[Athen] JSTOR inaccessibility

[Howard Kramer]

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

>

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>James Bailey

>Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon

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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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