[Athen] Information on E-Text Production Database?

[Robert Beach]

Heidi,

Is SharePoint accessible for screen readers?  I've been told it isn't, but haven't tried it myself.

Thanks.



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 at kckcc.edu


>>> "Heidi Scher" <hascherdss at gmail.com> 8/15/2008 8:51 AM >>>

We are using the MS SharePoint which is working well for us.  Each worker
"punches in" on a project (book) for a specific task (such as scanning,
ABBYYing, editing, binding and specifies which section of the book).  When
they finish the task or their work day, they punch out.  Thus, we don't have
anyone having to manually calculate time spent on each activity.  The data
is saved in spreadsheets behind the scene and either the lab manager or
myself can dump it into a separate spreadsheet to calculate stats of the
info - by project (book), by specific task, by person, etc.  Since our lab
workers also assist with several other tasks within our department that are
not related to conversion, it's really helped us identify just how much time
they are actually each area of responsibility.


Happy Friday all!


Heidi



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Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC

Associate Director

Center for Educational Access

University of Arkansas

ARKU 104

Fayetteville, AR 72701

479.575.3104

479.575.7445 fax

479.575.3646 tdd

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On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Kelmer, Susan M. <SKelmer at stlcc.edu> wrote:


>  The AMX system will work for that, but it is cumbersome as well, as you

> have to enter all the data.  I think no matter what you come up with, you

> are going to have a cumbersome system.

>

>

>

> I am keeping simple records in an excel database, it seems to work for us.

> My conversion clerks write down how much time they spend on each particular

> aspect (scanning, ocr, text-cleanup) to the nearest 15-minutes.  It gives me

> a pretty good read on how long it takes to convert things, although I don't

> really care as much about the little parts as I do the big picture.  Our

> goal here is a 4-day turnaround, and if we make it within four days I'm

> happy, five days I'm satisfied, any more than that and I'm looking to see

> where we can improve.

>

>

>

> I will be presenting a lot of the information on how we do this here at the

> Accessing Higher Ground conference in Boulder in November.  Hope you can

> make it, it will be a worthwhile lecture.

>

>

>

> *Susan Kelmer*

>

> *Adaptive Technology Specialist/*

>

> *Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms*

>

> *St. Louis Community College - Meramec*

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> *314-984-7951*

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>

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

> Behalf Of *Balen, Tim

> *Sent:* Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:33 PM

> *To:* athen at athenpro.org 

> *Subject:* [Athen] Information on E-Text Production Database?

>

>

>

> Colleagues,

>

>

>

> I'm looking for advice or suggestions on creating a database for tracking

> e-text production.  We are working on one now within our office, but I am

> concerned it is becoming cumbersome and labor intensive.  Essentially we are

> looking to record and store, completed text conversions, conversions in

> progress, time spent per conversion & per editor.  Any information would be

> appreciated on or off the list.

>

>

>

> Thank You!

>

>

>

> Tim Balen

>

>

>

> Washington State University

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> 509-335-7904

>

> www.drc.wsu.edu 

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