[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

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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.

>>>

>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>>> Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich

>>> High Tech Center Training Unit of the

>>> California Community Colleges

>>> De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

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>>> 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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>>

>>

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