From ron at altformatsolutions.com Tue Mar 1 10:16:13 2011 From: ron at altformatsolutions.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATIA COMBINED CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS NOW OPEN! Message-ID: <039e01cbd83c$c08af280$41a0d780$@com> Good afternoon, ATIA has released its call for papers for both their Chicago and Orlando conferences. I would encourage any who are interested in the area of AT to submit proposals. We have been trying for the last few years to work with ATIA to increase their higher education content but this requires the members of our community to participate. Ron Stewart ATIA logo: Assistive Technology Industry Association 2011ChicagoLogo November 3-5, 2011 Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center Schaumburg (Chicago), IL USA 2012OrlandoLogo January 26 - 28, 2012 Caribe Royale Orlando All-Suite Hotel & Convention Center Orlando, Florida USA ATIA COMBINED CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS NOW OPEN! The ATIA Chicago and Orlando Conferences Combined Call for Presentations is open from February 28 through April 29, 2011. Who should submit? ATIA welcomes abstracts on the uses of assistive technology in a wide variety of settings - school, home, recreation, rehabilitation, university and workplace - from an equally wide group of qualified individuals including: Administrators Advocates AT Specialists Communication Specialist Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities Disability Services Educators Government/Non-Profit Agencies IT Professionals Occupational Therapists Physical Therapists Paraprofessionals Pre-service Professional Development/Training Rehab Therapists Social Workers Speech-Language Pathologists Special Education Educators Visual Impairment Specialists Vocational Rehab Abstracts should cover the use of assistive technology from a practitioner or user perspective and may be in the form of a case study, demonstration, implementation study, panel discussion, poster session, research paper, or tips and techniques workshop. How will it work? Speakers should submit abstracts and select if they are submitting for one of three choices: . ATIA 2011 Chicago . ATIA 2012 Orlando . BOTH ATIA 2011 Chicago and ATIA 2012 Orlando We request that you only submit two papers per speaker, per event. Please double check your submission before submitting to ensure all sections are complete. Incomplete submissions cannot be accepted. Priority will be placed on advanced and intermediate level education submissions. Speakers receive discounted registration fees of $350 for the 3-day conference (onsite value is $525). ATIA encourages you to submit your presentation ideas today! Prospective speakers should submit abstracts online: Go to Online Submission Download Accessible Word Document Submission Form Please contact the ATIA Education team at education@atia.org with questions. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Vasquez at sbcc.edu Tue Mar 1 11:01:21 2011 From: Vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Is Ed. Tech accessible enough? Message-ID: <4D6CD201.1869.00F8.0@sbcc.edu> http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2011/02/23/Is-Ed-Tech-Accessible-Enough.aspx?p=1 From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Mar 1 16:29:06 2011 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] is there a service (for fee) that is able to convert inaccessible PDF's? In-Reply-To: <37A2A2BC-2528-4B37-993B-D2F4FC6889EB@doit.wisc.edu> References: <37A2A2BC-2528-4B37-993B-D2F4FC6889EB@doit.wisc.edu> Message-ID: Here are two possibilities that I am aware of: http://www.digilifemedia.biz/ http://www.techadapt.com/ I'm sure there are others. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Alice Anderson Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:51 AM To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] is there a service (for fee) that is able to convert inaccessible PDF's? ATHEN Does anyone know of a service (for fee) that is capable of converting inaccessible PDF's - those that are images, need reading order repair, etc.... a service (for fee) that is capable of converting in a timely manner quality accessible documents? 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 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca Wed Mar 2 03:12:57 2011 From: asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca (Jennison Mark Asuncion) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Screen reader user survey results (fwd) Message-ID: Hello, Thought folks here might find these survey results of interest. Jennison Jennison Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:56:18 -0700 From: Jared Smith Reply-To: WebAIM Discussion List To: WebAIM Discussion List Subject: [WebAIM] Screen reader user survey results WebAIM has published the results of our most recent screen reader user survey. Some very interesting data, I think. Check it out at http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey3/ Jared Smith WebAIM.org _______________________________________________ From CUTLER_ELLEN at smc.edu Wed Mar 2 09:47:27 2011 From: CUTLER_ELLEN at smc.edu (CUTLER_ELLEN) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Listening to PDF files on iPad and iPhone In-Reply-To: <4D6CD201.1869.00F8.0@sbcc.edu> References: <4D6CD201.1869.00F8.0@sbcc.edu> Message-ID: <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03037910@ROMULUS.smc.edu> Hello, We have a student who would like to listen to PDF files on his iPhone and his iPad. What are your preferred apps for making this possible? Thanks in advance, Ellen Ellen Cutler Santa Monica College Disabled Student Services/High Tech Training Center 1900 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 310.434-4496 cutler_ellen@smc.edu From Vasquez at sbcc.edu Wed Mar 2 10:02:36 2011 From: Vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Listening to PDF files on iPad and iPhone In-Reply-To: <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03037910@ROMULUS.smc.edu> References: <4D6CD201.1869.00F8.0@sbcc.edu> <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03037910@ROMULUS.smc.edu> Message-ID: <4D6E15BA.1869.00F8.0@sbcc.edu> Is this what you are looking for? http://www.operationgadget.com/2008/03/how_to_listen_to_pdf_documents.html >>> "CUTLER_ELLEN" 3/2/2011 9:47 AM >>> Hello, We have a student who would like to listen to PDF files on his iPhone and his iPad. What are your preferred apps for making this possible? Thanks in advance, Ellen Ellen Cutler Santa Monica College Disabled Student Services/High Tech Training Center 1900 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 310.434-4496 cutler_ellen@smc.edu _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From skeegan at stanford.edu Wed Mar 2 10:37:56 2011 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Listening to PDF files on iPad and iPhone In-Reply-To: <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03037910@ROMULUS.smc.edu> References: <4D6CD201.1869.00F8.0@sbcc.edu> <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03037910@ROMULUS.smc.edu> Message-ID: <4D6E8E84.8070200@stanford.edu> > We have a student who would like to listen to PDF > files on his iPhone and his iPad. What are your preferred > apps for making this possible? If the student wants to just listen to the content of the PDF document, the easiest method would be to extract the text and then convert the text information to audio. If working on a Mac, then commercial products like Ghostreader can perform the conversion and dump the file into iTunes for synchronization with the device. Claro Read for Mac and Kurzweil 3000 for Mac can also convert the text information into a iTunes compatible file (but these are a bit more expensive products). I am sure this could also be automated by using the Automator function on a Mac. I just have never gotten around to trying out this option. Note - Ghostreader is very similar to TextAloud. If the student wants to listen AND view the PDF at the same time...well, that gets a bit tricky. I have not seen any current apps that will perform text-to-speech on the PDF document directly. There is the text-to-speech app called Speak It! for the iPad and iPhone, which allows the user to copy/paste the document text into the Speak It! app, which will then read and highlight the text to the user. The other option would be to convert the PDF document to a DAISY file and then use a DAISY reader such as VOD (Voice of DAISY) or InDAISY Reader to read/listen to the document. I have tried the VOD Light version and it works well, but the InDAISY Reader app looks very promising. I have put together a Web page on a few apps that I have been following and testing in the academic environment. I am working on the DAISY apps right now, so there is no information just yet on those (will be updated by next week). Here is the site and I will send out a note when I update the information: http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan, M.S. Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From burke at mso.umt.edu Wed Mar 2 10:48:42 2011 From: burke at mso.umt.edu (Burke, Dan (DSS)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Listening to PDF files on iPad and iPhone In-Reply-To: <4D6E8E84.8070200@stanford.edu> References: <4D6CD201.1869.00F8.0@sbcc.edu><4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03037910@ROMULUS.smc.edu> <4D6E8E84.8070200@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Thanks for sharing this list sean. To the PDF question, we have a student using ibooks and Voice Over on his iPad. Dan Dan Burke Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services for Students The University of Montana Emma B. Lommasson Center 154 Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.4424 406.243.5330 FAX www.umt.edu/disability -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 11:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Listening to PDF files on iPad and iPhone > We have a student who would like to listen to PDF > files on his iPhone and his iPad. What are your preferred > apps for making this possible? If the student wants to just listen to the content of the PDF document, the easiest method would be to extract the text and then convert the text information to audio. If working on a Mac, then commercial products like Ghostreader can perform the conversion and dump the file into iTunes for synchronization with the device. Claro Read for Mac and Kurzweil 3000 for Mac can also convert the text information into a iTunes compatible file (but these are a bit more expensive products). I am sure this could also be automated by using the Automator function on a Mac. I just have never gotten around to trying out this option. Note - Ghostreader is very similar to TextAloud. If the student wants to listen AND view the PDF at the same time...well, that gets a bit tricky. I have not seen any current apps that will perform text-to-speech on the PDF document directly. There is the text-to-speech app called Speak It! for the iPad and iPhone, which allows the user to copy/paste the document text into the Speak It! app, which will then read and highlight the text to the user. The other option would be to convert the PDF document to a DAISY file and then use a DAISY reader such as VOD (Voice of DAISY) or InDAISY Reader to read/listen to the document. I have tried the VOD Light version and it works well, but the InDAISY Reader app looks very promising. I have put together a Web page on a few apps that I have been following and testing in the academic environment. I am working on the DAISY apps right now, so there is no information just yet on those (will be updated by next week). Here is the site and I will send out a note when I update the information: http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan, M.S. Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From travis at travisroth.com Wed Mar 2 11:52:18 2011 From: travis at travisroth.com (Travis Roth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Listening to PDF files on iPad and iPhone In-Reply-To: <4D6E8E84.8070200@stanford.edu> References: <4D6CD201.1869.00F8.0@sbcc.edu> <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03037910@ROMULUS.smc.edu> <4D6E8E84.8070200@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <005601cbd913$57429b20$05c7d160$@travisroth.com> If the PDF is accessible, has text in it, then the iPhone/iPod can open the file as an attachment from an email. (May also work with a sharing app like DropBox, but I am not sure.) And VoiceOver can read the PDF once it is open. (The iPhone has native support for PDFs.) Again, the PDF has to be accessible enough to be readable, so an image-only PDF won't work. May be worth a try, no-cost option... -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 12:38 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Listening to PDF files on iPad and iPhone > We have a student who would like to listen to PDF > files on his iPhone and his iPad. What are your preferred > apps for making this possible? If the student wants to just listen to the content of the PDF document, the easiest method would be to extract the text and then convert the text information to audio. If working on a Mac, then commercial products like Ghostreader can perform the conversion and dump the file into iTunes for synchronization with the device. Claro Read for Mac and Kurzweil 3000 for Mac can also convert the text information into a iTunes compatible file (but these are a bit more expensive products). I am sure this could also be automated by using the Automator function on a Mac. I just have never gotten around to trying out this option. Note - Ghostreader is very similar to TextAloud. If the student wants to listen AND view the PDF at the same time...well, that gets a bit tricky. I have not seen any current apps that will perform text-to-speech on the PDF document directly. There is the text-to-speech app called Speak It! for the iPad and iPhone, which allows the user to copy/paste the document text into the Speak It! app, which will then read and highlight the text to the user. The other option would be to convert the PDF document to a DAISY file and then use a DAISY reader such as VOD (Voice of DAISY) or InDAISY Reader to read/listen to the document. I have tried the VOD Light version and it works well, but the InDAISY Reader app looks very promising. I have put together a Web page on a few apps that I have been following and testing in the academic environment. I am working on the DAISY apps right now, so there is no information just yet on those (will be updated by next week). Here is the site and I will send out a note when I update the information: http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan, M.S. Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From osullivana at missouri.edu Wed Mar 2 12:17:41 2011 From: osullivana at missouri.edu (OSullivan, Abigail R.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Listening to PDF files on iPad and iPhone In-Reply-To: <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03037910@ROMULUS.smc.edu> References: <4D6CD201.1869.00F8.0@sbcc.edu> <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03037910@ROMULUS.smc.edu> Message-ID: <8D1CCA698AB2FB468867B83F4861E69A2198314C1A@UM-EMAIL05.um.umsystem.edu> Try ibook. -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of CUTLER_ELLEN Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 11:47 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Listening to PDF files on iPad and iPhone Hello, We have a student who would like to listen to PDF files on his iPhone and his iPad. What are your preferred apps for making this possible? Thanks in advance, Ellen Ellen Cutler Santa Monica College Disabled Student Services/High Tech Training Center 1900 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 310.434-4496 cutler_ellen@smc.edu _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Wed Mar 2 13:13:06 2011 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Looking for Terry Thompson Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FC120E1F@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Terry, When you have a minute, could you drop me a line or give me a ring? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If anyone has any suggestions as to what may be happening, please post (navigating ePub content is not a problem, just PDF files). Another suggestion was iBooks and that could be an option. You can open the PDF in iBooks, but to have better navigation control you would need to convert the PDF to an ePub document using a converter such as something like Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com), but this is fairly simple. Definitely some options to consider and it's hard to beat free. Most of the students I have worked with, though, tend to prefer more natural sounding voices and the iOS VoiceOver voice was not the first (or second) choice. Take care, Sean From hkramer at colorado.edu Wed Mar 2 18:04:27 2011 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG Message-ID: Hello All: I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Then open that in a browser, copy the formatted text into Pages, and export. - Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant www.TechPotential.net On Mar 2, 2011, at 5:37 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > > And VoiceOver can read the PDF once it is open. > > (The iPhone has native support for PDFs.) > > The catch with using VoiceOver with PDFs, though, is that it is a bit challenging to navigate through the document. VoiceOver seems to always start reading from the top of the document. You could navigate from page to page, but once on the page VoiceOver seems to read only from the top again. If anyone has any suggestions as to what may be happening, please post (navigating ePub content is not a problem, just PDF files). > > Another suggestion was iBooks and that could be an option. You can open the PDF in iBooks, but to have better navigation control you would need to convert the PDF to an ePub document using a converter such as something like Calibre > (http://calibre-ebook.com), but this is fairly simple. > > Definitely some options to consider and it's hard to beat free. Most of the students I have worked with, though, tend to prefer more natural sounding voices and the iOS VoiceOver voice was not the first (or second) choice. > > Take care, > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > From ea at emptech.info Thu Mar 3 01:56:56 2011 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> I'll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well! See you soon from a very chilly southern England! Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab, ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: 03 March 2011 02:04 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG Hello All: I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If anyone else would like to > participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. > 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 > > From hascherdss at gmail.com Thu Mar 3 08:58:07 2011 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey Howard, I think I volunteered to be on the advisory board as well, but I won't be attending CSUN :-( Hope you all enjoy!! Please pass along any pertinent info after the meeting as I'm still interested! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Howard Kramer wrote: > Hello All: > > I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of > ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of > others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to > participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. > > 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 sarojprimlani at gmail.com Fri Mar 4 04:33:49 2011 From: sarojprimlani at gmail.com (Saroj Primlani) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] A Laptop that Knows Where You're Looking Message-ID: Eye tracking is going mainstream?? A Laptop that Knows Where You're Looking. 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BLV-1020 Progress in Meeting TV User Requirements for Accessibility: A Global Perspective - Larry Goldberg, Brad Hodges BLV-1034 WiiCane - Steven Landau BLV-1047 Development of Smartpen-Based Audio/Tactile Transit Station Maps for Travel Planning and Wayfinding - Steven Landau, Joshua Miele BLV-1067 The Great Equalizer: Android-Based, Open Source, Assistive Technology Software - Steve Jacobs BLV-2002 A New Paradigm for Affordable Braille Displays - The Process and Product - Brian MacDonald BLV-2022 Tactile Graphic Literacy: Reading More Than Words - Lucia Hasty BLV-2025 WearaBraille Update: Using Smith-Kettlewell's Prototype, Virtual, Wireless, Braille Keyboard with Smartphones - Joshua Miele BLV-2036 Two Android Tools for Remote Control and Gesture Navigation of Video Programming - Brad Hodges BLV-2069 The Digital Image and Graphic Resources for Accessible Materials (DIAGRAM) Center - Betsy Beaumon, Geoff Freed DHH-2001 Caption Accuracy Metrics: Solutions for Automatic Methods of Measuring Caption Quality - Larry Goldberg, Trisha OConnell OTH-1002 Transit Communications Accessibility Gaps - Trisha OConnell, Madeleine Rothberg OTH-1030 Innovation 4 Access + Outreach = Inclusion - Steve Jacobs OTH-2001 Need for and Benefits of a Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII) - Larry Goldberg, George Kerscher, Madeleine Rothberg PSE-2013 Production of Accessible Professional Journals - Ron Stewart TEC-2027 The Anatomy of a Landmark Law - Larry Goldberg TEC-1022 Academic Considerations for Mobile Platforms - Sean Keegan WEB-1051 Accessible e-books with Adobe Digital Editions - Andrew Kirkpatrick WEB-1053 Accessible Web Conferencing with Adobe Connect - Andrew Kirkpatrick WEB-1055 Adobe Open Forum - Andrew Kirkpatrick WEB-3023 Video Accessibility in User Agents - Jim Allan **************************************************************************** *** Ron Stewart Managing Consultant Altformat Solutions LLC 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@altformatsolutions.com www.altformatsolutions.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at colorado.edu Sat Mar 5 17:49:16 2011 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG In-Reply-To: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> References: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> Message-ID: Hi E.A., Gaeir, Greg, Ken, et al, Maybe we could meet on Wednesday or Thursday evening for a dinner meeting. Let's say Thursday night to start off - if that works for folks, we'll do that with Wednesday as a fallback option. I can bring my laptop to let folks skype in who want to participate from off-site. Thanks, Howard On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, E.A. Draffan wrote: > I?ll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. > > > > Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well! See you soon from a > very chilly southern England! > > > > Best wishes E.A. > > > > Mrs E.A. Draffan > > Learning Societies Lab, > > ECS, University of Southampton, > > Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 > > http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk > > http://www.emptech.info > > > > *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* 03 March 2011 02:04 > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > Hello All: > > > > I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of > ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of > others are already on the committee. 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Draffan wrote: I'll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well! See you soon from a very chilly southern England! Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab, ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: 03 March 2011 02:04 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG Hello All: I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. 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 ea at emptech.info Sun Mar 6 04:15:53 2011 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG In-Reply-To: <0cbc01cbdbca$0ffd3400$2ff79c00$@org> References: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> <0cbc01cbdbca$0ffd3400$2ff79c00$@org> Message-ID: <007501cbdbf8$3efe32d0$bcfa9870$@emptech.info> Thursday night is the only one I can make as I am out on Wednesday night! ;>)) Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab, ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: 06 March 2011 06:45 To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG Either day works for me at this point. Ron From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:49 PM To: ea@emptech.info; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG Hi E.A., Gaeir, Greg, Ken, et al, Maybe we could meet on Wednesday or Thursday evening for a dinner meeting. Let's say Thursday night to start off - if that works for folks, we'll do that with Wednesday as a fallback option. I can bring my laptop to let folks skype in who want to participate from off-site. Thanks, Howard On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, E.A. Draffan wrote: I'll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well! See you soon from a very chilly southern England! Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab, ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: 03 March 2011 02:04 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG Hello All: I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at colorado.edu Sun Mar 6 09:20:43 2011 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG In-Reply-To: <0cbc01cbdbca$0ffd3400$2ff79c00$@org> References: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> <0cbc01cbdbca$0ffd3400$2ff79c00$@org> Message-ID: Ok, let's go for Thursday evening. 6:30 p.m.? Ron, anyone, do you have suggestions on where to have a dinner meeting? I've never been to San Diego. Thanks, Howard On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: > Either day works for me at this point. > > > > Ron > > > > *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:49 PM > *To:* ea@emptech.info; Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > Hi E.A., Gaeir, Greg, Ken, et al, > > > > Maybe we could meet on Wednesday or Thursday evening for a dinner meeting. > Let's say Thursday night to start off - if that works for folks, we'll do > that with Wednesday as a fallback option. I can bring my laptop to let folks > skype in who want to participate from off-site. > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, E.A. Draffan wrote: > > I?ll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. > > > > Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well! See you soon from a > very chilly southern England! > > > > Best wishes E.A. > > > > Mrs E.A. Draffan > > Learning Societies Lab, > > ECS, University of Southampton, > > Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 > > http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk > > http://www.emptech.info > > > > *From:* athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* 03 March 2011 02:04 > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > Hello All: > > > > I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of > ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of > others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to > participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Sun Mar 6 11:10:08 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG In-Reply-To: References: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> <0cbc01cbdbca$0ffd3400$2ff79c00$@org> Message-ID: <0d2801cbdc32$1c9d0880$55d71980$@org> There are several place near the hotel or a fairly short walk away. There is a very good Indian place in the Gaslight that is about 10 minute or so walk. If we have an idea of how many people we should probably make reservations wherever we decide. Ron From: hkramer.atsol@gmail.com [mailto:hkramer.atsol@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 12:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: Ron Stewart Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG Ok, let's go for Thursday evening. 6:30 p.m.? Ron, anyone, do you have suggestions on where to have a dinner meeting? I've never been to San Diego. Thanks, Howard On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: Either day works for me at this point. Ron From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:49 PM To: ea@emptech.info; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG Hi E.A., Gaeir, Greg, Ken, et al, Maybe we could meet on Wednesday or Thursday evening for a dinner meeting. Let's say Thursday night to start off - if that works for folks, we'll do that with Wednesday as a fallback option. I can bring my laptop to let folks skype in who want to participate from off-site. Thanks, Howard On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, E.A. Draffan wrote: I'll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well! See you soon from a very chilly southern England! Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Learning Societies Lab, ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: 03 March 2011 02:04 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG Hello All: I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. 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Post Conference Session: Understanding the new 2010 ADA Accessibility Standard?: A Primer for Planners, Architects & Construction Managers ? Presented by Earlene Sesker of the US Access Board ? May 6th Those traveling to Columbus for Multiple Perspectives may want to consider coming a day early to attend the May 3rd National Conference on Diversity, Race & Learning Sponsored by The Ohio State University?s Office of Diversity & Inclusion. "We must build a world free of unnecessary barriers, stereotypes, and discrimination.... policies must be developed, attitudes must be shaped, and buildings and organizations must be designed to ensure that everyone has a chance to get the education they need and live independently as full citizens in their communities." Barack Obama April 11, 2008 Thank you to our sponsors: ? The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation ? The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, The Ohio State University ? The Disability Studies Program, The Ohio State University ? 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Greg On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: > There are several place near the hotel or a fairly short walk away. ?There > is a very good Indian place in the Gaslight that is about 10 minute or so > walk.? ?If we have an idea of how many people we should probably make > reservations wherever we decide. > > > > Ron > > > > From: hkramer.atsol@gmail.com [mailto:hkramer.atsol@gmail.com] On Behalf Of > Howard Kramer > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 12:21 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Cc: Ron Stewart > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > Ok, let's go for Thursday evening. 6:30 p.m.? Ron, anyone, do you have > suggestions on where to have a dinner meeting? I've never been to San Diego. > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: > > Either day works for me at this point. > > > > Ron > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Howard Kramer > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:49 PM > To: ea@emptech.info; Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > Hi E.A., Gaeir, Greg, Ken, et al, > > > > Maybe we could meet on Wednesday or Thursday evening for a dinner meeting. > Let's say Thursday night to start off - if that works for folks, we'll do > that with Wednesday as a fallback option. I can bring my laptop to let folks > skype in who want to participate from off-site. > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, E.A. Draffan wrote: > > I?ll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. > > > > Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well!? See you soon from a > very chilly southern England! > > > > Best wishes E.A. > > > > Mrs E.A. Draffan > > Learning Societies Lab, > > ECS, University of Southampton, > > Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 > > http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk > > http://www.emptech.info > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Howard Kramer > Sent: 03 March 2011 02:04 > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > Hello All: > > > > I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of > ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of > others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to > participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > From petri.1 at osu.edu Mon Mar 7 22:14:45 2011 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG In-Reply-To: References: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> <0cbc01cbdbca$0ffd3400$2ff79c00$@org> <0d2801cbdc32$1c9d0880$55d71980$@org> Message-ID: I will be coming... If 7 is better for folks who want to go to the tweet-up, that's fine with me, as well. And Indian sounds terrific. 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 http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Greg Kraus wrote: > I'm going to try to go to the first bit of the CSUN Tweetup > (http://csuntweetup.com/) which starts at 6, but can leave a bit early > to meet you all for AHG Advisory. > > Greg > > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: > > There are several place near the hotel or a fairly short walk away. > There > > is a very good Indian place in the Gaslight that is about 10 minute or so > > walk. If we have an idea of how many people we should probably make > > reservations wherever we decide. > > > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > > > From: hkramer.atsol@gmail.com [mailto:hkramer.atsol@gmail.com] On Behalf > Of > > Howard Kramer > > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 12:21 PM > > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Cc: Ron Stewart > > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > > > > > Ok, let's go for Thursday evening. 6:30 p.m.? Ron, anyone, do you have > > suggestions on where to have a dinner meeting? I've never been to San > Diego. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Howard > > > > On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: > > > > Either day works for me at this point. > > > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > > Behalf Of Howard Kramer > > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:49 PM > > To: ea@emptech.info; Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > > > > > Hi E.A., Gaeir, Greg, Ken, et al, > > > > > > > > Maybe we could meet on Wednesday or Thursday evening for a dinner > meeting. > > Let's say Thursday night to start off - if that works for folks, we'll do > > that with Wednesday as a fallback option. I can bring my laptop to let > folks > > skype in who want to participate from off-site. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Howard > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, E.A. Draffan wrote: > > > > I?ll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. > > > > > > > > Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well! See you soon from a > > very chilly southern England! > > > > > > > > Best wishes E.A. > > > > > > > > Mrs E.A. Draffan > > > > Learning Societies Lab, > > > > ECS, University of Southampton, > > > > Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 > > > > http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk > > > > http://www.emptech.info > > > > > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > > Behalf Of Howard Kramer > > Sent: 03 March 2011 02:04 > > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > > > > > Hello All: > > > > > > > > I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board > (of > > ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of > > others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to > > participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Howard > > > > -- > > Howard Kramer > > AHG Conference Coordinator > > Access Specialist > > 303-492-8672 > > fax: 492-5601 > > Disability Services > > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Athen mailing list > > Athen@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > > -- > > Howard Kramer > > AHG Conference Coordinator > > Access Specialist > > 303-492-8672 > > fax: 492-5601 > > Disability Services > > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Athen mailing list > > Athen@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > > -- > > Howard Kramer > > AHG Conference Coordinator > > Access Specialist > > 303-492-8672 > > fax: 492-5601 > > Disability Services > > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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... URL: From hkramer at colorado.edu Mon Mar 7 22:25:05 2011 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG In-Reply-To: References: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> <0cbc01cbdbca$0ffd3400$2ff79c00$@org> <0d2801cbdc32$1c9d0880$55d71980$@org> Message-ID: Let's say 7:00 then to accommodate the tweet-up participants. Any objections? I'll let everyone know where I make the reservations. -Howard On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Ken Petri wrote: > I will be coming... If 7 is better for folks who want to go to the > tweet-up, that's fine with me, as well. And Indian sounds terrific. > > > 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 > http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Greg Kraus wrote: > >> I'm going to try to go to the first bit of the CSUN Tweetup >> (http://csuntweetup.com/) which starts at 6, but can leave a bit early >> to meet you all for AHG Advisory. >> >> Greg >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: >> > There are several place near the hotel or a fairly short walk away. >> There >> > is a very good Indian place in the Gaslight that is about 10 minute or >> so >> > walk. If we have an idea of how many people we should probably make >> > reservations wherever we decide. >> > >> > >> > >> > Ron >> > >> > >> > >> > From: hkramer.atsol@gmail.com [mailto:hkramer.atsol@gmail.com] On >> Behalf Of >> > Howard Kramer >> > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 12:21 PM >> > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> > Cc: Ron Stewart >> > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG >> > >> > >> > >> > Ok, let's go for Thursday evening. 6:30 p.m.? Ron, anyone, do you have >> > suggestions on where to have a dinner meeting? I've never been to San >> Diego. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Howard >> > >> > On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: >> > >> > Either day works for me at this point. >> > >> > >> > >> > Ron >> > >> > >> > >> > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On >> > Behalf Of Howard Kramer >> > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:49 PM >> > To: ea@emptech.info; Access Technology Higher Education Network >> > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG >> > >> > >> > >> > Hi E.A., Gaeir, Greg, Ken, et al, >> > >> > >> > >> > Maybe we could meet on Wednesday or Thursday evening for a dinner >> meeting. >> > Let's say Thursday night to start off - if that works for folks, we'll >> do >> > that with Wednesday as a fallback option. I can bring my laptop to let >> folks >> > skype in who want to participate from off-site. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Howard >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, E.A. Draffan wrote: >> > >> > I?ll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. >> > >> > >> > >> > Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well! See you soon from >> a >> > very chilly southern England! >> > >> > >> > >> > Best wishes E.A. >> > >> > >> > >> > Mrs E.A. Draffan >> > >> > Learning Societies Lab, >> > >> > ECS, University of Southampton, >> > >> > Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 >> > >> > http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk >> > >> > http://www.emptech.info >> > >> > >> > >> > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On >> > Behalf Of Howard Kramer >> > Sent: 03 March 2011 02:04 >> > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> > Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG >> > >> > >> > >> > Hello All: >> > >> > >> > >> > I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board >> (of >> > ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of >> > others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to >> > participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Howard >> > >> > -- >> > Howard Kramer >> > AHG Conference Coordinator >> > Access Specialist >> > 303-492-8672 >> > fax: 492-5601 >> > Disability Services >> > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Athen mailing list >> > Athen@athenpro.org >> > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Howard Kramer >> > AHG Conference Coordinator >> > Access Specialist >> > 303-492-8672 >> > fax: 492-5601 >> > Disability Services >> > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Athen mailing list >> > Athen@athenpro.org >> > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Howard Kramer >> > AHG Conference Coordinator >> > Access Specialist >> > 303-492-8672 >> > fax: 492-5601 >> > Disability Services >> > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Athen mailing list >> > Athen@athenpro.org >> > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Athen mailing list >> Athen@athenpro.org >> http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tft at u.washington.edu Wed Mar 9 10:14:29 2011 From: tft at u.washington.edu (Terrill Thompson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG In-Reply-To: References: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> <0cbc01cbdbca$0ffd3400$2ff79c00$@org> <0d2801cbdc32$1c9d0880$55d71980$@org> Message-ID: <14C6C8313F1842459FAAD0B3FEB9E42C7DF86364@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu> Count me in on this as well. See you next week! 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 Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 10:25 PM To: petri.1@osu.edu; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG Let's say 7:00 then to accommodate the tweet-up participants. Any objections? I'll let everyone know where I make the reservations. -Howard On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Ken Petri > wrote: I will be coming... If 7 is better for folks who want to go to the tweet-up, that's fine with me, as well. And Indian sounds terrific. 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 http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Greg Kraus > wrote: I'm going to try to go to the first bit of the CSUN Tweetup (http://csuntweetup.com/) which starts at 6, but can leave a bit early to meet you all for AHG Advisory. Greg On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Ron Stewart > wrote: > There are several place near the hotel or a fairly short walk away. There > is a very good Indian place in the Gaslight that is about 10 minute or so > walk. If we have an idea of how many people we should probably make > reservations wherever we decide. > > > > Ron > > > > From: hkramer.atsol@gmail.com [mailto:hkramer.atsol@gmail.com] On Behalf Of > Howard Kramer > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 12:21 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Cc: Ron Stewart > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > Ok, let's go for Thursday evening. 6:30 p.m.? Ron, anyone, do you have > suggestions on where to have a dinner meeting? I've never been to San Diego. > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Ron Stewart > wrote: > > Either day works for me at this point. > > > > Ron > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Howard Kramer > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:49 PM > To: ea@emptech.info; Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > Hi E.A., Gaeir, Greg, Ken, et al, > > > > Maybe we could meet on Wednesday or Thursday evening for a dinner meeting. > Let's say Thursday night to start off - if that works for folks, we'll do > that with Wednesday as a fallback option. I can bring my laptop to let folks > skype in who want to participate from off-site. > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, E.A. Draffan > wrote: > > I'll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. > > > > Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well! See you soon from a > very chilly southern England! > > > > Best wishes E.A. > > > > Mrs E.A. Draffan > > Learning Societies Lab, > > ECS, University of Southampton, > > Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 > > http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk > > http://www.emptech.info > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > Behalf Of Howard Kramer > Sent: 03 March 2011 02:04 > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > Hello All: > > > > I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of > ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of > others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to > participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > -- > Howard Kramer > AHG Conference Coordinator > Access Specialist > 303-492-8672 > fax: 492-5601 > Disability Services > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org -- 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 tschwanke at wisc.edu Fri Mar 11 09:11:15 2011 From: tschwanke at wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Recap of Blio presentation at CSUN In-Reply-To: <14C6C8313F1842459FAAD0B3FEB9E42C7DF86364@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu> References: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> <0cbc01cbdbca$0ffd3400$2ff79c00$@org> <0d2801cbdc32$1c9d0880$55d71980$@org> <14C6C8313F1842459FAAD0B3FEB9E42C7DF86364@ads-mbx-02.exchange.washington.edu> Message-ID: <20110311111115471.00000003912@AT_Specialist> If anyone attends the Blio presentation at CSUN next week, I'd be interested in hearing a quick overview. From the schedule it appears it is: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 9:20 http://csunconference.org/index.cfm?EID=80000300&p=380&page=scheduledetail&LCID=4526&ECTID=0 Thanks, Todd From norm.coombs at gmail.com Sun Mar 13 22:36:55 2011 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG In-Reply-To: References: <003801cbd989$5631ead0$0295c070$@emptech.info> <0cbc01cbdbca$0ffd3400$2ff79c00$@org> <0d2801cbdc32$1c9d0880$55d71980$@org> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20110313223618.023fbe80@pop.gmail.com> I hope to join but have complications first to iron out. Norm At 11:25 PM 3/7/2011, you wrote: >Let's say 7:00 then to accommodate the tweet-up participants. Any objections? > >I'll let everyone know where I make the reservations. > >-Howard > >On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Ken Petri ><petri.1@osu.edu> wrote: >I will be coming... If 7 is better for folks who want to go to the >tweet-up, that's fine with me, as well. And Indian sounds terrific. > > >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 >http://wac.osu.edu | >petri.1@osu.edu > > > >On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Greg Kraus ><greg_kraus@ncsu.edu> wrote: >I'm going to try to go to the first bit of the CSUN Tweetup >(http://csuntweetup.com/) which starts at 6, but >can leave a bit early >to meet you all for AHG Advisory. > >Greg > > >On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Ron Stewart ><ron@ahead.org> wrote: > > There are several place near the hotel or a fairly short walk away. There > > is a very good Indian place in the Gaslight that is about 10 minute or so > > walk. If we have an idea of how many people we should probably make > > reservations wherever we decide. > > > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > > > From: hkramer.atsol@gmail.com > [mailto:hkramer.atsol@gmail.com] On Behalf Of > > Howard Kramer > > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 12:21 PM > > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Cc: Ron Stewart > > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > > > > > Ok, let's go for Thursday evening. 6:30 p.m.? Ron, anyone, do you have > > suggestions on where to have a dinner meeting? I've never been to San > Diego. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Howard > > > > On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Ron Stewart > <ron@ahead.org> wrote: > > > > Either day works for me at this point. > > > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org > [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > > Behalf Of Howard Kramer > > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:49 PM > > To: ea@emptech.info; Access Technology Higher > Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > > > > > Hi E.A., Gaeir, Greg, Ken, et al, > > > > > > > > Maybe we could meet on Wednesday or Thursday evening for a dinner meeting. > > Let's say Thursday night to start off - if that works for folks, we'll do > > that with Wednesday as a fallback option. I can bring my laptop to let > folks > > skype in who want to participate from off-site. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Howard > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, E.A. Draffan > <ea@emptech.info> wrote: > > > > I'll be there and do let me know when you want help on the stand. > > > > > > > > Please bring any sun you have and some heat as well! See you soon from a > > very chilly southern England! > > > > > > > > Best wishes E.A. > > > > > > > > Mrs E.A. Draffan > > > > Learning Societies Lab, > > > > ECS, University of Southampton, > > > > Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 > > > > http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk > > > > http://www.emptech.info > > > > > > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org > [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On > > Behalf Of Howard Kramer > > Sent: 03 March 2011 02:04 > > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Advisory for AHG > > > > > > > > Hello All: > > > > > > > > I was going to try to have an initial meeting of the AHG Advisory Board (of > > ATHEN members) at CSUN. Lisa Fiedor, Kevin Price, Ron, and a couple of > > others are already on the committee. If anyone else would like to > > participate (being at CSUN is not a requirement), let me know. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Howard > > > > -- > > Howard Kramer > > AHG Conference Coordinator > > Access Specialist > > 303-492-8672 > > fax: 492-5601 > > Disability Services > > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Athen mailing list > > Athen@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > > -- > > Howard Kramer > > AHG Conference Coordinator > > Access Specialist > > 303-492-8672 > > fax: 492-5601 > > Disability Services > > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Athen mailing list > > Athen@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > > -- > > Howard Kramer > > AHG Conference Coordinator > > Access Specialist > > 303-492-8672 > > fax: 492-5601 > > Disability Services > > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Athen mailing list > > Athen@athenpro.org > > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > > >-- >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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Mar 14 06:30:18 2011 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] tactile world maps Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FC23231D@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hi all, I know this has been asked here before, but here goes again. I was contacted by a colleague at another institution looking for tactile maps of the world. I suggested American Printing House for the Blind and American Foundation for the Blind. However, it seems like I remember somebody giving another resource for such maps. Any ideas? Thanks. 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Susan Kelmer Lab Coordinator/AT Specialist St. Louis Community College @ Meramec 314-984-7951 From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:30 AM To: Alternate Media (altmedia@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu); Access Technology Higher EducationNetwork (athen@athenpro.org) Subject: [Athen] tactile world maps Hi all, I know this has been asked here before, but here goes again. I was contacted by a colleague at another institution looking for tactile maps of the world. I suggested American Printing House for the Blind and American Foundation for the Blind. However, it seems like I remember somebody giving another resource for such maps. Any ideas? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Microsoft OneNote 2010 from the Keyboard book (Karlen Communications) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:20:59 -0400 From: "Karlen Communications" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Subject: [Athen] Microsoft OneNote 2010 from the Keyboard book Message-ID: <000901cbe25b$6c458db0$44d0a910$@karlencommunications.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Everyone: I've just uploaded this book to the Karlen Communications web site: http://karlencommunications.com/MicrosoftOfficeAccessibility2010.html It is a free download in tagged PDF format with the ability for a low resolution printing. It is accessible. I started this book as a combination of both OneNote 2007 and 2010 - note to self not do ever do that again - so if you notice any disconnects in information or something is missing, please let me know. The OneNote 2007 from the Keyboard book should be ready by the end of the week and it will be a free download as well. Enjoy! Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org End of Athen Digest, Vol 62, Issue 15 ************************************* -- "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." - Erica Jong Lorna Saiz Assistive Technology Coordinator Alternate Media Production Coordinator Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) California State University, Fresno 5200 N. Barton Ave. Suite 1202, ML125 Fresno, CA 93740-8014 Phone: 559-278-2811 Fax: 559-278-4214 lornas@csufresno.edu From info at karlencommunications.com Tue Mar 15 03:19:41 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Change in pricing policy for eBooks in libraries Message-ID: <002401cbe2fa$7f267800$7d736800$@karlencommunications.com> NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/business/media/15libraries.html?_r=1 &partner=rss&emc=rss eBooks purchased by libraries will now have an expiry date and have to be purchased or renewed again by the library. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Wink From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Foster Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:58 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: google apps for education accessibility complaints Since our university adopted Google Apps this year, I've been looking into both the benefits and barriers of Google Apps for students with disabilities. The ones I've reviewed so far are on my blog . If you're looking for a thorough accessibility review, though, there's an excellent one of the different Docs apps available from ADOD . Hope that helps. Shawn Shawn Foster, MA Assistive Technology Consultant Southern Oregon University logo (541)552-6213 (541)552-6219 (fax) sou.edu "Working collaboratively as advocates for student success." Please consider the environment before you print this email. >>> On 3/15/2011 at 3:30 PM, in message <1611338899.982313.1300228220295.JavaMail.root@mail02.pantherlink.uwm.edu>, wrote: See: http://www.nfb.org/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=771 Unfortunately this doesn't say what the actual issues were. --- >From a University of Wisconsin List serve -- "Design for People with Disabilities is Better Design for Everyone" Aura M. Hirschman, MS, CRC Outreach and Training Coordinator R2D2 Center, Enderis Hall, Room 135 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee P.O. Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53211-0413 (414) 229-1139 Fax (414) 229-6843 TTY (414) 229-5628 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Glad it was helpful to you, too! sf >>> On 3/15/2011 at 4:13 PM, in message <003201cbe366$a1a2c700$e4e85500$@edu>, "Wink Harner" wrote: That was timely, Shawn. I just forwarded the info on the NFB complaint to our ?powers? here at MCC. They?re trying to make it our office?s responsibility for access, when it is the college who authorizes the purchase & adoption of the inaccessible software?ugh! At least now, thanks to your contributions, a few things to send to them about the reality of access. Thanks again for sharing. Wink From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Foster Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:58 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: google apps for education accessibility complaints Since our university adopted Google Apps this year, I've been looking into both the benefits and barriers of Google Apps for students with disabilities. The ones I've reviewed so far are on my blog. If you're looking for a thorough accessibility review, though, there's an excellent one of the different Docs apps available from ADOD. Hope that helps. Shawn Shawn Foster, MA Assistive Technology Consultant (541)552-6213 (541)552-6219 (fax) sou.edu "Working collaboratively as advocates for student success." Please consider the environment before you print this email. >>> On 3/15/2011 at 3:30 PM, in message <1611338899.982313.1300228220295.JavaMail.root@mail02.pantherlink.uwm.edu>, wrote: See: http://www.nfb.org/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=771 Unfortunately this doesn't say what the actual issues were. --- From a University of Wisconsin List serve -- "Design for People with Disabilities is Better Design for Everyone" Aura M. Hirschman, MS, CRC Outreach and Training Coordinator R2D2 Center, Enderis Hall, Room 135 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee P.O. Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53211-0413 (414) 229-1139 Fax (414) 229-6843 TTY (414) 229-5628 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 3767 bytes Desc: not available URL: From alice.anderson at doit.wisc.edu Wed Mar 16 05:38:57 2011 From: alice.anderson at doit.wisc.edu (Alice Anderson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: google apps for education accessibility complaints In-Reply-To: <003201cbe366$a1a2c700$e4e85500$@edu> References: <1611338899.982313.1300228220295.JavaMail.root@mail02.pantherlink.uwm.edu> <4D7F8C91.82C6.005A.0@sou.edu> <003201cbe366$a1a2c700$e4e85500$@edu> Message-ID: <4A79F284-E31A-4D0C-A211-7B637AD92E6C@doit.wisc.edu> for all attending CSUN - the Google response: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382033,00.asp "We have more to do. At CSUN 2011, we're looking forward to more insights about how to make Android, Chrome and Google Apps better enabled for people who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers." I look forward to hearing from CSUN attendees how the Google conversation evolves ... thanks to all, alice 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 Mar 15, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Wink Harner wrote: > That was timely, Shawn. I just forwarded the info on the NFB complaint to our ?powers? here at MCC. They?re trying to make it our office?s responsibility for access, when it is the college who authorizes the purchase & adoption of the inaccessible software?ugh! > At least now, thanks to your contributions, a few things to send to them about the reality of access. Thanks again for sharing. > Wink > > > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Foster > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:58 PM > To: athen@athenpro.org > Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: google apps for education accessibility complaints > > Since our university adopted Google Apps this year, I've been looking into both the benefits and barriers of Google Apps for students with disabilities. The ones I've reviewed so far are on my blog. If you're looking for a thorough accessibility review, though, there's an excellent one of the different Docs apps available from ADOD. > > Hope that helps. > Shawn > > Shawn Foster, MA > Assistive Technology Consultant > > (541)552-6213 > (541)552-6219 (fax) > sou.edu > "Working collaboratively as advocates for student success." > Please consider the environment before you print this email. > > > >>> On 3/15/2011 at 3:30 PM, in message <1611338899.982313.1300228220295.JavaMail.root@mail02.pantherlink.uwm.edu>, wrote: > > See: > > http://www.nfb.org/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=771 > > Unfortunately this doesn't say what the actual issues were. > > --- > From a University of Wisconsin List serve > > > -- > "Design for People with Disabilities is Better Design for Everyone" > > Aura M. Hirschman, MS, CRC > Outreach and Training Coordinator > R2D2 Center, Enderis Hall, Room 135 > University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee > P.O. Box 413 > Milwaukee, WI 53211-0413 > > (414) 229-1139 > Fax (414) 229-6843 > TTY (414) 229-5628 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From info at karlencommunications.com Fri Mar 18 03:08:10 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: New STAMP and DAISY add-ins boost accessibility for Office 2010 Message-ID: <001501cbe554$629497b0$27bdc710$@karlencommunications.com> I know that some of you have been asking for the Daisy add-in for Word 2010 so thought this announcement about the beta would be of interest. There is also a PowerPoint add-in beta for captioning. http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2011/03/17/new-stamp-and-daisy-accessibility-add-ins-for-office-2010-in-public-beta.aspx The blog announcement is condensed below. Cheers, Karen Feed: The Microsoft Office Blog Posted on: March-17-11 12:00 PM Author: Holly Thomas Subject: New STAMP and DAISY add-ins boost accessibility for Office 2010 Cropped image of DAISY toolbar in Word Do you know anyone with hearing, sight, or reading disabilities? The public beta starts today for two add-ins that help make Office documents more accessible: STAMP and DAISY: STAMP, the Subtitling Add-In for Microsoft PowerPoint, lets you add closed captions to the video and audio files in your PowerPoint presentations, so no one misses a word of what you have to say. Save as DAISY for Office 2010 helps you convert Word Open XML files to the Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) format. DAISY powers digital talking books and compatible software and Braille readers for people with print disabilities or limited vision. This beta supports Office 2003, 2007 and 2010. 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With it, you can easily add closed captions to video and audio files, which boosts their impact for those with hearing disabilities. STAMP lets you create captions within PowerPoint or import existing industry standard Timed Text Mark-up Language (TTML) files. Head over to Holly Thomas' new post for details about STAMP and another accessibility-oriented beta add-in for Word called Save as DAISY . STAMP is available for download starting today and works in all the languages Office currently supports around the world. In this post, we'll take a look at how to install it and how to use it. You can find full details in the article Sub-titling text add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint (STAMP) , and also find download files and documentation at SourceForge . ...(read more ) View article... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sina's input on it is "Great stuff" Strategies for blind users to process chemical structures http://www.molinsight.net/ Saroj From normajean.brand at hccs.edu Mon Mar 21 13:53:38 2011 From: normajean.brand at hccs.edu (Normajean.Brand) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] V.I. student in Vet Paramedic program Message-ID: Oh Learned and Esteemed Athenites, I appeal to your vast collective knowledge: We have a student, legally/medically blind with very little vision, enrolled in our veterinary paramedic program. This program includes a lot of lab work, including using a microscope to identify various specimens, etc. Although I've placed CCTVs in her classrooms for other work, I'm wondering how to accommodate her for the work needed using a microscope!? Not even sure how we would accommodate her when the course work gets to drawing blood, etc. We're open to suggestions. Regards, Norma Jean [Description: NormaJean Brand] ----------------------------------------------- NJ Brand, ATAC Houston Community College-Northwest ADA Technician, TIC Dept. Room RC13 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Houston TX 77043 VM/Office: 713.718.5604 FAX: 713.718.5430 Email: normajean.brand@hccs.edu http://northwest.hccs.edu [Description: Title: How do I get help with technology in the classroom? - Description: Go to tech.nwc.hccs.edu]http://tech.nwc.hccs.edu P please consider the environment before printing this email! Information contained in this ELECTRONIC MAIL transmission including any attachments is confidential and intended only for the recipient to whom it is addressed. It may also be a privileged communication and contain proprietary information. This information is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). 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Video microscope: http://www.viewsolutionsinc.com/products/M-LCD.htm Video microscopes: http://www.opticsplanet.net/digital-microscopes.html LCD video microscope: http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products/7439341/LCD_Digital_Microscope_LDM_ EV5610.html Other models: http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products-list/0-k-c-1/LCD_microscope.html And at the top of the line: http://gradientlens.com/videomicro.asp?gclid=CLj81Z7Q4KcCFU9pKgodR0zN-Q I know that these might be costly, but if the person is going into this field, they will need their own equipment at some point.wouldn't they? I didn't price these out.just wanted to show that they exist. Cheers, Karen From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Normajean.Brand Sent: March-21-11 4:54 PM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] V.I. student in Vet Paramedic program Oh Learned and Esteemed Athenites, I appeal to your vast collective knowledge: We have a student, legally/medically blind with very little vision, enrolled in our veterinary paramedic program. This program includes a lot of lab work, including using a microscope to identify various specimens, etc. Although I've placed CCTVs in her classrooms for other work, I'm wondering how to accommodate her for the work needed using a microscope!? Not even sure how we would accommodate her when the course work gets to drawing blood, etc. We're open to suggestions. Regards, Norma Jean Description: NormaJean Brand ----------------------------------------------- NJ Brand, ATAC Houston Community College-Northwest ADA Technician, TIC Dept. Room RC13 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Houston TX 77043 VM/Office: 713.718.5604 FAX: 713.718.5430 Email: normajean.brand@hccs.edu http://northwest.hccs.edu Description: Title: How do I get help with technology in the classroom? - Description: Go to tech.nwc.hccs.eduhttp://tech.nwc.hccs.edu P please consider the environment before printing this email! Information contained in this ELECTRONIC MAIL transmission including any attachments is confidential and intended only for the recipient to whom it is addressed. It may also be a privileged communication and contain proprietary information. This information is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, copying, printing, forwarding, disclosure, dissemination, distribution [other than to the addressee(s)], or taking of any action because of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. You must delete this message and any copy of it (in any form) without disclosing it. 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From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Normajean.Brand Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 1:54 PM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] V.I. student in Vet Paramedic program Oh Learned and Esteemed Athenites, I appeal to your vast collective knowledge: We have a student, legally/medically blind with very little vision, enrolled in our veterinary paramedic program. This program includes a lot of lab work, including using a microscope to identify various specimens, etc. Although I've placed CCTVs in her classrooms for other work, I'm wondering how to accommodate her for the work needed using a microscope!? Not even sure how we would accommodate her when the course work gets to drawing blood, etc. We're open to suggestions. Regards, Norma Jean [cid:image001.jpg@01CBE7E6.31947BA0] ----------------------------------------------- NJ Brand, ATAC Houston Community College-Northwest ADA Technician, TIC Dept. Room RC13 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Houston TX 77043 VM/Office: 713.718.5604 FAX: 713.718.5430 Email: normajean.brand@hccs.edu http://northwest.hccs.edu [cid:image002.jpg@01CBE7E6.31947BA0]http://tech.nwc.hccs.edu P please consider the environment before printing this email! Information contained in this ELECTRONIC MAIL transmission including any attachments is confidential and intended only for the recipient to whom it is addressed. It may also be a privileged communication and contain proprietary information. This information is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, copying, printing, forwarding, disclosure, dissemination, distribution [other than to the addressee(s)], or taking of any action because of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. You must delete this message and any copy of it (in any form) without disclosing it. 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The conference focuses on the implementation and benefits of Assistive Technology and Accessible Media in the university, business and public setting. Other topic areas cover legal and policy issues, including ADA and 508 compliance. The creation of accessible media and information resources, including Web pages and library resources are a particular focus of the event. For the main conference, accepted out of town speakers will receive a 10% discount off conference registration fees. Local speakers will receive a 5% discount. Additional incentives are provided for accepted pre conference proposals. ATHEN members in good standing receive an additional discount. For more information, use the contact information below. Please email the completed proposal form (available at: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/speaker_info2011.html#proposal) to Howard Kramer at CU Boulder by April 8. A second round call for papers will have a deadline of May 6. Contact Information phone: 303-492-8672 e-mail: ahg@colorado.edu Conference URL: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at colorado.edu Mon Mar 21 22:39:41 2011 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] thank you for you help at CSUN Message-ID: Hello All: A big thank you to everyone who helped out at the AHG booth at CSUN and for providing input at the Thursday night dinner at Harbor House. I still regret I didn't get the Ciapino. See you all in a few months. 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Kes ----- Original Message ----- From: Normajean.Brand To: ATHEN Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:53 PM Subject: [Athen] V.I. student in Vet Paramedic program Oh Learned and Esteemed Athenites, I appeal to your vast collective knowledge: We have a student, legally/medically blind with very little vision, enrolled in our veterinary paramedic program. This program includes a lot of lab work, including using a microscope to identify various specimens, etc. Although I've placed CCTVs in her classrooms for other work, I'm wondering how to accommodate her for the work needed using a microscope!? Not even sure how we would accommodate her when the course work gets to drawing blood, etc. We're open to suggestions. Regards, Norma Jean ----------------------------------------------- NJ Brand, ATAC Houston Community College-Northwest ADA Technician, TIC Dept. Room RC13 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. 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This is a beta version and has only been tested on Linux. * updated PEF-related scripts based on the Braille Utils library (http://code.google.com/p/brailleutils/ ), by Joel H?kansson (TPB) See the detailed release notes for more information: http://www.daisy.org/pipeline/release-notes Please use the DAISY Pipeline forum to give us feedback or request support: http://www.daisy.org/forums/pipeline Many thanks to all the contributors, testers and bug reporters! BR, Romain. -- Romain Deltour, Software Developer The DAISY Consortium http://www.daisy.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Tue Mar 22 13:02:46 2011 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility of Retention Management Systems Message-ID: Hi Has anyone had experience with GradesFirst or Starfish retention management and advising systems? Our advising office is looking at these products and I can't find a vpad or any relevant accessibility information. thanks, Jeff Cleveland State From ankmk4 at uaa.alaska.edu Tue Mar 22 14:31:27 2011 From: ankmk4 at uaa.alaska.edu (Kaela Parks) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] ShareStream accessibility Message-ID: I am curious if anyone has experience with ShareStream. Our university is looking into options for rich media to be created, stored, and delivered through Blackboard. We have been considering Kaltura and are now looking at ShareStream but I am not finding a lot of information out there on accessibility of the player or ease of uploading transcript or subtitle files. If anyone is using this or has info please let me know. Thanks! Kaela Parks, Director Disability Support Services University of Alaska Anchorage www.uaa.alaska.edu/dss www.uaa.alaska.edu/accessibility -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Mar 22 17:46:08 2011 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] tactile world maps In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FC23231D@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FC23231D@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <881ECCC5C72F4ABCAF10765B0D718EC9@htctu.fhda.edu> Other resource for maps: The Princeton Braillists 76 Leabrook Lane Princeton, NJ 08540 Orders are sent free matter unless otherwise requested. For more information, contact Ruth Bogia at 215-357-7715 ***** Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College, City University of New York Tactual Maps, Floor Plans and Charts Contact Karen Gourgey: karen_gourgey@baruch.cuny.edu www.baruch.cuny.edu/ccvip *** Computers to Help People (CHPI) 825 East Johnson Street Madison, WI 53703 (608) 257-5917 / fax (608) 257-3480 Website: www.chpi.org http://www.chpi.org/tactgraf.htm Tactile graphs and maps, and science and mathematics books in Braille and e-text *** Tactile Maps: http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/assist/bats Blind Audio Tactile Mapping System http://www.nfb.org/braille/tactilemaps.htm http://www.chpi.org/tactgraf.htm http://www/touchgraphics.com http://blindreaders.info/mapgraph.html http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/schneider99virtual.html http://snipurl.com/70jo http://www.fta.dot.gov/library/technology/sci/sci.html http://www.afb.org/jvib_toc.asp target-route map - article in JVIB http://www.cs.unc.edu/~krstic/assistive/constructive.pdf http://www.washington.edu/computing/atl/Tiger Exploration of Spatial Information by Blind Users Tactile (Tiger) Graphics at the Adaptive Technology Lab ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:30 AM To: Alternate Media (altmedia@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu); Access Technology Higher EducationNetwork (athen@athenpro.org) Subject: [Athen] tactile world maps Hi all, I know this has been asked here before, but here goes again. I was contacted by a colleague at another institution looking for tactile maps of the world. I suggested American Printing House for the Blind and American Foundation for the Blind. However, it seems like I remember somebody giving another resource for such maps. Any ideas? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From normajean.brand at hccs.edu Tue Mar 22 18:59:00 2011 From: normajean.brand at hccs.edu (Normajean.Brand) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] V.I. student in Vet Paramedic program In-Reply-To: <000901cbe811$5e1391e0$1a3ab5a0$@karlencommunications.com> References: <000901cbe811$5e1391e0$1a3ab5a0$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: Thank you Karen! I'll pass this information on to the dept chair for the vet para program and I bet this information would be useful to the biology dept as well. From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:46 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] V.I. student in Vet Paramedic program I actually saw something like this in the Skymall catalogue and thought that it was a solid enough idea that there must be other models available. I get the best adaptive technology ideas from that catalogue! Video microscope: http://www.viewsolutionsinc.com/products/M-LCD.htm Video microscopes: http://www.opticsplanet.net/digital-microscopes.html LCD video microscope: http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products/7439341/LCD_Digital_Microscope_LDM_EV5610.html Other models: http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products-list/0-k-c-1/LCD_microscope.html And at the top of the line: http://gradientlens.com/videomicro.asp?gclid=CLj81Z7Q4KcCFU9pKgodR0zN-Q I know that these might be costly, but if the person is going into this field, they will need their own equipment at some point...wouldn't they? I didn't price these out...just wanted to show that they exist. Cheers, Karen From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Normajean.Brand Sent: March-21-11 4:54 PM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] V.I. student in Vet Paramedic program Oh Learned and Esteemed Athenites, I appeal to your vast collective knowledge: We have a student, legally/medically blind with very little vision, enrolled in our veterinary paramedic program. This program includes a lot of lab work, including using a microscope to identify various specimens, etc. Although I've placed CCTVs in her classrooms for other work, I'm wondering how to accommodate her for the work needed using a microscope!? Not even sure how we would accommodate her when the course work gets to drawing blood, etc. We're open to suggestions. Regards, Norma Jean [Description: NormaJean Brand] ----------------------------------------------- NJ Brand, ATAC Houston Community College-Northwest ADA Technician, TIC Dept. Room RC13 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Houston TX 77043 VM/Office: 713.718.5604 FAX: 713.718.5430 Email: normajean.brand@hccs.edu http://northwest.hccs.edu [Description: Title: How do I get help with technology in the classroom? - Description: Go to tech.nwc.hccs.edu]http://tech.nwc.hccs.edu P please consider the environment before printing this email! Information contained in this ELECTRONIC MAIL transmission including any attachments is confidential and intended only for the recipient to whom it is addressed. It may also be a privileged communication and contain proprietary information. This information is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, copying, printing, forwarding, disclosure, dissemination, distribution [other than to the addressee(s)], or taking of any action because of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. You must delete this message and any copy of it (in any form) without disclosing it. 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This will really get their attention. Thanks Gaeir. ________________________________________ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich [gdietrich@htctu.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 7:46 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] tactile world maps Other resource for maps: The Princeton Braillists 76 Leabrook Lane Princeton, NJ 08540 Orders are sent free matter unless otherwise requested. For more information, contact Ruth Bogia at 215-357-7715 ***** Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College, City University of New York Tactual Maps, Floor Plans and Charts Contact Karen Gourgey: karen_gourgey@baruch.cuny.edu www.baruch.cuny.edu/ccvip *** Computers to Help People (CHPI) 825 East Johnson Street Madison, WI 53703 (608) 257-5917 / fax (608) 257-3480 Website: www.chpi.org http://www.chpi.org/tactgraf.htm Tactile graphs and maps, and science and mathematics books in Braille and e-text *** Tactile Maps: http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/assist/bats Blind Audio Tactile Mapping System http://www.nfb.org/braille/tactilemaps.htm http://www.chpi.org/tactgraf.htm http://www/touchgraphics.com http://blindreaders.info/mapgraph.html http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/schneider99virtual.html http://snipurl.com/70jo http://www.fta.dot.gov/library/technology/sci/sci.html http://www.afb.org/jvib_toc.asp target-route map - article in JVIB http://www.cs.unc.edu/~krstic/assistive/constructive.pdf http://www.washington.edu/computing/atl/Tiger Exploration of Spatial Information by Blind Users Tactile (Tiger) Graphics at the Adaptive Technology Lab ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:30 AM To: Alternate Media (altmedia@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu); Access Technology Higher EducationNetwork (athen@athenpro.org) Subject: [Athen] tactile world maps Hi all, I know this has been asked here before, but here goes again. I was contacted by a colleague at another institution looking for tactile maps of the world. I suggested American Printing House for the Blind and American Foundation for the Blind. However, it seems like I remember somebody giving another resource for such maps. Any ideas? Thanks. 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 info at karlencommunications.com Wed Mar 23 03:30:07 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Interactive text books Message-ID: <002401cbe945$481c4aa0$d854dfe0$@karlencommunications.com> This NYT article is about the deal between Pearson, McGraw-Hill and Inkling to produce interactive textbooks for the iPad. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/e-textbooks-get-a-boost-from-publis hers/?partner=rss &emc=rss Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca Fri Mar 25 06:37:08 2011 From: asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca (Jennison Mark Asuncion) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] fyi: four accessibility events this May Message-ID: Hello, Just thought I'd draw attention to four accessibility events taking place this May here in North America. 1. Ottawa's First Accessibility Unconference, May 6 in Ottawa Ontario (free event) register now at http://www.a11yyow.ca 2. John Slatin AccessU 2011, May 17-19, Austin TX http://www.knowbility.org/v/accessu-detail/John-Slatin-AccessU/39/ (I'll be co-teaching an intro course on using JAWS and NVDA.) 3. Accessibility Camp Seattle, May 20-21 (free event) register now at http://www.AccessibilityCampSeattle.org 4. The Guelph Accessibility Conference, May 31-June 1, Guelph ON http://www.accessconf.open.uoguelph.ca/ Jennison -- Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network LinkedIn at From PLester at admin.fsu.edu Fri Mar 25 07:41:59 2011 From: PLester at admin.fsu.edu (Lester, Patti) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] mac, skype and VO Message-ID: <12A313E4217C8749ACC83675B4D81DBE02D5D5E9@fsu-exch-12.fsu.edu> Dear colleagues, I know of an individual who is blind where her mac set-up is set to log onto skype and VO whenever the computer is powered up. The problem is that because she is in Oman, where officially skype is blocked, she has to connect to the internet using a usb modem. The thing is VO does not detect the device and therefore it requires a sighted person to do the connecting. They have tried to find a solution time and time again without success. Is anyone familiar with anything that would help her continue her independence? She's looking to set-up an office of accessibility and she would like to use Macs because of the VO feature. I appreciate any help on this. Thanks, Patti Lester, MLS, AT Lab Coordinator Student Disability Resource Center Florida State University 874 Traditions Way 108 Student Services Building Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4167 (850) 644-5532 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From burke at mso.umt.edu Wed Mar 30 08:43:18 2011 From: burke at mso.umt.edu (Burke, Dan (DSS)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Re-captcha article In-Reply-To: <001801cbeecc$01f084b0$05d18e10$@karlencommunications.com> References: <001801cbeecc$01f084b0$05d18e10$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: I respectfully disagree - there are far better ways to advance OCR than keeping me from getting access to web services such as online accounts, google docs and tickets to rock concerts. Dan Burke Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services for Students The University of Montana Emma B. Lommasson Center 154 Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.4424 406.243.5330 FAX www.umt.edu/disability From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 5:17 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Re-captcha article For those of us working with alternate text production, this NYT article shows an interesting and positive use for cattcha. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/science/29recaptcha.html?partner=rss&e mc=rss Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lommasson Center 154 Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.4424 406.243.5330 FAX www.umt.edu/disability From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 5:17 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Re-captcha article For those of us working with alternate text production, this NYT article shows an interesting and positive use for cattcha. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/science/29recaptcha.html?partner=rss &emc=rss Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From winkharner at mesacc.edu Wed Mar 30 10:28:59 2011 From: winkharner at mesacc.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question Message-ID: <005201cbeeff$f466cc80$dd346580$@edu> Hi all, Forgive cross-posting. Received this from a colleague today and am curious as to your collective (wise!) thoughts about Wordpress and accessibility for Blind users. Here is the link to the higher ed article about a plugin for wordpress to help blind people. http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/access-keys-a-wordpress-plugin-to-impr ove-accessibility/32181?sid=at &utm_source=at&utm_medium=en Your input, as always, is welcome. Wink -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadi at illinois.edu Wed Mar 30 11:19:38 2011 From: hadi at illinois.edu (Rangin, Hadi Bargi) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question In-Reply-To: <005201cbeeff$f466cc80$dd346580$@edu> References: <005201cbeeff$f466cc80$dd346580$@edu> Message-ID: Hi Wink, I responded to this topic earlier at one of our local mailing list. See below and hope it helps. There are a few fact that we need to know about access keys: 1. Access keys are useful as long as there are only a limited numbers of them and are used consistently across the domain. 2. Access keys frequently overlap with OS, browser, and assistive technology shortcut keys. As long as the end-user can specify the access keys to desired functions in an application, then it makes sense but according to the article "One of these Omeka plugins, called Access Keys, allows site administrators to specify access keys (or keyboard shortcuts) for navigating around Omeka. People who are blind do not navigate Web sites through a graphical user interface; they usually rely exclusively on their keyboard. Access keys are time-saving shortcuts that allow them to navigate quickly and easily. For instance, an administrator could specify that the access key "s" would be reserved for loading the "Search" page, the "h" key could be reserved for the "Home" page, the "a" key for the "About" page, and so on." the administrator assigns the access keys. And this is the problem. how the admin knows what access keys doesn't interfere with my OS/browser/assistive technology shortcut keys. This is similar to that an admin choose the best color setting for the users. I believe we all do have our color preferences and administrators should not impose their color preferences to the end users. The optimal option is to provide the mechanism that end-user specifies his/her access keys within a domain depending on his/her OS/browser/AT settings. I personally think access keys cause more problems for AT users than helping them. We really don't need to invest too much energy into access keys solution. An application with logical heading structures/landmarks doesn't need access keys very much. They are helpful if we are dealing with pages/forms that we access repetitively. Thanks, Hadi ________________________________ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:29 PM To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question Hi all, Forgive cross-posting. Received this from a colleague today and am curious as to your collective (wise!) thoughts about Wordpress and accessibility for Blind users. Here is the link to the higher ed article about a plugin for wordpress to help blind people. http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/access-keys-a-wordpress-plugin-to-improve-accessibility/32181?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en Your input, as always, is welcome. Wink -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarojprimlani at gmail.com Wed Mar 30 12:23:12 2011 From: sarojprimlani at gmail.com (Saroj Primlani) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Access Keys Message-ID: Very well said Hadi. I have never assigned them as I find it to be more of a challenge. If I am sighted and have physical limitations, having the ability to set key combinations or macros is very beneficial. However most sighted users have never used an added "technology" to navigate and select actionable items and it is a difficult concept for them to internalize that the key combinations would "trip" on each other. They do not generally use key combinations for navigation and shortcuts and when they think about it, it seems like a good idea. The focus of all design should be that every actionable item must be available from the keyboard and all key combinations/ short cut keys/ "access" keys should be a user preference. Saroj On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:00 PM, wrote: > Send Athen mailing list submissions to > ? ? ? ?athen@athenpro.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > ? ? ? ?http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ? ? ? ?athen-request@athenpro.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ? ? ? ?athen-owner@athenpro.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Athen digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > ? 1. Re: Worpress/accessibility question (Rangin, Hadi Bargi) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:19:38 -0500 > From: "Rangin, Hadi Bargi" > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network , > ? ? ? ?"DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU" > Subject: Re: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question > Message-ID: > ? ? ? ? > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Wink, > > I responded to this topic earlier at one of our local mailing list. See below and hope it helps. > > There are a few fact that we need to know about access keys: > 1. Access keys are useful as long as there are only a limited numbers of them and are used consistently across the domain. > 2. Access keys frequently overlap with OS, browser, and assistive technology shortcut keys. As long as the end-user can specify the access keys to desired functions in an application, then it makes sense but according to the article > > "One of these Omeka plugins, called Access Keys, allows site administrators to specify > access keys > ?(or keyboard shortcuts) for navigating around Omeka. People who are blind do not navigate Web sites through a graphical user interface; they usually rely > exclusively on their keyboard. Access keys are time-saving shortcuts that allow them to navigate quickly and easily. For instance, an administrator could > specify that the access key "s" would be reserved for loading the "Search" page, the "h" key could be reserved for the "Home" page, the "a" key for the > "About" page, and so on." > > the administrator assigns the access keys. And this is the problem. how the admin knows what access keys doesn't interfere with my OS/browser/assistive technology shortcut keys. > This is similar to that an admin choose the best color setting for the users. I believe we all do have our color preferences and administrators should not impose their color preferences to the end users. > The optimal option is to provide the mechanism that end-user specifies his/her access keys within a domain depending on his/her OS/browser/AT settings. > > I personally think access keys cause more problems for AT users than helping them. We really don't need to invest too much energy into access keys solution. An application with logical heading structures/landmarks doesn't need access keys very much. They are helpful if we are dealing with pages/forms that we access repetitively. > > Thanks, > Hadi > > > ________________________________ > From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:29 PM > To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question > > Hi all, > > Forgive cross-posting. > > Received this from a colleague today and am curious as to your collective (wise!) thoughts about Wordpress and accessibility for Blind users. > > Here is the link to the higher ed article about a plugin for wordpress to help blind people. > > http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/access-keys-a-wordpress-plugin-to-improve-accessibility/32181?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en > > Your input, as always, is welcome. > > Wink > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > > End of Athen Digest, Vol 62, Issue 30 > ************************************* > -- Saroj From Dave.M.Thomas at studentlife.du.edu Wed Mar 30 12:32:11 2011 From: Dave.M.Thomas at studentlife.du.edu (Dave M. Thomas) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] NVDA Question Message-ID: Hello! I am working with a student who is starting out with NVDA. She can use it to read MS Word documents aloud and to navigate in the operating system. When she tries to read PDFs the program will not read. Any suggestions? Dave Dave Thomas, Assistive Technology Specialist University of Denver Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 4th Floor 1999 E. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80208 Phone: 303-871-2269 Fax: 303-871-2248 E-mail: dave.m.thomas@du.edu . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Wed Mar 30 12:44:30 2011 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] NVDA Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: NVDA handles PDF quite well. First question, does she have Acrobat Reader installed? Other PDF-capable programs are not screen reader accessible. The other question to ask is, is the PDF tagged? If not, typically the AT will launch Reader and attempt to create automatically a tag structure from the document structure. However, if the original document is an image-based PDF, you won't get any usable content (without an OCR-run first). 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 http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Dave M. Thomas < Dave.M.Thomas@studentlife.du.edu> wrote: > Hello! > > > > I am working with a student who is starting out with NVDA. She can use it > to read MS Word documents aloud and to navigate in the operating system. > > > > When she tries to read PDFs the program will not read. Any suggestions? > > > > Dave > > > > > > Dave Thomas, Assistive Technology Specialist > > University of Denver > > Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 4th Floor > > 1999 E. Evans Ave. > > Denver, CO 80208 > > Phone: 303-871-2269 > > Fax: 303-871-2248 > > E-mail: dave.m.thomas@du.edu > > > > . > _______________________________________________ > Athen mailing list > Athen@athenpro.org > http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From burke at mso.umt.edu Wed Mar 30 13:13:34 2011 From: burke at mso.umt.edu (Burke, Dan (DSS)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Re-captcha article In-Reply-To: <001101cbeef4$3890b670$a9b22350$@karlencommunications.com> References: <001801cbeecc$01f084b0$05d18e10$@karlencommunications.com> <001101cbeef4$3890b670$a9b22350$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: Thanks for forwarding to the list, in any case. (smile) Dan Burke Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services for Students The University of Montana Emma B. Lommasson Center 154 Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.4424 406.243.5330 FAX www.umt.edu/disability From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:05 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Re-captcha article Agreed, I just thought the concept was nifty. Cheers, Karen From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Burke, Dan (DSS) Sent: March-30-11 11:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Re-captcha article I respectfully disagree - there are far better ways to advance OCR than keeping me from getting access to web services such as online accounts, google docs and tickets to rock concerts. Dan Burke Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services for Students The University of Montana Emma B. Lommasson Center 154 Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.4424 406.243.5330 FAX www.umt.edu/disability From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 5:17 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Re-captcha article For those of us working with alternate text production, this NYT article shows an interesting and positive use for cattcha. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/science/29recaptcha.html?partner=rss&e mc=rss Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Mar 30 13:55:04 2011 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] AIM Teleconference Meeting April 1 Message-ID: <012A85AEC21843ECAFF787611C66845B@htctu.fhda.edu> The Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities (AIM Commission) will hold its second full-Commission teleconference this Friday, April 1, 2011, from 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. ET. To convene the meeting, Alexa Posny, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) will share welcoming remarks and provide an update on some of the activities of the Commission to date. During the meeting, AIM Commission members will focus on topics related to the market model for AIM and best practices for improving access to AIM for individuals with low-incidence disabilities. Additionally, representatives from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) will provide an overview of grant projects that focus on individuals with disabilities in higher education. Finally, the teleconference will feature a roundtable discussion focusing on the current postsecondary experiences of students with disabilities who require AIM. Additional details regarding the meeting are as follows: WHAT: Second Full AIM Commission Teleconference ACCESS: This teleconference will be open to the public via iLinc Webinar system. The public login for the meeting can be accessed through the following link: https://aimpsc.ilinc.com/join/ccszfyh. For guidance on installing the iLinc client software please visit http://product.ilinc.com/help/ilinc/. DATE: Friday, April 1, 2011 TIME: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pacific *The Webinar will be open for login beginning at 9:30 AM Eastern Time This teleconference is open to the public and the press. A meeting agenda and other materials will be available prior to the call on the AIM Commission meetings website: http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meetings.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.gardner at orst.edu Wed Mar 30 13:58:37 2011 From: john.gardner at orst.edu (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question In-Reply-To: References: <005201cbeeff$f466cc80$dd346580$@edu> Message-ID: <013001cbef1d$3fb86410$bf292c30$@gardner@orst.edu> I think that Hadi is being too polite. I have never ever ever found a web site using access keys to be helpful. I find them a nuisance. It is hard to believe that the well-meaning people who propose such helpful ideas ever ask for feedback from blind users. John Gardner From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Rangin, Hadi Bargi Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 11:20 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Subject: Re: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question Hi Wink, I responded to this topic earlier at one of our local mailing list. See below and hope it helps. There are a few fact that we need to know about access keys: 1. Access keys are useful as long as there are only a limited numbers of them and are used consistently across the domain. 2. Access keys frequently overlap with OS, browser, and assistive technology shortcut keys. As long as the end-user can specify the access keys to desired functions in an application, then it makes sense but according to the article "One of these Omeka plugins, called Access Keys, allows site administrators to specify access keys (or keyboard shortcuts) for navigating around Omeka. People who are blind do not navigate Web sites through a graphical user interface; they usually rely exclusively on their keyboard. Access keys are time-saving shortcuts that allow them to navigate quickly and easily. For instance, an administrator could specify that the access key "s" would be reserved for loading the "Search" page, the "h" key could be reserved for the "Home" page, the "a" key for the "About" page, and so on." the administrator assigns the access keys. And this is the problem. how the admin knows what access keys doesn't interfere with my OS/browser/assistive technology shortcut keys. This is similar to that an admin choose the best color setting for the users. I believe we all do have our color preferences and administrators should not impose their color preferences to the end users. The optimal option is to provide the mechanism that end-user specifies his/her access keys within a domain depending on his/her OS/browser/AT settings. I personally think access keys cause more problems for AT users than helping them. We really don't need to invest too much energy into access keys solution. An application with logical heading structures/landmarks doesn't need access keys very much. They are helpful if we are dealing with pages/forms that we access repetitively. Thanks, Hadi _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:29 PM To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question Hi all, Forgive cross-posting. Received this from a colleague today and am curious as to your collective (wise!) thoughts about Wordpress and accessibility for Blind users. Here is the link to the higher ed article about a plugin for wordpress to help blind people. http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/access-keys-a-wordpress-plugin-to-impr ove-accessibility/32181?sid=at &utm_source=at&utm_medium=en Your input, as always, is welcome. Wink -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Mar 30 14:13:13 2011 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Pasadena City College Announces DSP&S Tenure Track Faculty Position - Learning & Other Disabilities Message-ID: <092D08536827435F8C878FDA42973910@htctu.fhda.edu> From: Kent T. Yamauchi [mailto:KTYAMAUCHI@pasadena.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 2:12 PM To: DSP&S Directors Listserver Subject: Pasadena City College Announces DSP&S Tenure Track Faculty Position - Learning & Other Disabilities Hello Colleagues. Pasadena City College is pleased to announce the opening of our search for a full-time, tenure track, 11-month faculty position as the DSP&S Learning & Other Disabilities Teacher-Specialist. The formal announcement describing the duties and application process is in the attachment. We anticipate a very competitive pool of highly qualified disability specialists whose knowledge, skills, and experience exceed the minimum qualifications necessary for this position. Please share this information with people you believe would make a positive contribution to the students with disabilities attending Pasadena City College. Many thanks, Kent T. 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She can use it to read MS Word documents aloud and to navigate in the operating system. When she tries to read PDFs the program will not read. Any suggestions? Dave Dave Thomas, Assistive Technology Specialist University of Denver Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 4th Floor 1999 E. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80208 Phone: 303-871-2269 Fax: 303-871-2248 E-mail: dave.m.thomas@du.edu . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pratikp1 at gmail.com Wed Mar 30 16:30:57 2011 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] NVDA Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00f601cbef32$8636e960$92a4bc20$@gmail.com> Hello, Not all PDF's are made equal. NVDA supports Acrobat Reader quite well. If the PDF file has exposed text, then it will be read. If the file is tagged well, then NVDA will deal with it quite well. Regards, Pratik From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of N Dogbo Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] NVDA Question Are all those PDFs accessible PDFs? In other words, can she read them let's say with a demo copy of JAWS? Thx, Dogbo ----- 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 Dave M. Thomas Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:32 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] NVDA Question Hello! I am working with a student who is starting out with NVDA. She can use it to read MS Word documents aloud and to navigate in the operating system. When she tries to read PDFs the program will not read. Any suggestions? Dave Dave Thomas, Assistive Technology Specialist University of Denver Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 4th Floor 1999 E. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80208 Phone: 303-871-2269 Fax: 303-871-2248 E-mail: dave.m.thomas@du.edu . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Wed Mar 30 17:57:43 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] NVDA Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <005301cbef3e$a4ee90e0$eecbb2a0$@ahead.org> Or WindowEyes or NVDA or ... Ron Stewart From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of N Dogbo Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] NVDA Question Are all those PDFs accessible PDFs? In other words, can she read them let's say with a demo copy of JAWS? Thx, Dogbo ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- _____ From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Dave M. Thomas Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:32 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] NVDA Question Hello! I am working with a student who is starting out with NVDA. She can use it to read MS Word documents aloud and to navigate in the operating system. When she tries to read PDFs the program will not read. Any suggestions? Dave Dave Thomas, Assistive Technology Specialist University of Denver Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 4th Floor 1999 E. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80208 Phone: 303-871-2269 Fax: 303-871-2248 E-mail: dave.m.thomas@du.edu . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Wed Mar 30 18:41:40 2011 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question In-Reply-To: References: <005201cbeeff$f466cc80$dd346580$@edu> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20110330183625.0493f108@pop.gmail.com> I agree with Hadi. I find access keys a very poor solution to pages that are designed poorly in the first place. Granted, in my advancing age I have learned a ton of keys for windows, more for a screen reader and more if I sometimes us a second screen reader. Then more in Excel if I need it to read cell comments and other features that the screen normally does not reveal automatically. Then PDF readers have even more access keys. When I go into a Web conference where the arrow or tab won't get me to important items but they try to fix it with access keys, I just turn off my brain. How many special key combinations can I remember and especially when I have to remember which application I am using and which keys go for it and not another........ To tell the truth, I wouldn't have tackled that much trivial memorization when I was 40 years younger. Call me lazy or maybe access keys are really a poor way to solve problems. Norm At 11:19 AM 3/30/2011, you wrote: >Content-Language: en-US >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > >boundary="_000_E64D96424F4E554C841B19F26A9E288E048C6058AEDSMAILBOX2adu_" > >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m = >"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"> >Hi Wink, > >I responded to this topic earlier at one of our local mailing list. See >below and hope it helps. > >There are a few fact that we need to know about access keys: >1. Access keys are useful as long as there are only a limited numbers of >them and are used consistently across the domain. >2. Access keys frequently overlap with OS, browser, and assistive >technology shortcut keys. As long as the end-user can specify the access >keys to desired functions in an application, then it makes sense but >according to the article > >"One of these Omeka plugins, called Access Keys, allows site >administrators to specify >access keys > (or keyboard shortcuts) for navigating around Omeka. People who are > blind do not navigate Web sites through a graphical user interface; they > usually rely >exclusively on their keyboard. Access keys are time-saving shortcuts that >allow them to navigate quickly and easily. For instance, an administrator could >specify that the access key "s" would be reserved for loading the "Search" >page, the "h" key could be reserved for the "Home" page, the "a" key for the >"About" page, and so on." > >the administrator assigns the access keys. And this is the problem. how >the admin knows what access keys doesn't interfere with my >OS/browser/assistive technology shortcut keys. >This is similar to that an admin choose the best color setting for the >users. I believe we all do have our color preferences and administrators >should not impose their color preferences to the end users. >The optimal option is to provide the mechanism that end-user specifies >his/her access keys within a domain depending on his/her OS/browser/AT >settings. > >I personally think access keys cause more problems for AT users than >helping them. We really don't need to invest too much energy into access >keys solution. An application with logical heading structures/landmarks >doesn't need access keys very much. They are helpful if we are dealing >with pages/forms that we access repetitively. > >Thanks, >Hadi > > > >---------- >From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On >Behalf Of Wink Harner >Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:29 PM >To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >Subject: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question > >Hi all, > > > >Forgive cross-posting. > > > >Received this from a colleague today and am curious as to your collective >(wise!) thoughts about Wordpress and accessibility for Blind users. > > > >Here is the link to the higher ed article about a plugin for wordpress to >help blind people. > >http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/access-keys-a-wordpress-plugin-to-improve-accessibility/32181?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en > > > >Your input, as always, is welcome. > > > >Wink > > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 winkharner at mesacc.edu Wed Mar 30 19:12:50 2011 From: winkharner at mesacc.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20110330183625.0493f108@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1497610456.613435.1301537570513.JavaMail.root@mailstore1.mesacc.edu> Thanks everyone. Your comments supported my initial thoughts. I received it from a math teacher who is totally engaged in technology and doesn't quite "get" the accessibility/useability of it. I especially liked Hadi's explanation --very clear! Wink ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prof Norm Coombs" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:41:40 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question I agree with Hadi. I find access keys a very poor solution to pages that are designed poorly in the first place. Granted, in my advancing age I have learned a ton of keys for windows, more for a screen reader and more if I sometimes us a second screen reader. Then more in Excel if I need it to read cell comments and other features that the screen normally does not reveal automatically. Then PDF readers have even more access keys. When I go into a Web conference where the arrow or tab won't get me to important items but they try to fix it with access keys, I just turn off my brain. How many special key combinations can I remember and especially when I have to remember which application I am using and which keys go for it and not another........ To tell the truth, I wouldn't have tackled that much trivial memorization when I was 40 years younger. Call me lazy or maybe access keys are really a poor way to solve problems. Norm At 11:19 AM 3/30/2011, you wrote: >Content-Language: en-US >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > >boundary="_000_E64D96424F4E554C841B19F26A9E288E048C6058AEDSMAILBOX2adu_" > >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m = >"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"> >Hi Wink, > >I responded to this topic earlier at one of our local mailing list. See >below and hope it helps. > >There are a few fact that we need to know about access keys: >1. Access keys are useful as long as there are only a limited numbers of >them and are used consistently across the domain. >2. Access keys frequently overlap with OS, browser, and assistive >technology shortcut keys. As long as the end-user can specify the access >keys to desired functions in an application, then it makes sense but >according to the article > >"One of these Omeka plugins, called Access Keys, allows site >administrators to specify >access keys > (or keyboard shortcuts) for navigating around Omeka. People who are > blind do not navigate Web sites through a graphical user interface; they > usually rely >exclusively on their keyboard. Access keys are time-saving shortcuts that >allow them to navigate quickly and easily. For instance, an administrator could >specify that the access key "s" would be reserved for loading the "Search" >page, the "h" key could be reserved for the "Home" page, the "a" key for the >"About" page, and so on." > >the administrator assigns the access keys. And this is the problem. how >the admin knows what access keys doesn't interfere with my >OS/browser/assistive technology shortcut keys. >This is similar to that an admin choose the best color setting for the >users. I believe we all do have our color preferences and administrators >should not impose their color preferences to the end users. >The optimal option is to provide the mechanism that end-user specifies >his/her access keys within a domain depending on his/her OS/browser/AT >settings. > >I personally think access keys cause more problems for AT users than >helping them. We really don't need to invest too much energy into access >keys solution. An application with logical heading structures/landmarks >doesn't need access keys very much. They are helpful if we are dealing >with pages/forms that we access repetitively. > >Thanks, >Hadi > > > >---------- >From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On >Behalf Of Wink Harner >Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:29 PM >To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >Subject: [Athen] Worpress/accessibility question > >Hi all, > > > >Forgive cross-posting. > > > >Received this from a colleague today and am curious as to your collective >(wise!) thoughts about Wordpress and accessibility for Blind users. > > > >Here is the link to the higher ed article about a plugin for wordpress to >help blind people. > >http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/access-keys-a-wordpress-plugin-to-improve-accessibility/32181?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en > > > >Your input, as always, is welcome. > > > >Wink > > >_______________________________________________ >Athen mailing list >Athen@athenpro.org >http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 -- Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College 1833 W. Southern Avenue Mesa AZ 85201 480-461-7447 winkharner@mesacc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu Wed Mar 30 19:25:06 2011 From: wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] an award Message-ID: <4D4E418900007947@> Hi all, Am forwarding to my esteemed colleagues an announcement. Some years ago our college district formed an advisory group to establish an official constituency group for employees with disabilities. We have a number of constituency groups in our district, but our Voice CG is the first one for employees with disabilities. Of course other groups are also receiving awards. Our College district Chancellor is presenting us (me too!) with an award for our contributions to Maricopa as President of a Constituency Group. Because we have given our time and effort to support employees, students and ultimately help to make Maricopa better for all of us. Wanted to share with you all. It's good news. And good to share! Blessings, all, Wink Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Mesa, AZ 480-461-7447 From pratikp1 at gmail.com Wed Mar 30 19:42:08 2011 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] an award In-Reply-To: <4D4E418900007947@> References: <4D4E418900007947@> Message-ID: <010701cbef4d$3b7ae0a0$b270a1e0$@gmail.com> Congratulations. -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:25 PM To: ATHEN Cc: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Subject: [Athen] an award Hi all, Am forwarding to my esteemed colleagues an announcement. Some years ago our college district formed an advisory group to establish an official constituency group for employees with disabilities. We have a number of constituency groups in our district, but our Voice CG is the first one for employees with disabilities. Of course other groups are also receiving awards. Our College district Chancellor is presenting us (me too!) with an award for our contributions to Maricopa as President of a Constituency Group. Because we have given our time and effort to support employees, students and ultimately help to make Maricopa better for all of us. Wanted to share with you all. It's good news. And good to share! Blessings, all, Wink Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College Mesa, AZ 480-461-7447 _______________________________________________ Athen mailing list Athen@athenpro.org http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org From sozi1 at mscd.edu Thu Mar 31 06:56:20 2011 From: sozi1 at mscd.edu (Ozi, Selim) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Nvda/ PDF Message-ID: Hi Dave, This is a respond to your Athens mail list question regarding NVDA/pdf crash. According to Open source NVDA developers (#ticket 1278 fixed) it's a known issue and here is the attached link If your user has Adobe reader 10 ..it's a known crash for reading tagged PDF, Here is the link for fix if your user has source code and speaks python http://www.nvda-project.org/changeset/main%2C4070 ( since we are both in Colorado I ll be happy to help with you coding needs if you desire) I do have NVDA on my pc and when I go back to adobe 9 using XP After choosing infer reading order selection nvda reads tagged/ocr PDF just fine. It sucks because adobe 10 is a little faster. cheers Selim ?zi. Access Center , Disability Accommodations And Adaptive Technology for Metropolitan State College of Denver. 303-556-8387. This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information.? Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited.? If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of athen-request@athenpro.org Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:58 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: Athen Digest, Vol 62, Issue 34 Send Athen mailing list submissions to athen@athenpro.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-request@athenpro.org You can reach the person managing the list at athen-owner@athenpro.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Athen digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: NVDA Question (N Dogbo) 2. Re: NVDA Question (Pratik Patel) 3. Re: NVDA Question (Ron Stewart) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:28:37 -0700 From: "N Dogbo" To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: Re: [Athen] NVDA Question Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Are all those PDFs accessible PDFs? In other words, can she read them let's say with a demo copy of JAWS? Thx, Dogbo ----- 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 Dave M. Thomas Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:32 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] NVDA Question Hello! I am working with a student who is starting out with NVDA. She can use it to read MS Word documents aloud and to navigate in the operating system. When she tries to read PDFs the program will not read. Any suggestions? Dave Dave Thomas, Assistive Technology Specialist University of Denver Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 4th Floor 1999 E. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80208 Phone: 303-871-2269 Fax: 303-871-2248 E-mail: dave.m.thomas@du.edu . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:30:57 -0400 From: "Pratik Patel" To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: Re: [Athen] NVDA Question Message-ID: <00f601cbef32$8636e960$92a4bc20$@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, Not all PDF's are made equal. NVDA supports Acrobat Reader quite well. If the PDF file has exposed text, then it will be read. If the file is tagged well, then NVDA will deal with it quite well. Regards, Pratik From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of N Dogbo Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] NVDA Question Are all those PDFs accessible PDFs? In other words, can she read them let's say with a demo copy of JAWS? Thx, Dogbo ----- 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 Dave M. Thomas Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:32 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] NVDA Question Hello! I am working with a student who is starting out with NVDA. She can use it to read MS Word documents aloud and to navigate in the operating system. When she tries to read PDFs the program will not read. Any suggestions? Dave Dave Thomas, Assistive Technology Specialist University of Denver Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 4th Floor 1999 E. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80208 Phone: 303-871-2269 Fax: 303-871-2248 E-mail: dave.m.thomas@du.edu . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:57:43 -0700 From: "Ron Stewart" To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: Re: [Athen] NVDA Question Message-ID: <005301cbef3e$a4ee90e0$eecbb2a0$@ahead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Or WindowEyes or NVDA or ... Ron Stewart From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of N Dogbo Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] NVDA Question Are all those PDFs accessible PDFs? In other words, can she read them let's say with a demo copy of JAWS? Thx, Dogbo ----- 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 Dave M. Thomas Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:32 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] NVDA Question Hello! I am working with a student who is starting out with NVDA. She can use it to read MS Word documents aloud and to navigate in the operating system. When she tries to read PDFs the program will not read. Any suggestions? Dave Dave Thomas, Assistive Technology Specialist University of Denver Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 4th Floor 1999 E. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80208 Phone: 303-871-2269 Fax: 303-871-2248 E-mail: dave.m.thomas@du.edu . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lommasson Center 154 Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.4424 406.243.5330 FAX www.umt.edu/disability From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:58 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] NVDA Question Or WindowEyes or NVDA or ..... Ron Stewart From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of N Dogbo Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] NVDA Question Are all those PDFs accessible PDFs? In other words, can she read them let's say with a demo copy of JAWS? Thx, Dogbo ----- 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 Dave M. Thomas Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:32 PM To: athen@athenpro.org Subject: [Athen] NVDA Question Hello! 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