[Athen] Medium capacity Braille embosser?
Jeffrey Dell
jeffreydell99 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 17 14:39:46 PDT 2009
Sorry about the previous junk message. I meant to go to my search
edit box and search for the info in the link below.
Caption Tube
http://captiontube.appspot.com/
Jeff
On 9/17/09, Jeffrey Dell <jeffreydell99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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 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.
>>>
>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> 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.
>>> -----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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>>
>>
>> Eileen Connell Berger
>> Assistant Director
>> Office of Student Affairs,
>> Access and Disability Services Administrator
>> Harvard University
>> Graduate School of Education
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>> Cambridge, Ma. 02138
>> phone: 617 495 5838
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