From info at karlencommunications.com Thu Oct 1 03:42:33 2009 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible and Usable PDF Documents - Techniques for Document Authors Second Edition Message-ID: <004b01ca4283$e2585830$a7090890$@com> Hi all: The second edition of my book is now available. It is in tagged PDF only. It is 565 pages of how to and why do information that includes step by step instructions for creating and repairing PDF documents to optimize accessibility. There are chapters on Office 2003, Office 2007, Repair techniques in Acrobat, scanned documents, forms in Acrobat, forms in LiveCycle Designer, and Adobe InDesign. I can do PO's or direct invoicing but not credit cards. http://www.karlencommunications.com/products.htm Contact me off list for more details or if you have questions. Please share this with anyone who might be interested in accessible PDF. And yes, I have notes on new techniques for the third edition.....it is technology! Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Fri Oct 2 10:59:32 2009 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility issues with Recovery.org website Message-ID: <4AC63F84.9080300@stanford.edu> Saw this posting on one of the lists I monitor: Relaunched Recovery.gov Fails Accessibility Standards http://intelligent-enterprise.informationweek.com/blog/archives/2009/09/relaunched_reco.html (or try http://tinyurl.com/yaxszqd) With a retrofit costing $9.5 million, I would think that at least a few dollars could have been spent on accessibility. Too bad. Take care, sean -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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My thoughts are that the height should be adjustable as well as some students and some wheelchairs may have different height requirements. They basically are looking for a pre-fabricated table that they can order and then install in classrooms where wheelchair users are attending class." I can identify numerous adjustable-height table options on the web, but I would prefer to suggest something that has been battle-tested. Many thanks for your suggestions! Jim James A. Lenker, PhD, OTR/L Assistant Professor Department of Rehabilitation Science University at Buffalo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Fri Oct 2 12:37:21 2009 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] adjustable tables for classrooms In-Reply-To: <4AC654AF.1040009@buffalo.edu> References: <4AC654AF.1040009@buffalo.edu> Message-ID: <01ce01ca4397$c2837c00$478a7400$@org> I have always preferred the Mayline Veritask bases http://mayline.com/showcase/adjwrk.html and we typically have the tops made locally so they match the other furniture in the room. You may find them on your institutional buying agreements but tend to be very competitive. In my experience crank based tables or chain drive mechanical tables are seldom used because of the difficulty of adjustment and the noise they make when adjusting. Ron Stewart From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jim Lenker Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 3:30 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] adjustable tables for classrooms Dear ATHEN-ites, A colleague in disability services asked if I could recommend an adjustable table for use in classrooms on campus. An excerpt of her needs is below. .."For the past few years Facilities has been placing tables in classrooms for students who use wheelchairs and for whom the standard seating arrangements are not conducive to their needs. Recently they have asked that we give them a specific recommendation of a table that would be appropriate for all students. It needs to be something that can be bolted to the floor (so that it can not be moved to a different classroom location.) My thoughts are that the height should be adjustable as well as some students and some wheelchairs may have different height requirements. They basically are looking for a pre-fabricated table that they can order and then install in classrooms where wheelchair users are attending class." I can identify numerous adjustable-height table options on the web, but I would prefer to suggest something that has been battle-tested. Many thanks for your suggestions! Jim James A. Lenker, PhD, OTR/L Assistant Professor Department of Rehabilitation Science University at Buffalo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Fri Oct 2 13:18:43 2009 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] WYNN and Windows 7? Message-ID: <4AC66023.3060400@stanford.edu> Hello all, Has anyone heard through the grapevine (or alternative) of WYNN and compatibility with Windows 7? I know the 5.10 version of WYNN is compatible with Windows Vista, but have not been able to find information about Windows 7. 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More details are available at http://www.icdri.org/donations.htm -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 4:19 PM To: Alternate Media; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] WYNN and Windows 7? Hello all, Has anyone heard through the grapevine (or alternative) of WYNN and compatibility with Windows 7? I know the 5.10 version of WYNN is compatible with Windows Vista, but have not been able to find information about Windows 7. Just curious... sean From danc at washington.edu Fri Oct 2 15:41:39 2009 From: danc at washington.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] adjustable tables for classrooms In-Reply-To: <4AC654AF.1040009@buffalo.edu> References: <4AC654AF.1040009@buffalo.edu> Message-ID: <65A4FE813F17E648B64D10DDFA4DF18B02CD0BD612@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu> Hi Jim, I've been pretty happy with our tables from DBH - very sturdily built and customizable - I'm sure they'd be easily boltable as well. http://www.dbh-adaptive-technology.com/ -*- Dan Comden danc@washington.edu Access Technology Lab www.washington.edu/computing/atl University of Washington UW Technology From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jim Lenker [...] I can identify numerous adjustable-height table options on the web, but I would prefer to suggest something that has been battle-tested. Many thanks for your suggestions! Jim James A. 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Most of the tables are height adjustable and some models are easier to adjust than others so look around the web site carefully. _____ From: Ron Stewart [mailto:ron@ahead.org] Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:37 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] adjustable tables for classrooms I have always preferred the Mayline Veritask bases http://mayline.com/showcase/adjwrk.html and we typically have the tops made locally so they match the other furniture in the room. You may find them on your institutional buying agreements but tend to be very competitive. In my experience crank based tables or chain drive mechanical tables are seldom used because of the difficulty of adjustment and the noise they make when adjusting. Ron Stewart From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jim Lenker Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 3:30 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] adjustable tables for classrooms Dear ATHEN-ites, A colleague in disability services asked if I could recommend an adjustable table for use in classrooms on campus. An excerpt of her needs is below. .."For the past few years Facilities has been placing tables in classrooms for students who use wheelchairs and for whom the standard seating arrangements are not conducive to their needs. Recently they have asked that we give them a specific recommendation of a table that would be appropriate for all students. It needs to be something that can be bolted to the floor (so that it can not be moved to a different classroom location.) My thoughts are that the height should be adjustable as well as some students and some wheelchairs may have different height requirements. They basically are looking for a pre-fabricated table that they can order and then install in classrooms where wheelchair users are attending class." I can identify numerous adjustable-height table options on the web, but I would prefer to suggest something that has been battle-tested. Many thanks for your suggestions! Jim James A. Lenker, PhD, OTR/L Assistant Professor Department of Rehabilitation Science University at Buffalo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shelley at techpotential.net Mon Oct 5 02:16:01 2009 From: shelley at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] "Stay-cation" version of attending an AT conference Message-ID: <6B9E0D37-A8DA-499A-ADC7-E6D9F4513286@techpotential.net> Hi, all! A philosophical take on dwindling conference budgets... Remember "stay-cations"? The stay-at-home vacation alternative for families on a tight budget? The general idea was to take the time off which you would have spent on a travel vacation, but spend it relaxing at home or on short (and cheap) day trips to local attractions. Well, like many of you, my budget precludes attending any conferences this fall. Bummer! During my years with Stanford, I typically took in 1 to 2 AT conferences per year -- CSUN in March and often Closing the Gap in Minneapolis in October. This fall I originally planned to attend either CTG, Accessing Higher Ground, or the inaugural of ATIA- Chicago. However, my bank account says otherwise. I bemoaned missing the opportunity to see new technologies and to attend classes by experts in the field until something occurred to me: I always come home from those AT conferences with tons of literature and demo CDs, page after page of session notes, and bubbling over with ideas. But the reality of being gone a week dictated that the following Monday morning I'd have to hit the ground running, so most of the notes and CDs and great ideas stayed tucked away in their complimentary conference totes, never to be seen or heard from again. Aha! -- germ of an idea! I may not have the funds to travel and I'll miss all the wonderful networking, but I'll be darned if I'm going to miss out on the learning opportunities and keeping up to date on the latest-and-greatest AT. So later this month, I am setting aside half a week to "attend" my own little AT conference by revisiting the notes I never acted on, trying out up-to-date versions of the software that caught my eye, watching tutorials or archived webinars for new products, and actually acting on those action items and ideas I always pen in the margins of my notes. I have a year's worth of notes taken with the Livescribe Pulse smartpen (3 conferences worth), so revisiting selected parts of those sessions will be easy. I'll also peruse the websites of companies announcing new products. I will miss the personal networking, for sure, but I can still do a lot with a dedicated investment of time but not money. (I do plan to attend CSUN Conference on Disabilities next March, though, in their new digs in San Diego.) Hopefully there's an idea or two in there for those of you also tending the home fires this conference season. Take care, have fun, & feel fulfilled, Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant Shelley@TechPotential.net www.TechPotential.net From shelley at techpotential.net Mon Oct 5 10:57:40 2009 From: shelley at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Wacom Bamboo Multi-Touch input tablet Message-ID: <25980849-21FB-4622-B12A-F80A4244AA30@techpotential.net> Always on the lookout for alternative computer input methods, I came across the just-announced Bamboo Touch, by Wacom. It's about the size of their other graphic tablets which use a stylus, but this one responds to multi-finger gestures like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the MacBook Pro's trackpad. It works with both PCs and Macs. The Bamboo Touch reminds me of the iGesture Pad and Touchstream keyboards sold many years ago by Fingerworks. (Apple acquired FingerWorks in 2005 specifically for their multitouch technology.) An external multitouch pad like this opens up several possibilities for disabled users since it can be placed closer to the user's trunk, closer to midline, angled according to the user's needs, responds to a light touch, does not require holding a stylus, and yet provides a wider range of functions than other mouse alternatives and uses intuitive gestures. It's also inexpensive -- only $69. Here's a third-party review and a link to the Wacom site: http://kathyschrock.net/blog/2009/09/wacom-bamboo-touch-tablet-review.html http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_touch.php - Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant Shelley@TechPotential.net www.TechPotential.net From mcroll at CAHS.Colostate.edu Tue Oct 6 11:21:33 2009 From: mcroll at CAHS.Colostate.edu (Roll,Marla) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] obligation to provide alt format for research/thesis work In-Reply-To: <4AC654AF.1040009@buffalo.edu> References: <4AC654AF.1040009@buffalo.edu> Message-ID: <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDAE@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> Hello all, A colleague from our library contacted me to solicit thoughts on our satellite university's obligation to provide all books potentially used to write a master's thesis in a digital format due to a disability. To summarize the situation. The librarian at this other campus is working with an undergraduate student that intends to apply for graduate school. She has been successfully acquired OCR capable journal articles and scanning articles for the student. She is trying to determine what reasonable accommodations are for books. If she has a book in print is she required to scan the book or purchase an electronic/Braille copy of the book? What if she borrows the book from another library (interlibrary loan). Can she legally scan an entire book that the library owns or another library owns and give the student the electronic file? Is it reasonable to expect a library to purchase an electronic/Braille copy of a book or scan any book that the student might need in the course of their research? Can you all provide me input that I can share with this librarian? How are other campuses handling alt format for books and resources used in the research process? Students do not buy them so what is the obligation on the part of the library? Thanks much, Marla Roll ___________________________________ Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy 304 Occupational Therapy Building Fort Collins, CO 80523 970-491-2016 mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isuredbirds at centurytel.net Tue Oct 6 11:37:41 2009 From: isuredbirds at centurytel.net (monty cassellius) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] getting on digest mode In-Reply-To: <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDAE@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> References: <4AC654AF.1040009@buffalo.edu> <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDAE@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> Message-ID: hello please with moving my options from individual message to digest thanks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Tue Oct 6 11:55:46 2009 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] obligation to provide alt format for research/thesis work In-Reply-To: <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDAE@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> References: <4AC654AF.1040009@buffalo.edu> <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDAE@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> Message-ID: <004401ca46b6$9daa8230$d8ff8690$@org> This is typically a matter of negotiation between the student, the major professor and the accommodations provider. In the past I have always agreed to convert any book that the major prof indicated was a core materials but as far as books for research, thesis or dissertation it was incumbent on the student to indicate what specific materials they needed or required to complete their degree requirements. In most instances I have agreed to "dirty scan and ocr" the materials but refused to actually edit any of the underlying text unless there was a compelling reason that was established to do so. As to library materials, research is a key requirement of graduate study and in most instances the systems are fairly accessible. For ILL loan materials or reference materials equipment was made available for the student to do their own scanning and conversion and from time to time they could request that these materials be converted for them but their major prof had to be a member of the group making the final decision. Ron Stewart From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Roll,Marla Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:22 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] obligation to provide alt format for research/thesis work Hello all, A colleague from our library contacted me to solicit thoughts on our satellite university's obligation to provide all books potentially used to write a master's thesis in a digital format due to a disability. To summarize the situation. The librarian at this other campus is working with an undergraduate student that intends to apply for graduate school. She has been successfully acquired OCR capable journal articles and scanning articles for the student. She is trying to determine what reasonable accommodations are for books. If she has a book in print is she required to scan the book or purchase an electronic/Braille copy of the book? What if she borrows the book from another library (interlibrary loan). Can she legally scan an entire book that the library owns or another library owns and give the student the electronic file? Is it reasonable to expect a library to purchase an electronic/Braille copy of a book or scan any book that the student might need in the course of their research? Can you all provide me input that I can share with this librarian? How are other campuses handling alt format for books and resources used in the research process? Students do not buy them so what is the obligation on the part of the library? Thanks much, Marla Roll ___________________________________ Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy 304 Occupational Therapy Building Fort Collins, CO 80523 970-491-2016 mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbailey at uoregon.edu Tue Oct 6 12:47:47 2009 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] obligation to provide alt format for research/thesis work In-Reply-To: <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDAE@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> References: <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDAE@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> Message-ID: <1254858467.281680.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> Hi Marla, The University of Oregon believes it has an obligation to provide alt-text to graduate students working on theses or dissertations. And this includes material used in the process. We work with the student to devise a plan to edit down the list, this may include a sighted assistant or some other strategy. However, once the books, articles etc. are known, we would work to make them accessible. I think there is a conflict between our 504 obligations and the copyright law. I?m not sure you can satisfy one to the letter without potentially violating the other. Good luck. James -- James Bailey Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon 1501 Kincaid St. Eugene, OR 97403-1299 Office: 541-346-1076 jbailey@uoregon.edu On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:21:33 -0600, "Roll,Marla" wrote: > > > Hello all, > ? > A colleague from our library contacted me to solicit thoughts on our satellite university?s obligation to provide all books potentially used to write a master?s thesis in a digital format due to a disability.? To summarize the situation.? The librarian at this other campus is working with an undergraduate student that intends to apply for graduate school.? She has been successfully acquired OCR capable journal articles and ?scanning articles for the student.? She is trying to determine what reasonable accommodations are for books.? If she has a book in print is she required to scan the book or purchase an electronic/Braille copy of the book?? What if she borrows the book from another library (interlibrary loan).? Can she legally scan an entire book that the library owns or another library owns and give the student the electronic file?? Is it reasonable to expect a library to purchase an electronic/Braille copy of a book or scan any book that the student might need in the course of their research? > ? > Can you all provide me input that I can share with this librarian?? How are other campuses handling alt format for books and resources used in the research process?? Students do not buy them so what is the obligation on the part of the library? > ? > Thanks much, > ? > Marla Roll > ? > ? > ___________________________________ > Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR > Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center > Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy > 304 Occupational Therapy Building > Fort Collins, CO?? 80523 > 970-491-2016 > mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu > ? > ? > ? > ? > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From p.harpur at qut.edu.au Tue Oct 6 15:18:06 2009 From: p.harpur at qut.edu.au (Paul Harpur) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] obligation to provide alt format for research/thesis work In-Reply-To: <1254858467.281680.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> References: <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDAE@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> <1254858467.281680.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: <3C5C8527CC0D3041A0200F97B95357791350DEEE5E@QUTEXMBX02.qut.edu.au> I am totally blind in Australia and I just completed my PhD. Instead of getting entire works I: 1. Looked on Barnes and Noble or other on-line sources for a copy of the contents page. If none was available I would ask the library to scan me a copy of the contents page. 2. I would pick out the chapters I really wanted and just get them. This avoids the problem. Also no one has endless resources so if I ask for 25 books in a semester I am likely to have problems. If I ask for 40 chapters though (which is easy on inter-library lones etc) then it is low cost and easy. I have performed research on the support provided to USA students with print disabilities - Pilot in Boston MA and survey of 52 universities across the U.S. I am still writing this up and looking for a likely journal (if you have a suggestion I'd be happy). But some stats may be useful for your problem: If a student with print disability is required to perform textbook-based research as a mandatory part of their course, is the student provided: (Tick as many as apply) Response percent Response total Access to a paid casual research assistant such as fellow student 13.5% 7 Scanning or photocopying services funded/provided by the university 80.8% 42 Assistance in negotiating with the student's school/faculty about alternate assessment 48.1% 25 Access on campus to flatbed scanner 84.6% 44 Access on campus to multi-feed scanner 57.7% 30 No support 0% 0 ESSENTIAL READINGS. How do students with print disabilities obtain their essential readings? (Note: Essential readings are readings that the student must read, while recommended readings are texts which students can choose to read to obtain a better understanding of the course.) Select as many as apply. Response percent Response total By the University managing the process 69.2% 36 By the student organising with a person paid by the University to scan the material 44.2% 23 By the student scanning their material 42.3% 22 By the student contacting publishers directly 7.7% 4 Don't know 0% 0 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of James Bailey Sent: Wednesday, 7 October 2009 5:48 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] obligation to provide alt format for research/thesis work Hi Marla, The University of Oregon believes it has an obligation to provide alt-text to graduate students working on theses or dissertations. And this includes material used in the process. We work with the student to devise a plan to edit down the list, this may include a sighted assistant or some other strategy. However, once the books, articles etc. are known, we would work to make them accessible. I think there is a conflict between our 504 obligations and the copyright law. I?m not sure you can satisfy one to the letter without potentially violating the other. Good luck. James -- James Bailey Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon 1501 Kincaid St. Eugene, OR 97403-1299 Office: 541-346-1076 jbailey@uoregon.edu On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:21:33 -0600, "Roll,Marla" wrote: > > > Hello all, > ? > A colleague from our library contacted me to solicit thoughts on our satellite university?s obligation to provide all books potentially used to write a master?s thesis in a digital format due to a disability.? To summarize the situation.? The librarian at this other campus is working with an undergraduate student that intends to apply for graduate school.? She has been successfully acquired OCR capable journal articles and ?scanning articles for the student.? She is trying to determine what reasonable accommodations are for books.? If she has a book in print is she required to scan the book or purchase an electronic/Braille copy of the book?? What if she borrows the book from another library (interlibrary loan).? Can she legally scan an entire book that the library owns or another library owns and give the student the electronic file?? Is it reasonable to expect a library to purchase an electronic/Braille copy of a book or scan any book that the student might need in the course of their research? > ? > Can you all provide me input that I can share with this librarian?? How are other campuses handling alt format for books and resources used in the research process?? Students do not buy them so what is the obligation on the part of the library? > ? > Thanks much, > ? > Marla Roll > ? > ? > ___________________________________ > Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR > Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center > Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy > 304 Occupational Therapy Building > Fort Collins, CO?? 80523 > 970-491-2016 > mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu > ? > ? > ? > ? > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca Tue Oct 6 17:56:00 2009 From: asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca (Jennison Mark Asuncion) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] registration for Accessibility Camp DC closes Wednesday Message-ID: Hello, For those in the DC area, registration for Accessibility Camp DC on October 10 closes on Wednesday http://www.accessibilitycampdc.org Hope to have the chance to meet some of you there. Jennison Jennison Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison From ron at ahead.org Wed Oct 7 17:24:51 2009 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver Message-ID: <00b201ca47ad$c0e3f680$42abe380$@org> Hey gang, I know this is a bit early but if you are planning on attending the AHEAD conference in Denver can you please let me know. I need to start putting together the program for the lab. I hope life finds you all well, and managing the stress in your lives appropriately. Ron ************************************************************************* 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! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I need to start putting together the program for the lab. I hope life finds you all well, and managing the stress in your lives appropriately. Ron ************************************************************************* 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! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ron From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:28 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver Jayme and I are there, for sure... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:25 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver Hey gang, I know this is a bit early but if you are planning on attending the AHEAD conference in Denver can you please let me know. I need to start putting together the program for the lab. I hope life finds you all well, and managing the stress in your lives appropriately. Ron ************************************************************************* 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! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mcroll at CAHS.Colostate.edu Thu Oct 8 09:01:29 2009 From: mcroll at CAHS.Colostate.edu (Roll,Marla) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver In-Reply-To: <00b201ca47ad$c0e3f680$42abe380$@org> References: <00b201ca47ad$c0e3f680$42abe380$@org> Message-ID: <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDC9@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> Ron - I am attending and am serving as Co- Chair of the Accessibility subcommittee. Marla ___________________________________ Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy 304 Occupational Therapy Building Fort Collins, CO 80523 970-491-2016 mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 6:25 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver Hey gang, I know this is a bit early but if you are planning on attending the AHEAD conference in Denver can you please let me know. I need to start putting together the program for the lab. I hope life finds you all well, and managing the stress in your lives appropriately. Ron ************************************************************************* 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! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbailey at uoregon.edu Thu Oct 8 09:21:45 2009 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] my book now on book share Message-ID: <1255018905.319509.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> I am pleased to announce that my book ?Managing The Assistive Technology Process: The Nontech Guide For Disability Service Providers? (published by LRP) is now available on Bookshare. Please forgive any cross postings you may encounter. 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 mpthornton at ualr.edu Thu Oct 8 10:50:15 2009 From: mpthornton at ualr.edu (Melanie Thornton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] my book now on book share In-Reply-To: <1255018905.319509.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> References: <1255018905.319509.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: <4ACE2657.1070008@ualr.edu> Thanks for sharing! And for the reminder to get this for our DRC library! Melanie James Bailey wrote: > I am pleased to announce that my book ?Managing The Assistive Technology Process: The Nontech Guide For Disability Service Providers? (published by LRP) is now available on Bookshare. Please forgive any cross postings you may encounter. > > James > > > -- > James Bailey > Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon > 1501 Kincaid St. > Eugene, OR 97403-1299 > Office: 541-346-1076 > jbailey@uoregon.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > -- 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 We want your comments! AIM: MelanieatUALR ************************************ This message contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. 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Melanie monty cassellius wrote: > hello please help me with getting my subscription moved to digest mode > please > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > -- 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 We want your comments! AIM: MelanieatUALR ************************************ This message contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. 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Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 (609) 213-2190 On Oct 8, 2009, at 12:01, "Roll,Marla" wrote: > Ron ? > > > > I am attending and am serving as Co- Chair of the Accessibility > subcommittee. > > > > Marla > > > > ___________________________________ > > Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR > > Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center > > Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy > > 304 Occupational Therapy Building > > Fort Collins, CO 80523 > > 970-491-2016 > > mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu > > > > > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > On Behalf Of Ron Stewart > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 6:25 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver > > > > Hey gang, > > > > I know this is a bit early but if you are planning on attending the > AHEAD conference in Denver can you please let me know. I need to > start putting together the program for the lab. > > > > I hope life finds you all well, and managing the stress in your > lives appropriately. > > > > Ron > > > > *** > ********************************************************************** > > 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 som > ething to look forward to in the morning! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alice.anderson at doit.wisc.edu Fri Oct 9 06:15:23 2009 From: alice.anderson at doit.wisc.edu (Alice Anderson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver In-Reply-To: <3BA3FC7D-134C-4C15-A069-2FE1D28269A6@ahead.org> References: <00b201ca47ad$c0e3f680$42abe380$@org> <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDC9@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> <3BA3FC7D-134C-4C15-A069-2FE1D28269A6@ahead.org> Message-ID: possibly ... i arrive late Wed Nov 11, and leave early Sat Nov 14th ... present Thursday Nov 12 ... what timing/topics did you envision? 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 Oct 8, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: > Interested in doing a hands on lab? > > Ron Stewart > 8300 W. Weller St > Yorktown, IN 47396 > > (609) 213-2190 > > > On Oct 8, 2009, at 12:01, "Roll,Marla" > wrote: > >> Ron ? >> >> >> >> I am attending and am serving as Co- Chair of the Accessibility >> subcommittee. >> >> >> >> Marla >> >> >> >> ___________________________________ >> >> Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR >> >> Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center >> >> Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy >> >> 304 Occupational Therapy Building >> >> Fort Collins, CO 80523 >> >> 970-491-2016 >> >> mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen- >> bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart >> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 6:25 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver >> >> >> >> Hey gang, >> >> >> >> I know this is a bit early but if you are planning on attending the >> AHEAD conference in Denver can you please let me know. I need to >> start putting together the program for the lab. >> >> >> >> I hope life finds you all well, and managing the stress in your >> lives appropriately. >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From ron at ahead.org Fri Oct 9 08:45:26 2009 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver In-Reply-To: References: <00b201ca47ad$c0e3f680$42abe380$@org> <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC37991CCDC9@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> <3BA3FC7D-134C-4C15-A069-2FE1D28269A6@ahead.org> Message-ID: <005d01ca48f7$857c0560$90741020$@org> This is in regards to the AHEAD conference in July :) Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Alice Anderson Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 9:15 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver possibly ... i arrive late Wed Nov 11, and leave early Sat Nov 14th ... present Thursday Nov 12 ... what timing/topics did you envision? 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 Oct 8, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: > Interested in doing a hands on lab? > > Ron Stewart > 8300 W. Weller St > Yorktown, IN 47396 > > (609) 213-2190 > > > On Oct 8, 2009, at 12:01, "Roll,Marla" > wrote: > >> Ron - >> >> >> >> I am attending and am serving as Co- Chair of the Accessibility >> subcommittee. >> >> >> >> Marla >> >> >> >> ___________________________________ >> >> Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR >> >> Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center >> >> Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy >> >> 304 Occupational Therapy Building >> >> Fort Collins, CO 80523 >> >> 970-491-2016 >> >> mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen- >> bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart >> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 6:25 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver >> >> >> >> Hey gang, >> >> >> >> I know this is a bit early but if you are planning on attending the >> AHEAD conference in Denver can you please let me know. I need to >> start putting together the program for the lab. >> >> >> >> I hope life finds you all well, and managing the stress in your >> lives appropriately. >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From hkramer at colorado.edu Fri Oct 9 13:31:05 2009 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions at AHG Message-ID: Hello All: For those of you attending the conference, we could use suggestions for the round-table discussions on Friday, Nov. 13, along with volunteers to lead each discussion. The round-table runs from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. on this day. Let me know if you have some ideas for topics and/or would be interested in moderating/facilitating one of the discussion groups. Also, we still have plenty of openings for the Educause Training day on Monday Nov. 9. If you are registered for the conference but not registered for this day, you might consider arriving early to attend the session. The agenda is a follows: Monday, Nov. 9 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 noon Networking & Integrating Assistive Technology into the University/College Environment and: 1:30 ? 4:30 p.m. Advanced Web Accessibility Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We've titled it "EDUCAUSE Training Day" (somewhat informally) because it serves as a bridge between the EDUCAUSE Conference and Accessing Higher Ground, which are conveniently consecutive this year, and both located in or around the Denver area. Hope to see many of you there! Terry Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Technology Services University of Washington tft@u.washington.edu 206/221-4168 From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 1:31 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions at AHG Hello All: For those of you attending the conference, we could use suggestions for the round-table discussions on Friday, Nov. 13, along with volunteers to lead each discussion. The round-table runs from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. on this day. Let me know if you have some ideas for topics and/or would be interested in moderating/facilitating one of the discussion groups. Also, we still have plenty of openings for the Educause Training day on Monday Nov. 9. If you are registered for the conference but not registered for this day, you might consider arriving early to attend the session. The agenda is a follows: Monday, Nov. 9 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Networking & Integrating Assistive Technology into the University/College Environment and: 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Advanced Web Accessibility Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadi at illinois.edu Sat Oct 10 15:09:13 2009 From: hadi at illinois.edu (Hadi Rangin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions at AHG References: Message-ID: <69627A26EA704C798600F2CF9EA89BB1@shalizar> Hi Howard, I am pretty sure that you have received many good ideas for the round-table discussions by now. I would like to suggest to have a discussion on "Working with vendors". The second topic that I would like to suggest is "how Athen site can be made a single-stop resource for all accessibility related issues?" I will be glad to run either of them. Thanks, Hadi ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Kramer To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 3:31 PM Subject: [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions at AHG Hello All: For those of you attending the conference, we could use suggestions for the round-table discussions on Friday, Nov. 13, along with volunteers to lead each discussion. The round-table runs from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. on this day. Let me know if you have some ideas for topics and/or would be interested in moderating/facilitating one of the discussion groups. Also, we still have plenty of openings for the Educause Training day on Monday Nov. 9. If you are registered for the conference but not registered for this day, you might consider arriving early to attend the session. The agenda is a follows: Monday, Nov. 9 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 noon Networking & Integrating Assistive Technology into the University/College Environment and: 1:30 ? 4:30 p.m. Advanced Web Accessibility Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Let me know if you have some ideas for topics and/or would be interested in moderating/facilitating one of the discussion groups. Also, we still have plenty of openings for the Educause Training day on Monday Nov. 9. If you are registered for the conference but not registered for this day, you might consider arriving early to attend the session. The agenda is a follows: Monday, Nov. 9 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Networking & Integrating Assistive Technology into the University/College Environment and: 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Advanced Web Accessibility Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Mon Oct 12 09:46:19 2009 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHEAD in Denver In-Reply-To: <00b201ca47ad$c0e3f680$42abe380$@org> References: <00b201ca47ad$c0e3f680$42abe380$@org> Message-ID: <6e0d34c90910120946i519dea91x71c0654c0140a5cc@mail.gmail.com> I plan on being there Heidi On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: > Hey gang, > > > > I know this is a bit early but if you are planning on attending the AHEAD > conference in Denver can you please let me know. I need to start putting > together the program for the lab. > > > > I hope life finds you all well, and managing the stress in your lives > appropriately. > > > > Ron > > > > ************************************************************************* > > 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 > > -- +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Teresa.Haven at asu.edu Mon Oct 12 11:25:00 2009 From: Teresa.Haven at asu.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN meeting at AHG In-Reply-To: <00a801ca4b4d$c5263160$4f729420$@com> References: <00a801ca4b4d$c5263160$4f729420$@com> Message-ID: <0D41DFE921DACE439289A5E629BDB66C03CF979A@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Revitalization of the ATHEN E-Journal -- what topics do folks want included? And more importantly, what can we do to get contributions? We can't publish without authors... :S ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 8:08 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] ATHEN meeting at AHG Good morning folks, Please send in your agenda items for our annual meeting at AHG. Ron ************************************************************************ ******* Ron Stewart Managing Consultant Altformat Solutions LLC 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@altformatsolutions.com www.altformatsolutions.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jongund at illinois.edu Mon Oct 12 11:35:38 2009 From: jongund at illinois.edu (Jon Gunderson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN meeting at AHG In-Reply-To: <00a801ca4b4d$c5263160$4f729420$@com> References: <00a801ca4b4d$c5263160$4f729420$@com> Message-ID: <20091012133538.BXT43552@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> I would like to talk about the new ATHEN collaboration resource at the meeting. http://collaborate.athen.org Issues 1. User experience with the tool and feature issues? 2. Should we publicize availability of the tool? 3. Other issues Jon ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:07:47 -0400 >From: "Ron Stewart" >Subject: [Athen] ATHEN meeting at AHG >To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" > > Good morning folks, > > > > Please send in your agenda items for our annual meeting at AHG. > > > > Ron > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Ron Stewart > > Managing Consultant > > Altformat Solutions LLC > > > > 8300 West Weller St > > Yorktown, IN 47396 > > Mobile: 609 213-2190 > > Fax: 765 405-1484 > > > > ron@altformatsolutions.com > > www.altformatsolutions.com > > >________________ >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility Disability Resources and Educational Services Rehabilitation Education Center Room 86 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 WWW: http://www.cita.illinois.edu/ WWW: https://netfiles.illinois.edu/jongund/www/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Privacy Information --------------------------------------------------------------- This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, or agent responsible for delivering or copying of this communication, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. From jbailey at uoregon.edu Mon Oct 12 11:42:36 2009 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN meeting at AHG In-Reply-To: <20091012133538.BXT43552@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> References: <20091012133538.BXT43552@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> Message-ID: <1255372956.26516.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> Try - http://collaborate.athenpro.org/ -- James Bailey Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon 1501 Kincaid St. Eugene, OR 97403-1299 Office: 541-346-1076 jbailey@uoregon.edu On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:35:38 -0500 (CDT), Jon Gunderson wrote: > I would like to talk about the new ATHEN collaboration resource at the meeting. > > http://collaborate.athen.org > > Issues > 1. User experience with the tool and feature issues? > 2. Should we publicize availability of the tool? > 3. Other issues > > Jon > > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:07:47 -0400 > >From: "Ron Stewart" > >Subject: [Athen] ATHEN meeting at AHG > >To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" > > > > Good morning folks, > > > > > > > > Please send in your agenda items for our annual meeting at AHG. > > > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > > > Ron Stewart > > > > Managing Consultant > > > > Altformat Solutions LLC > > > > > > > > 8300 West Weller St > > > > Yorktown, IN 47396 > > > > Mobile: 609 213-2190 > > > > Fax: 765 405-1484 > > > > > > > > ron@altformatsolutions.com > > > > www.altformatsolutions.com > > > > > >________________ > >_______________________________________________ > >Athen mailing list > >Athen@athenpro.org > >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. > Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility > Disability Resources and Educational Services > > Rehabilitation Education Center > Room 86 > 1207 S. Oak Street > Champaign, Illinois 61820 > > Voice: (217) 244-5870 > > WWW: http://www.cita.illinois.edu/ > WWW: https://netfiles.illinois.edu/jongund/www/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Privacy Information > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, or agent responsible for delivering or copying of this communication, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From jongund at illinois.edu Mon Oct 12 12:13:30 2009 From: jongund at illinois.edu (Jon Gunderson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN meeting at AHG In-Reply-To: <20091012133538.BXT43552@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> References: <00a801ca4b4d$c5263160$4f729420$@com> <20091012133538.BXT43552@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> Message-ID: <20091012141330.BXT47508@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> I sent the wrong URL, here is the correct one: http://collaborate.athenpro.org/ Jon ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:35:38 -0500 (CDT) >From: Jon Gunderson >Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN meeting at AHG >To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" > >I would like to talk about the new ATHEN collaboration resource at the meeting. > >http://collaborate.athen.org > >Issues >1. User experience with the tool and feature issues? >2. Should we publicize availability of the tool? >3. Other issues > >Jon > > >---- Original message ---- >>Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:07:47 -0400 >>From: "Ron Stewart" >>Subject: [Athen] ATHEN meeting at AHG >>To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" >> >> Good morning folks, >> >> >> >> Please send in your agenda items for our annual meeting at AHG. >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> ******************************************************************************* >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> Managing Consultant >> >> Altformat Solutions LLC >> >> >> >> 8300 West Weller St >> >> Yorktown, IN 47396 >> >> Mobile: 609 213-2190 >> >> Fax: 765 405-1484 >> >> >> >> ron@altformatsolutions.com >> >> www.altformatsolutions.com >> >> >>________________ >>_______________________________________________ >>Athen mailing list >>Athen@athenpro.org >>http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. >Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility >Disability Resources and Educational Services > >Rehabilitation Education Center >Room 86 >1207 S. Oak Street >Champaign, Illinois 61820 > >Voice: (217) 244-5870 > >WWW: http://www.cita.illinois.edu/ >WWW: https://netfiles.illinois.edu/jongund/www/ > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >Privacy Information >--------------------------------------------------------------- >This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, or agent responsible for delivering or copying of this communication, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. > > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility Disability Resources and Educational Services Rehabilitation Education Center Room 86 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 WWW: http://www.cita.illinois.edu/ WWW: https://netfiles.illinois.edu/jongund/www/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Privacy Information --------------------------------------------------------------- This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, or agent responsible for delivering or copying of this communication, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. From burke at ucla.edu Mon Oct 12 13:28:09 2009 From: burke at ucla.edu (Patrick Burke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job Opening: UCLA Web Developer / Adaptive Technology Consultant Message-ID: <200910122027.n9CKRxoU032445@mail.ucla.edu> Hello everyone, Apologies for cross-posting. Please redistribute as appropriate. My department here at UCLA has a small adaptive tech team (mine) & a larger Web services group. The job description for the new position overlaps both. The goal is to bring accessibility to our other web projects (Javascript, CSS, etc.), and continue to bring advanced web skills to our accessibility work. Adaptive tech training and support are also part of the mix. "This is a full-time one-year contract position at UCLA. Participate in web accessibility efforts at the University of California. Work as part of the ATS Web Team and the Disabilities and Computing Program group, focusing on the convergence of web design, web accessibility and adaptive technologies." The full job description is available from our homepage: www.dcp.ucla.edu . To apply, please send a resume to Crhistina Patterson: chris [at] ats.ucla.edu. Thanks very much, Patrick -- Patrick J. Burke Coordinator UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program Phone: 310 206-6004 E-mail: burke ucla. edu From jbailey at uoregon.edu Mon Oct 12 14:13:58 2009 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] ibm buys spss Message-ID: <1255382038.67481.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> This deal has been in the works for a while, but it is now done and official. My hope is that this will be good news for people using AT with SPSS (the program most higher ed folks call SPSS is now called PASW by the way). -- James Bailey Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon 1501 Kincaid St. Eugene, OR 97403-1299 Office: 541-346-1076 jbailey@uoregon.edu From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Oct 12 14:23:51 2009 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: DRC counselor/coordinator position at Mendocino College Message-ID: -----Original Message----- From: Tascha Whetzel [mailto:twhetzel@mendocino.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:14 AM To: DSP&S Region 2 Listserver Subject: DRC counselor/coordinator position at Mendocino College Please excuse the cross posting. Please see the attached announcement for the DRC Coordinator/Counselor position at Mendocino College. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tschwanke at wisc.edu Tue Oct 13 07:56:25 2009 From: tschwanke at wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Synthesized Voices and Accurate Pronunciation In-Reply-To: <14C6C8313F1842459FAAD0B3FEB9E42C245CC84D@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu> References: <10E003BA-2361-495D-8B17-2064257BF9C1@techpotential.net> <7757009033977399219@unknownmsgid> <18297_1252894749_ZZg0E4QmCC7qY.00_baa6b6680909131918q1ffaa6f5hc32be464d50bf59c@mail.gmail.com> <20090917083018558.00000004396@AT_Specialist> <65A4FE813F17E648B64D10DDFA4DF18B02CA840EF1@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu> <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D01C2122F@ROMULUS.smc.edu> <14C6C8313F1842459FAAD0B3FEB9E42C245CC84D@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu> Message-ID: <20091013095625352.00000001232@AT_Specialist> Just following up with Terrill's question to see if anyone has access to the medical version of Naturally Speaking to determine if its text to speech is programmed to have the correct pronunciation for medical terms. Thanks, Todd Schwanke McBurney Disability Resource Center UW-Madison -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:33 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Synthesized Voices and Accurate Pronunciation Ellen, The speech synthesizer also plays a key role in pronunciation. For example, I just tested a block of medical text using various synthesizers. Eloquence, the default JAWS synthesizer, didn't handle the medical terms very well at all, but when I switched the JAWS voice profile to SAPI 5 (Microsoft Anna), pronunciation was much better (though not perfect). There are other SAPI synthesizers/voices available, most for a small cost; and most Windows screen readers or text-to-speech software products support switching to these if they're installed. Some of these (e.g., AT&T Natural Voices, Neospeech) have nice-sounding voices but they won't do any better than the free Microsoft voices at pronouncing medical terminology. If using a Microsoft SAPI voice and techniques like those described by Dan won't meet the student's needs, what they need is a voice that is specifically equipped with a medical vocabulary. I'm not sure what's available in that arena, although you did mention Dragon Naturally Speaking - that might be worth exploring further. Even though the student doesn't need speech recognition I wonder if by installing Dragon Medical you would be installing a medical SAPI voice that could be used in other text-to-speech applications. Does anyone know? Unfortunately Dragon Medical is pretty pricey ($1600 through Nuance) - it would be a shame to pay that much if you're only going to use one component, not the application itself. If anyone wants to conduct their own tests, here's the medical text I was working with: Methacholine Chloride is a quaternary ammonium parasympathomimetic agent with the muscarinic actions of acetylcholine. It is hydrolyzed by acetylcholinesterase at a considerably slower rate than acetylcholine and is more resistant to hydrolysis by nonspecific cholinesterases so that its actions are more prolonged. It is used as a parasympathomimetic bronchoconstrictor agent and as a diagnostic aid for bronchial asthma. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1116) Regards, Terry Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Technology Services University of Washington tft@u.washington.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Burke, Dan (DSS) Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:23 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Synthesized Voices and Accurate Pronunciation The main determinant of accuracy in reading is not what is doing the reading, but the quality of the electronic text that is being read. For example, , JAWS out of the box pronounces the name of my town as Miss-owl-a, when it is commonly pronounced as Mizzoola. So the issue is for the student to learn a couple of tricks -- stop (frequently, if necessary) and spell out words he or she is uncertain of. If they are pronounced strangely, virtually every tts package offers some way to correct pronunciation. Which is what I have done with JAWS and the name of my town. So, the quality of the e-text -- is it a publisher file? If not, has it been properly spell-checked? And then add to that the student taking responsibility (with our guidance) and learning how to manipulate the screen reader to make him or herself successful. Dan 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 CUTLER_ELLEN Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Synthesized Voices and Accurate Pronunciation Hello, We have a student who needs to listen to respiratory therapy text books. Towards this end, we need to know what determines how accurately text will be read. Is it the synthesized voice? Is it the text-to-speech software? What text-to-speech environment is likely to read medical texts accurately? I was wondering if the TTS feature of the Medical version of NaturallySpeaking would do well; however, the student does not need voice recognition.... Thanks, Ellen Ellen Cutler Santa Monica College Disabled Student Services, High Tech Training Center 1900 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 310.434-4496 cutler_ellen@smc.edu _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From ron at ahead.org Tue Oct 13 11:36:23 2009 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Google Lime Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Message-ID: <001b01ca4c34$11cb7fc0$35627f40$@org> Looks like a great opportunity for an emerging geek. Ron Stewart From: Varju Luceno [mailto:varju.luceno@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:07 PM To: daisy-in-higher-ed@daisy.org Subject: Google Lime Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Google Lime Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Access to knowledge is our thing. When it comes to higher education for promising scholars, we don?t want anything to stand in the way. That?s why we?re proud to partner with Lime. Google is committed to helping the innovators of the future make the most of their talents by providing scholarships and networking retreats for computer science students with disabilities. Recipients of the Google Lime Scholarship will receive a scholarship for the 2010?2011 academic year. Selected students will also be invited to attend the all-expenses-paid retreat at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA, in 2011. Scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates? academic background, leadership and passion for computer science - $10,000 USD for those studying in the US and $5,000 CAD for those studying in Canada (based on average tuition costs). Eligibility Requirements Candidates must be: * A current junior or senior year of undergraduate study or enrolled in a graduate program at a university in the United States or Canada (in addition to US and Canada citizens, international students with disabilities studying at universities in the US or Canada are also encouraged to apply) * Enrolled in a Computer Science or Computer Engineering program, or a closely related technical feld, as a full-time student for the 2010?2011 academic year * A person with a disability (defi?ned as someone who has, or considers themselves to have , a long-term, or recurring, issue that impacts one or more activities that others may consider a daily function); this defi?nition also includes the perception among others that a disability exists. For more information, please go to: http://www.limeconnect.com/google.html Online application: http://google.eresources.com/applications/login.asp Best, Varju Luceno Communications and Marketing Specialist DAISY Consortium --- The BEST Way to Read and Publish: http://www.daisy.org/get_involved/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From assistivetechnologist at gmail.com Tue Oct 13 16:12:37 2009 From: assistivetechnologist at gmail.com (Steve Appell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Synthesized Voices and Accurate Pronunciation Message-ID: Hello to all, I used to work as as an Assistive Technology Specialist in a Disability Resource Center at a community college where we trained nurses. We used Kurzweil 3000 pretty extensively, including for test administration. While Kurzweil wasn't perfect by any means, it generally handled medical terminology pretty well. I ran the Martindale passage through Kurzweil, and converted it to an MP3 file, attached, so you can play it and see what you think. I prefer the NeoSpeech voices, VW Kate and VW Paul, as they sound more natural than some of the others available. Hope this is helpful. Steve Stephen B. Appell, M.Ed. Assistive Technology Associates -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Martindale Test.mp3 Type: audio/mpeg Size: 114005 bytes Desc: not available URL: From alpuzz at msu.edu Wed Oct 14 06:59:26 2009 From: alpuzz at msu.edu (Al Puzzuoli) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Thoughts on K3000 Web Enabled licenses? References: <00a801ca4b4d$c5263160$4f729420$@com> <0D41DFE921DACE439289A5E629BDB66C03CF979A@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: Hello, We currently host our own K3000 license server here at MSU; However, we are looking at moving to Kurzweil's Web Enabled model. Can anyone speak to the pros and cons of the web enabled implementation? If we could get out from under needing to manage the licenses here, while still maintaining all administration abilities we are already used to, that would be great. I assume features like Licenses to Go are still available? Thanks, Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 517-884-1915 From tschwanke at wisc.edu Wed Oct 14 07:41:12 2009 From: tschwanke at wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Thoughts on K3000 Web Enabled licenses? In-Reply-To: References: <00a801ca4b4d$c5263160$4f729420$@com> <0D41DFE921DACE439289A5E629BDB66C03CF979A@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: <20091014094112596.00000004496@AT_Specialist> Al: We have been using the Kurzweil 3000 web licensing v11 for about 6 months now. Overall our experience has been quite good in terms of the added benefits with this new option. Frustrations that I encounter tend to be more with the core software, so aren't specific to the web licensing option. >From the responses I received from tech support when we have had issues, it seemed that we were probably one of the early groups to implement it. Some of the issues included: the server not enforcing which version students were authorized to use (subsequently fixed), needing to use an updated app to set the 'Site Name' when students have 64 bit Windows Vista because of a registry difference, and one known outage. As far as I know the license server has only been down once and that was over a weekend. We just had the software in place for a short little while and so I didn't realize that something I saw on Fri afternoon was the license server going down. So, I'm pretty sure I got their attention when I called in on Monday morning to report that it was down and they hadn't noticed yet, especially when I had asked them up front what their guaranteed up-time was and how quickly they responded to outages. There have been a number of positives that I really like, and I am hoping they offer it for Mac soon. It addresses a lot of issues. 1) It's concurrent licensing, so you only have to buy as many licenses as are needed to be in use at one time. 2) Because it has authentication built-in you don't have firewall issues to limit or hide access to the server and be able to tell that someone connecting is a valid user. The server is off campus, so the idea of on and off-campus essentially goes away. 3) You don't have to manage a server. 4) You can specify if they get access to any mix of LearnStation, B&W, Color 5) When a student graduates, all you have to do is remove their account 6) Unless a student just left their computer on all the time and didn't disconnect it from the network (which is unlikely since they move around a lot) you won't have unused licenses sitting out there for extended periods like you can with License to Go 7) Main logistics are getting the software installed and then turning their account off when they graduate. From there you don't really have to worry about policies and procedures regarding check-out periods. 8) It's not a big deal to install it on a student's computer who doesn't end up using it much as they only pull a license when they actually do use it... 9) etc., etc. The main down side is that students have to be connected to a network whenever they are using it. If they lose the network connection it goes into a limited function mode after 5 minutes. As far as I know there is no License to Go option built in. Since our campus is so wired and wireless that hasn't been much of a problem. Where it could be a problem is if a student wanted to work on a bus or while traveling. It is possible to set it up in a lab environment. Basically when you install it you create a generic account on the license server and then cache these credentials. I'm guessing it would continue to work after imaging. We also use this trick sometimes so that students don't have to enter their user name and password when they start the software. Another thing I'd like to see changed is that when you go into the admin utility to create an account for a student, you see their password and all other students' passwords. We are very careful to tell them not to reuse a password since we are able to see it. Tips: * We don't enter the student's name when we create an account for them. We use a nickname that others wouldn't recognize * Make sure they assign you a "Site Name" that is short, concise, and without spaces. * You can upgrade and convert old licenses (including individual licenses) over to this type of licensing, which can save money. Feel free to contact me offline if you have additional questions. Todd Schwanke McBurney Disability Resource Center UW-Madison 608-263-2741 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Al Puzzuoli Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:59 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Thoughts on K3000 Web Enabled licenses? Hello, We currently host our own K3000 license server here at MSU; However, we are looking at moving to Kurzweil's Web Enabled model. Can anyone speak to the pros and cons of the web enabled implementation? If we could get out from under needing to manage the licenses here, while still maintaining all administration abilities we are already used to, that would be great. I assume features like Licenses to Go are still available? Thanks, Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 517-884-1915 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From KCarini at matcmadison.edu Wed Oct 14 07:51:22 2009 From: KCarini at matcmadison.edu (Kevin M Carini) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Thoughts on K3000 Web Enabled licenses? In-Reply-To: References: <00a801ca4b4d$c5263160$4f729420$@com> <0D41DFE921DACE439289A5E629BDB66C03CF979A@EX04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: I agree with Todd's response to both the positives and frustrations. We use the Network version, Web Based License, and the Kurzweil USB here at Madison Area Technical College. We have eliminated the License-To-Go. We have been using the Web Based License and the Kurzweil USB for about 6 months now ourselves. Since we are a commuter college, the web based license and the Kurzweil USB have been quite a success. We also use Kurzweil heavily for our text conversion so the use of a web based license and USB is very convenient for the students. Kevin M. Carini, M.S., C.R.C. Disability Resource Specialist - Assistive Technology Madison Area Technical College Office: 608-243-4612 Fax: 608-246-6691 kcarini@matcmadison.edu Work Days: Monday - Thursday Off Days: Friday - Sunday -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Al Puzzuoli Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:59 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Thoughts on K3000 Web Enabled licenses? Hello, We currently host our own K3000 license server here at MSU; However, we are looking at moving to Kurzweil's Web Enabled model. Can anyone speak to the pros and cons of the web enabled implementation? If we could get out from under needing to manage the licenses here, while still maintaining all administration abilities we are already used to, that would be great. I assume features like Licenses to Go are still available? Thanks, Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 517-884-1915 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Oct 14 10:50:20 2009 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Repost: Access to materials by blind and disabled patrons Message-ID: <3C0D7329F1CA4A8E90CCCB00CC3A55B1@htctu.fhda.edu> (Please forgive cross posts.) >From the US Copyright office: The Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office seek comment on possible solutions to enhance the accessibility of copyrighted works for the benefit of the blind or other persons with disabilities. Comments are specifically sought on the objectives and potential impact on existing U.S. law of a draft treaty prepared under the auspices of the World Blind Union and proposed formally at the May 2009 session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. Interested parties are invited to submit comments on the topics outlined in the supplementary information section of the Federal Register notice. Initial comments are due on or before November 13, 2009. Reply comments are due on or before December 4, 2009. For further information, go to the Copyright Office website at www.copyright.gov, click on "Federal Register notices," then "Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry and Request for Comments on the Topic of Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Other Persons With Disabilities; Notice of inquiry and request for comments, 74 FR52507 October 13, 2009, Version: PDF (http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2009/74fr52507.pdf) Elizabeth Hart Library Technical Assistant California School for the Blind 500 Walnut Ave. Fremont, CA 94536 ehart@csb-cde.ca.gov -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I am interested in encouraging faculty who are publishing books to use publishers that support accessibility. Thanks you for any help you can provide. Jon Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility Disability Resources and Educational Services Rehabilitation Education Center Room 86 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 WWW: http://www.cita.illinois.edu/ WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Privacy Information --------------------------------------------------------------- This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, or agent responsible for delivering or copying of this communication, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. From mpthornton at ualr.edu Fri Oct 16 06:40:27 2009 From: mpthornton at ualr.edu (Melanie Thornton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible E-Book from mainstream publisher In-Reply-To: <20091016082717.BXX77975@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> References: <20091016082717.BXX77975@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> Message-ID: <4AD877CB.2040708@ualr.edu> Please share your findings with this list. Thanks, Jon. Melanie Jon Gunderson wrote: > Are there any commercial publishers that support accessibility of their electronic book technology or make their print books easily available as electronic book in a DAISY or NIMAS format that is accessible? > > I am interested in encouraging faculty who are publishing books to use publishers that support accessibility. > > Thanks you for any help you can provide. > > Jon > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. > Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility > Disability Resources and Educational Services > > Rehabilitation Education Center > Room 86 > 1207 S. Oak Street > Champaign, Illinois 61820 > > Voice: (217) 244-5870 > > WWW: http://www.cita.illinois.edu/ > WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Privacy Information > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, or agent responsible for delivering or copying of this communication, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > -- 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 We want your comments! AIM: MelanieatUALR ************************************ This message contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. Please be aware that filing this email in publicly accessible records, or any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited. ******************************************* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kerscher at montana.com Fri Oct 16 07:34:38 2009 From: kerscher at montana.com (George Kerscher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] [Nimas.ig] Accessible E-Book from mainstream publisher In-Reply-To: <20091016082717.BXX77975@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> References: <20091016082717.BXX77975@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> Message-ID: <001201ca4e6d$cecca3c0$6c65eb40$@com> Right now, Google has accessible versions of their out of copyright materials. These are available online. Also, they have these titles available as EPUB without encryption. The websites that distribute these are not accessible, but this is not a Google distribution site. For example, the Sony eReader site has these, and their site is aweful. Overdrive has some of their materials available in an accessible form. I am not sure of their overall status. Overdrive agrigates content. the Adobe Digital Editions and their Content Server use EPUB, but do not have an accessible reader that accesses their protected content. Barnes and Noble also uses EPUB and they do not have an accessible reader. Their Windows application is very well behaved, but one cannot effectively read the content. I can go into review mode and get some text; it seems to me that it could be accessible with some effort. Yes, I have offered help and made them aware of the issues. Amazon is not accessible and I believe they also accept EPUB from publishers, but they will also do their own conversions. Finally there is CourseSmart, which is not accessible. They do not use EPUB. All of these companies are aware of the accessibility issues. Best George -----Original Message----- From: nimas.ig-bounces@lists.cast.org [mailto:nimas.ig-bounces@lists.cast.org] On Behalf Of Jon Gunderson Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:27 AM To: Uaccess-L; ATHEN listserv; Ron Stewart; NIMAS General Interest Group Subject: [Nimas.ig] Accessible E-Book from mainstream publisher Are there any commercial publishers that support accessibility of their electronic book technology or make their print books easily available as electronic book in a DAISY or NIMAS format that is accessible? I am interested in encouraging faculty who are publishing books to use publishers that support accessibility. Thanks you for any help you can provide. Jon Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility Disability Resources and Educational Services Rehabilitation Education Center Room 86 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 WWW: http://www.cita.illinois.edu/ WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Privacy Information --------------------------------------------------------------- This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, or agent responsible for delivering or copying of this communication, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Nimas.ig mailing list Nimas.ig@lists.cast.org http://lists.cast.org/mailman/listinfo/nimas.ig From ron at ahead.org Fri Oct 16 08:16:09 2009 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] [Nimas.ig] Accessible E-Book from mainstream publisher In-Reply-To: <001201ca4e6d$cecca3c0$6c65eb40$@com> References: <20091016082717.BXX77975@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu> <001201ca4e6d$cecca3c0$6c65eb40$@com> Message-ID: <006c01ca4e73$99371550$cba53ff0$@org> There is also one Publisher, Pearson's K-12 division, that has released a prototype fully accessible elementary book that is HTML based but appears to be intended to test the market waters at this point. As far as I am aware no similar effort current in the public arena for a similar work from the other major publishers but am sure it will be coming. In addition Elsevier, provides XML based source files upon request for their books so they are providing an accessible source file but it still requires some work to be student ready. Ron Stewart -----Original Message----- From: George Kerscher [mailto:kerscher@montana.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 10:35 AM To: 'Jon Gunderson'; 'Uaccess-L'; 'ATHEN listserv'; 'Ron Stewart'; 'NIMAS General Interest Group' Subject: RE: [Nimas.ig] Accessible E-Book from mainstream publisher Right now, Google has accessible versions of their out of copyright materials. These are available online. Also, they have these titles available as EPUB without encryption. The websites that distribute these are not accessible, but this is not a Google distribution site. For example, the Sony eReader site has these, and their site is aweful. Overdrive has some of their materials available in an accessible form. I am not sure of their overall status. Overdrive agrigates content. the Adobe Digital Editions and their Content Server use EPUB, but do not have an accessible reader that accesses their protected content. Barnes and Noble also uses EPUB and they do not have an accessible reader. Their Windows application is very well behaved, but one cannot effectively read the content. I can go into review mode and get some text; it seems to me that it could be accessible with some effort. Yes, I have offered help and made them aware of the issues. Amazon is not accessible and I believe they also accept EPUB from publishers, but they will also do their own conversions. Finally there is CourseSmart, which is not accessible. They do not use EPUB. All of these companies are aware of the accessibility issues. Best George -----Original Message----- From: nimas.ig-bounces@lists.cast.org [mailto:nimas.ig-bounces@lists.cast.org] On Behalf Of Jon Gunderson Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:27 AM To: Uaccess-L; ATHEN listserv; Ron Stewart; NIMAS General Interest Group Subject: [Nimas.ig] Accessible E-Book from mainstream publisher Are there any commercial publishers that support accessibility of their electronic book technology or make their print books easily available as electronic book in a DAISY or NIMAS format that is accessible? I am interested in encouraging faculty who are publishing books to use publishers that support accessibility. Thanks you for any help you can provide. Jon Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility Disability Resources and Educational Services Rehabilitation Education Center Room 86 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 WWW: http://www.cita.illinois.edu/ WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Privacy Information --------------------------------------------------------------- This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, or agent responsible for delivering or copying of this communication, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Nimas.ig mailing list Nimas.ig@lists.cast.org http://lists.cast.org/mailman/listinfo/nimas.ig From R.M.Nind at shu.ac.uk Fri Oct 16 08:17:09 2009 From: R.M.Nind at shu.ac.uk (Nind, Rich M) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS, Braille and the Phonetic Alphabet Message-ID: Hi all, We've got a student who's suddenly transferred from an English/Ed studies course to English. This involves a language module which involves reading and writing the phonetic alphabet. The student is a proficient JAWS reader and Braille user. From my initial scans of the internet it seems that JAWS can't read the phonetic alphabet directly, but can with some trickery, decode a set of symbols representing a word into a word broken into syllables. This doesn't seem to be particularly useful though, and may actually be counterproductive in any kind of assessment. There is a Braille notation for the International Phonetic Alphabet though, which hopefully we'll be able to produce with our equipment (we've got a Viewplus with Tiger software). There is the further complication of the student learning the new Braille notation too. Does anybody have experience of working through a similar module with a student?, or of brailling this type of material?. Also are there any good resources for a braille user to learn this code?. Any experiences or advice on or off list will be most welcome. Many thanks Rich Rich Nind Technical Advisor Inclusive Practice Team Disabled Student Support Portfolio Student and Learning Services Sheffield Hallam University Tel: (+44) 0114 2255311 Email: r.m.nind@shu.ac.uk From gdietrich at htctu.net Fri Oct 16 12:29:00 2009 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Nomination of officers Message-ID: I would like to nominate the following slate of officers for ATHEN for the coming year: President: Ron Stewart Vice-president: Terry Thompson Secretary: Dann Berkowitz Treasurer: Heidi Scher ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dann at digilifemedia.biz Sat Oct 17 02:27:48 2009 From: dann at digilifemedia.biz (Dann Berkowitz) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Nomination of officers In-Reply-To: <879120191.921255771372561.JavaMail.root@mail> Message-ID: <1269770045.941255771668612.JavaMail.root@mail> Hello everyone, I want to thank you for the nomination to continue as Secretary of the organization, but I have to decline at this time. I am settling into the new full-time job here in Tampa and as such will not be attending AHG this year. You may have also noticed that I was not at CSUN or AHEAD this year either. I firmly believe that officers in an organization such as this should be able to make it to at least some of these major conferences and I have been unable to do so this past year. My side business -- Digilife Media -- continues to do well but my new full-time position responsibilities will preclude me from getting out as much as I would like. I do expect to see folks at ATIA in 2010 (especially since it is right down the road from where I am now living). Damn shame too 'cause I was looking forward to the "inner circle meetings" with Heidi! Cheers all - Dann ==================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Digilife Media, LLC 809 E. Bloomingdale Avenue # 261 Brandon, FL 33511-8113 Phone: 978-914-4601 Fax: 813-689-4328 e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph A Humbert" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:35:03 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers I second Gaeir?s nominations ? Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E Indianapolis, IN 46202 Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 Cell phone: (847) 431-6545 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/ ? From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Nomination of officers ? I would like to nominate the following slate of officers for ATHEN for the coming year: President: Ron Stewart Vice-president: Terry Thompson Secretary: Dann Berkowitz Treasurer: Heidi Scher ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From B.G.Whitehouse at lboro.ac.uk Mon Oct 19 02:17:25 2009 From: B.G.Whitehouse at lboro.ac.uk (B.G.Whitehouse@lboro.ac.uk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Calling Paul Harpur and accessibility of ebooks platforms Message-ID: <6ef636dc2c874949b08d77c7faa26c3c@staff-mail.lboro.ac.uk> I was forwarded a message sent to this group by a Paul Harpur who had been looking into support offered to visually impaired students in universities, I think in the United States. Part of my Ph.D. work has been doing something similar in the UK, so our bits of research might be relevant to each other. I'm also looking into people's experiences of using ebook platforms like Ebrary, Dawsonera, Myilibrary etc. I know development work is going on right now to improve these platforms so I might be asking the group about this again early next year, but if anyone has experiences of using these platforms could they email me off list? Thanks. Guy From hascherdss at gmail.com Mon Oct 19 09:08:26 2009 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Nomination of officers In-Reply-To: <1269770045.941255771668612.JavaMail.root@mail> References: <879120191.921255771372561.JavaMail.root@mail> <1269770045.941255771668612.JavaMail.root@mail> Message-ID: <6e0d34c90910190908v61c8be8cp5576c4fceae12d1@mail.gmail.com> No, Dann! It won't be the same without you! We'll miss ya for sure! (I'll have a margarita and a browniein your honor :-) Heidi On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Dann Berkowitz wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I want to thank you for the nomination to continue as Secretary of the > organization, but I have to decline at this time. I am settling into the new > full-time job here in Tampa and as such will not be attending AHG this year. > You may have also noticed that I was not at CSUN or AHEAD this year either. > I firmly believe that officers in an organization such as this should be > able to make it to at least some of these major conferences and I have been > unable to do so this past year. > > My side business -- Digilife Media -- continues to do well but my new > full-time position responsibilities will preclude me from getting out as > much as I would like. I do expect to see folks at ATIA in 2010 (especially > since it is right down the road from where I am now living). > > Damn shame too 'cause I was looking forward to the "inner circle meetings" > with Heidi! > > Cheers all - Dann > > ==================== > Daniel J. Berkowitz > Digilife Media, LLC > 809 E. Bloomingdale Avenue > # 261 > Brandon, FL 33511-8113 > > Phone: 978-914-4601 > Fax: 813-689-4328 > e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph A Humbert" > To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:35:03 PM > Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers > > > > > > I second Gaeir?s nominations > > > > > Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist > > UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers > > Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington > > 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E > > Indianapolis, IN 46202 > > Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 > > Cell phone: (847) 431-6545 > > johumber@iupui.edu > > http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/ > > > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:29 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] Nomination of officers > > > > I would like to nominate the following slate of officers for ATHEN for the > coming year: > > President: Ron Stewart > > Vice-president: Terry Thompson > > Secretary: Dann Berkowitz > > Treasurer: Heidi Scher > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > -- +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ea at emptech.info Mon Oct 19 13:37:17 2009 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Nomination of officers In-Reply-To: <6e0d34c90910190908v61c8be8cp5576c4fceae12d1@mail.gmail.com> References: <879120191.921255771372561.JavaMail.root@mail> <1269770045.941255771668612.JavaMail.root@mail> <6e0d34c90910190908v61c8be8cp5576c4fceae12d1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <003601ca50fb$f319d410$d94d7c30$@info> I won't be able to roll in jet lagged and feeling like cardboard to be cheered up by some lively comment that makes me glad I made it across the pond once again. I agree with Heidi - we shall miss you Dann! Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab, ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://www.lexdis.org http://www.emptech.info From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: 19 October 2009 17:08 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers No, Dann! It won't be the same without you! We'll miss ya for sure! (I'll have a margarita and a browniein your honor :-) Heidi On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Dann Berkowitz wrote: Hello everyone, I want to thank you for the nomination to continue as Secretary of the organization, but I have to decline at this time. I am settling into the new full-time job here in Tampa and as such will not be attending AHG this year. You may have also noticed that I was not at CSUN or AHEAD this year either. I firmly believe that officers in an organization such as this should be able to make it to at least some of these major conferences and I have been unable to do so this past year. My side business -- Digilife Media -- continues to do well but my new full-time position responsibilities will preclude me from getting out as much as I would like. I do expect to see folks at ATIA in 2010 (especially since it is right down the road from where I am now living). Damn shame too 'cause I was looking forward to the "inner circle meetings" with Heidi! Cheers all - Dann ==================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Digilife Media, LLC 809 E. Bloomingdale Avenue # 261 Brandon, FL 33511-8113 Phone: 978-914-4601 Fax: 813-689-4328 e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph A Humbert" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:35:03 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers I second Gaeir's nominations Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E Indianapolis, IN 46202 Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 Cell phone: (847) 431-6545 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Nomination of officers I would like to nominate the following slate of officers for ATHEN for the coming year: President: Ron Stewart Vice-president: Terry Thompson Secretary: Dann Berkowitz Treasurer: Heidi Scher ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -- +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.422 / Virus Database: 270.14.21/2445 - Release Date: 10/19/09 06:40:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From SKelmer at stlcc.edu Mon Oct 19 13:55:24 2009 From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Nomination of officers In-Reply-To: <003601ca50fb$f319d410$d94d7c30$@info> References: <879120191.921255771372561.JavaMail.root@mail> <1269770045.941255771668612.JavaMail.root@mail><6e0d34c90910190908v61c8be8cp5576c4fceae12d1@mail.gmail.com> <003601ca50fb$f319d410$d94d7c30$@info> Message-ID: Well, this sucks. I look forward to my yearly conversations with you, Dann, so who will I talk to this time? Who will challenge me and my ways if you're not there? I know, Ron will do the best he can to challenge me, but still, it won't be the same. I know what it is, you are now so used to that hot Florida weather that the thought of a week in Colorado just makes your blood run cold. Pun intended, of course. Susan Kelmer Adaptive Technology Specialist/ Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms St. Louis Community College - Meramec 314-984-7951 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sprimla at unity.ncsu.edu Tue Oct 20 12:39:06 2009 From: sprimla at unity.ncsu.edu (Saroj Primlani) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] I am back In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <6D396E814F6D4A2083028D64F2B30C51@shome> Just to let you guys know I am back in the saddle. I am now working two part-time jobs and I thought I was being sent out to pasture. One position is with NC State, unfortunately this position does not give me a travel budget, not that there is any money for it anyway. While I have been keep up with the news I have not been paying too much attention. Ah well need to get the brain cells sharpened again. Will miss not being in CO. Have a great conference. Saroj -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of athen-request@athenpro.org Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:00 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Athen Digest, Vol 45, Issue 18 Send Athen mailing list submissions to athen@athenpro.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-request@athenpro.org You can reach the person managing the list at athen-owner@athenpro.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Athen digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Nomination of officers (E.A. Draffan) 2. Re: Nomination of officers (Kelmer, Susan M.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:37:17 +0100 From: "E.A. Draffan" Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Message-ID: <003601ca50fb$f319d410$d94d7c30$@info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I won't be able to roll in jet lagged and feeling like cardboard to be cheered up by some lively comment that makes me glad I made it across the pond once again. I agree with Heidi - we shall miss you Dann! Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab, ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://www.lexdis.org http://www.emptech.info From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: 19 October 2009 17:08 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers No, Dann! It won't be the same without you! We'll miss ya for sure! (I'll have a margarita and a browniein your honor :-) Heidi On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Dann Berkowitz wrote: Hello everyone, I want to thank you for the nomination to continue as Secretary of the organization, but I have to decline at this time. I am settling into the new full-time job here in Tampa and as such will not be attending AHG this year. You may have also noticed that I was not at CSUN or AHEAD this year either. I firmly believe that officers in an organization such as this should be able to make it to at least some of these major conferences and I have been unable to do so this past year. My side business -- Digilife Media -- continues to do well but my new full-time position responsibilities will preclude me from getting out as much as I would like. I do expect to see folks at ATIA in 2010 (especially since it is right down the road from where I am now living). Damn shame too 'cause I was looking forward to the "inner circle meetings" with Heidi! Cheers all - Dann ==================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Digilife Media, LLC 809 E. Bloomingdale Avenue # 261 Brandon, FL 33511-8113 Phone: 978-914-4601 Fax: 813-689-4328 e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph A Humbert" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:35:03 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers I second Gaeir's nominations Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E Indianapolis, IN 46202 Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 Cell phone: (847) 431-6545 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Nomination of officers I would like to nominate the following slate of officers for ATHEN for the coming year: President: Ron Stewart Vice-president: Terry Thompson Secretary: Dann Berkowitz Treasurer: Heidi Scher ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -- +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ No virus found in this incoming message. 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Teresa ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D. Supervisor, Alternate Format Program Disability Resource Center Arizona State University ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Saroj Primlani Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:39 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] I am back Just to let you guys know I am back in the saddle. I am now working two part-time jobs and I thought I was being sent out to pasture. One position is with NC State, unfortunately this position does not give me a travel budget, not that there is any money for it anyway. While I have been keep up with the news I have not been paying too much attention. Ah well need to get the brain cells sharpened again. Will miss not being in CO. Have a great conference. Saroj -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of athen-request@athenpro.org Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:00 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Athen Digest, Vol 45, Issue 18 Send Athen mailing list submissions to athen@athenpro.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-request@athenpro.org You can reach the person managing the list at athen-owner@athenpro.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Athen digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Nomination of officers (E.A. Draffan) 2. Re: Nomination of officers (Kelmer, Susan M.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:37:17 +0100 From: "E.A. Draffan" Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Message-ID: <003601ca50fb$f319d410$d94d7c30$@info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I won't be able to roll in jet lagged and feeling like cardboard to be cheered up by some lively comment that makes me glad I made it across the pond once again. I agree with Heidi - we shall miss you Dann! Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab, ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://www.lexdis.org http://www.emptech.info From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: 19 October 2009 17:08 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers No, Dann! It won't be the same without you! We'll miss ya for sure! (I'll have a margarita and a browniein your honor :-) Heidi On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Dann Berkowitz wrote: Hello everyone, I want to thank you for the nomination to continue as Secretary of the organization, but I have to decline at this time. I am settling into the new full-time job here in Tampa and as such will not be attending AHG this year. You may have also noticed that I was not at CSUN or AHEAD this year either. I firmly believe that officers in an organization such as this should be able to make it to at least some of these major conferences and I have been unable to do so this past year. My side business -- Digilife Media -- continues to do well but my new full-time position responsibilities will preclude me from getting out as much as I would like. I do expect to see folks at ATIA in 2010 (especially since it is right down the road from where I am now living). Damn shame too 'cause I was looking forward to the "inner circle meetings" with Heidi! Cheers all - Dann ==================== Daniel J. Berkowitz Digilife Media, LLC 809 E. Bloomingdale Avenue # 261 Brandon, FL 33511-8113 Phone: 978-914-4601 Fax: 813-689-4328 e-mail: dann@digilifemedia.biz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph A Humbert" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:35:03 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers I second Gaeir's nominations Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E Indianapolis, IN 46202 Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 Cell phone: (847) 431-6545 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Nomination of officers I would like to nominate the following slate of officers for ATHEN for the coming year: President: Ron Stewart Vice-president: Terry Thompson Secretary: Dann Berkowitz Treasurer: Heidi Scher ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -- +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.422 / Virus Database: 270.14.21/2445 - Release Date: 10/19/09 06:40:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:55:24 -0500 From: "Kelmer, Susan M." Subject: Re: [Athen] Nomination of officers To: , "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Well, this sucks. I look forward to my yearly conversations with you, Dann, so who will I talk to this time? Who will challenge me and my ways if you're not there? I know, Ron will do the best he can to challenge me, but still, it won't be the same. I know what it is, you are now so used to that hot Florida weather that the thought of a week in Colorado just makes your blood run cold. Pun intended, of course. 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I realize this is not a new concept and is discussed heavily on the list. Has anybody had experience with Wimba? I'm trying to systematically evaluate some of the many services and software that is starting to be implemented on my campus. I did find the www.productone.cannot.org website posted some time ago extremely helpful. Thanks so much. Kenneth Elkind Adaptive Technology Specialist University of Massachusetts - Boston IT-ED Tech Operations Healey Library /UL/ 032 617-287-5243 Kenneth.Elkind@umb.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Wed Oct 21 12:46:39 2009 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility and Winba In-Reply-To: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC00241FADF@ebe1.umassb.net> References: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC00241FADF@ebe1.umassb.net> Message-ID: <002a01ca5287$3575b6d0$a0612470$@org> Ken the only problems I have run into is when they implement ARIA in the applications they are creating. Given that ARIA is not currently supported in most AT, I have found that having a legacy HTML option is best. Ron Stewart From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Elkind Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:39 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] Accessibility and Winba I'm getting involved with in a team on-campus working on online classroom and accessibility. I realize this is not a new concept and is discussed heavily on the list. Has anybody had experience with Wimba? I'm trying to systematically evaluate some of the many services and software that is starting to be implemented on my campus. I did find the www.productone.cannot.org website posted some time ago extremely helpful. Thanks so much. Kenneth Elkind Adaptive Technology Specialist University of Massachusetts - Boston IT-ED Tech Operations Healey Library /UL/ 032 617-287-5243 Kenneth.Elkind@umb.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrynies at mail.und.nodak.edu Wed Oct 21 13:09:18 2009 From: gerrynies at mail.und.nodak.edu (Gerry Nies) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] The ultimate classroom for students with disabilities In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4ADF241E020000E000019921@PLUTO.UND.NODAK.EDU> I have been asked what the classroom would have to make it more accessible to students with any disabilities. We have been told dream big, it may not happen but we will indeed dream. So I would like to get your suggestions on what you would have in the classroom. Thank you in advance Gerry Gerry Nies Information Technology Tech University of North Dakota Disability Services for Students McCannel Hall Room 190 2891 2nd Avenue North Stop 9040 Grand Forks, ND 58202-9040 (701)777-3827 (701)777-4170 FAX gerrynies@mail.und.edu STOP! This message is CONFIDENTIAL, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are NOT the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender at the above mentioned e-mail or telephone number and delete this e-mail from your computer From B.G.Whitehouse at lboro.ac.uk Thu Oct 22 09:30:04 2009 From: B.G.Whitehouse at lboro.ac.uk (B.G.Whitehouse@lboro.ac.uk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone Message-ID: I've emailed one person on this group about this separately, but wanted to ask everyone else, has anyone come across a visually impaired person being able to use any of the book applications available for the iPhone? I'm thinking of things like the death of Bunny Munro and some Oxford University Press ones. Guy From ron at ahead.org Thu Oct 22 10:05:47 2009 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00bb01ca5339$e67c7d80$b3757880$@org> If they are actually text then yes they should be readable on the iPhone as long as it is VoiceOver ready. I would just open the book in Safari and see what happens. You might also want to take a look at Stanza http://www.lexcycle.com/ it gets good reviews for its accessibility and may be able to do a better job with ebook content. Ron Stewart -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of B.G.Whitehouse@lboro.ac.uk Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:30 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone I've emailed one person on this group about this separately, but wanted to ask everyone else, has anyone come across a visually impaired person being able to use any of the book applications available for the iPhone? I'm thinking of things like the death of Bunny Munro and some Oxford University Press ones. Guy _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From pratikp1 at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 10:09:07 2009 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <042b01ca533a$5f475780$1dd60680$@com> Hello, None of the book apps I've tried on the iPhone are truely accessible. One can getsome things out of apps like Stanza but not entirely. The interface is awkward and buttons and other elements remain unlabelled. Kurzweil NFB Tech is scheduled to release an iPhone app at the end of next month that will provide access to epub, PDf and other content. I have no information about this than a recent Publisher's weekly story. Regards, Pratik -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of B.G.Whitehouse@lboro.ac.uk Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:30 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone I've emailed one person on this group about this separately, but wanted to ask everyone else, has anyone come across a visually impaired person being able to use any of the book applications available for the iPhone? I'm thinking of things like the death of Bunny Munro and some Oxford University Press ones. Guy _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From pratikp1 at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 10:11:55 2009 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone In-Reply-To: <00bb01ca5339$e67c7d80$b3757880$@org> References: <00bb01ca5339$e67c7d80$b3757880$@org> Message-ID: <042c01ca533a$c325e690$4971b3b0$@com> Stanza only provides page reading. That is, one has to read a page at a time. No navigation is available other than that. It lacks key labels on buttons and tabs. Some of the settings are not accessible. Whoever is giving Stanza good marks for accessibility needs to look again. Pratik -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:06 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone If they are actually text then yes they should be readable on the iPhone as long as it is VoiceOver ready. I would just open the book in Safari and see what happens. You might also want to take a look at Stanza http://www.lexcycle.com/ it gets good reviews for its accessibility and may be able to do a better job with ebook content. Ron Stewart -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of B.G.Whitehouse@lboro.ac.uk Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:30 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone I've emailed one person on this group about this separately, but wanted to ask everyone else, has anyone come across a visually impaired person being able to use any of the book applications available for the iPhone? I'm thinking of things like the death of Bunny Munro and some Oxford University Press ones. Guy _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 11:09:10 2009 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone In-Reply-To: <042b01ca533a$5f475780$1dd60680$@com> References: <042b01ca533a$5f475780$1dd60680$@com> Message-ID: <6e84aedd0910221109o101cc038sd8df89432d6bb7e1@mail.gmail.com> http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/ca6702317.html Jeff On 10/22/09, Pratik Patel wrote: > Hello, > > None of the book apps I've tried on the iPhone are truely accessible. One > can getsome things out of apps like Stanza but not entirely. The interface > is awkward and buttons and other elements remain unlabelled. Kurzweil NFB > Tech is scheduled to release an iPhone app at the end of next month that > will provide access to epub, PDf and other content. I have no information > about this than a recent Publisher's weekly story. > > Regards, > > Pratik > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of B.G.Whitehouse@lboro.ac.uk > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:30 PM > To: athen@athenpro.org > Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone > > I've emailed one person on this group about this separately, but wanted to > ask everyone else, has anyone come across a visually impaired person being > able to use any of the book applications available for the iPhone? I'm > thinking of things like the death of Bunny Munro and some Oxford University > Press ones. > > Guy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > From Crabb.15 at osu.edu Thu Oct 22 12:22:14 2009 From: Crabb.15 at osu.edu (Crabb, Nolan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone In-Reply-To: <00bb01ca5339$e67c7d80$b3757880$@org> References: <00bb01ca5339$e67c7d80$b3757880$@org> Message-ID: <200911DB087DA748846372E8038E0AE202F9AF27@Amazon.admin.ohio-state.edu> I'm surprised to hear that Stanza works. I struggled with it, but that may have just been my relative inexperience at the time. I'm going to give it another go. Regards, Nolan Nolan Crabb Director of Assistive Technology The Ohio State University 2054 Drake Center, 1849 Cannon Dr., Columbus, OH 43210 Ph. (614) 735-8688 E-mail: crabb.15@osu.edu From Crabb.15 at osu.edu Thu Oct 22 12:22:15 2009 From: Crabb.15 at osu.edu (Crabb, Nolan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] book applications on the iPhone In-Reply-To: <042b01ca533a$5f475780$1dd60680$@com> References: <042b01ca533a$5f475780$1dd60680$@com> Message-ID: <200911DB087DA748846372E8038E0AE202F9AF28@Amazon.admin.ohio-state.edu> You mentioned that the Stanza app only partially works. Thanks for your input regarding Stanza. I had found the same experiences back in August when I first played with it. It was more of a hassle than it was worth, even at 99 cents or whatever. :-) Regards, Nolan Nolan Crabb Director of Assistive Technology The Ohio State University 2054 Drake Center, 1849 Cannon Dr., Columbus, OH 43210 Ph. (614) 735-8688 E-mail: crabb.15@osu.edu From Shelley at TechPotential.net Thu Oct 22 12:47:45 2009 From: Shelley at TechPotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Recommendations for AT consultant in Oklahoma Message-ID: Hi everyone! (and I apologize for cross-posting) Please reply off-list. I'm looking for recommendations for an AT consultant in the Oklahoma City area who can consult with a university student and his family. They need assistance (beyond what is available at the university) understanding the alt-format landscape as well as help identifying the most appropriate Mac software for his needs (primarily LD). This would be paid consultation. If they were in the Bay Area I would help, but I think it's in their best interests to retain someone locally. Thanks for any suggestions, Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant Shelley@TechPotential.net www.TechPotential.net From burke at ucla.edu Fri Oct 23 09:42:48 2009 From: burke at ucla.edu (Patrick Burke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question About Dyscalculia From Wyoming Message-ID: <200910231642.n9NGgWWh013758@mail.ucla.edu> Hi everyone, I just had a question come in from Wyoming, asking about what tools are available for students with dyscalculia at the post-sec. level. Dyscalculia is an area I don't know much about, let alone what relevant provisions there are under Wyoming disability law. So, with all the Rocky Mountain folks around here, I thought someone might be able to send some pointers. I can either fwd the answers or, if you don't mind, put you in touch directly with the person asking the questions. So, we're looking for both tools that help dyscalculia (talking calculators? other?), as well as self-help / advocacy resources. Thanks very much in advance, & very sorry that I won't be making my own trip to the Rockies next month. Thanks! Patrick -- Patrick J. Burke Coordinator UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program Phone: 310 206-6004 E-mail: burke ucla. edu From wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu Fri Oct 23 10:37:12 2009 From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question About Dyscalculia From Wyoming In-Reply-To: <200910231642.n9NGgWWh013758@mail.ucla.edu> References: <200910231642.n9NGgWWh013758@mail.ucla.edu> Message-ID: <4AE1E9C8.4060008@mcmail.maricopa.edu> Patrick: Math Talk with Scientific Notebook is one of the essential keys to accommodating this disability. Works with Dragon Naturally Speaking. It is EXTREMELY easy to learn to use, especially with DNS 10 and the 'no training' required. Two vocabularies are necessary for math: the military alphabet and the greek alphabet. I produced laminated 2-sided cards for our adaptive lab so students would not have to memorize the alphabets. Dyscalculia, in a nutshell, operates the same way in which dyslexia does --instead of letters or words being reversed while reading, the numbers, columns and/or functions are reversed when writing it down. Students are successful in being able to read & understand the problems but cannot write them straight. Also helpful is graphing paper for homework --helps with keeping things in columns. A talking calculator may or may not be helpful...the part of this disability is not based in reading the information incorrectly; it's in not being able to write/recognize that it's not written or copied correctly. Would be happy to help more if you need. Wink Patrick Burke wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just had a question come in from Wyoming, asking about what tools > are available for students with dyscalculia at the post-sec. level. > > Dyscalculia is an area I don't know much about, let alone what > relevant provisions there are under Wyoming disability law. > > So, with all the Rocky Mountain folks around here, I thought someone > might be able to send some pointers. I can either fwd the answers or, > if you don't mind, put you in touch directly with the person asking > the questions. > > > So, we're looking for both tools that help dyscalculia (talking > calculators? other?), as well as self-help / advocacy resources. > > Thanks very much in advance, & very sorry that I won't be making my > own trip to the Rockies next month. > > Thanks! > > Patrick > > -- > Patrick J. Burke > > Coordinator > UCLA Disabilities & > Computing Program > > Phone: 310 206-6004 > E-mail: burke ucla. edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: wink.harner.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 154 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Fri Oct 23 10:49:42 2009 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question About Dyscalculia From Wyoming In-Reply-To: <200910231642.n9NGgWWh013758@mail.ucla.edu> References: <200910231642.n9NGgWWh013758@mail.ucla.edu> Message-ID: <6e84aedd0910231049g593a0e85tf628ad177001a2b4@mail.gmail.com> Here is what I've got but these are ideas. I don't have much experience implementing them for Dyscalculia. Dragon Naturally Speaking and MathTalk or MathPad http://www.image-management.com/AssistiveTech/MathTalk_&_MathPad.htm This would give the user the ability to input the equations by voice and interact with Scientific Notebook to solve problems. Talking Calculators with K3000 and R&W Gold Orion TI 36 http://www.orbitresearch.com/21812/index.html If the TTS feature is setup in Mac the calculator included with the Mac OS is supposed to act as a talking calculator. There are a wide variety of Text to speech engines that will read word problems. Read and Write Gold will read the word problems and math expressions using MathPlayer. Inspiration and Concept mapping programs. Inspiration will do nothing for solving the math problems but it can be used to create decision trees and concept maps that will help the student with determining the best way to solve a problem. These can then be used as notes when completing homework independently or taking exams. Solver macros in Microsoft Excel and the 2003 version even has a TTS feature Here is a link for low tech or no tech accommodations http://www.ncsall.net/?id=325 Jeff On 10/23/09, Patrick Burke wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just had a question come in from Wyoming, asking about what tools > are available for students with dyscalculia at the post-sec. level. > > Dyscalculia is an area I don't know much about, let alone what > relevant provisions there are under Wyoming disability law. > > So, with all the Rocky Mountain folks around here, I thought someone > might be able to send some pointers. I can either fwd the answers or, > if you don't mind, put you in touch directly with the person asking > the questions. > > > So, we're looking for both tools that help dyscalculia (talking > calculators? other?), as well as self-help / advocacy resources. > > Thanks very much in advance, & very sorry that I won't be making my > own trip to the Rockies next month. > > Thanks! > > Patrick > > -- > Patrick J. Burke > > Coordinator > UCLA Disabilities & > Computing Program > > Phone: 310 206-6004 > E-mail: burke ucla. edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > From burke at ucla.edu Fri Oct 23 14:39:22 2009 From: burke at ucla.edu (Patrick Burke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question About Dyscalculia From Wyoming In-Reply-To: <6e84aedd0910231049g593a0e85tf628ad177001a2b4@mail.gmail.co m> References: <200910231642.n9NGgWWh013758@mail.ucla.edu> <6e84aedd0910231049g593a0e85tf628ad177001a2b4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <200910232139.n9NLdJXA014072@mail.ucla.edu> >ATHENites are awesome!! Thanks Jeff & Wink for the great info. >Certainly gives them plenty to work with. Patrick -- Patrick J. Burke Coordinator UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program Phone: 310 206-6004 E-mail: burke ucla. edu From ea at emptech.info Sun Oct 25 10:14:47 2009 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question About Dyscalculia From Wyoming In-Reply-To: <200910231642.n9NGgWWh013758@mail.ucla.edu> References: <200910231642.n9NGgWWh013758@mail.ucla.edu> Message-ID: <004901ca5596$a808e110$f81aa330$@info> A bit late in the day Patrick but there are some useful free tools mentioned on Dystalk http://www.dystalk.com/resources/tools The site also has a set of videos on the subject but they are mainly for younger children. However, we have a University Centre that specialises in the subject at Loughborough called The Dyscalculia and Dylexia Interest Group (DIGG) http://ddig.lboro.ac.uk/ but it does not appear to be working at the moment so maybe the Brain HE site will help a little http://www.brainhe.com/staff/types/dyscalculiatext.html Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab, ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://www.lexdis.org http://www.emptech.info -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Burke Sent: 23 October 2009 17:43 To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Question About Dyscalculia From Wyoming Hi everyone, I just had a question come in from Wyoming, asking about what tools are available for students with dyscalculia at the post-sec. level. Dyscalculia is an area I don't know much about, let alone what relevant provisions there are under Wyoming disability law. So, with all the Rocky Mountain folks around here, I thought someone might be able to send some pointers. I can either fwd the answers or, if you don't mind, put you in touch directly with the person asking the questions. So, we're looking for both tools that help dyscalculia (talking calculators? other?), as well as self-help / advocacy resources. Thanks very much in advance, & very sorry that I won't be making my own trip to the Rockies next month. Thanks! Patrick -- Patrick J. Burke Coordinator UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program Phone: 310 206-6004 E-mail: burke ucla. edu _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.27/2453 - Release Date: 10/23/09 06:56:00 From shelley at techpotential.net Sun Oct 25 22:05:28 2009 From: shelley at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] The ultimate classroom for students with disabilities In-Reply-To: <4ADF241E020000E000019921@PLUTO.UND.NODAK.EDU> References: <4ADF241E020000E000019921@PLUTO.UND.NODAK.EDU> Message-ID: <346872E5-AD2A-422E-9949-79E43C3C10D3@techpotential.net> Hi, Gerry! Well, you said to dream big, so here's a real "blue sky" approach to the ultimate classroom for students with disabilities. Back in 2001, Stanford's Office of Accessible Education (then known as the Disability Resource Center) began examining how technology could be used to create the "ultimate classroom", or more broadly, the ultimate inclusive learning environment. We developed a concept called Proteus; based on the principles of Universal Design for Instruction, it was a technology-enhanced strategy for making the various modes of classroom education (spoken word, whiteboard, media, etc.) available to all students in a variety of alternative forms in real-time. Here's an article I wrote about the project in 2003: http://speaking.stanford.edu/Back_Issues/SOC63/highlights.html#high9 A summary so you don't have to read the whole article: The "aha!" moment was recognizing that most accommodations involved converting instruction into digital form. Why not synchronize and link all these information streams? A Proteus-designed classroom would thus capture the various "streams" of educational content in a digital form (including lecture, whiteboard, projected media, discussion, etc.), convert or augment these as needed to alternative accessible forms, then use the DAISY protocol to synchronize the various streams of information. The education could then be made available to learners in a variety of alternative forms, both in real time and afterwards. (This gave rise to the project's name: the Greek God Proteus could change himself into any form.) Since everything would be synchronized to text versions of the spoken word, it was all searchable. Even a student's notes (typed or handwritten) would be synched with the education going on in the classroom, kind of an ?ber-version of what the Livescribe Pulse pen does with audio. I used a proof-of-concept simulation of this "UDI classroom" to present a session about Proteus at the Syllabus 2003 conference. It looked more impressive than it actually was, though: we used an online captionist halfway across the country to simulate speech recognition, producing a real-time transcript via Internet which appeared on the front screen below the slides. People who walked in late and missed the explanation saw me generating nearly flawless speech recognition using only an Apple iBook and were utterly amazed. It was pretty funny (especially when I made a joke and the faux "speech recognition" came back with its own impromptu retort!). Later that year, we collaborated with Stanford's Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL), Benetech, and the California Community College System (through the HTCTU) on a far-reaching proposal for a 3- year federal grant to develop and test Proteus demonstration classrooms, but were unable to work out the details before the submission deadline. (In retrospect, I think a research and development project of this magnitude was simply too much for a disabilities office to manage, especially in light of everything else we had to do.) The OAE eventually decided to pursue just one part of that concept: transcribing lectures in real-time both for display in class and access afterwards. Working with SCIL and the university's Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR), we examined technical challenges such as how to capture and isolate multiple voices in a classroom (e.g., during a discussion) and how to time-synch the numerous information streams (including student notes). We presented our work at the Computers & Writing Conference in 2005. This project was further "downscaled" to a goal of producing captioned searchable lectures (see article at this link: http://tinyurl.com/ygnf8en), though it laid some groundwork for Stanford's current captioning program (http://captioning.stanford.edu/ ). As blue sky as it was, I still believe the concept behind the full- blown Proteus Learning Environment is a sound approach to creating a technology-enabled inclusive classroom, and given the extra few years of technology evolution, it's even more do-able now than when it was originally conceived. Best of luck with your classroom project! Regards, Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant Shelley@TechPotential.net www.TechPotential.net On Oct 21, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Gerry Nies wrote: > I have been asked what the classroom would have to make it more > accessible to students with any disabilities. We have been told > dream big, it may not happen but we will indeed dream. > > So I would like to get your suggestions on what you would have in > the classroom. > > Thank you in advance > > Gerry > > > Gerry Nies > > Information Technology Tech > > University of North Dakota > Disability Services for Students > McCannel Hall Room 190 > 2891 2nd Avenue North Stop 9040 > Grand Forks, ND 58202-9040 > (701)777-3827 > (701)777-4170 FAX > gerrynies@mail.und.edu > > > STOP! > This message is CONFIDENTIAL, intended only for the named > recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged or > exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are NOT the > intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, > distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. 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This workshop aims to highlight how some students with disabilities have been developing strategies to work around issues that arise with online learning. Current learning technologies are beginning to include more interactive features and experimenting with more of the Web 2.0 applications. The presentation will also mention the sort of technologies we are developing in the UK to help support some of the issues. Draffen has worked long and hard in England to use assistive technologies to enhance learning opportunities for students with disabilities. Here, in the US, we often become self centered when we really can benefit a lot from learning from others. Come and hear about Web 2.0 and European students with disabilities Register for the Webinar which is next Tuesday from http://easi.cc/clinic.htm AND NOTE STARTING NOV. 1 WE WILL MOVE BACK TO STANDARD TIME!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone) ****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm From B.G.Whitehouse at lboro.ac.uk Wed Oct 28 02:42:46 2009 From: B.G.Whitehouse at lboro.ac.uk (B.G.Whitehouse@lboro.ac.uk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Webinar with OUR OWN E.A. Draffin Nov. 3 In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20091027214119.02275b38@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: <0e8e1dcfae2d1647baf7497c89f7bbcd@staff-mail.lboro.ac.uk> What time is 2PM Eastern time in the UK? Showing my ignorance! Guy -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs Sent: 28 October 2009 04:42 To: athen-athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] Webinar with OUR OWN E.A. Draffin Nov. 3 Webinar: Student strategies stretch the use of the words 'Assistive Technologies' Tuesday November 3 at 2 PM Eastern STANDARD Presenter: E.A. Draffan, Learning Societies Lab, University of Southampton, UK. This workshop aims to highlight how some students with disabilities have been developing strategies to work around issues that arise with online learning. Current learning technologies are beginning to include more interactive features and experimenting with more of the Web 2.0 applications. The presentation will also mention the sort of technologies we are developing in the UK to help support some of the issues. Draffen has worked long and hard in England to use assistive technologies to enhance learning opportunities for students with disabilities. Here, in the US, we often become self centered when we really can benefit a lot from learning from others. Come and hear about Web 2.0 and European students with disabilities Register for the Webinar which is next Tuesday from http://easi.cc/clinic.htm AND NOTE STARTING NOV. 1 WE WILL MOVE BACK TO STANDARD TIME!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone) ****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From ea at emptech.info Wed Oct 28 03:25:13 2009 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Webinar with OUR OWN E.A. Draffin Nov. 3 In-Reply-To: <0e8e1dcfae2d1647baf7497c89f7bbcd@staff-mail.lboro.ac.uk> References: <0e8e1dcfae2d1647baf7497c89f7bbcd@staff-mail.lboro.ac.uk> Message-ID: <50011.152.78.64.66.1256725514.squirrel@www.emptech.info> Today it would mean that it would be 18:00 in UK if it is 14:00 in New York but by the time November 3rd comes round their clocks will have also gone back, so my bet is that it will mean you and I are going to be chatting at 7pm GMT or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) with a few seconds difference, as they now want to call it! If I have got that wrong I am hoping that Norm will soon tell me! Best wishes E.A. > What time is 2PM Eastern time in the UK? Showing my ignorance! > > Guy > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs > Sent: 28 October 2009 04:42 > To: athen-athenpro.org > Subject: [Athen] Webinar with OUR OWN E.A. Draffin Nov. 3 > > Webinar: Student strategies stretch the use of the words 'Assistive > Technologies' Tuesday November 3 at 2 PM Eastern STANDARD > Presenter: E.A. Draffan, Learning Societies Lab, University of > Southampton, UK. > > This workshop aims to highlight how some students with disabilities have > been developing strategies to work around issues that arise with online > learning. Current learning technologies are beginning to include more > interactive features and experimenting with more of the Web 2.0 > applications. The presentation will also mention the sort of technologies > we are developing in the UK to help support some of the issues. > > Draffen has worked long and hard in England to use assistive technologies > to enhance learning opportunities for students with disabilities. Here, > in > the US, we often become self centered when we really can benefit a lot > from > learning from others. > > Come and hear about Web 2.0 and European students with disabilities > > Register for the Webinar which is next Tuesday from > http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > > AND NOTE STARTING NOV. 1 WE WILL MOVE BACK TO STANDARD TIME!! > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve > > Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com > CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information > phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone) > ****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: > http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > From ron at ahead.org Wed Oct 28 04:22:51 2009 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Very cool eBook development Message-ID: <01fb01ca57c0$fcea6ec0$f6bf4c40$@org> This article made my day just with the promise this holds for accessible books: http://followthereader.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/the-day-it-all-changed/ You may also find that stats that are provided very illuminating. Ron ************************************************************************* 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! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ron ************************************************************************* 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! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Wed Oct 28 10:16:42 2009 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Flash in PowerPoint Message-ID: Hi all, Is there an accessible way to insert flash into a PowerPoint slide? For example, we're doing a training on how to insert a YouTube video into the PowerPoint slide. However, it doesn't appear to be accessible. This is inserting so that the video actually plays in the slide, not a link that opens a copy of IE to play the video. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks! Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 913-288-7671 Fax: 913-288-7678 E-Mail: rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nettiet at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 10:22:23 2009 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Flash in PowerPoint In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Not sure if this is wha tyou need but I have used Camtasia Studio to insert a video clip into a powerpoint presentation. I haven't needed to do it for a while and my Camtasia Studio program is way old - but it was easy to use. Also, when i first used the program, I did not have sufficent RAM so when I projected it on the screen, it was invisible until I upgraded my RAM - (I was using 1 Gig on XP Professional - 2 Gig did the trick but VISTA and OS 7 is an unknow to me Nettie On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Robert Beach wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Is there an accessible way to insert flash into a PowerPoint slide? For > example, we?re doing a training on how to insert a YouTube video into the > PowerPoint slide. However, it doesn?t appear to be accessible. This is > inserting so that the video actually plays in the slide, not a link that > opens a copy of IE to play the video. > > > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Robert Lee Beach > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Kansas City Kansas Community College > > 7250 State Avenue > > Kansas City, KS 66112 > > Phone: 913-288-7671 > > Fax: 913-288-7678 > > E-Mail: rbeach@kckcc.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 10:25:11 2009 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Webinar with OUR OWN E.A. Draffin Nov. 3 In-Reply-To: <50011.152.78.64.66.1256725514.squirrel@www.emptech.info> References: <0e8e1dcfae2d1647baf7497c89f7bbcd@staff-mail.lboro.ac.uk> <50011.152.78.64.66.1256725514.squirrel@www.emptech.info> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20091028102215.022f6128@pop.gmail.com> People looking forward to the Webinar next Tuesday were getting confused about times between England and the US. Google tells me that today there is a 5-hour difference between New York Eastern Daylight and London GMT Standard time So 2 Eastern is right now 6 London BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT The US changes from daylight to Standard this week end. Next Tuesday there will again be a 5-hour difference instead of today's 4 hours. So next Tuesday 2 PM Eastern will be 7 PM GMT!! At 03:25 AM 10/28/2009, you wrote: >Today it would mean that it would be 18:00 in UK if it is 14:00 in New >York but by the time November 3rd comes round their clocks will have also >gone back, so my bet is that it will mean you and I are going to be >chatting at 7pm GMT or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) with a few seconds >difference, as they now want to call it! If I have got that wrong I am >hoping that Norm will soon tell me! > >Best wishes E.A. > > > > > What time is 2PM Eastern time in the UK? Showing my ignorance! > > > > Guy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > > Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs > > Sent: 28 October 2009 04:42 > > To: athen-athenpro.org > > Subject: [Athen] Webinar with OUR OWN E.A. Draffin Nov. 3 > > > > Webinar: Student strategies stretch the use of the words 'Assistive > > Technologies' Tuesday November 3 at 2 PM Eastern STANDARD > > Presenter: E.A. Draffan, Learning Societies Lab, University of > > Southampton, UK. > > > > This workshop aims to highlight how some students with disabilities have > > been developing strategies to work around issues that arise with online > > learning. Current learning technologies are beginning to include more > > interactive features and experimenting with more of the Web 2.0 > > applications. The presentation will also mention the sort of technologies > > we are developing in the UK to help support some of the issues. > > > > Draffen has worked long and hard in England to use assistive technologies > > to enhance learning opportunities for students with disabilities. Here, > > in > > the US, we often become self centered when we really can benefit a lot > > from > > learning from others. > > > > Come and hear about Web 2.0 and European students with disabilities > > > > Register for the Webinar which is next Tuesday from > > http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > > > > AND NOTE STARTING NOV. 1 WE WILL MOVE BACK TO STANDARD TIME!! > > > > > > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve > > > > Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com > > CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information > > phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone) > > ****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: > > http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Athen mailing list > > Athen@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Athen mailing list > > Athen@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone) ****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm From shelley at techpotential.net Wed Oct 28 13:01:20 2009 From: shelley at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Very cool eBook development In-Reply-To: <90258f951150374ca5e21e24cb5e7bea@staff-mail.lboro.ac.uk> References: <90258f951150374ca5e21e24cb5e7bea@staff-mail.lboro.ac.uk> Message-ID: <44C340D7-D24F-46C6-8A6C-52BF4FB710B7@techpotential.net> Wow, that's neat! We are definitely in the midst of a major paradigm shift in how people access information. > Has anyone seen this reader from Humana... I wonder if he actually meant "Humanware" and was referring to the ClassMate Reader? (He said he was writing all this from memory.) He wrote that the DAISY file was "downloaded to a device from Humana, specifically designed for the reading impaired" which certainly fits the ClassMate description. - Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant Shelley@TechPotential.net www.TechPotential.net On Oct 28, 2009, at 6:10 AM, B.G.Whitehouse@lboro.ac.uk wrote: > Has anyone seen this reader from Humana, and does anyone know which > libraries will have been doing this scanning? I certainly haven't > heard of my local library doing it! > Guy > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > On Behalf Of Ron Stewart > Sent: 28 October 2009 11:23 > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; e-grads@ahead-lists.org > ; Etext@ahead-lists.org > Subject: [Athen] Very cool eBook development > > This article made my day just with the promise this holds for > accessible books: http://followthereader.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/the-day-it-all-changed/ > > You may also find that stats that are provided very illuminating. > > Ron > > ************************************************************************* > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.gardner at orst.edu Wed Oct 28 13:49:11 2009 From: john.gardner at orst.edu (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] EA and Southhampton accessibility research in the news Message-ID: <4AE8AE47.3080002@orst.edu> Thought you might enjoy this article: Testing the accessibility of Web 2.0 ECS researchers have begun a trial of browser and USB (Universal Serial Bus) pen drive applications to assist with the accessibility of Web 2.0 services. Dr Mike Wald and E.A. Draffan in the Learning Societies Lab within the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) are leading a project funded by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) TechDis which looks at how well people with disabilities can access web services such as blogs and wikis and social networking sites... http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/about/news/2782 Enjoy. John From hkramer.atsol at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 14:26:10 2009 From: hkramer.atsol at gmail.com (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions at AHG In-Reply-To: <69627A26EA704C798600F2CF9EA89BB1@shalizar> References: <69627A26EA704C798600F2CF9EA89BB1@shalizar> Message-ID: Hi Hadi, I will put you down for one of those two round-table suggestions. I'll let you know which one this week. Thanks, Howard On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Hadi Rangin wrote: > Hi Howard, > > I am pretty sure that you have received many good ideas for the round-table > discussions by now. I would like to suggest to have a discussion on "Working > with vendors". > > The second topic that I would like to suggest is "how Athen site can be > made a single-stop resource for all accessibility related issues?" > > I will be glad to run either of them. > > Thanks, > Hadi > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Howard Kramer > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 3:31 PM > *Subject:* [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions at > AHG > > Hello All: > > For those of you attending the conference, we could use suggestions for the > round-table discussions on Friday, Nov. 13, along with volunteers to lead > each discussion. The round-table runs from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. on this day. > Let me know if you have some ideas for topics and/or would be interested in > moderating/facilitating one of the discussion groups. > > Also, we still have plenty of openings for the Educause Training day on > Monday Nov. 9. If you are registered for the conference but not registered > for this day, you might consider arriving early to attend the session. The > agenda is a follows: > > Monday, Nov. 9 > > 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 noon > Networking & Integrating Assistive Technology into the University/College > Environment > > and: > > 1:30 ? 4:30 p.m. > Advanced Web Accessibility > > Thanks, > Howard > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Howard On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Karlen Communications < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > Howard: > > > > I volunteer to lead a round table on accessible PDF, or accessible Office > 2007 documents. > > > > Cheers, Karen > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > > *Sent:* October-09-09 4:31 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions at > AHG > > > > Hello All: > > > > For those of you attending the conference, we could use suggestions for the > round-table discussions on Friday, Nov. 13, along with volunteers to lead > each discussion. The round-table runs from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. on this day. > Let me know if you have some ideas for topics and/or would be interested in > moderating/facilitating one of the discussion groups. > > > > Also, we still have plenty of openings for the Educause Training day on > Monday Nov. 9. If you are registered for the conference but not registered > for this day, you might consider arriving early to attend the session. 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(moderator Hadi Rangin) "AccessText Network" -or- "copyright and civil disobedience in the DSS setting" (moderator: Susan Kelmer) Thanks, Howard From alice.anderson at doit.wisc.edu Thu Oct 29 06:38:55 2009 From: alice.anderson at doit.wisc.edu (Alice Anderson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions at AHG In-Reply-To: References: <69627A26EA704C798600F2CF9EA89BB1@shalizar> Message-ID: <397361BA-5657-42ED-9353-206BC4642E33@doit.wisc.edu> Howard, If there is a table, and interest, I would volunteer for "Campus Captioning/Transcribing Solution" ... putting together an RFP thanks, 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 Oct 28, 2009, at 4:26 PM, Howard Kramer wrote: > Hi Hadi, > > I will put you down for one of those two round-table suggestions. > I'll let you know which one this week. > > Thanks, > Howard > > > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Hadi Rangin > wrote: > Hi Howard, > > I am pretty sure that you have received many good ideas for the > round-table discussions by now. I would like to suggest to have a > discussion on "Working with vendors". > > The second topic that I would like to suggest is "how Athen site can > be made a single-stop resource for all accessibility related issues?" > > I will be glad to run either of them. > > Thanks, > Hadi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 3:31 PM > Subject: [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions > at AHG > > Hello All: > > For those of you attending the conference, we could use suggestions > for the round-table discussions on Friday, Nov. 13, along with > volunteers to lead each discussion. The round-table runs from 9:15 - > 10:15 a.m. on this day. Let me know if you have some ideas for > topics and/or would be interested in moderating/facilitating one of > the discussion groups. > > Also, we still have plenty of openings for the Educause Training day > on Monday Nov. 9. If you are registered for the conference but not > registered for this day, you might consider arriving early to attend > the session. The agenda is a follows: > > Monday, Nov. 9 > > 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 noon > Networking & Integrating Assistive Technology into the University/ > College Environment > > and: > > 1:30 ? 4:30 p.m. > Advanced Web Accessibility > > Thanks, > Howard > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From norm.coombs at gmail.com Thu Oct 29 11:50:01 2009 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Who's Using Windows 7??? Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20091029114744.022eee58@pop.gmail.com> I know some people have been using 7 for a few weeks. Almost everything I have heard are fairly good, and it sounds as if it will work with most recent adaptive software or am I wrong? The real reason for my question is to find someone who would provide a Webinar for EASI on Windows 7. Maybe this request is too soon?? Norm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone) ****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm From pratikp1 at gmail.com Thu Oct 29 12:02:50 2009 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Who's Using Windows 7??? In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20091029114744.022eee58@pop.gmail.com> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20091029114744.022eee58@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: <039901ca58ca$69f173b0$3dd45b10$@com> Hi Norm, I've been using Windows 7 since the end of August and AT software is coming along nicely. Most companies don't need to update software significantly unless it interacts with system components. Screen reader manufacturers have announced updates. I don't think it's premature to ask the question. I'll be doing tests with the major OCR packages over the weekend and expect no major trouble. Regards, Pratik -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:50 PM To: athen-athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] Who's Using Windows 7??? I know some people have been using 7 for a few weeks. Almost everything I have heard are fairly good, and it sounds as if it will work with most recent adaptive software or am I wrong? The real reason for my question is to find someone who would provide a Webinar for EASI on Windows 7. Maybe this request is too soon?? Norm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone) ****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From fgsmith at vcu.edu Thu Oct 29 15:32:59 2009 From: fgsmith at vcu.edu (Frances G Smith/AC/VCU) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] AUTO: Frances G Smith/AC/VCU is out of the office. (returning Mon 08/31/2009) Message-ID: I am out of the office from Thu 10/29/2009 until Mon 11/02/2009. I will respond to your message when I return. Note: This is an automated response to your message "Athen Digest, Vol 45, Issue 29" sent on 10/29/09 15:00:01. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer.atsol at gmail.com Thu Oct 29 17:19:39 2009 From: hkramer.atsol at gmail.com (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions at AHG In-Reply-To: <69627A26EA704C798600F2CF9EA89BB1@shalizar> References: <69627A26EA704C798600F2CF9EA89BB1@shalizar> Message-ID: Hi Hadi, Let's go with the first one. The second one might be too specific to ATHEN. Thanks, Howard On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Hadi Rangin wrote: > Hi Howard, > > I am pretty sure that you have received many good ideas for the round-table > discussions by now. I would like to suggest to have a discussion on "Working > with vendors". > > The second topic that I would like to suggest is "how Athen site can be > made a single-stop resource for all accessibility related issues?" > > I will be glad to run either of them. > > Thanks, > Hadi > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Howard Kramer > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 3:31 PM > *Subject:* [Athen] Topics and facilitators for round-table discussions at > AHG > > Hello All: > > For those of you attending the conference, we could use suggestions for the > round-table discussions on Friday, Nov. 13, along with volunteers to lead > each discussion. The round-table runs from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. on this day. > Let me know if you have some ideas for topics and/or would be interested in > moderating/facilitating one of the discussion groups. > > Also, we still have plenty of openings for the Educause Training day on > Monday Nov. 9. If you are registered for the conference but not registered > for this day, you might consider arriving early to attend the session. The > agenda is a follows: > > Monday, Nov. 9 > > 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 noon > Networking & Integrating Assistive Technology into the University/College > Environment > > and: > > 1:30 ? 4:30 p.m. > Advanced Web Accessibility > > Thanks, > Howard > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbailey at uoregon.edu Fri Oct 30 10:03:05 2009 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] captioning commercial dvds Message-ID: <1256922185.788238.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> Hi everyone, I may need to caption a commercial DVD. Assuming all the legal and copyright stuff is taken care of, what are the steps involved? Please forgive any cross postings and I look forward to input. 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 skeegan at stanford.edu Fri Oct 30 11:16:35 2009 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] captioning commercial dvds In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AEB2D83.2080003@stanford.edu> > I may need to caption a commercial DVD. Assuming all the legal and > copyright stuff is taken care of, what are the steps involved? Hi James, If you are only doing one DVD (or even a few), I would probably outsource the whole project. It is easier than fussing with the different applications for only a few items. There is a learning curve to using the DVD authoring applications and nothing is more frustrating than trying to burn a finalized project to the DVD and the disc fails. I made many DVD coasters when I first learned the process... Something else to consider: commercial DVDs can have different menus, video/audio snippets, commentaries, etc. Captioning a commercial DVD requires that you "unpackage" the content, add the captions, and then "repackage" the whole thing. Not very much fun. The HTCTU has a PDF training manual available on captioning DVDs using Adobe Encore (http://htctu.net/trainings/manuals/tutmain.htm). Look for the title Captioning Solutions for DVD Media. While it is for an earlier version of Adobe Encore, the basic workflow should still be appropriate. Basically, you have two options to consider when dealing with DVD media and captioning. You can use the subtitle track to include the caption information or you can embed "Line-21" style captions into the DVD's video stream. If you go with the "Line-21" style captions, you will need a caption decoder attached to the video feed to view the captions. One workflow model would be to outsource the creation of the caption information to a vendor and then combine the files yourself with the appropriate DVD authoring application. If you are going to use the subtitle track, you *should* be able to use a .SRT file (see Subrip - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubRip). If you are going to use the "Line-21" style captions, then you will need to get a .SCC file. When I was using Adobe Encore, I used both the subtitle track AND the "Line-21" style captions just to see what would happen (it worked just fine). It is not particularly hard...it just takes a lot of time. What I found was adding the subtitle or caption information was really simple - it was the whole re-mixing of the DVD menus and video/audio assets that took A LOT of my time. Take care, Sean -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: skeegan.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 344 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jfoliot at stanford.edu Fri Oct 30 11:25:42 2009 From: jfoliot at stanford.edu (John Foliot) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] captioning commercial dvds In-Reply-To: <1256922185.788238.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> References: <1256922185.788238.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: <005701ca598e$6364f7f0$2a2ee7d0$@edu> James Bailey wrote: > > I may need to caption a commercial DVD. Assuming all the legal and > copyright stuff is taken care of, what are the steps involved? Please > forgive any cross postings and I look forward to input. > James, What is/will be your final delivery format? This matters because of the final time-stamp format you will require. Essentially the workflow process is this: - transcribe audio content to text - synchronize text to audio (time-stamp) and save/export time-stamped file to the appropriate format - integrate the captioning with the media asset (LOL, I see my colleague Sean Keegan has jumped in as well with a much larger response.) One final thing to note is that now many commercial DVD's are 'copy-protected', which can add an additional wrinkle to the process, especially if you intend to re-burn a DVD as the delivery format. There are a few pirate-ware tools out there that "crack" DVDs [not that I advocate or use them, but, hey, I know about them - ask Google, she knows too ;)] and sometimes you also need to "shrink" the overall file bundle (or eliminate extraneous data) to fit on a blank DVD (again, there is pirate-ware out there that can do this), however it isn't as simple as 1,2,3. Unless you have a large pile, Sean's suggestion of outsourcing is one you should consider strongly... * www.automaticsync.com * http://3playmedia.com/ (former MIT Grads) JF From danc at washington.edu Fri Oct 30 14:58:23 2009 From: danc at washington.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:29:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] K-3000 and .docx files Message-ID: Howdy Athenites We're having issues with the newest K-3000 (Windows) not saving .docx files correctly. When K-3000 either creates a new file or touches an existing file created with Word2007, the resulting file is corrupt and not openable in Windows or K-3000. Strangely it is still OK in OpenOffice. Their tech support could not replicate and claims that this problem has not been seen before. I'm curious if anyone out there has run into this. Any help/comments appreciated! -*- Dan Comden danc@washington.edu Access Technology Lab www.washington.edu/computing/atl University of Washington UW Technology Services