[Athen] Athen] call for committee on e-text standards in higher ed

[Terrill Thompson]

Hi Zahavit,

I sent a related reply to another email that you sent off the list, but I think this warrants some public discussion. I'm not personally involved in e-text production in my work so I've chosen to watch this issue from the stands, but as an observer  I think there has been progress on this issue from within the AHEAD e-text group. Many of the members of that group are in fact ATHEN members, so I don't see a need for a separate committee working toward the same goal.  That said though, I'll defer to those who are actually involved in the AHEAD e-text effort to clarify the current state of things.

Thanks,
Terrill

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



From: Zahavit Paz [mailto:zpaz at ldrfa.org]
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 11:53 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Howard Kramer; Terrill Thompson
Subject: Athen] call for committee on e-text standards in higher ed

hello,
thanks for the info

AHEAD and Athen can peruse separate committees and collaborate unless you are planning a merger.

I also consulted with Jo Anne Simon "There is no standard format for readers with disabilities in Higher Ed.  There are different products, but no standard format."


On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Ron Stewart <ron at ahead.org<mailto:ron at ahead.org>> wrote:
It would seem that this already exists the AHEAD Instructional Materials
Accessibility Group: http://ahead.org/resources/e-text

Ron Stewart

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Subject: [Athen] call for committee on e-text standards in higher ed

Hello All:

I am posting this request for Zahavit and Susan Anthes. They are
interested in starting a committee on e-text standards in Higher
ed. For more details, direct your questions to Zahavit who can
be reached via this listserv or directly at: Zahavit Paz
<zpaz at ldrfa.org<mailto:zpaz at ldrfa.org>>.

For those of you who attended the conference a couple of weeks
ago, thank you for your participation and I hope it was
worthwhile. Have a good holiday.

Regards,
Howard Kramer

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