[Athen] Medium capacity Braille embosser?

[Jeffrey Dell]

utube captioning


On 9/17/09, E.A. Draffan <ea at emptech.info> wrote:

> A very rough evaluation is available at

> http://www.web2access.org.uk/product/8  but it really needs to be more in

> depth for your requirements... yes you can add captioning and put in a

> complete transcript and link to audio descriptions. The accessible player is

> also a help

> http://www.wait-till-i.com/2008/06/12/making-youtube-easier-and-more-accessi

> ble/ but like all these things it is the amount of work you are willing to

> put into the original video and the warnings that need to go out about

> accessible Flash media players and how they react in different browsers.

>

> Best wishes E.A.

>

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

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

> Behalf Of eileen berger

> Sent: 17 September 2009 20:40

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Gaeir Dietrich;

> athen-bounces at athenpro.org

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Medium capacity Braille embosser?

>

> Hi Athenians,

> My question is concerning accessibility features of YOUTUBE and other

> social networking tools. We are beginning to use YOUTUBE and need to know

> how to make it fully accessible.

> Can you use dragon or captioning software-etc?

> What is the legal obligation?

> Thanks!

> Eileen

>

> --On Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:19 AM -0700 Gaeir Dietrich

> <gdietrich at htctu.net> wrote:

>

>> Me, too, what Dan said, hands down, get the Juliet--great embosser,

>> reliable, low-maintenance. I've known people who have had them for years

>> and years with no problems.

>>

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

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

>> Behalf Of Dan Comden

>> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:58 AM

>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

>> Subject: Re: [Athen] Medium capacity Braille embosser?

>>

>> Another vote for the Juliet Pro 60 here. Have worked with a variety of

>> embossers over the years and the Juliet is the most reliable and has the

>> features you list. If you are going to be doing graphics, you'll want

>> something in addition to the Juliet -- we have a Tiger Pro that's used for

>> graphics.

>>

>> You'll most likely want to get a sound enclosure for it if you don't have

>> one specified. We have one of the older cabinets -- the new one from

>> Enabling looks pretty good though it's not clear how it'd handle large

>> embossing jobs.

>>

>> -*- Dan Comden                       danc at washington.edu

>>       Access Technology Lab      www.washington.edu/computing/atl

>>       University of Washington   UW Technology

>>

>>

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

>>

>> ATHEN:

>>

>> Any recommendations for medium volume Braille embosser for embossing

>> textbooks?  We need something faster than a personal/desktop system but

>> not as big/fast as what is used to in high volume publishing houses for

>> magazines.

>>

>> Requirements

>> * Interpoint

>> * Accepts at least 11.5" wide paper

>>

>> Preferences

>> * Reasonable footprint and space requirements

>> * Front access only (for loading and retrieving paper) would be ideal so

>> that we can provide accessible access to it without requiring too big of a

>> room.  Being able to put it sideways against the wall would be OK if front

>> and back access is required.

>> * Anything decent in a cut-sheet embosser?

>>

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