[Athen] JSTOR inaccessibility

Howard Kramer Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU
Wed Apr 23 09:12:03 PDT 2008


Thanks James, I'll try that.

-Howard

---- Original message ----

>Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:16:32 -0700

>From: "James Bailey" <jbailey at uoregon.edu>

>Subject: Re: [Athen] JSTOR inaccessibility

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

>

>

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

>

>--

>James Bailey

>Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon

>1299 University of Oregon

>Eugene, OR 97403-1299

>Office: 541-346-1076

>jbailey at uoregon.edu

>

>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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