From sprimla at unity.ncsu.edu  Wed Jul  1 05:30:14 2009
From: sprimla at unity.ncsu.edu (Saroj Primlani)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] Lawsuit on use of Kindle
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NFB filed a suit against University of Arizona's Kindle Project
http://www.readingrights.org/458
Saroj

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: <experience with Automatic Sync Technologies> Are any of
      these lecture capture system more accessible than	 others?
      (Alice Anderson)
   2. Response to questions about accessible lecture capture
      solutions (Pat BROGAN)
   3. Re: Response to questions about accessible lecture
      capturesolutions (Gerry Nies)
   4. Re: Response to questions about accessible	lecture
      capturesolutions (E.A. Draffan)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:34:32 -0500
From: Alice Anderson <alice.anderson@doit.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] <experience with Automatic Sync Technologies> Are
	any of these lecture capture system more accessible than
others?
To: ea@emptech.info, Access Technology Higher Education Network
	<athen@athenpro.org>
Cc: Kevin Erler <kevin@automaticsync.com>
Message-ID: <DC5485F8-1E68-487B-A78A-F66307440F0C@doit.wisc.edu>
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E.A. ...

We are doing a campus 'beta/pilot test' with Automatic Sync  
Technologies - hoping to find a campus solution
for the many media captioning needs we have. We pre-paid  Automatic  
Sync to purchase X/hrs
of transcribing &/or captioning. Several departments are involved, and  
have sent in files for one
or more of the following - Mov, WMV, FLV, DVD,
Mediasite (lecture capture), eTEACH (presentation tool), podcast, YouTube,
etc. etc.. Files sent to Automatic Sync have ranged from a few minutes to
several hours of lecture ... all with excellent  
results (as of this post).

We are about 25% in to the beta project, and are working closely with  
Automatic Sync to
create workflows when needed (e.g., eTEACH, Mediasite) ... and have  
another beta
project for a lecture capture system on the horizon that will be  
included in this captioning beta.

We're building a case for the campus for lower prices from 'quantities- 
of-scale' ... to save the
campus $$$'s by working together ... and more so ... in order to  
comply with our
campus web policy which requires web based video and audio to have  
captions and
transcripts ... we need to have a campus one-stop solution.

Stay tuned - we're finding the Automatic Sync website is rich with  
help documents
and information http://www.automaticsync.com/caption/index.htm, and  
have been
incredibly patient and helpful with our many players, questions and  
comments.


Let me know if you have specific questions that I did not address.

Best,
Alice

                Alice Anderson
TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM
   Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
       University of Wisconsin-Madison
      1210 West Dayton Street (3124)
              Madison, WI 53706

           Telephone: 608.262.2129



On Jun 26, 2009, at 7:40 AM, E.A. Draffan wrote:

> Educause - Lecture Capture Systems: Are They Worth It? 
> http://www.educause.edu/Resources/LectureCaptureSystemsAreTheyWo/
> 163626
>
> They seem to be using Media Site and Tegrity and retention improves
> but
> sadly no data on whether the systems are accessible. We have used  
> Impatica
> and Camtasia and even Wink and Camstudio in conjunction with other  
> software
> to produce multimedia outputs, but accurate simultaneous transcription
> remains the main issue.
>
> I am wondering if anyone has tried CaptionSync? 
> http://www.automaticsync.com/caption/lecturecapture.htm
>
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerry Nies [mailto:gerrynies@mail.und.nodak.edu]
> Sent: 24 June 2009 14:32
> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'; ea@emptech.info
> Subject: Are any of these lecture capture system more accessible than 
> others?
>
>> From what the salespeople said these systems are being used by may
>> schools.
>
> So to be more specific in my request. We are looking at Panopto,
> Echo 360,
> Media Site, Apple Podcast Producer, Tegrity, Accordent to be used for
> lecture capture at our  university. I have been asked to get more
> information on them and how accessible they are.
>
> Are there others that we should look at?
>
> Have you used any of these systems? What are the concerns for their
> use by
> our students?
>
>
> Thanks
> Gerry
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:29:19 -0700
From: Pat BROGAN <pat@automaticsync.com>
Subject: [Athen] Response to questions about accessible lecture
	capture	solutions
To: Athen@athenpro.org, Kevin Erler <kevin@automaticsync.com>
Message-ID: <4A452F9F.8010303@automaticsync.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

EA and Gerry raised some questions about accessible lecture capture 
options and captioning solutions.  Having just come from Educomm it 
seems like the main sponsors were all lecture capture companies. I'll 
present some information but expose my bias upfront. I work now for 
Automatic Sync, the company referenced in the query, and previously 
worked for echo360. In the context of my role, I did manage the 
partnership between echo360 and Automatic Sync. Since coming to 
Automatic Sync I am working with Mediasite, Panopto, and TechSmith.  I 
have worked for years with many universities on accessibility in my 
former role as VP of education and elearning at Macromedia and written 
the standards part of The elearning Handbook.  Bias out of the way... I 
wrote a whitepaper "Making Lectures Accessible" which is posted at:
http://www.automaticsync.com/caption/echo.htm,
along with a research paper for UW Australia on the benefits of lecture 
capture for students with disabilities.
Accessibility really means two different things in the context of 
acquiring lecture capture systems. In the US, section 508 has a FAR 
(Federal acquisition regulation) which says that government agencies and 
organizations receiving funds from the government must buy the most 
compliant system. This is exposed in the VPAT (vendor product 
accessibility template).  This gets registered with the government at: 
http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=content&ID=12.  The 
Automatic Sync VPAT is at: 
http://www.automaticsync.com/caption/govtregs.htm . My understanding is 
that most of the lecture capture systems are not compliant because of 
some of the database issues. but their output is or can be made to be 
compliant through captioning.
The consequences of not buying the most compliant system can be economic 
penalties. This generally focuses on the use of the tool itself--can a 
disabled person use the lecture capture system?

The second and more important aspect is--Is the content the system 
generates compliant? For the lecture capture vendors, this means that 
one can navigate with tools other than a mouse, users can control 
content navigation and flow. But the big challenge is to really make the 
content accessible, the audio and video need to have synced captions. In 
the workflow AST generated with our partners, the goal is to schedule a 
class to be captured and at that time designate that it will be 
transcribed and captioned, and then have the workflow happen 
automatically (thought a stenographer does the transcription). Under a 
department of Ed grant, we looked at how to automate the workflow and 
unfortunately, the entire process can't be automated now with quality 
good enough through speech recognition tools. I'll be glad to share 
information about error rates and comprehension from the research. So 
our focus was on reducing costs by automating the process, and we offer 
very competitive prices and very high quality.

Once the captions are generated, they are synced with the audio, video 
and VGA. Users can turn on captions or turn them off. Transcripts can be 
uploaded and searched in most systems which adds real value in the 
reusability aspect of content.
I could go on and on about how different approaches can work, does this 
help?





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

Message: 3
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:36:47 -0500
From: "Gerry Nies" <gerrynies@mail.und.nodak.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Response to questions about accessible lecture
	capturesolutions
To: <Athen@athenpro.org>
Message-ID: <4A44EB0F.5B96.00E0.0@mail.und.nodak.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII

Pat 

Thank you very much. At least we are asking the question about accessibility
up front and I will be looking at the info that you sent.

Thanks
Gerry

>>> Pat BROGAN <pat@automaticsync.com> 6/26/2009 3:29 PM >>>
EA and Gerry raised some questions about accessible lecture capture 
options and captioning solutions.  Having just come from Educomm it 
seems like the main sponsors were all lecture capture companies. I'll 
present some information but expose my bias upfront. I work now for 
Automatic Sync, the company referenced in the query, and previously 
worked for echo360. In the context of my role, I did manage the 
partnership between echo360 and Automatic Sync. Since coming to 
Automatic Sync I am working with Mediasite, Panopto, and TechSmith.  I 
have worked for years with many universities on accessibility in my 
former role as VP of education and elearning at Macromedia and written 
the standards part of The elearning Handbook.  Bias out of the way... I 
wrote a whitepaper "Making Lectures Accessible" which is posted at:
http://www.automaticsync.com/caption/echo.htm,
along with a research paper for UW Australia on the benefits of lecture 
capture for students with disabilities.
Accessibility really means two different things in the context of 
acquiring lecture capture systems. In the US, section 508 has a FAR 
(Federal acquisition regulation) which says that government agencies and 
organizations receiving funds from the government must buy the most 
compliant system. This is exposed in the VPAT (vendor product 
accessibility template).  This gets registered with the government at: 
http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=content&ID=12.  The 
Automatic Sync VPAT is at: 
http://www.automaticsync.com/caption/govtregs.htm . My understanding is 
that most of the lecture capture systems are not compliant because of 
some of the database issues. but their output is or can be made to be 
compliant through captioning.
The consequences of not buying the most compliant system can be economic 
penalties. This generally focuses on the use of the tool itself--can a 
disabled person use the lecture capture system?

The second and more important aspect is--Is the content the system 
generates compliant? For the lecture capture vendors, this means that 
one can navigate with tools other than a mouse, users can control 
content navigation and flow. But the big challenge is to really make the 
content accessible, the audio and video need to have synced captions. In 
the workflow AST generated with our partners, the goal is to schedule a 
class to be captured and at that time designate that it will be 
transcribed and captioned, and then have the workflow happen 
automatically (thought a stenographer does the transcription). Under a 
department of Ed grant, we looked at how to automate the workflow and 
unfortunately, the entire process can't be automated now with quality 
good enough through speech recognition tools. I'll be glad to share 
information about error rates and comprehension from the research. So 
our focus was on reducing costs by automating the process, and we offer 
very competitive prices and very high quality.

Once the captions are generated, they are synced with the audio, video 
and VGA. Users can turn on captions or turn them off. Transcripts can be 
uploaded and searched in most systems which adds real value in the 
reusability aspect of content.
I could go on and on about how different approaches can work, does this 
help?



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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:29:38 +0100
From: "E.A. Draffan" <ea@emptech.info>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Response to questions about accessible	lecture
	capturesolutions
To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'"
	<athen@athenpro.org>
Message-ID: <001c01c9f6ad$985d8290$c91887b0$@info>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

Thank you so much for all the information - what a wonderful list! It is all
so helpful and Alice I really look forward to hearing how it all goes! 

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


-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Gerry Nies
Sent: 26 June 2009 21:37
To: Athen@athenpro.org
Subject: Re: [Athen] Response to questions about accessible lecture
capturesolutions

Pat 

Thank you very much. At least we are asking the question about accessibility
up front and I will be looking at the info that you sent.

Thanks
Gerry

>>> Pat BROGAN <pat@automaticsync.com> 6/26/2009 3:29 PM >>>
EA and Gerry raised some questions about accessible lecture capture 
options and captioning solutions.  Having just come from Educomm it 
seems like the main sponsors were all lecture capture companies. I'll 
present some information but expose my bias upfront. I work now for 
Automatic Sync, the company referenced in the query, and previously 
worked for echo360. In the context of my role, I did manage the 
partnership between echo360 and Automatic Sync. Since coming to 
Automatic Sync I am working with Mediasite, Panopto, and TechSmith.  I 
have worked for years with many universities on accessibility in my 
former role as VP of education and elearning at Macromedia and written 
the standards part of The elearning Handbook.  Bias out of the way... I 
wrote a whitepaper "Making Lectures Accessible" which is posted at:
http://www.automaticsync.com/caption/echo.htm,
along with a research paper for UW Australia on the benefits of lecture 
capture for students with disabilities.
Accessibility really means two different things in the context of 
acquiring lecture capture systems. In the US, section 508 has a FAR 
(Federal acquisition regulation) which says that government agencies and 
organizations receiving funds from the government must buy the most 
compliant system. This is exposed in the VPAT (vendor product 
accessibility template).  This gets registered with the government at: 
http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=content&ID=12.  The 
Automatic Sync VPAT is at: 
http://www.automaticsync.com/caption/govtregs.htm . My understanding is 
that most of the lecture capture systems are not compliant because of 
some of the database issues. but their output is or can be made to be 
compliant through captioning.
The consequences of not buying the most compliant system can be economic 
penalties. This generally focuses on the use of the tool itself--can a 
disabled person use the lecture capture system?

The second and more important aspect is--Is the content the system 
generates compliant? For the lecture capture vendors, this means that 
one can navigate with tools other than a mouse, users can control 
content navigation and flow. But the big challenge is to really make the 
content accessible, the audio and video need to have synced captions. In 
the workflow AST generated with our partners, the goal is to schedule a 
class to be captured and at that time designate that it will be 
transcribed and captioned, and then have the workflow happen 
automatically (thought a stenographer does the transcription). Under a 
department of Ed grant, we looked at how to automate the workflow and 
unfortunately, the entire process can't be automated now with quality 
good enough through speech recognition tools. I'll be glad to share 
information about error rates and comprehension from the research. So 
our focus was on reducing costs by automating the process, and we offer 
very competitive prices and very high quality.

Once the captions are generated, they are synced with the audio, video 
and VGA. Users can turn on captions or turn them off. Transcripts can be 
uploaded and searched in most systems which adds real value in the 
reusability aspect of content.
I could go on and on about how different approaches can work, does this 
help?



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From wiersmac at uww.edu  Wed Jul  1 07:47:44 2009
From: wiersmac at uww.edu (Wiersma, Constance A)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference
In-Reply-To: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
Message-ID: <25F108F81838F14ABD90305FAB3BCF0269532FF7@exchmb3.uww.edu>

Ron:
I plan to attend.

Connie Wiersma

Connie Wiersma, Assistant Director
Center for Students with Disabilities
Andersen Library 2002E
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Whitewater, WI  53190
Ph. 262-472-5244



From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:20 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference

Wanted to get an idea of the ATHEN members who will be attending the AHEAD conference in Louisville.


Ron Stewart

*************************************************************************
Ron Stewart MS
Technology Advisor
Association on Higher Education and Disabilities
Chair, AHEAD Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG)

8300 West Weller St
Yorktown, IN 47396
Mobile: 609 213-2190
Fax: 765 405-1484

ron@ahead.org<mailto: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: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHG Presentation - Kindle
Message-ID: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302CA3658@EVS01.stlcc.local>

I have been accepted as a presenter at AHG again this year, and I am
going to be talking about the Kindle DX.  I have one, have been playing
with it and having fun. What I need from you all is a few questions you
would like answered about the Kindle, so I can build my presentation.  I
know what I want to know, but I'm sure there are things others want to
know that I haven't thought of.  So, if you can provide me with a
question or two you'd like answered, I'd appreciate it.  You can post to
the list or to me privately.

 

Susan Kelmer

Adaptive Technology Specialist/

Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

314-984-7951

 

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From FosterS at sou.edu  Wed Jul  1 08:12:04 2009
From: FosterS at sou.edu (Shawn Foster)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHG Presentation - Kindle
In-Reply-To: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302CA3658@EVS01.stlcc.local>
References: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302CA3658@EVS01.stlcc.local>
Message-ID: <4A4B1A53.82C6.005A.0@sou.edu>

Susan:
A couple of thoughts:
-Omnipage 17 is claiming to make "Kindle-ready" files... how is this
different from just using the Kindle's native PDF capability? Does it
then allow for annotating?
-Maybe a suggested alt text workflow, if we had a Kindle-using
student?
Due to budget cuts, I'm not going to be able to make it to AHG this
year. <sad face> Have you thought about putting your presentation on the
web somewhere (maybe drop.io ( http://drop.io/ ), scribd (
http://www.scribd.com ), or even Google docs) so the rest of us can
benefit from your knowledge? (My Kindle DX comes in next week and I'm
already salivating...)
Enjoy!
Shawn
 
Shawn Foster
Assistive Technology Consultant
Southern Oregon University
V/TTY: (541)552-6213
blog: http://atatsou.blogspot.com ( http://atatsou.blogspot.com/ )


>>> On 7/1/2009 at 7:53 AM, in message
<BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302CA3658@EVS01.stlcc.local>,
"Kelmer, Susan M." <SKelmer@stlcc.edu> wrote:

I have been accepted as a presenter at AHG again this year, and I am
going to be talking about the Kindle DX.  I have one, have been playing
with it and having fun. What I need from you all is a few questions you
would like answered about the Kindle, so I can build my presentation.  I
know what I want to know, but I?m sure there are things others want to
know that I haven?t thought of.  So, if you can provide me with a
question or two you?d like answered, I?d appreciate it.  You can post to
the list or to me privately.
 
Susan Kelmer
Adaptive Technology Specialist/
Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms
St. Louis Community College - Meramec
314-984-7951
 
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From SKelmer at stlcc.edu  Wed Jul  1 08:19:40 2009
From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHG Presentation - Kindle
In-Reply-To: <4A4B1A53.82C6.005A.0@sou.edu>
References: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302CA3658@EVS01.stlcc.local>
	<4A4B1A53.82C6.005A.0@sou.edu>
Message-ID: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302CA3671@EVS01.stlcc.local>

I will see about getting my presentation up post-conference.  I will have materials to give out, as well, just as I did last year, and will have those to email to anyone who wants them.  Thanks for the questions, this is exactly what I?m looking for!

 

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 Shawn Foster
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:12 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] AHG Presentation - Kindle

 

Susan:

A couple of thoughts:

-Omnipage 17 is claiming to make "Kindle-ready" files... how is this different from just using the Kindle's native PDF capability? Does it then allow for annotating?

-Maybe a suggested alt text workflow, if we had a Kindle-using student?

Due to budget cuts, I'm not going to be able to make it to AHG this year. <sad face> Have you thought about putting your presentation on the web somewhere (maybe drop.io <http://drop.io/> , scribd <http://www.scribd.com> , or even Google docs) so the rest of us can benefit from your knowledge? (My Kindle DX comes in next week and I'm already salivating...)

Enjoy!

Shawn

 

Shawn Foster
Assistive Technology Consultant

Southern Oregon University
V/TTY: (541)552-6213

blog: http://atatsou.blogspot.com <http://atatsou.blogspot.com/> 



>>> On 7/1/2009 at 7:53 AM, in message <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302CA3658@EVS01.stlcc.local>, "Kelmer, Susan M." <SKelmer@stlcc.edu> wrote:

I have been accepted as a presenter at AHG again this year, and I am going to be talking about the Kindle DX.  I have one, have been playing with it and having fun. What I need from you all is a few questions you would like answered about the Kindle, so I can build my presentation.  I know what I want to know, but I?m sure there are things others want to know that I haven?t thought of.  So, if you can provide me with a question or two you?d like answered, I?d appreciate it.  You can post to the list or to me privately.

 

Susan Kelmer

Adaptive Technology Specialist/

Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

314-984-7951

 

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From dann at digilifemedia.biz  Wed Jul  1 08:37:07 2009
From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference
In-Reply-To: <25F108F81838F14ABD90305FAB3BCF0269532FF7@exchmb3.uww.edu>
Message-ID: <13930865.39591246462627498.JavaMail.root@mail.digilifemedia.biz>

Sorry -- won't be there this year. Getting settled in the new job.


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From: "Constance A Wiersma" <wiersmac@uww.edu>
To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 10:47:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Athen] AHEAD Conference





Ron: 

I plan to attend. 

? 

Connie Wiersma 

? 

Connie Wiersma, Assistant Director 

Center for Students with Disabilities 

Andersen Library 2002E 

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 

Whitewater, WI? 53190 

Ph. 262-472-5244 

? 

? 

? 



From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart 
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:20 AM 
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' 
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference 

? 

Wanted to get an idea of the ATHEN members who will be attending the AHEAD conference in Louisville. 

? 

? 

Ron Stewart 

? 

************************************************************************* 

Ron Stewart MS 

Technology Advisor 

Association on Higher Education and Disabilities 

Chair, AHEAD Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG) 

? 

8300 West Weller St 

Yorktown, IN 47396 

Mobile: 609 213-2190 

Fax: 765 405-1484 

? 

ron@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 Teresa.Haven at asu.edu  Wed Jul  1 08:40:26 2009
From: Teresa.Haven at asu.edu (Teresa Haven)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference
In-Reply-To: <13930865.39591246462627498.JavaMail.root@mail.digilifemedia.biz>
References: <25F108F81838F14ABD90305FAB3BCF0269532FF7@exchmb3.uww.edu>
	<13930865.39591246462627498.JavaMail.root@mail.digilifemedia.biz>
Message-ID: <0D41DFE921DACE439289A5E629BDB66C03A59619@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu>

Wish I could be there, but no -- complying with travel ban.  :(
Teresa 

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dann Berkowitz
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 8:37 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] AHEAD Conference

Sorry -- won't be there this year. Getting settled in the new job.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Constance A Wiersma" <wiersmac@uww.edu>
To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 10:47:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Athen] AHEAD Conference





Ron: 

I plan to attend. 

? 

Connie Wiersma 

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Connie Wiersma, Assistant Director 

Center for Students with Disabilities 

Andersen Library 2002E 

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 

Whitewater, WI? 53190 

Ph. 262-472-5244 

? 

? 

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From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:20 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' 
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference 

? 

Wanted to get an idea of the ATHEN members who will be attending the AHEAD conference in Louisville. 

? 

? 

Ron Stewart 

? 

************************************************************************* 

Ron Stewart MS 

Technology Advisor 

Association on Higher Education and Disabilities 

Chair, AHEAD Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG) 

? 

8300 West Weller St 

Yorktown, IN 47396 

Mobile: 609 213-2190 

Fax: 765 405-1484 

? 

ron@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 hascherdss at gmail.com  Wed Jul  1 11:04:54 2009
From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference
In-Reply-To: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
Message-ID: <6e0d34c90907011104n4551afa7p382f7f72427610d9@mail.gmail.com>

I'll be there!  :-)
Heidi

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Ron Stewart <ron@ahead.org> wrote:

>  Wanted to get an idea of the ATHEN members who will be attending the
> AHEAD conference in Louisville.
>
>
>
>
>
> Ron Stewart
>
>
>
> *************************************************************************
>
> Ron Stewart MS
>
> Technology Advisor
>
> Association on Higher Education and Disabilities
>
> Chair, AHEAD Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG)
>
>
>
> 8300 West Weller St
>
> Yorktown, IN 47396
>
> Mobile: 609 213-2190
>
> Fax: 765 405-1484
>
>
>
> ron@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!*
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Athen mailing list
> Athen@athenpro.org
> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org
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>


-- 
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Associate Director
Center for Educational Access
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Fayetteville, AR 72701
479.575.3104
479.575.7445 fax
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From jeano at uwm.edu  Wed Jul  1 12:24:44 2009
From: jeano at uwm.edu (Jean M Salzer)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD conference
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1246474802.27705.athen_athenpro.org@athenpro.org>
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I won't be there - no dinero

Jean
 

Jean Salzer, Sr. Counselor 
BVI Program/Alternative Text Coordinator 
Student Accessibility Center 
UW-Milwaukee 
414-229-5660, Mitchell Hall B16 

The limits of the mind are often mistaken to be the limits of the world. 
Immanuel Kant 
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From skeegan at stanford.edu  Wed Jul  1 14:06:49 2009
From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] SCC file request
Message-ID: <4A4BCFE9.6080300@stanford.edu>

Hi all,

Does anyone have a spare SCC file or two laying around?  I am trying to 
debug an issue with SCC files and importing into QT Pro (for captioning 
iTunes movies).

I just need to identify if the issue is with the tool I am using to 
create SCC files or if it is with the QT Pro import tool.  Please 
contact me off-list.

Thanks,
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From ron at ahead.org  Thu Jul  2 06:08:51 2009
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] Accessibility versus affordance - Unasking The right
	Questions
Message-ID: <063f01c9fb16$3eb80770$bc281650$@org>

Interesting read

Ron

Unasking The right Questions - By Bill Thompson.
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Accessibility has always been an issue for information and communications
technologies, but for most 
of the 60 or so years we've had stored-program digital computers, it was a
secondary consideration.
Getting physical access to early computers like EDSAC and ATLAS involved
being in the right room in 
the right city at the right time, whether or not you were a wheelchair user
or had poor vision.

When the number of people with easy and affordable access to the new
technologies of desktop 
computers, network access and online publishing tools was relatively small,
accessibility for those 
who needed special provision could be handled using one-off solutions, often
built by those 
concerned since they were technical themselves.
Over the years this has led us to design systems for the majority and then
adapt them to work for 
those who are somehow different, and we keep thinking about 'accessibility'
and 'usability' as 
separate, almost orthogonal aspects of design. Unfortunately, this remains
the dominant model, and 
it has now become a barrier to future progress because it encourages
designers to think about 
creating tools and services for the 'normal' population before considering
accessibility.
We need to change this approach, and to move away from solving the 'problem'
of accessibility to a 
view of design in which it stops meriting separate consideration.
We need to stop giving designers the opportunity to talk about
'accessibility', and instead collapse 
the distinction that is causing us so much trouble.
Instead of thinking about 'access' at one end and 'usability' at another, we
should attempt to 
recast our debate in terms of what technology does for all of us, not just
those whose have 'special' 
requirements.
After all, technology is there to mediate between us and the world, and all
technology is about 
changing, enhancing or correcting our bare capabilities to allow new things
to be possible, 
transforming the otherwise inaccessible and unperceivable into sense data,
or subjecting the 
physical world to the influence of enhanced motor skills.
How many of you can see the moons of Jupiter with your naked eye, or run at
80-miles-an-hour?
The additive power of technology is as true of the telescope and the car as
it is of the internet. 
Technologies sit between us and the world and allow us to perceive it more
intimately, measure it 
more precisely, influence it with greater precision and scope, and reach out
to others without 
concern for distance or - in many cases - language.
They do that for us all, irrespective of our capabilities. But different
technologies offer 
different affordances, depending on where we encounter them and - most
importantly - our own 
capabilities. We can only use a telescope to see the craters of the moon if
we have adequate vision, 
though of course interpreting the data from a radio telescope does not
necessarily require this.
We have too often been content to build technologies which only serve to
enhance the capabilities of 
the 'modally-abled', those whose physical and cognitive abilities cluster
around the modal value for 
modern humans. We clearly disregard those whose abilities are much lower
than the norm, but also 
tend to forget those who may be better - they tend to cope, of course, and
do not usually ask for 
special attention.
So how should we frame our debate if we move beyond what I think is a
dangerous attempt to retain 
the distinction between 'usability' and 'accessibility'?

I think it is time to explore the idea of 'affordance', as it could offer us
a way forward.

Bill Gaver, Professor of Design at Goldsmiths College, has an interesting
take on this. In a 1996 
paper, he wrote: "Affordances go beyond value-free physical descriptions of
the environment by 
expressing environmental attributes relative to humans. For example, the
physical measure of height, 
which has no inherent meaning, can be recast in terms of the affordance of
accessibility, which 
does. Because accessibility emerges from the relation between elevation and
people's physical 
characteristics, it is an objective fact about a situation."
The idea of accessibility - here used to mean whether a shelf or window can
be reached - as 
something which emerges from a relationship between a technology and a user
is one we might build on 
in our attempt to reconcile the usability-driven design approach and our
concern over whether people 
can use specific technologies.
The key is the interaction between the technology and what it offers and the
ability of the user 
actually to make use of that offer, as it allows us to sketch out a model of
augmented capability 
that covers all of us, not just those who might be classified as 'disabled'
in some way.
If we start to frame the issues facing users whose capabilities deviate from
the norm in terms of 
affordances rather than simply of accessibility, this might free us from the
'modal totalitarianism' 
that infects so much design, whether in products like screens and keyboards
or on-screen in 
websites, widgets and services.
Affordances matter equally to the 'abled' as to the 'disabled', and so the
same design methods can 
be used, and outcomes can be evaluated in a much broader way. This allows us
to start to move away 
from the current model, in which we have 'assistive' technologies to
overcome 'deficits' that make 
some users 'abnormal', to one in which we all have skills and abilities that
vary along a large 
number of axes.
This is going to be very important in the near future, as those of us who
first encountered digital 
technologies when we were young and able-bodied, begin to age. I wear
glasses to read from the 
screen, and I know that my high-frequency hearing has been damaged by years
of gigs and loud music 
in headphones.
I can feel my cognitive abilities going, and can see a world where I will
be, as Shakespeare might 
have put it, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans keyboard, and in the near future I
will need assistive 
technologies even more.
If we think differently about design and consider issues of accessibility in
terms of affordances, 
then we may move closer to another goal - that of exposing and understanding
the impacts of the 
negative 'externalities' of unusable sites and services.
To an economist, externalities are effects on parties that are not directly
involved in a 
transaction, such as the impact of a polluting factory on the health of
non-employees in the 
surrounding area. The costs of the transaction do not therefore reflect its
full costs or benefits, 
once these externalities are taken into account. Externalities can be
positive, such as the network 
effect that comes from more and more people using an online service, or
negative.
By and large, businesses will try to bring more of the positive
externalities in-house - we might 
see battles over copyright as an attempt by rights-holders to internalise
all the benefits of 
creative reuse - but keep negative externalities away, and off their balance
sheet.
A more integrated approach to design, however, one that classes all users as
equal and equally 
deserving of service, could make it harder for those who disregard the needs
of the non-modal 
population to treat the costs as an externality to be met by extra funding,
charitable engagement or 
personal expenditure on assistive technology. And by bringing the costs back
to those who have given 
us this world of dysfunctional technology, we might persuade even the
accountants and management 
consultants who have for so long disregarded the needs of anyone outside the
mainstream, that there 
are sound financial reasons for becoming more inclusive.
We would not even need to tax them to achieve this (though this would be one
approach): we could 
nudge them to do the right thing by offering benefits and tax breaks for
those whose choices are 
more in line with this point of view, perhaps limiting access to government
support services, 
guaranteed bank loans and the other benefits that businesses are currently
calling for, to those who 
will offer tools, sites and services that can be used by all taxpayers and
not just those with 20/20 
vision and high levels of manual dexterity.
The transition from the current approach, which we could call modal
oligarchy, to one of design for 
all, will not be easy. Those of us within one standard deviation of the mean
may worry that elegant 
tools and desirable products that 'just work' will no longer be available,
that innovation will be 
limited and that we will have to work harder to get what we want from
websites.
But no user interface is intuitive, no keyboard obvious, no website
'natural'. Just as learning 
language rewires the human brain, so learning how to use network computers
requires us to link old 
skills in new ways. We've taken the easy path so far, but I would speculate
that interfaces designed 
for all will not only be more usable by mainstream adopters, they will be
more powerful.
And they will unleash a wave of creativity not only from those of us who are
already well served but 
from the millions upon millions who are currently excluded.
If we believe in the transforming power of these new technologies, if we
want the network revolution 
to succeed, and if we desire the best and brightest to join us in this brave
new world, then we need 
to ensure that the barriers to access are removed at all levels. That means
campaigning to bring 
down all of the digital divides, not just the one between rich and poor but
between the majority of 
users for whom most technology is designed and those of us whose
capabilities lie more than one 
standard deviation from the mode.
The conversations taking place at this conference, e-Access '09, are part of
that process, but I 
think it is time to push for something more. I think that this should be the
last e-access 
conference. Next year I hope to see you all here for e-affordance 2010.

http://www.headstar.com/eablive/?p=287#more-287 





From bergerei at gse.harvard.edu  Thu Jul  2 08:40:29 2009
From: bergerei at gse.harvard.edu (eileen berger)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD conference
In-Reply-To: <897344709.867161246476284313.JavaMail.root@mail03.pantherlink.uwm.edu>
References: <897344709.867161246476284313.JavaMail.root@mail03.pantherlink.u
	wm.edu>
Message-ID: <66586128F30D077146FE64AA@Nicole-Bergers-Computer.local>

I will be at AHEAD presenting with colleagues from BC and Holy Cross for 
several days.
Eileen

--On July 1, 2009 2:24:44 PM -0500 Jean M Salzer <jeano@uwm.edu> wrote:

> I won't be there - no dinero
>
> Jean
>
>
> Jean Salzer, Sr. Counselor
> BVI Program/Alternative Text Coordinator
> Student Accessibility Center
> UW-Milwaukee
> 414-229-5660, Mitchell Hall B16
>
> The limits of the mind are often mistaken to be the limits of the world.
> Immanuel Kant
> ********************************************
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Access and Disability Services Administrator
Harvard University
Graduate School of Education
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From gdietrich at htctu.net  Thu Jul  2 18:35:26 2009
From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] Job Opening Santa Monica
Message-ID: <46DF027566E5415B87F5F9567E7AACB9@htctu.fhda.edu>

Santa Monica City College is looking for an alternate media specialist.
Please see the attached job announcement 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
High Tech Center Training Unit of the
California Community Colleges
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
www.htctu.net
408-996-6043
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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

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From info at karlencommunications.com  Sun Jul  5 04:39:37 2009
From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] NYT article on company that rents textbooks
Message-ID: <000801c9fd65$46b5e5e0$d421b1a0$@com>

Thought the model and business was an interesting concept

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/business/05ping.html?_r=1
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/business/05ping.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc
=rss> &partner=rss&emc=rss

 

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From ron at ahead.org  Sun Jul  5 06:01:31 2009
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] Save as DAISY Question
Message-ID: <00be01c9fd70$b7f8a520$27e9ef60$@org>

Morning all,

 

I have been having some issues with page numbers being retained in DAISY
materials produced with the Save as DAISY Plug-in.  Anyone have any
suggestions, the numbers are in the headers but do not seem to be present in
the DTB.

 

Ro Stewart

 

*************************************************************************

Ron Stewart MS

Technology Advisor 

Association on Higher Education and Disabilities

Chair, AHEAD Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG)

 

8300 West Weller St

Yorktown, IN 47396

Mobile: 609 213-2190

Fax: 765 405-1484

 

 <mailto:ron@ahead.org> 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 skeegan at stanford.edu  Mon Jul  6 12:05:05 2009
From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] Rapid Caption software?
Message-ID: <4A524AE1.3020908@stanford.edu>

Does anyone have access to the RapidCaption software to perform a quick 
experiment?  Should take less than 5 minutes to try out...

I have a SCC file that is invalid (according to different tools). 
However, if I import this SCC file into MacCaption and then re-export, 
it works great.

Would anyone be willing to try this with the RapidCaption software?

I am trying to prove a point to a vendor that the SCC files they are 
generating are non-conformant.

Many thanks,
Sean
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From ron at ahead.org  Mon Jul  6 16:16:37 2009
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] FW: ATHEN election results
Message-ID: <029d01c9fe8f$d0153900$703fab00$@org>

Sorry for the delay on this, seems that technology ruled the day in getting
this out.  Here are the official results of the ATHEN elections for 2009.

 

Ron Stewart

 

 

ATHEN Executive Council  Election results 2009

 

President:

* Ron Stewart

 

Vice President:

* Terrill (Terry) Thompson

 

Secretary:

* Dann Berkowitz

 

Treasurer:

* Heidi Scher

 

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From norm.coombs at gmail.com  Tue Jul  7 08:59:41 2009
From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] need help understanding current caption technology
Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20090707084813.02372e90@pop.gmail.com>

Because I am blind, some basic parts of actually creating captioning are 
not accessible to me.  Nevertheless, 5-10 years ago I had a fair 
understanding of how the process worked using magpie etc.  It spit out a 
SMIL file a video file a rt file with the text and they were synchronized 
through the SMIL file.
I now understand that using something like Camtasia the process can be 
simplified even allowing the end user to click on buttons to make the 
captions visible or hidden.  I am guessing this outputs just a single 
file.  I have read the Techsmith tutorial on step-by-step creation of the 
captions.
Here are my questions:
1 does this output a single file or does is still provide a group of files 
controlled by the SMIL file?

2 while a blind person does not need to find and use the player buttons to 
make captions visible or not, could a blind user with a screen reader find 
the buttons for play or pause and stop or can't a screen reader manipulate 
any of the controls

3.  can the output be set either to start when opened or set to require 
using a start button to start the actual video?

4  Are there still any reasons that someone would want to output multimedia 
using magpie and the SMIL file?  Is magpie and SMIL now irrelevant?

5.  I assume that any decent commercial product similar to Camtasia will do 
all the same things?

I need to be brought up to date on the technology so I can talk 
intelligently to people about it.

Norm Coombs



From dbritten at u.washington.edu  Tue Jul  7 16:46:56 2009
From: dbritten at u.washington.edu (Drew Britten)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference
In-Reply-To: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
Message-ID: <EC9766225DD87D46BF543084524816E501CC18F339@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu>

We're still on a out-of-state travel freeze.


Drew Britten, MSRE
Assistive Technology/ Alternative Media Program Manager
Disability Resources for Students
University of Washington
448 Schmitz
Box 355839
Seattle, WA 98195-5839
(206) 543-8924 voice
(206) 543-8925 TTY
(206) 616-8379 fax
dbritten@u.washington.edu



From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:20 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference

Wanted to get an idea of the ATHEN members who will be attending the AHEAD conference in Louisville.


Ron Stewart

*************************************************************************
Ron Stewart MS
Technology Advisor
Association on Higher Education and Disabilities
Chair, AHEAD Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG)

8300 West Weller St
Yorktown, IN 47396
Mobile: 609 213-2190
Fax: 765 405-1484

ron@ahead.org<mailto: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 ron at ahead.org  Thu Jul  9 08:55:22 2009
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] FW: National Technology Plan being developed
Message-ID: <00c601ca00ad$aae7f170$00b7d450$@org>

Some may be interested in participating in this effort, last time around
there was no input as far as I am aware from our community.

 

Ron Stewart

 

The US Department of Education is in the process of developing a national
technology plan. There is a very short timeline for input. Please take the
time to look at it and weigh in on the needs of students with disabilities.
This may be our only opportunity. It is only open for comment through
Sunday.

 

 https://edtechfuture.org/

 

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From kcahill at MIT.EDU  Thu Jul  9 09:37:33 2009
From: kcahill at MIT.EDU (Kathy Cahill)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] FW: National Technology Plan being developed
In-Reply-To: <00c601ca00ad$aae7f170$00b7d450$@org>
References: <00c601ca00ad$aae7f170$00b7d450$@org>
Message-ID: <4A561CCD.8030700@mit.edu>

Just an FYI -- David Rose of CAST is a member of the working group.

Kathy

-- 
*************************
Kathleen Cahill
Adaptive Technology Specialist
MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab
77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 253-5111
kcahill@mit.edu


Ron Stewart wrote:
> Some may be interested in participating in this effort, last time around 
> there was no input as far as I am aware from our community.
> 
>  
> 
> Ron Stewart
> 
>  
> 
> The US Department of Education is in the process of developing a 
> national technology plan. There is a very short timeline for input. 
> Please take the time to look at it and weigh in on the needs of students 
> with disabilities.  This may be our only opportunity. It is only open 
> for comment through Sunday.
> 
>  
> 
>  https://edtechfuture.org/
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From normajean.brand at hccs.edu  Fri Jul 10 07:15:05 2009
From: normajean.brand at hccs.edu (normajean.brand)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference
In-Reply-To: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
Message-ID: <801E7AFBD02DE54BA988F6520E408E1DB395B3@ADMINMAIL1.ad.hccs.edu>

Budget not there for any more travel this year. L 

 

Regards,

Norma Jean

 

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

NJ Brand

Houston Community College-Northwest

ADA Technician
Technology and Instructional Computing
Room RC13

1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N.

Houston TX 77043

VM/Office: 713.718.5604                    

FAX: 713.718.5430 

Email: normajean.brand@hccs.edu

http://northwest.hccs.edu 

SkypeMe: nj.brand 

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:20 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference

 

Wanted to get an idea of the ATHEN members who will be attending the
AHEAD conference in Louisville.

 

 

Ron Stewart

 

************************************************************************
*

Ron Stewart MS

Technology Advisor 

Association on Higher Education and Disabilities

Chair, AHEAD Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG)

 

8300 West Weller St

Yorktown, IN 47396

Mobile: 609 213-2190

Fax: 765 405-1484

 

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
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From hkramer.atsol at gmail.com  Fri Jul 10 09:47:25 2009
From: hkramer.atsol at gmail.com (Howard Kramer)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference
In-Reply-To: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
Message-ID: <baa6b6680907100947kf4133famfff729f685f3b110@mail.gmail.com>

I won't be there.

-Howard

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Ron Stewart <ron@ahead.org> wrote:

>  Wanted to get an idea of the ATHEN members who will be attending the
> AHEAD conference in Louisville.
>
>
>
>
>
> Ron Stewart
>
>
>
> *************************************************************************
>
> Ron Stewart MS
>
> Technology Advisor
>
> Association on Higher Education and Disabilities
>
> Chair, AHEAD Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG)
>
>
>
> 8300 West Weller St
>
> Yorktown, IN 47396
>
> Mobile: 609 213-2190
>
> Fax: 765 405-1484
>
>
>
> ron@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 ron at altformatsolutions.com  Tue Jul 14 17:53:37 2009
From: ron at altformatsolutions.com (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] FW: Webinar: Effective Practices for Description of Science
	Content within Digital Talking Books
Message-ID: <070901ca04e6$b09b5700$11d20500$@com>

Some may be interested in this event

 

Ron Stewart

 

Feed: DAISY News Feed
Posted on: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:00 AM
Author: DAISY News Feed
Subject: Webinar: Effective Practices for Description of Science Content within Digital Talking Books

 


National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is pleased to announce that they have scheduled the first webinar training sessions on Effective Practices for Description of Science Content within Digital Talking Books. The first two sessions will be held:

*	Wednesday, July 29th, 2 pm to 3:30 pm US Eastern time
*	Thursday, August 20th, 10 am to 11:30 am US Eastern time

Please RSVP by email: stemdescription@wgbh.org

Future events will be announced on the NCAM website <http://ncam.wgbh.org/publications/stemdx/events.html> .


View article... <http://www.daisy.org/news/news_item.php?NewsId=589> 

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From ron at ahead.org  Tue Jul 14 17:54:47 2009
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] FW: Webinar: Effective Practices for Description of Science
	Content within Digital Talking Books
Message-ID: <071501ca04e6$d9f12850$8dd378f0$@org>

Some may be interested in this event

 

Ron Stewart

 

Feed: DAISY News Feed
Posted on: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:00 AM
Author: DAISY News Feed
Subject: Webinar: Effective Practices for Description of Science Content within Digital Talking Books

 


National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is pleased to announce that they have scheduled the first webinar training sessions on Effective Practices for Description of Science Content within Digital Talking Books. The first two sessions will be held:

*	Wednesday, July 29th, 2 pm to 3:30 pm US Eastern time
*	Thursday, August 20th, 10 am to 11:30 am US Eastern time

Please RSVP by email: stemdescription@wgbh.org

Future events will be announced on the NCAM website <http://ncam.wgbh.org/publications/stemdx/events.html> .


View article... <http://www.daisy.org/news/news_item.php?NewsId=589> 

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From SKelmer at stlcc.edu  Wed Jul 15 07:45:26 2009
From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:33 2018
Subject: [Athen] TextAloud User - Need Feedback
Message-ID: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302DBD635@EVS01.stlcc.local>

I am looking to talk directly with a current TextAloud user regarding
how the program is being used to record books to MP3's.  I have the
money to order the software to replace what we are currently using, but
before I do so, I want to be sure it will do what I need it to do
(especially in cutting chapter segments into manageable ten-minute
pieces).

 

Thanks.  

 

Susan Kelmer

Adaptive Technology Specialist/

Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

314-984-7951

 

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From Teresa.Haven at asu.edu  Wed Jul 15 07:54:49 2009
From: Teresa.Haven at asu.edu (Teresa Haven)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] TextAloud User - Need Feedback
In-Reply-To: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302DBD635@EVS01.stlcc.local>
References: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302DBD635@EVS01.stlcc.local>
Message-ID: <0D41DFE921DACE439289A5E629BDB66C03AD92C7@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu>

Hi, Susan.  I'm a current user; feel free to write me off-list.  :)
Teresa
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D. 
Supervisor, Alternate Format Program 
Disability Resource Center 
Arizona State University 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 


________________________________

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M.
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 7:45 AM
To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Access Technology Higher Education
Network
Subject: [Athen] TextAloud User - Need Feedback



I am looking to talk directly with a current TextAloud user regarding
how the program is being used to record books to MP3's.  I have the
money to order the software to replace what we are currently using, but
before I do so, I want to be sure it will do what I need it to do
(especially in cutting chapter segments into manageable ten-minute
pieces).

 

Thanks.  

 

Susan Kelmer

Adaptive Technology Specialist/

Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

314-984-7951

 

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From nettiet at gmail.com  Wed Jul 15 08:15:55 2009
From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] TextAloud User - Need Feedback
In-Reply-To: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302DBD635@EVS01.stlcc.local>
References: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302DBD635@EVS01.stlcc.local>
Message-ID: <c52105b20907150815u487e206ew9e3c24fc99824cea@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Susan,

>From my experience, it should do what you require.  I used it to record
short phrases that were saved to a compact flash card and used on a
communication system.  I have run into some difficulties in saving the wav
files since I installed Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.1 but have not been
able to 'fix' the problem.

Nettie Fischer, ATP
NettieT, ATP Consultants
Elk Grove, California


On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Kelmer, Susan M. <SKelmer@stlcc.edu> wrote:

>  I am looking to talk directly with a current TextAloud user regarding how
> the program is being used to record books to MP3?s.  I have the money to
> order the software to replace what we are currently using, but before I do
> so, I want to be sure it will do what I need it to do (especially in cutting
> chapter segments into manageable ten-minute pieces).
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> *Susan Kelmer*
>
> *Adaptive Technology Specialist/*
>
> *Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms*
>
> *St. Louis Community College - Meramec*
>
> *314-984-7951*
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Athen mailing list
> Athen@athenpro.org
> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org
>
>


-- 
Nettie T. Fischer, ATP
Assistive Technology Practitioner
Nettiet, ATP Consultants
www.nettietatpconsultants.com
[916] 222-3492 Office
(916) 704-1456 Cell
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From gdietrich at htctu.net  Wed Jul 15 11:54:56 2009
From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Job Opening in Silicon Valley
Message-ID: <260CCE44948D458C9FEDF85574D91135@htctu.fhda.edu>

Please forgive cross-postings...

The High Tech Center Training Unit (HTCTU) of the California Community
Colleges (CCCs) has a job opening for a full-time, twelve-month, non-tenure
track faculty position in assistive computer technology.  

The HTCTU provides training to the staff and faculty of the CCCs in areas of
technology helpful to students with disabilities. The program is grant
funded and has been located at De Anza College in Cupertino, California, for
over 20 years.

This position will provide trainings on-site at our Cupertino facility,
travel to various of the 110 colleges in our system, and present at
conferences. Beyond standard faculty duties (developing curricula, teaching,
researching), this position will also oversee our network technician in
maintaining our computer training lab.

The position is listed on our district Web site under job number 10-003:
http://hr.fhda.edu/employment/faculty

We have also added a link to our home page under the heading Job
Opportunity:
http://www.htctu.net/

Please disseminate this information to anyone who you think might be
qualified and interested. Feel free to contact us after reading the online
job announcement if you have specific questions.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
High Tech Center Training Unit of the
California Community Colleges
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
www.htctu.net
408-996-6043
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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

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From sozi1 at mscd.edu  Wed Jul 15 12:54:05 2009
From: sozi1 at mscd.edu (sozi1@mscd.edu)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Athen Digest, Vol 42, Issue 12
In-Reply-To: <mailman.114.1247684149.28905.athen_athenpro.org@athenpro.org>
References: <mailman.114.1247684149.28905.athen_athenpro.org@athenpro.org>
Message-ID: <c877a692a36b.a36bc877a692@mscd.edu>

HI Susan,
After copying your text content to text aloud, convert them to mp3 files by going to speak -current article to file
it is going to ask you where you would like to store it .
assume you have I tunes -library abnd save it to your music library than use a third party software , there are many free mp3 editing softwares.
My personal favorite is Goldwave its relatively cheaper and does more for the money.
you can drag the mp3 file to open it or open goldwave file directly from your directory.
you can cut/edit/mix etc as you like ..
i hope this helps.
Thanks.

Selim Ozi 

Adaptive Technology support at 
Metropolitan State College of Denver. 
303 556 8387 

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From: athen-request@athenpro.org 
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:56 pm 
Subject: Athen Digest, Vol 42, Issue 12 
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> Message: 1 
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:54:49 -0700 
> From: Teresa Haven <Teresa.Haven@asu.edu> 
> Subject: Re: [Athen] TextAloud User - Need Feedback 
> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen@athenpro.org> 
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 
> 
> Hi, Susan. I'm a current user; feel free to write me off-list. :) 
> Teresa 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
> Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D. 
> Supervisor, Alternate Format Program 
> Disability Resource Center 
> Arizona State University 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
> 
> 
> ________________________________ 
> 
> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen- 
> bounces@athenpro.org] On 
> Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M. 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 7:45 AM 
> To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Access Technology Higher Education 
> Network 
> Subject: [Athen] TextAloud User - Need Feedback 
> 
> 
> 
> I am looking to talk directly with a current TextAloud user regarding 
> how the program is being used to record books to MP3's. I have the 
> money to order the software to replace what we are currently 
> using, but 
> before I do so, I want to be sure it will do what I need it to do 
> (especially in cutting chapter segments into manageable ten-minute 
> pieces). 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> 
> 
> Susan Kelmer 
> 
> Adaptive Technology Specialist/ 
> 
> Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms 
> 
> St. Louis Community College - Meramec 
> 
> 314-984-7951 
> 
> 
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> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:15:55 -0700 
> From: Nettie Fischer <nettiet@gmail.com> 
> Subject: Re: [Athen] TextAloud User - Need Feedback 
> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen@athenpro.org> 
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> 
> Hi Susan, 
> 
> >From my experience, it should do what you require. I used it to 
> recordshort phrases that were saved to a compact flash card and 
> used on a 
> communication system. I have run into some difficulties in saving 
> the wav 
> files since I installed Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.1 but have 
> not been 
> able to 'fix' the problem. 
> 
> Nettie Fischer, ATP 
> NettieT, ATP Consultants 
> Elk Grove, California 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Kelmer, Susan M. 
> <SKelmer@stlcc.edu> wrote: 
> 
> > I am looking to talk directly with a current TextAloud user 
> regarding how 
> > the program is being used to record books to MP3?s. I have the 
> money to 
> > order the software to replace what we are currently using, but 
> before I do 
> > so, I want to be sure it will do what I need it to do 
> (especially in cutting 
> > chapter segments into manageable ten-minute pieces). 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > *Susan Kelmer* 
> > 
> > *Adaptive Technology Specialist/* 
> > 
> > *Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms* 
> > 
> > *St. Louis Community College - Meramec* 
> > 
> > *314-984-7951* 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________ 
> > Athen mailing list 
> > Athen@athenpro.org 
> > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Nettie T. Fischer, ATP 
> Assistive Technology Practitioner 
> Nettiet, ATP Consultants 
> www.nettietatpconsultants.com 
> [916] 222-3492 Office 
> (916) 704-1456 Cell 
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> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:54:56 -0700 
> From: "Gaeir Dietrich" <gdietrich@htctu.net> 
> Subject: [Athen] Job Opening in Silicon Valley 
> To: "'Alternate Media'" <altmedia@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu>, "'DSP&S 
> Directors Listserver'" <directors@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu>, 
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 
> 
> Please forgive cross-postings... 
> 
> The High Tech Center Training Unit (HTCTU) of the California Community 
> Colleges (CCCs) has a job opening for a full-time, twelve-month, 
> non-tenure 
> track faculty position in assistive computer technology. 
> 
> The HTCTU provides training to the staff and faculty of the CCCs 
> in areas of 
> technology helpful to students with disabilities. The program is grant 
> funded and has been located at De Anza College in Cupertino, 
> California, for 
> over 20 years. 
> 
> This position will provide trainings on-site at our Cupertino 
> facility,travel to various of the 110 colleges in our system, and 
> present at 
> conferences. Beyond standard faculty duties (developing curricula, 
> teaching,researching), this position will also oversee our network 
> technician in 
> maintaining our computer training lab. 
> 
> The position is listed on our district Web site under job number 
> 10-003: 
> http://hr.fhda.edu/employment/faculty 
> 
> We have also added a link to our home page under the heading Job 
> Opportunity: 
> http://www.htctu.net/ 
> 
> Please disseminate this information to anyone who you think might be 
> qualified and interested. Feel free to contact us after reading 
> the online 
> job announcement if you have specific questions. 
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
> Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich 
> High Tech Center Training Unit of the 
> California Community Colleges 
> De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 
> www.htctu.net 
> 408-996-6043 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
> 
> The HTCTU provides leadership, training, and support to the California 
> Community Colleges in using technology to promote the success of 
> studentswith disabilities. 
> 
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From lnorwich at bu.edu  Thu Jul 16 11:01:00 2009
From: lnorwich at bu.edu (Norwich, Lorraine S)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference
In-Reply-To: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
Message-ID: <0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>

 Dear All,

 

I will be at the AHEAD conference this year.  

 

Thanks

 

Lorraine

 

Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS  

Assistant Director of Disability Services

Boston University

19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor

Boston, MA 02215

lnorwich@bu.edu (email)

617-353-3658 (vox)

617-353-9646 (fax)

www.bu.edu/disability (website)

 

 

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:20 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference

 

Wanted to get an idea of the ATHEN members who will be attending the
AHEAD conference in Louisville.

 

 

Ron Stewart

 

************************************************************************
*

Ron Stewart MS

Technology Advisor 

Association on Higher Education and Disabilities

Chair, AHEAD Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG)

 

8300 West Weller St

Yorktown, IN 47396

Mobile: 609 213-2190

Fax: 765 405-1484

 

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 pat at automaticsync.com  Thu Jul 16 11:05:28 2009
From: pat at automaticsync.com (Pat Brogan)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference
In-Reply-To: <0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>
Message-ID: <0MKpCa-1MRVKv3H8X-000NeO@mrelay.perfora.net>

Lorraine,

I believed we talked when I was at Echo360 and we were discussing workshops
on accessible lecture capture. I am now working for Automatic Sync, a
captioning company. I'll be presenting at AHEAD. It would be great to catch
up with you. 

 

Pat Brogan, Ph.D.

Vice President, Sales and Marketing 

Automatic Sync Technologies

877-ast-sync ext. 712

Mobile 408-656-6145

http://www.automaticsync.com

 

  _____  

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:01 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] AHEAD Conference

 

 Dear All,

 

I will be at the AHEAD conference this year.  

 

Thanks

 

Lorraine

 

Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS  

Assistant Director of Disability Services

Boston University

19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor

Boston, MA 02215

lnorwich@bu.edu (email)

617-353-3658 (vox)

617-353-9646 (fax)

www.bu.edu/disability (website)

 

 

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:20 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference

 

Wanted to get an idea of the ATHEN members who will be attending the AHEAD
conference in Louisville.

 

 

Ron Stewart

 

*************************************************************************

Ron Stewart MS

Technology Advisor 

Association on Higher Education and Disabilities

Chair, AHEAD Instructional Materials Accessibility Group (IMAG)

 

8300 West Weller St

Yorktown, IN 47396

Mobile: 609 213-2190

Fax: 765 405-1484

 

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
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From kcahill at MIT.EDU  Thu Jul 16 11:39:41 2009
From: kcahill at MIT.EDU (Kathy Cahill)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
In-Reply-To: <0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
	<0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>
Message-ID: <4A5F73ED.9020300@mit.edu>

Dear Colleagues;

We have an incoming freshman who is blind and will be using lots of
technology.  Given his courseload (Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and a
humanities class), he is going to be needing detailed access to
mathematical and scientific information.  He is a JAWS user already and
knows Nemeth.  So, that's good.

The student has indicated he would prefer to access the math and science
in Braille.  So, I have some questions for you:

1.  We are considering recommending a refreshable Braille display for
him.  Can refreshable Braille displays do Nemeth?  My understanding is
that the screen reader software is the intermediary between the
information on the screen and the Braille display.  So, if JAWS can't do
math, how does the Nemeth code get to the refreshable Braille display?

2.  Can Braille notetakers function as refreshable Braille devices?  Is
it recommended?

3.  If our student prefers hardcopies of any of his textbooks in
Braille, we will need to outsource it.  Do you have any recommendations
of places that do Nemeth translation and embossing?

Thanks for any sage advice!

Kathy

-- 
*************************
Kathleen Cahill
Adaptive Technology Specialist
MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab
77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 253-5111
kcahill@mit.edu



From burke at mso.umt.edu  Thu Jul 16 12:21:18 2009
From: burke at mso.umt.edu (Burke, Dan (DSS))
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
In-Reply-To: <4A5F73ED.9020300@mit.edu>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org><0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>
	<4A5F73ED.9020300@mit.edu>
Message-ID: <A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>

I'll take a crack at this, and others with more knowledge can jump in
and set the conversation back on the right path if I stray.

I think that you're going to have to create Nemeth for the student,
regardless of JAWS or refreshable Braille display.  The problem is not
in getting hard copy Nemeth, but in the translation of complex
mathematics to Nemeth.  Once done, either a note taker or a Braille
display (I am not conversant on what needs to happen to make this one
work, but probably Duxbury?) or hard copy follow.  So, you are right
that JAWS cannot read the PDF or other doc with math or scientific
notation and convert that to Nemeth for a Braille display.  

This is if the student wants to use Nemeth.

I recommend the NFB listserv, Blind Math.  There are a lot of folks
doing math, chemistry, engineering, etc., using a variety of tools and
means of access.  The student in particular would benefit from
interacting with folks on this list.

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org


Daniel J. Burke
Assistant Director/Coordinator
Disability Services for Students
Emma B. Lommasson 154
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812

www.umt.edu/dss/

406.243.2243 voice/text
406.243.4424 direct line
406.243.5330 fax


-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kathy Cahill
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:40 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code

Dear Colleagues;

We have an incoming freshman who is blind and will be using lots of
technology.  Given his courseload (Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and a
humanities class), he is going to be needing detailed access to
mathematical and scientific information.  He is a JAWS user already and
knows Nemeth.  So, that's good.

The student has indicated he would prefer to access the math and science
in Braille.  So, I have some questions for you:

1.  We are considering recommending a refreshable Braille display for
him.  Can refreshable Braille displays do Nemeth?  My understanding is
that the screen reader software is the intermediary between the
information on the screen and the Braille display.  So, if JAWS can't do
math, how does the Nemeth code get to the refreshable Braille display?

2.  Can Braille notetakers function as refreshable Braille devices?  Is
it recommended?

3.  If our student prefers hardcopies of any of his textbooks in
Braille, we will need to outsource it.  Do you have any recommendations
of places that do Nemeth translation and embossing?

Thanks for any sage advice!

Kathy

-- 
*************************
Kathleen Cahill
Adaptive Technology Specialist
MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab
77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 253-5111
kcahill@mit.edu


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From burke at ucla.edu  Thu Jul 16 12:35:43 2009
From: burke at ucla.edu (Patrick Burke)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
In-Reply-To: <A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt .edu>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>
	<0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>
	<4A5F73ED.9020300@mit.edu>
	<A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>
Message-ID: <200907161935.n6GJZi13031044@mail.ucla.edu>

At the risk of creating Too-Many-Burkes Confusion ...:

Dan's on the right track. The most common process would be to use 
Duxbury to create the files, which can be sent electronically to the 
student (.brf format, for ex.), or turned into hardcopy.

The only limitation of using a notetaker device for this is the 
number of braille cells available. A desktop display can give you up 
to 80 characters, so there's a fighting chance to read an equation on 
one line (or at least a major chunk of it.) With a notetaker, the 
user has to be good at scrolling through material without getting 
lost. (Then again, most 80-cell displays don't have GPS ...) So it 
depends what the student already has, is used to from past work, & 
what the campus can afford, I suppose.

Patrick


At 12:21 PM 7/16/2009, Burke, Dan \(DSS\) wrote:
>I'll take a crack at this, and others with more knowledge can jump in
>and set the conversation back on the right path if I stray.
>
>I think that you're going to have to create Nemeth for the student,
>regardless of JAWS or refreshable Braille display.  The problem is not
>in getting hard copy Nemeth, but in the translation of complex
>mathematics to Nemeth.  Once done, either a note taker or a Braille
>display (I am not conversant on what needs to happen to make this one
>work, but probably Duxbury?) or hard copy follow.  So, you are right
>that JAWS cannot read the PDF or other doc with math or scientific
>notation and convert that to Nemeth for a Braille display.
>
>This is if the student wants to use Nemeth.
>
>I recommend the NFB listserv, Blind Math.  There are a lot of folks
>doing math, chemistry, engineering, etc., using a variety of tools and
>means of access.  The student in particular would benefit from
>interacting with folks on this list.
>
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
>
>
>Daniel J. Burke
>Assistant Director/Coordinator
>Disability Services for Students
>Emma B. Lommasson 154
>The University of Montana
>Missoula, MT 59812
>
>www.umt.edu/dss/
>
>406.243.2243 voice/text
>406.243.4424 direct line
>406.243.5330 fax
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
>Behalf Of Kathy Cahill
>Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:40 PM
>To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
>Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
>
>Dear Colleagues;
>
>We have an incoming freshman who is blind and will be using lots of
>technology.  Given his courseload (Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and a
>humanities class), he is going to be needing detailed access to
>mathematical and scientific information.  He is a JAWS user already and
>knows Nemeth.  So, that's good.
>
>The student has indicated he would prefer to access the math and science
>in Braille.  So, I have some questions for you:
>
>1.  We are considering recommending a refreshable Braille display for
>him.  Can refreshable Braille displays do Nemeth?  My understanding is
>that the screen reader software is the intermediary between the
>information on the screen and the Braille display.  So, if JAWS can't do
>math, how does the Nemeth code get to the refreshable Braille display?
>
>2.  Can Braille notetakers function as refreshable Braille devices?  Is
>it recommended?
>
>3.  If our student prefers hardcopies of any of his textbooks in
>Braille, we will need to outsource it.  Do you have any recommendations
>of places that do Nemeth translation and embossing?
>
>Thanks for any sage advice!
>
>Kathy
>
>--
>*************************
>Kathleen Cahill
>Adaptive Technology Specialist
>MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab
>77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
>Cambridge MA 02139
>(617) 253-5111
>kcahill@mit.edu
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Athen mailing list
>Athen@athenpro.org
>http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org
>
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--
Patrick J. Burke

Coordinator
UCLA Disabilities &
Computing Program

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



From mstores at indiana.edu  Thu Jul 16 12:37:49 2009
From: mstores at indiana.edu (Mary Stores)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
In-Reply-To: <A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org><0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>
	<4A5F73ED.9020300@mit.edu>
	<A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>
Message-ID: <20090716153749.ga5ygw3dw088cocc@webmail.iu.edu>

Duxbury does do Nemeth Code Braille translations, and they can be saved 
as .brf files. .brf files can be read by Braille displays, and it is 
the one format you can convert to regardless of what Braille 
translation system is used.

If you need to outsource Braille, I would suggest contacting the 
Library of Congress, because they have lists of Braille certified 
people who can do the translations in Braille. They can save those 
files in .brf format and send them as e-mail attachments to you or the 
student so that the student can either read it on a Braille display or 
it can be embossed using Braille translation software.

Quoting "Burke, Dan (DSS)" <burke@mso.umt.edu>:

> I'll take a crack at this, and others with more knowledge can jump in
> and set the conversation back on the right path if I stray.
>
> I think that you're going to have to create Nemeth for the student,
> regardless of JAWS or refreshable Braille display.  The problem is not
> in getting hard copy Nemeth, but in the translation of complex
> mathematics to Nemeth.  Once done, either a note taker or a Braille
> display (I am not conversant on what needs to happen to make this one
> work, but probably Duxbury?) or hard copy follow.  So, you are right
> that JAWS cannot read the PDF or other doc with math or scientific
> notation and convert that to Nemeth for a Braille display.
>
> This is if the student wants to use Nemeth.
>
> I recommend the NFB listserv, Blind Math.  There are a lot of folks
> doing math, chemistry, engineering, etc., using a variety of tools and
> means of access.  The student in particular would benefit from
> interacting with folks on this list.
>
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
>
>
> Daniel J. Burke
> Assistant Director/Coordinator
> Disability Services for Students
> Emma B. Lommasson 154
> The University of Montana
> Missoula, MT 59812
>
> www.umt.edu/dss/
>
> 406.243.2243 voice/text
> 406.243.4424 direct line
> 406.243.5330 fax
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
> Behalf Of Kathy Cahill
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:40 PM
> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
> Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
>
> Dear Colleagues;
>
> We have an incoming freshman who is blind and will be using lots of
> technology.  Given his courseload (Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and a
> humanities class), he is going to be needing detailed access to
> mathematical and scientific information.  He is a JAWS user already and
> knows Nemeth.  So, that's good.
>
> The student has indicated he would prefer to access the math and science
> in Braille.  So, I have some questions for you:
>
> 1.  We are considering recommending a refreshable Braille display for
> him.  Can refreshable Braille displays do Nemeth?  My understanding is
> that the screen reader software is the intermediary between the
> information on the screen and the Braille display.  So, if JAWS can't do
> math, how does the Nemeth code get to the refreshable Braille display?
>
> 2.  Can Braille notetakers function as refreshable Braille devices?  Is
> it recommended?
>
> 3.  If our student prefers hardcopies of any of his textbooks in
> Braille, we will need to outsource it.  Do you have any recommendations
> of places that do Nemeth translation and embossing?
>
> Thanks for any sage advice!
>
> Kathy
>
> --
> *************************
> Kathleen Cahill
> Adaptive Technology Specialist
> MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab
> 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
> Cambridge MA 02139
> (617) 253-5111
> kcahill@mit.edu
>
>
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From ron at ahead.org  Thu Jul 16 12:39:01 2009
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
In-Reply-To: <A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org><0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>	<4A5F73ED.9020300@mit.edu>
	<A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>
Message-ID: <033b01ca064d$11f94e00$35ebea00$@org>

The issue is going to be if the person knows how to read NEMETH output on
their Braille device.  As I understand it reading hard copy NEMETH and
refreshable electronic NEMETH actually require a different skill set since
it requires the user to be able to follow the transition from one form to
another.  As far as I am aware all of the major Braille displays can support
NEMETH presentation.

Ron Stewart

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Burke, Dan (DSS)
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:21 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code

I'll take a crack at this, and others with more knowledge can jump in
and set the conversation back on the right path if I stray.

I think that you're going to have to create Nemeth for the student,
regardless of JAWS or refreshable Braille display.  The problem is not
in getting hard copy Nemeth, but in the translation of complex
mathematics to Nemeth.  Once done, either a note taker or a Braille
display (I am not conversant on what needs to happen to make this one
work, but probably Duxbury?) or hard copy follow.  So, you are right
that JAWS cannot read the PDF or other doc with math or scientific
notation and convert that to Nemeth for a Braille display.  

This is if the student wants to use Nemeth.

I recommend the NFB listserv, Blind Math.  There are a lot of folks
doing math, chemistry, engineering, etc., using a variety of tools and
means of access.  The student in particular would benefit from
interacting with folks on this list.

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org


Daniel J. Burke
Assistant Director/Coordinator
Disability Services for Students
Emma B. Lommasson 154
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812

www.umt.edu/dss/

406.243.2243 voice/text
406.243.4424 direct line
406.243.5330 fax


-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kathy Cahill
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:40 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code

Dear Colleagues;

We have an incoming freshman who is blind and will be using lots of
technology.  Given his courseload (Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and a
humanities class), he is going to be needing detailed access to
mathematical and scientific information.  He is a JAWS user already and
knows Nemeth.  So, that's good.

The student has indicated he would prefer to access the math and science
in Braille.  So, I have some questions for you:

1.  We are considering recommending a refreshable Braille display for
him.  Can refreshable Braille displays do Nemeth?  My understanding is
that the screen reader software is the intermediary between the
information on the screen and the Braille display.  So, if JAWS can't do
math, how does the Nemeth code get to the refreshable Braille display?

2.  Can Braille notetakers function as refreshable Braille devices?  Is
it recommended?

3.  If our student prefers hardcopies of any of his textbooks in
Braille, we will need to outsource it.  Do you have any recommendations
of places that do Nemeth translation and embossing?

Thanks for any sage advice!

Kathy

-- 
*************************
Kathleen Cahill
Adaptive Technology Specialist
MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab
77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 253-5111
kcahill@mit.edu


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From ron at ahead.org  Thu Jul 16 12:42:19 2009
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
In-Reply-To: <20090716153749.ga5ygw3dw088cocc@webmail.iu.edu>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org><0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>	<4A5F73ED.9020300@mit.edu>	<A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>
	<20090716153749.ga5ygw3dw088cocc@webmail.iu.edu>
Message-ID: <033f01ca064d$88086360$98192a20$@org>

This is true and you can also produce decent NEMETH with several products,
including Dux though I understand MegaDots is a better solution.  I would be
wary of the NLS recommendations and actually go for customer references.  As
many of you know NEMETH outsourcing is very expensive and I have seen many
examples of so called "certified" production that did not get complex math
right.  It is just not the issue of being able to create the proper NEMETH
representation but also be able to linerize the complex equation structure
that is encountered.

Ron Stewart

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Mary Stores
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:38 PM
To: athen@athenpro.org
Subject: Re: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code

Duxbury does do Nemeth Code Braille translations, and they can be saved 
as .brf files. .brf files can be read by Braille displays, and it is 
the one format you can convert to regardless of what Braille 
translation system is used.

If you need to outsource Braille, I would suggest contacting the 
Library of Congress, because they have lists of Braille certified 
people who can do the translations in Braille. They can save those 
files in .brf format and send them as e-mail attachments to you or the 
student so that the student can either read it on a Braille display or 
it can be embossed using Braille translation software.

Quoting "Burke, Dan (DSS)" <burke@mso.umt.edu>:

> I'll take a crack at this, and others with more knowledge can jump in
> and set the conversation back on the right path if I stray.
>
> I think that you're going to have to create Nemeth for the student,
> regardless of JAWS or refreshable Braille display.  The problem is not
> in getting hard copy Nemeth, but in the translation of complex
> mathematics to Nemeth.  Once done, either a note taker or a Braille
> display (I am not conversant on what needs to happen to make this one
> work, but probably Duxbury?) or hard copy follow.  So, you are right
> that JAWS cannot read the PDF or other doc with math or scientific
> notation and convert that to Nemeth for a Braille display.
>
> This is if the student wants to use Nemeth.
>
> I recommend the NFB listserv, Blind Math.  There are a lot of folks
> doing math, chemistry, engineering, etc., using a variety of tools and
> means of access.  The student in particular would benefit from
> interacting with folks on this list.
>
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
>
>
> Daniel J. Burke
> Assistant Director/Coordinator
> Disability Services for Students
> Emma B. Lommasson 154
> The University of Montana
> Missoula, MT 59812
>
> www.umt.edu/dss/
>
> 406.243.2243 voice/text
> 406.243.4424 direct line
> 406.243.5330 fax
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
> Behalf Of Kathy Cahill
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:40 PM
> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
> Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
>
> Dear Colleagues;
>
> We have an incoming freshman who is blind and will be using lots of
> technology.  Given his courseload (Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and a
> humanities class), he is going to be needing detailed access to
> mathematical and scientific information.  He is a JAWS user already and
> knows Nemeth.  So, that's good.
>
> The student has indicated he would prefer to access the math and science
> in Braille.  So, I have some questions for you:
>
> 1.  We are considering recommending a refreshable Braille display for
> him.  Can refreshable Braille displays do Nemeth?  My understanding is
> that the screen reader software is the intermediary between the
> information on the screen and the Braille display.  So, if JAWS can't do
> math, how does the Nemeth code get to the refreshable Braille display?
>
> 2.  Can Braille notetakers function as refreshable Braille devices?  Is
> it recommended?
>
> 3.  If our student prefers hardcopies of any of his textbooks in
> Braille, we will need to outsource it.  Do you have any recommendations
> of places that do Nemeth translation and embossing?
>
> Thanks for any sage advice!
>
> Kathy
>
> --
> *************************
> Kathleen Cahill
> Adaptive Technology Specialist
> MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab
> 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
> Cambridge MA 02139
> (617) 253-5111
> kcahill@mit.edu
>
>
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From ea at emptech.info  Thu Jul 16 14:03:25 2009
From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] cell phone usage
Message-ID: <00ce01ca0658$dc7b3070$95719150$@info>

Apologies for cross posting 

In partnership with JISC TechDis please can you spare literally 5 minutes to
take in a short survey on how people use their cell phones.
http://tinyurl.com/lmfd2w 

We want to learn more about how cell phones can be used as an assistive
technology as well as a useful aid to online learning so please pass on to
friends and students if possible. 

JISC TechDis have published findings from their Go-Mobile project and also
linked with MoLeNet their project called Upwardly Mobile.
http://www.techdis.ac.uk/upwardlymobile/index.html

Thank you so much.

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 skeegan at stanford.edu  Thu Jul 16 17:10:41 2009
From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
In-Reply-To: <200907161935.n6GJZi13031044@mail.ucla.edu>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org>	<0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>	<4A5F73ED.9020300@mit.edu>	<A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>
	<200907161935.n6GJZi13031044@mail.ucla.edu>
Message-ID: <4A5FC181.3070303@stanford.edu>

 > We have an incoming freshman who is blind and will be
 > using lots of technology.  Given his courseload
 > (Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and a humanities class),
 > he is going to be needing detailed access to mathematical
 > and scientific information.

We just went through this situation last Fall quarter.  Once you know 
what books you will be using, contact me off-list - we did those topics.

 > My understanding is that the screen reader software is the
 > intermediary between the information on the screen and the
 > Braille display.  So, if JAWS can't do math, how does the
 > Nemeth code get to the refreshable Braille display?

The screen-reader is necessary for supporting the interface between the 
refreshable braille display and the computer.  JAWS would not be 
"reading" the Nemeth math content - just passing the content to the 
braille display.  In our situation, the student just loaded everything 
onto their BrailleNote and did not use the computer itself.

 > The only limitation of using a notetaker device for this is the number
 > of braille cells available.

As Patrick mentioned, the issue we encountered was the limited number of 
cells available when displaying matrices on a refreshable display as 
well.  If I recall correctly, the BrailleNote we had access to was 
displaying the rows of the matrix one after another horizontally, which 
initially caused a bit of confusion.  Everything looked fine in Duxbury 
(start brackets were vertically aligned appropriately) but broke down 
when imported into the portable display.  The rows could wrap and the 
second row of the matrix could also end/begin in the same line on the 
display.

Once we identified what was actually happening, the student was 
comfortable with the refreshable display output.  It did take some time 
to understand what was occurring and how the matrices *should* be 
represented vs. how they were being represented and whether it was a 
conversion issue or how the braille display functioned.

 > Do you have any recommendations
 > of places that do Nemeth translation and embossing?

I am actually going to pose a different question: Have you addressed 
tactile graphics and the generation of those files?  The challenge for 
us was not so much the creation of the Nemeth braille, but keeping up 
with the number and level of specificity of tactile graphics we needed 
to produce.

Take care,
Sean
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From ron at ahead.org  Thu Jul 16 18:57:07 2009
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] FW:  Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
Message-ID: <03c901ca0681$e43f9340$acbeb9c0$@org>

Forward from Mr. Comden

Others have covered some of the high points.

Once you price outsourcing, you may reconsider creating some (or all)
materials in-house.

Converting the scanned books via OCR (FineReader and/or InftyReader) and
then editing to LaTeX can greatly ease conversion to Nemeth in Duxbury. You
may already have a number of students on campus you can hire to edit these
materials -- students who both know the material as well as LaTeX

We've never had enough funds for an 80 cell display. Most students over the
years have been happy to find a half size display available, and many have
preferred to use their own more portable devices. And yes, these notetakers
can double as displays.

-*- Dan Comden                           danc@washington.edu
      Access Technology Lab        www.washington.edu/computing/atl
      University of Washington   UW Technology 


-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kathy Cahill
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:40 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code

Dear Colleagues;

We have an incoming freshman who is blind and will be using lots of
technology.  Given his courseload (Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and a
humanities class), he is going to be needing detailed access to
mathematical and scientific information.  He is a JAWS user already and
knows Nemeth.  So, that's good.

The student has indicated he would prefer to access the math and science
in Braille.  So, I have some questions for you:

1.  We are considering recommending a refreshable Braille display for
him.  Can refreshable Braille displays do Nemeth?  My understanding is
that the screen reader software is the intermediary between the
information on the screen and the Braille display.  So, if JAWS can't do
math, how does the Nemeth code get to the refreshable Braille display?

2.  Can Braille notetakers function as refreshable Braille devices?  Is
it recommended?

3.  If our student prefers hardcopies of any of his textbooks in
Braille, we will need to outsource it.  Do you have any recommendations
of places that do Nemeth translation and embossing?

Thanks for any sage advice!

Kathy

-- 
*************************
Kathleen Cahill
Adaptive Technology Specialist
MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab
77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 253-5111
kcahill@mit.edu


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From asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca  Thu Jul 16 19:47:34 2009
From: asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca (Jennison Mark Asuncion)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] anyone else attending Accessing the Future?
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0907162247020.8115@alcor.concordia.ca>

Hi there,

Just curious who else will be attending Accessing the Future
http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/accessingthefuture/

If you can't attend, but find the themes interesting, I (and hopefully
scores of others) will be tweeting from the conference using the hashtag
#atf09.

Jennison

Jennison Mark Asuncion
Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network www.adaptech.org
LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/jennison


From SKelmer at stlcc.edu  Fri Jul 17 08:00:58 2009
From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] anyone else attending Accessing the Future?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0907162247020.8115@alcor.concordia.ca>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0907162247020.8115@alcor.concordia.ca>
Message-ID: <BEF714744CA6314395DCABAE5848AC2302DBD881@EVS01.stlcc.local>

I don't twitter, so I hope you'll be disseminating information in other
ways as well.

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



From ricky_lee at ncsu.edu  Thu Jul 16 12:27:36 2009
From: ricky_lee at ncsu.edu (Ricky Lee)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code
In-Reply-To: <A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>
References: <03a101c9f98d$d273f710$775be530$@org><0843C2FED136EC488725F3249578C80C03098D47@XMS3.ad2.bu.edu>
	<4A5F73ED.9020300@mit.edu>
	<A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>
Message-ID: <4A5F46E8.F543.0078.1@gw.ncsu.edu>

If you use Duxbury to do the conversion, JAWS can display (display on the braille display, but not speak) the converted line. You can verify this by looking at the cell you see on the screen and comparing it to the display.

>>> On 7/16/2009 at 3:21 PM, in message <A7D8DAF94B19E448AD667956D846F25701418000@MUMMAILVS1.gs.umt.edu>, "Burke, Dan (DSS)" <burke@mso.umt.edu> wrote:
I'll take a crack at this, and others with more knowledge can jump in
and set the conversation back on the right path if I stray.

I think that you're going to have to create Nemeth for the student,
regardless of JAWS or refreshable Braille display.  The problem is not
in getting hard copy Nemeth, but in the translation of complex
mathematics to Nemeth.  Once done, either a note taker or a Braille
display (I am not conversant on what needs to happen to make this one
work, but probably Duxbury?) or hard copy follow.  So, you are right
that JAWS cannot read the PDF or other doc with math or scientific
notation and convert that to Nemeth for a Braille display.  

This is if the student wants to use Nemeth.

I recommend the NFB listserv, Blind Math.  There are a lot of folks
doing math, chemistry, engineering, etc., using a variety of tools and
means of access.  The student in particular would benefit from
interacting with folks on this list.

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org 


Daniel J. Burke
Assistant Director/Coordinator
Disability Services for Students
Emma B. Lommasson 154
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812

www.umt.edu/dss/ 

406.243.2243 voice/text
406.243.4424 direct line
406.243.5330 fax


-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kathy Cahill
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:40 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Refreshable Braille and Nemeth code

Dear Colleagues;

We have an incoming freshman who is blind and will be using lots of
technology.  Given his courseload (Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and a
humanities class), he is going to be needing detailed access to
mathematical and scientific information.  He is a JAWS user already and
knows Nemeth.  So, that's good.

The student has indicated he would prefer to access the math and science
in Braille.  So, I have some questions for you:

1.  We are considering recommending a refreshable Braille display for
him.  Can refreshable Braille displays do Nemeth?  My understanding is
that the screen reader software is the intermediary between the
information on the screen and the Braille display.  So, if JAWS can't do
math, how does the Nemeth code get to the refreshable Braille display?

2.  Can Braille notetakers function as refreshable Braille devices?  Is
it recommended?

3.  If our student prefers hardcopies of any of his textbooks in
Braille, we will need to outsource it.  Do you have any recommendations
of places that do Nemeth translation and embossing?

Thanks for any sage advice!

Kathy

-- 
*************************
Kathleen Cahill
Adaptive Technology Specialist
MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab
77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 253-5111
kcahill@mit.edu 


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From Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU  Mon Jul 20 13:00:06 2009
From: Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU (Howard Kramer)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] need blurbs for Accessing Higher Ground
Message-ID: <20090720140006.AKD39080@riddler.int.colorado.edu>

Over the years, I've received a lot of nice feedback on the conference. Unfortunately I've never written it down. I'd like to put some blurbs on the web page and our flyer. If you have any honest blurbs you'd like to provide, let me know. Something along the lines.

"Best conference I've ever attended."

"AHG saved my marriage."

Let me know if it's okay to include your name & affiliation.

Thanks,
Howard


From Glenda.E.Hong at lonestar.edu  Tue Jul 21 06:48:47 2009
From: Glenda.E.Hong at lonestar.edu (Hong, Glenda)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook info
Message-ID: <989487C08D7E16468178BE16F37977260168315F@DIS-MAIL-A.nhmccd.net>

We have been trying to get our Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook set
up for quite a while now and nothing we have tried seems to work. Our
Office of Technology Services seems to think they have it fixed ( and
close the work request) and we are left with no functionality for
students. Can anyone send me links to ADA Law and to any recent use of
the law against a Community College or University that would help me up
the interest of administration to get the problems addressed? I have
fifteen computers in my lab that need serious attention as on a daily
basis at least three will blue screen and dump all physical memory. Iit
is never the same three at a time. The high speed scanner and PC it is
attached to are non-functional and my office machine on which I work to
create alt. format is also blue screening on a daily basis. I have been
trying to get across to our OTS and my supervisor that the Assistive
Technology Lab needs some serious work before the fall semester begins,
but I don't seem to be getting anywhere. I have a student currently in a
math class that needs to be able to use the Dragon setup to do his
assignments. Any help or advice would be a tremendous help. gh

 

  1999 ATACP Houston, TX 

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From edward at ngtvoice.com  Tue Jul 21 07:53:08 2009
From: edward at ngtvoice.com (Ed. Rosenthal)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook info
In-Reply-To: <989487C08D7E16468178BE16F37977260168315F@DIS-MAIL-A.nhmccd.net>
References: <989487C08D7E16468178BE16F37977260168315F@DIS-MAIL-A.nhmccd.net>
Message-ID: <007a01ca0a12$f76c4f00$e644ed00$@com>

Why not contact NanciLu McLellan at Metroplex Computers in Dallas.they're
the manufacturer of MathTalk.  I'm sure she'd be pleased to hear from
you.-ed.

 

 

Edward S. Rosenthal

President and CEO 

Next Generation Technologies, Inc.  (NGT Inc.)

20006 Cedar Valley Rd. #101

Lynnwood, Wa.   98036-6334

Ph: 425-744-1100 ext. 15

Fx: 425-778-5547

Skype: ed.rosenthal7

EM: edward@ngtvoice.com

http://www.ngtvoice.com and http://www.ngtmedical.com

 

This document may have been dictated with speech recognition software.
Please disregard any remaining miscrecognitions.

 

 

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Hong, Glenda
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:49 AM
To: athen@athenpro.org
Subject: [Athen] Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook info

 

We have been trying to get our Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook set up
for quite a while now and nothing we have tried seems to work. Our Office of
Technology Services seems to think they have it fixed ( and close the work
request) and we are left with no functionality for students. Can anyone send
me links to ADA Law and to any recent use of the law against a Community
College or University that would help me up the interest of administration
to get the problems addressed? I have fifteen computers in my lab that need
serious attention as on a daily basis at least three will blue screen and
dump all physical memory. Iit is never the same three at a time. The high
speed scanner and PC it is attached to are non-functional and my office
machine on which I work to create alt. format is also blue screening on a
daily basis. I have been trying to get across to our OTS and my supervisor
that the Assistive Technology Lab needs some serious work before the fall
semester begins, but I don't seem to be getting anywhere. I have a student
currently in a math class that needs to be able to use the Dragon setup to
do his assignments. Any help or advice would be a tremendous help. gh

 

gh business card.bmp 1999 ATACP Houston, TX 

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From larry.kiser at sfcollege.edu  Tue Jul 21 08:46:44 2009
From: larry.kiser at sfcollege.edu (Larry Kiser)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook info
In-Reply-To: <989487C08D7E16468178BE16F37977260168315F@DIS-MAIL-A.nhmccd.net>
References: <989487C08D7E16468178BE16F37977260168315F@DIS-MAIL-A.nhmccd.net>
Message-ID: <421C9382E5C4C942B6C5E2E6723FFFCC104F3D2E3C@nt68.main.ad-site.us>

Glenda:

I feel your pain.  I am getting less than satisfactory support from our IT staff for computers in our AT lab and campus-wide stations.  That being said, they have managed to install Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook on one computer in our Math lab where the applications operate as designed.  I am forbidden to install or configure software because the 19 and 20 something gamers on the IT staff are the "experts" at doing so.  Only 50% of the software they install works as it is suppose to and of the 50% that works the default settings are not the advanced settings that are most effective for students with disabilities.  For what it is worth Section 508 is something you can cite.

Larry Kiser
Santa Fe College
Gainesville, FL

From: Hong, Glenda [mailto:Glenda.E.Hong@lonestar.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:49 AM
To: athen@athenpro.org
Subject: [Athen] Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook info

We have been trying to get our Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook set up for quite a while now and nothing we have tried seems to work. Our Office of Technology Services seems to think they have it fixed ( and close the work request) and we are left with no functionality for students. Can anyone send me links to ADA Law and to any recent use of the law against a Community College or University that would help me up the interest of administration to get the problems addressed? I have fifteen computers in my lab that need serious attention as on a daily basis at least three will blue screen and dump all physical memory. Iit is never the same three at a time. The high speed scanner and PC it is attached to are non-functional and my office machine on which I work to create alt. format is also blue screening on a daily basis. I have been trying to get across to our OTS and my supervisor that the Assistive Technology Lab needs some serious work before the fall semester begins, but I don't seem to be getting anywhere. I have a student currently in a math class that needs to be able to use the Dragon setup to do his assignments. Any help or advice would be a tremendous help. gh

[cid:image001.jpg@01CA09F7.EF4C7D60] 1999 ATACP Houston, TX
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From shelley at techpotential.net  Tue Jul 21 10:43:47 2009
From: shelley at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook info
In-Reply-To: <989487C08D7E16468178BE16F37977260168315F@DIS-MAIL-A.nhmccd.net>
References: <989487C08D7E16468178BE16F37977260168315F@DIS-MAIL-A.nhmccd.net>
Message-ID: <E9BF5FF9-67FC-4DCA-A27A-1A053C00D067@techpotential.net>

Hi, Glenda!

I am not a lawyer ... nor do I play one on TV ;-) ... but hopefully  
this info can help narrow your search for applicable cases.

I think the laws that apply in this situation are Section 504 of the  
Rehab Act and Title II of the ADA, which (generally speaking) provide  
students with the rights to equal programmatic access at institutions  
receiving federal financial assistance.  In particular, you might want  
to look at the 2000 case involving North Carolina State, where the  
complainant alleged that AT was not maintained, out-of-date, or  
otherwise non-functional:
http://www.icdri.org/legal/north_carolina_state_university_letter.htm
Another possibility: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where  
the complainant alleged obsolete AT and a lack of support for adapted  
computers (some info follows, along with other noteworthy cases):
http://disabilityservices.siuc.edu/Grant/Legislation.htm
Both cases pointed to the need for maintaining assistive technology  
once it's purchased, and that AT should be part of an institution-wide  
plan.

Lastly, check out this article on the ATHEN-Pro site:
http://www.athenpro.org/node/54

Hope this helps, or at leads heads you in the right direction.

- Shelley

_____________________________
Shelley Haven  ATP, RET
Assistive Technology Consultant
408-737-2092
www.TechPotential.net



On Jul 21, 2009, at 6:48 AM, Hong, Glenda wrote:

> We have been trying to get our Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook  
> set up for quite a while now and nothing we have tried seems to  
> work. Our Office of Technology Services seems to think they have it  
> fixed ( and close the work request) and we are left with no  
> functionality for students. Can anyone send me links to ADA Law and  
> to any recent use of the law against a Community College or  
> University that would help me up the interest of administration to  
> get the problems addressed? I have fifteen computers in my lab that  
> need serious attention as on a daily basis at least three will blue  
> screen and dump all physical memory. Iit is never the same three at  
> a time. The high speed scanner and PC it is attached to are non- 
> functional and my office machine on which I work to create alt.  
> format is also blue screening on a daily basis. I have been trying  
> to get across to our OTS and my supervisor that the Assistive  
> Technology Lab needs some serious work before the fall semester  
> begins, but I don?t seem to be getting anywhere. I have a student  
> currently in a math class that needs to be able to use the Dragon  
> setup to do his assignments. Any help or advice would be a  
> tremendous help. gh
>
> <image003.jpg> 1999 ATACP Houston, TX
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From jbailey at uoregon.edu  Tue Jul 21 13:13:50 2009
From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] spdf and oracle drm
Message-ID: <1248207230.951792.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu>


A student came in with a book on spdf requiring Oracle's unsealer. It appears that there isn't much legal I can do to access the text, is that correct? The student says that they can read the content, but that it isn't either reliable or it reads additional material (probably copyright stuff.) Anyone have experience with this sort of material? - Thanks, James

--
James Bailey
Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon
1501 Kincaid St.
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
Office: 541-346-1076
jbailey@uoregon.edu



From pminyard at memphis.edu  Tue Jul 21 13:14:59 2009
From: pminyard at memphis.edu (Phillip M Minyard (pminyard))
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Textaloud + Text to audio
Message-ID: <F0FF60999EF88B46A51094F8D4E537E30FF02A71@itexbe12.uom.memphis.edu>

We have both of these  programs, Textaloud from NextUp.com at about $40, and Text to Audio from readingmadeez.com at about $70. These are similar, but different programs. Audio files and conversions from one format to another are easy and trouble free with Text to Audio, but Text to Audio won't change languages in midstream. My suggestion is to get both, if you can. Both will cost only about $110.00


Phillip Minyard
Disability Services Coordinator
Student Disability Services<http://www.memphis.edu/sds/>
University of Memphis
110 Wilder Tower
Memphis, TN  38152-3520
Voice 901 678-2880 - fax 901 678-3070

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
B. F. Skinner

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From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com  Tue Jul 21 13:43:30 2009
From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Braille Textbooks
Message-ID: <6e84aedd0907211343u220932d0p34ab906ea421f5c5@mail.gmail.com>

Hello
Before I send textbooks to a transcriber I look at some catalogs,
usually without success, to see if someone has already transcribed the
book. I look on the APH, National Braille Press, and the California
Community College Alt Text Production Center's catalogs.  Are there
other catalogs that I should be looking at?
We only have had math books transcribed so I don't do many searches
like that.  I'd appreciate any tips that you could give me.
Jeffrey Dell
Cleveland State University
Jeff


From porter at mail.csi.cuny.edu  Tue Jul 21 20:53:31 2009
From: porter at mail.csi.cuny.edu (Sheryll Porter)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Triple impressions
Message-ID: <4A668D3B.5040403@mail.csi.cuny.edu>

Colleagues,
Does your organization/institution own a Triple Impressions Embosser, 
sold by Enabling Technologies.  If you own this device, would you please 
share your experience with your use and the technical support for the 
device.

Please feel free to respond off the list.  My personal address is:
sheryll@isp.com

Thanks,

Sheryll Porter
Office of Disability Services
College of Staten Island
2800 Victory Blvd
Staten Island, NY 10304
718/614-0754



From Glenda.E.Hong at lonestar.edu  Wed Jul 22 06:38:03 2009
From: Glenda.E.Hong at lonestar.edu (Hong, Glenda)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Thanks for the Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook advice
Message-ID: <989487C08D7E16468178BE16F3797726017CD838@DIS-MAIL-A.nhmccd.net>

Thanks to all of you for the advice and helpful links to legal findings.
Things are beginning to move forward and our District Director of
Disability Services (at the Lone Star College System Office) and our
college Vice President of Student Services have come in to the picture
to advocate for change so things are looking a little better than they
have been (smile). The Workscan station that we use for high speed
scanning and all our alt. formatting is back up and running (had to be
replaced) but we are still not able to work with the MathTalk system. We
are taking it one day at a time trying new things and I now have hope
that we will find a resolution. The other computers will probably be
wiped and set up again to make sure we have nothing left of Conflicka or
any other virus before fall semester begins. I want you to know that I
value the support of ATHEN and enjoy reading all the emails, even though
I don't often put in my two cents worth. Have a great rest of the
summer. gh ATACP Houston, TX 1999

 

 

Glenda Hong

Assistive Technology Lab

2700 W. W. Thorne Drive

Academic 201-A

Houston, TX 77073-3499

281-618-5745 phone

281-618-7107 fax

Glenda.E.Hong@lonestar.edu

http://lonestar.edu/northharris.htm

 

 

 

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From porter at mail.csi.cuny.edu  Tue Jul 28 05:35:26 2009
From: porter at mail.csi.cuny.edu (Sheryll Porter)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] 5K faculty Challenge
Message-ID: <4A6EF08E.4020707@mail.csi.cuny.edu>

*5K Faculty Challenge - Accessible Course Content Production*

PeopleTech, a Department of ED funded project, is offering $5000 
compensation for the conversion of course content submitted by faculty 
teaching eligible courses.
Replies must be made to: 5KFaculty@isp.com <mailto:5KFaculty@isp.com>

Program start: July 27, 2009
Program completion: August 31, 2009

*Eligible Courses:
/General Physics
General Chemistry
General Biology
Intro Psychology
Intro Sociology
Intro Computer Science/*

*Project Requirements:*
1. Convert lecture materials and associated laboratories into formats 
accessible to individuals with print disabilities.
2. Assist in the development of a list of equipment that can provide 
accessible alternatives for independent access by target audience.
 
*Method:*
Instructional personnel with work with PeopleTech technology fellows to 
convert existing course content and/or research and develop additional 
materials to provide a complete course that is accessible to students 
with print disabilities.

*Compensation:*
$5000.00 will be paid to participants upon submission of all required 
materials.

Please send inquires and replies to: 5KFaculty@isp.com 
<mailto:5KFaculty@isp.com>

 

 

 

 

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From hadi at illinois.edu  Thu Jul 30 11:19:08 2009
From: hadi at illinois.edu (Hadi Rangin)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] Synchronizing bookmarks
Message-ID: <AFFB6943E0DF4F3A9CC91C7077A07131@ad.uiuc.edu>

Hello,

Synchronizing bookmarks/favorites across different browsers and computers 
has been always a problem for me and very likely for some of you too. After 
trying several plug-ins, small applications, and methods I finally found a 
software that resolved my problem.
the magic solution is a free software from XMarks (http://xmarks.com).
It comes as a plug-in for Firefox and as an small application for IE. It 
supports also Opra but I don't know in what format it comes.

Using this software I was able to synchronize all my bookmarks/favorites 
across IE and Firefox in 3 computers. Using a free account at xmarks.com 
your favorites are uploaded to the XMarks server and your browser 
synchronizes the local bookmarks with the server. The synchronization goes 
in both direction; local to server and from server to local browser.

Enjoy it.

Hadi



From mpthornton at ualr.edu  Thu Jul 30 13:06:06 2009
From: mpthornton at ualr.edu (Melanie Thornton)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] treasurer
Message-ID: <4A71FD2E.3090302@ualr.edu>

Hi all.

Who is the current treasurer of ATHEN?

Need to email you off list.

Thanks!

Melanie
-- 

Melanie Thornton
Director, Project PACE
Associate Director, Disability Resource Center
2801 S. University Ave., DSC #103
Little Rock, Arkansas 72204
501.650.2239 (cell)
501.569.8240 (fax)
501.569.3217 (tty)

Websites:
http://ualr.edu/pace
http://ualr.edu/disability

AIM: MelanieatUALR

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From ron at ahead.org  Thu Jul 30 13:10:35 2009
From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart)
Date: Sat Jun  9 18:29:34 2018
Subject: [Athen] treasurer
In-Reply-To: <4A71FD2E.3090302@ualr.edu>
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That would be Heidi Scher.

 

Ron 

 

From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Melanie Thornton
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:06 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] treasurer

 

Hi all.

Who is the current treasurer of ATHEN?

Need to email you off list.

Thanks!

Melanie

-- 

Melanie Thornton
Director, Project PACE
Associate Director, Disability Resource Center
2801 S. University Ave., DSC #103
Little Rock, Arkansas 72204
501.650.2239 (cell)
501.569.8240 (fax)
501.569.3217 (tty)

Websites:
http://ualr.edu/pace
http://ualr.edu/disability

AIM: MelanieatUALR

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