[Athen] Contributions and ideas

[Alice Anderson]

... while not AT,
consider the free web accessibility validation 
FAEhttp://fae.cita.uiuc.edu/
WAVE http://wave.webaim.org/
and more ....http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/complete.html



               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 Nov 15, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Saroj Primlani wrote:


> One of the tools I like and I think is pretty comprehensive is as just

> as effective as some of the expensive commercial products is called

> WordTalk, http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/,  a free plug-in for MS

> word.  List of features

> http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Toolbar-Quick-Guide/

> Saroj

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> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:00 PM,  <athen-request at athenpro.org> wrote:

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>>   1. comprehension reading software research (Kenneth Elkind)

>>   2. Contibutions & ideas please! (Wink Harner)

>>   3. Re: Contibutions & ideas please! (Todd Schwanke)

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>> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:52:46 -0500

>> From: "Kenneth Elkind" <Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu>

>> To: <athen at athenpro.org>

>> Subject: [Athen] comprehension reading software research

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>> I suggest that you start by going to Kurzweil educational systems and

>> text help. These companies have made research summaries about the use of

>> assistive technology. Of course it has a tint for their software

>> products. They still list the various research studies that would be a

>> great place to start. Most of all this research is dated but they are

>> all professional journals. Just take a look at the bibliographies.

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>> The amount of research has increased however it is still a limited

>> selection of authors. Furthermore the sample size are usually small 35.

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>> http://www.kurzweiledu.com/research.html

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>> http://www.texthelp.com/page.asp?pg_id=10074\

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>> if you look at the newer research of all are referencing these studies

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>> I hope this helps.

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>> Kenneth Elkind

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>> Assistive Technology Specialist

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>> University of Massachusetts Boston

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>> 100 Morrisey Blvd

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>> Boston, MA 02125

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>> (617) 287- 5243

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>> Kenneth.elkind at umb.edu

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>> From: Wink Harner <winkharner at mesacc.edu>

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>> Hi all Athen-ites

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>> Am looking for contributions from you all to add to a presentation this week

>> on:

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>> The BEST low cost/no cost technology solutions for new to the field AT folks

>> or one wo/man shows in disability services.

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>> Your great off the cuff solutions will be added to the presentation workshop

>> on Friday and available after the conference.

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>> Thanks for any and all ideas. You're the best!

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>> Wink

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>> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:59:11 -0600

>> From: Todd Schwanke <tschwanke at wisc.edu>

>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen at athenpro.org>

>> Subject: Re: [Athen] Contibutions & ideas please!

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>> Wink:

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>> Here's one I use often and that users often like.

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>> For the many users who are still using XP, the Intellimouse mouse driver from Microsoft provides access to a free lens magnifier that can be set up to be toggled on/off using the scroll wheel button, which makes it super quick and convenient.  This can be helpful for users who need a backup in case their main magnification software crashes or doesn't load or for users who only need occasional spot magnification.    Often people/offices have an old Microsoft USB mouse with a scroll wheel sitting in the closet from a previous computer that can be used to make this solution a free one.  Once the driver is installed you just assign the Magnify feature to the scroll wheel button (pressing the scroll wheel in, which most people aren't using for something else).  But, it is important to note that that option will only be there when you have a mouse plugged in that the software recognizes as a Microsoft mouse.

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>> Intellimouse can be downloaded here.

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>> http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/download/download.aspx?category=mk

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>> The tricky party is how you resize the lens or change the magnification.  You have to hold down the scroll wheel button and then move the mouse or roll the scroll wheel at the same time, which takes s little getting used to.

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>> Windows 7 has a lens magnifier built in so it removes the requirement to have a Microsoft branded mouse.

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>> Good luck with your presentation,

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>> Todd

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>> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner

>> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:32 AM

>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

>> Subject: [Athen] Contibutions & ideas please!

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>> Hi all Athen-ites

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>> Am looking for contributions from you all to add to a presentation this week

>> on:

>> 

>> The BEST low cost/no cost technology solutions for new to the field AT folks

>> or one wo/man shows in disability services.

>> 

>> Your great off the cuff solutions will be added to the presentation workshop

>> on Friday and available after the conference.

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>> Thanks for any and all ideas. You're the best!

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>> Wink

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