From hascherdss at gmail.com Tue Nov 1 09:05:16 2011 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Executive Office Voting Now Available In-Reply-To: <4EA901C5.5080105@stanford.edu> References: <4EA901C5.5080105@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Hey Sean, I've been out of the office since the middle of last week. Is there any way I can cast a vote?? Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Hello ATHEN members, > > The onling voting for the ATHEN Executive Officer Nominations for > 2011-2012 is now open. If you are an ATHEN member, please vote for the > ATHEN Vice-President and Treasurer position. > > To vote, please login to the ATHEN website and go to: > http://athenpro.org/vote-2011 > > Voting will remain available until Monday, October 31 at 11PM (Pacific). > > If you have forgotten your ATHEN login credentials, please go to the login > page at http://athenpro.org/user . Enter your username (try your e-mail > address) and click the Request New Password hyperlink. Alternatively, you > may also contact Sean Keegan at skeegan@stanford.edu to reset your > account. > > Once again, the onling voting for the ATHEN Executive Officer Nominations > for 2011-2012 is now open and please remember, "Vote early, Vote Often". > > Take care, > Sean > > -- > Sean Keegan > Associate Director, Assistive Technology > Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University > http://studentaffairs.**stanford.edu/oae > ______________________________**_________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.**washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.**edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-**list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Tue Nov 1 11:59:24 2011 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dolphin vendor in Cali? Message-ID: <4EB0418C.1010602@stanford.edu> Hello all, Does anyone have a Dolphin vendor in California that they can recommend? I already looked on the Dolphin website and the California vendor listed appears to carry a *very* limited selection of Dolphin applications. If you have a representative that has worked well for you, I would be much obliged if you could pass along that information. Thanks! Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From ron at ahead.org Tue Nov 1 12:33:26 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dolphin vendor in Cali? In-Reply-To: <4EB0418C.1010602@stanford.edu> References: <4EB0418C.1010602@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <007001cc98cd$211650d0$6342f270$@ahead.org> Sean I would recommend contacting Jeff Bazer at Dolphin directly jeff.bazer@dolphinusa.com. Ron Stewart -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 11:59 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Dolphin vendor in Cali? Hello all, Does anyone have a Dolphin vendor in California that they can recommend? I already looked on the Dolphin website and the California vendor listed appears to carry a *very* limited selection of Dolphin applications. If you have a representative that has worked well for you, I would be much obliged if you could pass along that information. Thanks! Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Nov 1 17:24:28 2011 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Job Opening Message-ID: <31A25C715F804D7A92E8B957A56A322F@htctu.fhda.edu> Job Opening There is a job opening for an Alternative Media Technology Specialist at Chabot College. Any help you would provide with our recruitment effort would be greatly appreciated. More information about the position and the application process is available at our website: http://www.clpccd.org/HR/ Best regards, James James W. 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Greg On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Gabbert, Darren L. wrote: > I think the guy you need to talk to is Chuck Runquist (cer0358@optionline.net). ?He is a DNS software consultant and used to work as a DNS SDK program manager for Lernout & Hauspie. ?He knows his stuff. > > Darren Gabbert > Grants & Contracts Administrator > Adaptive Computing Technology Center > University of Missouri Division of IT > N-18 Memorial Union > Columbia, MO 65211 > Phone: (573) 673-5629 > Fax:? (314) 594-9909 > Darren@Missouri.edu > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Kraus > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 2:12 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Athen] contact at Nuance > > Does anyone know a contact at Nuance who could answer some questions about how Dragon interacts with applications at the API and OS level? > It would need to be someone like a product manager or technical lead. > There is a (rather large) company that needs this information in order to make their product work with Dragon. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > > Greg > > -- > Greg Kraus > University IT Accessibility Coordinator > NC State University > 919.513.4087 > greg_kraus@ncsu.edu > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Nov 2 14:12:10 2011 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] PA Looking for a Speaker Message-ID: Hello ATHEN folks, A request was sent to me to recommend a speaker for a college in Philadelphia, PA. Any of you close to that area who might want to speak on accessibility issues? See e-mail request below. We are trying to increase awareness across campus about these and related issues. We are looking for possible speakers who would be willing to travel out to our campus for a modest fee to do a talk on issues related to access or Universal Design or similar at one of our faculty in-service events. Please let me know, and I can pass along the contact information: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The HTCTU provides leadership, training, and support to the California Community Colleges in using technology to promote the success of students with disabilities. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." ?Abraham Lincoln -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Thu Nov 3 07:30:56 2011 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Foot Mouse need In-Reply-To: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC004AD0D97@ebe1.umassb.net> References: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC004AD0D97@ebe1.umassb.net> Message-ID: I have employees that like the Infogrip BIGTrack. It can easily be controled by a foot because it has an enormous brackball and big right and left click buttons. The right and left click are positioned far enough from the trackball they won't be bumped by accident. We got ours through enablemart.com Jeff On 11/3/11, Kenneth Elkind wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations for a foot mouse. I've client with > severe carpal tunnel who uses one at home and work. > > > > > > Kenneth Elkind > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > (617) 287- 5243 > > Kenneth.elkind@umb.edu > > Skype User Number: adaptiveumb > > > > > > Adaptive Computer Lab > > Maximizing Learning Potential > > > > Learn about the Adaptive Computer Lab > lab/> > > > > > > From danc at uw.edu Thu Nov 3 09:33:58 2011 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Foot Mouse need In-Reply-To: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC004AD0D97@ebe1.umassb.net> References: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC004AD0D97@ebe1.umassb.net> Message-ID: Here's another vote for a trackball on the floor, preferably one with a large ball and big buttons. We have had a NoHands mouse (http://www.footmouse.com/) in our facility for many years. Not one person who tried it enjoyed using it. Doing fine motor control as in mouse movements with both feet is a challenge. It appears that it's much easier to control a trackball with one foot instead. On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Kenneth Elkind wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations for a foot mouse. I've client with severe > carpal tunnel who uses one at home and work.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Kenneth Elkind**** > > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maryz at MIT.EDU Thu Nov 3 12:10:47 2011 From: maryz at MIT.EDU (Mary J Ziegler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Foot Mouse need In-Reply-To: References: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC004AD0D97@ebe1.umassb.net> Message-ID: <64E6EEC0B310504E9221AA9658121D0929DB6C1380@EXPO11.exchange.mit.edu> We have both the Bili Foot Mouse and the No Hands (but I believe the No Hands may not available for purchase anymore). Both can cause tendonitis in the lower leg/ankle/foot with extended use. Plus, it's almost impossible to stabilize your upper body while sitting and using both feet, so it can cause back strain too. I have seen folks use the Bili for SHORT durations successfully, but I would not recommend it as long-term solution. I agree that a regular big trackball will likely work better, for the reasons Dan outlines below. Best, Mary ____________ Mary J. Ziegler IT Manager, Accessibility and Usability MIT Information Services and Technology (IS&T) ATIC Room 7-143 617.258.9328 maryz@mit.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 12:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Foot Mouse need Here's another vote for a trackball on the floor, preferably one with a large ball and big buttons. We have had a NoHands mouse (http://www.footmouse.com/) in our facility for many years. Not one person who tried it enjoyed using it. Doing fine motor control as in mouse movements with both feet is a challenge. It appears that it's much easier to control a trackball with one foot instead. On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Kenneth Elkind > wrote: I'm looking for recommendations for a foot mouse. I've client with severe carpal tunnel who uses one at home and work. Kenneth Elkind -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Attend the Virtual Accessing Higher Ground Conference Message-ID: Virtually Attend 4 days of the AHG 2011 Conference - Nov. 15 - Nov. 18, 2011 For the first time, AHG will offer online access to a track of sessions from 4 days of the 5-day conference. Available sessions include: - Nuts & Bolts of Captioning Digital Multimedia, Geoff Freed, NCAM-WGBH - Integrating Accessibility into the Design of Online Learning Management Systems: Theories & Practice, Nantanoot Suwannawut, Indiana University - Evaluating Web Content Accessibility - Using WAVE to Facilitate Human Evaluation, Jared Smith, WebAIM, Marisol Miranda, EASI - Web Accessibility: 30 Tips in 60 Minutes, Terrill Thompson, DO-IT, University of Washington - View complete "virtual" agenda Please contact Howard Kramer at hkramer@colorado.edu or 492-8672 if you have any questions. 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We'll also try Voice Over to see if it will read enough of the text to be effective. Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs and the audio software accessible? I'm all ears! 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 Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu Mon Nov 7 09:32:10 2011 From: Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu (Kenneth Elkind) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] foot mouse/ pedals Message-ID: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC004AD0EA9@ebe1.umassb.net> Thank you for all the feedback. I will take a look at the large trackball. In my research I came across foot pedals. Has anybody use these? Fragpedal Quad PC Gaming Footpedal http://www.amazon.com/Fragpedal-Quad-PC-Gaming-Footpedal/dp/B005GVWTS4/r ef=pd_sbs_e_2 Kinesis Savant Elite Programmable Triple Action Footswitch, US http://www.amazon.com/Kinesis-Savant-Programmable-Triple-Footswitch/dp/B 000R9T0LO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1320686754&sr=8-6 Kenneth Elkind Assistive Technology Specialist (617) 287- 5243 Kenneth.elkind@umb.edu Skype User Number: adaptiveumb Adaptive Computer Lab Maximizing Learning Potential Learn about the Adaptive Computer Lab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhayman at u.washington.edu Mon Nov 7 09:44:42 2011 From: dhayman at u.washington.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: It'd be good for him to learn some of the most common keyboard shortcuts. If it is Pro Tools, there are a number of shortcuts for playing a track or stopping it, zooming in on a waveform for finding the zero-point for quiet edit points, and other tasks one does over an over. It would be a useful skill for one with low vision but will also minimize RSI issues when spending a whole day zooming in on waveforms, making edits, saving session content. There is a book I've seen in stores like Barnes & Noble that is filled with these keyboard shortcuts. Pro Tools also provides a lare PDF manual with each version so the same may be found without buying a book. Many will use two or more screens with audio software. One my show the virtual mixer view while the other shows the settings of a plug-in being applied to a track. Most audio recording software will have the ability to use a hardware-based controller with faders and pan-pots which may be easier to use than using a mouse to control a visual representation of a mixer on a screen. An example is the Mackie MCU Pro: http://www.mackie.com/products/mcupro/index.html If the persons vision is expected to deteriorate to the point of blindness then it would be better to go the route of JAWS + Sonar + Caketalking: http://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/CakeTalkingForSONAR.htm Doug Hayman Technology Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Robert Beach wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a visually impaired student going into audio engineering. He has some limited perifial vision and can do okay with enlarged graphics. He doesn't know print well enough to read it effectively. > > Our biggest concern is the Mac computers he will need to use for the audio recording software. We will be meeting with one of the instructors from the program tomorrow to see how well the built-in magnifier works for him. We'll also try Voice Over to see if it will read enough of the text to be effective. > > Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs and the audio software accessible? I'm all ears! > > 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 gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Nov 7 09:55:28 2011 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <28C5C74C3FB042E8B789F5CEF93CADF1@htctu.fhda.edu> All ears.you are too funny! I would suggest speaking with Bill McCann of Dancing Dots. Dancing Dots 1754 Quarry Lane P.O. Box 927 Valley Forge, PA 19482-0927 Voice: 610 783-6692, Fax: 610 500-5072 Send an E-mail to Dancing Dots http://www.dancingdots.com/main/contact_us.htm ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 9:19 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music Hi all, I have a visually impaired student going into audio engineering. He has some limited perifial vision and can do okay with enlarged graphics. He doesn't know print well enough to read it effectively. Our biggest concern is the Mac computers he will need to use for the audio recording software. We will be meeting with one of the instructors from the program tomorrow to see how well the built-in magnifier works for him. We'll also try Voice Over to see if it will read enough of the text to be effective. Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs and the audio software accessible? I'm all ears! 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 ron at altformatsolutions.com Mon Nov 7 09:55:22 2011 From: ron at altformatsolutions.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting at AHG Message-ID: <009801cc9d76$6c66cd00$45346700$@altformatsolutions.com> Good morning, we will be having our annual ATHEN Business Meeting at AHG on Wed from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Please send my your agenda items! Ron Stewart, Prez ATHEN **************************************************************************** *** 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 rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Nov 7 09:58:09 2011 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music In-Reply-To: References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5D1@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Thanks for these ideas. I will include them in my grab bag. I know Pro Tools is one of the several programs the student will be using. Unfortunately, the program coordinator and the instructors are very reluctant to use a different software package due to several issues. I had mentioned Sonar, but they do not know it and don't want to use it. They also feel that the quality of Sonar is not put to their standards. I'll definitely mention the other ideas though. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Doug Hayman Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:45 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music It'd be good for him to learn some of the most common keyboard shortcuts. If it is Pro Tools, there are a number of shortcuts for playing a track or stopping it, zooming in on a waveform for finding the zero-point for quiet edit points, and other tasks one does over an over. It would be a useful skill for one with low vision but will also minimize RSI issues when spending a whole day zooming in on waveforms, making edits, saving session content. There is a book I've seen in stores like Barnes & Noble that is filled with these keyboard shortcuts. Pro Tools also provides a lare PDF manual with each version so the same may be found without buying a book. Many will use two or more screens with audio software. One my show the virtual mixer view while the other shows the settings of a plug-in being applied to a track. Most audio recording software will have the ability to use a hardware-based controller with faders and pan-pots which may be easier to use than using a mouse to control a visual representation of a mixer on a screen. An example is the Mackie MCU Pro: http://www.mackie.com/products/mcupro/index.html If the persons vision is expected to deteriorate to the point of blindness then it would be better to go the route of JAWS + Sonar + Caketalking: http://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/CakeTalkingForSONAR.htm Doug Hayman Technology Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Robert Beach wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a visually impaired student going into audio engineering. He has some limited perifial vision and can do okay with enlarged graphics. He doesn't know print well enough to read it effectively. > > Our biggest concern is the Mac computers he will need to use for the audio recording software. We will be meeting with one of the instructors from the program tomorrow to see how well the built-in magnifier works for him. We'll also try Voice Over to see if it will read enough of the text to be effective. > > Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs and the audio software accessible? I'm all ears! > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Mon Nov 7 09:55:46 2011 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Hi Robert This topic came up this summer. Since then I heard of a blind guy that does song parodies for the Stern show. He goes by Psych. His website is http://www.psychmusic.com/contact.html In an interview he said that he uses ProTools with VoiceOver on Mac. He also does some work for a radio show produced by Shadow Stevens. Even though his work is mostly explicit song parodies it is pretty high quality. He would be a good source to try to contact for some pointers. Jeff On 11/7/11, Robert Beach wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a visually impaired student going into audio engineering. He has > some limited perifial vision and can do okay with enlarged graphics. He > doesn't know print well enough to read it effectively. > > Our biggest concern is the Mac computers he will need to use for the audio > recording software. We will be meeting with one of the instructors from the > program tomorrow to see how well the built-in magnifier works for him. > We'll also try Voice Over to see if it will read enough of the text to be > effective. > > Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs and > the audio software accessible? I'm all ears! > > 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 jon.pielaet at mso.umt.edu Mon Nov 7 10:15:55 2011 From: jon.pielaet at mso.umt.edu (Pielaet, Jon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5D1@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: This is a very interesting topic. The accessibility of audio applications differs greatly depending on the application. Native Apple applications are going to offer the best compatibility with VoiceOver. (Like Logic) Good accessibility has been reported with ProTools. Typically, there is very good documentation for these applications and it is available in a digital format, either in PDF or on the web. The screen magnification in Mac OSX is also very good. For the most part, I think that your student shouldn't have too much trouble accessing the applications but some proprietary systems like Sibelius, or Sonar may be tricker to use. Please let us know what you learn. Thanks, Jon Jon P. Pielaet Program Assistant for Instructional Materials Disability Services for Students Emma B. Lommasson 154 The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 www.umt.edu/dss/ 406-243-2243 Voice/Text 406-243-4461 Direct Line 406-243-5330 Fax On 11/7/11 10:58 AM, "Robert Beach" wrote: >Thanks for these ideas. I will include them in my grab bag. I know Pro >Tools is one of the several programs the student will be using. > >Unfortunately, the program coordinator and the instructors are very >reluctant to use a different software package due to several issues. I >had mentioned Sonar, but they do not know it and don't want to use it. >They also feel that the quality of Sonar is not put to their standards. > >I'll definitely mention the other ideas though. > > > >Robert Lee Beach >Assistive Technology Specialist >Kansas City Kansas Community College >7250 State Avenue >Kansas City, KS 66112 >913-288-7671 >rbeach@kckcc.edu > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Doug >Hayman >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:45 AM >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >Subject: Re: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music > >It'd be good for him to learn some of the most common keyboard shortcuts. >If it is Pro Tools, there are a number of shortcuts for playing a track >or stopping it, zooming in on a waveform for finding the zero-point for >quiet edit points, and other tasks one does over an over. It would be a >useful skill for one with low vision but will also minimize RSI issues >when spending a whole day zooming in on waveforms, making edits, saving >session content. There is a book I've seen in stores like Barnes & Noble >that is filled with these keyboard shortcuts. > >Pro Tools also provides a lare PDF manual with each version so the same >may be found without buying a book. > >Many will use two or more screens with audio software. One my show the >virtual mixer view while the other shows the settings of a plug-in being >applied to a track. > >Most audio recording software will have the ability to use a >hardware-based controller with faders and pan-pots which may be easier to >use than using a mouse to control a visual representation of a mixer on a >screen. An example is the Mackie MCU Pro: > >http://www.mackie.com/products/mcupro/index.html > >If the persons vision is expected to deteriorate to the point of >blindness then it would be better to go the route of JAWS + Sonar + >Caketalking: > >http://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/CakeTalkingForSONAR.htm > > > > >Doug Hayman >Technology Specialist >DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) >UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 >(206) 221-4165 >http://www.washington.edu/doit > >On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Robert Beach wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a visually impaired student going into audio engineering. He >>has some limited perifial vision and can do okay with enlarged graphics. >> He doesn't know print well enough to read it effectively. >> >> Our biggest concern is the Mac computers he will need to use for the >>audio recording software. We will be meeting with one of the >>instructors from the program tomorrow to see how well the built-in >>magnifier works for him. We'll also try Voice Over to see if it will >>read enough of the text to be effective. >> >> Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs >>and the audio software accessible? I'm all ears! >> >> 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 >> >> >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From kcahill at MIT.EDU Mon Nov 7 10:21:27 2011 From: kcahill at MIT.EDU (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] New Kurzweil product -- Firefly In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <64E6EEC0B310504E9221AA9658121D0929DB8BD6CE@EXPO11.exchange.mit.edu> Hi Athenites, Does anyone know what this product is that Kurzweil is releasing called Firefly?? http://kurzweiledu.com/kurzweil-3000-firefly.html The information on the Kurzweil website really doesn't tell me much! Thanks, Kathy ****************************************** Kathleen Cahill Assistive Technology Consultant MIT ATIC (Assistive Technology Information Center) 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Mon Nov 7 10:24:17 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music In-Reply-To: References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5D1@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <00bf01cc9d7a$766b0d80$63412880$@ahead.org> Robert as you already know, the faculty are going to have a very hard time justifying only working with a single system unless the course is on this system and not the broader topic of audio production. It would be interesting to see what the real issues are with Sonar since it does get very high marks from the field or musicians with disabilities. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pielaet, Jon Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:16 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music This is a very interesting topic. The accessibility of audio applications differs greatly depending on the application. Native Apple applications are going to offer the best compatibility with VoiceOver. (Like Logic) Good accessibility has been reported with ProTools. Typically, there is very good documentation for these applications and it is available in a digital format, either in PDF or on the web. The screen magnification in Mac OSX is also very good. For the most part, I think that your student shouldn't have too much trouble accessing the applications but some proprietary systems like Sibelius, or Sonar may be tricker to use. Please let us know what you learn. Thanks, Jon Jon P. Pielaet Program Assistant for Instructional Materials Disability Services for Students Emma B. Lommasson 154 The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 www.umt.edu/dss/ 406-243-2243 Voice/Text 406-243-4461 Direct Line 406-243-5330 Fax On 11/7/11 10:58 AM, "Robert Beach" wrote: >Thanks for these ideas. I will include them in my grab bag. I know >Pro Tools is one of the several programs the student will be using. > >Unfortunately, the program coordinator and the instructors are very >reluctant to use a different software package due to several issues. I >had mentioned Sonar, but they do not know it and don't want to use it. >They also feel that the quality of Sonar is not put to their standards. > >I'll definitely mention the other ideas though. > > > >Robert Lee Beach >Assistive Technology Specialist >Kansas City Kansas Community College >7250 State Avenue >Kansas City, KS 66112 >913-288-7671 >rbeach@kckcc.edu > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Doug >Hayman >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:45 AM >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >Subject: Re: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music > >It'd be good for him to learn some of the most common keyboard shortcuts. >If it is Pro Tools, there are a number of shortcuts for playing a >track or stopping it, zooming in on a waveform for finding the >zero-point for quiet edit points, and other tasks one does over an >over. It would be a useful skill for one with low vision but will also >minimize RSI issues when spending a whole day zooming in on waveforms, >making edits, saving session content. There is a book I've seen in >stores like Barnes & Noble that is filled with these keyboard shortcuts. > >Pro Tools also provides a lare PDF manual with each version so the same >may be found without buying a book. > >Many will use two or more screens with audio software. One my show the >virtual mixer view while the other shows the settings of a plug-in >being applied to a track. > >Most audio recording software will have the ability to use a >hardware-based controller with faders and pan-pots which may be easier >to use than using a mouse to control a visual representation of a mixer >on a screen. An example is the Mackie MCU Pro: > >http://www.mackie.com/products/mcupro/index.html > >If the persons vision is expected to deteriorate to the point of >blindness then it would be better to go the route of JAWS + Sonar + >Caketalking: > >http://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/CakeTalkingForSONAR.htm > > > > >Doug Hayman >Technology Specialist >DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, >Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 >(206) 221-4165 >http://www.washington.edu/doit > >On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Robert Beach wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a visually impaired student going into audio engineering. He >>has some limited perifial vision and can do okay with enlarged graphics. >> He doesn't know print well enough to read it effectively. >> >> Our biggest concern is the Mac computers he will need to use for the >>audio recording software. We will be meeting with one of the >>instructors from the program tomorrow to see how well the built-in >>magnifier works for him. We'll also try Voice Over to see if it will >>read enough of the text to be effective. >> >> Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs >>and the audio software accessible? I'm all ears! >> >> 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 >> >> >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From ron at ahead.org Mon Nov 7 10:25:44 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] New Kurzweil product -- Firefly In-Reply-To: <64E6EEC0B310504E9221AA9658121D0929DB8BD6CE@EXPO11.exchange.mit.edu> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <64E6EEC0B310504E9221AA9658121D0929DB8BD6CE@EXPO11.exchange.mit.edu> Message-ID: <00c901cc9d7a$aa62bbb0$ff283310$@ahead.org> I looked at it this last week at ATIA, just another cloud based solution as far as I could tell. Just and FYI, they are also changing their entire licensing model and I did not like what I heard from their rep. Campus based implementations are going to get a lot more expensive! Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:21 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] New Kurzweil product -- Firefly Hi Athenites, Does anyone know what this product is that Kurzweil is releasing called Firefly?? http://kurzweiledu.com/kurzweil-3000-firefly.html The information on the Kurzweil website really doesn't tell me much! Thanks, Kathy ****************************************** Kathleen Cahill Assistive Technology Consultant MIT ATIC (Assistive Technology Information Center) 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Nov 7 11:00:52 2011 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music In-Reply-To: <00bf01cc9d7a$766b0d80$63412880$@ahead.org> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5D1@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <00bf01cc9d7a$766b0d80$63412880$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5F0@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> That was my thought too, but I'm saving that route as a last resort. I would have to look at the course description and the course objectives to see what is really the purpose. 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 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:24 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music Robert as you already know, the faculty are going to have a very hard time justifying only working with a single system unless the course is on this system and not the broader topic of audio production. It would be interesting to see what the real issues are with Sonar since it does get very high marks from the field or musicians with disabilities. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pielaet, Jon Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:16 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music This is a very interesting topic. The accessibility of audio applications differs greatly depending on the application. Native Apple applications are going to offer the best compatibility with VoiceOver. (Like Logic) Good accessibility has been reported with ProTools. Typically, there is very good documentation for these applications and it is available in a digital format, either in PDF or on the web. The screen magnification in Mac OSX is also very good. For the most part, I think that your student shouldn't have too much trouble accessing the applications but some proprietary systems like Sibelius, or Sonar may be tricker to use. Please let us know what you learn. Thanks, Jon Jon P. Pielaet Program Assistant for Instructional Materials Disability Services for Students Emma B. Lommasson 154 The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 www.umt.edu/dss/ 406-243-2243 Voice/Text 406-243-4461 Direct Line 406-243-5330 Fax On 11/7/11 10:58 AM, "Robert Beach" wrote: >Thanks for these ideas. I will include them in my grab bag. I know >Pro Tools is one of the several programs the student will be using. > >Unfortunately, the program coordinator and the instructors are very >reluctant to use a different software package due to several issues. I >had mentioned Sonar, but they do not know it and don't want to use it. >They also feel that the quality of Sonar is not put to their standards. > >I'll definitely mention the other ideas though. > > > >Robert Lee Beach >Assistive Technology Specialist >Kansas City Kansas Community College >7250 State Avenue >Kansas City, KS 66112 >913-288-7671 >rbeach@kckcc.edu > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Doug >Hayman >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:45 AM >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >Subject: Re: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music > >It'd be good for him to learn some of the most common keyboard shortcuts. >If it is Pro Tools, there are a number of shortcuts for playing a >track or stopping it, zooming in on a waveform for finding the >zero-point for quiet edit points, and other tasks one does over an >over. It would be a useful skill for one with low vision but will also >minimize RSI issues when spending a whole day zooming in on waveforms, >making edits, saving session content. There is a book I've seen in >stores like Barnes & Noble that is filled with these keyboard shortcuts. > >Pro Tools also provides a lare PDF manual with each version so the same >may be found without buying a book. > >Many will use two or more screens with audio software. One my show the >virtual mixer view while the other shows the settings of a plug-in >being applied to a track. > >Most audio recording software will have the ability to use a >hardware-based controller with faders and pan-pots which may be easier >to use than using a mouse to control a visual representation of a mixer >on a screen. An example is the Mackie MCU Pro: > >http://www.mackie.com/products/mcupro/index.html > >If the persons vision is expected to deteriorate to the point of >blindness then it would be better to go the route of JAWS + Sonar + >Caketalking: > >http://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/CakeTalkingForSONAR.htm > > > > >Doug Hayman >Technology Specialist >DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, >Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 >(206) 221-4165 >http://www.washington.edu/doit > >On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Robert Beach wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a visually impaired student going into audio engineering. He >>has some limited perifial vision and can do okay with enlarged graphics. >> He doesn't know print well enough to read it effectively. >> >> Our biggest concern is the Mac computers he will need to use for the >>audio recording software. We will be meeting with one of the >>instructors from the program tomorrow to see how well the built-in >>magnifier works for him. We'll also try Voice Over to see if it will >>read enough of the text to be effective. >> >> Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs >>and the audio software accessible? I'm all ears! >> >> 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 >> >> >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From Vasquez at sbcc.edu Mon Nov 7 11:20:12 2011 From: Vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] New Kurzweil product -- Firefly In-Reply-To: <64E6EEC0B310504E9221AA9658121D0929DB8BD6CE@EXPO11.exchange.mit.edu> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <64E6EEC0B310504E9221AA9658121D0929DB8BD6CE@EXPO11.exchange.mit.edu> Message-ID: <4EB7BEEC.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> This is the response I received from one of their reps. Firefly is totally web based and is a read only version. It gets all info from the K3000 - which now has a universal library attached to it for documents to be converted and saved. The Firefly will be a very simple to use "text to speech" product but with some of the features - like highlighting. I don't think it will have the advanced features as it will be in an unlimited use capacity for all students who need help with reading. www.fireflybykurzweil.com It's not all in place as yet due out in January. The k3000 vs 13 will be Pros - no LearnStations and if you want to use it with the firefly, will need to be web license which will be a subscription. It varies by the size of the campus that you serve, but will be unlimited use. You can still purchase stand alone and network, but all Web License is a yearly subscription. You may get a sizeable credit for what you now own ( through this July) that can apply to future years. Laurie >>> Kathleen Cahill 11/7/2011 10:21 AM >>> Hi Athenites, Does anyone know what this product is that Kurzweil is releasing called Firefly?? http://kurzweiledu.com/kurzweil-3000-firefly.html The information on the Kurzweil website really doesn't tell me much! Thanks, Kathy ****************************************** Kathleen Cahill Assistive Technology Consultant MIT ATIC (Assistive Technology Information Center) 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 From ron at ahead.org Mon Nov 7 11:25:58 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] New Kurzweil product -- Firefly In-Reply-To: <4EB7BEEC.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <64E6EEC0B310504E9221AA9658121D0929DB8BD6CE@EXPO11.exchange.mit.edu> <4EB7BEEC.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> Message-ID: <011601cc9d83$14041430$3c0c3c90$@ahead.org> Just one additional comment, all the subscriptions will be yearly so the costs will need to be factored in. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Vasquez Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:20 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] New Kurzweil product -- Firefly This is the response I received from one of their reps. Firefly is totally web based and is a read only version. It gets all info from the K3000 - which now has a universal library attached to it for documents to be converted and saved. The Firefly will be a very simple to use "text to speech" product but with some of the features - like highlighting. I don't think it will have the advanced features as it will be in an unlimited use capacity for all students who need help with reading. www.fireflybykurzweil.com It's not all in place as yet due out in January. The k3000 vs 13 will be Pros - no LearnStations and if you want to use it with the firefly, will need to be web license which will be a subscription. It varies by the size of the campus that you serve, but will be unlimited use. You can still purchase stand alone and network, but all Web License is a yearly subscription. You may get a sizeable credit for what you now own ( through this July) that can apply to future years. Laurie >>> Kathleen Cahill 11/7/2011 10:21 AM >>> Hi Athenites, Does anyone know what this product is that Kurzweil is releasing called Firefly?? http://kurzweiledu.com/kurzweil-3000-firefly.html The information on the Kurzweil website really doesn't tell me much! Thanks, Kathy ****************************************** Kathleen Cahill Assistive Technology Consultant MIT ATIC (Assistive Technology Information Center) 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From hkramer.atsol at gmail.com Tue Nov 8 05:41:29 2011 From: hkramer.atsol at gmail.com (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN help with proctoring at AHG Message-ID: Hello All: For those of you planning to attend and/or present at AHG this year, please let me know if there are sessions you are willing to proctor (i.e. help speaker or go for help for speaker for a/v, etc., hand out eval forms, etc.). You can cut and paste your schedule from: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/mainconfsched-detail2011.html#Weds Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dabrus at purdue.edu Tue Nov 8 05:55:18 2011 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] PDF form question Message-ID: I recently received the following question about a PDF form. I'm looking for best practices and thoughts about whether a PDF form *must* be interactive in order to be considered accessible, even if the intent is that the form be downloaded, printed, filled out manually and mailed in (USPS). This process is offered, currently, as an alternative to filling out the form in an online application. The online form is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Would you consider it best practice to make the PDF accessible in addition? Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhayman at u.washington.edu Tue Nov 8 08:03:22 2011 From: dhayman at u.washington.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] PDF form question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: How would a user who is blind print it out and fill in those spaces on the form? Doug Hayman Technology Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Brusnighan, Dean A. wrote: > I recently received the following question about a PDF form. > > I'm looking for best practices and thoughts about whether a PDF form *must* be interactive in order to be considered accessible, even if the intent is that the form be downloaded, printed, filled out manually and mailed in (USPS). This process is offered, currently, as an alternative to filling out the form in an online application. > > The online form is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Would you consider it best practice to make the PDF accessible in addition? > > > Dean > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dean Brusnighan > Assistive Technology Specialist > Purdue University, Young Hall > 155 S. Grant Street > West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 > Phone: 765-494-9082 > dabrus@purdue.edu > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From John.P.Harris at colostate.edu Tue Nov 8 08:11:51 2011 From: John.P.Harris at colostate.edu (Harris,John Paul) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: PDF form question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The benefits of providing a fillable and accessible PDF form are going to make the form more user-friendly. An individual could type their information into the form, print the form, save a copy, print multiple copies for record keeping, quickly adjust mistakes, etc... Personally, I like the benefits mentioned above, because I seem to always make a mistake when I fill-out a paper form. I have to re-print the form, re-enter all the information by-hand, and hope I do not make more mistakes/typos on monotonous form questions . John Paul Harris Assistive Tech IT Coordinator Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brusnighan, Dean A. Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 6:55 AM To: ATHEN mailing list Subject: [Athen] PDF form question I recently received the following question about a PDF form. I'm looking for best practices and thoughts about whether a PDF form *must* be interactive in order to be considered accessible, even if the intent is that the form be downloaded, printed, filled out manually and mailed in (USPS). This process is offered, currently, as an alternative to filling out the form in an online application. The online form is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Would you consider it best practice to make the PDF accessible in addition? Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Tue Nov 8 09:22:42 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Message-ID: <039f01cc9e3b$09a1f5d0$1ce5e170$@ahead.org> Good morning, those of you involved in AIM production and use may find the following research from a project in the UK very informative. While middle school in focus, I think the findings can be extrapolated to other similar populations as well. http://www.altformat.org/mytextbook/FinalReport.pdf Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU Tue Nov 8 09:48:31 2011 From: Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU (Catherine M. Stager Kilcommons) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: MAC accessibility for music In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDA1CAED8B83@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> Hi Robert, I have come across this issue several times and did find a google group for Pro Tools Accessibility: http://groups.google.com/group/ptaccess This is a great place for your student to ask questions and get some answers. Best regards, Cath From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:19 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music Hi all, I have a visually impaired student going into audio engineering. He has some limited perifial vision and can do okay with enlarged graphics. He doesn't know print well enough to read it effectively. Our biggest concern is the Mac computers he will need to use for the audio recording software. We will be meeting with one of the instructors from the program tomorrow to see how well the built-in magnifier works for him. We'll also try Voice Over to see if it will read enough of the text to be effective. Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs and the audio software accessible? I'm all ears! 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 rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Tue Nov 8 10:27:21 2011 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: MAC accessibility for music In-Reply-To: <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDA1CAED8B83@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A5BA@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDA1CAED8B83@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048832A762@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Thanks. I'll be meeting with the student and instructor this afternoon and I'll hsare this with them as well. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Catherine M. Stager Kilcommons Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 11:49 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: MAC accessibility for music Hi Robert, I have come across this issue several times and did find a google group for Pro Tools Accessibility: http://groups.google.com/group/ptaccess This is a great place for your student to ask questions and get some answers. Best regards, Cath From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:19 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] MAC accessibility for music Hi all, I have a visually impaired student going into audio engineering. He has some limited perifial vision and can do okay with enlarged graphics. He doesn't know print well enough to read it effectively. Our biggest concern is the Mac computers he will need to use for the audio recording software. We will be meeting with one of the instructors from the program tomorrow to see how well the built-in magnifier works for him. We'll also try Voice Over to see if it will read enough of the text to be effective. Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs and the audio software accessible? I'm all ears! 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 ndogbo at gmail.com Tue Nov 8 10:51:40 2011 From: ndogbo at gmail.com (N Dogbo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] PDF form question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6C9810F6AA1D4416A8C604D9C6A3DF5C@OWNERr91072> Hi Dean, you said: "The online form is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Would you consider it best practice to make the PDF accessible in addition?" If the PDF form you are speaking of is the same form that is available and fillable online, I don't believe you have to worry about making the PDF version accessible in addition, since as you said the intent is for the PDF version to be printed and then filled out, and an online / accessible / html version of the same form is already provided for all users, including users with disabilities. In other words, you have already provided equal and equivalent access to all. Pls make sure that the online version is indeed the same as the PDF and is fully accessible and one who is visually impaired / screen reader user can use it independently. Thanks, Nicaise My Single is released! Let the celebration begin with Christmas Party Music! Click on one of the links below or copy it into your browser to hear and purchase Dancing With The Angels, a special non religious arrangement of three Christmas carols for this holiday season! iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dancing-with-the-angels/id405576367?i=40557 6371 &ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&fiel d-keywords=nicaise+d&x=0&y=0 ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- _____ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brusnighan, Dean A. Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:55 AM To: ATHEN mailing list Subject: [Athen] PDF form question I recently received the following question about a PDF form. I'm looking for best practices and thoughts about whether a PDF form *must* be interactive in order to be considered accessible, even if the intent is that the form be downloaded, printed, filled out manually and mailed in (USPS). This process is offered, currently, as an alternative to filling out the form in an online application. The online form is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Would you consider it best practice to make the PDF accessible in addition? Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Nov 8 11:39:06 2011 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job Opening in Silicon Valley Message-ID: <8674B71C8E6F4011B6B55886A6063304@htctu.fhda.edu> SILICON VALLEY INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER JOB POSTING October 24, 2011 Assistive Technology (AT) Coordinator The Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC) is searching for an Assistive Technology Coordinator to join us in our mission to create fully inclusive communities that value the dignity, equality, freedom and worth of every human being. We are a cross-disability, intergenerational, and multicultural disability justice organization that builds disability identity, culture and pride; creates opportunities for personal and community transformation; and partners with others to ensure that civil and human rights are protected. The AT Coordinator is a full-time position that reports directly to the Director of Programs and is responsible for providing services and conducting outreach in Santa Clara County, for the purpose of developing resources in order to provide Assistive Technology outreach, demonstrations, advocacy, and information and Referral Summary of Essential Job Responsibilities: 1. Training on various AT and mainstream technologies 2. Assessments/evaluations of AT for individuals 3. Conducting quarterly AT outreach and demonstrations for the community 4. Maintaining an AT database 5. Participating in statewide AT Network Training sessions for other AT advocates 6. Managing the AT lending Library at SVILC 7. Provide appropriate AT information and referral services to consumers 8. Complete monthly and quarterly statistical tracking reports and records to funding sources, and in-house purposes, as requested 9. Participate in meetings, tours, and presentations as needed Qualifications: Candidates should have knowledge of the variety of assistive technology available for the cross-disability population, and be familiar with disability rights and disability law. Excellent communication and writing skills, and the ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively as a team player are essential. An understanding of, and commitment to, disability justice and equal opportunity within a rights-based, social justice framework. Minimum educational background required - Associate of Arts degree in education, counseling or related field, or two years of experience as an instructional or therapeutic aide in working with adults with disabilities. Bachelor's degree preferred in education, counseling, or occupational therapy. Compensation: Depending upon candidate's experience and track record, this position offers a competitive compensation package that includes a 35-hour work week and generous benefits. Desired Start Date: Immediately, position open until filled. Interested candidates should email or fax a resume with a cover letter summarizing qualifications, compensation requirements, and experience to: Todd Teixeira, Director of Programs Email: toddt@svilc.org SVILC is an equal opportunity employer. People with disabilities, members of other marginalized communities, and those with personal experience with disability are highly encouraged to apply. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender of the error and delete this message and any attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Tue Nov 8 13:27:00 2011 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Starfish retention solutions In-Reply-To: <7DD6050B6EF4944598D4D8D26B7CCEC97149CC64@EXCH10-MBX-06.home.ku.edu> References: <7DD6050B6EF4944598D4D8D26B7CCEC97149CC64@EXCH10-MBX-06.home.ku.edu> Message-ID: They may have finished their upgrades to fix their accessibility issues since this evaluation which I did back in the Spring. We did buy in and it was not the most accessible but it was workable. My department does not use it so I have not been in the product since the demo. They are easy to work with and seem to be receptive of suggestions. Jeff Cleveland State Accessibility Testing for Advising Software Suites Upon request the accessibility of two software packages were examined. The advising and retention software packages Starfish and GradesFirst were contacted for additional information on the accessibility of their products. Neither company had any 508 compliance information available on their websites. Following are the results of the evaluations. Starfish When contacted Sean Gannon with Starfish responded fairly quickly. He stated that some of the user interface was not 508 compliant. To accommodate this issue Starfish setup a 24/7 phone support to assist screen reader users in completing forms for scheduling appointments and flagging students. This is not preferable but it is a short term solution to a problem Starfish is working to resolve. When asked for access to the sales demonstration program for testing accessibility they complied. On April 4th Sean e-mailed access to the Student and instructor/advisor login. David Bowdtich met with me at 10:00AM to observe the evaluation of the product. The product aside from the appointment schedule forms was readable for JAWS. It lacked basic navigation coding like landmarks and heading levels which made navigating the pages cumbersome. When logged in as an instructor the student search results which visually appeared below the edit field were read by the screen reader only after navigating to the bottom of the form. The appointment times list was problematic because the Add appointment link for the associated time slots were outside of the table with the times making it difficult to navigate to with a screen reader. The appointment scheduling form was mostly accessible with the exception of the listbox to select the type of appointment or flag type. All other fields could be filled out with the use of the screen reader. The phone assistance number was listed at the top of each page for screen reader users. When tested the representative answered the phone quickly. There was some delay during the first call because the phone rep did not know initially to access the demo program instead of the production application that is regularly used. After that was resolved it worked effectively. There were 2 concerns I had after the phone calls. The appointments did not appear in the online calendar after I called in to schedule them. They also did not ask for much information to authenticate the caller. Both of these concerns were answered when talking to Sean later. Other accessibility issues evaluated were usability and adaptability. The user interface was simple for the student or staff member to navigate visually and simple to understand. For users of screen magnifiers and higher contrasts the webpages accepted color modifications without distorting the layout or text on the pages. There is also a contact option in the student and staff profiles for a video phone number which could be helpful for advisors of students who are deaf. At 3:00PM Sean and David called me to discuss any remaining questions that I had about the Starfish system. When asked about the navigation issues caused by the lack of Headers and landmarks they said that those features will be implemented in their next version release. They responded to my questions about issues related to the form fields explaining that the original programming platform used had some accessibility issues for screen readers. The newest release of that platform has fixed its existing accessibility issues. Their plans are to upgrade the Starfish program, moving to the newer platform, this year. They stated that the timeframe for upgrades and 508 compliance to be completed and released will be late 2011 or early 2012. They addressed the concerns I had with the phone system. Because the call was for a demo the phone representative did not complete the transaction so the appointment did not appear in the online calendar. For the demo they had not established user authentication protocols. The questions for authentication used are defined by the university during implementation. Even though the current condition of Starfish is not ideal, it is usable. If they did not have plans to upgrade the system and fix the accessibility issues the phone support solution would not be acceptable. When the few form problems are resolved and better navigation elements are used the program will be exceptional. Grades First This company is difficult to get responses from. The only information that they would volunteer is that there are known accessibility issues. When speaking with Ron Dortch he claimed that other universities have used the product and said that it would not pass WebCAG tests but was usable. When I asked him for a reference to the people who made that comment he declined to offer it. When asked for a demo Ron enthusiastically agreed and was interested in getting detailed results of my evaluation for their developers. For a week I have attempted to set up a demo of their product. Even though Ron agreed, I still have not been sent information to access the demo. With a lack of useful information I cannot recommend this product. If I do get access to the demo before the product decision is made I will reevaluate it. Recommendation Between the evaluated programs Starfish is the more accessible of the two. I do have concerns about taking Starfish representatives on their word that they will fix the existing problems. With the solutions that they have implemented in the interim, their explanations and claims are acceptable. On 11/8/11, Shoemaker, Andrew J wrote: > Our campus is thinking about deploying Starfish retention solutions. I can't > seem to find much information on its accessibility with screen readers. Does > anyone have any insight on if it works with screen readers? > > Andrew Shoemaker > Associate Director > Disability Resources > v. 785/864-2620 > f. 785/864-2817 > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > ________________________________________ > The information contained in this e-mail transmission is confidential > information, proprietary to the sender and legally protected. If you are not > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > copying or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information > is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify > the sender of the error and delete this message and any attachments. > > From PLester at admin.fsu.edu Tue Nov 8 15:14:46 2011 From: PLester at admin.fsu.edu (Lester, Patti) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] STudent E-rent Project (STEPP) Message-ID: <9660B13B9DFB2D4291E23B4CEA2E092EE1A1@fsu-exch-nwr02.fsu.edu> Dear colleagues, Florida State is considering becoming involved with the Alternative Media Access Center STudent E-rent Project (STEPP) and I was wondering if any of you have implemented this at your institution and if so, has it been a positive experience for students? The link to this project is http://stepp.gatech.edu/ Any feedback is appreciated. 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 __________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail (including the attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C.?? 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please contact me that you have received the message in error, and then destroy it. Thank You. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nettiet at gmail.com Tue Nov 8 16:05:29 2011 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] PDF form question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I would!! If my response carries any weight Nettie Fischer On Nov 8, 2011 5:56 AM, "Brusnighan, Dean A." wrote: > I recently received the following question about a PDF form.**** > > ** ** > > I'm looking for best practices and thoughts about whether a PDF form > *must* be interactive in order to be considered accessible, even if the > intent is that the form be downloaded, printed, filled out manually and > mailed in (USPS). This process is offered, currently, as an alternative to > filling out the form in an online application.**** > > ** ** > > The online form is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Would you > consider it best practice to make the PDF accessible in addition?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Dean**** > > ** ** > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**** > > Dean Brusnighan**** > > Assistive Technology Specialist**** > > Purdue University, Young Hall**** > > 155 S. Grant Street**** > > West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108**** > > Phone: 765-494-9082**** > > dabrus@purdue.edu**** > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brenda.dawes at okstate.edu Tue Nov 8 16:52:46 2011 From: brenda.dawes at okstate.edu (Dawes, Brenda) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population Message-ID: <7F2B716851DA544B91B6644401F841537DF0B0C5A5@STWEXE2.ad.okstate.edu> I'm new to the list - please forgive if the answer has been discussed already, but the Firefly topic fits along with the current issue I'm working on which is figuring out how to use literacy software at the college level to help struggling students that are not diagnosed with a print disability and not receiving services from university student disability services. Do you have advice on what the best steps are for obtaining their textbook in digital format since they won't be eligible for Bookshare? Can one successfully use "fair use" to scan chapters of the textbook and convert it to use in one of these literacy software tools? We have WYNN, Kurzweil, Read Write Gold, and Read Outloud, Cowriter, Write Outloud, Draft Builder, and just learned about University Read Ou loud and Cowriter today. Is it best to have the student request the book store request the publisher's digital format - i.e. PDF, Html, etc. ? Any advice on what the favorite software tools are for students who can benefit from these literacy support products? Brenda Dawes, Oklahoma ABLE Tech Program Manager 1514 W. Hall of Fame Stillwater, OK? 74078 405.744.5170 or 800.257.1705 brenda.dawes@okstate.edu http://okabletech.okstate.edu From winkharner at mesacc.edu Tue Nov 8 17:03:21 2011 From: winkharner at mesacc.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population In-Reply-To: <7F2B716851DA544B91B6644401F841537DF0B0C5A5@STWEXE2.ad.okstate.edu> References: <7F2B716851DA544B91B6644401F841537DF0B0C5A5@STWEXE2.ad.okstate.edu> Message-ID: <023b01cc9e7b$60434890$20c9d9b0$@edu> Just an FYI the books in digital format directly from publishers are NOT pdf reader accessible or compatible and nothing our offices can do can crack the code to make a screen reader work on them. Sorry to be the bearer of discouraging news...you've got such a great array of programs and are so enthusiastic about finding a resource for these undiagnosed low readers. When students get a CD/DVD format book, all it really allows them to do is read it on a computer instead of in paper format. Wink Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College 1833 W. Southern Avenue Mesa AZ 85202 480-461-7447 Fax: 480-461-7907 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dawes, Brenda Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:53 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population I'm new to the list - please forgive if the answer has been discussed already, but the Firefly topic fits along with the current issue I'm working on which is figuring out how to use literacy software at the college level to help struggling students that are not diagnosed with a print disability and not receiving services from university student disability services. Do you have advice on what the best steps are for obtaining their textbook in digital format since they won't be eligible for Bookshare? Can one successfully use "fair use" to scan chapters of the textbook and convert it to use in one of these literacy software tools? We have WYNN, Kurzweil, Read Write Gold, and Read Outloud, Cowriter, Write Outloud, Draft Builder, and just learned about University Read Ou loud and Cowriter today. Is it best to have the student request the book store request the publisher's digital format - i.e. PDF, Html, etc. ? Any advice on what the favorite software tools are for students who can benefit from these literacy support products? Brenda Dawes, Oklahoma ABLE Tech Program Manager 1514 W. Hall of Fame Stillwater, OK? 74078 405.744.5170 or 800.257.1705 brenda.dawes@okstate.edu http://okabletech.okstate.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Nov 8 17:14:19 2011 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general educationpopulation In-Reply-To: <7F2B716851DA544B91B6644401F841537DF0B0C5A5@STWEXE2.ad.okstate.edu> References: <7F2B716851DA544B91B6644401F841537DF0B0C5A5@STWEXE2.ad.okstate.edu> Message-ID: If the student owns the book, you can make a program like Kurzweil 3000 or Read&Write Gold available with a scanner, and the person can scan their own books. We encourage our campus libraries to always have such a set-up available for any student to use. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dawes, Brenda Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 4:53 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general educationpopulation I'm new to the list - please forgive if the answer has been discussed already, but the Firefly topic fits along with the current issue I'm working on which is figuring out how to use literacy software at the college level to help struggling students that are not diagnosed with a print disability and not receiving services from university student disability services. Do you have advice on what the best steps are for obtaining their textbook in digital format since they won't be eligible for Bookshare? Can one successfully use "fair use" to scan chapters of the textbook and convert it to use in one of these literacy software tools? We have WYNN, Kurzweil, Read Write Gold, and Read Outloud, Cowriter, Write Outloud, Draft Builder, and just learned about University Read Ou loud and Cowriter today. Is it best to have the student request the book store request the publisher's digital format - i.e. PDF, Html, etc. ? Any advice on what the favorite software tools are for students who can benefit from these literacy support products? Brenda Dawes, Oklahoma ABLE Tech Program Manager 1514 W. Hall of Fame Stillwater, OK? 74078 405.744.5170 or 800.257.1705 brenda.dawes@okstate.edu http://okabletech.okstate.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From info at karlencommunications.com Wed Nov 9 03:31:16 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] PDF form question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <009c01cc9ed3$183ab350$48b019f0$@karlencommunications.com> I would also. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Nettie Fischer Sent: November-08-11 7:05 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] PDF form question I would!! If my response carries any weight Nettie Fischer On Nov 8, 2011 5:56 AM, "Brusnighan, Dean A." wrote: I recently received the following question about a PDF form. I'm looking for best practices and thoughts about whether a PDF form *must* be interactive in order to be considered accessible, even if the intent is that the form be downloaded, printed, filled out manually and mailed in (USPS). This process is offered, currently, as an alternative to filling out the form in an online application. The online form is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Would you consider it best practice to make the PDF accessible in addition? Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Wed Nov 9 03:53:17 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research In-Reply-To: <039f01cc9e3b$09a1f5d0$1ce5e170$@ahead.org> References: <039f01cc9e3b$09a1f5d0$1ce5e170$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <00ac01cc9ed6$2b7b42b0$8271c810$@karlencommunications.com> Interesting that this report on accessibility is not tagged..or accessible..huge sigh. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: November-08-11 12:23 PM To: 'Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology'; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Good morning, those of you involved in AIM production and use may find the following research from a project in the UK very informative. While middle school in focus, I think the findings can be extrapolated to other similar populations as well. http://www.altformat.org/mytextbook/FinalReport.pdf Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Wed Nov 9 03:55:08 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research In-Reply-To: <039f01cc9e3b$09a1f5d0$1ce5e170$@ahead.org> References: <039f01cc9e3b$09a1f5d0$1ce5e170$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <00b101cc9ed6$6dc886f0$495994d0$@karlencommunications.com> And that it comes from the Dolphin Inclusive Consortium.even "huger" sigh. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: November-08-11 12:23 PM To: 'Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology'; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Good morning, those of you involved in AIM production and use may find the following research from a project in the UK very informative. While middle school in focus, I think the findings can be extrapolated to other similar populations as well. http://www.altformat.org/mytextbook/FinalReport.pdf Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ea at emptech.info Wed Nov 9 06:10:43 2011 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research In-Reply-To: <00ac01cc9ed6$2b7b42b0$8271c810$@karlencommunications.com> References: <039f01cc9e3b$09a1f5d0$1ce5e170$@ahead.org> <00ac01cc9ed6$2b7b42b0$8271c810$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <004c01cc9ee9$60c789c0$22569d40$@emptech.info> I am so sorry that the version on the Dolphin website is not accessible and will see if I am allowed to release a version in MSWord as it seems ironic that this should be the case! There is also a Japanese project where they used iPads and Touch and Read software. http://www.booksonline.iospress.nl/Content/View.aspx?piid=20953 Thanks to the Dolphin Consortium initial pilot project there are several more initiatives now occurring in the field of altformat in UK such as Load2Learn http://training.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/load2learn/trainingpilot and MyDocStore http://www.mydocstore.org.uk/ which will also be evaluated. Books for All http://www.books4all.org.uk/Home/ has a series of reports available. http://www.adapteddigitalexams.org.uk/Downloads/Reports/ Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: 09 November 2011 11:53 To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Interesting that this report on accessibility is not tagged..or accessible..huge sigh. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: November-08-11 12:23 PM To: 'Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology'; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Good morning, those of you involved in AIM production and use may find the following research from a project in the UK very informative. While middle school in focus, I think the findings can be extrapolated to other similar populations as well. http://www.altformat.org/mytextbook/FinalReport.pdf Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Wed Nov 9 06:36:53 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research In-Reply-To: <004c01cc9ee9$60c789c0$22569d40$@emptech.info> References: <039f01cc9e3b$09a1f5d0$1ce5e170$@ahead.org> <00ac01cc9ed6$2b7b42b0$8271c810$@karlencommunications.com> <004c01cc9ee9$60c789c0$22569d40$@emptech.info> Message-ID: <000e01cc9eed$0632ebe0$1298c3a0$@karlencommunications.com> Thanks.the preference would be an accessible PDF. J Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of E.A. Draffan Sent: November-09-11 9:11 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research I am so sorry that the version on the Dolphin website is not accessible and will see if I am allowed to release a version in MSWord as it seems ironic that this should be the case! There is also a Japanese project where they used iPads and Touch and Read software. http://www.booksonline.iospress.nl/Content/View.aspx?piid=20953 Thanks to the Dolphin Consortium initial pilot project there are several more initiatives now occurring in the field of altformat in UK such as Load2Learn http://training.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/load2learn/trainingpilot and MyDocStore http://www.mydocstore.org.uk/ which will also be evaluated. Books for All http://www.books4all.org.uk/Home/ has a series of reports available. http://www.adapteddigitalexams.org.uk/Downloads/Reports/ Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: 09 November 2011 11:53 To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Interesting that this report on accessibility is not tagged..or accessible..huge sigh. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: November-08-11 12:23 PM To: 'Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology'; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Good morning, those of you involved in AIM production and use may find the following research from a project in the UK very informative. While middle school in focus, I think the findings can be extrapolated to other similar populations as well. http://www.altformat.org/mytextbook/FinalReport.pdf Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From winkharner at mesacc.edu Wed Nov 9 07:12:15 2011 From: winkharner at mesacc.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population In-Reply-To: <023b01cc9e7b$60434890$20c9d9b0$@edu> Message-ID: <46133fce-b3d8-470c-a797-5f0cd1ce0a64@mailstore1.mesacc.edu> And I really like Gaier's solution, BTW! Empowerment and self-advocacy are the key. Wink ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wink Harner" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 6:03:21 PM Subject: RE: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population Just an FYI the books in digital format directly from publishers are NOT pdf reader accessible or compatible and nothing our offices can do can crack the code to make a screen reader work on them. Sorry to be the bearer of discouraging news...you've got such a great array of programs and are so enthusiastic about finding a resource for these undiagnosed low readers. When students get a CD/DVD format book, all it really allows them to do is read it on a computer instead of in paper format. Wink Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College 1833 W. Southern Avenue Mesa AZ 85202 480-461-7447 Fax: 480-461-7907 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dawes, Brenda Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:53 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population I'm new to the list - please forgive if the answer has been discussed already, but the Firefly topic fits along with the current issue I'm working on which is figuring out how to use literacy software at the college level to help struggling students that are not diagnosed with a print disability and not receiving services from university student disability services. Do you have advice on what the best steps are for obtaining their textbook in digital format since they won't be eligible for Bookshare? Can one successfully use "fair use" to scan chapters of the textbook and convert it to use in one of these literacy software tools? We have WYNN, Kurzweil, Read Write Gold, and Read Outloud, Cowriter, Write Outloud, Draft Builder, and just learned about University Read Ou loud and Cowriter today. Is it best to have the student request the book store request the publisher's digital format - i.e. PDF, Html, etc. ? Any advice on what the favorite software tools are for students who can benefit from these literacy support products? Brenda Dawes, Oklahoma ABLE Tech Program Manager 1514 W. Hall of Fame Stillwater, OK 74078 405.744.5170 or 800.257.1705 brenda.dawes@okstate.edu http://okabletech.okstate.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jon.pielaet at mso.umt.edu Wed Nov 9 07:31:25 2011 From: jon.pielaet at mso.umt.edu (Pielaet, Jon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population In-Reply-To: <46133fce-b3d8-470c-a797-5f0cd1ce0a64@mailstore1.mesacc.edu> Message-ID: Wink, I wanted to respond to one of your comments and share how we deal with publisher PDF media. You said: "Just an FYI the books in digital format directly from publishers are NOT pdf reader accessible or compatible and nothing our offices can do can crack the code to make a screen reader work on them. Sorry to be the bearer of discouraging news...." This isn't entirely true. Many of the publisher PDF files we get either directly from publishers or through the Access Text Network are "accessible" in the sense that they work with Adobe Reader's Read-Out-loud feature. In many cases we use Acrobat Pro to convert a PDF to a Word document, and then convert that Word document into a DAISY Digital Talking Book. Those DAISY books can not only be read with software like AMIS or WYNN, but also hardware players like the Victor Reader Stream. The publisher PDFs fulfill about half of our book requests, and they are critical for us to provide timely access to materials. They aren't perfect but we can work with them. Best of luck with your alt. format program, Jon Jon P. Pielaet Program Assistant for Instructional Materials Disability Services for Students Emma B. Lommasson 154 The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 www.umt.edu/dss/ 406-243-2243 Voice/Text 406-243-4461 Direct Line 406-243-5330 Fax From: Wink Harner Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 08:12:15 -0700 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population And I really like Gaier's solution, BTW! Empowerment and self-advocacy are the key. Wink ________________________________________ From: "Wink Harner" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 6:03:21 PM Subject: RE: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population Just an FYI the books in digital format directly from publishers are NOT pdf reader accessible or compatible and nothing our offices can do can crack the code to make a screen reader work on them. Sorry to be the bearer of discouraging news...you've got such a great array of programs and are so enthusiastic about finding a resource for these undiagnosed low readers. When students get a CD/DVD format book, all it really allows them to do is read it on a computer instead of in paper format. Wink Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College 1833 W. Southern Avenue Mesa AZ 85202 480-461-7447 Fax: 480-461-7907 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dawes, Brenda Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:53 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population I'm new to the list - please forgive if the answer has been discussed already, but the Firefly topic fits along with the current issue I'm working on which is figuring out how to use literacy software at the college level to help struggling students that are not diagnosed with a print disability and not receiving services from university student disability services. Do you have advice on what the best steps are for obtaining their textbook in digital format since they won't be eligible for Bookshare? Can one successfully use "fair use" to scan chapters of the textbook and convert it to use in one of these literacy software tools? We have WYNN, Kurzweil, Read Write Gold, and Read Outloud, Cowriter, Write Outloud, Draft Builder, and just learned about University Read Ou loud and Cowriter today. Is it best to have the student request the book store request the publisher's digital format - i.e. PDF, Html, etc. ? Any advice on what the favorite software tools are for students who can benefit from these literacy support products? Brenda Dawes, Oklahoma ABLE Tech Program Manager 1514 W. Hall of Fame Stillwater, OK 74078 405.744.5170 or 800.257.1705 brenda.dawes@okstate.edu http://okabletech.okstate.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.eduhttp://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailma n/listinfo/athen-list From ron at ahead.org Wed Nov 9 08:24:18 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research In-Reply-To: <004c01cc9ee9$60c789c0$22569d40$@emptech.info> References: <039f01cc9e3b$09a1f5d0$1ce5e170$@ahead.org> <00ac01cc9ed6$2b7b42b0$8271c810$@karlencommunications.com> <004c01cc9ee9$60c789c0$22569d40$@emptech.info> Message-ID: <02f101cc9efc$081394f0$183abed0$@ahead.org> Sorry I did not send out the higher level link. The doc is available both in Word and PDF at this location: http://www.altformat.org/mytextbook/index.asp?page=8 If folks want to throw stones, throw them at me since it was my mistake. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of E.A. Draffan Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:11 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research I am so sorry that the version on the Dolphin website is not accessible and will see if I am allowed to release a version in MSWord as it seems ironic that this should be the case! There is also a Japanese project where they used iPads and Touch and Read software. http://www.booksonline.iospress.nl/Content/View.aspx?piid=20953 Thanks to the Dolphin Consortium initial pilot project there are several more initiatives now occurring in the field of altformat in UK such as Load2Learn http://training.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/load2learn/trainingpilot and MyDocStore http://www.mydocstore.org.uk/ which will also be evaluated. Books for All http://www.books4all.org.uk/Home/ has a series of reports available. http://www.adapteddigitalexams.org.uk/Downloads/Reports/ Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: 09 November 2011 11:53 To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Interesting that this report on accessibility is not tagged..or accessible..huge sigh. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: November-08-11 12:23 PM To: 'Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology'; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Good morning, those of you involved in AIM production and use may find the following research from a project in the UK very informative. While middle school in focus, I think the findings can be extrapolated to other similar populations as well. http://www.altformat.org/mytextbook/FinalReport.pdf Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Wed Nov 9 08:33:04 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research In-Reply-To: <02f101cc9efc$081394f0$183abed0$@ahead.org> References: <039f01cc9e3b$09a1f5d0$1ce5e170$@ahead.org> <00ac01cc9ed6$2b7b42b0$8271c810$@karlencommunications.com> <004c01cc9ee9$60c789c0$22569d40$@emptech.info> <02f101cc9efc$081394f0$183abed0$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <002601cc9efd$4185e430$c491ac90$@karlencommunications.com> No, not your mistake, the PDF should be tagged. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: November-09-11 11:24 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Sorry I did not send out the higher level link. The doc is available both in Word and PDF at this location: http://www.altformat.org/mytextbook/index.asp?page=8 If folks want to throw stones, throw them at me since it was my mistake. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of E.A. Draffan Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:11 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research I am so sorry that the version on the Dolphin website is not accessible and will see if I am allowed to release a version in MSWord as it seems ironic that this should be the case! There is also a Japanese project where they used iPads and Touch and Read software. http://www.booksonline.iospress.nl/Content/View.aspx?piid=20953 Thanks to the Dolphin Consortium initial pilot project there are several more initiatives now occurring in the field of altformat in UK such as Load2Learn http://training.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/load2learn/trainingpilot and MyDocStore http://www.mydocstore.org.uk/ which will also be evaluated. Books for All http://www.books4all.org.uk/Home/ has a series of reports available. http://www.adapteddigitalexams.org.uk/Downloads/Reports/ Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: 09 November 2011 11:53 To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Interesting that this report on accessibility is not tagged..or accessible..huge sigh. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: November-08-11 12:23 PM To: 'Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology'; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] AIM effectiveness research Good morning, those of you involved in AIM production and use may find the following research from a project in the UK very informative. While middle school in focus, I think the findings can be extrapolated to other similar populations as well. http://www.altformat.org/mytextbook/FinalReport.pdf Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dabrus at purdue.edu Wed Nov 9 12:45:25 2011 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: PDF form question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: All the feedback supports making the PDF form accessible as well. There were two comments I learned from: -- a fillable and accessible PDF form makes it more user-friendly for all users -- make sure that the online form and the PDF form are the same Thanks to all who responded to my question. You all are a great resource! Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Harris,John Paul Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 11:12 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] RE: PDF form question The benefits of providing a fillable and accessible PDF form are going to make the form more user-friendly. An individual could type their information into the form, print the form, save a copy, print multiple copies for record keeping, quickly adjust mistakes, etc... Personally, I like the benefits mentioned above, because I seem to always make a mistake when I fill-out a paper form. I have to re-print the form, re-enter all the information by-hand, and hope I do not make more mistakes/typos on monotonous form questions . John Paul Harris Assistive Tech IT Coordinator Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brusnighan, Dean A. Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 6:55 AM To: ATHEN mailing list Subject: [Athen] PDF form question I recently received the following question about a PDF form. I'm looking for best practices and thoughts about whether a PDF form *must* be interactive in order to be considered accessible, even if the intent is that the form be downloaded, printed, filled out manually and mailed in (USPS). This process is offered, currently, as an alternative to filling out the form in an online application. The online form is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Would you consider it best practice to make the PDF accessible in addition? Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU Tue Nov 8 08:26:10 2011 From: Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU (Catherine M. Stager Kilcommons) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Stevey's Google Platform Rant-"It's called Accessibility, and it's the most important thing in the computing world" Message-ID: <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDA1CAED8B3A@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> Steve Yegge talks about software, APIs and how some of the big players win or fail. http://buu700.com/steverant "When software -- or idea-ware for that matter -- fails to be accessible to anyone for any reason, it is the fault of the software or of the messaging of the idea. It is an Accessibility failure." Cath Stager-Kilcommons Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator Disability Services / ODECE N234 Center for Community University of Colorado at Boulder 303-492-4049 http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Teresa.Haven at asu.edu Wed Nov 9 12:47:21 2011 From: Teresa.Haven at asu.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population Message-ID: <95cfayjf4fq2n9md2tkggnbr.1320864083630@email.android.com> I think Wink was referring to the retail "ebooks" many publishers are selling now rather than the publisher-provided PDF files many of us use. The commercially available ebooks generally don't work with any tts technology and often are also unavailable in PDF from the publishers either. "Pielaet, Jon" wrote: Wink, I wanted to respond to one of your comments and share how we deal with publisher PDF media. You said: "Just an FYI the books in digital format directly from publishers are NOT pdf reader accessible or compatible and nothing our offices can do can crack the code to make a screen reader work on them. Sorry to be the bearer of discouraging news...." This isn't entirely true. Many of the publisher PDF files we get either directly from publishers or through the Access Text Network are "accessible" in the sense that they work with Adobe Reader's Read-Out-loud feature. In many cases we use Acrobat Pro to convert a PDF to a Word document, and then convert that Word document into a DAISY Digital Talking Book. Those DAISY books can not only be read with software like AMIS or WYNN, but also hardware players like the Victor Reader Stream. The publisher PDFs fulfill about half of our book requests, and they are critical for us to provide timely access to materials. They aren't perfect but we can work with them. Best of luck with your alt. format program, Jon Jon P. Pielaet Program Assistant for Instructional Materials Disability Services for Students Emma B. Lommasson 154 The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 www.umt.edu/dss/ 406-243-2243 Voice/Text 406-243-4461 Direct Line 406-243-5330 Fax From: Wink Harner Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 08:12:15 -0700 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population And I really like Gaier's solution, BTW! Empowerment and self-advocacy are the key. Wink ________________________________________ From: "Wink Harner" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 6:03:21 PM Subject: RE: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population Just an FYI the books in digital format directly from publishers are NOT pdf reader accessible or compatible and nothing our offices can do can crack the code to make a screen reader work on them. Sorry to be the bearer of discouraging news...you've got such a great array of programs and are so enthusiastic about finding a resource for these undiagnosed low readers. When students get a CD/DVD format book, all it really allows them to do is read it on a computer instead of in paper format. Wink Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College 1833 W. Southern Avenue Mesa AZ 85202 480-461-7447 Fax: 480-461-7907 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dawes, Brenda Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:53 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population I'm new to the list - please forgive if the answer has been discussed already, but the Firefly topic fits along with the current issue I'm working on which is figuring out how to use literacy software at the college level to help struggling students that are not diagnosed with a print disability and not receiving services from university student disability services. Do you have advice on what the best steps are for obtaining their textbook in digital format since they won't be eligible for Bookshare? Can one successfully use "fair use" to scan chapters of the textbook and convert it to use in one of these literacy software tools? We have WYNN, Kurzweil, Read Write Gold, and Read Outloud, Cowriter, Write Outloud, Draft Builder, and just learned about University Read Ou loud and Cowriter today. Is it best to have the student request the book store request the publisher's digital format - i.e. PDF, Html, etc. ? Any advice on what the favorite software tools are for students who can benefit from these literacy support products? Brenda Dawes, Oklahoma ABLE Tech Program Manager 1514 W. Hall of Fame Stillwater, OK 74078 405.744.5170 or 800.257.1705 brenda.dawes@okstate.edu http://okabletech.okstate.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.eduhttp://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailma n/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From winkharner at mesacc.edu Wed Nov 9 13:53:23 2011 From: winkharner at mesacc.edu (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population In-Reply-To: <95cfayjf4fq2n9md2tkggnbr.1320864083630@email.android.com> References: <95cfayjf4fq2n9md2tkggnbr.1320864083630@email.android.com> Message-ID: <012601cc9f2a$00bd4ab0$0237e010$@edu> Hi all, Thanks to Teresa for that explanation. I contacted Jon privately and said the same thing. Thanks for clarifying to the list. It is exactly what I was thinking. Wink -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Teresa Haven Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 1:47 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population I think Wink was referring to the retail "ebooks" many publishers are selling now rather than the publisher-provided PDF files many of us use. The commercially available ebooks generally don't work with any tts technology and often are also unavailable in PDF from the publishers either. "Pielaet, Jon" wrote: Wink, I wanted to respond to one of your comments and share how we deal with publisher PDF media. You said: "Just an FYI the books in digital format directly from publishers are NOT pdf reader accessible or compatible and nothing our offices can do can crack the code to make a screen reader work on them. Sorry to be the bearer of discouraging news...." This isn't entirely true. Many of the publisher PDF files we get either directly from publishers or through the Access Text Network are "accessible" in the sense that they work with Adobe Reader's Read-Out-loud feature. In many cases we use Acrobat Pro to convert a PDF to a Word document, and then convert that Word document into a DAISY Digital Talking Book. Those DAISY books can not only be read with software like AMIS or WYNN, but also hardware players like the Victor Reader Stream. The publisher PDFs fulfill about half of our book requests, and they are critical for us to provide timely access to materials. They aren't perfect but we can work with them. Best of luck with your alt. format program, Jon Jon P. Pielaet Program Assistant for Instructional Materials Disability Services for Students Emma B. Lommasson 154 The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 www.umt.edu/dss/ 406-243-2243 Voice/Text 406-243-4461 Direct Line 406-243-5330 Fax From: Wink Harner Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 08:12:15 -0700 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population And I really like Gaier's solution, BTW! Empowerment and self-advocacy are the key. Wink ________________________________________ From: "Wink Harner" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 6:03:21 PM Subject: RE: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population Just an FYI the books in digital format directly from publishers are NOT pdf reader accessible or compatible and nothing our offices can do can crack the code to make a screen reader work on them. Sorry to be the bearer of discouraging news...you've got such a great array of programs and are so enthusiastic about finding a resource for these undiagnosed low readers. When students get a CD/DVD format book, all it really allows them to do is read it on a computer instead of in paper format. Wink Ms. Wink Harner Manager Disability Resources & Services Mesa Community College 1833 W. Southern Avenue Mesa AZ 85202 480-461-7447 Fax: 480-461-7907 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dawes, Brenda Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:53 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Firefly question related to assisting general education population I'm new to the list - please forgive if the answer has been discussed already, but the Firefly topic fits along with the current issue I'm working on which is figuring out how to use literacy software at the college level to help struggling students that are not diagnosed with a print disability and not receiving services from university student disability services. Do you have advice on what the best steps are for obtaining their textbook in digital format since they won't be eligible for Bookshare? Can one successfully use "fair use" to scan chapters of the textbook and convert it to use in one of these literacy software tools? We have WYNN, Kurzweil, Read Write Gold, and Read Outloud, Cowriter, Write Outloud, Draft Builder, and just learned about University Read Ou loud and Cowriter today. Is it best to have the student request the book store request the publisher's digital format - i.e. PDF, Html, etc. ? Any advice on what the favorite software tools are for students who can benefit from these literacy support products? Brenda Dawes, Oklahoma ABLE Tech Program Manager 1514 W. Hall of Fame Stillwater, OK 74078 405.744.5170 or 800.257.1705 brenda.dawes@okstate.edu http://okabletech.okstate.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.eduhttp://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailm a n/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU Thu Nov 10 10:35:26 2011 From: Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU (Catherine M. Stager Kilcommons) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] AAC app for iphone Message-ID: <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDA1CAED8E4C@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> Hi all - Has anyone used any aug comm apps on the iphone? Proloquo2Go, My Talk Tools Mobile, and touchChat seem to be robust options but would love some feedback if anyone has seen them in action. Looking to support a communications major who has had a stroke. Best regards, Cath Cath Stager-Kilcommons Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator Disability Services / ODECE N234 Center for Community University of Colorado at Boulder 303-492-4049 http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brenda.dawes at okstate.edu Thu Nov 10 13:02:43 2011 From: brenda.dawes at okstate.edu (Dawes, Brenda) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Proloquo Message-ID: <7F2B716851DA544B91B6644401F841537DF0B0C921@STWEXE2.ad.okstate.edu> Our SLP noted the following: "I observed a 21 year old with a diagnosis of autism using Proloquo2Go on the iPad, and he had difficulty navigating due to the sensitivity of the touch screen. This would be something to consider with all of the Apple products as they are very sensitive. With that being said, I believe users can opt for a wrist pad that would hold their hand up so that it doesn't activate other parts of the screen unintentionally. If access is not a problem, Proloquo2Go is becoming the new standard for Aug Comm on Apple products. We also have a list of free apps that are quickly becoming popular. " Allyson Robinson, M.A. CCC-SLP, Oklahoma ABLE Tech Brenda Dawes, Program Manager Oklahoma ABLE Tech Oklahoma State University 1514 W. Hall of Fame Stillwater, OK? 74078 405.744.5170 or 800.257.1705 brenda.dawes@okstate.edu http://okabletech.okstate.edu From dhayman at u.washington.edu Thu Nov 10 13:11:11 2011 From: dhayman at u.washington.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Proloquo In-Reply-To: <7F2B716851DA544B91B6644401F841537DF0B0C921@STWEXE2.ad.okstate.edu> References: <7F2B716851DA544B91B6644401F841537DF0B0C921@STWEXE2.ad.okstate.edu> Message-ID: thought I'd seen a web site that also had a keyguard type device to fit over the iPad when using that app so that you could rest your hand on it and more easily hit the target. Doug Hayman Technology Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Dawes, Brenda wrote: > Our SLP noted the following: > > "I observed a 21 year old with a diagnosis of autism using Proloquo2Go on the iPad, and he had difficulty navigating due to the sensitivity of the touch screen. This would be something to consider with all of the Apple products as they are very sensitive. With that being said, I believe users can opt for a wrist pad that would hold their hand up so that it doesn't activate other parts of the screen unintentionally. If access is not a problem, Proloquo2Go is becoming the new standard for Aug Comm on Apple products. We also have a list of free apps that are quickly becoming popular. " Allyson Robinson, M.A. CCC-SLP, Oklahoma ABLE Tech > > Brenda Dawes, Program Manager > Oklahoma ABLE Tech > Oklahoma State University > 1514 W. Hall of Fame Stillwater, OK? 74078 > 405.744.5170 or 800.257.1705 > brenda.dawes@okstate.edu > http://okabletech.okstate.edu > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From hkramer.atsol at gmail.com Thu Nov 10 13:58:05 2011 From: hkramer.atsol at gmail.com (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN folks attending AHG - lend me your session choices Message-ID: Dear Colleagues attending AHG, If you haven't already done so through the registration system, please let me know which sessions you plan to attend or would be willing to proctor (basically, you help or run for help if the speaker runs into problems; and you hand out and collect evaluation forms) during the main conference. You can cut and paste if you like from the schedule list at: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/mainconfsched-detail2011.html#Weds As always, thank you for your help. -Howard -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From John.P.Harris at colostate.edu Thu Nov 10 14:29:49 2011 From: John.P.Harris at colostate.edu (Harris,John Paul) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: AAC app for iphone In-Reply-To: <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDA1CAED8E4C@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> References: <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDA1CAED8E4C@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: Hi Cath, I gathered some info: In general - the iphone is great for communication apps if you want something portable. If you are worried about the small screen or have any fine motor issues, the small icons and screen can make it hard to navigate the features. You can have an app open on an ipad, iphone, or itouch at the same time! (e.g. the expensive app, Proloquo2go, can be used on both multiple ipads simultaneously - You have up to 3 devices that you can share this purchased application on.) Other recommendations for idevices: Proloquo2go - great app, but kind of "kiddy" in its features - but can easily personalize Verbally - another great app. Easier access to phrases, doesn't use pictures symbols. So here is how to get Proloquo2go from the ipad to the itouch, iphone, etc.... 1. Go to the App Store on the device that you want to install the app 2. On the bottom of the app store, there are some options. Select the "purchased" icon 3. You can scroll through all apps downloaded so far and just click the cloud button by the app to put it on the new device, it will automatically start downloading. ~ Anna Martin From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Catherine M. Stager Kilcommons Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:35 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] AAC app for iphone Hi all - Has anyone used any aug comm apps on the iphone? Proloquo2Go, My Talk Tools Mobile, and touchChat seem to be robust options but would love some feedback if anyone has seen them in action. Looking to support a communications major who has had a stroke. 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Dec. 13 and Tue Dec. 20 Presenters include Karen McCall, Dan Clark, Norman Coombs and Marisol Miranda (This fee-based Webinar series is free to EASI Annual Members who can use the member link below to register Even traditional static HTML Web pages include forms, radio buttons and combo boxes all requiring the user's participation. As HTML5 becomes increasingly available, browsing the Web will be more and more an interactive experience. Users who browse the web using screen reader or screen application applications are the users who experience the most frustration. Forms and form-type elements are popping up more frequently in both PDF and Word documents where correct design is crucial for these to be useful to these same populations. While users with upper body motor impairments or those with visual and cognitive impairments are not impacted as severely as users of screen reader and screen magnification applications, they may also have frustrations especially if filling the form limits time to fill the form. Week 1 Tuesday Nov. 29 Creating accessible form elements in PDF Presenter Karen McCall Week 2 Wednesday DEC. 6 Creating accessible form elements in Word Presenter Dan Clark Week 3 Tuesday Dec. 13 Creating accessible form elements in HTML Presenters: Marisol Miranda Norm Coombs Week 4 Tuesday Dec. 20 How to collect the information input into your forms The registration for non-members is $225 for the 4 weeks. A limited number of scholarships are available for those unable to obtain funding. Read more and register online http://easi.cc/clinic.htm From info at karlencommunications.com Fri Nov 11 03:26:51 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: AAC app for iPhone Message-ID: <003d01cca064$ceeb4280$6cc1c780$@karlencommunications.com> There is also MyVoice for iPhone and Android.and I do have the free version on my iPad. http://www.techvibes.com/blog/u-of-t-launches-myvoice-mobile-app-a-speaking- aid-for-people-living-with-communications-disorders-2011-04-06 Here is the AppStore link http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/myvoice-communication-aid/id426135003?mt=8 I think there is now a free version as well as a subscription if you want more vocabulary options. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Harris,John Paul Sent: November-10-11 5:30 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] RE: AAC app for iphone Hi Cath, I gathered some info: In general - the iphone is great for communication apps if you want something portable. If you are worried about the small screen or have any fine motor issues, the small icons and screen can make it hard to navigate the features. You can have an app open on an ipad, iphone, or itouch at the same time! (e.g. the expensive app, Proloquo2go, can be used on both multiple ipads simultaneously - You have up to 3 devices that you can share this purchased application on.) Other recommendations for idevices: Proloquo2go - great app, but kind of "kiddy" in its features - but can easily personalize Verbally - another great app. Easier access to phrases, doesn't use pictures symbols. So here is how to get Proloquo2go from the ipad to the itouch, iphone, etc.... 1. Go to the App Store on the device that you want to install the app 2. On the bottom of the app store, there are some options. Select the "purchased" icon 3. You can scroll through all apps downloaded so far and just click the cloud button by the app to put it on the new device, it will automatically start downloading. ~ Anna Martin From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Catherine M. Stager Kilcommons Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:35 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] AAC app for iphone Hi all - Has anyone used any aug comm apps on the iphone? Proloquo2Go, My Talk Tools Mobile, and touchChat seem to be robust options but would love some feedback if anyone has seen them in action. Looking to support a communications major who has had a stroke. Best regards, Cath Cath Stager-Kilcommons Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator Disability Services / ODECE N234 Center for Community University of Colorado at Boulder 303-492-4049 http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nettiet at gmail.com Sat Nov 12 15:16:05 2011 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Proloquo In-Reply-To: <7F2B716851DA544B91B6644401F841537DF0B0C921@STWEXE2.ad.okstate.edu> References: <7F2B716851DA544B91B6644401F841537DF0B0C921@STWEXE2.ad.okstate.edu> Message-ID: Hi Brenda, Keyguards are available for the iPad at a fairly reasonable price; some pre-designed layouts for apps. THis would support minimizing accidental 'hits' I need to locate the name of the company in my files but I bet if you did a 'iPad keyguard" search you will find it. Nettie On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Dawes, Brenda wrote: > Our SLP noted the following: > > "I observed a 21 year old with a diagnosis of autism using Proloquo2Go on > the iPad, and he had difficulty navigating due to the sensitivity of the > touch screen. This would be something to consider with all of the Apple > products as they are very sensitive. With that being said, I believe users > can opt for a wrist pad that would hold their hand up so that it doesn't > activate other parts of the screen unintentionally. If access is not a > problem, Proloquo2Go is becoming the new standard for Aug Comm on Apple > products. We also have a list of free apps that are quickly becoming > popular. " Allyson Robinson, M.A. CCC-SLP, Oklahoma ABLE Tech > > Brenda Dawes, Program Manager > Oklahoma ABLE Tech > Oklahoma State University > 1514 W. 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Featured Speakers include: Stephen Kuusisto presenting the Ethel Louise Armstrong Lecture on Disability Culture and Art Stephen Kuusisto is an author, poet, disability advocate, and director of Syracuse University's Ren?e Crown University Honors Program where he is also a University Professor of Disability Studies. Professor Kuusisto, who has been blind since birth, is the author of Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening and the acclaimed memoir Planet of the Blind, a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year." He has also published Only Bread, Only Light, a collection of poems from Copper Canyon Press. Recognized by the New York Times as "a powerful writer with a musical ear for language and a gift for emotional candor," Steve has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dateline NBC, National Public Radio and the BBC. He speaks widely on diversity, disability, education, and public policy. His essays and poems have appeared in many anthologies and literary magazines including Harper's' The New York Times Magazine; Poetry; and Partisan Review. He is currently working on a collection of prose poems for Copper Canyon Press entitled "Mornings With Borges" as well as a collection of political poems about disability. To read excerpts of Stephen Kuusisto's poetry, essays, blog posts and more visit http://www.stephenkuusisto.com/ LeDerick Horne presenting The Ohio State University's President and Provost's Diversity Lecture and Performance Series As a child, LeDerick Horne believed he did not have much of a future. Classified as neurologically impaired in the third grade, LeDerick has become a successful spoken word poet, playwright, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and advocate. Recognized as a national speaker and advocate for people with disabilities, LeDerick uses his gift for spoken word poetry as a teaching tool presenting to groups across the spectrum. From the students and faculty at Harvard University to the youth and staff at correctional facilities his message focuses on increasing confidence, academic performance, self-determination, and self-advocacy by challenging conventional teaching styles and challenging his audience to look beyond negative labels. After graduating with honors from Jersey City University in 2003 with a BA in Mathematics and a minor in Fine Art, LeDerick released Rhyme Reason and Song (2005), an album of his poetry set to music, and co-created and performed in New Street Poets, a spoken word play addressing gentrification's effect on urban culture. His is second collection of poetry called Black and Blue (2011) was recently released and he is working with the writers of New Street Poets to develop a spoken word play called Commencement which addresses the stereotypes that shape our education system. You can sample LeDerick Horne's poetry on iTunes ; Download a Poem by LeDerick titled "Dare to Dream" [Doc Format | PDF Format ] and find out more about his life and work at http://www.lederick.com/ Marilyn Bartlett presenting the Ken Campbell Lecture on Disability Policy Marilyn Bartlett began her career in education as a kindergarten teacher in a Montessori preschool in Munich, Germany, in 1970 She received her first academic appointment in 1980 as an assistant professor in Educational Leadership at Long Island University and later became a school assistant superintendent in Vermont before attending Vermont Law School. After law school she served as an associate in a Manhattan as a law firm before returning to academia in 1994, as an associate professor at Dowling College where she co-authored their doctoral program in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. In 1999, she joined New York Institute of Technology as the director of graduate studies where she designed a post-master's program in Educational Leadership and Technology. In 2004, she became an associate professor at the University of South Florida. She was appointed Dean of the College of Education at Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 2008 where she continues as faculty. Dr. Bartlett is well published and presents locally, nationally, and internationally on topics of educational law but many know her as the law school graduate with a reading and learning disability who was refused accommodations on the bar exam and became the plaintiff in Bartlett v. New York State Board of Law Examiners . In the District Court decision, Judge Sotomayor described Ms. Bartlett and her learning disability: "For those of us for whom words sing, sentences paint pictures, and paragraphs create panoramic views of the world, the inability to identify and process words with ease would be crippling. Plaintiff, an obviously intelligent, highly articulate individual, reads slowly, haltingly and laboriously. She simply does not read in the manner of an average person ... Despite this impairment, plaintiff obtained a Ph.D. in educational administration and a law degree. By virtue of superior effort and not a small amount of courage, Marilyn Bartlett has been able to succeed academically and professionally despite the limitations that her impairment has placed upon her." CALL FOR PAPERS Preference will be given to presentations that encourage conversations between communities, disciplines and perspectives or focus on the parallels, distinctions and intersections with race, gender and ethnicity. Past programs and conference updates as they become available can be found at: http://ada.osu.edu/conferences.htm. To be on the mailing list for the conference, send e-mail to ADA-OSU@osu.edu The Multiple Perspectives Conference is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Endowment Fund and ongoing support from The Ohio State University's Office of Diversity and Inclusion. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 2011 Proposals are due December 5th, 2011 Proposals may be submitted * by e-mail as an attachment (Word, Word Perfect, TXT, or RTF formats) * to ADA-OSU@osu.edu * in the mail: University ADA Coordinator's Office 281 W. Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43210. Proposals must include: 1) Names and (as appropriate) titles and institutions/employers for each presenter. 2) Contact information (phone, mailing address, and e-mail) if there is more than one presenter please indicate one individual as the contact and lead presenter. 3) Title of Presentation (12 words or less) 4) Short Description (30 words or less) 5) Full Description (700 words or less) Please describe the content, focus and desired outcomes for the presentation using these questions as a guide. * What is the format of the presentation (Lecture, Panel, Discussion, Performance, Other)? * Who is the intended audience (educators, employers, businesses, advocates, students, consumers, researchers, or other)? * How familiar should the audience be with the topic (beginner, intermediate, advanced)? * What are your three main goals for the presentation? * What will participants learn? Please Note: The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging. UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER COMPETITIONS At the Twelfth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: Experience Understood in Image, Poetry, Narrative and Research April 24 - 25, 2012 Held on The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus Poster Submissions are Due no later than March 12, 2012 The Multiple Perspectives Conference encourages students to network with professionals, the community, and scholars who share their interests in disability at its annual student poster reception. A generous gift from the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation will fund awards (Graduate Research - $500; Undergraduate Research $200, Art & Performance $200 and Community Service $100, Class Projects $200 at this year's competition. Submissions may be based on: 1. Class Projects & Papers (Award goes to support future projects. 2. Independent & Supervised Student Research 3. Community Service & Applied Problem Solving from Service Learning Classes or student organizations 4. Art & Performance 5. Posters can take a variety of forms including print material mounted on poster board or display panels or arranged on a table; PowerPoint presentations, web pages or video presentations from your laptop ... * Presentation materials must fit on a 3'x6' table or along 6' or less of wall space * Presentation materials should present the information in 10 minutes or less * Presenters or their designee must be present to interact with the audience * Presenters must provide their own equipment Visit these sites for tips on developing a poster presentation: * http://denman.osu.edu/resources.aspx * http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/index.cfm * http://www.plu.edu/~libr/workshops/multimedia/posters.html Students and teams of students who wish to present a poster must send the following information to ADA-OSU@osu.edu no later than March 12, 2012 1. Title 2. Short Title - 12 word maximum 3. Poster Format (Print, Model, PowerPoint, Video, ...) 4. Description of their proposed poster topic - 250 word maximum 5. E-mail address, phone number, and surface mail address of coordinating presenter 6. As appropriate, university, department, grant, course or student organization affiliation 7. A letter of support from a faculty member or organization advisor associated with the project 8. Name of individual, Department or Organization to receive cash award should the project win. Early submissions are encouraged. Submissions will be reviewed as they arrive; selected participants will be notified within 4 weeks of submission. Conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for all accepted presenters. Please Note: The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging. L. Scott Lissner, Ohio State University ADA Coordinator, Office Of Diversity And Inclusion Associate, John Glenn School of Public Affairs Lecturer, Knowlton School of Architecture, Moritz College of Law & Disability Studies President Elect, Association on Higher Education And Disability Chair, ADA-OHIO Appointed, Ohio Governor's Council For People With Disabilities Appointed, Ohio HAVA Committee Appointed, Columbus Advisory Council on Disability Issues (614) 292-6207(v); (614) 688-8605(tty) (614) 688-3665(fax); Http://ada.osu.edu 281 W. Lane Ave , Columbus, OH 43210-1266 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at altformatsolutions.com Sun Nov 13 08:24:14 2011 From: ron at altformatsolutions.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Meeting Agenda Message-ID: <00cd01cca220$af409440$0dc1bcc0$@altformatsolutions.com> Good morning folks, looking forward to seeing many of you this week at AHG. 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URL: From Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu Mon Nov 14 07:02:27 2011 From: Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu (Kenneth Elkind) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] reported problems with SPSS 19 and jAWS 12 Message-ID: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC004AD106C@ebe1.umassb.net> Has anybody experienced consistent crashing of Jaws 12 and instability of SPSS 19. We are a machine running XP service pack three. Has anybody else experienced similar issues and come up with a solution. This issue has been reported see below Kim Wrote: This is what I've learned so far: 1) SPSS versions 16 through 18 worked on Windows XP service pack II. Using their directions with JAWS version 10 and 11. I used this combination on a laptop computer for several years. 2) SPSS version 18 running on a UMass Windows computer with a Windows XP operating system with JAWS 12.0 is extremely unstable (crashes JAWS and SPSS though not the entire system). This problem is disruptive enough that the two cannot effectively be used together. 3) SPSS will not work with JAWS on any 64 bit computer; this is documented by IBM. 4) SPSS version 19 will cause a Windows XP, service pack III. Operating system to crash soon after start-up. One can't even get around to seeing if JAWS 11 or 12.0 will work. I don't know if IBM has a patch for this issue. SPSS19 is currently the version that UMass students and staff on campus have access to, though there are some staff still using 18. IBM is part of an accessible technology group on LinkedIn and I would strongly suggest that if students and or staff run into problems with JAWS and SPSS they post the issue on this social media site. I believe it is vital that IBM be publically accountable for issues; after all, the company is actively marketing and selling their product to public universities and other large employers, knowing the accessibility is limited at best and fraudulent at worst Kenneth Elkind Assistive Technology Specialist (617) 287- 5243 Kenneth.elkind@umb.edu Skype User Number: adaptiveumb Adaptive Computer Lab Maximizing Learning Potential Learn about the Adaptive Computer Lab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadi at illinois.edu Mon Nov 14 10:56:06 2011 From: hadi at illinois.edu (Rangin, Hadi Bargi) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility/usability of Science Direct Message-ID: Hello Athen Pro friends and colleagues, We have been working with Elsevier, one of the largest electronic journal publishing company for number of years on improving accessibility of their products. Recently we worked on a new product called Article of the Future to be released this December and we are now in the process of redesigning Science Direct, a product that most of our institutions are using. Elsevier would like to reach out more higher ed institutions and users with disabilities to participate in the new design. I would like to invite all the interested individuals who believe on accessible design to this collaboration group. The collaboration would require signing an NDA with Elsevier and participation at least in the bi-weekly online meeting. If you are interested to shape the accessibility/usability of Science Direct or other Elsevier product, please let me know. Thanks, Hadi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From alpuzz at msu.edu Tue Nov 15 07:03:55 2011 From: alpuzz at msu.edu (Al Puzzuoli) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility of SAP Web Dynpro Apps? Message-ID: Curious as to experiences others have had as regards accessibility of SAP NetWeaver and related ABAP Web Dynpro apps? Our university recently migrated all its core business applications to this architecture. Thus far, our findings in terms of accessibility have been iffy at best. Many pages sport a bunch of clutter. Jaws detects frames and buttons that our developers didn't put there, can't see, and can't explain. When a developer asks the toolkit for a heading level, they get a visually bolded heading, but apparently no HTML markup a screen reader can actually see as a heading. If they ask for a button, they get something that looks like a button but is really a link. Radio buttons and check boxes do weird things, there are odd graphics associated with them that have nonsensical labels. There are date pickers that Jaws can't even see unless the virtual cursor is turned off, and even then, they are barely usable. We've looked at forms designed out of the box by SAP that exhibit the same issues. Are there things our devs should be aware of that would help them in the design of more accessible Web Dynpro pages? The problem is that we are a large campus, and there are likely hundreds of developers working on numerous projects at any given time. I'm not sure how to go about helping them all. I really believe though that this is a systemic issue . If a developer designs a page, adds the appropriate headers and buttons, the underlying software should be doing a better job of insuring that the code it generates is accessible. Is anyone else seeing similar issues? 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The best (or worst, I should say) example of this is that SAP recommends JAWS users turn the Virtual cursor off in order to navigate their web apps. Of course, that's completely the opposite of what JAWS users are accustomed to doing on the web. We are in the middle of trying to sort out what's doable and what's not (in terms of programming for accessibility with webdynpro for ABAP) and also trying to convince SAP to change their approach. It's an uphill battle, but we're happy to have others join in... please feel free to contact me directly. Best, Mary Mary J. Ziegler IT Manager, Accessibility and Usability MIT Information Services and Technology (IS&T) ATIC Room 7-143 617.258.9328 maryz@mit.edu On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Al Puzzuoli wrote: Curious as to experiences others have had as regards accessibility of SAP NetWeaver and related ABAP Web Dynpro apps? Our university recently migrated all its core business applications to this architecture. Thus far, our findings in terms of accessibility have been iffy at best. Many pages sport a bunch of clutter. Jaws detects frames and buttons that our developers didn?t put there, can?t see, and can?t explain. When a developer asks the toolkit for a heading level, they get a visually bolded heading, but apparently no HTML markup a screen reader can actually see as a heading. If they ask for a button, they get something that looks like a button but is really a link. Radio buttons and check boxes do weird things, there are odd graphics associated with them that have nonsensical labels. There are date pickers that Jaws can?t even see unless the virtual cursor is turned off, and even then, they are barely usable. We?ve looked at forms designed out of the box by SAP that exhibit the same issues. Are there things our devs should be aware of that would help them in the design of more accessible Web Dynpro pages? The problem is that we are a large campus, and there are likely hundreds of developers working on numerous projects at any given time. I?m not sure how to go about helping them all. I really believe though that this is a systemic issue . If a developer designs a page, adds the appropriate headers and buttons, the underlying software should be doing a better job of insuring that the code it generates is accessible. Is anyone else seeing similar issues? Thanks, Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 517-884-1915 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Is there any institution out there offering a Citrix based virtual lab that they make available to all students and if so, how does this institution manage that scenario without forwarding the cost to students? 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 __________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail (including the attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C.?? 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please contact me that you have received the message in error, and then destroy it. Thank You. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarojprimlani at gmail.com Wed Nov 16 13:33:14 2011 From: sarojprimlani at gmail.com (Saroj Primlani) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Re: virtual labs Message-ID: While I have not directly integrated Citrix environment, at NC State we use virtual labs to deliver all types of lab environments 24/7. JAWS, Window-Eyes and Supernova can be used to access remote (virtual) computers using Windows Remote Access Protocol (RDP), however all three require the application to be installed on both on the remote (virtual) and personal computer. With Window-Eyes and SuperNova the licensed copy is installed on the remote system and user can use a unlicensed version (demo version). JAWS on the other hand is the opposite, the remote version is unlicensed while the user needs a licensed *remote* enabled version of the software. Since JAWS uses a license serve to authenticate for license, at NC State we have our own license server and JAWS is available in computer labs or on any computer within campus. For home use, the user needs to have their own license or could VPN to the university to use their license. Hope this helps Saroj On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 3:00 PM, < athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu> wrote: > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-list-owner@mailman1.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Remote access with JAWS (Lester, Patti) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:00:16 +0000 > From: "Lester, Patti" > Subject: [Athen] Remote access with JAWS > To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Message-ID: > <9660B13B9DFB2D4291E23B4CEA2E092EF627@fsu-exch-nwr02.fsu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Colleagues, > > I understand that if one is a JAWS user and wants to connect to a Citrix > based or terminal virtual lab, a remote authorization license must be > purchased in addition to the cost of the JAWS license on the system > attempting to connect with the Server hosting the virtual lab. One of the > nice things about being able to access a virtual desktop is accessing > software applications that you couldn't afford to purchase for your own > system, but if your system needs a JAWS license add on for remote access > that cost, it defeats the whole purpose. > Is there any institution out there offering a Citrix based virtual lab > that they make available to all students and if so, how does this > institution manage that scenario without forwarding the cost to students? > > 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 > > > > __________________________________________________ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail (including the attachments) is > covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C.?? > 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. 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URL: From ron at ahead.org Tue Nov 22 09:50:42 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] New Member First Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <039501cca93f$418c0170$c4a40450$@ahead.org> I do it in my role with the HTCTU upon request. CA law requires 508 conformance, and I do a fair number of them both in my public and private roles. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Grubaugh Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:29 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] New Member First Question Greetings, I've yet to dig back into the List-serve messages to discover the main artery of ATHEN communications but, if I may cast a line out to those among us and ask- are any of you-all directly charged with pre procurement analysis of Information Communication Technology under Section 508/255? Sincerely, Bill Grubaugh MS HF/E Disability Access Compliance Analyst (DACA) Disability Programs & Resource Center San Francisco State University Phone 415-405-4132 Note: Comments within the is communication are viewpoints of the sender and may not express the viewpoints of the SF State. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shannon.Lavey at colostate.edu Wed Nov 23 14:02:31 2011 From: Shannon.Lavey at colostate.edu (Lavey,Shannon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Smartphone apps for cognition In-Reply-To: <201111222001.pAMK1vrE001252@mxout12.cac.washington.edu> References: <201111222001.pAMK1vrE001252@mxout12.cac.washington.edu> Message-ID: <8ECA43D20640F4449329B3CAE767661A3747BD@ex21.colostate.edu> Hello, What are your favorite apps for Smartphones (iOS, Android, Blackberry) to help support students with cognitive challenges? I work with students who have traumatic brain injuries and I'm interested in finding apps that address memory, organization, time management, navigation, scheduling, etc. issues. As always, thanks for your help! Sincerely, Shannon Lavey, MS, OTR Service Coordinator, Assistive Technology Resource Center 307 Occupational Therapy Building Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO? 80523 970-491-6258 shannon.lavey@colostate.edu www.atrc.colostate.edu From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Wed Nov 23 14:16:55 2011 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Smartphone apps for cognition In-Reply-To: <8ECA43D20640F4449329B3CAE767661A3747BD@ex21.colostate.edu> References: <201111222001.pAMK1vrE001252@mxout12.cac.washington.edu> <8ECA43D20640F4449329B3CAE767661A3747BD@ex21.colostate.edu> Message-ID: I have a couple of students that really love the new Reminder app. One used to use an app called Recall that provided similar functions to Reminder. Dragon Dictate and the new voice utilities built into iOS 5 for the iPhone 4s my students with short term memory loss love. Because of the slow speed of using the onscreen keyboard they might leave words out of messages when typing or their messages would lose continuity when typing. One student also uses Notability for classes. Jeff On 11/23/11, Lavey,Shannon wrote: > Hello, > > What are your favorite apps for Smartphones (iOS, Android, Blackberry) to > help support students with cognitive challenges? I work with students who > have traumatic brain injuries and I'm interested in finding apps that > address memory, organization, time management, navigation, scheduling, etc. > issues. As always, thanks for your help! > > Sincerely, > > Shannon Lavey, MS, OTR > Service Coordinator, Assistive Technology Resource Center > 307 Occupational Therapy Building > Colorado State University > Fort Collins, CO? 80523 > 970-491-6258 > shannon.lavey@colostate.edu > www.atrc.colostate.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From norm.coombs at gmail.com Thu Nov 24 11:48:42 2011 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] I just remembered In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20111124114725.0a22d1d8@pop.gmail.com> I think our discussion in Colorado was on the tool you are developing to help report and fix pages with accessibility problems. How about a Webinar in late January or late February?? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We have been contemplating purchasing some adaptive software to be installed on all computers across the campus. We no longer have a dedicated assistive technology lab, as the overwhelming majority of students have their own computers and software provided via grants. We are also keenly aware that because the University has a significant number of students who are first generation or international, many have English as a second language. This contributes to challenges with meeting both reading and writing requirements. As such, we are contemplating purchasing software that might provide support not only to our students with disabilities, but also this larger population who can benefit from support. I was wondering if any of your institutions have purchased reading/writing support software and made it available to all students? We are contemplating a product such as Read and Write Gold, but would be interested in your experience with this or any other product. I was also wondering if any of you might have reservations about purchasing such a product at this time (i.e., as many platforms are starting to include learning supports - albeit in modest form). Warmest regards, M. Mitchell Stoddard, Ph.D., R. Psych. Director, Centre for Students with Disabilities Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive (1250 MBC) Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Phone: 778-782-3313 Email: mitchell_stoddard@sfu.ca This electronic mail message and any accompanying attachments may contain privileged, confidential or personal information intended only for the use of the individual, entity or organization named or addressed above. Any disclosure, distribution, dissemination, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error please delete the email (from your incoming and trash files) and notify the sender immediately by email or by telephone. Thank you. From JElmer at vcccd.edu Tue Nov 29 14:28:55 2011 From: JElmer at vcccd.edu (John Elmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] LMS and general student support In-Reply-To: <2045028536.796863.1322603687040.JavaMail.root@jaguar9.sfu.ca> References: <892635588.792465.1322600915714.JavaMail.root@jaguar9.sfu.ca> <2045028536.796863.1322603687040.JavaMail.root@jaguar9.sfu.ca> Message-ID: We provide R&W Gold on all computers in our main computer lab (360 stations), so that would be my recommendation. John F. Elmer Alternate Media Specialist Educational Assistance Center (DSP&S) Ventura College 4667 Telegraph Road Ventura, CA 93003 805.654.6400, x1278 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Mitchell Stoddard Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:55 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] LMS and general student support Hi Folks, I am looking to tap into your general knowledge and wisdom. We are in the enviable position of having some discretionary funds that can be used to address systemic barriers at our institution. We have been contemplating purchasing some adaptive software to be installed on all computers across the campus. We no longer have a dedicated assistive technology lab, as the overwhelming majority of students have their own computers and software provided via grants. We are also keenly aware that because the University has a significant number of students who are first generation or international, many have English as a second language. This contributes to challenges with meeting both reading and writing requirements. As such, we are contemplating purchasing software that might provide support not only to our students with disabilities, but also this larger population who can benefit from support. I was wondering if any of your institutions have purchased reading/writing support software and made it available to all students? We are contemplating a product such as Read and Write Gold, but would be interested in your experience with this or any other product. I was also wondering if any of you might have reservations about purchasing such a product at this time (i.e., as many platforms are starting to include learning supports - albeit in modest form). Warmest regards, M. Mitchell Stoddard, Ph.D., R. Psych. Director, Centre for Students with Disabilities Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive (1250 MBC) Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Phone: 778-782-3313 Email: mitchell_stoddard@sfu.ca This electronic mail message and any accompanying attachments may contain privileged, confidential or personal information intended only for the use of the individual, entity or organization named or addressed above. Any disclosure, distribution, dissemination, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error please delete the email (from your incoming and trash files) and notify the sender immediately by email or by telephone. Thank you. _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From E.Henley at snhu.edu Tue Nov 29 16:08:39 2011 From: E.Henley at snhu.edu (Henley, Elizabeth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] LMS and general student support In-Reply-To: <2045028536.796863.1322603687040.JavaMail.root@jaguar9.sfu.ca> References: <892635588.792465.1322600915714.JavaMail.root@jaguar9.sfu.ca> <2045028536.796863.1322603687040.JavaMail.root@jaguar9.sfu.ca> Message-ID: <55544D528384A540A4FBC885CB2BF041020C782E7992@SNHU-CCR-A.snhu.edu> We have the unlimited license for Read and Write Gold (both Windows and Mac), so we have that available for any student, staff, or faculty member to be able to install on their own computers. Beyond the students registered with the office, some ESL students and education students have taken advantage of it. There's a lot more use than when we had software installed just on campus computers too. Liz Liz Henley Associate Director, Office of Disability Services Southern New Hampshire University 2500 North River Rd Manchester, NH 03106 (603) 668-2211, ext. 2118 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Mitchell Stoddard Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 4:55 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] LMS and general student support Hi Folks, I am looking to tap into your general knowledge and wisdom. We are in the enviable position of having some discretionary funds that can be used to address systemic barriers at our institution. We have been contemplating purchasing some adaptive software to be installed on all computers across the campus. We no longer have a dedicated assistive technology lab, as the overwhelming majority of students have their own computers and software provided via grants. We are also keenly aware that because the University has a significant number of students who are first generation or international, many have English as a second language. This contributes to challenges with meeting both reading and writing requirements. As such, we are contemplating purchasing software that might provide support not only to our students with disabilities, but also this larger population who can benefit from support. I was wondering if any of your institutions have purchased reading/writing support software and made it available to all students? We are contemplating a product such as Read and Write Gold, but would be interested in your experience with this or any other product. I was also wondering if any of you might have reservations about purchasing such a product at this time (i.e., as many platforms are starting to include learning supports - albeit in modest form). Warmest regards, M. Mitchell Stoddard, Ph.D., R. Psych. Director, Centre for Students with Disabilities Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive (1250 MBC) Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Phone: 778-782-3313 Email: mitchell_stoddard@sfu.ca This electronic mail message and any accompanying attachments may contain privileged, confidential or personal information intended only for the use of the individual, entity or organization named or addressed above. Any disclosure, distribution, dissemination, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error please delete the email (from your incoming and trash files) and notify the sender immediately by email or by telephone. Thank you. _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. From greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Tue Nov 29 18:53:32 2011 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Moodle 2.1.1 NC State Accessibility Report Message-ID: Hi All, I recently wrote this report on the accessibility of Moodle 2.1.1 for our campus as we consider upgrading from 1.9.x. http://go.ncsu.edu/moodle-accessibility This is also the final version of the presentation I made on the same subject at Accessing Higher Ground. Basically, there are some accessibility improvements in Moodle 2.1.1 but there are some new problems too. There are also some problems that have existed for some time. There are a few problems that I consider critical to fixing before we can consider upgrading. If you have any questions about it please let me know. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 greg_kraus@ncsu.edu From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Nov 30 10:06:40 2011 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: AHEAD Conference, PEPNet 2.0 Training Institute to Join Forces in New Orleans Message-ID: New Orleans 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1, 2011 AHEAD Conference, PEPNet 2.0 Training Institute to Join Forces in New Orleans AHEAD and PEPNet 2.0-two premier professional organizations-will combine their national conferences to provide attendees from the disability and education communities a broader array of training that can build institutional capacity to work with post-secondary students with disabilities. The two concurrent events will be held at the Sheraton Hotel Canal Street in New Orleans on July 9 - 14, 2012. The Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) 35th annual conference offers attendees a diverse array of professional development opportunities covering issues relating to the full spectrum of disabilities. AHEAD is the premiere professional membership organization for individuals developing policy and providing effective services to meet the needs of persons with disabilities in all areas of higher education. AHEAD has formal partnerships with 34 Regional Affiliates and many other professional organizations to advance equity in higher education for people with disabilities. AHEAD promotes full and equal participation by individuals with disabilities in higher education, and supports the systems, institutions, professions, and professionals who participate in fulfilling this important mission. The new Postsecondary Education Programs Network 2.0 (PEPNet 2.0) Training Institute will run concurrently with the AHEAD conference and will focus on issues, service provision, and best practices for working with postsecondary students who are deaf or hard of hearing and those with co-occurring disabilities. PEPNet has 15 years of experience in the issues of working with these low-incidence disabilities and has recently consolidated four regional centers into one national center. PEPNet 2.0 will continue to provide technical assistance and personnel development to improve educational and employment outcomes for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Baseline data and information collected during the new five-year grant cycle will drive development of evidence-based resources to increase institutional capacity, enrollment, retention, and graduation rates for these students. To leverage the resources offered by both organizations, to help stakeholders stretch tight budgets, and to deliver their respective information and training to the largest possible audience, AHEAD and PEPNet 2.0 have combined their conferences. Attendees at either event will have access to presentations at both conferences, meet and network with other postsecondary education and disability professionals from many disciplines, and view displays and vendor booths in a 30,000 square foot exhibition hall. PEPNet 2.0, based at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is supported by a grant from the Research to Practice Division, Office of Special Education Programs and the U.S. Department of Education via grant award #H326D110003. The grant cycle began October 1, 2011 and runs through September 30, 2016. Registration and other information about these events are available at www.ahead.org and www.pepnet.org AHEAD and PEPNet 2.0 look forward to welcoming hundreds of interested professionals from across the country and around the world to New Orleans in 2012 to learn and share information that can enhance educational opportunities for professionals and consumers. Contacts: Stephan J. Hamlin-Smith Executive Director AHEAD 107 Commerce Centre Drive, Suite 204 Huntersville, NC 28078 e: stephan@ahead.org Catherine McLeod Director - PEPNet 2.0 California State University Northridge National Center on Deafness 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA 91330-8267 e: info@pepnet.org PEPNet 2.0 // info@pepnet.org // www.pepnet.org This message was sent to gdietrich@htctu.net from: California State University, Northridge / PEPNet | 18111 Nordhoff Street | Northridge, CA 91330-8267 Email Marketing by iContact - Try It Free! 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Those machines have a number of AT, including Kurzweil and R&W Gold. Most of our training in this area centers on R&W Gold, as well. - ken OSU Web Accessibilty Center On Tuesday, November 29, 2011, Henley, Elizabeth wrote: > We have the unlimited license for Read and Write Gold (both Windows and Mac), so we have that available for any student, staff, or faculty member to be able to install on their own computers. Beyond the students registered with the office, some ESL students and education students have taken advantage of it. There's a lot more use than when we had software installed just on campus computers too. > > Liz > > Liz Henley > Associate Director, Office of Disability Services > Southern New Hampshire University > 2500 North River Rd > Manchester, NH 03106 > (603) 668-2211, ext. 2118 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Mitchell Stoddard > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 4:55 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Athen] LMS and general student support > > Hi Folks, > > I am looking to tap into your general knowledge and wisdom. We are in the enviable position of having some discretionary funds that can be used to address systemic barriers at our institution. We have been contemplating purchasing some adaptive software to be installed on all computers across the campus. > > We no longer have a dedicated assistive technology lab, as the overwhelming majority of students have their own computers and software provided via grants. We are also keenly aware that because the University has a significant number of students who are first generation or international, many have English as a second language. This contributes to challenges with meeting both reading and writing requirements. As such, we are contemplating purchasing software that might provide support not only to our students with disabilities, but also this larger population who can benefit from support. > > I was wondering if any of your institutions have purchased reading/writing support software and made it available to all students? We are contemplating a product such as Read and Write Gold, but would be interested in your experience with this or any other product. I was also wondering if any of you might have reservations about purchasing such a product at this time (i.e., as many platforms are starting to include learning supports - albeit in modest form). > > Warmest regards, > > M. > > Mitchell Stoddard, Ph.D., R. Psych. > Director, Centre for Students with Disabilities > Simon Fraser University > 8888 University Drive (1250 MBC) > Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 > > Phone: 778-782-3313 > Email: mitchell_stoddard@sfu.ca > > This electronic mail message and any accompanying attachments may contain privileged, confidential or personal information intended only for the use of the individual, entity or organization named or addressed above. Any disclosure, distribution, dissemination, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. 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