[Athen] Question re: accessibility of reference tools

[Pratik Patel]

John,

 

EndNote is not quite accessible to screen reader users.  Most of the issues
with Endnote aren't solvable by scripts or screen reader customization
because there are fundamental issues with EndNote's underlying code.

 

Pratik

 

 

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Pielaet, Jon
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:25 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Question re: accessibility of reference tools

 

Hi Kathy,

 

I have extensive experience with Reference Management Tools. EndNote is by
far my favorite. It offers the most features and offers great accessibility.
I haven't used newer versions of Ref Works, as our institution has opted for
the web version. (Ref Works Web) Because it is web-based Ref Works Web
offers some flexibility as far as being platform independent. It works in
any web browser but offers fewer features. Both of these applications are
stand alone and have fairly good accessibility features. I have even seen
some JAWS scripts floating around for them that may be useful. 

 

Zotero is an interesting contender because it is a Firefox extension. It is
my experience that many JAWS users (including myself) dislike Firefox in
general because of the way it interfaces with scripts in JAWS. Zotero is
nice because it is free but I have found its usefulness to be the most
limited out of the three. If you are just looking for a free tool to track
bookmarks you're much better off using del.icio.us or Xmarks.

 

 

I would love to hear from others about their own experiences,

 

Jon

 

 

Jon P. Pielaet

Program Assistant for Instructional Materials

Disability Services for Students

Emma B. 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 at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:38 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Question re: accessibility of reference tools

 

Hi Colleagues;

 

Do any of you have some experience evaluating the accessibility of the
following Reference Management Tools:  EndNote, Ref Works and Zotero?  I'm
especially curious how well they work with JAWS.


Thank you,
Kathy

 

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Kathleen Cahill

Adaptive Technology Specialist

MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab

77 Mass. Ave. 7-143

Cambridge MA 02139

(617) 253-5111

kcahill at mit.edu

 

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