From SKelmer at stlcc.edu Thu Aug 5 09:01:36 2010 From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature Message-ID: We have started downloading DAISY books from RFBD this semester. The instructions seem pretty clear and I have the downloader installed and have downloaded a couple of books so far. However. I cannot seem to figure out how to put 1.6 gb worth of files onto a 700 mb CD. In fact, I know this to be impossible, yet the instructions clearly say I can burn these to CD. I also noticed all of them are .zip files. I anticipate students not really being able to use these files as intended on their DAISY players considering how they are being presented to me. What the heck am I missing here? I have sent a request for technical assistance to RFBD and got an "out of office" return message. I need to get this resolved soon. Anyone have some tips/procedures for me to use? 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Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 11:02 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature We have started downloading DAISY books from RFBD this semester. The instructions seem pretty clear and I have the downloader installed and have downloaded a couple of books so far. However. I cannot seem to figure out how to put 1.6 gb worth of files onto a 700 mb CD. In fact, I know this to be impossible, yet the instructions clearly say I can burn these to CD. I also noticed all of them are .zip files. I anticipate students not really being able to use these files as intended on their DAISY players considering how they are being presented to me. What the heck am I missing here? I have sent a request for technical assistance to RFBD and got an "out of office" return message. I need to get this resolved soon. Anyone have some tips/procedures for me to use? 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Lommasson 154 The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 www.umt.edu/dss/ 406-243-2243 Voice/Text 406-243-4461 Direct Line 406-243-5330 Fax From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:02 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature We have started downloading DAISY books from RFBD this semester. The instructions seem pretty clear and I have the downloader installed and have downloaded a couple of books so far. However. I cannot seem to figure out how to put 1.6 gb worth of files onto a 700 mb CD. In fact, I know this to be impossible, yet the instructions clearly say I can burn these to CD. I also noticed all of them are .zip files. I anticipate students not really being able to use these files as intended on their DAISY players considering how they are being presented to me. What the heck am I missing here? I have sent a request for technical assistance to RFBD and got an "out of office" return message. I need to get this resolved soon. Anyone have some tips/procedures for me to use? Susan Kelmer Lab Coordinator/AT Specialist St. Louis Community College @ Meramec 314-984-7951 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tschwanke at wisc.edu Thu Aug 5 09:12:24 2010 From: tschwanke at wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20100805111224283.00000000424@AT_Specialist> Hi Susan: Sounds like you may not have the RFB&D Download Manager installed. Here's some links that should help. Make sure you have the Download Manager installed, which helps to process the books after they are downloaded. http://support.rfbd.org/audioplus/downloading.htm Here's a link that talks about burning to CD. http://support.rfbd.org/audioplus/playing.htm#cd_daisy_player We use Roxio EasyCD Creator software to then burn the files to CD rather than using the Windows CD burning capabilities. It is important to reinforce the note on the web page to burn as a data disk, NOT an audio disk. Todd UW-Madison -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 11:02 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature We have started downloading DAISY books from RFBD this semester. The instructions seem pretty clear and I have the downloader installed and have downloaded a couple of books so far. However. I cannot seem to figure out how to put 1.6 gb worth of files onto a 700 mb CD. In fact, I know this to be impossible, yet the instructions clearly say I can burn these to CD. I also noticed all of them are .zip files. I anticipate students not really being able to use these files as intended on their DAISY players considering how they are being presented to me. What the heck am I missing here? I have sent a request for technical assistance to RFBD and got an "out of office" return message. I need to get this resolved soon. Anyone have some tips/procedures for me to use? Susan Kelmer Lab Coordinator/AT Specialist St. Louis Community College @ Meramec 314-984-7951 From jbailey at uoregon.edu Thu Aug 5 09:25:19 2010 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] DNS Preferred and Multiple Users Message-ID: <1281025519.430964.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> Does DNS Preferred 11 work with multiple users and their individual vocabularies? 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 burke at mso.umt.edu Thu Aug 5 10:01:42 2010 From: burke at mso.umt.edu (Burke, Dan (DSS)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature In-Reply-To: <1BA7603F26BCC246BC92538FD268253204182A948F@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <1BA7603F26BCC246BC92538FD268253204182A948F@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: I agree - it is the most common mistake that the students we train to download RFBD titles make - gee, it says download, so that must be it! But it's not. The RFBD Media Files folder contains your unzipped books listed by the product number. Inside the single title folder it will have an additionl folder or folders named CD01 and CD02, etc., so it will be asy to burn the CDs separately - they're already intact in their individual folders. Dan Dan Burke Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services for Studentst The University of Montana Emma B. Lommasson Center 154 Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.4424 406.243.5330 FAX www.umt.edu/disability From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:10 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature Susan, I think you may be looking in the wrong folder. The files you want to burn to CD are in the RFB&D Media folder, not the RFB&D Download folder. See if that fixes it for you. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 11:02 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature We have started downloading DAISY books from RFBD this semester. The instructions seem pretty clear and I have the downloader installed and have downloaded a couple of books so far. However. I cannot seem to figure out how to put 1.6 gb worth of files onto a 700 mb CD. In fact, I know this to be impossible, yet the instructions clearly say I can burn these to CD. I also noticed all of them are .zip files. I anticipate students not really being able to use these files as intended on their DAISY players considering how they are being presented to me. What the heck am I missing here? I have sent a request for technical assistance to RFBD and got an "out of office" return message. I need to get this resolved soon. Anyone have some tips/procedures for me to use? 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From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Burke, Dan (DSS) Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:02 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature I agree - it is the most common mistake that the students we train to download RFBD titles make - gee, it says download, so that must be it! But it's not. The RFBD Media Files folder contains your unzipped books listed by the product number. Inside the single title folder it will have an additionl folder or folders named CD01 and CD02, etc., so it will be asy to burn the CDs separately - they're already intact in their individual folders. Dan Dan Burke Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services for Studentst The University of Montana Emma B. Lommasson Center 154 Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.4424 406.243.5330 FAX www.umt.edu/disability From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:10 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature Susan, I think you may be looking in the wrong folder. The files you want to burn to CD are in the RFB&D Media folder, not the RFB&D Download folder. See if that fixes it for you. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 11:02 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature We have started downloading DAISY books from RFBD this semester. The instructions seem pretty clear and I have the downloader installed and have downloaded a couple of books so far. However. I cannot seem to figure out how to put 1.6 gb worth of files onto a 700 mb CD. In fact, I know this to be impossible, yet the instructions clearly say I can burn these to CD. I also noticed all of them are .zip files. I anticipate students not really being able to use these files as intended on their DAISY players considering how they are being presented to me. What the heck am I missing here? I have sent a request for technical assistance to RFBD and got an "out of office" return message. I need to get this resolved soon. Anyone have some tips/procedures for me to use? Susan Kelmer Lab Coordinator/AT Specialist St. Louis Community College @ Meramec 314-984-7951 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mike Mike O'Brien, Technical Assistant, Center for Careers and Employment, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York From jeano at uwm.edu Sun Aug 8 09:06:48 2010 From: jeano at uwm.edu (Jean M Salzer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] RFBD burn question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <71784678.908788.1281283608866.JavaMail.root@mail03.pantherlink.uwm.edu> HI Susan, We have purchased a number of 2 gig mp3 players that we lendout to students for the semester. They're $20 or less, run on a AAA battery, and do a nice job of getting the students what they need. Students have a greater tendency to enjoy this option versus a CD, as a CD could limit portability... the students agree to bring them back at the end of the semester and so far, they're doing just that. ----- Original Message ----- From: athen-request@athenpro.org To: athen@athenpro.org Sent: Thursday, August 5, 2010 12:12:14 PM Subject: Athen Digest, Vol 55, Issue 2 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: RFBD question of a tech nature (Todd Schwanke) 2. DNS Preferred and Multiple Users (James Bailey) 3. Re: RFBD question of a tech nature (Burke, Dan (DSS)) 4. Re: RFBD question of a tech nature (John Elmer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:12:24 -0500 From: Todd Schwanke To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature Message-ID: <20100805111224283.00000000424@AT_Specialist> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Hi Susan: Sounds like you may not have the RFB&D Download Manager installed. Here's some links that should help. Make sure you have the Download Manager installed, which helps to process the books after they are downloaded. http://support.rfbd.org/audioplus/downloading.htm Here's a link that talks about burning to CD. http://support.rfbd.org/audioplus/playing.htm#cd_daisy_player We use Roxio EasyCD Creator software to then burn the files to CD rather than using the Windows CD burning capabilities. It is important to reinforce the note on the web page to burn as a data disk, NOT an audio disk. Todd UW-Madison -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 11:02 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature We have started downloading DAISY books from RFBD this semester. The instructions seem pretty clear and I have the downloader installed and have downloaded a couple of books so far. However. I cannot seem to figure out how to put 1.6 gb worth of files onto a 700 mb CD. In fact, I know this to be impossible, yet the instructions clearly say I can burn these to CD. I also noticed all of them are .zip files. I anticipate students not really being able to use these files as intended on their DAISY players considering how they are being presented to me. What the heck am I missing here? I have sent a request for technical assistance to RFBD and got an "out of office" return message. I need to get this resolved soon. Anyone have some tips/procedures for me to use? Susan Kelmer Lab Coordinator/AT Specialist St. Louis Community College @ Meramec 314-984-7951 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 09:25:19 -0700 From: "James Bailey" To: "Access Technologists in Higher Education Network" Subject: [Athen] DNS Preferred and Multiple Users Message-ID: <1281025519.430964.alphamail@mailapps2.uoregon.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Does DNS Preferred 11 work with multiple users and their individual vocabularies? 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 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 11:01:42 -0600 From: "Burke, Dan \(DSS\)" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Subject: Re: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I agree - it is the most common mistake that the students we train to download RFBD titles make - gee, it says download, so that must be it! But it's not. The RFBD Media Files folder contains your unzipped books listed by the product number. Inside the single title folder it will have an additionl folder or folders named CD01 and CD02, etc., so it will be asy to burn the CDs separately - they're already intact in their individual folders. Dan Dan Burke Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services for Studentst The University of Montana Emma B. Lommasson Center 154 Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.4424 406.243.5330 FAX www.umt.edu/disability From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:10 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature Susan, I think you may be looking in the wrong folder. The files you want to burn to CD are in the RFB&D Media folder, not the RFB&D Download folder. See if that fixes it for you. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 11:02 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature We have started downloading DAISY books from RFBD this semester. The instructions seem pretty clear and I have the downloader installed and have downloaded a couple of books so far. However. I cannot seem to figure out how to put 1.6 gb worth of files onto a 700 mb CD. In fact, I know this to be impossible, yet the instructions clearly say I can burn these to CD. I also noticed all of them are .zip files. I anticipate students not really being able to use these files as intended on their DAISY players considering how they are being presented to me. What the heck am I missing here? I have sent a request for technical assistance to RFBD and got an "out of office" return message. I need to get this resolved soon. Anyone have some tips/procedures for me to use? 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From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Burke, Dan (DSS) Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:02 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature I agree - it is the most common mistake that the students we train to download RFBD titles make - gee, it says download, so that must be it! But it's not. The RFBD Media Files folder contains your unzipped books listed by the product number. Inside the single title folder it will have an additionl folder or folders named CD01 and CD02, etc., so it will be asy to burn the CDs separately - they're already intact in their individual folders. Dan Dan Burke Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services for Studentst The University of Montana Emma B. Lommasson Center 154 Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.4424 406.243.5330 FAX www.umt.edu/disability From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:10 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature Susan, I think you may be looking in the wrong folder. The files you want to burn to CD are in the RFB&D Media folder, not the RFB&D Download folder. See if that fixes it for you. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 11:02 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RFBD question of a tech nature We have started downloading DAISY books from RFBD this semester. The instructions seem pretty clear and I have the downloader installed and have downloaded a couple of books so far. However. I cannot seem to figure out how to put 1.6 gb worth of files onto a 700 mb CD. In fact, I know this to be impossible, yet the instructions clearly say I can burn these to CD. I also noticed all of them are .zip files. I anticipate students not really being able to use these files as intended on their DAISY players considering how they are being presented to me. What the heck am I missing here? I have sent a request for technical assistance to RFBD and got an "out of office" return message. I need to get this resolved soon. Anyone have some tips/procedures for me to use? Susan Kelmer Lab Coordinator/AT Specialist St. Louis Community College @ Meramec 314-984-7951 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you are NOT the intended recepient(s) of this email, please disregard the content, delete the email message and notify the original sender. From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Mon Aug 9 09:18:47 2010 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of the Kronos time and attendance system In-Reply-To: <8348279308703344716@unknownmsgid> References: <8348279308703344716@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: Hi Mike Kronos sucks It has alot of down time. Is not accessible by JAWS. Java Access Bridge does allow screen readers to read the content inside of the UI but you have to click on it to get the cursor in it. It's like putting in a ramp directly after a stair case. There is an application called Hot Spot that can do preprogramed mousclicks for JAWS that might remedy that problem. Java accessbridge causes all kinds of problems itself so I don't install it anyway. It will work with ZoomText if using JRE 1.5. I have no luck with using MAGic with it. I've been using it for nearly 3 years and I would like to strangle the person who chose it for my campus. I have a blind student employee and I have to put in his time manually. Jeff On 8/6/10, Michael O'Brien wrote: > > Good People: > > Our college is switching from manual timesheets to the Kronos > electronic time and attendance system. In trying to use this with JAWS10.0, > , I've found it impossible to read the icons necessary to use the system, > though the titles of the links in this web-based system read fine. > > I know it's based on JAVA, and wonder if JAVA Access Bridge or an > available JAWS script might make this system accessible. > > Thank you in advance for any help people on the list might offer. > > Mike > > > > Mike O'Brien, > Technical Assistant, Center for Careers and Employment, > Hudson Valley Community College, > Troy, New York > > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > From alice.anderson at doit.wisc.edu Mon Aug 9 10:27:36 2010 From: alice.anderson at doit.wisc.edu (Alice Anderson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of the Kronos time and attendance system In-Reply-To: References: <8348279308703344716@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <71F26F0B-2417-4DEA-89E7-13A4C881E38B@doit.wisc.edu> Ditto ... Kronos is NOT accessible ... and students overall find Kronos to be an unpleasant experience .. but in the world of 'isn't this strange' ... during our testing, we found that System Access to Go works with Kronos (back in December). Our blind tester wrote up the following: Using System Access to go http://satogo.com/en/ and Kronos System Access To Go is a free screenreader provided by Serotek. One must have an internet connection to use this software, and it will only run if the internet browser is open. Below are instructions on how to get System Access to go (SAToGo) up and running in order to successfully log hours using Kronos. ? Turn off any other screenreader you may be using on your computer. ? Press windows key plus r to bring up the run dialogue. ? Type www.satogo.com and press enter. ? Once the side is up, SAToGo will prompt you as to how to proceed. You can either press enter to start the install of the software, or hit f-8 for a quick tutorial. ? Once you have the software running, go to the Kronos page and log in as you usually would. Note that you will need to be using the html version of Kronos in order to do this successfully. ? SATogo does not have a browse mode or forms mode, so simply navigate to the edit fields and begin typing your user name and password. ? Once you are logged in, click on ?my time card?. ? Hit t for table. This will bring you to the table to log your hours. ? Once you have navigated to the correct row and column, enter your times. You will then be able to click on the link to select your appointment. ? Press d to navigate to the correct dropdown menu to select your appointment. ? In order to activate the dropdown menu to select your appointment, hold down alt plus down arrow. Release the alt key and use the down arrow to find and select the correct appointment. ? Once you have selected your appointment, tab until you find the okay link and hit enter. ? Don?t forget to save your timecard before exiting. 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 Aug 9, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Jeffrey Dell wrote: > Hi Mike > Kronos sucks > It has alot of down time. Is not accessible by JAWS. Java Access > Bridge does allow screen readers to read the content inside of the UI > but you have to click on it to get the cursor in it. It's like > putting in a ramp directly after a stair case. There is an > application called Hot Spot that can do preprogramed mousclicks for > JAWS that might remedy that problem. Java accessbridge causes all > kinds of problems itself so I don't install it anyway. > It will work with ZoomText if using JRE 1.5. I have no luck with > using MAGic with it. I've been using it for nearly 3 years and I > would like to strangle the person who chose it for my campus. I have > a blind student employee and I have to put in his time manually. > Jeff > > On 8/6/10, Michael O'Brien wrote: >> >> Good People: >> >> Our college is switching from manual timesheets to the Kronos >> electronic time and attendance system. In trying to use this with JAWS10.0, >> , I've found it impossible to read the icons necessary to use the system, >> though the titles of the links in this web-based system read fine. >> >> I know it's based on JAVA, and wonder if JAVA Access Bridge or an >> available JAWS script might make this system accessible. >> >> Thank you in advance for any help people on the list might offer. >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> Mike O'Brien, >> Technical Assistant, Center for Careers and Employment, >> Hudson Valley Community College, >> Troy, New York >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 m.obrien at hvcc.edu Mon Aug 9 11:36:13 2010 From: m.obrien at hvcc.edu (Michael O'Brien) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of the Kronos time and attendance system In-Reply-To: References: <8348279308703344716@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <000e01cb37f1$be80a8e0$6f196797@hvcc.edu> Jeff: Thanks for the info. What else is new! Mike Mike O'Brien, Technical Assistant, Center for Careers and Employment, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 12:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] accessibility of the Kronos time and attendance system Hi Mike Kronos sucks It has alot of down time. Is not accessible by JAWS. Java Access Bridge does allow screen readers to read the content inside of the UI but you have to click on it to get the cursor in it. It's like putting in a ramp directly after a stair case. There is an application called Hot Spot that can do preprogramed mousclicks for JAWS that might remedy that problem. Java accessbridge causes all kinds of problems itself so I don't install it anyway. It will work with ZoomText if using JRE 1.5. I have no luck with using MAGic with it. I've been using it for nearly 3 years and I would like to strangle the person who chose it for my campus. I have a blind student employee and I have to put in his time manually. Jeff On 8/6/10, Michael O'Brien wrote: > > Good People: > > Our college is switching from manual timesheets to the Kronos > electronic time and attendance system. In trying to use this with > JAWS10.0, , I've found it impossible to read the icons necessary to > use the system, though the titles of the links in this web-based system read fine. > > I know it's based on JAVA, and wonder if JAVA Access Bridge or an > available JAWS script might make this system accessible. > > Thank you in advance for any help people on the list might offer. > > Mike > > > > Mike O'Brien, > Technical Assistant, Center for Careers and Employment, Hudson Valley > Community College, Troy, New York > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 m.obrien at hvcc.edu Mon Aug 9 12:14:44 2010 From: m.obrien at hvcc.edu (Michael O'Brien) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of the Kronos time and attendance system In-Reply-To: <71F26F0B-2417-4DEA-89E7-13A4C881E38B@doit.wisc.edu> References: <8348279308703344716@unknownmsgid> <71F26F0B-2417-4DEA-89E7-13A4C881E38B@doit.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <001101cb37f7$1fda2170$6f196797@hvcc.edu> Alice: Ditto, also! Great info! Mike -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Alice Anderson Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 1:28 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] accessibility of the Kronos time and attendance system Ditto ... Kronos is NOT accessible ... and students overall find Kronos to be an unpleasant experience .. but in the world of 'isn't this strange' ... during our testing, we found that System Access to Go works with Kronos (back in December). Our blind tester wrote up the following: Using System Access to go http://satogo.com/en/ and Kronos System Access To Go is a free screenreader provided by Serotek. One must have an internet connection to use this software, and it will only run if the internet browser is open. Below are instructions on how to get System Access to go (SAToGo) up and running in order to successfully log hours using Kronos. . Turn off any other screenreader you may be using on your computer. . Press windows key plus r to bring up the run dialogue. . Type www.satogo.com and press enter. . Once the side is up, SAToGo will prompt you as to how to proceed. You can either press enter to start the install of the software, or hit f-8 for a quick tutorial. . Once you have the software running, go to the Kronos page and log in as you usually would. Note that you will need to be using the html version of Kronos in order to do this successfully. . SATogo does not have a browse mode or forms mode, so simply navigate to the edit fields and begin typing your user name and password. . Once you are logged in, click on "my time card". . Hit t for table. This will bring you to the table to log your hours. . Once you have navigated to the correct row and column, enter your times. You will then be able to click on the link to select your appointment. . Press d to navigate to the correct dropdown menu to select your appointment. . In order to activate the dropdown menu to select your appointment, hold down alt plus down arrow. Release the alt key and use the down arrow to find and select the correct appointment. . Once you have selected your appointment, tab until you find the okay link and hit enter. . Don't forget to save your timecard before exiting. 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 Aug 9, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Jeffrey Dell wrote: > Hi Mike > Kronos sucks > It has alot of down time. Is not accessible by JAWS. Java Access > Bridge does allow screen readers to read the content inside of the UI > but you have to click on it to get the cursor in it. It's like > putting in a ramp directly after a stair case. There is an > application called Hot Spot that can do preprogramed mousclicks for > JAWS that might remedy that problem. Java accessbridge causes all > kinds of problems itself so I don't install it anyway. > It will work with ZoomText if using JRE 1.5. I have no luck with > using MAGic with it. I've been using it for nearly 3 years and I > would like to strangle the person who chose it for my campus. I have > a blind student employee and I have to put in his time manually. > Jeff > > On 8/6/10, Michael O'Brien wrote: >> >> Good People: >> >> Our college is switching from manual timesheets to the Kronos >> electronic time and attendance system. In trying to use this with >> JAWS10.0, , I've found it impossible to read the icons necessary to >> use the system, though the titles of the links in this web-based system read fine. >> >> I know it's based on JAVA, and wonder if JAVA Access Bridge or an >> available JAWS script might make this system accessible. >> >> Thank you in advance for any help people on the list might offer. >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> Mike O'Brien, >> Technical Assistant, Center for Careers and Employment, Hudson Valley >> Community College, Troy, New York >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 mcroll at CAHS.Colostate.edu Mon Aug 9 15:12:01 2010 From: mcroll at CAHS.Colostate.edu (Roll,Marla) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] disability first language In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <95D1023BE1E90D43AD435E6F88562BCC384B3B4BEC@ODIN.CAHS.ColoState.EDU> Hello all, Some time ago, an ATHEN member shared a great resource on using disability first language. 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What's nice is that when you register, if you cannot make one or more of the sessions owing to time differences, etc., you do retain access to the day-long event's archives. Check it out at http://environmentsforhumans.com/2010/accessibility-summit - Please pass this along, especially to developers and others who may benefit from the content. If you are so inclined, I've also set up a LinkedIn Event so you can tell your network if you plan to attend http://events.linkedin.com/Accessibility-Summit/pub/389731 Jennison -- Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network Google Profile at LinkedIn at From Lissner.2 at osu.edu Thu Aug 12 08:38:23 2010 From: Lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] CEA To Develop Standards For Access To Technology Products Message-ID: <80FCE4F8AFF74D4EAF5AE29906BFC6B504718610@Yukon.admin.ohio-state.edu> FYI CEA Launches Working Group To Develop Standards For Accessibility Features In Technology Products Standards to Focus on Enhanced Accessibility Features Including Tactile Feedback Arlington, Virginia 8/9/2010 The Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA)(r) Video Systems Committee today announced the launch of a new working group to develop standards for enhanced accessibility features in video devices. The working group - called R4 WG19 - will develop standards and guidelines focused on enhanced accessibility features in video devices, providing direction for product implementations that benefit the accessibility community and consumer electronics manufacturers. CEA seeks participation in the working group by designers, engineers, manufacturers, users with disabilities and accessibility design specialists. "The video systems and home entertainment markets are driving forces behind the global success of the consumer technology industry," said Brian Markwalter, vice president of Research and Standards for CEA. "CEA's new working group will establish standards and recommended practices that will improve accessibility features in these devices and will ultimately lead to more innovative and user-friendly technology products that benefit the accessibility community and the CE industry as a whole." The working group will initially focus on tactile feedback features of remote controls to assist in locating and distinguishing buttons and features on TV, recorder, audio and other remote-controlled devices. Further projects may include other standards surrounding accessibility issues in video devices - features critically important to consumers with visual or auditory impairments, for example. CEA leads technology manufacturers in fostering CE industry growth by developing industry standards and technical specifications that enable new products to come to market and encourage interoperability with existing devices. CEA maintains an unmatched reputation as a credible and flexible standards making body and has earned ANSI accreditation. Through more than 70 committees, subcommittees and working groups, the CEA Technology and Standards program provides a unique and efficient forum where technical professionals throughout the industry develop a unified technology roadmap and address technical issues critical to the CE industry growth. For information about CEA Technology and Standards, visit www.CE.org/standards. For more information, or to join the R4 WG19 working group, please contact Alayne Bell at abell@CE.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Lissner.2 at osu.edu Thu Aug 12 12:23:53 2010 From: Lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] First Release of Kinect Won't Support ASL. In-Reply-To: <587766C352391944B6AD097D4006BBD101540A3C@MAIL2.studentaffairs.ohio-state.edu> References: <80FCE4F8AFF74D4EAF5AE29906BFC6B50471858A@Yukon.admin.ohio-state.edu> <587766C352391944B6AD097D4006BBD101540A3C@MAIL2.studentaffairs.ohio-state.edu> Message-ID: <80FCE4F8AFF74D4EAF5AE29906BFC6B504718619@Yukon.admin.ohio-state.edu> Maybe in their next release? Microsoft says Kinect won't support sign language, downgraded cameras likely to blame It was mentioned in the patent application , but it looks like Microsoft's Kinect won't be offering support for sign language after all. That's now been confirmed by Microsoft itself, which told Kotaku that it "files lots of patent applications to protect our intellectual property, not all of which are brought to market right away," before flatly stating that "Kinect that is shipping this holiday will not support sign language." The reason? It seems to be the result of Kinect's cameras, which Kotaku says were originally supposed to have a "much higher resolution," but were eventually downgraded to 320 x 240 in an apparent cost-saving move. If you parse Microsoft's, however, you'll noticed that it doesn't exactly rule out the possibility of Kinect ever supporting sign language; it simply says that the version launching this holiday season won't support it http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/microsoft-says-kinect-wont-support-sign-language-downgraded-ca/ L. Scott Lissner, University ADA Coordinator Office Of The Provost, The Ohio State University 1849 Cannon Drive Columbus, OH 43210-1266 (614) 292-6207(v); (614) 688-8605(tty) (614) 688-3665(fax); Http://ada.osu.edu P Please consider the environment before printing this E-mail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbailey at uoregon.edu Thu Aug 12 13:10:17 2010 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] CEA To Develop Standards For Access To Technology Products In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1281643817.940504.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> You may want to read what Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive officer of the Consumer Electronics Association, had to say about HR 3101. See: http://tinyurl.com/2c3wptj -- James Bailey Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:38:23 -0400 > From: "Lissner, Scott" > To: > Subject: [Athen] CEA To Develop Standards For Access To Technology > Products > Message-ID: > <80FCE4F8AFF74D4EAF5AE29906BFC6B504718610@Yukon.admin.ohio-state.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > FYI > > > > > > CEA Launches Working Group To Develop Standards For Accessibility > Features In Technology Products > > > > Standards to Focus on Enhanced Accessibility Features Including Tactile > Feedback > > > > Arlington, Virginia > > > > 8/9/2010 > > > > The Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA)(r) Video Systems Committee > today announced the launch of a new working group to develop standards > for enhanced > accessibility features in video devices. The working group - called R4 > WG19 - will develop standards and guidelines focused on enhanced > accessibility features > in video devices, providing direction for product implementations that > benefit the accessibility community and consumer electronics > manufacturers. CEA > seeks participation in the working group by designers, engineers, > manufacturers, users with disabilities and accessibility design > specialists. > > > > "The video systems and home entertainment markets are driving forces > behind the global success of the consumer technology industry," said > Brian Markwalter, > vice president of Research and Standards for CEA. "CEA's new working > group will establish standards and recommended practices that will > improve accessibility > features in these devices and will ultimately lead to more innovative > and user-friendly technology products that benefit the accessibility > community and > the CE industry as a whole." > > > > The working group will initially focus on tactile feedback features of > remote controls to assist in locating and distinguishing buttons and > features on > TV, recorder, audio and other remote-controlled devices. Further > projects may include other standards surrounding accessibility issues in > video devices > - features critically important to consumers with visual or auditory > impairments, for example. > > > > CEA leads technology manufacturers in fostering CE industry growth by > developing industry standards and technical specifications that enable > new products > to come to market and encourage interoperability with existing devices. > CEA maintains an unmatched reputation as a credible and flexible > standards making > body and has earned ANSI accreditation. Through more than 70 committees, > subcommittees and working groups, the CEA Technology and Standards > program provides > a unique and efficient forum where technical professionals throughout > the industry develop a unified technology roadmap and address technical > issues critical > to the CE industry growth. For information about CEA Technology and > Standards, visit > www.CE.org/standards. > > > > For more information, or to join the R4 WG19 working group, please > contact Alayne Bell at > abell@CE.org. From jbailey at uoregon.edu Thu Aug 12 14:55:19 2010 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon in Place of CART? Message-ID: <1281650119.330793.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> Please see forwarded post by Wink Harner - James --- Forwarded Message --- Subject: A favor From: "Wink Harner" To: "'James Bailey'" Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:06:52 -0700 Hi all ATHEN-ites, A question for the masses...can Dragon be used in the classroom as a substitute for CART services? When & how effective is it? Can it be used to substitute for note takers? If so, what technical specs must be considered? If it won't work, what other technology exists that could substitute for CART? Am asking on behalf of a colleague. Thanks in advance for your wisdom, guidance and knowledge! Wink From edward at ngtvoice.com Thu Aug 12 17:16:33 2010 From: edward at ngtvoice.com (Ed. Rosenthal) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon in Place of CART? In-Reply-To: <1281650119.330793.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> References: <1281650119.330793.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: <013f01cb3a7c$ca6910b0$5f3b3210$@com> We've done some pilot work in this area, I've put some basic information at: http://ngtvoice.com/services/assistive/transcription.htm and presented on this topic at last year's CSUN conference. Generally, I don't think that state-of-the-art speech recognition is ready to replace CART; however, under certain circumstances I think it can be used effectively. Probably the most significant finding from my work at North Central Technical College in Wausau Wisconsin was that the approach of having somebody remotely re-speak the instructors information which simultaneously showed up on the students laptop computer was the best model, and this allowed for capture of questions from other students, etc. Hope that helps, you can contact me anytime off list at edward@ngtvoice.com -ed. Your sincerely, Edward S. Rosenthal President and CEO Next Generation Technologies, Inc. (NGT, Inc.) 20006 Cedar Valley Rd. #101 Lynnwood, Wa. 98036 425-744-1100 ext.15 EM: edward@ngtvoice.com URL: http://www.ngtvoice.com Skype: ed.rosenthal7 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of James Bailey Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 2:55 PM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Dragon in Place of CART? Please see forwarded post by Wink Harner - James --- Forwarded Message --- Subject: A favor From: "Wink Harner" To: "'James Bailey'" Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:06:52 -0700 Hi all ATHEN-ites, A question for the masses...can Dragon be used in the classroom as a substitute for CART services? When & how effective is it? Can it be used to substitute for note takers? If so, what technical specs must be considered? If it won't work, what other technology exists that could substitute for CART? Am asking on behalf of a colleague. Thanks in advance for your wisdom, guidance and knowledge! Wink _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From Ted.Harvey at dcu.ie Fri Aug 13 00:50:21 2010 From: Ted.Harvey at dcu.ie (Ted Harvey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon in Place of CART? In-Reply-To: <1281650119.330793.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> References: <1281650119.330793.alphamail@mailapps1.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: <001201cb3abc$2e6c6730$8b453590$@Harvey@dcu.ie> James Many years ago I developed a system where a number of students could be supported by a Dragon user. I had a sound proof room built and a high spec pc running Dragon with a well trained user, Using a VNPC network students in different lectures could connect to this PC and view the Dragon users screen, The Dragon user was connected to the PA system and could switch between a number of lecture halls for the sound. The Dragon user simply listened and repeated what they heard this was typed on the screen by Dragon and shared with the required user in the lecture hall. The system had a number of benefits, 1. It could service more than 1 student be they Deaf/SLD, 2. If gave the student more independence to sit with their peers.3 it was much cheaper than CART/SpeedText. Draw backs where, 1 if the trained typist left then I had to retrain another. 2 Wireless router in theatre sometimes broke down.3 I only had 3 Lecture halls covered by sound so I was limited in the coverage I had. Regards Ted ____________________ Ted Harvey Disability Officer Disability & Learning Support Service Ph: 01? 700 5208 Fax: 01 700 8661 -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of James Bailey Sent: 12 August 2010 22:55 To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Dragon in Place of CART? Please see forwarded post by Wink Harner - James --- Forwarded Message --- Subject: A favor From: "Wink Harner" To: "'James Bailey'" Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:06:52 -0700 Hi all ATHEN-ites, A question for the masses...can Dragon be used in the classroom as a substitute for CART services? When & how effective is it? Can it be used to substitute for note takers? If so, what technical specs must be considered? If it won't work, what other technology exists that could substitute for CART? Am asking on behalf of a colleague. Thanks in advance for your wisdom, guidance and knowledge! Wink _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From askeladden at gmail.com Fri Aug 13 08:19:04 2010 From: askeladden at gmail.com (Mirabai Knight, CCP) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon in Place of CART? Message-ID: As a CART provider, it shouldn't be too surprising that I wouldn't recommend this course of action, but it would probably have more weight if I just quote the Director of Disability Services at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn who spent $5,000 on such a system before hiring me to provide CART services for the Institute three years ago: "1) The Captioning training software was difficult to access and use, and the training itself proved difficult and laborious. 2) A prospective captioner would have to put in literally hundreds of hours of training just for the system to accurately recognize their voice. 3) The process proved to be disruptive to other students in the classroom. 4) One captioner felt that the microphone setup was claustrophic. 5) I was having sign language interpreters trained on the captioning system. At first the interpreters were eager to learn a new technology, but as the training droned on and on, and when they used it in the classroom and it was glaringly apparent that students didn't derive the same level of cogent, expressive interpreting they'd had with interpreters, the interpreters felt they were doing the students a grave injustice. They all hated it and felt either they should be left to do real sign language interpreting or that CART would be a much better alternative. 6) The students felt the resulting transcript contained too many errors and the lag time was too long. 7) The end result is that I have a $5000 Captioning System just sitting in my storage room collecting dust." -- Mai McDonald, Pratt Institute Disability Services. Posted with permission. I have more details on the difficulties inherent in making voice recognition technology work reliably in an academic setting here: http://stenoknight.com/VoiceVersusCART.html I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's much, much harder to get good results than it's generally made out to be, especially in classes containing dense or technical material. -- Mirabai Knight, CCP, RPR, CBC StenoKnight CART Services 917 576 4989 mkk@stenoknight.com http://stenoknight.com From hkramer.atsol at gmail.com Fri Aug 13 15:51:26 2010 From: hkramer.atsol at gmail.com (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN members save $65 on Accessing Higher Ground Registration In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear ATHEN Members: Online registration for the 2010 Accessing Higher Ground Conference is now open at: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/registration2010.html. As you know, AHG is the official conference of ATHEN. As such, ATHEN conducts its annual business meeting at AHG. In addition, ATHEN members will receive a $65 discount off registration fees. (Only ATHEN members who have been dues paying members within the last 2 years, 2010 or 2009, are eligible for the $65 discount upon renewal of their ATHEN membership and payment of dues through the AHG conference.)* As an ATHEN member, you will also receive a free conference audio DVD. There is also an early registration discount for those who register before October 1. There are many excellent sessions at this year?s conference, including many sessions presented by ATHEN members. You can see the full schedule and workshop list for the main conference at: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/mainconfsched-detail.html#Weds. I hope to see many of you at this year?s conference. Regards, Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator *For those who cannot pay ATHEN dues through the AHG conference registration ? i.e. with credit card or check ? contact Joe Humbert johumber@iupui.edu or Ron Stewart ron@altformatsolutions.com for other options. You will need a discount code, available from Joe Humbert, to obtain the discount mentioned above. -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ron Stewart -----Original Message----- From: roundtable-bounces@e-bility.com [mailto:roundtable-bounces@e-bility.com] On Behalf Of Round Table Administration Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 3:00 AM To: roundtable@e-bility.com Subject: [Round Table] Guidelines for Accessible E-Text The Round Table Executive Committee are pleased to announce that the Round Table Guidelines for Accessible E-text are now available as a free downloadable document from the Round Table website. The Guidelines for Accessible E-text replace the Round Table's 1995 "Guidelines for preparation of text materials on computer disk for people with print disabilities" and take into consideration the Australian Government style guide, as well as e-text guidelines produced by other organisations around the world.? The guidelines describe basic principles for preparing e-text documents which will mean people with a print disability are able to use and understand the content and have equivalent access to the information contained in a document. The guidelines also describe some best practice accessibility methods across a variety of electronic formats in common use. The E-Text Guidelines are available in a variety of electronic formats (including Daisy, Large Print, e-Text, DXB and DBT) from http://www.e-bility.com/roundtable/guidelines.php If you prefer to purchase a print, large print or braille copy these are available at a cost of AUS $40 (inclusive of postage and handling) by contact me off list at admin@printdisability.org or by telephoning 0417 101 418.? Kind Regards, Tammy Axelsen Round Table Administration Officer PO Box 229 Lindisfarne TAS 7015 Phone: 0417 101 418 / 03 6265 1519 email: admin@printdisability.org web address: www.printdisability.org (currently re-directs to http://www.e-bility.com/roundtable/ ) PLEASE NOTE NEW WEB SITE AND EMAIL ADDRESSES *** Round Table List List Guidelines: www.e-bility.com/roundtable/mailinglist.php Unsubscribe: www.e-bility.com/roundtable/mailinglist.php#unsubscribe Moderator Help: RoundtableAdmn@bigpond.com *** From hkramer at colorado.edu Mon Aug 16 15:37:52 2010 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground Message-ID: Hello All: I'm in the process of listing the "ATHEN track" on the AHG web site. As such, I have 2 questions. 1 - is there an ATHEN logo? Dan, I know you created one for the banner. Should I use that for a logo? 2 - if you are an ATHEN member and want to be included in the ATHEN track, let me know. I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's interested in being included. And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dan, I know you created one for the banner. Should I use that for a logo? 2 - if you are an ATHEN member and want to be included in the ATHEN track, let me know. I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's interested in being included. And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Howard On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Gaeir Dietrich wrote: > I?m an ATHEN member and so is Robert Beach; please include our workshop. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > 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 > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ------------------------------ > > *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Monday, August 16, 2010 3:38 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground > > > > Hello All: > > > > I'm in the process of listing the "ATHEN track" on the AHG web site. As > such, I have 2 questions. > > > > 1 - is there an ATHEN logo? Dan, I know you created one for the banner. > Should I use that for a logo? > > > > 2 - if you are an ATHEN member and want to be included in the ATHEN track, > let me know. I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN > members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's > interested in being included. > > > > And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: > http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From winkharner at mesacc.edu Mon Aug 16 19:16:17 2010 From: winkharner at mesacc.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <675957244.160202.1282011377231.JavaMail.root@mailstore1.mesacc.edu> Am also a member of ATHEN. Wink From: "Howard Kramer" To: gdietrich@htctu.net, "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 6:14:59 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground Done! Thanks, Howard On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Gaeir Dietrich < gdietrich@htctu.net > wrote: I?m an ATHEN member and so is Robert Beach; please include our workshop. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto: athen-bounces@athenpro.org ] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 3:38 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground Hello All: I'm in the process of listing the "ATHEN track" on the AHG web site. As such, I have 2 questions. 1 - is there an ATHEN logo? Dan, I know you created one for the banner. Should I use that for a logo? 2 - if you are an ATHEN member and want to be included in the ATHEN track, let me know. I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's interested in being included. And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion _______________________________________________ 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 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -- Wink Harner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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How's it going? -Howard On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Wink Harner wrote: > Am also a member of ATHEN. > > Wink > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Howard Kramer" > *To: *gdietrich@htctu.net, "Access Technology Higher Education Network" < > athen@athenpro.org> > *Sent: *Monday, August 16, 2010 6:14:59 PM > *Subject: *Re: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher > Ground > > > Done! > > Thanks, > Howard > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Gaeir Dietrich wrote: > >> I?m an ATHEN member and so is Robert Beach; please include our workshop. >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> 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 >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Howard Kramer >> *Sent:* Monday, August 16, 2010 3:38 PM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network >> *Subject:* [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher >> Ground >> >> >> >> Hello All: >> >> >> >> I'm in the process of listing the "ATHEN track" on the AHG web site. As >> such, I have 2 questions. >> >> >> >> 1 - is there an ATHEN logo? Dan, I know you created one for the banner. >> Should I use that for a logo? >> >> >> >> 2 - if you are an ATHEN member and want to be included in the ATHEN track, >> let me know. I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN >> members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's >> interested in being included. >> >> >> >> And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: >> http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Howard >> >> -- >> Howard Kramer >> AHG Conference Coordinator >> Access Specialist >> 303-492-8672 >> fax: 492-5601 >> Disability Services >> Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > -- > Wink Harner > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Conference participants will learn what we can accomplish for all learners through first rate educational content combined with standards compliance and technological innovation. The event will be highly interactive, and everyone who attends will contribute to the solutions that will bring more opportunity to more people. The event brings the Pearson and accessibility communities together for a powerful two days that will lead to more **************************************************************************** *** 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 bergerei at gse.harvard.edu Tue Aug 17 12:40:27 2010 From: bergerei at gse.harvard.edu (eileen berger) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] membership Message-ID: <28C4D527CCF10D0170402080@LON046-LKMRHGD> Hi, We want to add new members. Could you link to instructions? Thanks, eileen Eileen Connell Berger Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs, Access and Disability Services Administrator Harvard University Graduate School of Education Longfellow Hall 046 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, Ma. 02138 phone: 617 495 5838 fax: 617 496 8024 bergerei@gse.harvard.edu ___________________________________________________________________ This message is intended for the designated recipient(s). It may contain confidential or proprietary information and may be subject to confidentiality protections. If you are not a designated recipient, you may not review copy or distribute this message. If you receive this in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you. From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Aug 17 15:33:21 2010 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job Opening SVILC Message-ID: <58446A1708DF4CDCA74AD6AA27A0F1A0@htctu.fhda.edu> Please forgive cross-posts and please pass on as appropriate. SILICON VALLEY INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER 2202 N. First Street, SAN JOSE, CA 95131 PHONE: 408-894-9041, TTY: 866-945-2205, FAX: 408-894-9050 Job Posting Program Director The Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC) is searching for a Program Director to join us in our mission to create fully inclusive communities that value the dignity, equality, freedom and worth of every human being. We are a cross-disability, intergenerational, and multicultural disability justice organization that builds disability identity, culture and pride; creates opportunities for personal and community transformation; and partners with others to ensure that civil and human rights are protected. We aim to take the independent living movement to the next level by transforming what it means to be a center for independent living. The Program Director is a full-time position that reports directly to the Executive Director. The ideal candidate will be responsible for program development, departmental budgeting and planning, development and implementation of annual goals and objectives, staffing the Board Program Committee, staff supervision, and monitoring the implementation/reporting of all federal, state, and private grants. Necessary Experience and Skills: * 5 years experience working in the area of disability rights. * 3 years experience in top-level non-profit program management. * Sound understanding of computer technology, social networking tools, and the Internet to support goals or agendas. * Extensive knowledge and understanding of disability rights laws, disability history, Independent Living philosophy, and a social/political/interactional model of disability. * Demonstrated competency in advocacy, program development, grant management/writing/reporting, budgeting and evaluation. * Work occasional nights and weekends, as needed, to support events, meetings, and deadlines * Bilingual capability (including American Sign Language) is not required, but preferred. * An understanding of, and commitment to, disability justice and equal opportunity within a rights-based, social justice framework. Compensation: Depending upon candidate's experience and track record, this position offers a competitive compensation package that includes generous benefits. Application Deadline: Monday, August 23, 2010. Desired Start Date: Immediately, position open until filled. Interested candidates should email or fax a resume with a cover letter summarizing qualifications, compensation requirements, and experience to: Sarah Triano, Executive Director 408-894-9050 (fax), saraht@svilc.org (email) SVILC is an equal opportunity employer. People with disabilities, members of other marginalized communities, and those with personal experience with disability are highly encouraged to apply. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Direct any questions to aiaadmin@atia.org Thanks, Jennison ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Developer Survey on How to Support Your Accessibility Efforts - Please Respond by 8/29 From: "ATIA" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO: All Professionals Involved in the Development Process The purpose of this confidential survey is to better understand the needs of and obstacles faced by the development community when it comes to incorporating accessibility into the development lifecycle. The end goal is that all deliverables (commercial electronic and information technology hardware or software, websites, in-house applications, documents, etc) are useable by persons with disabilities. This survey is being conducted by ATIA http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1 and the Accessibility Interoperability Alliance http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3743 Division of ATIA. ATIA is working to find ways to support developers through a partnership with the Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy. The objective of the survey is to identify obstacles and solutions to address the needs identified. Results of this research will be reported at an aggregate level, and names of organizations, if provided, will not be identified when reporting findings. Approximately one in six Americans - nearly 50 million people - is living with disabilities. Worldwide that number is estimated to be 15-20% of every country's population: There are at least 650 million people with disabilities worldwide. [UN Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2007] We ask that you respond to this survey and pass it along to other colleagues within your organization who play a role in the development process so that we can identify the clear priorities and the best ways to support your efforts to build accessibility processes. Also, please feel free to pass this along to anyone outside your organization who could also provide valuable input on this topic. This survey should take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete and will provide valuable insight to advance the goal of access for all. Please respond by end of day Sunday, August 29th. Link to online survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLXJ2CM If you have problems with this link and want to download a Word version of the survey to email to us: Download Word Version of survey http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=3882 Thank you for taking the time to fill this out. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact: aiaadmin@atia.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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: (317) 644-6824 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of eileen berger Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 3:40 PM To: Athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] membership Hi, We want to add new members. Could you link to instructions? Thanks, eileen Eileen Connell Berger Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs, Access and Disability Services Administrator Harvard University Graduate School of Education Longfellow Hall 046 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, Ma. 02138 phone: 617 495 5838 fax: 617 496 8024 bergerei@gse.harvard.edu ___________________________________________________________________ This message is intended for the designated recipient(s). It may contain confidential or proprietary information and may be subject to confidentiality protections. If you are not a designated recipient, you may not review copy or distribute this message. If you receive this in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From mary_watkins at wgbh.org Wed Aug 18 08:52:01 2010 From: mary_watkins at wgbh.org (Mary Watkins) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Recruiting for D.C. Area Focus Group, Accessibility of High Stakes Testing Message-ID: Please see the announcement/invitation below to participate in an upcoming focus group. Forwarding and reposting is encouraged. Thank you. Recruiting for D.C. Area Focus Group, Accessibility of High Stakes Testing The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC?) is working with WGBH's Carl and Ruth Shapiro National Center for Accessible Media (WGBH-NCAM) to conduct a focus group on the accessibility of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT?) by people who are blind, have low vision or have a mobility impairment, and who use a keyboard vs. a mouse for online navigation. Your participation is requested. Preference is given to individuals who have had experience taking a high stakes graduate admission test. Focus Group participants will be asked questions about test taking experiences including test functionality and navigation, and to provide preferences for potential delivery of accessible graphics and other imagery. An honorarium will be offered, and transportation to the site of the focus group (Reston, VA) arranged and costs reimbursed. Please send an email to access@wgbh.org with "participate" in the subject line. The focus group will be held in the morning of one of these three dates. Please include your preferences of dates by indicating first choice and second choice. Thursday, September 16 Tuesday, September 21 Monday, October 4 Thank you. -- Mary Watkins Director of Communications and Outreach Media Access Group at WGBH One Guest Street Boston, MA 02135 617 300-3700 mary_watkins@wgbh.org access.wgbh.org Follow the Media Access Group on Facebook and Twitter (@AccessWGBH) WGBH Boston informs, inspires, and entertains millions through public broadcasting, the Web, educational multimedia, and access services for people with disabilities. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dabrus at purdue.edu Wed Aug 18 11:15:53 2010 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'm also an ATHEN member, Howard. Please include my presentation in the ATHEN track. Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 6:38 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground Hello All: I'm in the process of listing the "ATHEN track" on the AHG web site. As such, I have 2 questions. 1 - is there an ATHEN logo? Dan, I know you created one for the banner. Should I use that for a logo? 2 - if you are an ATHEN member and want to be included in the ATHEN track, let me know. I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's interested in being included. And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at colorado.edu Wed Aug 18 13:42:21 2010 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Dean, Will do. Thanks, Howard On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Brusnighan, Dean A. wrote: > I?m also an ATHEN member, Howard. Please include my presentation in the > ATHEN track. > > > > Dean > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Dean Brusnighan > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Purdue University, Young Hall > > 155 S. Grant Street > > West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 > > Phone: 765-494-9082 > > dabrus@purdue.edu > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Monday, August 16, 2010 6:38 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground > > > > Hello All: > > > > I'm in the process of listing the "ATHEN track" on the AHG web site. As > such, I have 2 questions. > > > > 1 - is there an ATHEN logo? Dan, I know you created one for the banner. > Should I use that for a logo? > > > > 2 - if you are an ATHEN member and want to be included in the ATHEN track, > let me know. I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN > members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's > interested in being included. > > > > And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: > http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's interested in being included. And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion _______________________________________________ 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 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at colorado.edu Wed Aug 18 14:03:40 2010 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground In-Reply-To: <009b01cb3f18$567a4610$036ed230$@edu> References: <009b01cb3f18$567a4610$036ed230$@edu> Message-ID: Hi Wink, You're already listed. Thanks, Howard On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Wink Harner wrote: > Howard, > > I?m also an ATHEN member, Howard. Please include my presentation in the > ATHEN track. > > Wink > > > > *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Monday, August 16, 2010 6:38 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground > > > > Hello All: > > > > I'm in the process of listing the "ATHEN track" on the AHG web site. As > such, I have 2 questions. > > > > 1 - is there an ATHEN logo? Dan, I know you created one for the banner. > Should I use that for a logo? > > > > 2 - if you are an ATHEN member and want to be included in the ATHEN track, > let me know. I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN > members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's > interested in being included. > > > > And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: > http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Wink From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 6:38 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground Hello All: I'm in the process of listing the "ATHEN track" on the AHG web site. As such, I have 2 questions. 1 - is there an ATHEN logo? Dan, I know you created one for the banner. Should I use that for a logo? 2 - if you are an ATHEN member and want to be included in the ATHEN track, let me know. I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's interested in being included. And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion _______________________________________________ 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 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion _______________________________________________ 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 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Wed Aug 18 16:08:16 2010 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground In-Reply-To: <00af01cb3f1b$ce23f140$6a6bd3c0$@edu> References: <009b01cb3f18$567a4610$036ed230$@edu> <00af01cb3f1b$ce23f140$6a6bd3c0$@edu> Message-ID: <001501cb3f2a$3e3be4c0$bab3ae40$@org> Wink can you please provide us with your current contact info, both the ATHEN database and my personal contact info for you appears to be wrong. Ron Stewart From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 5:25 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground Thanks Howard. I've had some major email problems here related to moving campuses and outgoing mail getting "junked." Didn't mean to bombard you with extra email. Wink From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground Hi Wink, You're already listed. Thanks, Howard On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Wink Harner wrote: Howard, I'm also an ATHEN member, Howard. Please include my presentation in the ATHEN track. Wink From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 6:38 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] A couple of requests related to Accessing Higher Ground Hello All: I'm in the process of listing the "ATHEN track" on the AHG web site. As such, I have 2 questions. 1 - is there an ATHEN logo? Dan, I know you created one for the banner. Should I use that for a logo? 2 - if you are an ATHEN member and want to be included in the ATHEN track, let me know. I'll also sending out emails to speakers I think are ATHEN members but I'm not always sure and don't want to miss anyone who's interested in being included. And check out the conference schedule if you haven't already done so: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/index.html Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion _______________________________________________ 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 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion _______________________________________________ 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 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This NYT article promotes the Flock browser for bringing together your social media sites into one place: the Flock browser. http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/three-reasons-to-switch-to-fl ock/?partner=rss &emc=rss I did contact them when the browser first emerged a few years ago and they indicated they were an accessible browser. But this article says it is based on Google's Chrome which at last look wasn't terribly accessible. The article does indicate that Flock has increased functionality and the article even gives the keyboard command for one of the functions. Just curious if anyone has tried this with adaptive technology and has information on its accessibility. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards, Pratik Pratik Patel President & CEO, EZFire From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 6:36 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Flock browser accessibility Has anyone looked at this browser latterly? This NYT article promotes the Flock browser for bringing together your social media sites into one place: the Flock browser. http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/three-reasons-to-switch-to-fl ock/?partner=rss &emc=rss I did contact them when the browser first emerged a few years ago and they indicated they were an accessible browser. But this article says it is based on Google's Chrome which at last look wasn't terribly accessible. The article does indicate that Flock has increased functionality and the article even gives the keyboard command for one of the functions. 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URL: From roberte at uci.edu Mon Aug 23 12:59:55 2010 From: roberte at uci.edu (Robert Espero) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Free screen magnification? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <009301cb42fd$c27137f0$4753a7d0$@edu> Have you played with Ease of Access settings built into Windows 7/Vista? Go to Start? Control Panel ? Ease of Access. You can play with color and magnification settings in there. From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 10:50 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Free screen magnification? Can anyone suggest a good free (or relatively inexpensive) screen magnification program for PC? Any out there that have the option to change screen colors? I've found numerous freebies, but they tend to really pixilate the screen information. TIA!! Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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 info at karlencommunications.com Mon Aug 23 13:11:33 2010 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Free screen magnification? In-Reply-To: <009301cb42fd$c27137f0$4753a7d0$@edu> References: <009301cb42fd$c27137f0$4753a7d0$@edu> Message-ID: <000f01cb42ff$61bf93f0$253ebbd0$@karlencommunications.com> And the magnification in Win 7 is much better than in Vista. If you use the Aero themes you have access to full screen or lens magnification. Unfortunately at this time you can?t use the full screen or lens with a high contrast theme. You will revert back to the split screen magnification if you do or if you use a screen reader. Cheers, Karen From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Espero Sent: August-23-10 4:00 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Free screen magnification? Have you played with Ease of Access settings built into Windows 7/Vista? Go to Start? Control Panel ? Ease of Access. You can play with color and magnification settings in there. From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 10:50 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Free screen magnification? Can anyone suggest a good free (or relatively inexpensive) screen magnification program for PC? Any out there that have the option to change screen colors? I've found numerous freebies, but they tend to really pixilate the screen information. TIA!! Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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 hascherdss at gmail.com Mon Aug 23 13:28:34 2010 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Free screen magnification? In-Reply-To: <000f01cb42ff$61bf93f0$253ebbd0$@karlencommunications.com> References: <009301cb42fd$c27137f0$4753a7d0$@edu> <000f01cb42ff$61bf93f0$253ebbd0$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: Thanks, Robert and Karen! Right now the computers on which the students would like to have the screen magnification are running XP. I'm just trying to help find a variety of inexpensive options to suggest. I will definitely keep the information you've suggested for working with students who have already upgraded their computers. THANKS again! Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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 +++++++++++++++ On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Karlen Communications < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > And the magnification in Win 7 is much better than in Vista. If you use the > Aero themes you have access to full screen or lens magnification. > Unfortunately at this time you can?t use the full screen or lens with a high > contrast theme. You will revert back to the split screen magnification if > you do or if you use a screen reader. > > > > Cheers, Karen > > > > *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On > Behalf Of *Robert Espero > *Sent:* August-23-10 4:00 PM > > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Free screen magnification? > > > > Have you played with Ease of Access settings built into Windows 7/Vista? Go > to Start? Control Panel ? Ease of Access. You can play with color and > magnification settings in there. > > > > *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Monday, August 23, 2010 10:50 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Free screen magnification? > > > > Can anyone suggest a good free (or relatively inexpensive) screen > magnification program for PC? Any out there that have the option to change > screen colors? I've found numerous freebies, but they tend to really > pixilate the screen information. > > TIA!! > > Heidi > > > > +++++++++++++++ > 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 > +++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at altformatsolutions.com Tue Aug 24 05:35:05 2010 From: ron at altformatsolutions.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathML in HTML5: Internet Explorer 9 is Broken Message-ID: <016601cb4388$c81ce060$5856a120$@com> Perhaps you can lend the AHEAD IMAG effort your support. It is critical to the issue of math and science accessibility that MathML be fully supported in the next version of Internet Explorer as well as all other browsers. According to this article this appears to not be the case in IE9 which is scheduled to release in the next couple of months http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/tech/MathMLinHTML5.htm Help spread the word, contact your campus Microsoft rep and members of your campus community that are participants in the Microsoft Development Network If you have a contact at Microsoft let them know your concern. Contact the Accessibility Group at Microsoft: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb735024.aspx Contact the IE Development Group at Microsoft: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default.aspx Ron Stewart **************************************************************************** *** 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 jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Tue Aug 24 13:13:21 2010 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality Message-ID: Hi I have a student who is looking for a tablet like PC interface to plug into a laptop so she doesn't need to buy a separate Tablet PC. She uses OneNote. I have never played with these devices. Does anyone have recommendations for writing tablets that would work good with writing drawings and text into OneNote. Thank you, Jeff From nettiet at gmail.com Tue Aug 24 13:15:44 2010 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Jeff, not too sure about the effiiciency since I have had not hands-on experience but IRIS pen looks interesting and it claims to simulate and transform a regular pc into a mock tablet pc. Nettie On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Jeffrey Dell wrote: > Hi > I have a student who is looking for a tablet like PC interface to plug > into a laptop so she doesn't need to buy a separate Tablet PC. She > uses OneNote. I have never played with these devices. Does anyone > have recommendations for writing tablets that would work good with > writing drawings and text into OneNote. > Thank you, > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > -- Nettie T. Fischer, ATP Assistive Technology Professional Nettiet, ATP Consultants www.nettietatpconsultants.com [916] 222-3492 Office (916) 704-1456 Cell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From johumber at iupui.edu Tue Aug 24 13:20:28 2010 From: johumber at iupui.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B750859D6@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Hi Jeff and Nettie, A Wacom tablet or similar could be used. They have less expensive models and there are knock-offs. http://www.wacom.com http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_pen.php bamboo pen is $70 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: (317) 644-6824 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Nettie Fischer Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality Hi Jeff, not too sure about the effiiciency since I have had not hands-on experience but IRIS pen looks interesting and it claims to simulate and transform a regular pc into a mock tablet pc. Nettie On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Jeffrey Dell > wrote: Hi I have a student who is looking for a tablet like PC interface to plug into a laptop so she doesn't need to buy a separate Tablet PC. She uses OneNote. I have never played with these devices. Does anyone have recommendations for writing tablets that would work good with writing drawings and text into OneNote. Thank you, Jeff _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -- Nettie T. Fischer, ATP Assistive Technology Professional Nettiet, ATP Consultants www.nettietatpconsultants.com [916] 222-3492 Office (916) 704-1456 Cell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is critical > to the issue of math and science accessibility that MathML be fully > supported in the next version of Internet Explorer as well as all other > browsers. According to this article this appears to not be the case in IE9 > which is scheduled to release in the next couple of months > http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/tech/MathMLinHTML5.htm > > > > Help spread the word, contact your campus Microsoft rep and members of your > campus community that are participants in the Microsoft Development Network > > If you have a contact at Microsoft let them know your concern. > > Contact the Accessibility Group at Microsoft: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb735024.aspx > > Contact the IE Development Group at Microsoft: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default.aspx > > > > Ron Stewart > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If we have a groundswell of support, maybe we will even see IE > natively (sans plugin) support MathML rendering. > > Best regards, > ken > --- > Ken Petri > Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center > 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue > Columbus, Ohio 43210 > Office: 614.292.1760 > Mobile: 614.218.1499 > Fax: 614.292.4190 > Email: petri.1@osu.edu > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Ron Stewart wrote: > >> Perhaps you can lend the AHEAD IMAG effort your support. It is critical >> to the issue of math and science accessibility that MathML be fully >> supported in the next version of Internet Explorer as well as all other >> browsers. According to this article this appears to not be the case in IE9 >> which is scheduled to release in the next couple of months >> http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/tech/MathMLinHTML5.htm >> >> >> >> Help spread the word, contact your campus Microsoft rep and members of >> your campus community that are participants in the Microsoft Development >> Network >> >> If you have a contact at Microsoft let them know your concern. >> >> Contact the Accessibility Group at Microsoft: >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb735024.aspx >> >> Contact the IE Development Group at Microsoft: >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default.aspx >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> >> >> ******************************************************************************* >> >> 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 >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net Tue Aug 24 13:59:11 2010 From: ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality In-Reply-To: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B750859D6@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> References: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B750859D6@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: <141F5165-7306-4A0E-8E98-1AF7ABF73CB6@techpotential.net> I agree. I've used a Wacom Graphire (their pre-Bamboo version) with OneNote and NoteBook (rough Mac equivalent) and it works well. The main issue to consider is the visual-motor coordination, as the individual is handwriting and drawing in one place and seeing the results in another -- some people can do this better than others. If the student uses OneNote's handwriting recognition, this could be a factor. Also, the graphics tablet will take extra space (now you need desk space for it and the laptop), though technically you can place the tablet in your lap. - Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant www.TechPotential.net On Aug 24, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Humbert, Joseph A wrote: > Hi Jeff and Nettie, > > A Wacom tablet or similar could be used. They have less expensive models and there are knock-offs. > > http://www.wacom.com > > http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_pen.php bamboo pen is $70 > > 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: (317) 644-6824 > johumber@iupui.edu > http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Nettie Fischer > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:16 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality > > Hi Jeff, > > not too sure about the effiiciency since I have had not hands-on experience but IRIS pen looks interesting and it claims to simulate and transform a regular pc into a mock tablet pc. > > Nettie > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Jeffrey Dell wrote: > Hi > I have a student who is looking for a tablet like PC interface to plug > into a laptop so she doesn't need to buy a separate Tablet PC. She > uses OneNote. I have never played with these devices. Does anyone > have recommendations for writing tablets that would work good with > writing drawings and text into OneNote. > Thank you, > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > -- > Nettie T. Fischer, ATP > Assistive Technology Professional > Nettiet, ATP Consultants > www.nettietatpconsultants.com > [916] 222-3492 Office > (916) 704-1456 Cell > _______________________________________________ > 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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Cheers, Karen -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell Sent: August-24-10 4:13 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality Hi I have a student who is looking for a tablet like PC interface to plug into a laptop so she doesn't need to buy a separate Tablet PC. She uses OneNote. I have never played with these devices. Does anyone have recommendations for writing tablets that would work good with writing drawings and text into OneNote. Thank you, Jeff _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From info at karlencommunications.com Tue Aug 24 14:29:08 2010 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality References: Message-ID: <002501cb43d3$63455640$29d002c0$@karlencommunications.com> I have used the Graphire tablet mouse on my desktop computer and have used a tablet computer instead of a laptop to use the writing tools and OneNote. Cheers, Karen -----Original Message----- From: Karlen Communications [mailto:info@karlencommunications.com] Sent: August-24-10 5:28 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality Are you looking for a tablet mouse that can connect to a laptop - in which case I recommend one of the Graphire series as they work well and are a bit more accurate than the less expensive ones. I wrote a how to book on using OneNote 2003 and although OneNote now has Ribbons and a few other really nifty features for education the principles are the same. I used OneNote 2007 and now 2010 so if you have other questions let me know. I haven't had time to update the how to book. Cheers, Karen -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell Sent: August-24-10 4:13 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality Hi I have a student who is looking for a tablet like PC interface to plug into a laptop so she doesn't need to buy a separate Tablet PC. She uses OneNote. I have never played with these devices. Does anyone have recommendations for writing tablets that would work good with writing drawings and text into OneNote. Thank you, Jeff _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Aug 24 17:12:47 2010 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] autistic child using the iPad Message-ID: <4CDA8E74C9A946D8A60B08AADCC43BC4@htctu.fhda.edu> Please forgive cross-posts Interesting article on the experience of an autistic child using the iPad ******** iHelp for Autism For autistic children, the new iPad is an effective, portable device for teaching communication and social skills. It's also way cool http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-08-11/news/ihelp-for-autism/1/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. There is no success without access... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Aug 24 17:29:45 2010 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Honda U3X Personal Mobility Vehicle Message-ID: <7241A5785BDF4DBDA49611512585C776@htctu.fhda.edu> Cool new technology! Product from Honda: the U3X personal mobility vehicle The first link has an audio track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDSqjvBIpWg The second link has captioning http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cuIJRsAuCHQ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. There is no success without access... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at colorado.edu Tue Aug 24 19:37:38 2010 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] The Complete ATHEN Track at Accessing Higher Ground 2010 is Now Posted Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: The complete track of ATHEN sessions at AHG can now be found at: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/atheninfo2010.html. ATHEN sessions include Working with Tagged PDF Documents, a lab presented by Karen McCall during the Pre-Conference; Three Possibilities: Which Digital DAISY Player is Right for You? By Robert Beach; and Getting Captioning Started on Campus-- Lessons Learned, a lecture by Dean Brusnighan of Purdue University. The remaining 11 ATHEN sessions can be found at the website above. The ATHEN track is among 60 hours of sessions on web & media access, Universal Design, access to the curriculum and many other topics. Current ATHEN members can save $65 on registration fees. In addition, save another $50 if you register before October 1. For more information, the full agenda and online registration, visit the conference home page at http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference. -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion From ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net Wed Aug 25 00:17:42 2010 From: ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blio launches "next month" Message-ID: <6621BECD-99FB-41D5-84B6-00EDA1817FD3@techpotential.net> This press release from Nuance says that their text-to-speech technology will be part of the Blio eReader "when it launches next month". So at least we're now getting indications from other companies who have a stake in this. (I know, I know...you'll believe it when you see it.) http://www.nuance.com/news/pressreleases/2010/201008223_KNFB_Blio.asp - Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant www.TechPotential.net From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Wed Aug 25 13:19:16 2010 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality In-Reply-To: <002501cb43d3$63455640$29d002c0$@karlencommunications.com> References: <002501cb43d3$63455640$29d002c0$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: >From what I have read they have discontinued the Graphire series. Have you ever used a Bamboo Pen? It is by Wacom and I have seen good reviews on it. http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_pen.php Jeff On 8/24/10, Karlen Communications wrote: > I have used the Graphire tablet mouse on my desktop computer and have used a > tablet computer instead of a laptop to use the writing tools and OneNote. > > Cheers, Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karlen Communications [mailto:info@karlencommunications.com] > Sent: August-24-10 5:28 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality > > Are you looking for a tablet mouse that can connect to a laptop - in which > case I recommend one of the Graphire series as they work well and are a bit > more accurate than the less expensive ones. > > I wrote a how to book on using OneNote 2003 and although OneNote now has > Ribbons and a few other really nifty features for education the principles > are the same. I used OneNote 2007 and now 2010 so if you have other > questions let me know. I haven't had time to update the how to book. > > Cheers, Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell > Sent: August-24-10 4:13 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality > > Hi > I have a student who is looking for a tablet like PC interface to plug into > a laptop so she doesn't need to buy a separate Tablet PC. She uses OneNote. > I have never played with these devices. Does anyone have recommendations > for writing tablets that would work good with writing drawings and text into > OneNote. > Thank you, > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Wed Aug 25 16:01:55 2010 From: asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca (Jennison Mark Asuncion) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Giz Explains: How Blind People See the Internet Message-ID: Hello, This article from a mainstream source has gone viral on Twitter. Many of you already know this stuff, but I'd encourage you to share it with folks who still require broad accessibility awareness. I'm hoping that Giz will publish articles that bring focus to other disabilities over time. Giz Explains: How Blind People See the Internet http://gizmodo.com/5620079/giz-explains-how-blind-people-see-the-internet Jennison -- Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network LinkedIn at From info at karlencommunications.com Thu Aug 26 03:20:03 2010 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality In-Reply-To: References: <002501cb43d3$63455640$29d002c0$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <004701cb4508$3fb766b0$bf263410$@karlencommunications.com> No, haven't seen that one. Wacom is the brand used by graphic designers so I would look at that brand as opposed to the others. Will check out the Bamboo pen. Thanks! Cheers, Karen -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell Sent: August-25-10 4:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality >From what I have read they have discontinued the Graphire series. Have you ever used a Bamboo Pen? It is by Wacom and I have seen good reviews on it. http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_pen.php Jeff On 8/24/10, Karlen Communications wrote: > I have used the Graphire tablet mouse on my desktop computer and have > used a tablet computer instead of a laptop to use the writing tools and OneNote. > > Cheers, Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karlen Communications [mailto:info@karlencommunications.com] > Sent: August-24-10 5:28 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality > > Are you looking for a tablet mouse that can connect to a laptop - in > which case I recommend one of the Graphire series as they work well > and are a bit more accurate than the less expensive ones. > > I wrote a how to book on using OneNote 2003 and although OneNote now > has Ribbons and a few other really nifty features for education the > principles are the same. I used OneNote 2007 and now 2010 so if you > have other questions let me know. I haven't had time to update the how to book. > > Cheers, Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell > Sent: August-24-10 4:13 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality > > Hi > I have a student who is looking for a tablet like PC interface to plug > into a laptop so she doesn't need to buy a separate Tablet PC. She uses OneNote. > I have never played with these devices. Does anyone have > recommendations for writing tablets that would work good with writing > drawings and text into OneNote. > Thank you, > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > 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 hascherdss at gmail.com Thu Aug 26 14:24:42 2010 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality In-Reply-To: <004701cb4508$3fb766b0$bf263410$@karlencommunications.com> References: <002501cb43d3$63455640$29d002c0$@karlencommunications.com> <004701cb4508$3fb766b0$bf263410$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: I use the Bamboo Pen and Touch (or maybe it's Touch and Pen) and I absolutely LOVE it! It's also from Wacom. I have a light-weight neoprene bag for my computer & I got a neoprene netbook sleeve that I use to protect the tablet while in transit. Has worked out very well for me. Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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 +++++++++++++++ On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Karlen Communications < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > No, haven't seen that one. Wacom is the brand used by graphic designers so > I > would look at that brand as opposed to the others. Will check out the > Bamboo > pen. > > Thanks! > > Cheers, Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell > Sent: August-25-10 4:19 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality > > From what I have read they have discontinued the Graphire series. > Have you ever used a Bamboo Pen? It is by Wacom and I have seen good > reviews on it. > http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_pen.php > Jeff > > On 8/24/10, Karlen Communications wrote: > > I have used the Graphire tablet mouse on my desktop computer and have > > used a tablet computer instead of a laptop to use the writing tools and > OneNote. > > > > Cheers, Karen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Karlen Communications [mailto:info@karlencommunications.com] > > Sent: August-24-10 5:28 PM > > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > > Subject: RE: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality > > > > Are you looking for a tablet mouse that can connect to a laptop - in > > which case I recommend one of the Graphire series as they work well > > and are a bit more accurate than the less expensive ones. > > > > I wrote a how to book on using OneNote 2003 and although OneNote now > > has Ribbons and a few other really nifty features for education the > > principles are the same. I used OneNote 2007 and now 2010 so if you > > have other questions let me know. I haven't had time to update the how to > book. > > > > Cheers, Karen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] > > On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell > > Sent: August-24-10 4:13 PM > > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality > > > > Hi > > I have a student who is looking for a tablet like PC interface to plug > > into a laptop so she doesn't need to buy a separate Tablet PC. She uses > OneNote. > > I have never played with these devices. 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URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Thu Aug 26 15:41:17 2010 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Article: Blinding Technology of Online Learning Message-ID: <5F6872524A6C47C8A558F20691676E7F@htctu.fhda.edu> Good article from the August 26 issue of the e-journal Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/23/accessibility This article will not tell most of you a whole lot that you do not already know, but the article is significant in that it was published in a mainstream academic forum-which makes it a wonderful reference to pass along to faculty members and other staff. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. There is no success without access... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lcarlson at d.umn.edu Fri Aug 27 02:01:25 2010 From: lcarlson at d.umn.edu (Laura Carlson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Athen Digest, Vol 55, Issue 24 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Everyone, The W3C HTML 5 Working Group Chairs have decided to drop the longdesc attribute from the HTML specification after a poll on the issue [1] [2]. The Chairs' Decision states that: QUOTE This issue can be reopened if new information comes up. Examples of possible relevant new information include: * use cases that specifically require longdesc, * evidence that correct usage is growing rapidly and that that growth is expected to continue, or * widespread interoperable implementation. UNQUOTE I have been collecting examples of Longdesc Examples in the Wild. [3] Any examples or input would be appreciated. Thanks, Laura [1] HTML5 Working Group Decision on ISSUE-30 longdesc By Sam Ruby, Maciej Stachowiak, and Paul Cotton http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Aug/att-0112/issue-30-decision.html [2] ISSUE-30: include a longdesc attribute for images - Straw Poll for Objections http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/issue-30-objection-poll/results [3] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/LongdescRetention#Examples_with_No_Visual_Link_Text_Clutter Related References: Notice of Impending Formal Objection to HTML5 Issue 30 Decision (@longdesc) http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Aug/0027.html Longdesc is Dead! Long Live Longdesc! http://www.cfit.ie/news-and-commentary-archive/525-longdesc-rip Strategic Decisions in a Strategy-less Environment http://burningbird.net/node/118 Podcast #83: Fate of Longdesc in HTML5 http://webaxe.blogspot.com/2010/08/podcast-83-fate-of-longdesc-in-html5.html Alone in the Pitch Black Dark http://www.cssquirrel.com/2010/08/16/comic-update-alone-in-the-pitch-black-dark/ No longdesc Attribute in HTML5 http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201008/no_longdesc_attribute_in_html5/ How do we save longdesc? http://rebuildingtheweb.com/en/how-do-we-save-longdesc/ -- Laura L. Carlson From lcarlson at d.umn.edu Fri Aug 27 02:05:38 2010 From: lcarlson at d.umn.edu (Laura Carlson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] longdesc use case examples in the wild Message-ID: Hello Everyone, The W3C HTML 5 Working Group Chairs have decided to drop the longdesc attribute from the HTML specification after a poll on the issue [1] [2]. The Chairs' Decision states that: QUOTE This issue can be reopened if new information comes up. Examples of possible relevant new information include: * use cases that specifically require longdesc, * evidence that correct usage is growing rapidly and that that growth is expected to continue, or * widespread interoperable implementation. UNQUOTE I have been collecting examples of Longdesc Examples in the Wild. [3] Any examples or input would be appreciated. Thanks, Laura [1] HTML5 Working Group Decision on ISSUE-30 longdesc By Sam Ruby, Maciej Stachowiak, and Paul Cotton http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Aug/att-0112/issue-30-decision.html [2] ISSUE-30: include a longdesc attribute for images - Straw Poll for Objections http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/issue-30-objection-poll/results [3] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/LongdescRetention#Examples_with_No_Visual_Link_Text_Clutter Related References: Notice of Impending Formal Objection to HTML5 Issue 30 Decision (@longdesc) http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Aug/0027.html Longdesc is Dead! Long Live Longdesc! http://www.cfit.ie/news-and-commentary-archive/525-longdesc-rip Strategic Decisions in a Strategy-less Environment http://burningbird.net/node/118 Podcast #83: Fate of Longdesc in HTML5 http://webaxe.blogspot.com/2010/08/podcast-83-fate-of-longdesc-in-html5.html Alone in the Pitch Black Dark http://www.cssquirrel.com/2010/08/16/comic-update-alone-in-the-pitch-black-dark/ No longdesc Attribute in HTML5 http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201008/no_longdesc_attribute_in_html5/ How do we save longdesc? http://rebuildingtheweb.com/en/how-do-we-save-longdesc/ -- Laura L. Carlson From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Fri Aug 27 06:09:45 2010 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality In-Reply-To: References: <002501cb43d3$63455640$29d002c0$@karlencommunications.com> <004701cb4508$3fb766b0$bf263410$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: Thanks to everyone for their assistance Jeff On 8/26/10, Heidi Scher wrote: > I use the Bamboo Pen and Touch (or maybe it's Touch and Pen) and I > absolutely LOVE it! It's also from Wacom. I have a light-weight neoprene > bag for my computer & I got a neoprene netbook sleeve that I use to protect > the tablet while in transit. Has worked out very well for me. > > Heidi > > > +++++++++++++++ > 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 > +++++++++++++++ > > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Karlen Communications < > info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > >> No, haven't seen that one. Wacom is the brand used by graphic designers so >> I >> would look at that brand as opposed to the others. Will check out the >> Bamboo >> pen. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Cheers, Karen >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On >> Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell >> Sent: August-25-10 4:19 PM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: Re: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality >> >> From what I have read they have discontinued the Graphire series. >> Have you ever used a Bamboo Pen? It is by Wacom and I have seen good >> reviews on it. >> http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_pen.php >> Jeff >> >> On 8/24/10, Karlen Communications wrote: >> > I have used the Graphire tablet mouse on my desktop computer and have >> > used a tablet computer instead of a laptop to use the writing tools and >> OneNote. >> > >> > Cheers, Karen >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Karlen Communications [mailto:info@karlencommunications.com] >> > Sent: August-24-10 5:28 PM >> > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> > Subject: RE: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality >> > >> > Are you looking for a tablet mouse that can connect to a laptop - in >> > which case I recommend one of the Graphire series as they work well >> > and are a bit more accurate than the less expensive ones. >> > >> > I wrote a how to book on using OneNote 2003 and although OneNote now >> > has Ribbons and a few other really nifty features for education the >> > principles are the same. I used OneNote 2007 and now 2010 so if you >> > have other questions let me know. I haven't had time to update the how >> > to >> book. >> > >> > Cheers, Karen >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] >> > On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell >> > Sent: August-24-10 4:13 PM >> > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> > Subject: [Athen] Writing pad for Tablet PC Functionality >> > >> > Hi >> > I have a student who is looking for a tablet like PC interface to plug >> > into a laptop so she doesn't need to buy a separate Tablet PC. She uses >> OneNote. >> > I have never played with these devices. Does anyone have >> > recommendations for writing tablets that would work good with writing >> > drawings and text into OneNote. >> > Thank you, >> > Jeff >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Athen mailing list >> Athen@athenpro.org >> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >> > From winkharner at mesacc.edu Fri Aug 27 09:24:08 2010 From: winkharner at mesacc.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] tips for newcomers In-Reply-To: References: <002501cb43d3$63455640$29d002c0$@karlencommunications.com> <004701cb4508$3fb766b0$bf263410$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <001001cb4604$46a93960$d3fbac20$@edu> Hi all in ATHEN-land, Am compiling simple, easy tips for newcomers to assistive technologies, both for teachers and students. Please email resources, tips, suggestions, great ideas to me off line. I double pinky-swear to make this resource available to all! Thanks in advance for your generous contributions to the next generation of techies. Wink winkharner@mesacc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From repam at saclink.csus.edu Fri Aug 27 14:30:42 2010 From: repam at saclink.csus.edu (Repa, Melissa J.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Web Accessibility Specialist at CSU SACRAMENTO Message-ID: <54DEE1D38BAD894FAD7975F6D71071D23FA4B244A5@sl5.saclink.csus.edu> California State University, Sacramento is recruiting a Web Accessibility Specialist position in Web Services. Please pass this information along to anyone you think may be interested. Web Accessibility Specialist Job Listing: https://cmsweb.csus.edu/psp/HSACPRDF/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=100379&SiteId=3&PostingSeq=1 From ea at emptech.info Fri Aug 27 14:38:08 2010 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] tips for newcomers In-Reply-To: <001001cb4604$46a93960$d3fbac20$@edu> References: <002501cb43d3$63455640$29d002c0$@karlencommunications.com> <004701cb4508$3fb766b0$bf263410$@karlencommunications.com> <001001cb4604$46a93960$d3fbac20$@edu> Message-ID: <010f01cb4630$2432bab0$6c983010$@info> You are welcome to any of the tips and strategies students and I upload on the LexDis web pages. http://www.lexdis.org.uk Best wishes E.A. From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: 27 August 2010 17:24 To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] tips for newcomers Hi all in ATHEN-land, Am compiling simple, easy tips for newcomers to assistive technologies, both for teachers and students. Please email resources, tips, suggestions, great ideas to me off line. I double pinky-swear to make this resource available to all! Thanks in advance for your generous contributions to the next generation of techies. Wink winkharner@mesacc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From winkharner at mesacc.edu Fri Aug 27 14:52:27 2010 From: winkharner at mesacc.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] tips for newcomers In-Reply-To: <010f01cb4630$2432bab0$6c983010$@info> References: <002501cb43d3$63455640$29d002c0$@karlencommunications.com> <004701cb4508$3fb766b0$bf263410$@karlencommunications.com> <001001cb4604$46a93960$d3fbac20$@edu> <010f01cb4630$2432bab0$6c983010$@info> Message-ID: <003701cb4632$24000000$6c000000$@edu> Thanks EA! Are you coming to AHG this year? It will be great to see you & pick your brain again. Wink From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of E.A. Draffan Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 2:38 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] tips for newcomers You are welcome to any of the tips and strategies students and I upload on the LexDis web pages. http://www.lexdis.org.uk Best wishes E.A. From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: 27 August 2010 17:24 To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] tips for newcomers Hi all in ATHEN-land, Am compiling simple, easy tips for newcomers to assistive technologies, both for teachers and students. Please email resources, tips, suggestions, great ideas to me off line. I double pinky-swear to make this resource available to all! Thanks in advance for your generous contributions to the next generation of techies. Wink winkharner@mesacc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at altformatsolutions.com Sat Aug 28 14:10:43 2010 From: ron at altformatsolutions.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Interesting Report Message-ID: <001e01cb46f5$7a6d0cd0$6f472670$@com> While not really education some may find the following report informative. It is highly likely that your campus websites may present similar issues to folks with disabilities. http://www.nclej.org/documents/TheClosedDigitalDoor.pdf Ron Stewart **************************************************************************** *** 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 ndogbo at gmail.com Sun Aug 29 02:36:13 2010 From: ndogbo at gmail.com (Nicaise D) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Interesting Report In-Reply-To: <001e01cb46f5$7a6d0cd0$6f472670$@com> References: <001e01cb46f5$7a6d0cd0$6f472670$@com> Message-ID: Great report. Thanks for sharing it Ron. Nicaise D Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 2:11 PM To: aheadmembers@listserve.com; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Interesting Report While not really education some may find the following report informative. It is highly likely that your campus websites may present similar issues to folks with disabilities. http://www.nclej.org/documents/TheClosedDigitalDoor.pdf Ron Stewart **************************************************************************** *** 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... 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URL: From hadi at illinois.edu Mon Aug 30 11:52:31 2010 From: hadi at illinois.edu (Hadi Rangin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Sloan-C Workshop 09/22 - 10/01/2010 Web Accessibility for Online Learning Message-ID: <006d01cb4874$80124bc0$8036e340$@edu> Web Accessibility for Online Learning: A How-To Guide for Creating Accessible Content Universal design seeks to make online learning available and accessible for all types of learners. Online faculty and instructional designers often find themselves overwhelmed or too busy with their day-to-day responsibilities to fully appreciate and integrate the design principles and tools that can be used to make learning equitable, flexible, and adaptable. Discover how principles of universal design can help you create course content that can be accessed and used by anyone, including people with disabilities. By the end of this workshop, participants will have a basic understanding of Universal Design Principles for Online Learning, potential accessibility/usability issues that need to be considered in course design, and methods for creating more accessible/usable course content. As the workshop focus will be on web accessibility, familiarity with an HTML authoring tool is desired but not required. This workshop will be offered by Hadi Rangin (University of Illinois), Prof. Norm Coombs (Equal Access to Software and Information) and Marc Thompson (University of Illinois). This workshop is offered over 10 consecutive days and requires approximately one hour of reading per day. Three small individual assignments will build on one another to produce a final project submission that will showcase each participant's understanding of how to apply universal design principles to communication, teaching, and basic course design, including basic web authoring, styling, and multimedia considerations. Daily focused group discussion will help participants gain a better understanding of key design problems, ideas, and potential solutions. Participants are strongly encouraged to share their ideas, questions, and answers in the workshop discussions and will be automatically enrolled in the discussion list upon registration. Additionally, this workshop will host 3 live, synchronous sessions (on days 2, 6, and 10) via an accessible web conferencing application called Talking Communities. Workshop Goals This workshop will enable participants to: 1. Develop an understanding of Universal Design Principles for Online Learning. 2. Understand how people with disabilities access the web and other formats. 3. Develop an understanding of potential accessibility/usability issues that need to be considered in course design. 4. Create more accessible/usable HTML-based course content. 5. Create more accessible/usable Microsoft Word documents. Notes 1. This workshop is a fee-based workshop; however, the fee will be reimbursed upon successful completion of the workshop. 2. This workshop is offered via Sloan Consortium and eligible for the Sloan-C Certificate Program. For more information visit: http://sloanconsortium.org/2010_workshop_schedule -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: