[Athen] MyVirtualPaper

Melanie Thornton mpthornton at ualr.edu
Sun Nov 22 09:23:23 PST 2009


It is great that they asked for your input, Carol. In addition to the
lack of accessibility, I think there are many usability arguments to
make against this type of product. One of the many advantages of
digital access is that it moves us from a linear way of receiving
information into a multi-dimensional, dynamic realm. This product keeps
the old paradigm--the static, linear paradigm--in a digital space.

Just some thoughts.

Melanie

Ken Petri wrote:

> It has no screen reader accessibility that I could fathom. Disabling

> the Virtual PC Cursor in JAWS will allow you to turn pages but not

> access any of their content. With VPC on (normal reading more) no

> content at all is accessible. It is limited from the keyboard too--you

> can turn pages but no other functionality is available.

>

> That's what I found, at least.

>

> MyVirtualPaper is a Flash application. It should be noted that

> currently Flash has no accessibility at all, regardless of how well it

> is implemented, when using VoiceOver on the Mac. So, even if this had

> decent accessibility for screen reader users on Windows (and I haven't

> seen that many Flash applications that do), Mac VoiceOver users would

> still be out of luck.

>

> ken

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> Ken Petri

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> OSU Web Accessibility Center

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>

> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Carol Raymundo

> <Carol.Raymundo at linnbenton.edu <mailto:Carol.Raymundo at linnbenton.edu>>

> wrote:

>

> Does anyone have any experience with a program called

> MyVirtualPaper? Here is an example of a college that uses it.

> From what I can tell, I don't think it is accessible.

> http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/Ambrose-University-College/Seminary_08/2009012301/1.html

>

> Any assistance would be appreciated. Our Admissions Office is

> considering purchasing it and by chance asked me what I thought.

>

> Thank you,

>

>

>

>

> Carol Raymundo

> Instructional Specialist with Assistive Technology

> Linn-Benton Community College

> Office of Disability Services

> Phone: 541-917-4832

> Fax: 541-917-4328

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