[Athen] Athen Digest, Vol 40, Issue 6

[Keller,Sherri]

Here are additional Mac AT tools: 
http://www.assistiveware.com/products.php

I saw these products demonstrated at CSUN last year.  We are hoping to purchase them this fall for our students, I can keep you posted how they work. 


Sherri G. Keller, MS, OTR
Student Coordinator, Assistive Technology Resource Center 
Colorado State University, 307 Occupational Therapy Building 
Fort Collins, CO 80523
970-491-6258




Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Kindle Release Notes Thus far (Karlen Communications)
   2. Re: Kindle Release Notes Thus far (Robert Martinengo)
   3. Re: Mac alt format tools (Ogami, Sam)
   4. Re: Mac alt format tools (Ron Stewart)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 13:23:37 -0400
From: "Karlen Communications" <info at karlencommunications.com>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle Release Notes Thus far
To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'"
	<athen at athenpro.org>
Message-ID: <000d01c9ce6f$649cd020$2dd67060$@com>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"

And what will it do with untagged PDF? Will its ability to "read" PDF
provide more or less accessibility to textbooks?

On the other hand if it reads tagged PDF this might be a way to influence
publishers to create tagged PDF?

Cheers, Karen

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Martinengo
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:01 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle Release Notes Thusfar

If it displays PDF out of the box, its not that big a whoop to offer
textbooks, but what will be interesting is if the read-aloud feature
will enabled or disabled on the textbook content... my guess is
disabled, but who knows?

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Kelmer, Susan M. <SKelmer at stlcc.edu> wrote:

> The press conference is being aired now, and I?m picking up a few

> interesting notes so far:

>

>

>

> 1.?????? ?Screen is 9.7 inches tall

>

> 2.?????? Auto-orient if Kindle is turned sideways

>

> 3.?????? If a book is offered for the Kindle, 35% of the book?s sales are

> going to Kindle owners (a SHOCKING amount)

>

> 4.?????? Cost is $489

>

> 5.?????? Books in PDF come with a native PDF reader on board.

>

> 6.?????? Can hold 3500 books (another shocking figure)

>

> 7.?????? 25% more battery life, read for days without recharging

>

> 8.?????? More grey-scale, up to 16 shades of grey now.

>

> 9.?????? Read-to-Me feature that will read every newspaper, magazine,

blog,

> and book out loud unless disabled by the rights holder.

>

> 10.?? More than 275K books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs available

>

> 11.?? Price drops, most new releases plus the NYTimes bestsellers for 9.99

>

> 12.?? 1/3 inch thick, 10.2 ounces

>

> 13.?? Amazon has partnered with Pearson, Wiley, and Cengage to provide

> textbooks on the Kindle.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Susan Kelmer

>

> Adaptive Technology Specialist/

>

> Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

>

> St. Louis Community College - Meramec

>

> 314-984-7951

>

>

>

> _______________________________________________

> Athen mailing list

> Athen at athenpro.org

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 13:49:11 -0400
From: Robert Martinengo <accessible.text at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle Release Notes Thus far
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen at athenpro.org>
Message-ID:
	<9edf8160905061049t1e6587c8nd3f535cb9e45a663 at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252

On Teleread they posted some info saying it was the Adobe Mobile PDF
platform, not a full Reader, but it is supposed to handle reflowable
content.
http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/06/kindle-dx-will-ship-with-adobes-pdf-capabilities-but-not-epub-time-for-academic-community-to-speak-up/

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Karlen Communications
<info at karlencommunications.com> wrote:

> And what will it do with untagged PDF? Will its ability to "read" PDF

> provide more or less accessibility to textbooks?

>

> On the other hand if it reads tagged PDF this might be a way to influence

> publishers to create tagged PDF?

>

> Cheers, Karen

>

> -----Original Message-----

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

> Behalf Of Robert Martinengo

> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:01 PM

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle Release Notes Thusfar

>

> If it displays PDF out of the box, its not that big a whoop to offer

> textbooks, but what will be interesting is if the read-aloud feature

> will enabled or disabled on the textbook content... my guess is

> disabled, but who knows?

>

> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Kelmer, Susan M. <SKelmer at stlcc.edu> wrote:

>> The press conference is being aired now, and I?m picking up a few

>> interesting notes so far:

>>

>>

>>

>> 1.?????? ?Screen is 9.7 inches tall

>>

>> 2.?????? Auto-orient if Kindle is turned sideways

>>

>> 3.?????? If a book is offered for the Kindle, 35% of the book?s sales are

>> going to Kindle owners (a SHOCKING amount)

>>

>> 4.?????? Cost is $489

>>

>> 5.?????? Books in PDF come with a native PDF reader on board.

>>

>> 6.?????? Can hold 3500 books (another shocking figure)

>>

>> 7.?????? 25% more battery life, read for days without recharging

>>

>> 8.?????? More grey-scale, up to 16 shades of grey now.

>>

>> 9.?????? Read-to-Me feature that will read every newspaper, magazine,

> blog,

>> and book out loud unless disabled by the rights holder.

>>

>> 10.?? More than 275K books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs available

>>

>> 11.?? Price drops, most new releases plus the NYTimes bestsellers for 9.99

>>

>> 12.?? 1/3 inch thick, 10.2 ounces

>>

>> 13.?? Amazon has partnered with Pearson, Wiley, and Cengage to provide

>> textbooks on the Kindle.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> Susan Kelmer

>>

>> Adaptive Technology Specialist/

>>

>> Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

>>

>> St. Louis Community College - Meramec

>>

>> 314-984-7951

>>

>>

>>

>> _______________________________________________

>> Athen mailing list

>> Athen at athenpro.org

>> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org

>>

>>

>

> _______________________________________________

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:52:17 -0700
From: "Ogami, Sam" <sogami at calstate.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Mac alt format tools
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen at athenpro.org>
Message-ID: <C6271C61.6B70%sogami at calstate.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Hello Ron,

I have been spoiled by having VMware on my computer so that if I need to create anything AT related I use Windows.  All of the AT software that I have run on VMware image works.  (Duxbury, OmniPage, JAWS 10, TextAloud, K3000, EasyReader).

TSS Applications:
If you want a free tts application that can also save out to aiff the SpeechSyenthExample application in xcode is a functional tool.
It is located at /Developer/Examples/Speech/Synthesis/SpeechSynthesisExample Converting aiff to mp3 can be accomplished with itunes.

Ghost Reader anthor tts application (not tested) http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php

Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh (not used an a  http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz3000macV4.aspx

DAISY Software:
DAISY pipeline for the mac works well. http://daisymfc.sourceforge.net/
Emerson Reader is a free Epub and DAISY reader but is still being worked on: http://code.google.com/p/emerson-reader/
Olearia is another free DAISY playback software that is still in beta but works on some DAISY books: http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/
Victor Reader Soft for the Mac DAISY player (have not tested this application) https://custhub.rfbd.org/SearchPlaybackDevices.asp

Speech to text
MacSpeech - http://www.macspeech.com/

Apple list of AT Software
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/resources/macosx.html

Hope this list is helpful,

Sam Ogami
Accessible Technology Expert
CSU Office of the Chancellor
(562) 951-4201 voice
(562) 951-4925 fax
sogami at calstate.edu




On 5/6/09 5:43 AM, "Ron Sewart" <ron at ahead.org> wrote:

Morning all, I am looking for tools to create and use alt format materials for the Mac OS.  If you can send me your favorites or even your not so favorite but functional tools it would be greatly appreciated.

Ron Stewart

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

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

ron at ahead.org <mailto:ron at 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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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 13:55:14 -0400
From: "Ron Stewart" <ron at ahead.org>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Mac alt format tools
To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'"
	<athen at athenpro.org>
Message-ID: <005801c9ce73$cef25a40$6cd70ec0$@org>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

Thanks Sam this is helpful

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Ogami, Sam
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 1:52 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Mac alt format tools

Hello Ron,

I have been spoiled by having VMware on my computer so that if I need to
create anything AT related I use Windows.  All of the AT software that I
have run on VMware image works.  (Duxbury, OmniPage, JAWS 10, TextAloud,
K3000, EasyReader).

TSS Applications:
If you want a free tts application that can also save out to aiff the
SpeechSyenthExample application in xcode is a functional tool.
It is located at /Developer/Examples/Speech/Synthesis/SpeechSynthesisExample
Converting aiff to mp3 can be accomplished with itunes.

Ghost Reader anthor tts application (not tested)
http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php

Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh (not used an a
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz3000macV4.aspx

DAISY Software:
DAISY pipeline for the mac works well. http://daisymfc.sourceforge.net/
Emerson Reader is a free Epub and DAISY reader but is still being worked on:
http://code.google.com/p/emerson-reader/
Olearia is another free DAISY playback software that is still in beta but
works on some DAISY books: http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/
Victor Reader Soft for the Mac DAISY player (have not tested this
application) https://custhub.rfbd.org/SearchPlaybackDevices.asp

Speech to text
MacSpeech - http://www.macspeech.com/

Apple list of AT Software
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/resources/macosx.html

Hope this list is helpful,

Sam Ogami
Accessible Technology Expert
CSU Office of the Chancellor
(562) 951-4201 voice
(562) 951-4925 fax
sogami at calstate.edu




On 5/6/09 5:43 AM, "Ron Sewart" <ron at ahead.org> wrote:

Morning all, I am looking for tools to create and use alt format materials
for the Mac OS.  If you can send me your favorites or even your not so
favorite but functional tools it would be greatly appreciated.

Ron Stewart

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

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

ron at ahead.org <mailto:ron at 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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