[Athen] website reader

[Ron Stewart]

I figured that was the case, as is the case with those campuses who  
get. Unfortunately in my experience those are very unique situations

Ron Stewart
8300 W. Weller St
Yorktown, IN 47396

(609) 213-2190


On Apr 23, 2010, at 11:20, Ken Petri <petri.1 at osu.edu> wrote:


> To your point, Ron: In our documentation in our campus pilot or  

> ReadSpeaker, we specifically note that the product is not an  

> accessibility fix and that there is no alternative to creating  

> accessible content. If you go into it with eyes open and from an  

> informed position, however, such tools are a welcome enhancement, I  

> believe.

>

> Best regards,

> ken

> ---

>

>

>

> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Ron Stewart <ron at ahead.org> wrote:

> EA is correct, one of the major issues with folks using AT is the

> complicated nature of its use.  The more transparent the process of  

> using

> the AT the more likely folks are going to utilize it and we avoid a  

> major

> problem of AT abandonment by students with disabilities.  My concern  

> is more

> from the implementation side and when uniformed decision are made to  

> use

> tools like Browsealoud and Webanywhere and assume the are going to  

> solve

> accessibility issues with a organizations or institutions web space.

>

> Ron Stewart

>

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

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

> On

> Behalf Of E.A. Draffan

> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 6:17 AM

> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'

> Subject: Re: [Athen] website reader

>

> I  agree with Ron, but when folks need additional features to help  

> with

> interactions such as reading and writing, it should be made easy for  

> them to

> have the extras if they so choose and WebAnywhere is another example  

> that

> can be added to the list. http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/

>

> I reckon all these ideas should possibly be popped into the wiki as  

> there

> are so many around these days!

>

> Best wishes E.A.

>

> Mrs E.A. Draffan

> Learning Societies Lab,

> ECS, University of Southampton,

> Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246

> http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk

> http://www.emptech.info

>

>

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

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

> On

> Behalf Of Ron Stewart

> Sent: 23 April 2010 02:46

> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'

> Subject: Re: [Athen] website reader

>

> What is often missed in products of this nature is that they do  

> nothing to

> improve the accessibility of the website they are used with.  What  

> they do

> is provided imbedded audio for already existing content that is  

> accessible.

> They are not going to make an inaccessible website accessible, it is  

> what I

> call piece of mind software and that is how it has typically been  

> sold to

> public entities that are looking at accessibility as a risk management

> issue.

>

> Ron Stewart

>

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

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

> On

> Behalf Of Todd DeVries

> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:48 PM

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> Subject: Re: [Athen] website reader

>

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> <athen at athenpro.org>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] website reader

> From: Todd DeVries <todd at equaltext.com>

> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:40:10 -0600

>

> Hi Nettie,

>

> We are currently running a trial of Browsaloud

> http://browsealoud.com/page.asp?pg_id=80096 to download the

> plugin, if you are interested. Try http://ww.isu.edu/ada4isu for

> areal-world example of how things might work.

>

> Todd

>

> --

> Todd DeVries

> Idaho State University

> (208) 282-3599

> www.isu.edu/ada4isu

> skype: idkayaker

>

>

> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:42:13 -0700, you wrote:

>

> >Hi,

> >Have you looked into Browseoutloud ?

> >http://www.browsealoud.com/page.asp?pg_id=80059 from TextHelp

> >

> >it is not too bad, it is relatively easy to download (for the  

> public), it

> is free (to the public), and it updates itself (with the newest  

> websites

> additions ) every time the computer is switched on.

> >

> >

> >Catalina Colaci

> >Coordinator

> >Learning Assistance Centre & Support Services for Students with

> Disabilities

> >500 College Drive, PO Box 2799

> >Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 5K4 Canada

> >

> >

> >             t 867.668.8785  f  867.668.8814 www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

> >

> >start here. go anywhere.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >________________________________________

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

> bounces at athenpro.org] On

> Behalf Of Ken Petri

> >Sent: April 22, 2010 9:41 AM

> >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> >Subject: Re: [Athen] website reader

> >

> >Nettie,

> >

> >Ohio State is piloting ReadSpeaker Enterprise for the next year. It  

> is not

> free but their pricing seems reasonable (I know "reasonable" is a  

> relative

> term). If you want to write me directly, I can put you in contact  

> with our

> rep. See how the "highlighting" player works here:

> http://www.voice-corp.com/en/text-to-speech-services-for-speech-enabling-the

> -web/ReadSpeaker-Enterprise/Solutions/Expanding-Player/

> >

> >Set up on the VoiceCorp end is the most expensive part and then you  

> pay by

> number of page views--bought in blocks, I believe. Implementing on  

> your own

> pages is very simple. Users do not have to install anything.

> >

> >Once implemented on a web page, the "highlighting" version reads,

> highlights as it reads, and allows for an MP3 to be downloaded. The  

> speech

> synthesizers they use are very high quality. The web developer can  

> set the

> playback speed.

> >

> >Our pages show it working in a variety of circumstances, explain

> implementation in some detail, and discuss some problems we have  

> discovered:

> >

> >http://www.osu.edu/resources/accessibility/readspeaker.html

> >

> >(P.S. please ignore our woefully out of date accessibility advice  

> page---it

> is being revised in the next few weeks. Yes, I know, it's bad....)

> >

> >RocTalk is another commercial product: http://www.roktalk.com/. No  

> idea on

> pricing.

> >

> >

> >Best regards,

> >ken

> >---

> > Ken Petri

> > Program Director

> > OSU Web Accessibility Center

> > 102D Pomerene Hall

> > 1760 Neil Avenue

> > Columbus, Ohio  43210

> > Phone: (614) 292-1760

> > Fax: (614) 292-4190

> > mailto:petri.1 at osu.edu

> >

> >On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Nettie Fischer  

> <nettiet at gmail.com> wrote:

> >Hello all,

> >

> >I am trying to find a way to have my website read aloud for my few  

> but

> inquiring visitors.  Is there a low cost or hopefully free program  

> out there

> that can be included in a website?

> >

> >Thanks,

> >Nettie

>

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