[Athen] JSTOR inaccessibility

James Bailey jbailey at uoregon.edu
Wed Apr 23 07:16:32 PDT 2008



If you can print them, you might try Kes or Wynn's virtual printers. - James

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James Bailey
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:47:23 -0600 (MDT), Howard Kramer <Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU> wrote:

> As I mentioned, the files are locked so you can't run them through OmniPage in electronic format.

>

> -Howard

>

> ---- Original message ----

> >Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:39:21 -0400

> >From: "Michael O'Brien" <obriemic at hvcc.edu>

> >Subject: Re: [Athen] JSTOR inaccessibility

> >To: "'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'" <athen at athenpro.org>

> >

> > If these items need to be scanned, why not get a

> > program such as Open Book, which converts the images

> > to text, directly, rather than printing out the

> > pages and re-scanning and converting them? This, of

> > course, assumes JSTOR isn't doing its part to make

> > its items truly accessible.

> >

> > Mike

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------------------

> >

> > From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org

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

> > Howard Kramer

> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:29 PM

> > To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education

> > Network'

> > Subject: [Athen] JSTOR inaccessibility

> >

> > Hello Folks:

> >

> >

> >

> > Has anyone else run into the problem of JSTOR no

> > longer providing Tiff versions of their articles.

> > You can download the pdf but it seems locked in the

> > sense that it can't be read by JAWS (it's an image

> > pdf), it's not tagged, and you can't run it through

> > OmniPage. All you can do is print a hard copy and

> > then scan it. You can request them to tag the

> > document but they indicate this is a 3 day

> > turnaround. This all seems like a major downgrade

> > from past access.

> >

> >

> >

> > I sent an e-mail off to them (they don't list a

> > phone number). They have a whole page on the

> > accessibility of the new site and it's compliance

> > with ADA & 508 but a 3 day turnaround does not seem

> > ADA/508 compliant.

> >

> >

> >

> > -Howard

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Howard Kramer

> > Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator

> > AT Conference Coordinator

> > Disability Services

> > CU-Boulder, 107 UCB

> > Boulder, Co 80309

> > 303-492-8672

> >

> >

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