From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Dec 1 13:02:23 2010 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:12 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Job Opening - STEPP Project Coordinator Message-ID: -----Original Message----- From: Robert Martinengo [mailto:rmartinengo@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 12:05 PM To: Alternate Media Subject: Re: Job Opening - STEPP Project Coordinator Hello all, The website is http://careers.gatech.edu/career-paths/staff-opportunities-taleo The job number is 163728 Here is the complete listing: Job Description STEPP Publisher Project Mgr.( Job Number: 0163728) Description EI2 AMAC/ATN staff will rely on this position for coordinating the Student E-rent pilot Project (STEPP) grant. STEPP is an e-textbook rental program for accessible course material for individuals with disabilities, managed through CourseSmart. This position will be responsible for leading staff in the design and architecture of the project initiatives which will impact AMAC and ATN Units (i.e.IT, finance, membership, production and administration). The STEPP Publisher Project Coordinator's primary responsibility is to ensure the project meets its goals and service delivery targets within specified timelines. To accomplish the Coordinator will actively interface with publishers and public post-secondary textbook vendors. This position will: Support and expand a digital asset management system, retail e-book distribution and discovery platforms, e-textbook technologies and library e-book sales services. Design and implement a comprehensive marketing plan to promote STEPP to college students and other target groups that utilize traditional, web-based, and social media. Act as key liaison between designated AMAC, CourseSmart, and AccessText staff to ensure that the partners' efforts are coordinated and aligned with project deliverables. Develop and implement a plan to capture relevant data on customer awareness and satisfaction, media coverage, comparable cost-savings for students, and other pertinent information. Prepare written and oral project reports on a monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc. Qualifications Education Bachelor's degree in Publishing, Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field Experience Six years of job-related experience including experience in the management and sales of digital content, including an understanding of sales and distribution technologies, as well as knowledge of and experience of the traditional book publishing process. The position requires significant experience and success in contracting, contract management and ongoing account development and strategic planning. The applicant must be highly organized, understand project management criteria, and have a proactive nature to serve customers. Activities and decisions are varied in nature, requiring independent action and judgment in solving both common and complex problems. Substantial knowledge and experience with the post-secondary textbook market. Substantial experience developing and implementing innovative product marketing strategies. Substantial experience with web-based marketing tools/strategies. Experience with the creation and deployment of digital publications, ebooks, or instructional materials. Proven ability to create and deliver professional quality presentations. Knowledge of accessibility issues, disability, and universal design. Ability to work independently. Ability to develop and coordinate an advisory panel. Department Description For detailed information about Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) see: http://www.innovate.gatech.edu/. For more information about the EI2/Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC) see: http://www.amacusg.org/ Georgia Tech offers exceptional benefits including vacation and sick time accrual, one week of vacation during the Christmas and New Year holidays, choice between two pension plans, several supplemental retirement savings plans, medical/dental coverage, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, tuition assistance, and other optional employee benefits. For an overview of Georgia Tech's benefits, see OHR site: http://www.ohr.gatech.edu (navigate to benefits). Job : Development and Fundraising Primary Location Georgia Organization : Enterprise Innovation Institute (EII) Job Posting : Nov 12, 2010 Schedule : Full-time From gdietrich at htctu.net Thu Dec 2 09:56:59 2010 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:12 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon Installation Order Message-ID: (Please forgive cross-posts) Hi all! One of our AT specialists has found that with Dragon 11 on Windows 7, running IE 8, Dragon must be installed first in order to have full functionality of Dragon with IE. What are others of you finding? What install order are you using? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 danc at washington.edu Thu Dec 2 11:21:22 2010 From: danc at washington.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:12 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon Installation Order In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'm curious how one can get an install of Win7 without IE already included. Is the tech saying that IE must be removed and then reinstalled after NatSpeak? On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Gaeir Dietrich wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > One of our AT specialists has found that with Dragon 11 on Windows 7, > running IE 8, Dragon must be installed first in order to have full > functionality of Dragon with IE. What are others of you finding? What > install order are you using? From ron at altformatsolutions.com Thu Dec 2 11:41:03 2010 From: ron at altformatsolutions.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Australian Government Collaborates with Adobe and Vision Australia to Offer Guidance on PDF Accessibility Message-ID: <02f101cb9258$daf72b40$90e581c0$@com> Some may be interested in this work: In 2010, the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), working with Vision Australia , and with the cooperation of Adobe , undertook a study of the Portable Document Format?s accessibility capabilities. The study?s scope was focused on PDF and was designed to increase understanding of its strengths and weaknesses. The study has found that while accessibility of the Portable Document Format is improving, like most tools, it cannot compensate for poor design. Content authors need to design accessibility into their documents from the outset. The Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy provides the necessary guidance to ensure the needs of all are reflected online. The study?s main and supplementary reports can be found on the Australian Government Information Management Office's website. The AGIMO Blog provides further details of this matter and the ability to participate in an online discussion. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Thu Dec 2 12:29:04 2010 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon Installation Order In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <71E7AF8F813D41C58FB317F2A59D0707@htctu.fhda.edu> My bad, I was unclear. (1) It is not the install order with IE but with other AT. Dragon installed first with other AT (ZoomText, JAWS, Kurzweil) works. (2) What does not work in IE is the green arrows that Dragon uses to show where icons, hyperlinks, buttons, edit boxes, etc. can be selected. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -----Original Message----- From: danc@uw.edu [mailto:danc@uw.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 11:21 AM To: gdietrich@htctu.net; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Dragon Installation Order I'm curious how one can get an install of Win7 without IE already included. Is the tech saying that IE must be removed and then reinstalled after NatSpeak? On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Gaeir Dietrich wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > One of our AT specialists has found that with Dragon 11 on Windows 7, > running IE 8, Dragon must be installed first in order to have full > functionality of Dragon with IE. What are others of you finding? What > install order are you using? From skeegan at stanford.edu Thu Dec 2 12:37:14 2010 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job Posting - Alternate Format Specialist, Stanford University Message-ID: <4CF8037A.3060609@stanford.edu> Hello all, A new job posting is now available for an Alternate Format Specialist within the Office of Accessible Education. Information is available below regarding the job announcement and where to find this posting on the Stanford Jobs website. ******** Website: http://jobs.stanford.edu Search for Job #: 40828 Alternate Format Specialist Office of Accessible Education ? Division of Student Affairs Grade: 3P1 The Office of Accessible Education (OAE), a department within the division of Student Affairs, is seeking an experienced Alternate Format Specialist to plan, prepare, and perform conversion of academic materials into alternate formats that can be accessed by students with print-based disabilities, including blindness/low-vision, learning disabilities, and mobility impairments. S/he will prepare and convert course materials and other media into alternate formats, including Braille, tactile graphics, large print, and electronic text, using various hardware platforms and software solutions within the OAE. S/he will be the OAE?s in-house ?expert? for transcription of alternate formats specific to students who are blind and/or low-vision. Specific job duties/responsibilities and qualifications may be found through the http://jobs.stanford.edu site (search for Job #: 40828). Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan, M.S. Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From pratikp1 at gmail.com Thu Dec 2 13:02:17 2010 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon Installation Order In-Reply-To: <71E7AF8F813D41C58FB317F2A59D0707@htctu.fhda.edu> References: <71E7AF8F813D41C58FB317F2A59D0707@htctu.fhda.edu> Message-ID: <00a601cb9264$3558d470$a00a7d50$@gmail.com> Hello Gaeir, The issue you're seeing is because of Microsoft's "Mirror Driver" technology that screen readers and magnification software use in Vista and Win 7. This replaces the display chaining tech that was used in XP. While there is no specific order for installing AT software as it was in XP, there are still significant down sides to the Mirror Driver scheme. One of these downsides is that it disables the Window Arrow UI interface. This, in turn, disables the pretty effects that you see in several programs and in Windows. I suspect that DNS uses Windows arrow to show those green arrows in IE 8. Microsoft is planning to change the Mirror Driver tech to a new Direct 2d model in the new Windows. In fact, it has already started to incorporate D2D in software such as its IE 9 Beta. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 3:29 PM To: 'Dan Comden' Cc: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Dragon Installation Order My bad, I was unclear. (1) It is not the install order with IE but with other AT. Dragon installed first with other AT (ZoomText, JAWS, Kurzweil) works. (2) What does not work in IE is the green arrows that Dragon uses to show where icons, hyperlinks, buttons, edit boxes, etc. can be selected. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -----Original Message----- From: danc@uw.edu [mailto:danc@uw.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 11:21 AM To: gdietrich@htctu.net; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Dragon Installation Order I'm curious how one can get an install of Win7 without IE already included. Is the tech saying that IE must be removed and then reinstalled after NatSpeak? On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Gaeir Dietrich wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > One of our AT specialists has found that with Dragon 11 on Windows 7, > running IE 8, Dragon must be installed first in order to have full > functionality of Dragon with IE. What are others of you finding? What > install order are you using? _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From edward at ngtvoice.com Fri Dec 3 11:58:10 2010 From: edward at ngtvoice.com (Ed. Rosenthal) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon Installation Order In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000401cb9324$6bcc06b0$43641410$@ngtvoice.com> I have not found that to be the case; typically we'd install after all apps are installed...do you know what functionality is specifically not available?-ed. From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 9:57 AM To: 'Alternate Media'; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'; htcstaff@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu Subject: [Athen] Dragon Installation Order (Please forgive cross-posts) Hi all! One of our AT specialists has found that with Dragon 11 on Windows 7, running IE 8, Dragon must be installed first in order to have full functionality of Dragon with IE. What are others of you finding? What install order are you using? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. 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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 Mike Gibson Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 3:23 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Funding an Assistive Technology Position Hello Everyone, A quick question regarding funding. Those of you who have assistive technology professionals on campus where does the funding for the position come from? Is it funded through the budget of disability services, campusIT, or both? Thanks in advance. Regards, Mike Gibson AT Coordinator Boise State University O: (208) 426-1583 F: (208) 426-3785 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tft at u.washington.edu Mon Dec 6 09:23:22 2010 From: tft at u.washington.edu (Terrill Thompson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Funding an Assistive Technology Position In-Reply-To: <003501cb9330$52cb2770$f8617650$@edu> References: <000401cb9324$6bcc06b0$43641410$@ngtvoice.com> <003501cb9330$52cb2770$f8617650$@edu> Message-ID: <14C6C8313F1842459FAAD0B3FEB9E42C6497F1D0@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu> Hi Mike, You might be interested in the results of the most recent (2008) ATHEN survey, published in multiple articles in Issue #4 of the ATHEN e-Journal: http://athenpro.org/node/117 In particular, the article "Careers in Accessible Technology in Higher Education: Salaries, Qualifications, and Responsibilities" might be of interest: http://athenpro.org/node/122 Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, UW Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu | 206/221-4168 From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Mike Gibson Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 1:23 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Funding an Assistive Technology Position Hello Everyone, A quick question regarding funding. Those of you who have assistive technology professionals on campus where does the funding for the position come from? Is it funded through the budget of disability services, campusIT, or both? Thanks in advance. Regards, Mike Gibson AT Coordinator Boise State University O: (208) 426-1583 F: (208) 426-3785 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Mon Dec 6 11:43:45 2010 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Funding an Assistive Technology Position In-Reply-To: <14C6C8313F1842459FAAD0B3FEB9E42C6497F1D0@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu> References: <000401cb9324$6bcc06b0$43641410$@ngtvoice.com> <003501cb9330$52cb2770$f8617650$@edu> <14C6C8313F1842459FAAD0B3FEB9E42C6497F1D0@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu> Message-ID: Hi Mike, My office is funded half by our Office for Disability Services (which is part of Student Affairs/Student Life) and half by the ADA Coordinator's Office (which is part of the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, which is part of Academic Affairs). I have no funding from campus IT, but the job spans both student and staff/faculty sides of OSU. 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 Web: wac.osu.edu Email: petri.1@osu.edu On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Terrill Thompson wrote: > Hi Mike, > > > > You might be interested in the results of the most recent (2008) ATHEN > survey, published in multiple articles in Issue #4 of the ATHEN e-Journal: > > http://athenpro.org/node/117 > > > > In particular, the article "Careers in Accessible Technology in Higher > Education: Salaries, Qualifications, and Responsibilities" might be of > interest: > > http://athenpro.org/node/122 > > > > > > Terrill Thompson > > Technology Accessibility Specialist > > DO-IT, UW Accessible Technology > > UW Information Technology > > University of Washington > > tft@uw.edu | 206/221-4168 > > > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On > Behalf Of *Mike Gibson > *Sent:* Friday, December 03, 2010 1:23 PM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > *Subject:* [Athen] Funding an Assistive Technology Position > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > A quick question regarding funding. Those of you who have assistive > technology professionals on campus where does the funding for the position > come from? Is it funded through the budget of disability services, campusIT, > or both? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Mike Gibson > > AT Coordinator > > Boise State University > > O: (208) 426-1583 > > F: (208) 426-3785 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mon Dec 6 20:42:56 2010 From: ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google eBooks and VoiceOver on iPad Message-ID: <4654FB5D-EC4B-4DA1-B9C3-97151A729EA8@techpotential.net> As some of you know, Google unveiled their eBooks platform and eBookstore today. More info here: http://books.google.com/ebooks Google eBooks can be read on Android devices (obviously), iOS devices, the Web, and both Sony and Nook e-readers. You can download an app for reading Google eBooks on iPads, etc. here: http://books.google.com/help/ebooks/ios.html I downloaded a sample eBook to my iPad and was pleasantly surprised to find that it works with VoiceOver (perhaps not that surprisingly since it uses the ePub format, like iBooks). Also, it surrounds the text being read (sentence, paragraph, etc.) with a rounded rectangle. VoiceOver gestures don't seem to work quite like they do in iBooks, though -- still trying to figure them out. But the capability is there. Text in the Web reader does not appear to work with text-to-speech. Just thought you'd like to know... - Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant www.TechPotential.net From info at karlencommunications.com Tue Dec 7 03:33:46 2010 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Microsoft Blog Post with 10 Tips on Using OneNote to Organize content Message-ID: <002e01cb9602$9c359790$d4a0c6b0$@karlencommunications.com> For those of you who were at my session on OneNote at AHG, here is an article with ten ideas for organizing your content and for using OneNote to organize everything. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/archive/2010/12/06/mvps-for-office-a nd-sharepoint-2010-10-tips-for-onenote-organization.aspx Enjoy! Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The iPhone/iPad app has some interesting oddities when using it with Voiceover. One good thing is that font size and type can be changed. I believe day-time and night-time modes will be able to provide sufficient contrast options. Right now the major limitation is that Voiceover users cannot change pages independently. Even though it is sort of doable by using the slider, the slider jumps too much for it to make a significant difference. It might be more controllable by using the iPad since there is more surface to play with. The standard way of sliding one's finger across paragraphs of text does not read any text. The two-finger down gesture does read text from top of the screen to the bottom, but it does not turn pages automatically like iBooks does. There are several improperly labeled buttons in this app as well. These can be relatively easy to figure out with their image names though. Public domain books can be converted to text from the online book store. There is a mobile version of the store that can be viewed by using the browser. This, I believe is usable by using Safari Mobile. I'll have to check this. I and several other people have been in touch with the person working on accessibility to this product via Twitter. She says that fixes to the online store and reader are already in the system and should be released soon. The iPhone/iPad app work will take a bit because of Apple's restrictions about third-party libraries. I'd love to hear more about the Android app and how accessible that is or is not. Regards, Pratik -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Shelley Haven Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:43 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Google eBooks and VoiceOver on iPad As some of you know, Google unveiled their eBooks platform and eBookstore today. More info here: http://books.google.com/ebooks Google eBooks can be read on Android devices (obviously), iOS devices, the Web, and both Sony and Nook e-readers. You can download an app for reading Google eBooks on iPads, etc. here: http://books.google.com/help/ebooks/ios.html I downloaded a sample eBook to my iPad and was pleasantly surprised to find that it works with VoiceOver (perhaps not that surprisingly since it uses the ePub format, like iBooks). Also, it surrounds the text being read (sentence, paragraph, etc.) with a rounded rectangle. VoiceOver gestures don't seem to work quite like they do in iBooks, though -- still trying to figure them out. But the capability is there. Text in the Web reader does not appear to work with text-to-speech. Just thought you'd like to know... - Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant www.TechPotential.net _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From pratikp1 at gmail.com Tue Dec 7 03:59:11 2010 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Spanish version of the Webaim screen reader survey Message-ID: <008801cb9606$2a1d3b00$7e57b100$@gmail.com> Dear all, Spanish speakers or people you know who are Spanish-speaking screen readers will find this Spanish version of the Webaim screen reader survey to your better liking. Please forward this far and wide-through your social networks, e-mail, and more. http://goo.gl/Jyuhb Regards, Pratik From mikegibson at boisestate.edu Tue Dec 7 11:45:10 2010 From: mikegibson at boisestate.edu (Mike Gibson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Higher Ed Lawsuits Regarding Accessibility in Online Courses Message-ID: <001401cb9647$4365caa0$ca315fe0$@edu> Good afternoon everyone, I was asked by a professor here at the university to please post the following message. If you have any ideas or information please feel free to contact her directly. Regards, _____ I'm writing a paper (hopefully for publication) about accessibility in online courses and am looking for another example of a lawsuit that has affected higher ed. I've already included the one about the Kindle fiasco, but am hoping to find another one that catches the attention of the higher ed community. Any ideas? Thanks, Linda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda M. 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Please see the following PDF file for more information: http://www.brailleauthority.org/update-cbc10/cbc-specialsymbolsupdate2010.pd f ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 alpuzz at msu.edu Tue Dec 7 18:15:24 2010 From: alpuzz at msu.edu (Al Puzzuoli) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Learning disability Specialist Position at MSU In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities at Michigan State University is seeking a Learning Disability Specialist. For more information about the position or to apply, see the following link: http://www.hr.msu.edu/hiring/facultyhiring/ContAcaStaffPosting.htm#SSM-0091 Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 517-884-1915 　 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Dec 8 10:27:29 2010 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Repost: ICT design at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show Message-ID: <2C9CC44FBB924CB3BC2800B9D58333F6@htctu.fhda.edu> FYI **** Dear all. Please circulate far and wide. Sorry, in advance, for duplicate posts. You can us showcase the importance of accessible ICT design at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). We (Apps4Android) are the only mobile software developer submitting accessibility applications to CES 2011's "Mobile Apps Showdown." Both applications being submitted are "free-to-the-user" open source Android applications. Votes are being solicited from the general public (you) to determine which mobile app(s) people believe "stand to impact society the most." If our two accessibility apps get the largest number of votes, they win the contest, and generate press coverage focused on the importance and benefits of accessible ICT design. Since both apps are "free-of-charge to users," we will not benefit financially from a win. People with disabilities will win. The following URLs will take you to each of two pages that will enable you to vote 1-5 stars on each of our apps by simply clicking on a Star. 1. IDEAL Item ID, a talking barcode maker and reader for individuals with vision-impairments: http://tinyurl.com/2axmjpt 2. IDEAL Web Reader a Gesture Based Web Browser for individuals with print disabilities: http://tinyurl.com/2d3nyyx Thank you, in advance, for helping us weave accessibility into the fabric of products and services showcased at the world's largest consumer electronic show. Sincerely, Steve :-) Steve Jacobs, President IDEAL Group, Inc. and, CEO, Apps4Android, Inc. http://apps4android.org --- Equal, not Separate, Reading Rights - http://www.readingrights.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Fri Dec 10 12:00:27 2010 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google eBooks and VoiceOver on iPad In-Reply-To: <007b01cb9603$433116f0$c99344d0$@gmail.com> References: <4654FB5D-EC4B-4DA1-B9C3-97151A729EA8@techpotential.net> <007b01cb9603$433116f0$c99344d0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Pratik, Glad to hear folks are pushing accessibility of Google eBooks. As for the Android Google eBooks app's accessibility: Forget it. Nothing at all outside of "Talk Back" access to the titles of books on the main "library" page. You cannot read a word out of the books. To me frank, I'm not terribly surprised. It's par for the course. Android accessibility is simply pathetic, especially when compared to iPhone. It is truly frustrating and incredible. At this point, Talk Back and the eyes-free shell are a joke--a "smart" phone that makes calls and looks up contacts (not very efficiently), whoop-dee doo! From what I have heard, there are no improvements with the latest release, Gingerbread, either. Sad sad sad to the point of reprehensible. Google needs to wake up on this one. Apple owns the market for accessible phones at this point. 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 Web: wac.osu.edu Email: petri.1@osu.edu On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Pratik Patel wrote: > Shelley, > > I have played with both the web-based reader and the iPhone app. There are > some things that need to be resolved with the web-based reader like > improperly labeled buttons or missing labels. I am able to read the text > by > using Firefox 3.6x JAWS and NVDA. It does not work with Internet Explorer > 8. I have not yet tried System Access or Window-Eyes. I am also told that > it works with Safari and Voiceover on the Mac. I will try that later in > the > day. I have more hope for SA. Unlike their other products, Google is > planning to make improvements re accessibility. > > The iPhone/iPad app has some interesting oddities when using it with > Voiceover. One good thing is that font size and type can be changed. I > believe day-time and night-time modes will be able to provide sufficient > contrast options. Right now the major limitation is that Voiceover users > cannot change pages independently. Even though it is sort of doable by > using the slider, the slider jumps too much for it to make a significant > difference. It might be more controllable by using the iPad since there is > more surface to play with. The standard way of sliding one's finger across > paragraphs of text does not read any text. The two-finger down gesture > does > read text from top of the screen to the bottom, but it does not turn pages > automatically like iBooks does. There are several improperly labeled > buttons in this app as well. These can be relatively easy to figure out > with their image names though. > > Public domain books can be converted to text from the online book store. > There is a mobile version of the store that can be viewed by using the > browser. This, I believe is usable by using Safari Mobile. I'll have to > check this. > > I and several other people have been in touch with the person working on > accessibility to this product via Twitter. She says that fixes to the > online store and reader are already in the system and should be released > soon. The iPhone/iPad app work will take a bit because of Apple's > restrictions about third-party libraries. I'd love to hear more about the > Android app and how accessible that is or is not. > > Regards, > > Pratik > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Shelley Haven > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:43 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Google eBooks and VoiceOver on iPad > > As some of you know, Google unveiled their eBooks platform and eBookstore > today. More info here: > http://books.google.com/ebooks > > Google eBooks can be read on Android devices (obviously), iOS devices, the > Web, and both Sony and Nook e-readers. You can download an app for reading > Google eBooks on iPads, etc. here: > http://books.google.com/help/ebooks/ios.html > > I downloaded a sample eBook to my iPad and was pleasantly surprised to find > that it works with VoiceOver (perhaps not that surprisingly since it uses > the ePub format, like iBooks). Also, it surrounds the text being read > (sentence, paragraph, etc.) with a rounded rectangle. VoiceOver gestures > don't seem to work quite like they do in iBooks, though -- still trying to > figure them out. But the capability is there. > > Text in the Web reader does not appear to work with text-to-speech. > > Just thought you'd like to know... > > - Shelley > > _____________________________ > Shelley Haven ATP, RET > Assistive Technology Consultant > www.TechPotential.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I can't even upload my company profile although it says it will accept PDF documents.so the accessibility of LinkedIn has deteriorated significantly over the past few months..apparently those of us using adaptive technology are "linkedOut" by default. J Cheers, Karen From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Elkind Sent: December-13-10 9:44 AM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] JAWS and linkedin.com I've been promoting linkedin.com for my graduating students. I was excited to show this to a JAWS user defined it doesn't work whatsoever. Has anybody had any luck to make that work? If so I would be interested in installation strategies. Here's the threads that I got from linkedin.in I haven't yet tried them to figure out http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/web-development/TCH_WDD/281507-19 61580 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/web-development/TCH_WDD/643111-29 89167 linkedin.com Kenneth Elkind Assistive Technology Specialist University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrisey Blvd Boston, MA 02125 (617) 287- 5243 Kenneth.elkind@umb.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From john.gardner at orst.edu Mon Dec 13 12:55:27 2010 From: john.gardner at orst.edu (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS and linkedin.com In-Reply-To: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC00241FDBB@ebe1.umassb.net> References: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC00241FDBB@ebe1.umassb.net> Message-ID: <006c01cb9b08$13476200$39d62600$@gardner@orst.edu> Hmmm Ken, I use Linked-In and although it could be better, it is accessible with Window-Eyes. John From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Elkind Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 6:44 AM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] JAWS and linkedin.com I've been promoting linkedin.com for my graduating students. I was excited to show this to a JAWS user defined it doesn't work whatsoever. Has anybody had any luck to make that work? If so I would be interested in installation strategies. Here's the threads that I got from linkedin.in I haven't yet tried them to figure out http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/web-development/TCH_WDD/281507-19 61580 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/web-development/TCH_WDD/643111-29 89167 linkedin.com Kenneth Elkind Assistive Technology Specialist University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrisey Blvd Boston, MA 02125 (617) 287- 5243 Kenneth.elkind@umb.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mikegibson at boisestate.edu Mon Dec 13 14:35:23 2010 From: mikegibson at boisestate.edu (Mike Gibson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS and linkedin.com In-Reply-To: <006c01cb9b08$13476200$39d62600$@gardner@orst.edu> References: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC00241FDBB@ebe1.umassb.net> <006c01cb9b08$13476200$39d62600$@gardner@orst.edu> Message-ID: <004a01cb9b16$08a5a3d0$19f0eb70$@edu> I have been able to stumble around the site via Window-eyes. I have found though the mobile version workable but many of the features on the main site are not available on the mobile version. Regards, Mike Gibson AT Coordinator Boise State University O: (208) 426-1583 F: (208) 426-3785 From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of John Gardner Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 1:55 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] JAWS and linkedin.com Hmmm Ken, I use Linked-In and although it could be better, it is accessible with Window-Eyes. John From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Elkind Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 6:44 AM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] JAWS and linkedin.com I've been promoting linkedin.com for my graduating students. I was excited to show this to a JAWS user defined it doesn't work whatsoever. Has anybody had any luck to make that work? If so I would be interested in installation strategies. Here's the threads that I got from linkedin.in I haven't yet tried them to figure out http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/web-development/TCH_WDD/281507-19 61580 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/web-development/TCH_WDD/643111-29 89167 linkedin.com Kenneth Elkind Assistive Technology Specialist University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrisey Blvd Boston, MA 02125 (617) 287- 5243 Kenneth.elkind@umb.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 14:34:04 2010 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinars in January 2011 Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20101214142637.043cdbd8@pop.gmail.com> EASI Webinars for January 2011 EASI actually has a large number of Webinars already scheduled for January, February and for March 2011 with others being planned for the spring. Karen McCall is enthusiastic about MS OneNote and will describe how it works and its accessibility on Jan. 10 Many people use Flash and also many struggle with issues about making it accessible. Adobe staff will explain Flash and discuss how to make it accessible in 2 parts: January 11 and January 18 Not long ago, people with disabilities were largely shut out of smart phones, but that is rapidly changing and Apple isn't the only game in town. Steve Jacobs will discuss Android phones and Aps for them in 2 parts, January 20 and January 27 Karen McCall returns to give detailed explanations on PDF accessibility using Acrobat and repairing PDF using Acrobat. This is a 4-part fee-based series starting January 25 and running for 4 weeks. You can read more details and register for these at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm Follow-up announcements will detail more about each of the above in the coming days. EASI also wants to wish everyone a blessed holiday season. Fill up and rest up to prepare for a busy 2011! Norm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010 http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html From wiersmac at uww.edu Wed Dec 15 12:00:40 2010 From: wiersmac at uww.edu (Wiersma, Constance A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Talking Calendar? Message-ID: <25F108F81838F14ABD90305FAB3BCF0270A6ADD96C@exchmb3.uww.edu> Greetings: I have a person who is looking for a "talking calendar" or appointment book-the individual who will use this does not use a computer. Does anyone know of any product or piece of equipment that will do this? Thank you. 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Division of Student Affairs Grade: 3P1 The Office of Accessible Education (OAE), a department within the division of Student Affairs, is seeking an experienced Alternate Format Specialist to plan, prepare, and perform conversion of academic materials into alternate formats that can be accessed by students with print-based disabilities, including blindness/low-vision, learning disabilities, and mobility impairments. S/he will prepare and convert course materials and other media into alternate formats, including Braille, tactile graphics, large print, and electronic text, using various hardware platforms and software solutions within the OAE. S/he will be the OAE?s in-house ?expert? for transcription of alternate formats specific to students who are blind and/or low-vision. Specific job duties/responsibilities and qualifications may be found through the http://jobs.stanford.edu site (search for Job #: 40828). Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan, M.S. Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From alice.anderson at doit.wisc.edu Fri Dec 17 06:08:33 2010 From: alice.anderson at doit.wisc.edu (Alice Anderson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Cognitive Accessibility Online Message-ID: <75477363-E76B-4185-AA0F-516093024543@doit.wisc.edu> by Dawn Gregg full url: http://yaccessibilityblog.com/wp/cognitive-accessibility-online.html shortened url: http://j.mp/e5XiFs #a11y #axs #cognitive click on the "listen now" for a synthesized voice read ... My observation: As our population ages, and memory functions deteriorate, this area will need much more attention to address the reality that the internet is no longer optional - it is essential for participation in education, employment, commerce, civics, health and safety and more ... excerpt: There are a number of reasons why cognitive accessibility is not taken into account when designing websites. Accessibility for users with cognitive disabilities can be a far greater challenge than for those with other types of disabilities. Cognitive impairments are the least understood of the disability categories (Novak & Paciello, 2002) and the individual need of cognitively disabled users can vary wildly depending on the nature of the disability. This population can have difficulties in any or all of these areas: ? Lingual (text and language) ? Learning and problem solving ? Orientation ? Focus and attention span ? Memory ? Visual comprehension 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 From kwdward at exchange.vt.edu Fri Dec 17 13:18:09 2010 From: kwdward at exchange.vt.edu (Woodward, Kelly) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] [ATHEN] Making Chemistry Lab Accessible for Low Vision Disability Message-ID: <4E606C5FE54BD948BA64084498F4B22A56D41F1436@mirkwood.cc.w2k.vt.edu> Hello, I am interested to hear what other colleges and universities are using to accommodate a student with low vision in a chemistry lab or any science lab? What assistive technology would you recommend? Thank you Kelly Woodward Coordinator of Alternate Text and Notetakers Virginia Tech Services for Students with Disabilities 250 South Main St., Suite 300, Kent Square Bldg. Blacksburg, VA., 24060 Phone: 540-231-0858 Fax: 540-231-0848 http://www.ssd.vt.edu kwdward@vt.edu This message is confidential and may contain privileged information. It is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbourbea at smith.edu Mon Dec 20 12:00:07 2010 From: mbourbea at smith.edu (Maureen Bourbeau) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] foreign language OCR and TTS Message-ID: <4D0F6F770200003C0001D41B@gwsmtp1.smith.edu> Happy Holidays......... I am looking for suggestions and best practices for OCR solutions for foreign language reading materials. What is preferred OCR software? (for both quality and ease of use) what is best format for output file? (.doc, .rtf, .pdf) and what text-to-speech tools and voices are being used by the end user? In addition to accessibility, our Language Resource Center is beginning to explore using foreign language TTS as a support tool to language learning. The goal would be to have properly formatted source materials that could be used with text reading software. Thanks for any and all suggestions! Maureen Bourbeau Assistive Technology Specialist Smith College and Mt Holyoke College -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Mon Dec 20 13:19:07 2010 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] foreign language OCR and TTS In-Reply-To: <4D0F6F770200003C0001D41B@gwsmtp1.smith.edu> References: <4D0F6F770200003C0001D41B@gwsmtp1.smith.edu> Message-ID: Hi Maureen The answer to your questions depend on what foreign languages you are scanning and reading. For European languages the regular Fine Reader or ScanSoft OCR engines that come with Kurzweil or Openbook work great. Because the programs that read the text need the program displaying the text to identify the language we usually use .doc for foreign language texts. it is easy to set and change between languages in MS Word. If you are using a foreign language keyboard Word will make the change automatically. For Asian languages we hire a student worker that knows the language to edit the textbook. for these texts we tried scanning with IRIS Asian Language edition but the scanned files required so much editing that it was just easier to have the student worker retype the text. It is not easy to purchase the voices for many foreign languages without burchasing it as part of some package with a TTS reading program. NextUP has a lot of voices availble with their TextAloud program. Read and Write Gold comes with voices for most European languages. Freedom Scientific programs have access to a wide variety of voices with their RealSpeak Direct features. If you want to purchase quality voices separately NeoSpeech, Acapela, and Cereproc offer many foreign languages. Most companies that make TTS engines will only sell development kits to other product developers. Most US programs will not work with Asian languages very well. JAWS will read them but will not identify specific details like Hiragana or Katakana in Japanese. Read and Write Golds features like Pronunciation tutor and alot of the reading features do not work well with Asian languages. Some of this info I will be covering with my CSUN presentation this year on Making Asian Language Materials Accessible to Students with Print Disabilities. This is what I can think of off of the top of my head with a head ache and a desire to start my christmas vacation. If there are more specific details you need give me a call at 216-875-9938 or e-mail jeffreydell99@gmail.com. Jeff cleveland State On 12/20/10, Maureen Bourbeau wrote: > Happy Holidays......... > > I am looking for suggestions and best practices for OCR solutions for > foreign language reading materials. > What is preferred OCR software? (for both quality and ease of use) > what is best format for output file? (.doc, .rtf, .pdf) > and what text-to-speech tools and voices are being used by the end user? > > In addition to accessibility, our Language Resource Center is beginning to > explore using foreign language TTS as a support tool to language learning. > The goal would be to have properly formatted source materials that could be > used with text reading software. > > Thanks for any and all suggestions! > > Maureen Bourbeau > Assistive Technology Specialist > Smith College and Mt Holyoke College > > > From winkharner at mesacc.edu Mon Dec 20 15:16:55 2010 From: winkharner at mesacc.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] foreign language OCR and TTS In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1143483938.330093.1292887015533.JavaMail.root@mailstore1.mesacc.edu> Jeffrey, This is a valuable resource. I'm working on a wiki for technology resources and I would like your permission to include your suggestions below. Thanks in advance. Wink ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Dell" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 2:19:07 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] foreign language OCR and TTS Hi Maureen The answer to your questions depend on what foreign languages you are scanning and reading. For European languages the regular Fine Reader or ScanSoft OCR engines that come with Kurzweil or Openbook work great. Because the programs that read the text need the program displaying the text to identify the language we usually use .doc for foreign language texts. it is easy to set and change between languages in MS Word. If you are using a foreign language keyboard Word will make the change automatically. For Asian languages we hire a student worker that knows the language to edit the textbook. for these texts we tried scanning with IRIS Asian Language edition but the scanned files required so much editing that it was just easier to have the student worker retype the text. It is not easy to purchase the voices for many foreign languages without burchasing it as part of some package with a TTS reading program. NextUP has a lot of voices availble with their TextAloud program. Read and Write Gold comes with voices for most European languages. Freedom Scientific programs have access to a wide variety of voices with their RealSpeak Direct features. If you want to purchase quality voices separately NeoSpeech, Acapela, and Cereproc offer many foreign languages. Most companies that make TTS engines will only sell development kits to other product developers. Most US programs will not work with Asian languages very well. JAWS will read them but will not identify specific details like Hiragana or Katakana in Japanese. Read and Write Golds features like Pronunciation tutor and alot of the reading features do not work well with Asian languages. Some of this info I will be covering with my CSUN presentation this year on Making Asian Language Materials Accessible to Students with Print Disabilities. This is what I can think of off of the top of my head with a head ache and a desire to start my christmas vacation. If there are more specific details you need give me a call at 216-875-9938 or e-mail jeffreydell99@gmail.com. Jeff cleveland State On 12/20/10, Maureen Bourbeau wrote: > Happy Holidays......... > > I am looking for suggestions and best practices for OCR solutions for > foreign language reading materials. > What is preferred OCR software? (for both quality and ease of use) > what is best format for output file? (.doc, .rtf, .pdf) > and what text-to-speech tools and voices are being used by the end user? > > In addition to accessibility, our Language Resource Center is beginning to > explore using foreign language TTS as a support tool to language learning. > The goal would be to have properly formatted source materials that could be > used with text reading software. > > Thanks for any and all suggestions! > > Maureen Bourbeau > Assistive Technology Specialist > Smith College and Mt Holyoke College > > > _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -- Wink Harner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From edolich at comcast.net Mon Dec 20 16:17:23 2010 From: edolich at comcast.net (Ellen Dolich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Websites and resources for higher ed professionals who have students with disabilities In-Reply-To: <1143483938.330093.1292887015533.JavaMail.root@mailstore1.mesacc.edu> References: <1143483938.330093.1292887015533.JavaMail.root@mailstore1.mesacc.edu> Message-ID: Hi All, I have a new question. I am researching materials aimed at informing higher education faculty and administrators about "best practices" and awareness strategies for their students with disabilities. Can anyone recommend any informative and well produced materials (can be any format) for this audience? I am also looking at college and university websites that disseminate this type of information too. Thanks for your help, and a very happy holiday season. Ellen Dolich Accessibility Writer/Producer Los Altos, Calif. From danc at washington.edu Mon Dec 20 16:30:56 2010 From: danc at washington.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Websites and resources for higher ed professionals who have students with disabilities In-Reply-To: References: <1143483938.330093.1292887015533.JavaMail.root@mailstore1.mesacc.edu> Message-ID: Hi Ellen Try the DO-IT Faculty Room: http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/ and the Board Room: http://www.washington.edu/doit/Board/ -*- Dan On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Ellen Dolich wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have a new question. > > I am researching materials aimed at informing higher education faculty and > administrators about "best practices" and awareness strategies for their > students with disabilities. Can anyone recommend any informative and well > produced materials (can be any format) for this audience? I am also looking > at college and university websites that disseminate this type of information > too. > > Thanks for your help, and a very happy holiday season. > > Ellen Dolich > Accessibility Writer/Producer > Los Altos, Calif. > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > From hkramer.atsol at gmail.com Mon Dec 20 17:15:50 2010 From: hkramer.atsol at gmail.com (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Web conferencing Message-ID: Hello All: I've heard from Terry that Elluminate is the most accessible Web Conferencing service. Does anyone know about WebEx or services from Qwest or Verizon? Does anyone know if their services/platform are accessible? 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Click on one of the links below or copy it into your browser to hear and purchase Dancing With The Angels, a special non religious arrangement of three Christmas carols for this holiday season! iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dancing-with-the-angels/id405576367?i=40557 6371 &ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music &field-keywords=nicaise+d&x=0&y=0 ----- 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 Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 5:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessible Web conferencing Hello All: I've heard from Terry that Elluminate is the most accessible Web Conferencing service. Does anyone know about WebEx or services from Qwest or Verizon? Does anyone know if their services/platform are accessible? 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 jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Tue Dec 21 07:10:33 2010 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] foreign language OCR and TTS In-Reply-To: <1143483938.330093.1292887015533.JavaMail.root@mailstore1.mesacc.edu> References: <1143483938.330093.1292887015533.JavaMail.root@mailstore1.mesacc.edu> Message-ID: sure I wrote an article that I submitted to JVIB about the accommodations we provided to a student taking Japanese. I need to do some editing and either resubmit with them or shop it around. I was also planning on putting together some webpages for more technical details of providing such accommodations. That is what my CSUN presentation will mostly be. If you are posting that info please include a link to http://www.csuohio.edu/offices/disability/alttext/japanese/index.html That page contains some Japanese Tenji tables that I created. The info was obtained from a website that is no longer available. There is no other english web source that is as complete for Tenji. It is not great for screen readers because it does not give the dot numbers it uses the duxbury braille font to produce the tenji cells to print onto swell paper. Because I have not completed the project yet I have not linked it to any pages on our website so it cannot be found in web searches yet. Jeff On 12/20/10, Wink Harner wrote: > Jeffrey, > > This is a valuable resource. I'm working on a wiki for technology resources > and I would like your permission to include your suggestions below. > > Thanks in advance. > > Wink > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffrey Dell" > To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 2:19:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Athen] foreign language OCR and TTS > > Hi Maureen > The answer to your questions depend on what foreign languages you are > scanning and reading. For European languages the regular Fine Reader > or ScanSoft OCR engines that come with Kurzweil or Openbook work > great. Because the programs that read the text need the program > displaying the text to identify the language we usually use .doc for > foreign language texts. it is easy to set and change between > languages in MS Word. If you are using a foreign language keyboard > Word will make the change automatically. > For Asian languages we hire a student worker that knows the language > to edit the textbook. for these texts we tried scanning with IRIS > Asian Language edition but the scanned files required so much editing > that it was just easier to have the student worker retype the text. > It is not easy to purchase the voices for many foreign languages > without burchasing it as part of some package with a TTS reading > program. NextUP has a lot of voices availble with their TextAloud > program. Read and Write Gold comes with voices for most European > languages. Freedom Scientific programs have access to a wide variety > of voices with their RealSpeak Direct features. If you want to > purchase quality voices separately NeoSpeech, Acapela, and Cereproc > offer many foreign languages. Most companies that make TTS engines > will only sell development kits to other product developers. > Most US programs will not work with Asian languages very well. JAWS > will read them but will not identify specific details like Hiragana or > Katakana in Japanese. Read and Write Golds features like > Pronunciation tutor and alot of the reading features do not work well > with Asian languages. Some of this info I will be covering with my > CSUN presentation this year on Making Asian Language Materials > Accessible to Students with Print Disabilities. > This is what I can think of off of the top of my head with a head ache > and a desire to start my christmas vacation. If there are more > specific details you need give me a call at 216-875-9938 or e-mail > jeffreydell99@gmail.com. > Jeff > cleveland State > > On 12/20/10, Maureen Bourbeau wrote: >> Happy Holidays......... >> >> I am looking for suggestions and best practices for OCR solutions for >> foreign language reading materials. >> What is preferred OCR software? (for both quality and ease of use) >> what is best format for output file? (.doc, .rtf, .pdf) >> and what text-to-speech tools and voices are being used by the end user? >> >> In addition to accessibility, our Language Resource Center is beginning to >> >> explore using foreign language TTS as a support tool to language learning. >> >> The goal would be to have properly formatted source materials that could >> be >> used with text reading software. >> >> Thanks for any and all suggestions! >> >> Maureen Bourbeau >> Assistive Technology Specialist >> Smith College and Mt Holyoke College >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > -- > Wink Harner > From ron at ahead.org Tue Dec 21 07:16:19 2010 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: TechSpec Assistive Technology Program - Initial Information and Application Kit Message-ID: <0a1101cba122$05ba8160$112f8420$@org> Some of you looking for professional development opportunities may be interested in this new grant funded program. Ron Stewart Hello Colleagues, Attached are the Brochure and Application Kit for the TechSpec Assistive Technology Program. We are in full swing for marketing of the program, starting with the upcoming Spring 2011 semester, including a Kick-off event on Thursday and Friday, January 20-21, 2011, at the University of Wisconsin - Stout. Please copy and distribute and/or email these materials to potential candidates for the program, and also to other colleagues who have the potential for distribution. Please contact me with any questions or concerns. Thank you for your support of our program! Aura Hirschman, Outreach Program Manager, on behalf of Roger O. Smith, Project Director Cheryl Locher, Program Manager Melissa Lemke, ATUA Lab Manager R2D2 Center, Enderis 135 University of Wisconsin ? Milwaukee P.O. Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Phone: 414-229-6803 Email: techspec-r2d2@uwm.edu and Michael Lawler, Instructor/Training Coordinator SVRI, Room 108 VRB University of Wisconsin ? 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Significantly, Adobe Connect version 8 (latest release) has very substantial improvements over previous versions. It is certainly worth a look. The current limitation with this Flash/Flex-based solution, however, is that, for the best accessibility with a screen reader, users will need to use JAWS and open Connect within Internet Explorer (rather than in the the Connect add-in.) Accessibility is more limited with other screen reader/browser combinations. Keyboard accessibility within the add-in is very good--almost complete, and generally very well implemented, using F6 to move between "pods," for example. Currently Flash is not accessible to VoiceOver on the Mac, though Adobe has promised improvements in the next few point versions. I don't want to mention by name the other platforms we looked at--but TC, Connect, and Elluminate were far and away the best for accessibility amongst platforms we evaluated in this latest round. We will re-test in the Spring, considering our process moves forward (certainly not a guarantee, given tight budgets). If you want to call me some time, Howard, I can go into a bit more detail. 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 Web: wac.osu.edu Email: petri.1@osu.edu On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Nicaise D wrote: > Using a screen reader, WebEx isn't. You can only access the menu bar and > menu items to share your desktop once control is given to you. You can't for > instance independently take nor pass control, and so many other things you > can't do. You can't even create an account independently because of the > visual only captcha. > Thx, > Nicaise > > > My Single is released! Let the celebration begin with Christmas Party > Music! > > Click on one of the links below or copy it into your browser to hear and > purchase Dancing With The Angels, a special non religious arrangement of > three Christmas carols for this holiday season! > > > > iTunes: > > > http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dancing-with-the-angels/id405576367?i=405576371&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 > > > > Amazon: > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=nicaise+d&x=0&y=0 > > > ----- 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 *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Monday, December 20, 2010 5:16 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Accessible Web conferencing > > Hello All: > > I've heard from Terry that Elluminate is the most accessible Web > Conferencing service. Does anyone know about WebEx or services from Qwest or > Verizon? Does anyone know if their services/platform are accessible? > > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at colorado.edu Tue Dec 21 07:52:31 2010 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Web conferencing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Ken. That's very helpful. -Howard On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Ken Petri wrote: > Hi Howard, > > We have done some testing recently, as OSU is attempting to move toward > enterprise-wide support for a virtual classroom/distance learning tool. > > TC Conference is highly accessible--captioning, full keyboard and screen > reader accessibility. > > Elluminate/BbCollaborate has been working on accessibility in a consortium > with university participation for more than a year and has made real > strides. It is more powerful and full featured than TC. > > Significantly, Adobe Connect version 8 (latest release) has very > substantial improvements over previous versions. It is certainly worth a > look. The current limitation with this Flash/Flex-based solution, however, > is that, for the best accessibility with a screen reader, users will need to > use JAWS and open Connect within Internet Explorer (rather than in the the > Connect add-in.) Accessibility is more limited with other screen > reader/browser combinations. Keyboard accessibility within the add-in is > very good--almost complete, and generally very well implemented, using F6 to > move between "pods," for example. Currently Flash is not accessible to > VoiceOver on the Mac, though Adobe has promised improvements in the next few > point versions. > > I don't want to mention by name the other platforms we looked at--but TC, > Connect, and Elluminate were far and away the best for accessibility amongst > platforms we evaluated in this latest round. We will re-test in the Spring, > considering our process moves forward (certainly not a guarantee, given > tight budgets). > > If you want to call me some time, Howard, I can go into a bit more detail. > > 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 > Web: wac.osu.edu > Email: petri.1@osu.edu > > > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Nicaise D wrote: > >> Using a screen reader, WebEx isn't. You can only access the menu bar and >> menu items to share your desktop once control is given to you. You can't for >> instance independently take nor pass control, and so many other things you >> can't do. You can't even create an account independently because of the >> visual only captcha. >> Thx, >> Nicaise >> >> >> My Single is released! Let the celebration begin with Christmas Party >> Music! >> >> Click on one of the links below or copy it into your browser to hear and >> purchase Dancing With The Angels, a special non religious arrangement of >> three Christmas carols for this holiday season! >> >> >> >> iTunes: >> >> >> http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dancing-with-the-angels/id405576367?i=405576371&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 >> >> >> >> Amazon: >> >> >> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=nicaise+d&x=0&y=0 >> >> >> ----- 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 *Howard Kramer >> *Sent:* Monday, December 20, 2010 5:16 PM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network >> *Subject:* [Athen] Accessible Web conferencing >> >> Hello All: >> >> I've heard from Terry that Elluminate is the most accessible Web >> Conferencing service. Does anyone know about WebEx or services from Qwest or >> Verizon? Does anyone know if their services/platform are accessible? >> >> 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.atsol at gmail.com Tue Dec 21 10:30:50 2010 From: hkramer.atsol at gmail.com (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Web conferencing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ken, Have you (or anyone else) heard anything about Radvision Scopia? That's one of the solutions our campus is considering as a enterprise solution. Thanks, Howard On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Ken Petri wrote: > Hi Howard, > > We have done some testing recently, as OSU is attempting to move toward > enterprise-wide support for a virtual classroom/distance learning tool. > > TC Conference is highly accessible--captioning, full keyboard and screen > reader accessibility. > > Elluminate/BbCollaborate has been working on accessibility in a consortium > with university participation for more than a year and has made real > strides. It is more powerful and full featured than TC. > > Significantly, Adobe Connect version 8 (latest release) has very > substantial improvements over previous versions. It is certainly worth a > look. The current limitation with this Flash/Flex-based solution, however, > is that, for the best accessibility with a screen reader, users will need to > use JAWS and open Connect within Internet Explorer (rather than in the the > Connect add-in.) Accessibility is more limited with other screen > reader/browser combinations. Keyboard accessibility within the add-in is > very good--almost complete, and generally very well implemented, using F6 to > move between "pods," for example. Currently Flash is not accessible to > VoiceOver on the Mac, though Adobe has promised improvements in the next few > point versions. > > I don't want to mention by name the other platforms we looked at--but TC, > Connect, and Elluminate were far and away the best for accessibility amongst > platforms we evaluated in this latest round. We will re-test in the Spring, > considering our process moves forward (certainly not a guarantee, given > tight budgets). > > If you want to call me some time, Howard, I can go into a bit more detail. > > 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 > Web: wac.osu.edu > Email: petri.1@osu.edu > > > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Nicaise D wrote: > >> Using a screen reader, WebEx isn't. You can only access the menu bar and >> menu items to share your desktop once control is given to you. You can't for >> instance independently take nor pass control, and so many other things you >> can't do. You can't even create an account independently because of the >> visual only captcha. >> Thx, >> Nicaise >> >> >> My Single is released! Let the celebration begin with Christmas Party >> Music! >> >> Click on one of the links below or copy it into your browser to hear and >> purchase Dancing With The Angels, a special non religious arrangement of >> three Christmas carols for this holiday season! >> >> >> >> iTunes: >> >> >> http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dancing-with-the-angels/id405576367?i=405576371&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 >> >> >> >> Amazon: >> >> >> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=nicaise+d&x=0&y=0 >> >> >> ----- 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 *Howard Kramer >> *Sent:* Monday, December 20, 2010 5:16 PM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network >> *Subject:* [Athen] Accessible Web conferencing >> >> Hello All: >> >> I've heard from Terry that Elluminate is the most accessible Web >> Conferencing service. Does anyone know about WebEx or services from Qwest or >> Verizon? Does anyone know if their services/platform are accessible? >> >> 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 petri.1 at osu.edu Tue Dec 21 10:42:55 2010 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Web conferencing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Radvision: nope. Appears to be a video conferencing server. That seems to me to be different from what a TC, Connect, or Elluminate do. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Howard Kramer wrote: > Ken, > > Have you (or anyone else) heard anything about Radvision Scopia? That's one > of the solutions our campus is considering as a enterprise solution. > > Thanks, > Howard > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Ken Petri wrote: > >> Hi Howard, >> >> We have done some testing recently, as OSU is attempting to move toward >> enterprise-wide support for a virtual classroom/distance learning tool. >> >> TC Conference is highly accessible--captioning, full keyboard and screen >> reader accessibility. >> >> Elluminate/BbCollaborate has been working on accessibility in a consortium >> with university participation for more than a year and has made real >> strides. It is more powerful and full featured than TC. >> >> Significantly, Adobe Connect version 8 (latest release) has very >> substantial improvements over previous versions. It is certainly worth a >> look. The current limitation with this Flash/Flex-based solution, however, >> is that, for the best accessibility with a screen reader, users will need to >> use JAWS and open Connect within Internet Explorer (rather than in the the >> Connect add-in.) Accessibility is more limited with other screen >> reader/browser combinations. Keyboard accessibility within the add-in is >> very good--almost complete, and generally very well implemented, using F6 to >> move between "pods," for example. Currently Flash is not accessible to >> VoiceOver on the Mac, though Adobe has promised improvements in the next few >> point versions. >> >> I don't want to mention by name the other platforms we looked at--but TC, >> Connect, and Elluminate were far and away the best for accessibility amongst >> platforms we evaluated in this latest round. We will re-test in the Spring, >> considering our process moves forward (certainly not a guarantee, given >> tight budgets). >> >> If you want to call me some time, Howard, I can go into a bit more detail. >> >> 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 >> Web: wac.osu.edu >> Email: petri.1@osu.edu >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Nicaise D wrote: >> >>> Using a screen reader, WebEx isn't. You can only access the menu bar >>> and menu items to share your desktop once control is given to you. You can't >>> for instance independently take nor pass control, and so many other things >>> you can't do. You can't even create an account independently because of the >>> visual only captcha. >>> Thx, >>> Nicaise >>> >>> >>> My Single is released! Let the celebration begin with Christmas Party >>> Music! >>> >>> Click on one of the links below or copy it into your browser to hear and >>> purchase Dancing With The Angels, a special non religious arrangement of >>> three Christmas carols for this holiday season! >>> >>> >>> >>> iTunes: >>> >>> >>> http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dancing-with-the-angels/id405576367?i=405576371&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 >>> >>> >>> >>> Amazon: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=nicaise+d&x=0&y=0 >>> >>> >>> ----- 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 *Howard Kramer >>> *Sent:* Monday, December 20, 2010 5:16 PM >>> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network >>> *Subject:* [Athen] Accessible Web conferencing >>> >>> Hello All: >>> >>> I've heard from Terry that Elluminate is the most accessible Web >>> Conferencing service. Does anyone know about WebEx or services from Qwest or >>> Verizon? Does anyone know if their services/platform are accessible? >>> >>> 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 ron at ahead.org Wed Dec 22 07:13:01 2010 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] [Fwd: Techniques available for creating accessible office documents Message-ID: <0b4001cba1ea$ba275470$2e75fd50$@org> Some may find this resource to be very beneficial. Ron Stewart Good day, The Inclusive Design Research Centre (in partnership with UNESCO and the Government of Ontario) has completed the process of updating the "Authoring Techniques for Accessible Office Documents", following the public review we conducted in October 2010 (announced on this list). The documents are available in a range of formats from our website: http://adod.idrc.ocad.ca/ Please send questions, comments or corrections to adod-comments@idrc.ocad. Background: =========== While information about how to create accessible office documents currently exists on a range of web sites, the information can be incomplete, vendor-biased or specific to only a single office application. Governments, public sector organizations, and service organization that wish to comply with accessibility requirements, have expressed the need for centralized guidance for creating accessible office documents. Our guidance supports the W3C-WAI process as it is based on WCAG 2.0 and ATAG 1.0. Cheers, Jan -- (Mr) Jan Richards, M.Sc. jrichards@ocad.ca | 416-977-6000 ext. 3957 | fax: 416-977-9844 Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) | http://inclusivedesign.ca/ Faculty of Design | OCAD University From SKelmer at stlcc.edu Wed Dec 22 07:53:04 2010 From: SKelmer at stlcc.edu (Kelmer, Susan M.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] Need Braille book or Duxbury files Message-ID: Looking for the book ONLY from this package (ISBN 0321572394). Beginning Algebra, 5th edition, by Elayn Martin-Gay published by Addison Wesley Susan Kelmer Lab Coordinator/AT Specialist St. Louis Community College @ Meramec 314-984-7951 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca Thu Dec 30 08:41:45 2010 From: asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca (Jennison Mark Asuncion) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] What is the top IT accessibility story of 2010? Message-ID: Hello, Something a bit lighter to end the year in accessibility - a few weeks ago, I asked folks on Twitter to suggest what they felt to be the top IT accessibility stories of 2010. I've listed the most popular and left an option to suggest another. You don't need to be a member of Twitter to vote for the story you think is #1. http://twtpoll.com/tx35mt - I'll post results in a week. Jennison -- Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network LinkedIn at From sdmacleo at svsu.edu Fri Dec 31 21:47:58 2010 From: sdmacleo at svsu.edu (Scott Macleod) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] Read&Write Gold In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <13785865.129281293860878928.JavaMail.root@vmailbox4.svsu.edu> No there is not a free download. But you can go to the site and contact the company by e-mail or phone and they will send you a free demo for either windows or Mac!! I hope this helps. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Doucet" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:41:38 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Athen] Read&Write Gold Hi Norm, >From what I can recall, you need to request the download or physical shipment on the Request Information page found here: http://www.texthelp.com/page.asp?pg_id=10227 Chris On 11/30/10 11:28 AM, "Prof Norm Coombs" wrote: > I have been going round in circles looking for a trial version of > Read&Write Gold to download. I have been round page after page on the > texthelp page and other pages Google sent me to. It is possible it was > right in front of me. Some of the links had graphics without alt text so I > might have passed it several times. > > Is there a trial download for Read&Write Gold? If so, can you point me to > the EXACT URL??? > > Norm > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve > Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com > > Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students > with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010 > http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Scott MacLeod Assistive Technology Specialist Phone: 989 964-4054