people like me who are > hopelessly incompetent with JAWS ;) It also has a quickstart guide. > > You might look in to WindowEyes, too. Generally there are free trial > downloads, so it isn't necessary to buy the whole thing :) > > Stacy > > Quoting Phillip Goodman : > > > A good place to start is the W3 web page http://www.w3.org/ > > They have validation tools in the left hand column of the home page. > > All > > very confusing but deals with things a webmaster should understand. > > > > Phillip A. Goodman B.S. OTR/L > > Assistive Technology Consultant/Systems Administrator > > Employment Resources, Inc. > > 4126 Lien Rd. Suite 104 > > Madison, WI 53575 > > phone 608-246-3444 ext. 234 > > fax 608-246-3445 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > > On > > Behalf Of Robert Martinengo > > Sent: May 16, 2007 1:24 PM > > To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] Referral needed for website testing > > > > I received this inquiry and am passing it on if anyone is interested > > in helping this person. > > > > Hello, > > > > My name is Nathan Aileo and I am the webmaster for the City of > > Durham, > > North Carolina. We recently rebuilt our websites and while doing so > > we reviewed the section 508 rules and W3C recommendations and built > > it > > to be accessible. We are hoping to find a way to have someone test > > it > > to make sure we are doing all we can do. We tried buying Jaws > > software but can't figure out how to use it, much less how to tell if > > it's working properly and if not how to troubleshoot through the site > > to fix things. > > > > Nathan N. Aileo > > Nathan.Aileo@durhamnc.gov > > Webmaster > > City of Durham, NC > > www.ci.durham.nc.us > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > Stacy Smith > Adaptive Technology Specialist, Disability Support Services > 532-6441 > stacylee@ksu.edu > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the > Art of > Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place > to > train. > > --Morehei Ueshiba > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > From stacylee at ksu.edu Wed May 16 20:46:08 2007 From: stacylee at ksu.edu (Stacy L. Smith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Invitation to participate Message-ID: <1179373568.464bd000543ca@webmail.ksu.edu> Greetings all, I'd like to make you aware of a project I'm starting that I'd love your participation in. Please feel free to forward/post this invitation in other forums that you feel are applicable after reading the rest of this message. Summary: I would like to invite you to participate in a small research project I?m embarking on: Accessibility in eLearning: an In/Outsider?s Perspective. In brief, I will be sitting in on two versions of the same course, one on-campus and one online, both of which are technologically mediated. I?ll be using assistive technology to access these courses and will be blogging the experience. I hope that you will do me the favor of reading these posts and ? hopefully ? participating in a discussion as well. I?m excited, and I think it will be interesting. The long version: This project will begin on or about May 14, 2007 and will continue through July 27, 2007, although the time frame and degree to which you participate will be completely voluntary and confidential. There is no expectation that you will participate throughout the entire time frame. This invitation is being extended to professionals as follows: the DSSHE-L listserv (disability; sponsored by the University at Buffalo), the ATHENPRO listserv (adaptive technology; sponsored by Access Technologists Higher Education Network), DEOS-L (distance education; sponsored by Pennsylvania State University), Instructional Design Open Studio blog (Office of Mediated Education, Kansas State University), and appropriate faculty and staff at Kansas State University. Please do feel free to forward this invitation to any other appropriate persons/venues. As some of you know, I am a relative newcomer to the Disability field, and since I don?t require the use of assistive technology to access the internet, I?m going to be using the summer months to personally explore the use of assistive tech in the educational setting. I have been invited to ?sit in? on two versions of the same course: one on-campus, and one on-line; both of which use K-State Online, K-State?s Learning Management Software. I intend to experiment with various assistive technologies, both proprietary and open source/shareware, in accessing the course and course content. My purpose is threefold: to experience, first-hand, the use of these technologies and (2) to compare and contrast the two courses, looking for ways to improve accessibility and the course-taking experience for KSU students and (3) to solicit feedback from professionals over the course of the project, which can then be combined with my individual research to contribute to the general knowledge of the field. I will maintain a research journal in the form of an online blog at http://in-outsider.livejournal.com/, where I plan to record challenges, successes, failures and frustration. I would very much appreciate your professional contributions on this blog. While helpful hints and direction are absolutely welcome, my main purpose is simply to have a conversation with others throughout this process ? to hear feedback, criticism, and (hopefully) encouragement as I go along. If anyone has any question about my intent, please feel free to email me at in_outsider_blog@yahoo.com for more information. I am using the free blogging platform provided by LiveJournal, and am taking precautions to (1) protect participants from unpleasant/unwanted posts or email and (2) limit participation to professionals. You should be aware that posting to in-outsider.livejournal.com will require registration with the website; however, you will choose your own screen name, and I attempted to find a site that does not sell information to others. You can view LiveJournal?s privacy policy here: http://www.livejournal.com/legal/privacy.bml and the terms and conditions here: http://www.livejournal.com/legal/tos.bml . You can create a LiveJournal account at: https://www.livejournal.com/create.bml. The blog is set to screen all posts (so I can screen out spam and inappropriate posts, should I receive any) but not to record IP addresses. It is not necessary to be a ?friend? of the blog to post. Also, I ran LiveJournal through JAWS (with my very limited proficiency) and it appears to be compatible. Your participation, as stated above, will be kept confidential unless you should chose to reveal personal/professional details: I ask simply that in your first post you identify what field you are in (disability services, AT, IT, etc) and give a general description of your educational setting (4-year institution in major metro area, rural community college, etc). At the end of this study I will make a presentation to my co-workers and intend to write an article for publication. I will also share my conclusions on the blog and on the same blog/listservs I?m posting this invitation on. Thank you for your consideration, and I hope to see you on http://in-outsider.livejournal.com/. Stacy Smith Adaptive Technology Specialist Kansas State University Project email: in_outsider_blog@yahoo.com From djbrky at bu.edu Fri May 18 06:32:22 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] What to call Back Matter Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602E3AC2B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Hello all, We are playing around with our digital book production and know that the term "Back matter" is typically used to denote the appendices, bibliographies, etc. I am wondering if there is more standardized term or should we just keep using "Back matter"? Unfortunately, "BM" draws goggles from my staff. ========================= 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 tlwells at uark.edu Fri May 18 06:43:28 2007 From: tlwells at uark.edu (Teresa Wells Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] What to call Back Matter In-Reply-To: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602E3AC2B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <003701c79952$87ba9af0$07d2b882@CSDAdTech> Hi, Dann. We call it "backmatter" as well; guess I've been lucky that my staff hasn't had a problem with the abbreviation. ;) They focused more on "FM" (frontmatter) and complained that we can't get radio reception in our cave of a conversion facility... Cheers, Teresa -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:32 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] What to call Back Matter Hello all, We are playing around with our digital book production and know that the term "Back matter" is typically used to denote the appendices, bibliographies, etc. I am wondering if there is more standardized term or should we just keep using "Back matter"? Unfortunately, "BM" draws goggles from my staff. ========================= 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 From sarah.horton at Dartmouth.EDU Fri May 18 06:44:44 2007 From: sarah.horton at Dartmouth.EDU (Sarah Horton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] What to call Back Matter In-Reply-To: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602E3AC2B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> References: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602E3AC2B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <1274EC91-56A8-4326-85F2-75F67FD91411@dartmouth.edu> Hi, Daniel. I use "Front Matter" and "Back Matter" in my online books: http://universalusability.com/ http://webstyleguide.com/ Unfortunately, I don't know of a convention with a more convenient abbreviation! :-) Best, Sarah On May 18, 2007, at 9:32 AM, Berkowitz, Daniel J wrote: > Hello all, > > We are playing around with our digital book production and know > that the > term "Back matter" is typically used to denote the appendices, > bibliographies, etc. > > I am wondering if there is more standardized term or should we just > keep > using "Back matter"? > > Unfortunately, "BM" draws goggles from my staff. > > > ========================= > 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 Sarah Horton Academic Computing Dartmouth College Hanover, NH USA 03755 sarah.horton@dartmouth.edu www.dartmouth.edu/~shorton From stacylee at ksu.edu Fri May 18 06:47:53 2007 From: stacylee at ksu.edu (Stacy L. Smith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] What to call Back Matter In-Reply-To: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602E3AC2B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> References: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602E3AC2B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <1179496073.464dae8937053@webmail.ksu.edu> Dan - "Back Matter" is it. It tends to be more of a production term, though: you don't often (I don't think) see "Back Matter" in a table of contents. Since it's an in-house term, you could start calling it "end stuff" or "final gunk" or....... ;) On a Friday at the end of the semester, I'm not so sure it's a bad thing to keep something around that makes people laugh! Stacy Quoting "Berkowitz, Daniel J" : > Hello all, > > We are playing around with our digital book production and know that > the > term "Back matter" is typically used to denote the appendices, > bibliographies, etc. > > I am wondering if there is more standardized term or should we just > keep > using "Back matter"? > > Unfortunately, "BM" draws goggles from my staff. > > > ========================= > 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 > > Stacy Smith Adaptive Technology Specialist, Disability Support Services 532-6441 stacylee@ksu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~ One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train. --Morehei Ueshiba From Lawrence.C.Cusick at Dartmouth.EDU Fri May 18 07:03:34 2007 From: Lawrence.C.Cusick at Dartmouth.EDU (Lawrence C. Cusick) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] What to call Back Matter Message-ID: <103331368@newdasher.Dartmouth.EDU> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available URL: From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Fri May 18 07:13:00 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] [ATHEN] What to call Back Matter In-Reply-To: <1179496073.464dae8937053@webmail.ksu.edu> References: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602E3AC2B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> <1179496073.464dae8937053@webmail.ksu.edu> Message-ID: <005b01c79956$a434f640$ec9ee2c0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> It you are worried about calling it BM call it back since that is what it is. Dann when did you worry about being PC anyway? Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Stacy L. Smith Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 9:48 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] What to call Back Matter Dan - "Back Matter" is it. It tends to be more of a production term, though: you don't often (I don't think) see "Back Matter" in a table of contents. Since it's an in-house term, you could start calling it "end stuff" or "final gunk" or....... ;) On a Friday at the end of the semester, I'm not so sure it's a bad thing to keep something around that makes people laugh! Stacy Quoting "Berkowitz, Daniel J" : > Hello all, > > We are playing around with our digital book production and know that > the > term "Back matter" is typically used to denote the appendices, > bibliographies, etc. > > I am wondering if there is more standardized term or should we just > keep > using "Back matter"? > > Unfortunately, "BM" draws goggles from my staff. > > > ========================= > 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 > > Stacy Smith Adaptive Technology Specialist, Disability Support Services 532-6441 stacylee@ksu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~ One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train. --Morehei Ueshiba _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From accessible.text at gmail.com Fri May 18 07:43:35 2007 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] What to call Back Matter In-Reply-To: <103331368@newdasher.Dartmouth.EDU> References: <103331368@newdasher.Dartmouth.EDU> Message-ID: <9edf8160705180743m6b32a48aq1a7f104702f75f6d@mail.gmail.com> Check your Chicago Manual of Style (you do have one, dont you?). How's 'End Matter'? On 18 May 2007 10:03:34 -0400, Lawrence C. Cusick wrote: > Hi Dan, > > How about 'References & Resources' - R&R? > > That works for me Monday through Friday...er, I mean on the weekends! > > Larry > > Lawrence Cusick > Student Accessibility Services Assistant > Dartmouth College > 6173 Collis Center, Suite 301 > Office: (603) 646-8648 > Fax: (603) 646-1629 > > "I think, therefore, I am." - Descartes > > "I'm pink, therefore, I'm Spam." - Anonymous > > --- Access Technologists in Higher Education Network wrote: > Hello all, > > We are playing around with our digital book production and know that the > term "Back matter" is typically used to denote the appendices, > bibliographies, etc. > > I am wondering if there is more standardized term or should we just keep > using "Back matter"? > > Unfortunately, "BM" draws goggles from my staff. > > > ========================= > 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 > --- end of quote --- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > From accessible.text at gmail.com Fri May 18 07:49:07 2007 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] What to call Back Matter In-Reply-To: <9edf8160705180743m6b32a48aq1a7f104702f75f6d@mail.gmail.com> References: <103331368@newdasher.Dartmouth.EDU> <9edf8160705180743m6b32a48aq1a7f104702f75f6d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9edf8160705180749x580b3504ne70e9772c160ed60@mail.gmail.com> Looks like CMS goes with BM: # Books * Divisions * Front Matter * Text * Back Matter On 5/18/07, Robert Martinengo wrote: > Check your Chicago Manual of Style (you do have one, dont you?). How's > 'End Matter'? > > On 18 May 2007 10:03:34 -0400, Lawrence C. Cusick > wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > > > How about 'References & Resources' - R&R? > > > > That works for me Monday through Friday...er, I mean on the weekends! > > > > Larry > > > > Lawrence Cusick > > Student Accessibility Services Assistant > > Dartmouth College > > 6173 Collis Center, Suite 301 > > Office: (603) 646-8648 > > Fax: (603) 646-1629 > > > > "I think, therefore, I am." - Descartes > > > > "I'm pink, therefore, I'm Spam." - Anonymous > > > > --- Access Technologists in Higher Education Network wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > We are playing around with our digital book production and know that the > > term "Back matter" is typically used to denote the appendices, > > bibliographies, etc. > > > > I am wondering if there is more standardized term or should we just keep > > using "Back matter"? > > > > Unfortunately, "BM" draws goggles from my staff. > > > > > > ========================= > > 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 > > --- end of quote --- > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Athen mailing list > > Athen@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > From djbrky at bu.edu Fri May 18 08:26:22 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] What to call Back Matter In-Reply-To: <9edf8160705180743m6b32a48aq1a7f104702f75f6d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602E3AE05@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> No --- my Doctoral program uses APA ... Chicago Style is for second tier institutions :-) ========================= 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 Robert Martinengo >Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 10:44 AM >To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network >Subject: Re: [Athen] What to call Back Matter > >Check your Chicago Manual of Style (you do have one, dont you?). How's >'End Matter'? > >On 18 May 2007 10:03:34 -0400, Lawrence C. Cusick > wrote: >> Hi Dan, >> >> How about 'References & Resources' - R&R? >> >> That works for me Monday through Friday...er, I mean on the weekends! >> >> Larry >> >> Lawrence Cusick >> Student Accessibility Services Assistant >> Dartmouth College >> 6173 Collis Center, Suite 301 >> Office: (603) 646-8648 >> Fax: (603) 646-1629 >> >> "I think, therefore, I am." - Descartes >> >> "I'm pink, therefore, I'm Spam." - Anonymous >> >> --- Access Technologists in Higher Education Network wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> We are playing around with our digital book production and know that the >> term "Back matter" is typically used to denote the appendices, >> bibliographies, etc. >> >> I am wondering if there is more standardized term or should we just keep >> using "Back matter"? >> >> Unfortunately, "BM" draws goggles from my staff. >> >> >> ========================= >> 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 >> --- end of quote --- >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Catherine.L.Jay at nhmccd.edu Wed May 9 05:56:06 2007 From: Catherine.L.Jay at nhmccd.edu (Jay, Kitty) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint In-Reply-To: <1178662007.4640f47793d4a@webmail.ksu.edu> References: <1178662007.4640f47793d4a@webmail.ksu.edu> Message-ID: <8968536AA38AE049AC317C6890BA680F0846ED8A@DIS-MAIL.nhmccd.net> I don't know of any way to view the notes as you're presenting. You need to print out the notes pages to use as you present. Kitty Jay, Extended Learning Center Coordinator 832.559.4241 "You can't change the wind so adjust your sail." -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Stacy L. Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 5:07 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint I've tried looking at the MS site and online, and am not having much luck - I hope someone here can answer my question: If you make notes in a PowerPoint presentation (using the Notes pane), can you/how do you view those notes if you are using PowerPoint viewer? This is ppt 2003 (although if it isn't possible in 2003 but is in 2007 I'd be interested in knowing). Thanks! Stacy Stacy Smith Adaptive Technology Specialist Disability Support Services 202 Holton Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: 785-532-6441 FAX: 785-532-6457 Email: stacylee@ksu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From daminna.standfield at csueastbay.edu Tue May 15 11:23:10 2007 From: daminna.standfield at csueastbay.edu (Daminna Standfield) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Which CCTV would you recommend? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Is anyone familiar with Enhanced Vision's Merlin or Humanware's Smartview Extend? We are trying to decide which CCTV would be the better choice? Also any feedback on Clarity's line ie Flexmate, PCMate? Daminna Standfield Assistive Technology Consultant CSU East Bay 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., LI1121 Hayward, CA 94542 Phone: 510.885.4346 -----Original Message----- From: Gaeir Dietrich [mailto:gdietrich@htctu.net] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:38 PM To: Alternate Media Cc: Athen@athenpro.org Subject: RE: What Brand/Model CCTV's Do You Use? I really, really like the Ergo. The maker (Rehan) is a European company, but the CCTVs are carried by Abledata: http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=113583&top=0&productid=75780&tra il=0 I love the easy motion of the tray and the fact that the CCTV is adjustable on its cart. The cart itself is easy to roll, and you can get oversize wheels so that it moves easily across things like asphalt and tile. It is the only CCTV that I have ever had users tell me that they actually enjoyed using. Folks love the smooth tray movement, and I even had one person say that it was the first CCTV she had used that did not make her neck hurt. It's a bit large for a home situation, but it's great for a campus. Hope this helps! ****************************************************** Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 -----Original Message----- From: Cassandra Tex [mailto:tex@humboldt.edu] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:11 PM To: Alternate Media Subject: What Brand/Model CCTV's Do You Use? Greetings All, Sorry for the cross-posting... We're in the market for a CCTV, and I've never purchased one before. Anything in particular I should be looking at? What are the best brands/models as far as durability, functionality, etc.? Is there a particular brand/model that the California Community Colleges recommend? Are there some that are better than others? What about service? Which companies provide the best service? From the research I've done so far, they all seem to have similar feature sets and functionality. The CCTV will be in the Library where students and community members will have access to it. My hope is that I can get a product that has a rich feature set while being easy and intuitive to use. Thanks for your help! Cassandra Tex Assistive Technology Specialist Humboldt State University From sarah.horton at Dartmouth.EDU Tue May 22 05:22:02 2007 From: sarah.horton at Dartmouth.EDU (Sarah Horton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] World Usability Day New England Conference Announcement Message-ID: <710EE4EA-CB91-4D07-909B-0A26404372B9@dartmouth.edu> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: WUDNE 2007 Announcement.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 197879 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- WUDNE 2007 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Third Annual World Usability Day New England Universal Usability in Teaching and Learning Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire, USA November 8, 2007 9:00am - 4:00pm www.dartmouth.edu/~wud The Usability Professionals Organization is organizing World Usability Day on November 8, 2007 to promote ease of use in design. Events will be held in over 175 cities around the world with the goal of increasing awareness about the importance of usability and user- centered design. For the third consecutive year, Dartmouth College and Landmark College are jointly organizing World Usability Day New England. Our theme is ?universal usability to enhance learning, effectiveness, and understanding across people of all abilities.? This year?s conference will offer two tracks, one on Teaching & Learning and the other on Web Usability. Both tracks will explore ways in which a universal usability methodology can be used to design classrooms, curricula, instructional technology, library services and resources, and web sites that are usable by all. This year we are fortunate to have Ben Shneiderman join us as keynote. Ben was instrumental in establishing the field of Human- Computer Interaction (HCI). In recent years, he has been promoting HCI for the universal user through efforts such as his award-winning book, Leonardo?s Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies, the Conference on Universal Usability, and the Conference on Creativity and Cognition. We are delighted to have Ben set the stage for our daylong discussions about designing for people. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS We are currently soliciting proposals for presentations, posters, demonstrations, and discussions that relate directly to universal usability as applied to teaching, learning, and web development. Proposals should be from 1?2 pages in length, and include the following information: Contact information: -Name -Email address -Title -Affiliation Session information: -Title -Type (30-minute presentation/demonstration or poster session) -Track (Teaching & Learning or Web Usability) -Description We know that the best learning takes place when we are active participants. Thus, we are particularly interested in proposals that describe methods of engaging conference attendees in the session. Please send your submissions to wud2007@dartmouth.edu by June 22, 2007. Those interested in attending, stay tuned and hold the date! More information will be forthcoming. Best regards, Sarah Horton, Susan Fliss, and Larry Cusick Dartmouth College Steve Fadden, Julie Strothman, and Stephanie Kreseen Landmark College World Usability Day New England 2007: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wud/ Past Conferences: World Usability Day New England 2006 (Landmark College): http:// www.landmark.edu/wud/ World Usability Day New England 2005 (Dartmouth College): http:// www.dartmouth.edu/~wud/2005/ Related Links: Usability Professionals Organization: http://www.upassoc.org/ World Usability Day: http://www.worldusabilityday.org/ Dartmouth College: http://www.dartmouth.edu/ Landmark College: http://www.landmark.edu/ Ben Shneiderman: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/ From manning at ku.edu Tue May 22 09:15:28 2007 From: manning at ku.edu (Manning, Melissa Ann) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Athen Digest, Vol 16, Issue 17 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <889CFD77BD70DD4BAA172899250737E9054A5524@MAILBOXFIVE.home.ku.edu> Where is the price for this? -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of athen-request@athenpro.org Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:33 AM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Athen Digest, Vol 16, Issue 17 Send Athen mailing list submissions to athen@athenpro.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-request@athenpro.org You can reach the person managing the list at athen-owner@athenpro.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Athen digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: quick question about PowerPoint (Jay, Kitty) 2. Re: Which CCTV would you recommend? (Daminna Standfield) 3. World Usability Day New England Conference Announcement (Sarah Horton) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 07:56:06 -0500 From: "Jay, Kitty" Subject: Re: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" Message-ID: <8968536AA38AE049AC317C6890BA680F0846ED8A@DIS-MAIL.nhmccd.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I don't know of any way to view the notes as you're presenting. You need to print out the notes pages to use as you present. Kitty Jay, Extended Learning Center Coordinator 832.559.4241 "You can't change the wind so adjust your sail." -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Stacy L. Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 5:07 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint I've tried looking at the MS site and online, and am not having much luck - I hope someone here can answer my question: If you make notes in a PowerPoint presentation (using the Notes pane), can you/how do you view those notes if you are using PowerPoint viewer? This is ppt 2003 (although if it isn't possible in 2003 but is in 2007 I'd be interested in knowing). Thanks! Stacy Stacy Smith Adaptive Technology Specialist Disability Support Services 202 Holton Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: 785-532-6441 FAX: 785-532-6457 Email: stacylee@ksu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:23:10 -0700 From: Daminna Standfield Subject: Re: [Athen] Which CCTV would you recommend? To: Alternate Media Cc: Athen@athenpro.org Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Is anyone familiar with Enhanced Vision's Merlin or Humanware's Smartview Extend? We are trying to decide which CCTV would be the better choice? Also any feedback on Clarity's line ie Flexmate, PCMate? Daminna Standfield Assistive Technology Consultant CSU East Bay 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., LI1121 Hayward, CA 94542 Phone: 510.885.4346 -----Original Message----- From: Gaeir Dietrich [mailto:gdietrich@htctu.net] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:38 PM To: Alternate Media Cc: Athen@athenpro.org Subject: RE: What Brand/Model CCTV's Do You Use? I really, really like the Ergo. The maker (Rehan) is a European company, but the CCTVs are carried by Abledata: http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=113583&top=0&productid=75780 &tra il=0 I love the easy motion of the tray and the fact that the CCTV is adjustable on its cart. The cart itself is easy to roll, and you can get oversize wheels so that it moves easily across things like asphalt and tile. It is the only CCTV that I have ever had users tell me that they actually enjoyed using. Folks love the smooth tray movement, and I even had one person say that it was the first CCTV she had used that did not make her neck hurt. It's a bit large for a home situation, but it's great for a campus. Hope this helps! ****************************************************** Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 -----Original Message----- From: Cassandra Tex [mailto:tex@humboldt.edu] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:11 PM To: Alternate Media Subject: What Brand/Model CCTV's Do You Use? Greetings All, Sorry for the cross-posting... We're in the market for a CCTV, and I've never purchased one before. Anything in particular I should be looking at? What are the best brands/models as far as durability, functionality, etc.? Is there a particular brand/model that the California Community Colleges recommend? Are there some that are better than others? What about service? Which companies provide the best service? From the research I've done so far, they all seem to have similar feature sets and functionality. The CCTV will be in the Library where students and community members will have access to it. My hope is that I can get a product that has a rich feature set while being easy and intuitive to use. Thanks for your help! Cassandra Tex Assistive Technology Specialist Humboldt State University ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:22:02 -0400 From: Sarah Horton Subject: [Athen] World Usability Day New England Conference Announcement To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Message-ID: <710EE4EA-CB91-4D07-909B-0A26404372B9@dartmouth.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: WUDNE 2007 Announcement.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 197879 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://athenpro.org/pipermail/athen_athenpro.org/attachments/20070522/7c 13e012/attachment.pdf -------------- next part -------------- WUDNE 2007 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Third Annual World Usability Day New England Universal Usability in Teaching and Learning Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire, USA November 8, 2007 9:00am - 4:00pm www.dartmouth.edu/~wud The Usability Professionals Organization is organizing World Usability Day on November 8, 2007 to promote ease of use in design. Events will be held in over 175 cities around the world with the goal of increasing awareness about the importance of usability and user- centered design. For the third consecutive year, Dartmouth College and Landmark College are jointly organizing World Usability Day New England. Our theme is ?universal usability to enhance learning, effectiveness, and understanding across people of all abilities.? This year?s conference will offer two tracks, one on Teaching & Learning and the other on Web Usability. Both tracks will explore ways in which a universal usability methodology can be used to design classrooms, curricula, instructional technology, library services and resources, and web sites that are usable by all. This year we are fortunate to have Ben Shneiderman join us as keynote. Ben was instrumental in establishing the field of Human- Computer Interaction (HCI). In recent years, he has been promoting HCI for the universal user through efforts such as his award-winning book, Leonardo?s Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies, the Conference on Universal Usability, and the Conference on Creativity and Cognition. We are delighted to have Ben set the stage for our daylong discussions about designing for people. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS We are currently soliciting proposals for presentations, posters, demonstrations, and discussions that relate directly to universal usability as applied to teaching, learning, and web development. Proposals should be from 1?2 pages in length, and include the following information: Contact information: -Name -Email address -Title -Affiliation Session information: -Title -Type (30-minute presentation/demonstration or poster session) -Track (Teaching & Learning or Web Usability) -Description We know that the best learning takes place when we are active participants. Thus, we are particularly interested in proposals that describe methods of engaging conference attendees in the session. Please send your submissions to wud2007@dartmouth.edu by June 22, 2007. Those interested in attending, stay tuned and hold the date! More information will be forthcoming. Best regards, Sarah Horton, Susan Fliss, and Larry Cusick Dartmouth College Steve Fadden, Julie Strothman, and Stephanie Kreseen Landmark College World Usability Day New England 2007: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wud/ Past Conferences: World Usability Day New England 2006 (Landmark College): http:// www.landmark.edu/wud/ World Usability Day New England 2005 (Dartmouth College): http:// www.dartmouth.edu/~wud/2005/ Related Links: Usability Professionals Organization: http://www.upassoc.org/ World Usability Day: http://www.worldusabilityday.org/ Dartmouth College: http://www.dartmouth.edu/ Landmark College: http://www.landmark.edu/ Ben Shneiderman: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org End of Athen Digest, Vol 16, Issue 17 ************************************* From jean.wells at csueastbay.edu Tue May 22 10:52:50 2007 From: jean.wells at csueastbay.edu (Jean Wells) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint In-Reply-To: <8968536AA38AE049AC317C6890BA680F0846ED8A@DIS-MAIL.nhmccd.net> References: <1178662007.4640f47793d4a@webmail.ksu.edu> <8968536AA38AE049AC317C6890BA680F0846ED8A@DIS-MAIL.nhmccd.net> Message-ID: I found this information and am trying to figure out the Internet Assistant. I've seen it demonstrated in HTML and it's slick. If you get the Internet Assistant you have to have installed the Visual Basic something or other when you installed PowerPoint. Here's what I read... Viewing Instructions These presentations have been converted to a set of HTML pages using Microsoft PowerPoint Internet Assistant. You can view the presentation in three ways: Each slide is a separate HTML page showing a graphic image, with explanatory notes given below the image. The ">" button goes to the next slide, "<" to the previous slide, and "<<" goes back to the table of contents page. Click on "Go to the table of contents for this presentation!" above to start. Once you have visited the first graphic image page, you can use the "A" button to switch to "text" mode. Most slides consist of just text, and the text is easier to read in this mode than in graphical image mode. The PowerPoint file can be downloaded. This way one transfer gets you the whole presentation (good when the net is slow). You can also download a Word 7.0 file that contains all of the presentation notes. You can set up your browser to automatically start PowerPoint (or the free PowerPoint viewer) after the download is finished (this is a one time set up). The "File Type" (or Mime Type) should be "application/x-powerpoint"; the extension should be "ppt". You must have PowerPoint for Windows 95 (Version 7.0 or later) to handle the downloaded file. Alternately, you can download a free PowerPoint viewer (or free Word document reader) from Microsoft (you must be running Windows 95). If you use the full version of PowerPoint you can switch to "notes mode" (View->Notes Pages) to see both the slide and the corresponding notes. If you use the free viewer, or switch to "slide show mode" (View->Slide Show...) in the full version of PowerPoint, you can click on the "Notes" icon on the lower-right corner of each slide to pop up a Notepad window showing the notes for this slide. You should exit the Notepad window after reading the note (otherwise the Notepad windows will keep piling up as you look at the notes for every slide). Good luck -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jay, Kitty Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 5:56 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint I don't know of any way to view the notes as you're presenting. You need to print out the notes pages to use as you present. Kitty Jay, Extended Learning Center Coordinator 832.559.4241 "You can't change the wind so adjust your sail." -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Stacy L. Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 5:07 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint I've tried looking at the MS site and online, and am not having much luck - I hope someone here can answer my question: If you make notes in a PowerPoint presentation (using the Notes pane), can you/how do you view those notes if you are using PowerPoint viewer? This is ppt 2003 (although if it isn't possible in 2003 but is in 2007 I'd be interested in knowing). Thanks! Stacy Stacy Smith Adaptive Technology Specialist Disability Support Services 202 Holton Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: 785-532-6441 FAX: 785-532-6457 Email: stacylee@ksu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. _______________________________________________ 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 tlwells at uark.edu Tue May 22 13:09:04 2007 From: tlwells at uark.edu (Teresa L. Wells) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Music Braille software In-Reply-To: References: <1178662007.4640f47793d4a@webmail.ksu.edu> <8968536AA38AE049AC317C6890BA680F0846ED8A@DIS-MAIL.nhmccd.net> Message-ID: Greetings. Can anyone give me opinions on various music Braille products on the market, such as Goodfeel, Dancing Dots, Toccatta, etc? I'd like to know how user-friendly they are, how much labor is involved in transcribing a typical piece of music, any pitfalls you know of, etc. We have never produced music Braille before and are considering getting into the business given the increasing number of requests we are receiving for the service, so I'd like to invest in the best possible product from the beginning. Your opinions are appreciated! Thanks in advance, Teresa Haven University of Arkansas From john.gardner at orst.edu Tue May 22 14:54:39 2007 From: john.gardner at orst.edu (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ViewPlus position available and a press release In-Reply-To: <710EE4EA-CB91-4D07-909B-0A26404372B9@dartmouth.edu> References: <710EE4EA-CB91-4D07-909B-0A26404372B9@dartmouth.edu> Message-ID: <002b01c79cbb$cc053820$a11919ac@johnz> Hello Atheners. Please forgive me for posting two commercial items, but I think they are appropriate for the list. Below is a press release on ViewPlus Emprint SpotDot successor to the original Emprint. ViewPlus also has just created a position in its products group for a braille reader to help with product development and support. I am hoping some of you know students or others who might be interested in moving to beautiful Corvallis, Oregon. (Ron I know you still love Corvallis, but I also know you don't read braille, so you aren't qualified for this one!) The position announcement is at http://www.viewplus.com/downloads/PositionDescription.html Please note that this is a direct URL not reachable from the ViewPlus home page. The position is intended as entry level with a salary in the 30's, but applications from more experienced people will be considered. Thanks to all. John News Release from ViewPlus Technologies May 22, 2007 For Immediate Release ViewPlus Announces New Color Ink & Braille Printer - Now 2X Faster! May 22, 2007 Corvallis, Oregon- ViewPlus Technologies today announced the release of the long-awaited Emprint SpotDot color ink and Braille printer which will begin shipping immediately. This is the latest in the Tiger Braille printer series that includes ink printing capability - now made twice as fast as its predecessor. The speedy new Emprint SpotDot follows one year after the release of the original Emprint which was the first Braille embosser to combine Braille and color ink in the same printed document. As more Braille readers join the mainstream, the need for communication between sighted and blind people grows. Emprint SpotDot bridges the communication gap by allowing you to print ink and Braille simultaneously, placing the corresponding ink text characters above, on top of, or underneath each line of Braille. Now sighted readers can follow along and communicate more effectively with Braille readers in the classroom and workplace. People with low-vision and others who may not read Braille can also use the tactile and ink features for better comprehension of spatial material. Adding color to a raised image makes materials, like tactile maps or diagrams, more engaging for people with low-vision and students with learning disabilities. Studies have shown that a combined tactile and visual/color interface makes a stronger connection with the brain than vision alone, improving learning comprehension. Each Emprint SpotDot includes a license of the Tiger Software Suite (TSS) - a plug-in to Microsoft Office - used to create and print Braille and ink documents in MS Word and Excel. Braille text can be embossed in a wide variety of international and Braille languages. Ink text can be printed in any size, color or font the user chooses. Tactile graphics, like maps and bar charts, are printed with raised lines and high-resolution HP Inkjet color ink. The height of raised lines and objects is automatically determined by their visual equivalent: the darker the color or shade, the higher the relief in that area. The Emprint SpotDot doubles as both a Braille embosser and desktop ink printer, saving valuable desk space. Embossing at a competitive 50 Braille characters per second (50 CPS), the Emprint SpotDot is one of the fastest ink and Braille printers on the market. And it is the only Braille printer that also prints color ink. Emprint SpotDot features Tiger Braille - the most advanced Braille and tactile graphics technology - and HP Inkjet for the finest quality color ink printing. The printer includes audible alerts and a control panel with easy-to-use tactile buttons. Users even get a choice of case colors - red or white. The Emprint SpotDot uses the same paper and ink cartridges as mainstream HP Inkjet printers so supplies can be purchased at any local office supply store. Emprint SpotDot retails for USD$6995 and includes: the printer, cables, ink cartridges, and TSS Braille translation software. For more information or to purchase, contact your local ViewPlus distributor or contact ViewPlus directly by email, sales@viewplus.com or call 541.754.4002. ViewPlusR Technologies, Inc. is a private firm that develops and manufactures hardware and software for people with sensory disabilities, including people who are blind, low-vision and learning disabled. ViewPlus worked with Hewlett-Packard Specialty Printing Systems to incorporate color HP Inkjet into their Tiger Braille printer line. For more information please contact Ms. Abigail Close, 541.754.4002 x 222, abi.close@viewplus.com or visit the ViewPlus website, www.viewplus.com. From jean.wells at csueastbay.edu Tue May 22 16:06:02 2007 From: jean.wells at csueastbay.edu (Jean Wells) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint In-Reply-To: <8968536AA38AE049AC317C6890BA680F0846ED8A@DIS-MAIL.nhmccd.net> References: <1178662007.4640f47793d4a@webmail.ksu.edu> <8968536AA38AE049AC317C6890BA680F0846ED8A@DIS-MAIL.nhmccd.net> Message-ID: Here is another way to do this in PPT 2007. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA100673831033.aspx Jean -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jay, Kitty Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 5:56 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint I don't know of any way to view the notes as you're presenting. You need to print out the notes pages to use as you present. Kitty Jay, Extended Learning Center Coordinator 832.559.4241 "You can't change the wind so adjust your sail." -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Stacy L. Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 5:07 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] quick question about PowerPoint I've tried looking at the MS site and online, and am not having much luck - I hope someone here can answer my question: If you make notes in a PowerPoint presentation (using the Notes pane), can you/how do you view those notes if you are using PowerPoint viewer? This is ppt 2003 (although if it isn't possible in 2003 but is in 2007 I'd be interested in knowing). Thanks! Stacy Stacy Smith Adaptive Technology Specialist Disability Support Services 202 Holton Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: 785-532-6441 FAX: 785-532-6457 Email: stacylee@ksu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. _______________________________________________ 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 Wed May 23 10:49:53 2007 From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Music Braille software In-Reply-To: <10669310.1179940288877.JavaMail.?@fh096.dia.cp.net> References: <10669310.1179940288877.JavaMail.?@fh096.dia.cp.net> Message-ID: <46547EC1.3040403@mcmail.maricopa.edu> Hi Teresa, Here is some info from our music brailling staff. Hope you find it useful. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Tom K wrote: > It has been four years since I used Goodfeel and Dancing Dots. Both > programs are very user friendly. The key is having an exceptional scan > of the music piece. If there is a spec of dust near a music note, the > process may see it as a different note. We were very fortunate that our > Music Department provided professional aides who completely understood > the music being scanned. This person would proof read and edit the > documents as needed. > Tom Kusek > > > > ----Original Message---- > From: wink.harner@mcmail.maricopa.edu > Date: 05/22/2007 13:16 > To: "Tom K", "Keith Heffner" maricopa.edu> > Subj: Re: [Athen] Music Braille software > > Hi you two, > > Any chance either of you would like to craft an answer to Teresa's > questions? Shoot it back to me and I'll post it to the list. I wasn't > here during the production of the brailled music, so don't feel > qualified to respond directly. > > Thanks!!!!! > > > Wink > > > Teresa L. Wells wrote: > >> Greetings. Can anyone give me opinions on various music Braille >> > products on the market, such as Goodfeel, Dancing Dots, Toccatta, etc? > I'd like to know how user-friendly they are, how much labor is involved > in transcribing a typical piece of music, any pitfalls you know of, > etc. We have never produced music Braille before and are considering > getting into the business given the increasing number of requests we > are receiving for the service, so I'd like to invest in the best > possible product from the beginning. Your opinions are appreciated! > >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Teresa Haven >> University of Arkansas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Athen mailing list >> Athen@athenpro.org >> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >> >> > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From FosterS at sou.edu Wed May 23 12:47:10 2007 From: FosterS at sou.edu (Shawn Foster) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] RFP language Message-ID: <465437CE.82C6.005A.0@sou.edu> (Cross-posted to ITACCESS) We're looking for some "standard" (pun fully intended) language regarding accessibility of both client software packages and web interface software packages for RFPs. I know there was some mention of this on one of the lists not too long ago, but darned if I can find it in the archives. Does anyone have some language they'd mind sharing? Even if it's language you aren't particularly happy with - it would at least give me a start. I'd be especially interested in language that goes beyond "meets 508 standards" and includes usability testing as part of the evaluation criteria. Thanks in advance! Shawn Foster Assistive Technology Specialist Disability Services for Students Southern Oregon University email: fosters@sou.edu phone: (541)552-6213 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at htctu.net Wed May 23 13:58:38 2007 From: skeegan at htctu.net (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] RFP language In-Reply-To: <465437CE.82C6.005A.0@sou.edu> References: <465437CE.82C6.005A.0@sou.edu> Message-ID: <001d01c79d7d$24cbb030$99821299@htctu.fhda.edu> > I'd be especially interested in language that goes beyond "meets 508 standards" > and includes usability testing as part of the evaluation criteria. One thing that I have thought about is requiring that the vendor include documentation from a third-party source regarding the accessibility of their product as part of the proposal process. Conceptually, vendors would be welcome to submit proposals that include an accessibility audit from a list of previously approved evaluation companies. That evaluation would (ideally) include some actual testing with assistive computer technologies. While I think it is certainly valuable to have language that stipulates "508-conformance" or beyond, there are a number of vendors who: a) do not know what that means, b) will say "Yes, we are" when they are in fact not, and c) may meet the technical requirements of Section 508, but still have a completely non-usable system/interface. Having an outside evaluation may be a bit more useful to the overall RFP process when reviewing the different pros/cons of the platform. just a thought, sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed May 23 18:19:02 2007 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Music Braille software In-Reply-To: References: <1178662007.4640f47793d4a@webmail.ksu.edu><8968536AA38AE049AC317C6890BA680F0846ED8A@DIS-MAIL.nhmccd.net> Message-ID: <001a01c79da1$88185520$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> Hi Theresa! I know that our local state university has been using Dancing Dots to create Braille music for a blind music major and been quite pleased with the results. They hired a sighted music student to learn the program and set-up the files and it has worked very well. My only other thought would be the Braille Music Kit. It is a plug-in for Finale, and the nice thing about that is that Finale is pretty much the standard for music notation programs. With the Braille Music plug-in, you can do all your work in Finale, taking advantage of Finale's tremendous power in terms of pulling out parts, separating the two hands, etc., and then just run the plug-in. I know that you can also work in Finale and then export MusicML that can be imported into Dancing Dots, but it requires a few more steps. If you want to check it out, here is the site: http://www.dodiesis.com/asp/bmk.asp?language=2 It seems that they charge for the product that allows you to work directly in Braille. The plug-in itself appears to be free (although you would have to have Finale) so might be worth trying. I haven't used Toccatta so can't speak to that one. In terms of having the Braille done, there are fewer transcribers of music Braille than there are of just about any other Braille system (with the exception of chemistry Braille). It's a good idea to look at doing it in-house. ****************************************************** Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Teresa L. Wells Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:09 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Music Braille software Greetings. Can anyone give me opinions on various music Braille products on the market, such as Goodfeel, Dancing Dots, Toccatta, etc? I'd like to know how user-friendly they are, how much labor is involved in transcribing a typical piece of music, any pitfalls you know of, etc. We have never produced music Braille before and are considering getting into the business given the increasing number of requests we are receiving for the service, so I'd like to invest in the best possible product from the beginning. Your opinions are appreciated! Thanks in advance, Teresa Haven University of Arkansas _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu Wed May 23 21:37:21 2007 From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Music Braille software In-Reply-To: <001a01c79da1$88185520$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> Message-ID: <463315F400003B92@email3.dist.maricopa.edu> Dear Athen-ites And to add to Gaier's great response, if you use Finale with a midi input device, you can even play a recording of the music you're using into the program, excerpt the part needed and export through the Braille plug-in to produce the Brailled copy. I suppose if you sang well enough you could use a mic and...well, you get the picture! We worked with our music dept. to share the cost of the music Brailling system. They "let" us play with Finale. We got a system that worked great for our music majors who are blind. Hope this info. helps. Blessings in abundance, Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Mesa, AZ >-- Original Message -- >From: "Gaeir Dietrich" >To: "'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'" >Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:19:02 -0700 >Subject: Re: [Athen] Music Braille software >Reply-To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > > >Hi Theresa! > >I know that our local state university has been using Dancing Dots to create >Braille music for a blind music major and been quite pleased with the >results. They hired a sighted music student to learn the program and set-up >the files and it has worked very well. > >My only other thought would be the Braille Music Kit. It is a plug-in for >Finale, and the nice thing about that is that Finale is pretty much the >standard for music notation programs. With the Braille Music plug-in, you >can do all your work in Finale, taking advantage of Finale's tremendous >power in terms of pulling out parts, separating the two hands, etc., and >then just run the plug-in. > >I know that you can also work in Finale and then export MusicML that can >be >imported into Dancing Dots, but it requires a few more steps. > >If you want to check it out, here is the site: > >http://www.dodiesis.com/asp/bmk.asp?language=2 > >It seems that they charge for the product that allows you to work directly >in Braille. The plug-in itself appears to be free (although you would have >to have Finale) so might be worth trying. > >I haven't used Toccatta so can't speak to that one. > >In terms of having the Braille done, there are fewer transcribers of music >Braille than there are of just about any other Braille system (with the >exception of chemistry Braille). It's a good idea to look at doing it >in-house. > >****************************************************** >Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich >High Tech Center Training Unit of the >California Community Colleges >De Anza College, Cupertino, CA >www.htctu.net >408-996-6043 > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On >Behalf Of Teresa L. Wells >Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:09 PM >To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network >Subject: [Athen] Music Braille software > >Greetings. Can anyone give me opinions on various music Braille products >on >the market, such as Goodfeel, Dancing Dots, Toccatta, etc? I'd like to know >how user-friendly they are, how much labor is involved in transcribing a >typical piece of music, any pitfalls you know of, etc. We have never >produced music Braille before and are considering getting into the business >given the increasing number of requests we are receiving for the service, >so >I'd like to invest in the best possible product from the beginning. Your >opinions are appreciated! > >Thanks in advance, > >Teresa Haven >University of Arkansas > >_______________________________________________ >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 Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Mesa AZ 480-461-7447 From enda.guinan at nuim.ie Thu May 24 03:08:00 2007 From: enda.guinan at nuim.ie (Enda P Guinan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland Message-ID: <01MGYN2NJITK013CVP@NUIM.IE> Hello ATHENians, Some of you may be in a position to help me with some hard evidence! I'm the Assistive Technology Advisor in National University of Ireland, Maynooth (I met some of you at the conference in Boulder, CO last year). I and my colleagues in the Disability Office have been invited to meet our college president and computer services to discuss our needs. Naturally I have a nice long list of things to discuss (better integration of alt format production with the library, computer services to accept a greater role in the provision of assistive technology on campus, documented policy on the college production of digital documents etc etc). However, Computer Services have told me that they are happy to listen to my big dreams, but unless I can demonstrate that other "similar sized institutions" have these in place, it won't be easy to make these things realities. A little about us; NUI Maynooth has 6,000 full time students and maybe 2,000 part time students. It has three faculties: Arts, Social Sciences and Science and Engineering. We have an Assistive Technology Centre with 15 networked PCs open 9-6 Mon-Fri, fill-time AT advisor (me) and some part time student trainers. We have two PCs in an Assistive Technology Room in the library. Supports for students with disabilities comes largely from funding from the European Union rather than the university's core budget. All software on campus is installed locally. There is goodwill towards our work, but anything to do with disability is (wrongly) seen as solely our responsibility. Our equivalent to 508 is not yet robust enough to use as leverage. So, any similar-sized institutions out there willing to give me advice on the following?: 1. Are there similar colleges with site licences for Kurzweil, Inspiration, Dragon etc installed on a central server? 2. Do Computer services in such colleges take a more active role in the installation and troubleshooting on such packages? 3. Do such colleges have an alt format production system that is not solely the responsibility of disability services? Sorry if this is a tad longwinded, but I hope someone out there can help! Thanks in advance, Enda Enda P Guinan Assistive Technology Advisor Access Office NUI Maynooth P: +353 1 708 4654 F: +353 1 708 3838 E: enda.guinan@nuim.ie W: http://access.nuim.ie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djbrky at bu.edu Thu May 24 04:44:20 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland In-Reply-To: <01MGYN2NJITK013CVP@NUIM.IE> Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602FFD77D@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Good Morning Enda, One of your best resources in the UK is fellow ATHEN member E.A Draffan (who will also be the keynote speaker at AHG this year). In Ireland proper I recommend contact Ted Harvey at UC-Dublin: http://www.ucd.ie/disability/services_atc.html Ted is well versed in many areas of AT and runs a proper lab that may fulfill your demonstration needs. Cheers --- 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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Enda P Guinan Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:08 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland Hello ATHENians, Some of you may be in a position to help me with some hard evidence! I'm the Assistive Technology Advisor in National University of Ireland, Maynooth (I met some of you at the conference in Boulder, CO last year). I and my colleagues in the Disability Office have been invited to meet our college president and computer services to discuss our needs. Naturally I have a nice long list of things to discuss (better integration of alt format production with the library, computer services to accept a greater role in the provision of assistive technology on campus, documented policy on the college production of digital documents etc etc). However, Computer Services have told me that they are happy to listen to my big dreams, but unless I can demonstrate that other "similar sized institutions" have these in place, it won't be easy to make these things realities. A little about us; NUI Maynooth has 6,000 full time students and maybe 2,000 part time students. It has three faculties: Arts, Social Sciences and Science and Engineering. We have an Assistive Technology Centre with 15 networked PCs open 9-6 Mon-Fri, fill-time AT advisor (me) and some part time student trainers. We have two PCs in an Assistive Technology Room in the library. Supports for students with disabilities comes largely from funding from the European Union rather than the university's core budget. All software on campus is installed locally. There is goodwill towards our work, but anything to do with disability is (wrongly) seen as solely our responsibility. Our equivalent to 508 is not yet robust enough to use as leverage. So, any similar-sized institutions out there willing to give me advice on the following?: 1. Are there similar colleges with site licences for Kurzweil, Inspiration, Dragon etc installed on a central server? 2. Do Computer services in such colleges take a more active role in the installation and troubleshooting on such packages? 3. Do such colleges have an alt format production system that is not solely the responsibility of disability services? Sorry if this is a tad longwinded, but I hope someone out there can help! Thanks in advance, Enda Enda P Guinan Assistive Technology Advisor Access Office NUI Maynooth P: +353 1 708 4654 F: +353 1 708 3838 E: enda.guinan@nuim.ie W: http://access.nuim.ie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enda.guinan at nuim.ie Thu May 24 05:56:53 2007 From: enda.guinan at nuim.ie (Enda P Guinan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland In-Reply-To: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602FFD77D@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> References: <01MGYN2NJITK013CVP@NUIM.IE> <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602FFD77D@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <01MGYSZ156OS01465F@NUIM.IE> Thanks Daniel, I might not have expressed myself clearly enough, I think. We have an established AT service so we're OK on the software etc needed, but we need to make a case for institution-wide changes in the way our service is delivered. UCD is one of the largest colleges in Ireland (30,000 students), so would not be suitable as a comparison. I'm looking for advice from a small institute (fewer than 10,000 students), probably in the US or UK, who may already have the kinds of facilities I described in the first email, namely, a) AT software installed centrally rather than locally. b) AT software installation and maintenance mainstreamed as part of Computer Services rather than by the Disability Service and c) An alt format system in place perhaps in conjunction with the library. Thanks Enda 12:44 24/05/2007, you wrote: >Content-type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="Boundary_(ID_id5DPiL3P0LDTW/YMRb7pg)" >Content-class: urn:content-classes:message > >Good Morning Enda, > >One of your best resources in the UK is fellow ATHEN member E.A >Draffan (who will also be the keynote speaker at AHG this year). > >In Ireland proper I recommend contact Ted Harvey at UC-Dublin: >http://www.ucd.ie/disability/services_atc.html >Ted is well versed in many areas of AT and runs a proper lab that >may fulfill your demonstration needs. > >Cheers --- 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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] >On Behalf Of Enda P Guinan >Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:08 AM >To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network >Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland > >Hello ATHENians, > >Some of you may be in a position to help me with some hard evidence! > >I'm the Assistive Technology Advisor in National University of >Ireland, Maynooth (I met some of you at the conference in Boulder, >CO last year). I and my colleagues in the Disability Office have >been invited to meet our college president and computer services to >discuss our needs. > >Naturally I have a nice long list of things to discuss (better >integration of alt format production with the library, computer >services to accept a greater role in the provision of assistive >technology on campus, documented policy on the college production of >digital documents etc etc). > >However, Computer Services have told me that they are happy to >listen to my big dreams, but unless I can demonstrate that other >"similar sized institutions" have these in place, it won't be easy >to make these things realities. > >A little about us; NUI Maynooth has 6,000 full time students and >maybe 2,000 part time students. It has three faculties: Arts, Social >Sciences and Science and Engineering. We have an Assistive >Technology Centre with 15 networked PCs open 9-6 Mon-Fri, fill-time >AT advisor (me) and some part time student trainers. We have two PCs >in an Assistive Technology Room in the library. Supports for >students with disabilities comes largely from funding from the >European Union rather than the university's core budget. All >software on campus is installed locally. There is goodwill towards >our work, but anything to do with disability is (wrongly) seen as >solely our responsibility. Our equivalent to 508 is not yet robust >enough to use as leverage. > >So, any similar-sized institutions out there willing to give me >advice on the following?: >1. Are there similar colleges with site licences for Kurzweil, >Inspiration, Dragon etc installed on a central server? >2. Do Computer services in such colleges take a more active role in >the installation and troubleshooting on such packages? >3. Do such colleges have an alt format production system that is not >solely the responsibility of disability services? > > >Sorry if this is a tad longwinded, but I hope someone out there can help! > >Thanks in advance, > >Enda > > > >Enda P Guinan >Assistive Technology Advisor >Access Office >NUI Maynooth > >P: +353 1 708 4654 >F: +353 1 708 3838 >E: enda.guinan@nuim.ie >W: http://access.nuim.ie >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu Thu May 24 07:06:54 2007 From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland In-Reply-To: <01MGYN2NJITK013CVP@NUIM.IE> Message-ID: <463315F400003BF1@email3.dist.maricopa.edu> Hi Enda, A partial reply to some of your questions. And I am speaking about my previous college post, not the current one. While Disability Resource Coordinator at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, I was able to establish a 3-way partnership. To establish an assistive technology center for the campus, I wrote a 3-year plan for the college capital budget. We secured a total of $70,000 in technology, and my goal was to use ANYTHING that could go through open-portal access, or at the very least, be open site license. The college district provided the seed money in three layers --groundwork, build-up, and final phase. The open portal design was not possible at this site because the college's server software and multiple sites did not allow for it. We went for open site licenses wherever possible. JAWS and WYNN WIZARD were installed with open site licenses (really $$ but totally worth it!). Dragon Dictate, by the way, must reside on individual computers, not on a server, although we managed to convince the IT dept. to dedicate server space to store student voice files so those students who did not have access to a computer off campus would have a place to store their files. Part of the partnership included technology services rolling our new equipment (hardware) and software into their 2-4-6 replacement plan so DRS would not have to continually write budget proposals to replace equipment & purchase license upgrades. New technology, however, was a different critter! That we were to write into our budget ourselves! A third partner in the mix turned out to come from the community --the City of Phoenix put through a bond proposal which included a public library on the college campus. My intention was to establish an assistive technology center housed in the new library that the community residents would be able to take advantage of. The City was to house the equipment and share the cost of training, maintenance and upgrades. That project got off the ground successfully. I will follow up with the new DRS coordinator and see how he is working with it. In my "new" position at Mesa College, we (DRS) are primarily responsible for alt.text production, but are partnering with Media Services and our Center for Teaching & Learning to do captioning of all kinds. We also have partnered with various departments to showcase, use and maintain the licensing costs of a variety of assistive technology, including an open site license for READWRITE GOLD. Hope this helps you with "ammunition" for your discussion with your upcoming colleagues. Blessings in abundance Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Mesa, AZ >-- Original Message -- >Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 11:08:00 +0100 >From: Enda P Guinan >To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network >Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland >Reply-To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > > >Hello ATHENians, > >Some of you may be in a position to help me with some hard evidence! > >I'm the Assistive Technology Advisor in National University of >Ireland, Maynooth (I met some of you at the conference in Boulder, CO >last year). I and my colleagues in the Disability Office have been >invited to meet our college president and computer services to >discuss our needs. > >Naturally I have a nice long list of things to discuss (better >integration of alt format production with the library, computer >services to accept a greater role in the provision of assistive >technology on campus, documented policy on the college production of >digital documents etc etc). > >However, Computer Services have told me that they are happy to listen >to my big dreams, but unless I can demonstrate that other "similar >sized institutions" have these in place, it won't be easy to make >these things realities. > >A little about us; NUI Maynooth has 6,000 full time students and >maybe 2,000 part time students. It has three faculties: Arts, Social >Sciences and Science and Engineering. We have an Assistive Technology >Centre with 15 networked PCs open 9-6 Mon-Fri, fill-time AT advisor >(me) and some part time student trainers. We have two PCs in an >Assistive Technology Room in the library. Supports for students with >disabilities comes largely from funding from the European Union >rather than the university's core budget. All software on campus is >installed locally. There is goodwill towards our work, but anything >to do with disability is (wrongly) seen as solely our responsibility. >Our equivalent to 508 is not yet robust enough to use as leverage. > >So, any similar-sized institutions out there willing to give me >advice on the following?: >1. Are there similar colleges with site licences for Kurzweil, >Inspiration, Dragon etc installed on a central server? >2. Do Computer services in such colleges take a more active role in >the installation and troubleshooting on such packages? >3. Do such colleges have an alt format production system that is not >solely the responsibility of disability services? > > >Sorry if this is a tad longwinded, but I hope someone out there can help! > >Thanks in advance, > >Enda > > > >Enda P Guinan >Assistive Technology Advisor >Access Office >NUI Maynooth > >P: +353 1 708 4654 >F: +353 1 708 3838 >E: enda.guinan@nuim.ie >W: http://access.nuim.ie >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Mesa AZ 480-461-7447 From tft at u.washington.edu Thu May 24 07:58:41 2007 From: tft at u.washington.edu (Terry Thompson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland In-Reply-To: <01MGYSZ156OS01465F@NUIM.IE> Message-ID: <200705241458.l4OEweun001608@smtp.washington.edu> Hi Edna, We at ATHEN are currently developing a series of surveys that will help to answer your questions. Our goal is to identify the state of AT and IT accessibility in higher education, including where the responsibilities tend to lie within institutions. In fact, your email may provide the survey team with just the motivation needed to finalize the survey instrument! Right, team? Thanks, Edna, for the nudge. Meanwhile, we conducted a similar survey in 2004. The tabulated data is available here: http://staff.washington.edu/tft/athen/index.html And a summary article was published in the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) Research Bulletin in 2005, and is available here: http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=666 &ID=ERB0512&bhcp=1 With one exception all of the responses in the 2004 survey were from the U.S. With the upcoming survey we'll be more actively pursuing international participation, particularly from Canada and the UK. Regards, Terry _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Enda P Guinan Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:57 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland Thanks Daniel, I might not have expressed myself clearly enough, I think. We have an established AT service so we're OK on the software etc needed, but we need to make a case for institution-wide changes in the way our service is delivered. UCD is one of the largest colleges in Ireland (30,000 students), so would not be suitable as a comparison. I'm looking for advice from a small institute (fewer than 10,000 students), probably in the US or UK, who may already have the kinds of facilities I described in the first email, namely, a) AT software installed centrally rather than locally. b) AT software installation and maintenance mainstreamed as part of Computer Services rather than by the Disability Service and c) An alt format system in place perhaps in conjunction with the library. Thanks Enda 12:44 24/05/2007, you wrote: Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_id5DPiL3P0LDTW/YMRb7pg)" Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Good Morning Enda, One of your best resources in the UK is fellow ATHEN member E.A Draffan (who will also be the keynote speaker at AHG this year). In Ireland proper I recommend contact Ted Harvey at UC-Dublin: http://www.ucd.ie/disability/services_atc.html Ted is well versed in many areas of AT and runs a proper lab that may fulfill your demonstration needs. Cheers --- 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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [ mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org ] On Behalf Of Enda P Guinan Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:08 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland Hello ATHENians, Some of you may be in a position to help me with some hard evidence! I'm the Assistive Technology Advisor in National University of Ireland, Maynooth (I met some of you at the conference in Boulder, CO last year). I and my colleagues in the Disability Office have been invited to meet our college president and computer services to discuss our needs. Naturally I have a nice long list of things to discuss (better integration of alt format production with the library, computer services to accept a greater role in the provision of assistive technology on campus, documented policy on the college production of digital documents etc etc). However, Computer Services have told me that they are happy to listen to my big dreams, but unless I can demonstrate that other "similar sized institutions" have these in place, it won't be easy to make these things realities. A little about us; NUI Maynooth has 6,000 full time students and maybe 2,000 part time students. It has three faculties: Arts, Social Sciences and Science and Engineering. We have an Assistive Technology Centre with 15 networked PCs open 9-6 Mon-Fri, fill-time AT advisor (me) and some part time student trainers. We have two PCs in an Assistive Technology Room in the library. Supports for students with disabilities comes largely from funding from the European Union rather than the university's core budget. All software on campus is installed locally. There is goodwill towards our work, but anything to do with disability is (wrongly) seen as solely our responsibility. Our equivalent to 508 is not yet robust enough to use as leverage. So, any similar-sized institutions out there willing to give me advice on the following?: 1. Are there similar colleges with site licences for Kurzweil, Inspiration, Dragon etc installed on a central server? 2. Do Computer services in such colleges take a more active role in the installation and troubleshooting on such packages? 3. Do such colleges have an alt format production system that is not solely the responsibility of disability services? Sorry if this is a tad longwinded, but I hope someone out there can help! Thanks in advance, Enda Enda P Guinan Assistive Technology Advisor Access Office NUI Maynooth P: +353 1 708 4654 F: +353 1 708 3838 E: enda.guinan@nuim.ie W: http://access.nuim.ie _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ea at emptech.info Thu May 24 12:47:05 2007 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland In-Reply-To: <01MGYSZ156OS01465F@NUIM.IE> References: <01MGYN2NJITK013CVP@NUIM.IE><7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602FFD77D@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> <01MGYSZ156OS01465F@NUIM.IE> Message-ID: <004901c79e3c$4f90e230$83e2fea9@laptop> Hello Enda - I am very happy to have a chat as there are many universities who have a system such as you describe. It may be worth also ringing Lesley Morrice at Nottingham University as she has experience in all aspects of this type of service. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is/services/alternative-formats/ Swansea has a centre in the library http://www.swan.ac.uk/lis/library/ for transcriptions and Cardiff have assistive technologies under information services heading http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/fordisabledusers/technology/index.html But if you are looking for universities with numbers of around 10,000 the HESA stats show that contact with Aston, Bolton, Essex, Gloucester, Imperial College, Lincoln, Liverpool Hope, Roehampton, Southampton Solent, Sussex, St. Andrews, Bangor or Herriot Watt would probably provide you with information similar to your situation. As an aside Paresh Raval has a specialist service at St Andrews http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/itsold/special-needs/afs.shtml for alternative formats Here at Southampton the main Information Service has put AT across the networks and there is a specialist centre in the Library. http://www.soton.ac.uk/iss/essentials/help/ats.html I do hope this helps a bit. Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan (07976 289103) Learning Societies Lab ECS, University of Southampton http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info/ ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Enda P Guinan Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:57 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland Thanks Daniel, I might not have expressed myself clearly enough, I think. We have an established AT service so we're OK on the software etc needed, but we need to make a case for institution-wide changes in the way our service is delivered. UCD is one of the largest colleges in Ireland (30,000 students), so would not be suitable as a comparison. I'm looking for advice from a small institute (fewer than 10,000 students), probably in the US or UK, who may already have the kinds of facilities I described in the first email, namely, a) AT software installed centrally rather than locally. b) AT software installation and maintenance mainstreamed as part of Computer Services rather than by the Disability Service and c) An alt format system in place perhaps in conjunction with the library. Thanks Enda 12:44 24/05/2007, you wrote: Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_id5DPiL3P0LDTW/YMRb7pg)" Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Good Morning Enda, One of your best resources in the UK is fellow ATHEN member E.A Draffan (who will also be the keynote speaker at AHG this year). In Ireland proper I recommend contact Ted Harvey at UC-Dublin: http://www.ucd.ie/disability/services_atc.html Ted is well versed in many areas of AT and runs a proper lab that may fulfill your demonstration needs. Cheers --- 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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [ mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org ] On Behalf Of Enda P Guinan Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:08 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland Hello ATHENians, Some of you may be in a position to help me with some hard evidence! I'm the Assistive Technology Advisor in National University of Ireland, Maynooth (I met some of you at the conference in Boulder, CO last year). I and my colleagues in the Disability Office have been invited to meet our college president and computer services to discuss our needs. Naturally I have a nice long list of things to discuss (better integration of alt format production with the library, computer services to accept a greater role in the provision of assistive technology on campus, documented policy on the college production of digital documents etc etc). However, Computer Services have told me that they are happy to listen to my big dreams, but unless I can demonstrate that other "similar sized institutions" have these in place, it won't be easy to make these things realities. A little about us; NUI Maynooth has 6,000 full time students and maybe 2,000 part time students. It has three faculties: Arts, Social Sciences and Science and Engineering. We have an Assistive Technology Centre with 15 networked PCs open 9-6 Mon-Fri, fill-time AT advisor (me) and some part time student trainers. We have two PCs in an Assistive Technology Room in the library. Supports for students with disabilities comes largely from funding from the European Union rather than the university's core budget. All software on campus is installed locally. There is goodwill towards our work, but anything to do with disability is (wrongly) seen as solely our responsibility. Our equivalent to 508 is not yet robust enough to use as leverage. So, any similar-sized institutions out there willing to give me advice on the following?: 1. Are there similar colleges with site licences for Kurzweil, Inspiration, Dragon etc installed on a central server? 2. Do Computer services in such colleges take a more active role in the installation and troubleshooting on such packages? 3. Do such colleges have an alt format production system that is not solely the responsibility of disability services? Sorry if this is a tad longwinded, but I hope someone out there can help! Thanks in advance, Enda Enda P Guinan Assistive Technology Advisor Access Office NUI Maynooth P: +353 1 708 4654 F: +353 1 708 3838 E: enda.guinan@nuim.ie W: http://access.nuim.ie _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.7/816 - Release Date: 23/05/2007 15:59 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.7/816 - Release Date: 23/05/2007 15:59 From enda.guinan at nuim.ie Fri May 25 03:52:51 2007 From: enda.guinan at nuim.ie (Enda P Guinan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland Message-ID: <01MH02XMRR420143DZ@NUIM.IE> Thanks so much for the responses so far. Already I have some very useful information. Wink, the technical setup at South Mountain Community College sounds familiar. One of the obstacles I'm facing here is that the college's servers can't accommodate AT on a central server. But this is up for review and I'll be giving them reasons to change. This 2-4-6 plan you refer to, what is that? The partnerships within Mesa sound very practical and could be replicated here too in time. Terry, thanks for those links. I'm carrying out a similar survey (the first one here!) on how AT is positioned in the various institutes of higher education in Ireland. You can see the wiki at http://atsurvey.wikispaces.com/. I hope you don't mind that I appropriated the categories on how the AT person's work is divided. I'll share the results in here later in the year. Shawn, there are so many parallels between us and Southern Oregon that I will be in contact with you to chat more. In the meantime, I think I shall get some t-shirts printed with "I don't do network issues!" (perhaps I'll italicise the word 'do'). EA, plenty for me to go on there, thank you. I'll follow up some of those, and I'll be taking advantage of your kind offer to chat later in the summer. Thanks everyone, Enda Enda P Guinan Assistive Technology Advisor Access Office NUI Maynooth P: +353 1 708 4654 F: +353 1 708 3838 E: enda.guinan@nuim.ie W: http://access.nuim.ie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djbrky at bu.edu Fri May 25 04:24:56 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] You might be digitizing books ... Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602FFE0C0@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> ... and not even know it! http://athenpro.blogspot.com/2007/05/you-might-be-digitzing-books-on-web .html Again with the Carnegie Mellon where a scientist is looking to create a new type of security check that will assist in a project meant to digitize and make searchable text from books and printed materials. Above and beyond that, the offering would probably be more secure than most current systems. You know those CAPTCHA's we all dislike so very much --- thanks to them (and some behind the scenes stealth) you may be helping to digitize books on the web . According to NetWorkWorld : "Instead of requiring visitors to retype random numbers and letters, they would retype text that otherwise is difficult for the optical character recognition systems to decipher when being used to digitize books and other printed materials. The translated text would then go toward the digitization of the printed material on behalf of the Internet Archive project." This reminds me of a Google Tech Talks lecture by Luis von Ahn (Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon) on the topic of Human Based Computation . This talk (available via Google Video ): introduces a paradigm for utilizing human processing power to solve problems that computers cannot yet solve. Traditional approaches to solving such problems focus on improving software. [von Ahn] advocate[s] a novel approach: constructively channel human brainpower using computer games. For example, the ESP Game , described in this talk, is an enjoyable online game -- many people play over 40 hours a week -- and when people play, they help label images on the Web with descriptive keywords. These keywords can be used to significantly improve the accuracy of image search. People play the game not because they want to help, but because they enjoy it. I describe other examples of "games with a purpose": Peekaboom , which helps determine the location of objects in images, and Verbosity, which collects common-sense knowledge. -- Posted By D. Berkowitz to Access Technologists Higher Education Network at 5/24/2007 08:38:00 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djbrky at bu.edu Fri May 25 04:22:37 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland In-Reply-To: <01MH02XMRR420143DZ@NUIM.IE> Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602FFE0BF@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> This is the point where I shamelessly remind the list that these answers, advice, and assistance are made possibly by the collective wisdom and experience of the membership of ATHEN. Now that summer is here, your membership Coordinator (me) will be catching up on recently submitted membership applications (receipts in the mail soon) and contact current members about their status. Join ATHEN: http://www.athenpro.org/member ========================= 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 Enda P Guinan Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 6:53 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland Thanks so much for the responses so far. Already I have some very useful information. Wink, the technical setup at South Mountain Community College sounds familiar. One of the obstacles I'm facing here is that the college's servers can't accommodate AT on a central server. But this is up for review and I'll be giving them reasons to change. This 2-4-6 plan you refer to, what is that? The partnerships within Mesa sound very practical and could be replicated here too in time. Terry, thanks for those links. I'm carrying out a similar survey (the first one here!) on how AT is positioned in the various institutes of higher education in Ireland. You can see the wiki at http://atsurvey.wikispaces.com/. I hope you don't mind that I appropriated the categories on how the AT person's work is divided. I'll share the results in here later in the year. Shawn, there are so many parallels between us and Southern Oregon that I will be in contact with you to chat more. In the meantime, I think I shall get some t-shirts printed with "I don't do network issues!" (perhaps I'll italicise the word 'do'). EA, plenty for me to go on there, thank you. I'll follow up some of those, and I'll be taking advantage of your kind offer to chat later in the summer. Thanks everyone, Enda Enda P Guinan Assistive Technology Advisor Access Office NUI Maynooth P: +353 1 708 4654 F: +353 1 708 3838 E: enda.guinan@nuim.ie W: http://access.nuim.ie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu Fri May 25 09:05:02 2007 From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland In-Reply-To: <01MH02XMRR420143DZ@NUIM.IE> Message-ID: <463315F400003EAC@email3.dist.maricopa.edu> Enda, One possibility for open portal access is for your office to to house all of the AT software, with the exception of Dragon (and there may be others which have to be individual installs), on your own dpartment's separate server. Talk to your tech dept. about this as a possibility then get in touch with the AT dept. at Oklahoma State Univ. who have developped a really neat open portal access approach. The big answer I always seem to get from our techies here is that "your server will cost you another person" meaning they cannot afford to staff & maintain the server. Am still working on that. The 2-4-6 plan is the replacement cycle for the comptuers on campus. The 2year replacements are those super-high-end users (math, science, engineering) who must have high processing speed. The 4yr. replacements will go into the classrooms or libraries for 2 years and the office staffs get the 6yr. computers. ARGH that means our offices have to run their offices with the slowest of the slow! On the upside the AT lab computers got included in the 2yr. cycle of the college's replacement plan instead of my office having to include the equipement on some regular budget request. Huzzah! Hope this helps you out in your conversations. Looks like you've gotten some great and really practical suggestions to work with. What a great group we have! Blessings, Wink Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Mesa AZ >-- Original Message -- >Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 11:52:51 +0100 >From: Enda P Guinan >To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network >Subject: Re: [Athen] Advice for colleague in Ireland >Reply-To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > > >Thanks so much for the responses so far. Already I have some very >useful information. > >Wink, the technical setup at South Mountain Community College sounds >familiar. One of the obstacles I'm facing here is that the college's >servers can't accommodate AT on a central server. But this is up for >review and I'll be giving them reasons to change. This 2-4-6 plan you >refer to, what is that? > >The partnerships within Mesa sound very practical and could be >replicated here too in time. > >Terry, thanks for those links. I'm carrying out a similar survey (the >first one here!) on how AT is positioned in the various institutes of >higher education in Ireland. You can see the wiki at >http://atsurvey.wikispaces.com/. I hope you don't mind that I >appropriated the categories on how the AT person's work is divided. >I'll share the results in here later in the year. > >Shawn, there are so many parallels between us and Southern Oregon >that I will be in contact with you to chat more. In the meantime, I >think I shall get some t-shirts printed with "I don't do network >issues!" (perhaps I'll italicise the word 'do'). > >EA, plenty for me to go on there, thank you. I'll follow up some of >those, and I'll be taking advantage of your kind offer to chat later >in the summer. > >Thanks everyone, > >Enda > > > >Enda P Guinan >Assistive Technology Advisor >Access Office >NUI Maynooth > >P: +353 1 708 4654 >F: +353 1 708 3838 >E: enda.guinan@nuim.ie >W: http://access.nuim.ie >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Mesa AZ 480-461-7447 From djbrky at bu.edu Fri May 25 10:02:17 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] OCR Software Rec's In-Reply-To: A<973157.54133.qm@web60611.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C711602FFE42B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Crystal -- What issues are you having? Perhaps someone in ATHEN can assist. ========================= 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: Disabled Student Services in Higher Education [mailto:DSSHE- >L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU] On Behalf Of Skammer >Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 12:51 PM >To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU >Subject: Re: OCR Software Rec's > >Crystal, > >We use Adobe Acrobat (Full Edition not the Reader) which allows for OCR - >it is very much like Kurzweil but free in the sense that once it is OCRed >students using Adobe Reader (PC/Mac) can have their readings be read to >them. Works only if you can get a good clean and sharp scan job. Kurzweil >does an excellent job regardless of quality. > >If you are looking to OCR to text - again Kurzweil can do this well along >with OpenBook and WYNN. > >Hope this helps. > > >----- Original Message ---- >From: Crystal Hill >To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU >Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 11:29:33 AM >Subject: OCR Software Rec's > > >I am having problems reaching anyone via phone or email at ABBYY USA to >discuss software issues. Are there other OCR software programs that you've >had success with? > >Crystal Hill, >Univ. of Central AR > >This list is intended to serve as a forum for higher education >professionals involved in the delivery of services to students with >disabilities in higher education. Any commercial posts or posts that are >deemed by the listowner to be inappropriate for the list will result in the >poster being removed from the list. > >To sign off the list, send a message to >* listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu >* with the message >* Unsubscribe dsshe-L >To search the archives, go to >http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives/dsshe-l.html >Questions? Contact Listowner Dan Ryan at dryan@buffalo.edu > > > Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds >right on your Mail page. Start today at >http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca > >This list is intended to serve as a forum for higher education >professionals involved in the delivery of services to students with >disabilities in higher education. Any commercial posts or posts that are >deemed by the listowner to be inappropriate for the list will result in the >poster being removed from the list. > >To sign off the list, send a message to >* listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu >* with the message >* Unsubscribe dsshe-L >To search the archives, go to >http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives/dsshe-l.html >Questions? Contact Listowner Dan Ryan at dryan@buffalo.edu From jhumbert at purdue.edu Tue May 29 05:40:21 2007 From: jhumbert at purdue.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: iTunes Accessibility Meeting FW: Meet & Confer Participant Invitation Message-ID: <310B6F0B038E0847BA40E28F322EB6C902060E3D@EXCH02.purdue.lcl> Hi All! Here is the information from Jayme Johnson for our next meeting which happens to be next Tuesday June 6th, 2007 at 2:00pm EST. Thankx. Hope to see you all there. Joe Humbert Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University - ITaP - TLT Office: STEW 111 Email: jhumbert@purdue.edu Phone: 765-494-4387 From: Jayme Johnson [mailto:jjohnson@htctu.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:27 PM To: Humbert, Joseph A Subject: iTunes Accessibility Meeting FW: Meet & Confer Participant Invitation Hello Joe! I hope all is well with you, and that things are generally good at Purdue. Here's the information about dialing/browsing into the CCCConfer system for the next ATHEN iTunes Accessibility meeting (remember time indicated is in the Pacific time zone). If you could send it to everyone in the group, that would be great, as I'm not sure I have everyone's email address. Also, if there are any materials that you want to make available through the web portion, you can send them to me in advance of the meeting and I'll post them to the CCCConfer system. Thanks again for taking the lead on this, I'm looking forward to making some more progress at our next meeting. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns, and I will be in touch! Take care, Jayme Johnson ________________________________ From: conferdata@cccconfer.org [mailto:conferdata@cccconfer.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:26 PM To: jjohnson@htctu.net Subject: Meet & Confer Participant Invitation Meet & Confer Participant Invitation EVENT DETAILS: Status: Active Event: ATHEN iTunes Accessibility Initiative Date: 6/6/2007 Time: 11:00 AM Duration: 1 hr. Group/College/Organization: De Anza College PARTICIPANT DETAILS > Dial your telephone conference line: 866-316-1517 > Enter your passcode: 99876242 > Go to www.cccconfer.org. > Disable all pop-up blocker software. > Run the Wizard http://www.cccconfer.org/wizard (if not previously done) > Click Log In To Meet & Confer > Locate your meeting, click the Participant radio button and click Go. > Fill out the form and enter the password: 99876242 PARTICIPANT CONFERENCE FEATURES: *0 - Contact the operator for assistance with the audio. *6 - Mute your individual line with a private announcement. Press *6 again to unmute your line. QUESTIONS? CCC Confer Client Services is available Monday through Friday between 8:00 am - 4:30 pm at 760-744-1150 ext 1537 or 1554 or email clientservices@cccconfer.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhumbert at purdue.edu Tue May 29 05:45:52 2007 From: jhumbert at purdue.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: iTunes Accessibility Meeting FW: Meet & ConferParticipant Invitation In-Reply-To: <310B6F0B038E0847BA40E28F322EB6C902060E3D@EXCH02.purdue.lcl> References: <310B6F0B038E0847BA40E28F322EB6C902060E3D@EXCH02.purdue.lcl> Message-ID: <310B6F0B038E0847BA40E28F322EB6C902060E43@EXCH02.purdue.lcl> Hi! Correction Wednesday June 6th,2007. Thankx Joe Humbert Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University - ITaP - TLT Office: STEW 111 Email: jhumbert@purdue.edu Phone: 765-494-4387 From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:40 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] FW: iTunes Accessibility Meeting FW: Meet & ConferParticipant Invitation Hi All! Here is the information from Jayme Johnson for our next meeting which happens to be next Tuesday June 6th, 2007 at 2:00pm EST. Thankx. Hope to see you all there. Joe Humbert Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University - ITaP - TLT Office: STEW 111 Email: jhumbert@purdue.edu Phone: 765-494-4387 From: Jayme Johnson [mailto:jjohnson@htctu.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:27 PM To: Humbert, Joseph A Subject: iTunes Accessibility Meeting FW: Meet & Confer Participant Invitation Hello Joe! I hope all is well with you, and that things are generally good at Purdue. Here's the information about dialing/browsing into the CCCConfer system for the next ATHEN iTunes Accessibility meeting (remember time indicated is in the Pacific time zone). If you could send it to everyone in the group, that would be great, as I'm not sure I have everyone's email address. Also, if there are any materials that you want to make available through the web portion, you can send them to me in advance of the meeting and I'll post them to the CCCConfer system. Thanks again for taking the lead on this, I'm looking forward to making some more progress at our next meeting. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns, and I will be in touch! Take care, Jayme Johnson ________________________________ From: conferdata@cccconfer.org [mailto:conferdata@cccconfer.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:26 PM To: jjohnson@htctu.net Subject: Meet & Confer Participant Invitation Meet & Confer Participant Invitation EVENT DETAILS: Status: Active Event: ATHEN iTunes Accessibility Initiative Date: 6/6/2007 Time: 11:00 AM Duration: 1 hr. Group/College/Organization: De Anza College PARTICIPANT DETAILS > Dial your telephone conference line: 866-316-1517 > Enter your passcode: 99876242 > Go to www.cccconfer.org. > Disable all pop-up blocker software. > Run the Wizard http://www.cccconfer.org/wizard (if not previously done) > Click Log In To Meet & Confer > Locate your meeting, click the Participant radio button and click Go. > Fill out the form and enter the password: 99876242 PARTICIPANT CONFERENCE FEATURES: *0 - Contact the operator for assistance with the audio. *6 - Mute your individual line with a private announcement. Press *6 again to unmute your line. QUESTIONS? CCC Confer Client Services is available Monday through Friday between 8:00 am - 4:30 pm at 760-744-1150 ext 1537 or 1554 or email clientservices@cccconfer.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbailey at uoregon.edu Tue May 29 09:32:51 2007 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] other blind/low-vision tecnologies? In-Reply-To: <463315F400003B92@email3.dist.maricopa.edu> References: <463315F400003B92@email3.dist.maricopa.edu> Message-ID: <1180456371.909368.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> I read with some interest about Norm's workshop on RJ Cooper's portable screen reader. Does anyone else make similar software for blind/low-vision accommodations? Thanks, James -- James Bailey Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon 1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 Office: 541-346-1076 jbailey@uoregon.edu From dick.banks at gmail.com Tue May 29 09:39:18 2007 From: dick.banks at gmail.com (dick.banks@gmail.com) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] other blind/low-vision tecnologies? In-Reply-To: <1180456371.909368.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> References: <463315F400003B92@email3.dist.maricopa.edu> <1180456371.909368.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: <6441e6a70705290939k5649213cm9a894be5a53441bf@mail.gmail.com> Jm Check out NCDA, the open source screen reader for Windows. It is nice work. I hope they get the support because they really have something here. http://www.nvda-project.org/ Dick On 5/29/07, James Bailey wrote: > I read with some interest about Norm's workshop on RJ Cooper's portable > screen reader. Does anyone else make similar software for blind/low-vision > accommodations? > > Thanks, > > James > > -- > James Bailey > Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon > 1299 University of Oregon > Eugene, OR 97403-1299 > Office: 541-346-1076 > jbailey@uoregon.edu > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > -- Dick Banks CTO - EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information Online Course Starting June 4 Barrier-free Web Design http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm TWO FREE WEBINARS IN JUNE http://easi.cc/clinic.htm From ea at emptech.info Tue May 29 14:06:57 2007 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] other blind/low-vision tecnologies? In-Reply-To: <1180456371.909368.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> References: <463315F400003B92@email3.dist.maricopa.edu> <1180456371.909368.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: <000001c7a235$4bb50770$0a01a8c0@laptop> Sensory Software (http://www.sensorysoftware.co.uk) develop similar products along with Lightning for magnification and they are sold with many other types of text to speech and scanning software by Claro Software in UK http://www.clarosoftware.com/ EnableMart sell the products in USA. The free screen reader Thunder is available for those who are registered blind or visually impaired from http://www.screenreader.net. From this website there are more products linked to the same team. For Open source software - some of which is suitable for VI can be found at http://www.oatsoft.org/ (UK based) or Free & Inexpensive Adaptive Technology Database (Canada) http://adaptech.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/fandi_e.php Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab ECS, University of Southampton http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of James Bailey Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:33 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] other blind/low-vision tecnologies? I read with some interest about Norm's workshop on RJ Cooper's portable screen reader. Does anyone else make similar software for blind/low-vision accommodations? Thanks, James -- James Bailey Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon 1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 Office: 541-346-1076 jbailey@uoregon.edu _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/819 - Release Date: 26/05/2007 10:47 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/819 - Release Date: 26/05/2007 10:47 From djbrky at bu.edu Wed May 30 04:15:13 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Question regarding Assistive/adaptive Technologist salary ranges and job description Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C71160308FC46@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> -----Original Message----- From: Disabled Student Services in Higher Education [mailto:DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU] On Behalf Of Jenna Howard Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:45 PM To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Subject: Question regarding Assistive/adaptive Technologist salary ranges and job description Oklahoma City Community College is seeking guidance for an assistive/adaptive technologist. We are not requiring a degree but computer know-how. I would appreciate any assistance about salary range as well as a job description. Contact me off listserv at: pstowe@occc.edu pat stowe director, student support services oklahoma city community college This list is intended to serve as a forum for higher education professionals involved in the delivery of services to students with disabilities in higher education. Any commercial posts or posts that are deemed by the listowner to be inappropriate for the list will result in the poster being removed from the list. To sign off the list, send a message to * listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu * with the message * Unsubscribe dsshe-L To search the archives, go to http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives/dsshe-l.html Questions? Contact Listowner Dan Ryan at dryan@buffalo.edu From Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU Wed May 30 10:54:19 2007 From: Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIA presentation Message-ID: <002401c7a2e3$8c33a820$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> Hello All: Reminder: the ATIA deadline for proposal submissions is approaching: June 1. Submit your proposals at www.atia.org via either the on-line form or via the Word document they also have available. I'm in the process of writing up the following proposal for the conference: Access in the University Setting - Information Resources and Best Practices Abstract: This session will be a hybrid session - one half- hour discussion of information resources and one half-hour question and answer regarding campus, technology & curriculum access. The question and answer will be addressed by the two co-presenters along with members of ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network) participating off-site through Web conferencing (unless some of you also plan to attend). This group will be available to answer (or at least attempt to answer) any questions a-z about campus & curriculum access. I'm looking for ATHEN members willing to participate via Web conferencing (or other tele-participation). Let me know if you're interested. Finally, when was ATHEN founded? 2003? Ron, anyone. Thanks, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU Wed May 30 11:27:45 2007 From: Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Message-ID: <002f01c7a2e8$38263950$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in 2003, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at kckcc.edu Wed May 30 11:40:02 2007 From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Message-ID: Hi Howard, I believe ATHEN was around before 2003. I have a copy of a membership forma that is dated August of 2002. ATHEN was around before membership forms were used. 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 >>> Howard.Kramer@Colorado.EDU 5/30/2007 1:27 PM >>> Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in 2003, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KCKCC's MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From Nick.Baker at mso.umt.edu Wed May 30 12:06:04 2007 From: Nick.Baker at mso.umt.edu (Baker, Nick) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <42816E1795C8EB44B1676468392D079407B3BA@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu> I remember Ron organizing a founding meeting at Higher Ground in, I think, 2001. Nick Baker Assistive Technology Coordinator nick.baker@umontana.edu 406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 406-243-2663 (Voice only) Disability Services for Students The University of Montana EL 154 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:40 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Hi Howard, I believe ATHEN was around before 2003. I have a copy of a membership forma that is dated August of 2002. ATHEN was around before membership forms were used. 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 >>> Howard.Kramer@Colorado.EDU 5/30/2007 1:27 PM >>> Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in 2003, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KCKCC's MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From ea at emptech.info Wed May 30 12:14:40 2007 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000c01c7a2ee$c62e55b0$0a01a8c0@laptop> I have just found my 2002 CSUN report and there just happens to be a paragraph that says "During the conference several organisations held meetings and one on-line list formed a new group called ATHEN ? Assistive Technology Higher Education Network specifically for those working in post-secondary institutions. The President is Ron Stewart who runs the Technology Access Program at Oregon State University (http://tap.orst.edu/). To join the list, send a message to listserv@mail.orst.edu with the following line in the body: sub adtech-ps firstname lastname." "We met at nine. We met at eight. I was on time. No, you were late. Ah yes! I remember it well." (Gigi) Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab ECS, University of Southampton http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:40 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Hi Howard, I believe ATHEN was around before 2003. I have a copy of a membership forma that is dated August of 2002. ATHEN was around before membership forms were used. 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 >>> Howard.Kramer@Colorado.EDU 5/30/2007 1:27 PM >>> Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in 2003, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KCKCC's MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 From kevin.sesock at okstate.edu Wed May 30 12:26:44 2007 From: kevin.sesock at okstate.edu (Sesock, Kevin A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Leaving OSU, and the field Message-ID: <987761BC3F676843B8EAB3E0BEA07C8F0123BA9F@EXE2.ad.okstate.edu> All: Some of you already know this (okay, so Ron does, I think), but I have accepted a job at IBM in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and will be leaving Oklahoma State University, and Assistive Technology, as a whole. It's been a pleasure working with all of you, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to see you all at the last CSUN ATHEN meeting. Thanks again for your assistance through the years, and of course, your friendships. Kevin A. Sesock, A+, Net+, CNA, MCSA Assistive Technology Specialist Student Disability Services Division of Student Affairs Oklahoma State University http://access.it.okstate.edu "Hail to the speaker, hail to the knower; joy to he who has understood, delight to they who have listened." - Odin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at kckcc.edu Wed May 30 12:29:16 2007 From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Message-ID: I know there was a meeting at AHG in 2002, but that was after meetings had already taken place at CSUN. If I remember correctly, the first meeting to begin organizing was at CSUN in 2001. However, I've slept since then and things are a bit fuzzy. 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 >>> Nick.Baker@mso.umt.edu 5/30/2007 2:06 PM >>> I remember Ron organizing a founding meeting at Higher Ground in, I think, 2001. Nick Baker Assistive Technology Coordinator nick.baker@umontana.edu 406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 406-243-2663 (Voice only) Disability Services for Students The University of Montana EL 154 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:40 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Hi Howard, I believe ATHEN was around before 2003. I have a copy of a membership forma that is dated August of 2002. ATHEN was around before membership forms were used. 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 >>> Howard.Kramer@Colorado.EDU 5/30/2007 1:27 PM >>> Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in 2003, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KCKCC's MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ 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 Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU Wed May 30 12:54:31 2007 From: Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <003e01c7a2f4$56b1a0b0$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> Thanks everyone - I'll put down 2001. Time flies. -Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:29 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits I know there was a meeting at AHG in 2002, but that was after meetings had already taken place at CSUN. If I remember correctly, the first meeting to begin organizing was at CSUN in 2001. However, I've slept since then and things are a bit fuzzy. 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 >>> Nick.Baker@mso.umt.edu 5/30/2007 2:06 PM >>> I remember Ron organizing a founding meeting at Higher Ground in, I think, 2001. Nick Baker Assistive Technology Coordinator nick.baker@umontana.edu 406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 406-243-2663 (Voice only) Disability Services for Students The University of Montana EL 154 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:40 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Hi Howard, I believe ATHEN was around before 2003. I have a copy of a membership forma that is dated August of 2002. ATHEN was around before membership forms were used. 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 >>> Howard.Kramer@Colorado.EDU 5/30/2007 1:27 PM >>> Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in 2003, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KCKCC's MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From djbrky at bu.edu Wed May 30 13:11:25 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation References: <002401c7a2e3$8c33a820$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F26@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Doesn't anyone bother to read the organization literature? On the informational and promotional brochure handed out at CSUN there was a picture taken at the founding meeting of the founding membership with the caption --- "The first ATHEN meeting (CSUN 2002)" Thanks to Dan Comden for providing this photo. If anyone wants a copy of th ebrochure -- please let me know. Ye old Membership Coordinator (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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org on behalf of Howard Kramer Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 1:54 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation Hello All: Reminder: the ATIA deadline for proposal submissions is approaching: June 1. Submit your proposals at www.atia.org via either the on-line form or via the Word document they also have available. I'm in the process of writing up the following proposal for the conference: Access in the University Setting - Information Resources and Best Practices Abstract: This session will be a hybrid session - one half- hour discussion of information resources and one half-hour question and answer regarding campus, technology & curriculum access. The question and answer will be addressed by the two co-presenters along with members of ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network) participating off-site through Web conferencing (unless some of you also plan to attend). This group will be available to answer (or at least attempt to answer) any questions a-z about campus & curriculum access. I'm looking for ATHEN members willing to participate via Web conferencing (or other tele-participation). Let me know if you're interested. Finally, when was ATHEN founded? 2003? Ron, anyone. Thanks, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 From Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU Wed May 30 13:34:56 2007 From: Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation inATIApresentation In-Reply-To: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F26@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> References: <002401c7a2e3$8c33a820$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F26@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <004b01c7a2f9$fc106dc0$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> Paper brochures - that's so retro. Thanks James & Dan. -Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:11 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation inATIApresentation Doesn't anyone bother to read the organization literature? On the informational and promotional brochure handed out at CSUN there was a picture taken at the founding meeting of the founding membership with the caption --- "The first ATHEN meeting (CSUN 2002)" Thanks to Dan Comden for providing this photo. If anyone wants a copy of th ebrochure -- please let me know. Ye old Membership Coordinator (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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org on behalf of Howard Kramer Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 1:54 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation Hello All: Reminder: the ATIA deadline for proposal submissions is approaching: June 1. Submit your proposals at www.atia.org via either the on-line form or via the Word document they also have available. I'm in the process of writing up the following proposal for the conference: Access in the University Setting - Information Resources and Best Practices Abstract: This session will be a hybrid session - one half- hour discussion of information resources and one half-hour question and answer regarding campus, technology & curriculum access. The question and answer will be addressed by the two co-presenters along with members of ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network) participating off-site through Web conferencing (unless some of you also plan to attend). This group will be available to answer (or at least attempt to answer) any questions a-z about campus & curriculum access. I'm looking for ATHEN members willing to participate via Web conferencing (or other tele-participation). Let me know if you're interested. Finally, when was ATHEN founded? 2003? Ron, anyone. Thanks, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From hunziker at email.arizona.edu Wed May 30 13:38:11 2007 From: hunziker at email.arizona.edu (Dawn Hunziker) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Road Runner Readers - FREE! Message-ID: <20070530203602.BF88437E50@smtpgate.email.arizona.edu> Hi all, We have 5 Road Runner Readers, version 1.3.0 developed by Ostrich Software (no longer in business). Is anyone interested in having them? Cost is FREE! They are still in the box and have never been used..... For more information, see http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm99/bm991006.htm Have a good day! Dawn Dawn Hunziker Assistive Technology Coordinator University of Arizona Disability Resource Center 1224 E. Lowell St. P.O. Box 210095 Tucson, AZ 85721 (520) 626-9409 (520) 626-5500 (FAX) Web Page: http://drc.arizona.edu hunziker@email.arizona.edu From ea at emptech.info Wed May 30 13:45:15 2007 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation inATIApresentation In-Reply-To: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F26@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> References: <002401c7a2e3$8c33a820$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F26@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <000d01c7a2fb$6dac2e00$0a01a8c0@laptop> Panic - are we going all out for an ATIA presence as we discussed at CSUN? Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab ECS, University of Southampton http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:11 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation inATIApresentation Doesn't anyone bother to read the organization literature? On the informational and promotional brochure handed out at CSUN there was a picture taken at the founding meeting of the founding membership with the caption --- "The first ATHEN meeting (CSUN 2002)" Thanks to Dan Comden for providing this photo. If anyone wants a copy of th ebrochure -- please let me know. Ye old Membership Coordinator (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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org on behalf of Howard Kramer Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 1:54 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation Hello All: Reminder: the ATIA deadline for proposal submissions is approaching: June 1. Submit your proposals at www.atia.org via either the on-line form or via the Word document they also have available. I'm in the process of writing up the following proposal for the conference: Access in the University Setting - Information Resources and Best Practices Abstract: This session will be a hybrid session - one half- hour discussion of information resources and one half-hour question and answer regarding campus, technology & curriculum access. The question and answer will be addressed by the two co-presenters along with members of ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network) participating off-site through Web conferencing (unless some of you also plan to attend). This group will be available to answer (or at least attempt to answer) any questions a-z about campus & curriculum access. I'm looking for ATHEN members willing to participate via Web conferencing (or other tele-participation). Let me know if you're interested. Finally, when was ATHEN founded? 2003? Ron, anyone. Thanks, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 From Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU Wed May 30 13:55:16 2007 From: Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participationinATIApresentation In-Reply-To: <000d01c7a2fb$6dac2e00$0a01a8c0@laptop> References: <002401c7a2e3$8c33a820$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu><7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F26@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> <000d01c7a2fb$6dac2e00$0a01a8c0@laptop> Message-ID: <005201c7a2fc$d349dcc0$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> E.A., Me and Dan have been sending out ATIA RFP announcements over the past few weeks. Both of us have submitted a couple of proposals for the conference. It's hard to gauge the response so far - we don't receive the submitted proposals. We're waiting anxiously for a report from the ATIA folks. I'm not sure an ATHEN presence is as important a good strand for AT in Higher Ed. Has anyone else submitted an ATIA proposal? As I mentioned earlier, the deadline is Friday. Cheers, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of E.A. Draffan Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:45 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participationinATIApresentation Panic - are we going all out for an ATIA presence as we discussed at CSUN? Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab ECS, University of Southampton http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:11 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation inATIApresentation Doesn't anyone bother to read the organization literature? On the informational and promotional brochure handed out at CSUN there was a picture taken at the founding meeting of the founding membership with the caption --- "The first ATHEN meeting (CSUN 2002)" Thanks to Dan Comden for providing this photo. If anyone wants a copy of th ebrochure -- please let me know. Ye old Membership Coordinator (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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org on behalf of Howard Kramer Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 1:54 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation Hello All: Reminder: the ATIA deadline for proposal submissions is approaching: June 1. Submit your proposals at www.atia.org via either the on-line form or via the Word document they also have available. I'm in the process of writing up the following proposal for the conference: Access in the University Setting - Information Resources and Best Practices Abstract: This session will be a hybrid session - one half- hour discussion of information resources and one half-hour question and answer regarding campus, technology & curriculum access. The question and answer will be addressed by the two co-presenters along with members of ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network) participating off-site through Web conferencing (unless some of you also plan to attend). This group will be available to answer (or at least attempt to answer) any questions a-z about campus & curriculum access. I'm looking for ATHEN members willing to participate via Web conferencing (or other tele-participation). Let me know if you're interested. Finally, when was ATHEN founded? 2003? Ron, anyone. Thanks, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From kestrell at panix.com Wed May 30 13:59:24 2007 From: kestrell at panix.com (Kestrell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Road Runner Readers - FREE! References: <20070530203602.BF88437E50@smtpgate.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <002601c7a2fd$6a1a90e0$05fea8c0@Galatea> Dawn, I have a low-vision friend who could really use one of these. Could you send me one? Here is my snail mail info: Alicia Verlager 12 Melville Avenue Dorchester MA 02124 Thanks! Kes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Hunziker" To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:38 PM Subject: [Athen] Road Runner Readers - FREE! > Hi all, > > We have 5 Road Runner Readers, version 1.3.0 developed by Ostrich > Software (no longer in business). Is anyone interested in having > them? Cost is FREE! They are still in the box and have never been > used..... > > For more information, see > http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm99/bm991006.htm > > Have a good day! > > Dawn > > > Dawn Hunziker > Assistive Technology Coordinator > > University of Arizona > Disability Resource Center > > 1224 E. Lowell St. > P.O. Box 210095 > Tucson, AZ 85721 > > (520) 626-9409 > (520) 626-5500 (FAX) > > Web Page: http://drc.arizona.edu > hunziker@email.arizona.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From djbrky at bu.edu Wed May 30 16:43:35 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Road Runner Readers - FREE! References: <20070530203602.BF88437E50@smtpgate.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F29@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Hi Dawn, Can I get a couple of them. I liked the Ostrich and they make nice back-up units. If no one else responds I'll take all 5 but don't want to be greedy. ---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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org on behalf of Dawn Hunziker Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 4:38 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Road Runner Readers - FREE! Hi all, We have 5 Road Runner Readers, version 1.3.0 developed by Ostrich Software (no longer in business). Is anyone interested in having them? Cost is FREE! They are still in the box and have never been used..... For more information, see http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm99/bm991006.htm Have a good day! Dawn Dawn Hunziker Assistive Technology Coordinator University of Arizona Disability Resource Center 1224 E. Lowell St. P.O. Box 210095 Tucson, AZ 85721 (520) 626-9409 (520) 626-5500 (FAX) Web Page: http://drc.arizona.edu hunziker@email.arizona.edu _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From djbrky at bu.edu Wed May 30 16:44:51 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits References: <000c01c7a2ee$c62e55b0$0a01a8c0@laptop> Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F2A@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> That does it --- I nominate E.A. to be the ATHEN Archivists! ========================= 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 E.A. Draffan Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 3:14 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits I have just found my 2002 CSUN report and there just happens to be a paragraph that says "During the conference several organisations held meetings and one on-line list formed a new group called ATHEN - Assistive Technology Higher Education Network specifically for those working in post-secondary institutions. The President is Ron Stewart who runs the Technology Access Program at Oregon State University (http://tap.orst.edu/). To join the list, send a message to listserv@mail.orst.edu with the following line in the body: sub adtech-ps firstname lastname." "We met at nine. We met at eight. I was on time. No, you were late. Ah yes! I remember it well." (Gigi) Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab ECS, University of Southampton http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:40 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Hi Howard, I believe ATHEN was around before 2003. I have a copy of a membership forma that is dated August of 2002. ATHEN was around before membership forms were used. 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 >>> Howard.Kramer@Colorado.EDU 5/30/2007 1:27 PM >>> Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in 2003, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KCKCC's MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From djbrky at bu.edu Wed May 30 17:42:39 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation References: <002401c7a2e3$8c33a820$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F2B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Howard --- Thanks for the reminder. I got off my butt today and submitted a proposal for ATIA 2008. Hopefully I will see you in Orlando in January! ========================= 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 Howard Kramer Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 1:54 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation Hello All: Reminder: the ATIA deadline for proposal submissions is approaching: June 1. Submit your proposals at www.atia.org via either the on-line form or via the Word document they also have available. I'm in the process of writing up the following proposal for the conference: Access in the University Setting - Information Resources and Best Practices Abstract: This session will be a hybrid session - one half- hour discussion of information resources and one half-hour question and answer regarding campus, technology & curriculum access. The question and answer will be addressed by the two co-presenters along with members of ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network) participating off-site through Web conferencing (unless some of you also plan to attend). This group will be available to answer (or at least attempt to answer) any questions a-z about campus & curriculum access. I'm looking for ATHEN members willing to participate via Web conferencing (or other tele-participation). Let me know if you're interested. Finally, when was ATHEN founded? 2003? Ron, anyone. Thanks, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 From kestrell at panix.com Thu May 31 06:31:25 2007 From: kestrell at panix.com (Kestrell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Road Runner Readers - FREE! References: <20070530203602.BF88437E50@smtpgate.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <00b701c7a388$071adff0$05fea8c0@Galatea> Hi, Dawn I sent an email yesterday about the Road Runners, but it seems to have evaporated into the ether. Could I have one of the RR's for a low-vision friend who could really use one? Thanks. Kes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Hunziker" To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:38 PM Subject: [Athen] Road Runner Readers - FREE! > Hi all, > > We have 5 Road Runner Readers, version 1.3.0 developed by Ostrich > Software (no longer in business). Is anyone interested in having > them? Cost is FREE! They are still in the box and have never been > used..... > > For more information, see > http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm99/bm991006.htm > > Have a good day! > > Dawn > > > Dawn Hunziker > Assistive Technology Coordinator > > University of Arizona > Disability Resource Center > > 1224 E. Lowell St. > P.O. Box 210095 > Tucson, AZ 85721 > > (520) 626-9409 > (520) 626-5500 (FAX) > > Web Page: http://drc.arizona.edu > hunziker@email.arizona.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From tlwells at uark.edu Thu May 31 07:41:44 2007 From: tlwells at uark.edu (Teresa L. Wells) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Road Runner Readers - FREE! In-Reply-To: <20070530203602.BF88437E50@smtpgate.email.arizona.edu> References: <20070530203602.BF88437E50@smtpgate.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: Hi, Dawn. Could I get the last two? Thanks! Teresa Haven ----- Original Message ----- From: Dawn Hunziker Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:39 pm Subject: [Athen] Road Runner Readers - FREE! To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network > Hi all, > > We have 5 Road Runner Readers, version 1.3.0 developed by Ostrich > Software (no longer in business). Is anyone interested in having > them? Cost is FREE! They are still in the box and have never > been used..... > > For more information, see > http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm99/bm991006.htm > > Have a good day! > > Dawn > > > Dawn Hunziker > Assistive Technology Coordinator > > University of Arizona > Disability Resource Center > > 1224 E. Lowell St. > P.O. Box 210095 > Tucson, AZ 85721 > > (520) 626-9409 > (520) 626-5500 (FAX) > > Web Page: http://drc.arizona.edu > hunziker@email.arizona.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Thu May 31 07:48:22 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits In-Reply-To: <002f01c7a2e8$38263950$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> References: <002f01c7a2e8$38263950$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <00a501c7a392$bfd1aa10$3f74fe30$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> One minor correction Ron From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:28 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in the Spring of 2002, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Thu May 31 07:48:22 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Leaving OSU, and the field In-Reply-To: <987761BC3F676843B8EAB3E0BEA07C8F0123BA9F@EXE2.ad.okstate.edu> References: <987761BC3F676843B8EAB3E0BEA07C8F0123BA9F@EXE2.ad.okstate.edu> Message-ID: <00aa01c7a392$bfe4bce0$3fae36a0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> Anyone want to start a pool on when Kevin returns to AT? Once it's in your blood it never goes away. J Best of luck and happy trails! Ron From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Sesock, Kevin A Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:27 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Leaving OSU, and the field All: Some of you already know this (okay, so Ron does, I think), but I have accepted a job at IBM in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and will be leaving Oklahoma State University, and Assistive Technology, as a whole. It's been a pleasure working with all of you, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to see you all at the last CSUN ATHEN meeting. Thanks again for your assistance through the years, and of course, your friendships. Kevin A. Sesock, A+, Net+, CNA, MCSA Assistive Technology Specialist Student Disability Services Division of Student Affairs Oklahoma State University http://access.it.okstate.edu "Hail to the speaker, hail to the knower; joy to he who has understood, delight to they who have listened." - Odin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Thu May 31 07:48:22 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participationinATIApresentation In-Reply-To: <005201c7a2fc$d349dcc0$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> References: <002401c7a2e3$8c33a820$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu><7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F26@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> <000d01c7a2fb$6dac2e00$0a01a8c0@laptop> <005201c7a2fc$d349dcc0$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <00c501c7a392$dbef8a50$93ce9ef0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> I am going to submit a couple today. Both probably related to alt format. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:55 PM To: ea@emptech.info; 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participationinATIApresentation E.A., Me and Dan have been sending out ATIA RFP announcements over the past few weeks. Both of us have submitted a couple of proposals for the conference. It's hard to gauge the response so far - we don't receive the submitted proposals. We're waiting anxiously for a report from the ATIA folks. I'm not sure an ATHEN presence is as important a good strand for AT in Higher Ed. Has anyone else submitted an ATIA proposal? As I mentioned earlier, the deadline is Friday. Cheers, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of E.A. Draffan Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:45 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participationinATIApresentation Panic - are we going all out for an ATIA presence as we discussed at CSUN? Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab ECS, University of Southampton http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:11 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation inATIApresentation Doesn't anyone bother to read the organization literature? On the informational and promotional brochure handed out at CSUN there was a picture taken at the founding meeting of the founding membership with the caption --- "The first ATHEN meeting (CSUN 2002)" Thanks to Dan Comden for providing this photo. If anyone wants a copy of th ebrochure -- please let me know. Ye old Membership Coordinator (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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org on behalf of Howard Kramer Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 1:54 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation Hello All: Reminder: the ATIA deadline for proposal submissions is approaching: June 1. Submit your proposals at www.atia.org via either the on-line form or via the Word document they also have available. I'm in the process of writing up the following proposal for the conference: Access in the University Setting - Information Resources and Best Practices Abstract: This session will be a hybrid session - one half- hour discussion of information resources and one half-hour question and answer regarding campus, technology & curriculum access. The question and answer will be addressed by the two co-presenters along with members of ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network) participating off-site through Web conferencing (unless some of you also plan to attend). This group will be available to answer (or at least attempt to answer) any questions a-z about campus & curriculum access. I'm looking for ATHEN members willing to participate via Web conferencing (or other tele-participation). Let me know if you're interested. Finally, when was ATHEN founded? 2003? Ron, anyone. Thanks, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 _______________________________________________ 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 ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Thu May 31 07:48:26 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation In-Reply-To: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F2B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> References: <002401c7a2e3$8c33a820$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F2B@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <00d701c7a392$ea38eb60$beaac220$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> At CSUN in March of 2002. Count me in to participate if you like, I will be there the whole week. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:43 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation Howard --- Thanks for the reminder. I got off my butt today and submitted a proposal for ATIA 2008. Hopefully I will see you in Orlando in January! ========================= 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 Howard Kramer Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 1:54 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date & participation in ATIApresentation Hello All: Reminder: the ATIA deadline for proposal submissions is approaching: June 1. Submit your proposals at www.atia.org via either the on-line form or via the Word document they also have available. I'm in the process of writing up the following proposal for the conference: Access in the University Setting - Information Resources and Best Practices Abstract: This session will be a hybrid session - one half- hour discussion of information resources and one half-hour question and answer regarding campus, technology & curriculum access. The question and answer will be addressed by the two co-presenters along with members of ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network) participating off-site through Web conferencing (unless some of you also plan to attend). This group will be available to answer (or at least attempt to answer) any questions a-z about campus & curriculum access. I'm looking for ATHEN members willing to participate via Web conferencing (or other tele-participation). Let me know if you're interested. Finally, when was ATHEN founded? 2003? Ron, anyone. Thanks, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Thu May 31 07:48:26 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits In-Reply-To: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F2A@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> References: <000c01c7a2ee$c62e55b0$0a01a8c0@laptop> <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F2A@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Message-ID: <00d601c7a392$ea1c3ba0$be54b2e0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> It is also listed in my comments on the ATHEN website. Wow we are five years old, times flies when you are having fun! Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:45 PM To: ea@emptech.info; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits That does it --- I nominate E.A. to be the ATHEN Archivists! ========================= 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 E.A. Draffan Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 3:14 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits I have just found my 2002 CSUN report and there just happens to be a paragraph that says "During the conference several organisations held meetings and one on-line list formed a new group called ATHEN - Assistive Technology Higher Education Network specifically for those working in post-secondary institutions. The President is Ron Stewart who runs the Technology Access Program at Oregon State University (http://tap.orst.edu/). To join the list, send a message to listserv@mail.orst.edu with the following line in the body: sub adtech-ps firstname lastname." "We met at nine. We met at eight. I was on time. No, you were late. Ah yes! I remember it well." (Gigi) Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab ECS, University of Southampton http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:40 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Hi Howard, I believe ATHEN was around before 2003. I have a copy of a membership forma that is dated August of 2002. ATHEN was around before membership forms were used. 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 >>> Howard.Kramer@Colorado.EDU 5/30/2007 1:27 PM >>> Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in 2003, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KCKCC's MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 29/05/2007 13:01 _______________________________________________ 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 hunziker at email.arizona.edu Thu May 31 09:33:51 2007 From: hunziker at email.arizona.edu (Dawn Hunziker) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Road Runner Readers - All gone! Message-ID: <20070531163140.E27B937898@smtpgate.email.arizona.edu> Hi all, The Road Runners have been spoken for -- thanks! Dawn >Hi all, > >We have 5 Road Runner Readers, version 1.3.0 developed by Ostrich >Software (no longer in business). Is anyone interested in having >them? Cost is FREE! They are still in the box and have never been used..... > >For more information, see >http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm99/bm991006.htm > >Have a good day! > >Dawn > > >Dawn Hunziker >Assistive Technology Coordinator > >University of Arizona >Disability Resource Center > >1224 E. Lowell St. >P.O. Box 210095 >Tucson, AZ 85721 > >(520) 626-9409 >(520) 626-5500 (FAX) > >Web Page: http://drc.arizona.edu >hunziker@email.arizona.edu > > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From gdietrich at htctu.net Thu May 31 11:31:29 2007 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question about ATIA presentations In-Reply-To: <00c501c7a392$dbef8a50$93ce9ef0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> References: <002401c7a2e3$8c33a820$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu><7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F26@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> <000d01c7a2fb$6dac2e00$0a01a8c0@laptop><005201c7a2fc$d349dcc0$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> <00c501c7a392$dbef8a50$93ce9ef0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> Message-ID: <004f01c7a3b1$e84121f0$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> What are you submitting, Ron? Or is it a secret? ;-) I am trying to decide if I should submit something, and I am having the hardest time (as I always do!) figuring out what I can talk about in an hour and what this audience will find interesting... ****************************************************** Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 7:48 AM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date& participationinATIApresentation I am going to submit a couple today. Both probably related to alt format. Ron From ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com Thu May 31 11:39:58 2007 From: ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question about ATIA presentations In-Reply-To: <004f01c7a3b1$e84121f0$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> References: <002401c7a2e3$8c33a820$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu><7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F26@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> <000d01c7a2fb$6dac2e00$0a01a8c0@laptop><005201c7a2fc$d349dcc0$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> <00c501c7a392$dbef8a50$93ce9ef0$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> <004f01c7a3b1$e84121f0$9a821299@htctu.fhda.edu> Message-ID: <015c01c7a3b3$1b39ba30$51ad2e90$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> My life is an open book don't you know. An overview of the national initiatives going on in regards to Alt Format and maybe the DE and Disablities gig I do from time to time. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:31 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATIA presentations What are you submitting, Ron? Or is it a secret? ;-) I am trying to decide if I should submit something, and I am having the hardest time (as I always do!) figuring out what I can talk about in an hour and what this audience will find interesting... ****************************************************** Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 7:48 AM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Question about ATHEN founding date& participationinATIApresentation I am going to submit a couple today. Both probably related to alt format. Ron _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU Thu May 31 13:12:46 2007 From: Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits In-Reply-To: <00a501c7a392$bfd1aa10$3f74fe30$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> References: <002f01c7a2e8$38263950$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu> <00a501c7a392$bfd1aa10$3f74fe30$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> Message-ID: <004001c7a3c0$0ed1b060$291b0bc6@ad.colorado.edu> Ron, Dan B., Gaeir, et al, I will correct as indicated and also correct the year of founding of ATHEN. I'm also going to add you three as panelists to the presentation I sent out on ATHEN, information resources & networking. Let me know if that's a problem for any of you. Thanks, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:48 AM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits One minor correction Ron From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:28 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in the Spring of 2002, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djbrky at bu.edu Thu May 31 13:49:10 2007 From: djbrky at bu.edu (Berkowitz, Daniel J) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:28:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits References: <002f01c7a2e8$38263950$ca5f8a80@ad.colorado.edu><00a501c7a392$bfd1aa10$3f74fe30$@stewart@dolphinusa.com> <004001c7a3c0$0ed1b060$291b0bc6@ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <7D1ADD40E83FAB45B7939DF1860C7116031C6F30@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu> Works for me --- I'll let Ron and Gaeir do all the talking and when people want to know how to join I will be available. BTW -- attention all ATHEN members. Many of you have renewed memberships and all should be hearing from me soon regarding your membership status and such. I had meant to get to this during the past two weeks (post-commencement and pre-vacation) but our numbers of students taking summer courses has been staggering! I want my quiet summers back!!! ========================= 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 Howard Kramer Sent: Thu 5/31/2007 4:12 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Ron, Dan B., Gaeir, et al, I will correct as indicated and also correct the year of founding of ATHEN. I'm also going to add you three as panelists to the presentation I sent out on ATHEN, information resources & networking. Let me know if that's a problem for any of you. Thanks, Howard Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672 ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:48 AM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits One minor correction Ron From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:28 PM To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits Ron, et al, Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN: Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources. Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in the Spring of 2002, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause. As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc. Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network. Howard Kramer Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator AT Conference Coordinator Disability Services CU-Boulder, 107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309 303-492-8672