From rbeach at kckcc.edu  Wed Oct  1 07:27:09 2008
From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Office 03/07 duo installs
Message-ID: <48E3426D020000CF0001DCDE@mymail.kckcc.edu>

Hello all you happy people,

Can those folks who are running duo (or is that duel <grin>) installations of Office 03 and Office 07 please let me know how it is working for you and how you ran the installs?  I need the information to help support my request for duo installs on some of my systems here.  I'm going to need ammo for an argument, unfortunately.

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@kckcc.edu



From SKelmer at stlcc.edu  Wed Oct  1 07:29:35 2008
From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Office 03/07 duo installs
In-Reply-To: <48E3426D020000CF0001DCDE@mymail.kckcc.edu>
References: <48E3426D020000CF0001DCDE@mymail.kckcc.edu>
Message-ID: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4225D@EVS01.stlcc.local>

We have dual installs in three of our labs.  We have had no problems
with it at all.

What point are you going to have to argue?  I would be happy to help.

Susan Kelmer
Adaptive Technology Specialist/
Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms
St. Louis Community College - Meramec
314-984-7951

> -----Original Message-----
> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org]
On
> Behalf Of Robert Beach
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:27 AM
> To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network;
> altmedia@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu
> Subject: [Athen] Office 03/07 duo installs
> 
> Hello all you happy people,
> 
> Can those folks who are running duo (or is that duel <grin>)
> installations of Office 03 and Office 07 please let me know how it is
> working for you and how you ran the installs?  I need the information
> to help support my request for duo installs on some of my systems
here.
> I'm going to need ammo for an argument, unfortunately.
> 
> 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@kckcc.edu
> 
> 
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From rbeach at kckcc.edu  Wed Oct  1 07:52:12 2008
From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Office 03/07 duo installs
In-Reply-To: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4225D@EVS01.stlcc.local>
References: <48E3426D020000CF0001DCDE@mymail.kckcc.edu>
	<BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4225D@EVS01.stlcc.local>
Message-ID: <48E3484C020000CF0001DCF8@mymail.kckcc.edu>

I've asked for duo installs on the assistive tech computers and the e-text production systems.  The response I first received was, "it can't be done because 07 overwrites 03."  When I replied that I knew institutions were doing duo installs and offered to help, they then changed their tune and agreed it could be done but caused lots of probelms so they don't recommend it.  I think it's simply that they don't currently know how to do this and are afraid it will take too much time on their part.

Thanks for the reply.  I'll add this to my stock pile. <grin>  If you can share any details on how the installs were done to make it run smoothly, I'd appreciate it.

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@kckcc.edu

>>> "Kelmer, Susan M." <SKelmer@stlcc.edu> 10/1/2008 9:29 AM >>>
We have dual installs in three of our labs.  We have had no problems
with it at all.

What point are you going to have to argue?  I would be happy to help.

Susan Kelmer
Adaptive Technology Specialist/
Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms
St. Louis Community College - Meramec
314-984-7951

> -----Original Message-----
> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] 
On
> Behalf Of Robert Beach
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:27 AM
> To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network;
> altmedia@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu 
> Subject: [Athen] Office 03/07 duo installs
> 
> Hello all you happy people,
> 
> Can those folks who are running duo (or is that duel <grin>)
> installations of Office 03 and Office 07 please let me know how it is
> working for you and how you ran the installs?  I need the information
> to help support my request for duo installs on some of my systems
here.
> I'm going to need ammo for an argument, unfortunately.
> 
> 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@kckcc.edu 
> 
> 
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From SKelmer at stlcc.edu  Wed Oct  1 07:56:49 2008
From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Office 03/07 duo installs
In-Reply-To: <48E3484C020000CF0001DCF8@mymail.kckcc.edu>
References: <48E3426D020000CF0001DCDE@mymail.kckcc.edu><BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4225D@EVS01.stlcc.local>
	<48E3484C020000CF0001DCF8@mymail.kckcc.edu>
Message-ID: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4226E@EVS01.stlcc.local>

I think you are probably right, they just don't know how to do it.  We
have no problems with it.  I've asked my tech for the procedures for
install.  It may be that some of our group policies are handling this at
bootup as well (I'll know more once I hear back from the tech).

Susan Kelmer
Adaptive Technology Specialist/
Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms
St. Louis Community College - Meramec
314-984-7951


From SKelmer at stlcc.edu  Wed Oct  1 08:47:31 2008
From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] FW: dual installs of 2003/2007
Message-ID: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4228B@EVS01.stlcc.local>

See my tech's notes below...this is how they did it.  You don't need
Cornerstone to do this, Cornerstone is just a security program we use to
keep students from making permanent changes to machines.

 

Susan Kelmer

Adaptive Technology Specialist/

Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

314-984-7951

 

From: Hotze, Rose M. 
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:45 AM
To: Kelmer, Susan M.
Subject: RE: dual installs of 2003/2007

 

I'm not sure if the following info is what you're looking for, so let me
know if it is not.

We installed Office 2003, and ran its programs. Then we installed Office
2007, and ran its programs. Your lab machines are locked down with
cornerstone, so when they reboot, Office 2007 is always the last to have
run. When you switch back and forth between 2007 and 2003, an installer
runs for a short time (couple seconds) before the program opens. 

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From goodman at eri-wi.org  Wed Oct  1 10:18:50 2008
From: goodman at eri-wi.org (Phillip A. Goodman)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] FW: dual installs of 2003/2007
In-Reply-To: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4228B@EVS01.stlcc.local>
References: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4228B@EVS01.stlcc.local>
Message-ID: <35216771E2794639890516521A3C645B@eriwi.local>

There are a number of web postings (Google) that describe how to disable the
annoying install dialog boxes that come up when switching between Office
2003 and Office 2007 on a dual install machine.

 

Also see this web site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928091

 

 



 

 

Phillip A. Goodman B.S. OTR
Assistive Technology Consultant

Employment <http://www.eri-wi.org/>  Resources, Inc.

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From: Kelmer, Susan M. [mailto:SKelmer@stlcc.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:48 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] FW: dual installs of 2003/2007

 

See my tech's notes below.this is how they did it.  You don't need
Cornerstone to do this, Cornerstone is just a security program we use to
keep students from making permanent changes to machines.

 

Susan Kelmer

Adaptive Technology Specialist/

Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

314-984-7951

 

From: Hotze, Rose M. 
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:45 AM
To: Kelmer, Susan M.
Subject: RE: dual installs of 2003/2007

 

I'm not sure if the following info is what you're looking for, so let me
know if it is not.

We installed Office 2003, and ran its programs. Then we installed Office
2007, and ran its programs. Your lab machines are locked down with
cornerstone, so when they reboot, Office 2007 is always the last to have
run. When you switch back and forth between 2007 and 2003, an installer runs
for a short time (couple seconds) before the program opens. 

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From skeegan at htctu.net  Wed Oct  1 09:49:47 2008
From: skeegan at htctu.net (Sean Keegan)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Office 03/07 duo installs
In-Reply-To: <48E3484C020000CF0001DCF8@mymail.kckcc.edu>
References: <48E3426D020000CF0001DCDE@mymail.kckcc.edu>	<BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4225D@EVS01.stlcc.local>
	<48E3484C020000CF0001DCF8@mymail.kckcc.edu>
Message-ID: <001b01c923e5$b9038b70$2b0aa250$@net>

> When I replied that I knew institutions were doing duo installs and
offered 
> to help, they then changed their tune and agreed it could be done but
caused 
> lots of probelms so they don't recommend it.

While I do know of some institutions that have gotten a dual install of
Office 2007 and 2003 to function on the same machine, it can cause a myriad
of issues.  I have tried several times to run a dual Office install and
finally just gave up as I kept experiencing sudden crashes and compatibility
issues with third-party plug-ins.  Most of the issues seemed to revolve
around MS Word and Outlook.

So - yes, it can be done.  But be prepared to do some maintenance on the
system.  There are some things that will be necessary to ensure that Word
2007 and Word 2003 do not attempt to run the installer every time the
program is started, so just be prepared for some tweaking.

Take care,
Sean





From rbeach at kckcc.edu  Wed Oct  1 09:57:25 2008
From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] FW: dual installs of 2003/2007
In-Reply-To: <35216771E2794639890516521A3C645B@eriwi.local>
References: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4228B@EVS01.stlcc.local>
	<35216771E2794639890516521A3C645B@eriwi.local>
Message-ID: <48E365A5020000CF0001DD7B@mymail.kckcc.edu>

Thanks!  I'll go do some reading.



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

>>> "Phillip A. Goodman" <goodman@eri-wi.org> 10/1/2008 12:18 PM >>>
There are a number of web postings (Google) that describe how to disable the
annoying install dialog boxes that come up when switching between Office
2003 and Office 2007 on a dual install machine.

 

Also see this web site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928091 

 

 



 

 

Phillip A. Goodman B.S. OTR
Assistive Technology Consultant

Employment <http://www.eri-wi.org/>  Resources, Inc.

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From: Kelmer, Susan M. [mailto:SKelmer@stlcc.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:48 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] FW: dual installs of 2003/2007

 

See my tech's notes below.this is how they did it.  You don't need
Cornerstone to do this, Cornerstone is just a security program we use to
keep students from making permanent changes to machines.

 

Susan Kelmer

Adaptive Technology Specialist/

Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

314-984-7951

 

From: Hotze, Rose M. 
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:45 AM
To: Kelmer, Susan M.
Subject: RE: dual installs of 2003/2007

 

I'm not sure if the following info is what you're looking for, so let me
know if it is not.

We installed Office 2003, and ran its programs. Then we installed Office
2007, and ran its programs. Your lab machines are locked down with
cornerstone, so when they reboot, Office 2007 is always the last to have
run. When you switch back and forth between 2007 and 2003, an installer runs
for a short time (couple seconds) before the program opens. 




From SKelmer at stlcc.edu  Wed Oct  1 09:52:21 2008
From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Office 03/07 duo installs
In-Reply-To: <001b01c923e5$b9038b70$2b0aa250$@net>
References: <48E3426D020000CF0001DCDE@mymail.kckcc.edu>	<BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4225D@EVS01.stlcc.local><48E3484C020000CF0001DCF8@mymail.kckcc.edu>
	<001b01c923e5$b9038b70$2b0aa250$@net>
Message-ID: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B422CD@EVS01.stlcc.local>

There is an issue if you're installing WITH MS Outlook.  Since these are
student machines, we aren't installing Outlook, just the rest of the
suite.  The "installer" window that keeps being talked about flashes and
disappears so quickly on our screens that you can't even read the text
before it disappears, so we consider this a complete non-issue.

Susan Kelmer
Adaptive Technology Specialist/
Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms
St. Louis Community College - Meramec
314-984-7951




From hascherdss at gmail.com  Wed Oct  1 14:35:29 2008
From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Accommodation services needed - in Belgium
Message-ID: <6e0d34c90810011435h2078cc6ahb23484d5987ff116@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

We have a student who uses transcription services (TypeWell) and he
will be studying abroad in Belgium for the spring semester (possibly
longer if grant funding comes through).  Is anyone familiar with
similar accommodations that might be available in Belgium?  Assistive
listening devices do not help this student.

Any thoughts, ideas, contacts would be greatly appreciated!!!

Heidi

+++++++
Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
Associate Director
Center for Educational Access
University of Arkansas
479.575.3104 v
479.575.3646 t
479.575.7445 fax
http://cea.uark.edu


From rbeach at kckcc.edu  Thu Oct  2 09:13:43 2008
From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] FW: dual installs of 2003/2007
In-Reply-To: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4228B@EVS01.stlcc.local>
References: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2301B4228B@EVS01.stlcc.local>
Message-ID: <48E4ACE7020000CF0001DF6F@mymail.kckcc.edu>

Great!  Thanks so much.



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

>>> "Kelmer, Susan M." <SKelmer@stlcc.edu> 10/1/2008 10:47 AM >>>
See my tech's notes below...this is how they did it.  You don't need
Cornerstone to do this, Cornerstone is just a security program we use to
keep students from making permanent changes to machines.

 

Susan Kelmer

Adaptive Technology Specialist/

Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

314-984-7951

 

From: Hotze, Rose M. 
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:45 AM
To: Kelmer, Susan M.
Subject: RE: dual installs of 2003/2007

 

I'm not sure if the following info is what you're looking for, so let me
know if it is not.

We installed Office 2003, and ran its programs. Then we installed Office
2007, and ran its programs. Your lab machines are locked down with
cornerstone, so when they reboot, Office 2007 is always the last to have
run. When you switch back and forth between 2007 and 2003, an installer
runs for a short time (couple seconds) before the program opens. 




From dann at digilifemedia.biz  Fri Oct  3 05:13:33 2008
From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] The New and Improved Perkins Brailler
In-Reply-To: <1223037277573.30707781-0224-465b-a925-e4358aefdcce@google.com>
Message-ID: <32955524.2181223036013759.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>


New and imprtoved with less weight, less noise, and less force - it will be with you wherever you go. 
[http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/10/03/a_lighter_touch/]? 


The Boston Globe has a story this morning on the new and improved Perkins Brailler . Anyone who has used one of these stalwarts of access knows they are not the most user friendly for our 21st century ultra portable ideal?of communication. While others have been mucking about with trying to add text to speech to cell phones , or make DAISY players that are unplugged on the go, or even tactile electronic paper , the engineers over at Perkins have been quietly redesigning and improving the most solid, most reliable, and most fundamental access tool of them all.
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From hascherdss at gmail.com  Fri Oct  3 06:17:50 2008
From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] jQuery
Message-ID: <6e0d34c90810030617n1a81f0beoe45ceaa4dbd02690@mail.gmail.com>

Happy Friday all!

Just curious if anyone has any familiarity with web design using
JQuery?  If so, can you give me a quick idea of the accessibility
issues with using JQuery?

Using it came up at our web techs meeting yesterday - first I'd heard
of it, so I'm more than curious now. One person described it as using
JAVA but if JAVA was turned off, the HTML would still be there.

Enlightenment from anyone would be appreciated!

Heidi

+++++++++++++++
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


From bergerei at gse.harvard.edu  Fri Oct  3 06:39:43 2008
From: bergerei at gse.harvard.edu (eileen berger)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] The New and Improved Perkins Brailler
In-Reply-To: <32955524.2181223036013759.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>
References: <32955524.2181223036013759.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.bi z>
Message-ID: <7D0A776170BE1EEE2DEC9ADB@larseng05-2>

HI All,
I have a colleague at Emerson College, Anthony Bashir, who asks if anyone 
has
*a model for designing an ad hoc access technology committee  or *who has 
conducted a survey/study of accessibility and/or
*is willing to share results or their survey questions for this small 
liberal arts college?
Thanks,
Eileen

--On Friday, October 03, 2008 8:13 AM -0400 Dann Berkowitz 
<dann@digilifemedia.biz> wrote:

>
>
> New and imprtoved with less weight, less noise, and less force - it will
> be with you wherever you go.
> [http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/10/03/a_lighter_
> touch/]
>
>
> The Boston Globe has a story this morning on the new and improved Perkins
> Brailler. Anyone who has used one of these stalwarts of access knows they
> are not the most user friendly for our 21st century ultra portable ideal
> of communication. While others have been mucking about with trying to add
> text to speech to cell phones, or make DAISY players that are unplugged
> on the go, or even tactile electronic paper, the engineers over at
> Perkins have been quietly redesigning and improving the most solid, most
> reliable, and most fundamental access tool of them all.



Eileen Connell Berger
Assistant Director
Office of Student Affairs,
Access and Disability Services Administrator
Harvard University
Graduate School of Education
Larsen Hall G05
14 Appian Way,
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
phone: 617 495 5838
fax:   617 496 8024
bergerei@gse.harvard.edu

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From tft at u.washington.edu  Fri Oct  3 09:09:11 2008
From: tft at u.washington.edu (Terrill Thompson)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] jQuery
In-Reply-To: <6e0d34c90810030617n1a81f0beoe45ceaa4dbd02690@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6e0d34c90810030617n1a81f0beoe45ceaa4dbd02690@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <005f01c92572$5ff6d080$1fe47180$@washington.edu>

Hi Heidi, 

JQuery is one of several "Javascript libraries" that developers are using to
add widgets to their sites. With tools like these developers can add complex
interactive features to their web sites just by plugging in code from the
libraries, rather than writing it from scratch themselves. This has
potential to be a good thing for accessibility: If the libraries are
accessible, then anyone who uses them ends up with accessible features on
their website, even developers who wouldn't otherwise have thought much
about accessibility. However, if the libraries are not accessible, the
opposite is true. 

There are folks who are working diligently to ensure accessibility of some
of the most popular libraries, including JQuery. I'm not sure what the
status is of this work, but here are some helpful links: 

JQuery accessibility group: 
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-a11y/

Dojo Toolkit Accessibility:
I think Dojo was the first to include accessibility, and seems from my
perspective to still be leading the pack:
http://dojotoolkit.org/developer/a11yStatement

Yahoo! User Interface
They announced yesterday that "a handful of features" include support for
accessibility: 
http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/10/02/yui-aria/

Terry

Terry Thompson
Technology Accessibility Specialist
DO-IT, Accessible Technology
UW Technology Services
University of Washington
tft@u.washington.edu
206/221-4168 





> -----Original Message-----
> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
> Behalf Of Heidi Scher
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 6:18 AM
> To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
> Subject: [Athen] jQuery
> 
> Happy Friday all!
> 
> Just curious if anyone has any familiarity with web design using
> JQuery?  If so, can you give me a quick idea of the accessibility
> issues with using JQuery?
> 
> Using it came up at our web techs meeting yesterday - first I'd heard
> of it, so I'm more than curious now. One person described it as using
> JAVA but if JAVA was turned off, the HTML would still be there.
> 
> Enlightenment from anyone would be appreciated!
> 
> Heidi
> 
> +++++++++++++++
> 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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From hascherdss at gmail.com  Fri Oct  3 10:49:37 2008
From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] jQuery
In-Reply-To: <005f01c92572$5ff6d080$1fe47180$@washington.edu>
References: <6e0d34c90810030617n1a81f0beoe45ceaa4dbd02690@mail.gmail.com>
	<005f01c92572$5ff6d080$1fe47180$@washington.edu>
Message-ID: <6e0d34c90810031049p460cf1a5y27c4d9f0f2a6f011@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the information!  I'll pass the info along to the group.

Have a great weekend, one and all!

Heidi

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Terrill Thompson <tft@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> Hi Heidi,
>
> JQuery is one of several "Javascript libraries" that developers are using to
> add widgets to their sites. With tools like these developers can add complex
> interactive features to their web sites just by plugging in code from the
> libraries, rather than writing it from scratch themselves. This has
> potential to be a good thing for accessibility: If the libraries are
> accessible, then anyone who uses them ends up with accessible features on
> their website, even developers who wouldn't otherwise have thought much
> about accessibility. However, if the libraries are not accessible, the
> opposite is true.
>
> There are folks who are working diligently to ensure accessibility of some
> of the most popular libraries, including JQuery. I'm not sure what the
> status is of this work, but here are some helpful links:
>
> JQuery accessibility group:
> http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-a11y/
>
> Dojo Toolkit Accessibility:
> I think Dojo was the first to include accessibility, and seems from my
> perspective to still be leading the pack:
> http://dojotoolkit.org/developer/a11yStatement
>
> Yahoo! User Interface
> They announced yesterday that "a handful of features" include support for
> accessibility:
> http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/10/02/yui-aria/
>
> Terry
>
> Terry Thompson
> Technology Accessibility Specialist
> DO-IT, Accessible Technology
> UW Technology Services
> University of Washington
> tft@u.washington.edu
> 206/221-4168
>
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
>> Behalf Of Heidi Scher
>> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 6:18 AM
>> To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
>> Subject: [Athen] jQuery
>>
>> Happy Friday all!
>>
>> Just curious if anyone has any familiarity with web design using
>> JQuery?  If so, can you give me a quick idea of the accessibility
>> issues with using JQuery?
>>
>> Using it came up at our web techs meeting yesterday - first I'd heard
>> of it, so I'm more than curious now. One person described it as using
>> JAVA but if JAVA was turned off, the HTML would still be there.
>>
>> Enlightenment from anyone would be appreciated!
>>
>> Heidi
>>
>> +++++++++++++++
>> 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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Athen mailing list
>> Athen@athenpro.org
>> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From scottk44 at gmail.com  Fri Oct  3 16:22:28 2008
From: scottk44 at gmail.com (Scott Kupferman)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Accessible Computer Competency Assessment
Message-ID: <95e86fdd0810031622h4ba690cer70cbf717b907993@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

I've just finished the development/deployment of a general computer
competency assessment that is accessible to students with disabilities.
Thus, prior to diving into my assistive technology training modules, I now
have an understanding of the student's general computer competency level.

Has anyone come across any other accessible assessments that obtain this
type of general computer competency information?  I would love to compare
mine with what's already out there.

Thanks,
Scott


Scott Kupferman
Assistive Technology Specialist & Lab Coordinator
California State University - Sonoma
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From helen_ostrander at wvm.edu  Sat Oct  4 14:01:22 2008
From: helen_ostrander at wvm.edu (Helen Ostrander)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Distance Education Requirements
In-Reply-To: <95e86fdd0810031622h4ba690cer70cbf717b907993@mail.gmail.com
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References: <95e86fdd0810031622h4ba690cer70cbf717b907993@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <200810042057.m94Kvrgx013433@wvldap.wvmccd.cc.ca.us>

Hi All,

With the new Higher Education Act just being signed, I was wondering 
if any of you have discussed the following:

"..to have processes through which the institution establishes that 
the student who registers in a distance education course or program 
is the same student who participates in and completes the program and 
receives the academic credit."    Does anyone have a policy statement 
or guideline for student authentification?

Thanks,
Helen

Helen Ostrander
Coordinator/Instructor
Disability Instructional Support Center (DISC)
Mission College
3000 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA  95054-1897
408.855.5274
408.855.5449 FAX
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From Vasquez at sbcc.edu  Sun Oct  5 13:26:28 2008
From: Vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Distance Education Requirements
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	> <200810042057.m94Kvrgx013433@wvldap.wvmccd.cc.ca.us>
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Helen,

A WCET webinar was given on Oct. 1.
Below are notes from one of the participants.  This will be an ongoing discussion for everyone and will require full participation and feedback.
Stay tuned,
Laurie Vasquez
**************************
On October 1, WCET presented a Webinar on the new "student authentication" requirements for distance learning courses mandated by the Federal Higher Education Opportunity Act, just signed by the President.

This has implications for every College offering distance courses as well as ACCJC/WASC.

The Webinar has been archived, and WCET has kindly given permission for free access to the education community. The link follows, after which are my notes from the Webinar.
* * *

The WCET webcast, "What's around the corner? Clarifying Student Authentication in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008," aired live on Wed. Oct, 1, 2008 using Ellumiante Live!

We thank you all for your participation and patience in making this webcast a great success.  In the best interest of the distance education community, WCET has decided to allow unrestricted access to the archive of this webcast.  The information is important, timely and relevant to all of higher education so we will not limit its access to WCET members only.

The link to access this webcast archive is:
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2008-10-01.1008.M.31ED1FF6F672C98DC29674A39C3EDB.vcr 

The link will open the Elluminate Live! site and download the archive. Please be patient, I can take several minutes to load before it will play.

* * *
Clarifying Student Authentication in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (Webinar) 1 Oct

Attendees include Barbara Beno; LeBaron Woodyard; Chico State; 67 participants at 11:08.
Fred Lokken (Chair, Instructional Technology Council)

 *   concerned about double standard for online courses
 *   privacy rights for students at remote locations
 *   clarifying language that accompanies the bill: focus is on authenticating the student, no need to place an undue burden of cost on students
 *   4 million students taking distance ed courses
 *   a lot of ignorance about DE in Washington, DC
 *   committee staff was reacting to particular concerns, but it's too late now
 *   have to be careful not to create "two classes" of students (online and f2f) in the process
 *   NSF report on DE is required by HEOA
 *   he was surprised to learn that some schools don't require any log in to their online courses (thus no authentication whatsoever)
Kay Gilcher, Senior Policy Analyst, Dept. of Ed.

 *   public Law 110-315; changes affect DE in Titles I & IV
 *   Title I - general provisions, section 103 - new def. of DE
 *   basic definition of DE: "the definition of distance education is in the HEOA, Title I. Basically, it is the use of one or more technologies to deliver instruction to students who are separated from the instructor and to support regular and substantive interaction between the students and the instructor, either synchronously or asynchronously."
 *   includes "the use of one or more technologies to deliver instruction to students who are separated from the instructor and to support regular and substantive interaction between students & the instructor, either synchronously or asynchronously" [the point is to prevent online correspondence courses, but we need to get more info: does the law forbid online correspondence courses?? No; but investigate]
 *   Restructuring of NACIQI (agency for ensuring quality instruction)
 *   requires annual reports on Distance education demonstration programs, but this Demo program is now defunct though authorized
 *   Title IV, Part H - recognition of accrediting agencies
 *   those agencies including DE in scope "must demonstrate that its standards effectively address the quality of education offered in these modalities" (though not required to have separate standards, procedures, or policies-new!)
 *   concerns about rapid growth of DE - accrediting agencies required to monitor growth of programs at schools experiencing significant growth; review of any addition of DE or correspondence if enrollment of school offering DE or correspondence increases by 50% or more in an institutional fiscal year
 *   requirement placed on accred. agencies that schools can establish that the student who registers is the same student who participates in and completes the work and gets the academic credit. Now in effect
 *   negotiated rulemaking provision with public hearings and so on so rules effective July 1, 2010.
 *   rulemaking involves setting up committees and several negotiating sessions; publication of final rule Nov. 1, 2009; effective date July 1, 2010.
 *   Dept. of Ed. may send "dear colleague" letter to accred agencies with interim rules
 *   in the meantime: congress does not intend that schools have to adopt technological mechanisms right away to verify identity, but passcodes required; technological solutions may come later (it's clear that a passcode doesn't address who's actually taking the course)
 *   Title XI studies - no money for study on comparison of quality DE vs. campus-based learning (but final report, if funded, due June 30, 2010)
 *   www.ed.gov/HEOA<http://www.ed.gov/HEOA>
 *   typically enrollment growth is in terms of head count rather than credit hour production, but negotiated rulemaking may change that
 *   under the current definition, a Web-enhanced course using Bb would not be considered distance ed. and thus not included in measurement guidelines (doesn't resolve the issue of hybrids)

Note from Barbara Beno in chat: ACCJC has told institutions that by 2010, what ever the new regulations require will be implemented. We've told them we'll start working with them to train and prepare them in self study, and we'll be training teams. In addition, the Regional Accreditors are going to work together to develop a common approach, and will be involved in neg reg.
Lori McNabb, www.uttc.org<http://www.uttc.org/>, academic integrity in online education

 *   reference to Feb. WCET briefing paper
 *   what is dishonesty? Plagiarism, self-plagiarism (same assignment for two or more courses when forbidden), unpermitted collaboration, unauthorized help; cheating (incl. getting copy of test from others; using outside materials when not allowed, etc.-incl. when a student has someone else complete coursework-this is what is addressed by the law)
 *   creating culture of integrity
    *   capella university online writing center
    *   university of maryland - VAIL (Virtual Academic Integrity Lab) - for faculty and students
    *   MERLOT and other materials for anti-plagiarism - set up Bb shell
    *   utah valley state - spoof of Letterman - video of person on street with questions about cheating
 *   course design ideas
    *   utah valley state - cheatability rubric
    *   links within LMS to campus policies
    *   submittable form student fills out with email and name - kept in campus database
    *   Questionmark Secure
    *   javascript Code within Bb keeps student from being able to copy (bit of code added to instructions within quiz)
    *   SafeAssign
    *   creation of ethical community
 *   identity verification technologies:
    *   password requirements
    *   traditional proctoring
    *   Acxiom uses biographical data which creates challenge exams for individual
    *   Software Secure Secureexam remote proctor
    *   Kryterion Webassessor (gathers biometric data)
 *   attributes of a typical cheater: males, undergrads, younger, unmarried, students with low gpa's; business students (declining a bit); engineering students; increasing: explicit test cheating, collaborative cheating, cheating by women
 *   lmcnabb@utsystem.edu<mailto:lmcnabb@utsystem.edu>
 *   in grade school many students are constantly encouraged to work together; in college now they're told that they can't collaborate-a cultural issue!
 *   cost of technologies - acxiom factcheck (finished beta testing, 6 or 7 schools using this semester); secure exam: commercially available; kryterion has been available for a while. All being represented at WCET conference.
 *   use of these technologies fairly low so far; acxiom around $10 per student per test (but new pricing models available); remote proctor: (troy u.) $150 purchased through bookstore. Acxiom is working with Bb with some clients in queue. Kryterion can be integrated with Bb, too (maybe).
Kay Gilcher (in Q&A period)

 *   hard to say what will have to change; schools work with accred. agencies
 *   at the least - secure login; looking at course integrity & design (also need to educate lawmakers about what is being done now)
Lori McNabb

 *   do some research - are DE students cheating more than f2f students? (has access to standardized study results)
My question-how likely will it be that accred. orgs will mandate expensive tech. solutions?

 *   Fred - what data or just perception of different behavior online? Could result in real expense for students
 *   Rhonda Epper - we've bought some time, with secure logins and course design, but schools should be looking at some of these tech. solutions
 *   Kay Gilcher - surprised at suspicion of DE at federal level; but the range of schools is very broad and some of the things that do go on aren't so good for the integrity of DE (DE for some is a big money-maker!) - so that's where a lot of the law comes from

Q-collecting biometrics on students - privacy? will come up during negotiated rulemaking

CSUC asks if the tech. products mentioned are section 508 compliant.
Q-Portland Comm. College (John Smead??)

 *   Lori - if we focus on authenticating tests then online will be only about testing (since it's relatively easy for tests to be proctored)
Q-Penn State - notarization possible?

 *   Lori - haven't heard about this

Q-LeBaron - tech. element for CCC's would be expensive-Title 5 regs surrounding fees-would have to be approved by legislature & gov. for new fees to be instituted. A fee for assessment would likely be prohibited by California Title 5.
Rhonda Epper

 *   suggests flex programs for considering enhancing academic integrity
 *   working with IT on technical authentication
 *   a WCET e-topic
 *   molly mcgill wcet staff mmcgill@wcet.info<mailto:mmcgill@wcet.info>

















>>> Helen Ostrander <helen_ostrander@wvm.edu> 10/4/2008 2:01 PM >>>
Hi All,

With the new Higher Education Act just being signed, I was wondering 
if any of you have discussed the following:

"..to have processes through which the institution establishes that 
the student who registers in a distance education course or program 
is the same student who participates in and completes the program and 
receives the academic credit."    Does anyone have a policy statement 
or guideline for student authentification?

Thanks,
Helen

Helen Ostrander
Coordinator/Instructor
Disability Instructional Support Center (DISC)
Mission College
3000 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA  95054-1897
408.855.5274
408.855.5449 FAX
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From skeegan at htctu.net  Sun Oct  5 14:22:21 2008
From: skeegan at htctu.net (skeegan@htctu.net)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Fwd: New Web Accessibility Position at the Univ
	of	Michigan--Inline Description
Message-ID: <20081005172221.gunisyhrlwgooo84@sheridan.swishmail.com>

Job posting at the University of Michigan for those interested in Web  
accessibility.  Please see below for more information.

Take care,
Sean

***********
The University of Michigan seeks a candidate for the position of Campus
Web Accessibility and Adaptive Technology Coordinator reporting to the
Office of Institutional Equity.

The Web Accessibility Coordinator will work closely with campus
administrators who concentrate on other accessibility issues to help
identify and eliminate barriers to an open educational and working
environment; their combined efforts will help move the University
toward a position of leadership in all areas of accessibility. This
Coordinator will:

? support and advocate for the use and development of accessible
interface technologies for people with disabilities;
? provide leadership and professional technical expertise to ensure that
University content is accessible on line and elsewhere to students,
faculty, staff and community members with disabilities;
? establish partnerships and ongoing communication with a wide variety
of campus groups including centralized administrative groups and
relatively autonomous groups within the University;
? help define, develop, and communicate web accessibility best practices
for the U-M environment;
?make recommendations for continued institutional program expansion and
development;
?and provide administrative support and direction to the campus units
involved in web development.
?develop a systematic training program for faculty, staff, and students
in web accessibility practices and opportunities;
?promote and communicate activities and related programs;
?coordinate with others in all areas of accessibility.

Required Qualifications

Candidates should have an understanding of web communications and
adaptive technologies; compliance standards for web accessibility;
evaluations tools; experience in policy development and administration;
and strong project management skills.

Specific qualifications include:
? A Bachelors degree, advanced degree preferred

? 3+ years of professional experience in project management and
cross-disciplinary programs and policy development.

?Ability to create budgets and budget forecasts.

? Ability to work collaboratively across the University and with other
groups to develop proposals surrounding issues of accessibility.

? Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, and verbal
communication skills.


Preferred Qualifications

Experience in accessibility issues for persons with disabilities highly
preferred.
Past teaching and/or training experience preferred.
Experience in development of online instructional material preferred.
Technical writing experience preferred.Please pass this information on
to others who may also be interested.  To apply, you need to do so
electronically at   http://www.umich.edu/~jobs/

If an applicant experiences any problems with using the website with
accessibility software, please have them contact Carole Dubritsky
directly at the number provided below.

Carole F. Dubritsky
Assistant Director and ADA Coordinator
University of Michigan
Office of Institutional Equity
1009 Greene St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1432
(V) 734-763-0235
(TTY) 734- 647-1388
(Fax) 734-936-8894

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description:

The University of Michigan seeks a candidate for the position of Campus
Web Accessibility and Adaptive Technology Coordinator reporting to the
Office of Institutional Equity.

The Web Accessibility Coordinator will work closely with campus
administrators who concentrate on other accessibility issues to help
identify and eliminate barriers to an open educational and working
environment; their combined efforts will help move the University
toward a position of leadership in all areas of accessibility. This
Coordinator will:

? support and advocate for the use and development of accessible
interface technologies for people with disabilities;
? provide leadership and professional technical expertise to ensure that
University content is accessible on line and elsewhere to students,
faculty, staff and community members with disabilities;
? establish partnerships and ongoing communication with a wide variety
of campus groups including centralized administrative groups and
relatively autonomous groups within the University;
? help define, develop, and communicate web accessibility best practices
for the U-M environment;
?make recommendations for continued institutional program expansion and
development;
?and provide administrative support and direction to the campus units
involved in web development.
?develop a systematic training program for faculty, staff, and students
in web accessibility practices and opportunities;
?promote and communicate activities and related programs;
?coordinate with others in all areas of accessibility.

Required Qualifications

Candidates should have an understanding of web communications and
adaptive technologies; compliance standards for web accessibility;
evaluations tools; experience in policy development and administration;
and strong project management skills.

Specific qualifications include:
? A Bachelors degree, advanced degree preferred

? 3+ years of professional experience in project management and
cross-disciplinary programs and policy development.

?Ability to create budgets and budget forecasts.

? Ability to work collaboratively across the University and with other
groups to develop proposals surrounding issues of accessibility.

? Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, and verbal
communication skills.


Preferred Qualifications

Experience in accessibility issues for persons with disabilities highly
preferred.
Past teaching and/or training experience preferred.
Experience in development of online instructional material preferred.
Technical writing experience preferred.Please pass this information on 
to others who may also be interested.  To apply, you need to do so 
electronically at   http://www.umich.edu/~jobs/

If an applicant experiences any problems with using the website with 
accessibility software, please have them contact Carole Dubritsky 
directly at the number provided below.

Carole F. Dubritsky
Assistant Director and ADA Coordinator
University of Michigan
Office of Institutional Equity
1009 Greene St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1432
(V) 734-763-0235
(TTY) 734- 647-1388
(Fax) 734-936-8894


Mike

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From cd2236 at columbia.edu  Mon Oct  6 13:05:05 2008
From: cd2236 at columbia.edu (Christopher Doucet)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Assistive Technology Coordinator Position at Columbia
	University
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Hello All,

Columbia University is looking to hire an Assistive Technology
Coordinator.  If you are interested, the URL for the posting is:

http://jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=113083   

Best,
Chris
___________________________________
Christopher Doucet
Assistive Technology Specialist
Office of Disability Services
Health Services at Columbia
Alfred Lerner Hall, 7th Floor
2920 Broadway, MC 2605
New York, NY 10027
 
Tel: (212) 854-2388
Fax: (212) 854-3448
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From tft at u.washington.edu  Tue Oct  7 04:40:22 2008
From: tft at u.washington.edu (Terrill Thompson)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] jQuery
References: <6e0d34c90810030617n1a81f0beoe45ceaa4dbd02690@mail.gmail.com> 
Message-ID: <000701c92871$7e330c60$7a992520$@washington.edu>

Heidi and others, 

I'm currently at the HighEdWeb conference, where this issue (accessibility
of Javascript frameworks) has come up repeatedly in multiple sessions. I'm
excited to see such a strong interest in accessibility among the higher ed
web developers here. Given the interest in this topic, I've expanded on my
early reply in a blog post at http://terrillthompson.com

Terry
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terrill Thompson [mailto:tft@u.washington.edu]
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 9:09 AM
> To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
> Subject: RE: [Athen] jQuery
> 
> Hi Heidi,
> 
> JQuery is one of several "Javascript libraries" that developers are
> using to add widgets to their sites. With tools like these developers
> can add complex interactive features to their web sites just by
> plugging in code from the libraries, rather than writing it from
> scratch themselves. This has potential to be a good thing for
> accessibility: If the libraries are accessible, then anyone who uses
> them ends up with accessible features on their website, even developers
> who wouldn't otherwise have thought much about accessibility. However,
> if the libraries are not accessible, the opposite is true.
> 
> There are folks who are working diligently to ensure accessibility of
> some of the most popular libraries, including JQuery. I'm not sure what
> the status is of this work, but here are some helpful links:
> 
> JQuery accessibility group:
> http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-a11y/
> 
> Dojo Toolkit Accessibility:
> I think Dojo was the first to include accessibility, and seems from my
> perspective to still be leading the pack:
> http://dojotoolkit.org/developer/a11yStatement
> 
> Yahoo! User Interface
> They announced yesterday that "a handful of features" include support
> for accessibility:
> http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/10/02/yui-aria/
> 
> Terry
> 
> Terry Thompson
> Technology Accessibility Specialist
> DO-IT, Accessible Technology
> UW Technology Services
> University of Washington
> tft@u.washington.edu
> 206/221-4168
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org]
> On
> > Behalf Of Heidi Scher
> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 6:18 AM
> > To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
> > Subject: [Athen] jQuery
> >
> > Happy Friday all!
> >
> > Just curious if anyone has any familiarity with web design using
> > JQuery?  If so, can you give me a quick idea of the accessibility
> > issues with using JQuery?
> >
> > Using it came up at our web techs meeting yesterday - first I'd heard
> > of it, so I'm more than curious now. One person described it as using
> > JAVA but if JAVA was turned off, the HTML would still be there.
> >
> > Enlightenment from anyone would be appreciated!
> >
> > Heidi
> >
> > +++++++++++++++
> > 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
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Athen mailing list
> > Athen@athenpro.org
> > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org



From dann at digilifemedia.biz  Wed Oct  8 13:07:19 2008
From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Fwd: staffing changes at the HTCTU
In-Reply-To: <LYRIS-8565-1166503-2008.10.08-09.46.14--dann#digilifemedia.biz@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu>
Message-ID: <32071061.291223496439477.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>

Sean is buying the first round in Colorado.

--------------------
Daniel Berkowitz
Digilife Media, LLC
1 Bryant Avenue
Bradford, MA 01835-7424

phone:  978-914-4601
e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz
web: www.digilifemedia.biz

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Carl Brown" <carlbrown@htctu.net>
To: "Alternate Media" <altmedia@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 12:46:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: staffing changes at the HTCTU

Dear Colleagues:

After being with the High Tech Center Training Unit for almost 7 years, 
Sean Keegan will be resigning effective November 21, 2008 to take a 
position as Assistant Director of Assistive Technology at Stanford 
University. Those of us here at the High Tech Center Training Unit, and 
I am sure each of you at colleges and universities around the state and 
country, wish Sean all the best in his new position.

We will miss his professional expertise as well as the patience and 
thoroughness with which he served as the Web accessibility specialist 
for the California community colleges. During his last weeks here at the 
High Tech Center, Sean will be involved with helping to develop a 
collaborative project with @One designed to produce a web-based training 
resource which will help faculty and staff understand the process of 
creating fully accessible online resources.

At some point in the near future we will be having Sean's official going 
away party. At this point, it looks like a potluck get-together at my 
home here in Cupertino. If you live in the South Bay and would like to 
attend the potluck,I will give you more information as it becomes available.

I have already begun working with the human resources department at the 
Foothill/DeAnza Community college District to fill the soon to be vacant 
position. I will post the job announcement as soon as it becomes 
available. In the interim, if you know of anyone who you think might be 
qualified for this challenging and dynamic position, please let them 
know about its coming availability.

Once again, our congratulations and fond farewells to Sean.

-- 
Carl Brown, Director
High Tech Center Training Unit
21050 McClellan Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 996-6047
www.htctu.net

The HTCTU provides leadership, training, and support to the California community colleges in using technology to promote the success of students with disabilities.





From jfoliot at stanford.edu  Wed Oct  8 13:36:15 2008
From: jfoliot at stanford.edu (John Foliot)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Captioning Web Videos - and some feedback from you all
	please
Message-ID: <010e01c92985$823e9b20$86bbd160$@edu>

Hello All!

Apologies if you get this multiple times, as I am sending it out to a
number of web accessibility lists.

Creating captioned web media is something that is not easy to do right now
- this we already know.  Getting captioned iTunes media is even harder,
although it is possible, as the following link(s) will illustrate:

  http://acomp.stanford.edu/atl/atr/podcast/atr13.mov
  http://acomp.stanford.edu/atl/atr/podcast/atr12.mov

(these are both also available via the iTunes store: 
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=272900846
) 

The exciting thing is however, that it can be done, although it remains a
bit of a manual challenge to produce these files - a simple "turn-key"
solution really doesn't exist right now (but there *is* work being done in
this area).

Along with the challenge of the technical part of this process however is
some other, less technical aspects, and the purpose of this note:  In the
first referenced video above (atr13.mov) the video stream features some
rap lyrics in foreign languages.  For the purpose of the
caption/transcription, my associate Kim simply noted "Japanese Rap",
"German Rap", etc.  Given that she's already adding to her work flow by
ensuring her podcasts are now captioned, I congratulated her on a job well
done and started telling everyone about the files above.

But the question of multi-lingual content within a caption file remains
one that I am unsure of, exactly.  Is this as much a "policy" kind of
question as it is one of technical discussion:

1) should we provide the foreign transcript in the caption file? (this
raises questions of i11n as well, especially with the Japanese rap and
foreign character sets)

2) should we provide, instead, a translation of the rap? (even if it is
somewhat out of context; plus then we are providing information that
non-caption choice users are not getting, so is this right?)

3) is Kim's choice of simply noting "Japanese Rap" or "German Rap"
sufficient?

4) What kind of support do the various media players have for i11n
switching on the fly? (If in fact this is what needs to happen, or will
all the foreign text/character sets simply follow through from the initial
transcript/caption file? - I am thinking of alternative output as well -
Braille for example).  Can we (should we) be thinking about the lang
attribute here (DFXP can accept it) - and if yes, how, and will, Adaptive
Technology be able to take advantage of it? 

5) are there any other aspects of multi-language multi-media that I've
overlooked that we should be thinking about?

Now I suppose that these questions are also ones posed within the
caption/transcription community already (TV and Movie for example), but I
have not found any definitive information about this so far (in my limited
Google quest), and the delivery via the web of multi-media has its own
unique abilities and constraints that other forms of media delivery may or
may not share.

So... thoughts? Comments? Ideas?  

Realizing that you might not subscribe to all of the lists I'm sending
this out to, I will recap the discussions on Friday, Oct. 10th.

Thanks in advance for your participation

JF 




From blrichwine at gmail.com  Wed Oct  8 14:06:01 2008
From: blrichwine at gmail.com (Brian Richwine)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Captioning Web Videos - and some feedback from you all
	please
In-Reply-To: <010e01c92985$823e9b20$86bbd160$@edu>
References: <010e01c92985$823e9b20$86bbd160$@edu>
Message-ID: <62a0ac600810081406i743c7411he21651535b5432e5@mail.gmail.com>

To handle all the international character sets, the proper character
encoding must be supported. The QTtext format used by QuickTime supports
various formats of the Unicode character encoding standards which allows for
most every languages characters to be encoded. QuickTime will make font
substitutions as needed to display the requested characters as many fonts
don't cover the entirety of characters. From what I've read, the trick comes
in generating the QTtext with the proper character encoding in the first
place.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 4:36 PM, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> wrote:

> Hello All!
>
> Apologies if you get this multiple times, as I am sending it out to a
> number of web accessibility lists.
>
> Creating captioned web media is something that is not easy to do right now
> - this we already know.  Getting captioned iTunes media is even harder,
> although it is possible, as the following link(s) will illustrate:
>
>  http://acomp.stanford.edu/atl/atr/podcast/atr13.mov
>  http://acomp.stanford.edu/atl/atr/podcast/atr12.mov
>
> (these are both also available via the iTunes store:
> http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=272900846
> )
>
> The exciting thing is however, that it can be done, although it remains a
> bit of a manual challenge to produce these files - a simple "turn-key"
> solution really doesn't exist right now (but there *is* work being done in
> this area).
>
> Along with the challenge of the technical part of this process however is
> some other, less technical aspects, and the purpose of this note:  In the
> first referenced video above (atr13.mov) the video stream features some
> rap lyrics in foreign languages.  For the purpose of the
> caption/transcription, my associate Kim simply noted "Japanese Rap",
> "German Rap", etc.  Given that she's already adding to her work flow by
> ensuring her podcasts are now captioned, I congratulated her on a job well
> done and started telling everyone about the files above.
>
> But the question of multi-lingual content within a caption file remains
> one that I am unsure of, exactly.  Is this as much a "policy" kind of
> question as it is one of technical discussion:
>
> 1) should we provide the foreign transcript in the caption file? (this
> raises questions of i11n as well, especially with the Japanese rap and
> foreign character sets)
>
> 2) should we provide, instead, a translation of the rap? (even if it is
> somewhat out of context; plus then we are providing information that
> non-caption choice users are not getting, so is this right?)
>
> 3) is Kim's choice of simply noting "Japanese Rap" or "German Rap"
> sufficient?
>
> 4) What kind of support do the various media players have for i11n
> switching on the fly? (If in fact this is what needs to happen, or will
> all the foreign text/character sets simply follow through from the initial
> transcript/caption file? - I am thinking of alternative output as well -
> Braille for example).  Can we (should we) be thinking about the lang
> attribute here (DFXP can accept it) - and if yes, how, and will, Adaptive
> Technology be able to take advantage of it?
>
> 5) are there any other aspects of multi-language multi-media that I've
> overlooked that we should be thinking about?
>
> Now I suppose that these questions are also ones posed within the
> caption/transcription community already (TV and Movie for example), but I
> have not found any definitive information about this so far (in my limited
> Google quest), and the delivery via the web of multi-media has its own
> unique abilities and constraints that other forms of media delivery may or
> may not share.
>
> So... thoughts? Comments? Ideas?
>
> Realizing that you might not subscribe to all of the lists I'm sending
> this out to, I will recap the discussions on Friday, Oct. 10th.
>
> Thanks in advance for your participation
>
> JF
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Athen mailing list
> Athen@athenpro.org
> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org
>
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From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Fwd: staffing changes at the HTCTU
In-Reply-To: <32071061.291223496439477.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>
References: <32071061.291223496439477.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>
Message-ID: <48ED29A7.7060003@mcmail.maricopa.edu>

Hear Hear!

Congratulations Sean!!

Wink


Dann Berkowitz wrote:
> Sean is buying the first round in Colorado.
>
> --------------------
> Daniel Berkowitz
> Digilife Media, LLC
> 1 Bryant Avenue
> Bradford, MA 01835-7424
>
> phone:  978-914-4601
> e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz
> web: www.digilifemedia.biz
>
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: "Carl Brown" <carlbrown@htctu.net>
> To: "Alternate Media" <altmedia@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 12:46:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: staffing changes at the HTCTU
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> After being with the High Tech Center Training Unit for almost 7 years, 
> Sean Keegan will be resigning effective November 21, 2008 to take a 
> position as Assistant Director of Assistive Technology at Stanford 
> University. Those of us here at the High Tech Center Training Unit, and 
> I am sure each of you at colleges and universities around the state and 
> country, wish Sean all the best in his new position.
>
> We will miss his professional expertise as well as the patience and 
> thoroughness with which he served as the Web accessibility specialist 
> for the California community colleges. During his last weeks here at the 
> High Tech Center, Sean will be involved with helping to develop a 
> collaborative project with @One designed to produce a web-based training 
> resource which will help faculty and staff understand the process of 
> creating fully accessible online resources.
>
> At some point in the near future we will be having Sean's official going 
> away party. At this point, it looks like a potluck get-together at my 
> home here in Cupertino. If you live in the South Bay and would like to 
> attend the potluck,I will give you more information as it becomes available.
>
> I have already begun working with the human resources department at the 
> Foothill/DeAnza Community college District to fill the soon to be vacant 
> position. I will post the job announcement as soon as it becomes 
> available. In the interim, if you know of anyone who you think might be 
> qualified for this challenging and dynamic position, please let them 
> know about its coming availability.
>
> Once again, our congratulations and fond farewells to Sean.
>
>   
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From kerri.hicks at gmail.com  Wed Oct  8 15:26:56 2008
From: kerri.hicks at gmail.com (Kerri Hicks)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Captioning Web Videos - and some feedback from you all
	please
In-Reply-To: <62a0ac600810081406i743c7411he21651535b5432e5@mail.gmail.com>
References: <010e01c92985$823e9b20$86bbd160$@edu>
	<62a0ac600810081406i743c7411he21651535b5432e5@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9879d07c0810081526x59abf395t2a82fcef34246b2@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Brian Richwine <blrichwine@gmail.com> wrote:
> To handle all the international character sets, the proper character
> encoding must be supported. The QTtext format used by QuickTime supports
> various formats of the Unicode character encoding standards which allows for
> most every languages characters to be encoded. QuickTime will make font
> substitutions as needed to display the requested characters as many fonts
> don't cover the entirety of characters. From what I've read, the trick comes
> in generating the QTtext with the proper character encoding in the first
> place.

I captioned a bunch of videos today. The videos are in Flash (not my
choice,  but fine), so I used the techniques here:

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/captions_flash_video/

You can see the result here:

http://www.uri.edu/news/video/

Perhaps not the best solution, but It was terrifically easy to do.
(And Flash will encourage you to embed character set information if
necessary.)

--Kerri


From lornas at csufresno.edu  Wed Oct  8 16:15:48 2008
From: lornas at csufresno.edu (Lorna Saiz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Fwd: staffing changes at the HTCTU
In-Reply-To: <48ED29A7.7060003@mcmail.maricopa.edu>
References: <32071061.291223496439477.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>
	<48ED29A7.7060003@mcmail.maricopa.edu>
Message-ID: <f3dc95007581.7581f3dc9500@cvip.net>

Wow, Congratulations! You deserve it Sean.!!

Lorna Saiz 
Accessible Technology Coordinator 
Services for Students with Disabilities 
California State University, Fresno 
University Center Room 5 M/S ML125 
Ph: 559.278.2811 - Fax: 559.278.4214 
lornas@csufresno.edu 
http://www.csufresno.edu/ssd 





----- Original Message ----- 
From: Wink Harner <wink.harner@mcmail.maricopa.edu> 
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 2:52 pm 
Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: staffing changes at the HTCTU 
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network <athen@athenpro.org> 

> Hear Hear! 
> 
> Congratulations Sean!! 
> 
> Wink 
> 
> 
> Dann Berkowitz wrote: 
> > Sean is buying the first round in Colorado. 
> > 
> > -------------------- 
> > Daniel Berkowitz 
> > Digilife Media, LLC 
> > 1 Bryant Avenue 
> > Bradford, MA 01835-7424 
> > 
> > phone: 978-914-4601 
> > e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz 
> > web: www.digilifemedia.biz 
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded Message ----- 
> > From: "Carl Brown" <carlbrown@htctu.net> 
> > To: "Alternate Media" <altmedia@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu> 
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 12:46:04 PM GMT -05:00 
> US/Canada Eastern 
> > Subject: staffing changes at the HTCTU 
> > 
> > Dear Colleagues: 
> > 
> > After being with the High Tech Center Training Unit for almost 7 
> years, 
> > Sean Keegan will be resigning effective November 21, 2008 to 
> take a 
> > position as Assistant Director of Assistive Technology at 
> Stanford 
> > University. Those of us here at the High Tech Center Training 
> Unit, and 
> > I am sure each of you at colleges and universities around the 
> state and 
> > country, wish Sean all the best in his new position. 
> > 
> > We will miss his professional expertise as well as the patience 
> and 
> > thoroughness with which he served as the Web accessibility 
> specialist 
> > for the California community colleges. During his last weeks 
> here at the 
> > High Tech Center, Sean will be involved with helping to develop 
> a 
> > collaborative project with @One designed to produce a web-based 
> training 
> > resource which will help faculty and staff understand the 
> process of 
> > creating fully accessible online resources. 
> > 
> > At some point in the near future we will be having Sean's 
> official going 
> > away party. At this point, it looks like a potluck get-together 
> at my 
> > home here in Cupertino. If you live in the South Bay and would 
> like to 
> > attend the potluck,I will give you more information as it 
> becomes available. 
> > 
> > I have already begun working with the human resources department 
> at the 
> > Foothill/DeAnza Community college District to fill the soon to 
> be vacant 
> > position. I will post the job announcement as soon as it becomes 
> > available. In the interim, if you know of anyone who you think 
> might be 
> > qualified for this challenging and dynamic position, please let 
> them 
> > know about its coming availability. 
> > 
> > Once again, our congratulations and fond farewells to Sean. 
> > 
> > 
> 
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From burke at ucla.edu  Wed Oct  8 16:52:18 2008
From: burke at ucla.edu (Patrick Burke)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Fwd: staffing changes at the HTCTU
In-Reply-To: <32071061.291223496439477.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedi a.biz>
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	<32071061.291223496439477.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>
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>Congratulations Sean!

... Although as A Bruin I am more than a little alarmed by Stanford's 
stockpiling of a11y knowledge! :)

Patrick



--
Patrick J. Burke

Coordinator
UCLA Disabilities &
Computing Program

Phone: 310 206-6004
E-mail: burke <at> ucla. edu



From ron at ahead.org  Thu Oct  9 12:43:51 2008
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] MS Word Benchmarking
Message-ID: <017b01c92a47$5d1f3260$175d9720$@org>

Some might find this interesting, more ammo on why to stick to Word 2003 if
you can.

Benchmarking Microsoft Word 95 through Word 2007
http://www.oooninja.com/2008/07/benchmarking-microsoft-word-95-2007.html


Ron 

********************************************************************* 
Ron Stewart MS
Technology Advisor 
Association on Higher Education and Disabilities
Chair AHEAD E-Text Solutions Group 

97 Harris Rd
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
Mobile: 609 213-2190
Office: 609 799-7552
Fax: 609 799-7552

ron@ahead.org 
http://www.ahead.org <http://www.ahead.org/>  

Remember you are making a difference in someone's life and you never know
how your time and efforts will be passed forward.  That is something to look
forward to in the morning!


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From coroberti at gmail.com  Thu Oct  9 14:48:00 2008
From: coroberti at gmail.com (Robert Iakobashvili)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] MS Word Benchmarking
In-Reply-To: <017b01c92a47$5d1f3260$175d9720$@org>
References: <017b01c92a47$5d1f3260$175d9720$@org>
Message-ID: <7e63f56c0810091448u7dbc9763y560d30782ac8f2fb@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Ron,


On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Ron Stewart <ron@ahead.org> wrote:

>  Some might find this interesting, more ammo on why to stick to Word 2003
> if you can.
>
> *****Benchmarking Microsoft Word 95 through Word 2007*
>
> *http://www.oooninja.com/2008/07/benchmarking-microsoft-word-95-2007.html*<http://www.oooninja.com/2008/07/benchmarking-microsoft-word-95-2007.html>
>
> *********************************************************************
> Ron Stewart MS
>
Thanks, very interesting link.

If LD students are properly guided and instructed, there are reasons
to move to contextual spelling editors like Word-2007 and Ghotit with Word
plugins coming
very soon.

A previous porting may be of reference:
http://athenpro.org/pipermail/athen_athenpro.org/2008-August/002791.html
and benchmarks are here:
http://athenpro.org/pipermail/athen_athenpro.org/attachments/20080821/78f5f447/attachment-0001.doc


Truly,
Robert Iakobashvili, Ph.D.
www.ghotit.com
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From ron at ahead.org  Thu Oct  9 20:41:34 2008
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] [ATHEN] MS Word Benchmarking
In-Reply-To: <7e63f56c0810091448u7dbc9763y560d30782ac8f2fb@mail.gmail.com>
References: <017b01c92a47$5d1f3260$175d9720$@org>
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Message-ID: <01e101c92a8a$1a7776a0$4f6663e0$@org>

I agree there are some good features in Word 2007 and some great add ons as
well.  I am working on a lot of alt format conversion and I will tell you
that due to the performance issues with Word 2007 I am going to stick with
Word 2003 as long as I can.

 

Ron Stewart

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Iakobashvili
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:48 PM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Cc: Ofer Chermesh
Subject: Re: [Athen] MS Word Benchmarking

 

Hi Ron,


 

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Ron Stewart <ron@ahead.org> wrote:

Some might find this interesting, more ammo on why to stick to Word 2003 if
you can.

Benchmarking Microsoft Word 95 through Word 2007

 <http://www.oooninja.com/2008/07/benchmarking-microsoft-word-95-2007.html>
http://www.oooninja.com/2008/07/benchmarking-microsoft-word-95-2007.html

*********************************************************************
Ron Stewart MS

Thanks, very interesting link.

 

If LD students are properly guided and instructed, there are reasons 

to move to contextual spelling editors like Word-2007 and Ghotit with Word
plugins coming

very soon.

 

A previous porting may be of reference:

http://athenpro.org/pipermail/athen_athenpro.org/2008-August/002791.html

and benchmarks are here:

http://athenpro.org/pipermail/athen_athenpro.org/attachments/20080821/78f5f4
47/attachment-0001.doc 

 

 

Truly,

Robert Iakobashvili, Ph.D.

www.ghotit.com <http://www.ghotit.com/> 

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From coroberti at gmail.com  Thu Oct  9 22:59:46 2008
From: coroberti at gmail.com (Robert Iakobashvili)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] [ATHEN] MS Word Benchmarking
In-Reply-To: <01e101c92a8a$1a7776a0$4f6663e0$@org>
References: <017b01c92a47$5d1f3260$175d9720$@org>
	<7e63f56c0810091448u7dbc9763y560d30782ac8f2fb@mail.gmail.com>
	<01e101c92a8a$1a7776a0$4f6663e0$@org>
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Dear Ron,

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Ron Stewart <ron@ahead.org> wrote:

>  I agree there are some good features in Word 2007 and some great add ons
> as well.  I am working on a lot of alt format conversion and I will tell you
> that due to the performance issues with Word 2007 I am going to stick with
> Word 2003 as long as I can.
>
>
>
> Ron Stewart
>
>

Indeed, there are some performance issues with Word-2007.

Office-2007 requires at least 1 GB of RAM memory, and modern
dual or quad-core CPUs. More issues are coming with compartability with some
old printers.


Truly,
Robert Iakobashvili, Ph.D.
......................................................................
www.ghotit.com
Assistive technology that understands you
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From rmhaven at stanford.edu  Fri Oct 10 12:39:46 2008
From: rmhaven at stanford.edu (Shelley Haven)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:11 2018
Subject: [Athen] Fwd: staffing changes at the HTCTU
In-Reply-To: <200810082352.m98NqMlY021567@mail.ucla.edu>
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Well, we strive to be the best. ;-)

- Shelley Haven



At 4:52 PM -0700 10/8/08, Patrick Burke wrote:
>>Congratulations Sean!
>
>... Although as A Bruin I am more than a little alarmed by 
>Stanford's stockpiling of a11y knowledge! :)
>
>Patrick
>
>
>
>--
>Patrick J. Burke
>
>Coordinator
>UCLA Disabilities &
>Computing Program
>
>Phone: 310 206-6004
>E-mail: burke <at> ucla. edu
>
>
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From Michael.Nusen at ppcc.edu  Sat Oct 11 00:11:05 2008
From: Michael.Nusen at ppcc.edu (Nusen, Michael)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] Exempt Position Announcement: Alternate Format/Assistive
	Technology Specialist @ Pikes Peak Community College,
	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Message-ID: <CA17C86C79317A4FBC2F8A73653914DC04266837@ppcccapp21.ppcc.ccofc.edu>

The full job description can be found at
https://employment.ppcc.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=show_job&job_id=821

 

Interested candidates must apply on-line at http://employment.ppcc.edu
<http://employment.ppcc.edu/> . All application materials must be
received by 4:00 p.m. on the position's closing date (10-24-08) to be
considered.

 

Inquiries regarding this position announcement should be directed to
Patricia Padeway at 719.502.2296 or patricia.padeway@ppcc.edu. 

 

Alternate Format & Assistive Technology Specialist
Full Time
VPSS - Vice President for Student Services - Office of Accommodative
Services and Instructional Support 

The purpose of the position of Alternate Format and Assistive Technology
Specialist is to provide students with disabilities academic Alternate
Format materials (e.g. Braille, electronic, print formats, etc.) and to
train students on how to access these materials via the use of hardware
and software technology.   

Minimum Qualifications: 

*	Associate's degree in information technology (computer science,
computer information systems or rehabilitation technology) or a Human
Services field 
*	2 years of work experience using computer application software
(other than standard desktop applications) 
*	1 year of work experience as part of a team work environment   

Application Process: Please submit a cover letter, resume, transcripts
(unofficial), and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three
recent job-related references who can address your expertise and
background for this position. The cover letter must specifically address
each of the qualifications listed under Minimum Qualifications and
Preferred Qualifications in the exact same order in which they are
listed in this announcement. 

Salary is $2,985.00 per month.  All application materials must be
received by Friday, October 24, 2008 to be considered. 

Thank you,  

Michael Nusen
Coordinator, OASIS/CAC
(Office of Accommodative Services and Instructional Support/Computer
Access Center)
Pikes Peak Community College

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From norm.coombs at gmail.com  Sat Oct 11 15:46:50 2008
From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] Webinar: Making Accessible Froms With Word
Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20081011154405.02335600@pop.gmail.com>

Making Accessible Forms in MS Word
Thursday October 16 at 2 PM Eastern
Presenters: Dan Clark from Freedom Scientific and Norm Coombs from EASI

Did you ever use Word to send someone a form to fill out and return with 
the requested information filled in?  I did, and I confess I left blank 
spaces instead of using genuine form fields.
Imagine making a genuine form with edit boxes where the people filled in 
the requested information? Imagine even being able to use radio buttons to 
check? How about even having a drop down combo box with choices they are to 
select? and imagine making it so it would be fully accessible to people 
using adaptive technologies?
Don't imagine it any more! This Webinar will demonstrate just how you can 
do that. This is a much more professional way to collect information, and 
this Webinar will show that it isn't really very difficult.

You need to register in advance.  This will guarantee you a seat in the 
Webinar room and it will also mean that you will received a link to the 
recording 2-3 days after the presentation.  Register from the link on the 
EASI Webinar page:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

Note the other public and fee-based Webinars while you are there.

Also, in November the month-long EASI online course is about accessible 
e-learning and how faculty can create accessible course content
http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm

Norm Coombs




From johumber at iupui.edu  Mon Oct 13 06:26:23 2008
From: johumber at iupui.edu (Humbert, Joseph A)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] ATHEN iTunes Accessibility Survey
Message-ID: <F661AE7AC3540B45A06F503F96F3B276106B7C7507@iu-mssg-mbx09.ads.iu.edu>

Hi All!

Thank you to all of those who filled out our survey we had 30+ responses.  I will post the results to the ATHEN listserv (athen@athenpro.org<mailto:athen@athenpro.org>) and the ATHEN website<http://www.athenpro.org/> after I present them at Accessing Higher Ground<http://www.colorado.edu/Atconference/>.  Let us hope more initiatives like this get results from companies.

Thank You

ATHEN iTunes U Accessibility Working Group.

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From norm.coombs at gmail.com  Mon Oct 13 20:00:01 2008
From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] simple question
Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20081013195824.0227a0a8@pop.gmail.com>

I have 2 directories in which many of the items are identical.  I'd like to 
print off a hard copy of the listing of each directory on 2 sheets of hard 
copy paper and then match them side by side.

How can I print a hard copy of the list of file names in a directory?
Norm



  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com
CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information
phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone)
****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm




From kerscher at montana.com  Mon Oct 13 20:37:16 2008
From: kerscher at montana.com (George Kerscher)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] simple question
In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20081013195824.0227a0a8@pop.gmail.com>
References: <6.0.3.0.2.20081013195824.0227a0a8@pop.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000601c92dae$2c851b50$858f51f0$@com>

Norm,

1. Open a command prompt in the folder you want to print out.
2. type: dir/b >filename
The /b means bare, without date size etc, just the file name. The >(greater
sign) is a direct to a file, which will get created.

3.  Do this in the other folder and you can compare the two files.

Hope that works.

>From the old DOS days, grin!

Best
George


	

> -----Original Message-----
> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
> Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 9:00 PM
> To: athen-athenpro.org
> Subject: [Athen] simple question
> 
> I have 2 directories in which many of the items are identical.  I'd
> like to
> print off a hard copy of the listing of each directory on 2 sheets of
> hard
> copy paper and then match them side by side.
> 
> How can I print a hard copy of the list of file names in a directory?
> Norm
> 
> 
> 
>   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> 
> Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com
> CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information
> phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone)
> ****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
> http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From akirkpat at adobe.com  Mon Oct 13 10:01:55 2008
From: akirkpat at adobe.com (Andrew Kirkpatrick)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] Captioning Web Videos - and some feedback from you all
	please
In-Reply-To: <010e01c92985$823e9b20$86bbd160$@edu>
References: <010e01c92985$823e9b20$86bbd160$@edu>
Message-ID: <5076E68FCD2E91428C2479984A81E1147B0DAC66A9@NAMBX01.corp.adobe.com>

John,
I'll respond to these...

The exciting thing is however, that it can be done, although it remains a
bit of a manual challenge to produce these files - a simple "turn-key"
solution really doesn't exist right now (but there *is* work being done in
this area).

AWK: there's a variety of solutions, some that are manual do-it-yourself captioning tools (e.g. MAGpie, Captionate, HiCaption), some are professional solutions (e.g. "please caption this for me...here's some money"), and others are semi-automated

1) should we provide the foreign transcript in the caption file? (this
raises questions of i11n as well, especially with the Japanese rap and
foreign character sets)

Check out songs 1 and 4 in this example (set the captions to Spanish for #4 to see multiple languages):
http://stream.qtv.apple.com/channels/wgbh/sprites/090500/mb_main_sprite.mov

2) should we provide, instead, a translation of the rap? (even if it is
somewhat out of context; plus then we are providing information that
non-caption choice users are not getting, so is this right?)

Song 1 from the link above does include "chanting in the ---- language" rather than a direct translation.  I suppose that it depends on the significance of the content.

3) is Kim's choice of simply noting "Japanese Rap" or "German Rap"
sufficient?

4) What kind of support do the various media players have for i11n
switching on the fly? (If in fact this is what needs to happen, or will
all the foreign text/character sets simply follow through from the initial
transcript/caption file? - I am thinking of alternative output as well -
Braille for example).  Can we (should we) be thinking about the lang
attribute here (DFXP can accept it) - and if yes, how, and will, Adaptive
Technology be able to take advantage of it?

Here's a Flash example: http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/accessiblevideo/  This includes three languages of captions, Japanese, Spanish, English, taking advantage of Unicode support in the player.

Right now there isn't any AT support for the lang attribute in DFXP.

AWK


From dann at digilifemedia.biz  Wed Oct 15 05:09:34 2008
From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
In-Reply-To: <16632913.2941224072226362.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>
Message-ID: <32886905.2961224072574645.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>



It's a good thing ATHEN holds its annual meeting after the national elections -- because I believe Ron has a real shot at the White House. 

Don't believe me ... check out this news feature: 

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu 



My apologies to our visually impaired members but this was too good to pass up. 



-------------------- 
Daniel Berkowitz 
Digilife Media, LLC 
1 Bryant Avenue 
Bradford, MA 01835-7424 

phone: ?978-914-4601 
e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz 
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From pratikp1 at gmail.com  Wed Oct 15 05:57:10 2008
From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
In-Reply-To: <32886905.2961224072574645.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>
References: <16632913.2941224072226362.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>
	<32886905.2961224072574645.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>
Message-ID: <449EFEFB4AE0421E9E784D1FA0E32D31@LenovoX61>

Hey dan,
 
How 'bout describin' it for those visually impaired friends?
 
P
 

  _____  

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:10 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President



It's a good thing ATHEN holds its annual meeting after the national
elections -- because I believe Ron has a real shot at the White House. 


Don't believe me ... check out this news feature: 


http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832
<http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu>
&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu 



My apologies to our visually impaired members but this was too good to pass
up. 




--------------------
Daniel Berkowitz
Digilife Media, LLC
1 Bryant Avenue
Bradford, MA 01835-7424

phone:  978-914-4601
e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz
web: www.digilifemedia.biz


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From SKelmer at stlcc.edu  Wed Oct 15 05:59:16 2008
From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
In-Reply-To: <449EFEFB4AE0421E9E784D1FA0E32D31@LenovoX61>
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It's a news story (local to somewhere, I wasn't paying attention) and
they showed the guy's billboard.  "Ron Stewart for President 2008" the
billboard said.

 

Susan Kelmer

Adaptive Technology Specialist/

Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

314-984-7951

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Pratik Patel
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:57 AM
To: 'Dann Berkowitz'; 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

 

Hey dan,

 

How 'bout describin' it for those visually impaired friends?

 

P

 

 

________________________________

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:10 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

It's a good thing ATHEN holds its annual meeting after the national
elections -- because I believe Ron has a real shot at the White House. 

Don't believe me ... check out this news feature: 

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu 

My apologies to our visually impaired members but this was too good to
pass up. 



--------------------
Daniel Berkowitz
Digilife Media, LLC
1 Bryant Avenue
Bradford, MA 01835-7424

phone:  978-914-4601
e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz
web: www.digilifemedia.biz

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From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
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Message-ID: <30778111.3181224075253287.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>



Good Morning Pratik, 



It is one of those silly Internet videos where you type in the name of someone and it appears in the video on billboards, newspaper headlines, etc. This one has some of the most seamless integration I have ever seen ... especially at the end where the older woman shows you her hag-tag with the candidates name. 


----- "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com> wrote: 
| From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com> 
| To: "Dann Berkowitz" <dann@digilifemedia.biz>, "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org> 
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:57:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
| Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President 
| 
| 
| Hey dan, 
| ? 
| How 'bout describin' it for those visually impaired friends? 
| ? 
| P 
| ? 
| 
| 
From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz 
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:10 AM 
| To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network 
| Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President 
| 
| 

| 

It's a good thing ATHEN holds its annual meeting after the national elections -- because I believe Ron has a real shot at the White House. 

Don't believe me ... check out this news feature: 

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu 



My apologies to our visually impaired members but this was too good to pass up. 


| -------------------- 
| Daniel Berkowitz 
| Digilife Media, LLC 
| 1 Bryant Avenue 
| Bradford, MA 01835-7424 
| phone: ?978-914-4601 
| e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz 
| web: www.digilifemedia.biz 
|
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From dann at digilifemedia.biz  Wed Oct 15 06:43:21 2008
From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
In-Reply-To: <411E418D973A4427B54C78C26329CAB2@LenovoX61>
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Message-ID: <1980568340-1224078195-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1159034003-@bxe283.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

I am holding out for a Cabinet post. 
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:22:05 
To: 'Dann Berkowitz'<dann@digilifemedia.biz>
Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President


Interesting concept! Hmm, I wonder why Dan B's name didn't appear on there
either?
 
Pratik
 

  _____  

From: Dann Berkowitz [mailto:dann@digilifemedia.biz] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:54 AM
To: Pratik Patel
Cc: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President



Good Morning Pratik,

 

It is one of those silly Internet videos where you type in the name of
someone and it appears in the video on billboards, newspaper headlines, etc.
This one has some of the most seamless integration I have ever seen ...
especially at the end where the older woman shows you her hag-tag with the
candidates name. 


----- "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com> wrote: 
| From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
| To: "Dann Berkowitz" <dann@digilifemedia.biz>, "Access Technologists in
Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org>
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:57:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
| Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
|
| 

| Hey dan,
|  
| How 'bout describin' it for those visually impaired friends?
|  
| P
|  

| 
| 
  _____  

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:10 AM
| To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
| Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
| 
| 
| 

It's a good thing ATHEN holds its annual meeting after the national
elections -- because I believe Ron has a real shot at the White House. 


Don't believe me ... check out this news feature: 


http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832
<http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu>
&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu 



My apologies to our visually impaired members but this was too good to pass
up. 



| --------------------
| Daniel Berkowitz
| Digilife Media, LLC
| 1 Bryant Avenue
| Bradford, MA 01835-7424
| phone:  978-914-4601
| e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz
| web: www.digilifemedia.biz
| 


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From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
In-Reply-To: <1980568340-1224078195-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1159034003-@bxe283.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
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Message-ID: <9edf8160810150655p4932eedia7cad092728ab32d@mail.gmail.com>

Dann, I thought you were out of the Cabinet?

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Dann Berkowitz <dann@digilifemedia.biz>wrote:

> I am holding out for a Cabinet post.
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> ------------------------------
> *From*: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
> *Date*: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:22:05 -0400
> *To*: 'Dann Berkowitz'<dann@digilifemedia.biz>
> *Subject*: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
> Interesting concept! Hmm, I wonder why Dan B's name didn't appear on there
> either?
>
> Pratik
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Dann Berkowitz [mailto:dann@digilifemedia.biz]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:54 AM
> *To:* Pratik Patel
> *Cc:* Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
>
> Good Morning Pratik,
>
>
>
> It is one of those silly Internet videos where you type in the name of
> someone and it appears in the video on billboards, newspaper headlines, etc.
> This one has some of the most seamless integration I have ever seen ...
> especially at the end where the older woman shows you her hag-tag with the
> candidates name.
>
>
> ----- "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com> wrote:
> | From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
> | To: "Dann Berkowitz" <dann@digilifemedia.biz>, "Access Technologists in
> Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org>
> | Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:57:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> | Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
> |
> |
> | Hey dan,
> |
> | How 'bout describin' it for those visually impaired friends?
> |
> | P
> |
>
> | |
> ------------------------------
> *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Dann Berkowitz
> | *Sent:* Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:10 AM
> | *To:* Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
> | *Subject:* [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
> |
> |
> |
>
> It's a good thing ATHEN holds its annual meeting after the national
> elections -- because I believe Ron has a real shot at the White House.
>
> Don't believe me ... check out this news feature:
>
> http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu
>
> My apologies to our visually impaired members but this was too good to pass
> up.
>
>
> | --------------------
> | Daniel Berkowitz
> | Digilife Media, LLC
> | 1 Bryant Avenue
> | Bradford, MA 01835-7424
> | phone:  978-914-4601
> | e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz
> | web: www.digilifemedia.biz
> |
>
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From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
In-Reply-To: <9edf8160810150655p4932eedia7cad092728ab32d@mail.gmail.com>
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What a good laugh today! Thanks for the inspiration. 

Wink

Ms. Wink Harner
Manager
Disability Resources & Services
Mesa Community College
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480-461-7447




From ea at emptech.info  Wed Oct 15 13:28:57 2008
From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
In-Reply-To: <1980568340-1224078195-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1159034003-@bxe283.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
References: <20620710.3161224075178579.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>	<30778111.3181224075253287.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz><411E418D973A4427B54C78C26329CAB2@LenovoX61>
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Dan - have you  checked that you are using the right technology for a Cabinet post?  ? Over here cabinet ministers may want a Blackberry but guess what ... ?"In the years since then, the House has gone on to invest a good deal of time and money supporting Microsoft-based handheld devices,"  <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7232789.stm> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7232789.stm 

Best wishes E.A. 

 

Mrs E.A. Draffan

Learning Societies Lab,

ECS, University of Southampton,

Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246

http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk

http://www.emptech.info

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
Sent: 15 October 2008 14:43
To: Pratik Patel
Cc: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

 

I am holding out for a Cabinet post. 

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

  _____  

From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:22:05 -0400
To: 'Dann Berkowitz'<dann@digilifemedia.biz>
Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

Interesting concept! Hmm, I wonder why Dan B's name didn't appear on there either?

 

Pratik

 

 

  _____  

From: Dann Berkowitz [mailto:dann@digilifemedia.biz] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:54 AM
To: Pratik Patel
Cc: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

Good Morning Pratik,

 

It is one of those silly Internet videos where you type in the name of someone and it appears in the video on billboards, newspaper headlines, etc. This one has some of the most seamless integration I have ever seen ... especially at the end where the older woman shows you her hag-tag with the candidates name. 


----- "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com> wrote: 
| From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
| To: "Dann Berkowitz" <dann@digilifemedia.biz>, "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org>
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:57:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
| Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
|
| 

| Hey dan,

|  

| How 'bout describin' it for those visually impaired friends?

|  

| P

|  


| 

| 

  _____  

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:10 AM
| To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
| Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
| 
| 

| 

It's a good thing ATHEN holds its annual meeting after the national elections -- because I believe Ron has a real shot at the White House. 

Don't believe me ... check out this news feature: 

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832 <http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu> &altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu 

My apologies to our visually impaired members but this was too good to pass up. 


| --------------------
| Daniel Berkowitz
| Digilife Media, LLC
| 1 Bryant Avenue
| Bradford, MA 01835-7424
| phone:  978-914-4601
| e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz
| web: www.digilifemedia.biz
| 

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From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
In-Reply-To: <000c01c92f04$acf45c40$06dd14c0$@info>
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Those wacky Brits - they use Microsoft AND they show us how to bail out our banks. Charming!
.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: "E.A. Draffan" <ea@emptech.info>

Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:28:57 
To: <dann@digilifemedia.biz>; 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'<athen@athenpro.org>; 'Pratik Patel'<pratikp1@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President


Dan - have you  checked that you are using the right technology for a Cabinet post?  ? Over here cabinet ministers may want a Blackberry but guess what ... ?"In the years since then, the House has gone on to invest a good deal of time and money supporting Microsoft-based handheld devices,"  <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7232789.stm> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7232789.stm 

Best wishes E.A. 

 

Mrs E.A. Draffan

Learning Societies Lab,

ECS, University of Southampton,

Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246

http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk

http://www.emptech.info

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
Sent: 15 October 2008 14:43
To: Pratik Patel
Cc: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

 

I am holding out for a Cabinet post. 

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

_____  

From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:22:05 -0400
To: 'Dann Berkowitz'<dann@digilifemedia.biz>
Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

Interesting concept! Hmm, I wonder why Dan B's name didn't appear on there either?

 

Pratik

 

 

_____  

From: Dann Berkowitz [mailto:dann@digilifemedia.biz] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:54 AM
To: Pratik Patel
Cc: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

Good Morning Pratik,

 

It is one of those silly Internet videos where you type in the name of someone and it appears in the video on billboards, newspaper headlines, etc. This one has some of the most seamless integration I have ever seen ... especially at the end where the older woman shows you her hag-tag with the candidates name. 


----- "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com> wrote: 
| From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
| To: "Dann Berkowitz" <dann@digilifemedia.biz>, "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org>
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:57:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
| Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
|
| 

| Hey dan,

|  

| How 'bout describin' it for those visually impaired friends?

|  

| P

|  


| 

| 

_____  

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:10 AM
| To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
| Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
| 
| 

| 

It's a good thing ATHEN holds its annual meeting after the national elections -- because I believe Ron has a real shot at the White House. 

Don't believe me ... check out this news feature: 

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832 <http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu> &altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu 

My apologies to our visually impaired members but this was too good to pass up. 


| --------------------
| Daniel Berkowitz
| Digilife Media, LLC
| 1 Bryant Avenue
| Bradford, MA 01835-7424
| phone:  978-914-4601
| e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz
| web: www.digilifemedia.biz
| 

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From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
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Ah well we are listening to all your debates so we must be friends!! :>)  On that note I am just so sad not to be coming to the Boulder meeting ? please accept my apologies ? I am afraid work has just piled up and costs started to sore on the flight prices again.  But I hope I can come over next year :>)) 

 

Best wishes E.A. 

 

Mrs E.A. Draffan

Learning Societies Lab,

ECS, University of Southampton,

Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246

http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk

http://www.emptech.info

 

From: Dann Berkowitz [mailto:dann@digilifemedia.biz] 
Sent: 15 October 2008 23:28
To: ea@emptech.info; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

 

Those wacky Brits - they use Microsoft AND they show us how to bail out our banks. Charming!
.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

  _____  

From: "E.A. Draffan" <ea@emptech.info>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:28:57 +0100
To: <dann@digilifemedia.biz>; 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'<athen@athenpro.org>; 'Pratik Patel'<pratikp1@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

Dan - have you  checked that you are using the right technology for a Cabinet post?  ? Over here cabinet ministers may want a Blackberry but guess what ... ?"In the years since then, the House has gone on to invest a good deal of time and money supporting Microsoft-based handheld devices,"  <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7232789.stm> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7232789.stm 

Best wishes E.A. 

 

Mrs E.A. Draffan

Learning Societies Lab,

ECS, University of Southampton,

Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246

http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk

http://www.emptech.info

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
Sent: 15 October 2008 14:43
To: Pratik Patel
Cc: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

 

I am holding out for a Cabinet post. 

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

  _____  

From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:22:05 -0400
To: 'Dann Berkowitz'<dann@digilifemedia.biz>
Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

Interesting concept! Hmm, I wonder why Dan B's name didn't appear on there either?

 

Pratik

 

 

  _____  

From: Dann Berkowitz [mailto:dann@digilifemedia.biz] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:54 AM
To: Pratik Patel
Cc: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

Good Morning Pratik,

 

It is one of those silly Internet videos where you type in the name of someone and it appears in the video on billboards, newspaper headlines, etc. This one has some of the most seamless integration I have ever seen ... especially at the end where the older woman shows you her hag-tag with the candidates name. 


----- "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com> wrote: 
| From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
| To: "Dann Berkowitz" <dann@digilifemedia.biz>, "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org>
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:57:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
| Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
|
| 

| Hey dan,

|  

| How 'bout describin' it for those visually impaired friends?

|  

| P

|  


| 

| 

  _____  

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:10 AM
| To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
| Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
| 
| 

| 

It's a good thing ATHEN holds its annual meeting after the national elections -- because I believe Ron has a real shot at the White House. 

Don't believe me ... check out this news feature: 

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832 <http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu> &altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu 

My apologies to our visually impaired members but this was too good to pass up. 


| --------------------
| Daniel Berkowitz
| Digilife Media, LLC
| 1 Bryant Avenue
| Bradford, MA 01835-7424
| phone:  978-914-4601
| e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz
| web: www.digilifemedia.biz
| 

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From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
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Hello all,
 
Looks like I wil not be able to join all of you in Boulder either--perosnal
and medical issues getting in the way. I hope everyone has an excellent
time.
 
Regards,
 
P
 
  _____  

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of E.A. Draffan
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:18 AM
To: dann@digilifemedia.biz; 'Access Technologists in Higher Education
Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President



Ah well we are listening to all your debates so we must be friends!! :>)  On
that note I am just so sad not to be coming to the Boulder meeting - please
accept my apologies - I am afraid work has just piled up and costs started
to sore on the flight prices again.  But I hope I can come over next year
:>)) 

 

Best wishes E.A. 

 

Mrs E.A. Draffan

Learning Societies Lab,

ECS, University of Southampton,

Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246

http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk

http://www.emptech.info

 

From: Dann Berkowitz [mailto:dann@digilifemedia.biz] 
Sent: 15 October 2008 23:28
To: ea@emptech.info; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

 

Those wacky Brits - they use Microsoft AND they show us how to bail out our
banks. Charming!
.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

  _____  

From: "E.A. Draffan" <ea@emptech.info>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:28:57 +0100
To: <dann@digilifemedia.biz>; 'Access Technologists in Higher Education
Network'<athen@athenpro.org>; 'Pratik Patel'<pratikp1@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

Dan - have you  checked that you are using the right technology for a
Cabinet post?  - Over here cabinet ministers may want a Blackberry but guess
what ... ""In the years since then, the House has gone on to invest a good
deal of time and money supporting Microsoft-based handheld devices,"
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7232789.stm>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7232789.stm 

Best wishes E.A. 

 

Mrs E.A. Draffan

Learning Societies Lab,

ECS, University of Southampton,

Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246

http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk

http://www.emptech.info

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
Sent: 15 October 2008 14:43
To: Pratik Patel
Cc: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

 

I am holding out for a Cabinet post. 

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

  _____  

From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:22:05 -0400
To: 'Dann Berkowitz'<dann@digilifemedia.biz>
Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

Interesting concept! Hmm, I wonder why Dan B's name didn't appear on there
either?

 

Pratik

 

 

  _____  

From: Dann Berkowitz [mailto:dann@digilifemedia.biz] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:54 AM
To: Pratik Patel
Cc: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President

Good Morning Pratik,

 

It is one of those silly Internet videos where you type in the name of
someone and it appears in the video on billboards, newspaper headlines, etc.
This one has some of the most seamless integration I have ever seen ...
especially at the end where the older woman shows you her hag-tag with the
candidates name. 


----- "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com> wrote: 
| From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@gmail.com>
| To: "Dann Berkowitz" <dann@digilifemedia.biz>, "Access Technologists in
Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org>
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:57:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
| Subject: RE: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
|
| 

| Hey dan,

|  

| How 'bout describin' it for those visually impaired friends?

|  

| P

|  


| 

| 

  _____  

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
| Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:10 AM
| To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
| Subject: [Athen] The ATHEN Choice for President
| 
| 

| 

It's a good thing ATHEN holds its annual meeting after the national
elections -- because I believe Ron has a real shot at the White House. 

Don't believe me ... check out this news feature: 

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832
<http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu>
&altf=Spo&altl=Tufxbsu 

My apologies to our visually impaired members but this was too good to pass
up. 


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From norm.coombs at gmail.com  Thu Oct 16 16:25:40 2008
From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] simple question
In-Reply-To: <000601c92dae$2c851b50$858f51f0$@com>
References: <6.0.3.0.2.20081013195824.0227a0a8@pop.gmail.com>
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George:

Yes.  Good old DOS.  I didn't even think of it.  Used to do that all the time.
At 08:37 PM 10/13/2008, you wrote:
>Norm,
>
>1. Open a command prompt in the folder you want to print out.
>2. type: dir/b >filename
>The /b means bare, without date size etc, just the file name. The >(greater
>sign) is a direct to a file, which will get created.
>
>3.  Do this in the other folder and you can compare the two files.
>
>Hope that works.
>
> >From the old DOS days, grin!
>
>Best
>George
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
> > Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs
> > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 9:00 PM
> > To: athen-athenpro.org
> > Subject: [Athen] simple question
> >
> > I have 2 directories in which many of the items are identical.  I'd
> > like to
> > print off a hard copy of the listing of each directory on 2 sheets of
> > hard
> > copy paper and then match them side by side.
> >
> > How can I print a hard copy of the list of file names in a directory?
> > Norm
> >
> >
> >
> >   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> >
> > Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com
> > CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information
> > phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone)
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CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information
phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone)
****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm




From dann at digilifemedia.biz  Fri Oct 17 09:09:22 2008
From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] [Access Technologists Higher Education Network] Evelyn Wood
 Would be Proud
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Message-ID: <24346611.3561224259762199.JavaMail.root@zimbra.digilifemedia.biz>

http://athenpro.blogspot.com/2008/10/evelyn-wood-would-be-proud.html 

Interesting posting in the?Chronicle of Higher Education Wired-Campus Blog about students watching video lectures in fast forward . 


Some professors report that when their students are reviewing class materials, the students speed up online recordings of lectures and zip through hour-long presentations in as little as 30 minutes. Sure, their professors sound like chipmunks. But the students say they can absorb the information faster than the professors deliver it. As per usual with this blog, the comments make even better reading than the initial posting with discussion back and forth regarding how sensible it is to belive that students really can improve their comprehension level by viewing or listening to lectures and other course materials at high playback speed. Several folks from the disability services realm (especially from those experienced in working with the Blind and visually impaired) report the high speed at which users of JAWS and other screenreaders rev up their playback. 

Several supporting articles and papers are linked from the comments section, including and article from the New York Times , a?paper (in PDF format) presented to an institutional Instructional Design Center , and a link to a blog with similar information . As can be expected, there are numerous detractors posting comments and it should be recognized that ' speed listening ' is not going to be equally effective for everyone, but it is at least worth a try. 

I have some personal experience with speed listening in that my friend and business partner swears by it and has gotten me trying it as well. from the time he discovered DAISY Talking Books he starts the semester by listening to all of his books at high speed once thru. In his words this provides an overview of the material and sets and outline of sorts in his mind. Later on, when he reads for specific assignyemts, he slows the rate down and listens more intently. What he has found personally is that his comprehension of the reading material skyrockets. This is especially true when he is able to view the text on screen as well as listen audibly. 
. 

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From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Movie Theaters accessible now for those who are blind
 or deaf!
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>To: "DSSHE-L-LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU" <DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU>
>From: Prof Norm Coombs <norm.coombs@gmail.com>
>Subject: Movie Theaters accessible now for those who are blind or deaf!
>
>As a person working with students with disabilities, you may want to help 
>them enrich their free time after study.  Now there are dozens and dozens 
>of theaters that provide in-theater captions and descriptive 
>narration.  How?  Sit in on the EASI Webinar Tomorrow at 2 PM Eastern for 
>an explanation of this new public accessibility.  MoPix is the system.  It 
>involves a reflector that displays the captions and head phones to hear 
>descriptions.
>We are providing a special public login for the Webinar This time you will 
>not need to register in advance.  Just before the hour:
>Thur. Oct. 23
>2 PM Eastern
>1 PM Central
>Noon Mountain
>11 AM Pacific
>go to http://easi.cc/mopix.htm
>works best with a PC and Explorer.
>Use your name to login but please leave the password field EMPTY.  If this 
>is your first time, download the small client before joining the Webinar
>Norm
>
>
>
>  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>
>Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com
>CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information
>phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone)
>****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
>http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm
>


  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com
CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information
phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone)
****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm




From norm.coombs at gmail.com  Wed Oct 22 12:03:43 2008
From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] Check Out These Three EASI opportunities in November:
Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20081022115957.0238a620@pop.gmail.com>

Check Out These Three EASI opportunities in November:

First, EASI has 2 public Webinars:
Nov. 18, Making Accessible forms in PDF
Nov. 20, Captioning Educational Material on a Large Scale:

Second there is a fee-based 4-part Webinar series, Taming Microsoft Word 
and Excel
Everyone registering for this 4-part, month-long series will receive a 
bonus of the Barrier-free Handbook on accessible e-learning. (see the 
handbook contents at the

bottom of this message).

You can read about the Webinars and register online at:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

Third, The month-long online course for November is Barrier-free 
E-learning.  Its focus is to help institutions demonstrate to faculty ways 
to create accessible online

content using software they already know and understand.  You can read more 
and register online at:
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

Those who subscribe to the EASI Webinar Annual Membership have free access 
to all the fee-based Webinar series and qualify for a 20% discount on all 
courses:
http://easi.cc/sub.htm


**** Below is the table of contents for the bonus Barrier-free Handbook:

BARRIER-FREE E-LEARNING HANDBOOK
Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
(c 2007)
(All rights reserved)

  	
What is Distance Learning?	3
Changing Technology	3
Another word about technology	3
The Virtual Classroom	4
Learning management systems	4
Web conferencing systems	5
Electronic Barriers and Ramps for Special Needs Students	5
Who are special needs students?	5
Information Ramp To The Super Highway	6
Electronic Curb cuts	6
How can designing to meet the needs of students with disabilities help in 
teaching these other special groups?	8
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF DISTANCE LEARNING OR COMPUTER-MEDIATED LEARNING	9
Tips for Creating Accessible Course Content	14
How much do you really have to know?	14
Section 508 Web accessibility standards	14
Creating accessible content using Word	16
PowerPoint	17
Advantages and Problems of Multimedia	19
Digitized Multimedia	19
Podcasts and vodcasts	20
Some Problems For Students With Disabilities	20
Some Solutions	20
Simple Audio	21
SMIL, You're On The Internet!	21
Multimedia Curb cuts	21
Special Problems of Accessing Technical Disciplines and Special Solutions	22
National Science Foundation	22
Math Problems	22
Braille Math	24
Tactile Drawings	25
Providing Alternatives to Required Print Course Content	25
Electronic Braille and audio-recorded texts	25
Sources of electronic Braille and audio-recorded texts	26
Summary	27
Networking	27
What Do I Want You To Remember?	27
Don't Do It Alone!	27
Focus On Teaching And Learning	28
Appendix A: EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) Resources	28
http://easi.cc	28
Online Courses and the Certificate in Accessible Information Technology	28
Webinars	28
Podcasts	29
Appendix B: Accessible Content Authoring Training Modules	29
Using Microsoft Office Word to Create Accessible Course Content	30
Using PowerPoint to Create Accessible Content	31
Checking Course Content for Its Accessibility	31
Help for More Advanced Content Creators	32
Creating Synchronized Captions for Streaming Multimedia	33





From norm.coombs at gmail.com  Sat Oct 25 14:54:03 2008
From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] Recognizing Academic Achievements of Students With
 Disabilities
Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20081025144958.02381eb0@pop.gmail.com>

Recognizing Academic Achievements of Students With Disabilities

Even in the educational community, faculty and administrators frequently 
expect that students with disabilities will not succeed, or, at best, they 
may just scrape by.  Recognizing the real quality achievements of students 
with disabilities is a fabulous way to counter this prejudice.
Delta Alpha Pi Honor Society is a national honor society for students with 
disabilities who earn membership through actually demonstrating that they 
can compete with other students earning superior grades.
You ought to consider establishing a chapter at your campus.  This honor 
society is spreading to more campuses each year.  This is yet another way 
to support your students with disabilities.  We all need role models to 
help give us goals and dreams for ourselves.

EASI has a Web page describing Delta Alpha Pi and including audio 
interviews including one with its founder, Dr. Edith Miller from East 
Strousburg University, Pa.

Read about Delta Alpha Pi at:
http://easi.cc/dap.htm

or look for a link on the EASI homepage
http://easi.cc

Norman Coombs
CEO EASI







From hascherdss at gmail.com  Mon Oct 27 12:26:28 2008
From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] ISIS accessibility
Message-ID: <6e0d34c90810271226x3f5e0186uc2b647c0c67c8072@mail.gmail.com>

Hello fellow ATHENites!

Just curious as to which schools are using the PeopleSoft product ISIS
for student information across the campus?  What, if any, tweaks have
you been able to implement to make it a little more accessible for
students using screenreaders?

Any suggestions would be greatly helpful!

Heidi
+++++++++++++++
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


From hkramer at colorado.edu  Mon Oct 27 13:58:10 2008
From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHG proctoring volunteers, new ATHEN members,
	ATHEN meeting at AHG
Message-ID: <baa6b6680810271358q7d2924d1t618f42e81b127db7@mail.gmail.com>

Hello All:

A couple of questions, all of them important:

1 - should I post information on the conference site about the ATHEN
meeting? Will this be at 6:30 on Nov. 13 (Thurs)? Do you have a specific
blurb you want me to post?

2 - I could use volunteer proctors. For those of you attending and willing
to do this, please look through the schedule and let me know if there are
particular sessions you're willing to do. FYI - the proctor gives out the
evaluation forms and goes for help for the speaker if needed. The latest
schedule is posted on the conference site:
http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ .

3 - I thought doing some type of recognition/memorial for John Slatin & Dick
Banks would be appropriate. Norm had sent me some video of Dick. What do
others think - a flyer in the packet? Does anyone want to take the lead on
this?

4 - FYI - As of a few weeks ago, there were 14 new ATHEN sign-ups via the
conference.

Thanks,
Howard

-- 
Howard Kramer
AT Lab Coordinator
AHG Conference Coordinator
303-492-8672
fax: 492-5601
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From saroj_primlani at ncsu.edu  Tue Oct 28 12:53:27 2008
From: saroj_primlani at ncsu.edu (Saroj Primlani)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] ISIS accessibility
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1225220401.396.athen_athenpro.org@athenpro.org>
References: <mailman.1.1225220401.396.athen_athenpro.org@athenpro.org>
Message-ID: <63989D09774043EEAB31639F736D20B5@sarojnewlaptop>

 At NC State we are also using PeopleSoft for the SIS and it is a mess.  Our
developers are really knowledgeable and accessibility savvy but we have not
been able to find a solution to create a UI within the product to make it
accessible to screen reader and keyboard only users.  We are currently
exploring different options including a "accessible" UI outside the system
but that presents multiple challenges both in development time and
maintenance. The developers are planning to get the discussion started with
PeopleSoft.  Would be good to create a coalition like we have done with
BlackBoard to make them change their development environment. 
Saroj
_________________________________ 
Saroj Primlani 
Coordinator of University IT Accessibility 
Office of Information Technology
919 513 4087 
http://ncsu.edu/it/access 


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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:26:28 -0500
From: "Heidi Scher" <hascherdss@gmail.com>
Subject: [Athen] ISIS accessibility
To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network"
	<athen@athenpro.org>
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Hello fellow ATHENites!

Just curious as to which schools are using the PeopleSoft product ISIS for
student information across the campus?  What, if any, tweaks have you been
able to implement to make it a little more accessible for students using
screenreaders?

Any suggestions would be greatly helpful!

Heidi
+++++++++++++++
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



------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:58:10 -0600
From: "Howard Kramer" <hkramer@colorado.edu>
Subject: [Athen] AHG proctoring volunteers, new ATHEN members,	ATHEN
	meeting at AHG
To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network"
	<athen@athenpro.org>
Message-ID:
	<baa6b6680810271358q7d2924d1t618f42e81b127db7@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Hello All:

A couple of questions, all of them important:

1 - should I post information on the conference site about the ATHEN
meeting? Will this be at 6:30 on Nov. 13 (Thurs)? Do you have a specific
blurb you want me to post?

2 - I could use volunteer proctors. For those of you attending and willing
to do this, please look through the schedule and let me know if there are
particular sessions you're willing to do. FYI - the proctor gives out the
evaluation forms and goes for help for the speaker if needed. The latest
schedule is posted on the conference site:
http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ .

3 - I thought doing some type of recognition/memorial for John Slatin & Dick
Banks would be appropriate. Norm had sent me some video of Dick. What do
others think - a flyer in the packet? Does anyone want to take the lead on
this?

4 - FYI - As of a few weeks ago, there were 14 new ATHEN sign-ups via the
conference.

Thanks,
Howard

--
Howard Kramer
AT Lab Coordinator
AHG Conference Coordinator
303-492-8672
fax: 492-5601
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From saroj_primlani at ncsu.edu  Tue Oct 28 12:55:54 2008
From: saroj_primlani at ncsu.edu (Saroj Primlani)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHG
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1225220401.396.athen_athenpro.org@athenpro.org>
References: <mailman.1.1225220401.396.athen_athenpro.org@athenpro.org>
Message-ID: <57546D3521AB42C780EA040B2AEA61AC@sarojnewlaptop>

 
Yes to post time for ATHEN meeting
I will help proctor, will lookup the schedule and let you know
Great idea doing something for John and Dick
Saroj

_________________________________ 
Saroj Primlani 
Coordinator of University IT Accessibility 
Office of Information Technology
919 513 4087 
http://ncsu.edu/it/access 


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:26:28 -0500
From: "Heidi Scher" <hascherdss@gmail.com>
Subject: [Athen] ISIS accessibility
To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network"
	<athen@athenpro.org>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Hello fellow ATHENites!

Just curious as to which schools are using the PeopleSoft product ISIS for
student information across the campus?  What, if any, tweaks have you been
able to implement to make it a little more accessible for students using
screenreaders?

Any suggestions would be greatly helpful!

Heidi
+++++++++++++++
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



------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:58:10 -0600
From: "Howard Kramer" <hkramer@colorado.edu>
Subject: [Athen] AHG proctoring volunteers, new ATHEN members,	ATHEN
	meeting at AHG
To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network"
	<athen@athenpro.org>
Message-ID:
	<baa6b6680810271358q7d2924d1t618f42e81b127db7@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Hello All:

A couple of questions, all of them important:

1 - should I post information on the conference site about the ATHEN
meeting? Will this be at 6:30 on Nov. 13 (Thurs)? Do you have a specific
blurb you want me to post?

2 - I could use volunteer proctors. For those of you attending and willing
to do this, please look through the schedule and let me know if there are
particular sessions you're willing to do. FYI - the proctor gives out the
evaluation forms and goes for help for the speaker if needed. The latest
schedule is posted on the conference site:
http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ .

3 - I thought doing some type of recognition/memorial for John Slatin & Dick
Banks would be appropriate. Norm had sent me some video of Dick. What do
others think - a flyer in the packet? Does anyone want to take the lead on
this?

4 - FYI - As of a few weeks ago, there were 14 new ATHEN sign-ups via the
conference.

Thanks,
Howard

--
Howard Kramer
AT Lab Coordinator
AHG Conference Coordinator
303-492-8672
fax: 492-5601
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From dann at digilifemedia.biz  Tue Oct 28 12:31:31 2008
From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] Google comes to an agreement with Publishers and Authors
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[http://chronicle.com/free/2008/10/6010n.htm] 
>From the On-Line Edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education (10-28-2008): 

Google, Publishers, and Authors Settle Huge Lawsuit Over Book-Scanning Project 

Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers announced today that they had settled their longstanding legal battle over Google?s mass scanning of books. Under the terms of the deal, Google will pay $125-million to establish a Book Rights Registry, to compensate authors and publishers whose copyrighted books have already been scanned, and to cover legal costs. 

The settlement, which still needs court approval to go into effect, would resolve a class-action lawsuit brought in 2005 by the Authors Guild as well as a separate lawsuit filed on behalf of the publishers? association. Publishers and authors argued that Google?s scanning of books for its Google Book Search program was a flagrant violation of copyright law's provisions governing fair use. 

?We had a major disagreement with Google about copyright law,? Paul Aiken, the guild?s executive director, said during a joint teleconference that Google and the publishers held with reporters today. ?We still do, and probably always will.? But he said that the parties had been ?able to set those issues aside? for what ?may be the biggest book deal in U.S. publishing history.? 

The deal goes far beyond money. Richard Sarnoff, chairman of the publishers? association, described it to reporters as ?breathtaking in scope, groundbreaking for publishers and authors, and trailblazing for intellectual property in general.? 

Unlocking Millions of Texts 

If approved by a judge, the accord would allow users of Google Book Search in the United States to see the full texts of books they can read only in snippets now. The deal would also have the potential to put millions more out-of-print or hard-to-find titles within the reach of readers and researchers. Institutions would be able to buy subscriptions so that their students and faculty members could have full access to complete texts. All public libraries in the United States would be given free portals for their patrons. (The settlement does not apply to the use of Google Book Search outside the United States.) 

Users without library or institutional access would pay a fee to preview the full text of a book. Google and the copyright holders?the publishers and authors?would share the proceeds from subscriptions and individual use. Authors and publishers could opt out of the program. 

The deal will ?unlock millions of these texts for users,? said David Drummond, chief legal officer of Google, during the teleconference. Google, he said, considered the deal a great leap forward as well. ?Search simply isn?t complete without this content,? he said. 

Early reaction from academe has been enthusiastic. Stanford University, the University of California, and the University of Michigan issued a joint statement of support for the agreement, praising its ?outstanding public benefits.? The libraries of the three universities have been among a number working with the plaintiffs and Google ?to shape this agreement for the public good,? said Michael A. Keller, Stanford?s university librarian and director of the Stanford University Press. 

Paul N. Courant, university librarian at the University of Michigan, said in the statement that ?the opportunity to search and preview millions of books online? was especially valuable. ?This is a service that libraries, because of copyright restrictions, could not offer on their own and goes well beyond what would have been possible, even if Google had prevailed in defending the lawsuit,? Mr. Courant said. 

Google?s library partners also stand to benefit because Google will provide them with digitized copies of scanned materials, which will help in their long-term preservation efforts. 

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Posted By D. Berkowitz to Access Technologists Higher Education Network at 10/28/2008 03:49:00 PM
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From hkramer at colorado.edu  Wed Oct 29 10:42:45 2008
From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHG proctoring volunteers, new ATHEN members,
	ATHEN meeting at AHG
In-Reply-To: <baa6b6680810271358q7d2924d1t618f42e81b127db7@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks Terry. I will really try to do that article today. Really.

-Howard

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Howard Kramer <hkramer@colorado.edu> wrote:

> Hello All:
>
> A couple of questions, all of them important:
>
> 1 - should I post information on the conference site about the ATHEN
> meeting? Will this be at 6:30 on Nov. 13 (Thurs)? Do you have a specific
> blurb you want me to post?
>
> 2 - I could use volunteer proctors. For those of you attending and willing
> to do this, please look through the schedule and let me know if there are
> particular sessions you're willing to do. FYI - the proctor gives out the
> evaluation forms and goes for help for the speaker if needed. The latest
> schedule is posted on the conference site:
> http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ .
>
> 3 - I thought doing some type of recognition/memorial for John Slatin &
> Dick Banks would be appropriate. Norm had sent me some video of Dick. What
> do others think - a flyer in the packet? Does anyone want to take the lead
> on this?
>
> 4 - FYI - As of a few weeks ago, there were 14 new ATHEN sign-ups via the
> conference.
>
> Thanks,
> Howard
>
> --
> Howard Kramer
> AT Lab Coordinator
> AHG Conference Coordinator
> 303-492-8672
> fax: 492-5601
>



-- 
Howard Kramer
AT Lab Coordinator
AHG Conference Coordinator
303-492-8672
fax: 492-5601
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From dann at digilifemedia.biz  Wed Oct 29 13:54:50 2008
From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHG proctoring volunteers, new ATHEN members,
 ATHEN meeting at AHG
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Hi Howard and all ATHEN Members 



FROM THE SECRETARY: 



1) Yes - please do post the meeting information on the website. It is scheduled for 6:30 PM on Thursday right after the vendor area closes. Location is to be determined by you or the conference staff. 



REMINDER -- Please review the bylaw changes on the ATHEN website for discussion and voting at the annual meeting. Any items for the agende need to be e-mailed to me (and soon). 



2) I encourage every ATHEN member to proctor at least one session. Don't forget to mention ATHEN in your introduction. 



3) I agree with such a recognition. I assume a member or members who knew John and Dick well will step up and lead this effort. 



4) Good to know there are new members joing through the vehicle of the conference. 



Dann --- ATHEN Secretary 


-------------------- 
Daniel Berkowitz 
Digilife Media, LLC 
1 Bryant Avenue 
Bradford, MA 01835-7424 

phone: ?978-914-4601 
e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz 
web: www.digilifemedia.biz 

----- "Howard Kramer" <hkramer@colorado.edu> wrote: 
| From: "Howard Kramer" <hkramer@colorado.edu> 
| To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org> 
| Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 1:42:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
| Subject: Re: [Athen] AHG proctoring volunteers, new ATHEN members, ATHEN meeting at AHG 
| 



Hello All: 
| A couple of questions, all of them important: 
| 1 - should I post information on the conference site about the ATHEN meeting? Will this be at 6:30 on Nov. 13 (Thurs)? Do you have a specific blurb you want me to post? 
| 
| 2 - I could use volunteer proctors. For those of you attending and willing to do this, please look through the schedule and let me know if there are particular sessions you're willing to do. FYI - the proctor gives out the evaluation forms and goes for help for the speaker if needed. The latest schedule is posted on the conference site: http://www.colorado.edu/atconference/ . 
| 
| 3 - I thought doing some type of recognition/memorial for John Slatin & Dick Banks would be appropriate. Norm had sent me some video of Dick. What do others think - a flyer in the packet? Does anyone want to take the lead on this? 
| 
| 4 - FYI - As of a few weeks ago, there were 14 new ATHEN sign-ups via the conference. 
| Thanks, 
| Howard 

| -- 
| Howard Kramer 
| AT Lab Coordinator 
| AHG Conference Coordinator 
| 303-492-8672 
| fax: 492-5601 
| 
|
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From fgsmith at vcu.edu  Thu Oct 30 13:36:24 2008
From: fgsmith at vcu.edu (Frances G Smith/AC/VCU)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] Frances G Smith/AC/VCU is out of the office.
Message-ID: <OFB135D8E1.A63813E6-ON852574F2.0071326F-852574F2.00713270@vcu.edu>


I will be out of the office starting  10/30/2008 and will not return until
11/05/2008.

I will respond to your message when I return.



From Clark.Hochstetler at unlv.edu  Thu Oct 30 16:03:10 2008
From: Clark.Hochstetler at unlv.edu (Clark.Hochstetler@unlv.edu)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] Clark Hochstetler is out of the office.
Message-ID: <OF1925DACD.24FA1D19-ON882574F2.007EA240-882574F2.007EA240@unlv.edu>


I will be out of the office starting  10/29/2008 and will not return until
11/03/2008.

Sorry I am not available.  I will respond to your message when I return.
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From Teresa.Haven at asu.edu  Thu Oct 30 16:38:16 2008
From: Teresa.Haven at asu.edu (Teresa Haven)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] problems with list?
Message-ID: <0D41DFE921DACE439289A5E629BDB66C032C70F1@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu>

Pardon the off-topic post, but are others experiencing difficulties with
the list today?  I'm receiving out of office bounces from the list, but
no actual postings - is anyone else in the same boat?  If not, please
excuse and I'll try to troubleshoot the difficulty from this end.  

Many thanks,

Teresa

 

Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.

Alternate Format Supervisor

Disability Resource Center

Arizona State University

 

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From ndogbo at gmail.com  Thu Oct 30 16:54:05 2008
From: ndogbo at gmail.com (Nicaise D)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] problems with list?
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Message-ID: <6193475B13E14CF9B9AA89877758F093@Dogbo>

me too...
 
Nicaise
 

  _____  

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Teresa Haven
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:38 PM
To: Dann Berkowitz; Access Technologists in HigherEducation Network
Subject: [Athen] problems with list?



Pardon the off-topic post, but are others experiencing difficulties with the
list today?  I'm receiving out of office bounces from the list, but no
actual postings - is anyone else in the same boat?  If not, please excuse
and I'll try to troubleshoot the difficulty from this end.  

Many thanks,

Teresa

 

Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.

Alternate Format Supervisor

Disability Resource Center

Arizona State University

 

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From Teresa.Haven at asu.edu  Thu Oct 30 16:57:07 2008
From: Teresa.Haven at asu.edu (Teresa Haven)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] problems with list?
In-Reply-To: <6193475B13E14CF9B9AA89877758F093@Dogbo>
Message-ID: <0D41DFE921DACE439289A5E629BDB66C032C70F5@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu>

Good to know I'm not alone, and now I'm getting messages, at least in
response to my own post!  Thank you, Nicaise.

Teresa

 

Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.

Alternate Format Supervisor

Disability Resource Center

Arizona State University

________________________________

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Nicaise D
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:54 PM
To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] problems with list?

 

me too...

 

Nicaise

 

 

________________________________

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Teresa Haven
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:38 PM
To: Dann Berkowitz; Access Technologists in HigherEducation Network
Subject: [Athen] problems with list?

Pardon the off-topic post, but are others experiencing difficulties with
the list today?  I'm receiving out of office bounces from the list, but
no actual postings - is anyone else in the same boat?  If not, please
excuse and I'll try to troubleshoot the difficulty from this end.  

Many thanks,

Teresa

 

Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.

Alternate Format Supervisor

Disability Resource Center

Arizona State University

 

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From rmhaven at stanford.edu  Thu Oct 30 20:12:47 2008
From: rmhaven at stanford.edu (rmhaven@stanford.edu)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] problems with list?
In-Reply-To: <6193475B13E14CF9B9AA89877758F093@Dogbo>
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	<6193475B13E14CF9B9AA89877758F093@Dogbo>
Message-ID: <20081030201247.t70u9qaycco40004@webmail.stanford.edu>

Me too, too -- for what it's worth.

- Shelley Haven


Quoting Nicaise D <ndogbo@gmail.com>:

> me too...
>
> Nicaise
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
> Behalf Of Teresa Haven
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:38 PM
> To: Dann Berkowitz; Access Technologists in HigherEducation Network
> Subject: [Athen] problems with list?
>
>
>
> Pardon the off-topic post, but are others experiencing difficulties with the
> list today?  I'm receiving out of office bounces from the list, but no
> actual postings - is anyone else in the same boat?  If not, please excuse
> and I'll try to troubleshoot the difficulty from this end.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Teresa
>
>
>
> Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.
>
> Alternate Format Supervisor
>
> Disability Resource Center
>
> Arizona State University
>
>
>
>




From rbeach at kckcc.edu  Fri Oct 31 05:57:08 2008
From: rbeach at kckcc.edu (Robert Beach)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:12 2018
Subject: [Athen] problems with list?
In-Reply-To: <0D41DFE921DACE439289A5E629BDB66C032C70F5@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu>
References: <6193475B13E14CF9B9AA89877758F093@Dogbo>
	<0D41DFE921DACE439289A5E629BDB66C032C70F5@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu>
Message-ID: <490ABA54020000CF000207A2@mymail.kckcc.edu>

I did receive two out-of-office auto replies, but the only actual messages I received were from Howard and Dan regarding AHG.  The two auto replies did not have any indication as to which message they were replying to.



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

>>> Teresa Haven <Teresa.Haven@asu.edu> 10/30/2008 6:57 PM >>>
Good to know I'm not alone, and now I'm getting messages, at least in
response to my own post!  Thank you, Nicaise.

Teresa

 

Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.

Alternate Format Supervisor

Disability Resource Center

Arizona State University

________________________________

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Nicaise D
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:54 PM
To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] problems with list?

 

me too...

 

Nicaise

 

 

________________________________

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Teresa Haven
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:38 PM
To: Dann Berkowitz; Access Technologists in HigherEducation Network
Subject: [Athen] problems with list?

Pardon the off-topic post, but are others experiencing difficulties with
the list today?  I'm receiving out of office bounces from the list, but
no actual postings - is anyone else in the same boat?  If not, please
excuse and I'll try to troubleshoot the difficulty from this end.  

Many thanks,

Teresa

 

Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.

Alternate Format Supervisor

Disability Resource Center

Arizona State University