From norm.coombs at gmail.com Fri Sep 2 09:38:59 2011 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI Opportunities in September Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20110902093657.002e2ab0@pop.gmail.com> EASI Opportunities in September EASI has five events in September to highlight: 2 online courses and 3 Webinar events. The September courses are: Barrier-free Information Technology The emphasis in this month-long course will be on creating structures that will lead to the institution-wide system change as required by recent disability-related legislation. The course will be useful for: ? administrators, ? ADA compliance officers ? admissions officers ? computer support staff, ? instructional support staff, ? online learning support staff ? disability services staff, ? faculty, ? librarians Syllabus and registration is at: http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm (EASI Annual Members receive a discount) Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content Topics include: ? A foundation for repurposing content ? Globally accessible content rather than customized accommodation for each student. ? Adaptive scanning technology. ? Scanning and OCR [Optical Character Recognition] software [ and the process of creating digital content from print. ? The importance of logical document structure or a logical reading order. ? The role formatting plays in the understanding of content. ? Braille ? DAISY [Digital ]Accessible Information System]. ? NIMAS. Syllabus and registration is at: http://easi.cc/workshops/text.htm (EASI Annual Members receive a discount) EASI is providing 2 free Webinars in September: Practical comparison of screen readers, using scenario based user testing. Sept. 28 at 11 AM Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern Presenters: Birkir R. Gunnarsson and Hlynur M. Hreinsson Tobi: a software tool to author DAISY multimedia | Sept. 20 at 11 AM Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern (Details are being finalized) Tobi is designed to ease the process of synchronizing a text document with human narration, including page numbers, hierarchical table of contents, images, footnotes, etc. Fee-based 4-part Webinar: The 4 Secrets of Accessible Online Teaching September 8, 15, 22 and 29 Presenters: Norm Coombs and Marisol Miranda Times: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern Online learning is a complex mix of several technologies and several groups of faculty, staff and students. This Webinar series will focus on 4 ingredients of this mix: ? Accessibility and usability of the online interface ? Organization and communication of the course content ? Use of styles and semantic markup features in authoring tools ? Verifying the accessibility of the course content (EASI Annual Members access the fee-based Webinars as part of their membership) The Dick Banks Memorial Scholarship provides a limited number of scholarships to the fee-based Webinars and courses for those unable to obtain funding. See details on the EASI page: http://easi.cc From Kenneth.Billingsley at ccd.edu Thu Sep 1 10:54:44 2011 From: Kenneth.Billingsley at ccd.edu (Billingsley, Kenneth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] math books for blind student? Message-ID: <8F212CC1CA33D14B883C0727725C6A8C277A9B9B38@cccsdna52> Forwarded from Colorado-Wyoming Consortium of Disability Support Programs: Greeting all, I have a blind ESL student who is trying to pass his college math requirement and is attempting an accounting major. I have been fortunate to find his books in Learning Ally, so far, but know my luck can't hold. The student doesn't read Braille at the level needed for higher math. He is currently using JAWS and a Braille display note taker that converts rtf files. My question is does anyone have a reasonable way to turn highly technical materials, such as math books, into screen reader friendly format (rtf, doc, pdf) on a production basis? Suggestions? Ken Billingsley Alternative Media Specialist Center for Persons with Disabilities (CPD) P303.352.3206 F 303.352.3003 [cid:image001.png@01CC689D.F0786D00] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you, Carmen Schafer University of Missouri Adaptive Computing Technology Center Division of Information Technology (573)882-8838 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Teresa.Haven at asu.edu Wed Sep 7 13:51:12 2011 From: Teresa.Haven at asu.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: math books for blind student? In-Reply-To: <8F212CC1CA33D14B883C0727725C6A8C277A9B9B38@cccsdna52> References: <8F212CC1CA33D14B883C0727725C6A8C277A9B9B38@cccsdna52> Message-ID: <04BE8DE2DBBF9D4C81B2225DA9D3D1496B3B24F4B6@EX10.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Math can be made JAWS-readable by a semi-skilled production worker using MathType. The final output is HTML, and the end user reads in Internet Explorer with the MathPlayer plugin. Both products are available from Design Science, www.dessci.com. MathPlayer is free, MathType is relatively inexpensive; the person producing the math e-book will need an understanding of the math content they are producing in order to enter it correctly. We scan the textbooks and OCR them for the text content, then do the math editing by hand at the same time as any cleanup from the scanning process that might be required. Hope this helps, Teresa ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D. Supervisor, Alternative Format Services Disability Resource Center Arizona State University ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Billingsley, Kenneth Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:55 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] math books for blind student? Forwarded from Colorado-Wyoming Consortium of Disability Support Programs: Greeting all, I have a blind ESL student who is trying to pass his college math requirement and is attempting an accounting major. I have been fortunate to find his books in Learning Ally, so far, but know my luck can't hold. The student doesn't read Braille at the level needed for higher math. He is currently using JAWS and a Braille display note taker that converts rtf files. My question is does anyone have a reasonable way to turn highly technical materials, such as math books, into screen reader friendly format (rtf, doc, pdf) on a production basis? Suggestions? Ken Billingsley Alternative Media Specialist Center for Persons with Disabilities (CPD) P303.352.3206 F 303.352.3003 [cid:image001.png@01CC6D65.07DCD820] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 12:34 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] FW: Alternative to HiSoftware We are currently using HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff automated accessibility checker but our contact is ending soon. We need a tool that will work well at an enterprise level. Can anyone recommend a web accessibility checker that works well in a large environment with de-centralized web developers and is a reliable tool? Thank you, Carmen Schafer University of Missouri Adaptive Computing Technology Center Division of Information Technology (573)882-8838 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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JF 1. https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/amp/index.php 2. http://www.deque.com/ 3. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/policy/accessibility/ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 2:21 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] FW: Alternative to HiSoftware I would also like to hear the answer you folks may have. I am at the end of my patience in trying to repair an existing CS implementation and looking for other options. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 12:34 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] FW: Alternative to HiSoftware We are currently using HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff automated accessibility checker but our contact is ending soon. We need a tool that will work well at an enterprise level. Can anyone recommend a web accessibility checker that works well in a large environment with de-centralized web developers and is a reliable tool? Thank you, Carmen Schafer University of Missouri Adaptive Computing Technology Center Division of Information Technology (573)882-8838 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities September 8-9, 2011 Full Commission Meeting http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meetings.html#09082011 Commission Meeting ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/meeting-9-8-2011.html#meeting1 ) will be held at the Library of Congress September 8 8:30 AM*5:00 PM, EST AND September 9 8:30 AM*4:00 PM, Note: EST September 8, 2011: Public login: https://aimpsc.ilinc.com/join/yvfbsvw. The login will be open to the public at 8:00 AM, EST. September 9, 2011: Public login: https://aimpsc.ilinc.com/join/ccctxjw. The login will be open to public at 8:00 AM, EST. For guidance on installing the iLinc client software please visit http://product.ilinc.com/help/ilinc/ All meeting documents are found here. http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meetings.html#09082011 Meeting Documents Agenda ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/agenda.doc ) (49KB) Document #1: Combo Document Sections 1-3 ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/doc-1-combo-sections-1-3-only.doc ) (317KB) Document #2: Recommendations with General Agreement ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/doc-2-recommendations-with-general-agreement.doc ) (47KB) Document #2a: Recommendations with General Agreement- Linear ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/doc-2a-recommendations-with-general-agreement-linear.doc ) (38KB) Document #3: Points of Tension ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/doc-3-points-of-tension-comparison.doc ) (66KB) Document #3a: Points of Tension- Linear ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/doc-3a-points-of-tension-comparison-linear.doc ) (47KB) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From moored14 at lcc.edu Thu Sep 8 06:36:05 2011 From: moored14 at lcc.edu (Dianne Moore) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: athen-list Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2 In-Reply-To: <201109072046.p87KkA5S013794@mxout12.cac.washington.edu> References: <201109072046.p87KkA5S013794@mxout12.cac.washington.edu> Message-ID: <20110908093605751.00000000788@GB204-Lmoored14> We record books in mp3 files. Just as we used to record tapes. Dianne Moore, MA Reader Services Coordinator GB204-32 517-483-5263 Office of Disability Support Services Lansing Community College -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 4:46 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2 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. math books for blind student? (Billingsley, Kenneth) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 11:54:44 -0600 From: "Billingsley, Kenneth" Subject: [Athen] math books for blind student? To: "'athen-list@u.washington.edu'" Message-ID: <8F212CC1CA33D14B883C0727725C6A8C277A9B9B38@cccsdna52> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Forwarded from Colorado-Wyoming Consortium of Disability Support Programs: Greeting all, I have a blind ESL student who is trying to pass his college math requirement and is attempting an accounting major. I have been fortunate to find his books in Learning Ally, so far, but know my luck can't hold. The student doesn't read Braille at the level needed for higher math. He is currently using JAWS and a Braille display note taker that converts rtf files. My question is does anyone have a reasonable way to turn highly technical materials, such as math books, into screen reader friendly format (rtf, doc, pdf) on a production basis? Suggestions? Ken Billingsley Alternative Media Specialist Center for Persons with Disabilities (CPD) P303.352.3206 F 303.352.3003 [cid:image001.png@01CC689D.F0786D00] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20110907/3cdcdf5a/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 24269 bytes Desc: image001.png Url : http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20110907/3cdcdf5a/image001.png ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list End of athen-list Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2 ***************************************** From tft at uw.edu Thu Sep 8 07:48:21 2011 From: tft at uw.edu (Terrill Thompson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Alternative to HiSoftware In-Reply-To: <00e101cc6da9$561f6360$025e2a20$@edu> References: <0AB500DD5C8068469C9A6E19EAA61B91168C202AB6@UM-EMAIL05.um.umsystem.edu> <8D1CCA698AB2FB468867B83F4861E69A21D9C357BF@UM-EMAIL05.um.umsystem.edu> <0AB500DD5C8068469C9A6E19EAA61B91168C202AC6@UM-EMAIL05.um.umsystem.edu> <048401cc6da4$009f5d50$01de17f0$@ahead.org> <00e101cc6da9$561f6360$025e2a20$@edu> Message-ID: Another contender is SiteCheck: http://siteimprove.com/Solutions/SiteCheck.aspx -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:58 PM, John Foliot wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Other enterprise-class tools that I have previously investigated are AMP by > SSB Bart (1) and WorldSpace by Deque (2). Apparently IBM is re-invigorating > their accessibility efforts with their Rational Policy Tester (Accessibility > Edition) (3), but I?ve not looked at it beyond this: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI1d4YbPzT0&feature=related [Video] > > > > Cheers! > > > > JF > > > > 1.?????? https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/amp/index.php > > 2.?????? http://www.deque.com/ > > 3. > http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/policy/accessibility/ > > > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 2:21 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] FW: Alternative to HiSoftware > > > > I would also like to hear the answer you folks may have.? I am at the end of > my patience in trying to repair an existing CS implementation and looking > for other options. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, > Carmen > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 12:34 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Athen] FW: Alternative to HiSoftware > > > > We are currently using HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff automated accessibility > checker but our contact is ending soon. We need a tool that will work well > at an enterprise level. Can anyone recommend a web accessibility checker > that works well in a large environment with de-centralized web developers > and is a reliable tool? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Carmen Schafer > University of Missouri > Adaptive Computing Technology Center > Division of Information Technology > (573)882-8838 > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > From greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Thu Sep 8 08:01:37 2011 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Alternative to HiSoftware In-Reply-To: References: <0AB500DD5C8068469C9A6E19EAA61B91168C202AB6@UM-EMAIL05.um.umsystem.edu> <8D1CCA698AB2FB468867B83F4861E69A21D9C357BF@UM-EMAIL05.um.umsystem.edu> <0AB500DD5C8068469C9A6E19EAA61B91168C202AC6@UM-EMAIL05.um.umsystem.edu> <048401cc6da4$009f5d50$01de17f0$@ahead.org> <00e101cc6da9$561f6360$025e2a20$@edu> Message-ID: We have been using SortSite. http://www.powermapper.com/products/sortsite/ It takes a different approach as it's a locally run application and doesn't lend itself as well to monitoring an entire enterprise at once. It is more designed for a decentralized approach to Web development. We have enough licenses for it that we allow any Web developer on campus to use it. One of it's strengths is it can easily scan password protected sites. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology North Carolina State University 919.513.4087 On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Terrill Thompson wrote: > Another contender is SiteCheck: > http://siteimprove.com/Solutions/SiteCheck.aspx > > -- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology > UW Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > 206-221-4168 > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:58 PM, John Foliot wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> Other enterprise-class tools that I have previously investigated are AMP by >> SSB Bart (1) and WorldSpace by Deque (2). Apparently IBM is re-invigorating >> their accessibility efforts with their Rational Policy Tester (Accessibility >> Edition) (3), but I?ve not looked at it beyond this: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI1d4YbPzT0&feature=related [Video] >> >> >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> >> JF >> >> >> >> 1.?????? https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/amp/index.php >> >> 2.?????? http://www.deque.com/ >> >> 3. >> http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/policy/accessibility/ >> >> >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron >> Stewart >> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 2:21 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] FW: Alternative to HiSoftware >> >> >> >> I would also like to hear the answer you folks may have.? I am at the end of >> my patience in trying to repair an existing CS implementation and looking >> for other options. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, >> Carmen >> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 12:34 PM >> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >> Subject: [Athen] FW: Alternative to HiSoftware >> >> >> >> We are currently using HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff automated accessibility >> checker but our contact is ending soon. We need a tool that will work well >> at an enterprise level. Can anyone recommend a web accessibility checker >> that works well in a large environment with de-centralized web developers >> and is a reliable tool? >> >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> >> Carmen Schafer >> University of Missouri >> Adaptive Computing Technology Center >> Division of Information Technology >> (573)882-8838 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Wed Sep 7 14:55:43 2011 From: Vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Sept. 8 & 9 AIM commission meeting Message-ID: <4E6785D9.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> Colleagues, This is a culmination of sweat and tears by the advisory commission. After reviewing the documents below, clearly there is more discussion and agreement to follow during the next two days. If you have time listen in... Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities September 8-9, 2011 Full Commission Meeting http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meetings.html#09082011 Commission Meeting ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/meeting-9-8-2011.html#meeting1 ) will be held at the Library of Congress September 8 8:30 AM*5:00 PM, EST AND September 9 8:30 AM*4:00 PM, Note: EST September 8, 2011: Public login: https://aimpsc.ilinc.com/join/yvfbsvw. The login will be open to the public at 8:00 AM, EST. September 9, 2011: Public login: https://aimpsc.ilinc.com/join/ccctxjw. The login will be open to public at 8:00 AM, EST. For guidance on installing the iLinc client software please visit http://product.ilinc.com/help/ilinc/ All meeting documents are found here. http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meetings.html#09082011 Meeting Documents Agenda ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/agenda.doc ) (49KB) Document #1: Combo Document Sections 1-3 ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/doc-1-combo-sections-1-3-only.doc ) (317KB) Document #2: Recommendations with General Agreement ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/doc-2-recommendations-with-general-agreement.doc ) (47KB) Document #2a: Recommendations with General Agreement- Linear ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/doc-2a-recommendations-with-general-agreement-linear.doc ) (38KB) Document #3: Points of Tension ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/doc-3-points-of-tension-comparison.doc ) (66KB) Document #3a: Points of Tension- Linear ( http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/meeting/9-8-2011/doc-3a-points-of-tension-comparison-linear.doc ) (47KB) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sozi1 at mscd.edu Thu Sep 8 12:49:14 2011 From: sozi1 at mscd.edu (Ozi, Selim) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility checker software Message-ID: <988AD2761168FB4BA162C5F96A122ADA13C8E74A64@E2K7VS.services.metro> Greetings, 1-Has any school successful method, of using HI software/deque/site improve. Com etc.. -Installed on Black board servers either hosted or school is hosting. Being able detect image files pdf,tiff, png , inaccessible action scripting etc.. as well as Those courses has publisher online my lab/my connect series ( such as Pearson/McGraw-Hill nice flash work! ) embedded along with the faculty created content. 2-Does your school using fixed /mandatory accessible blackboard templates for faculty for course authoring tools if so is this better than using black board native templates. Any version can comment here.. web ct or blackboard 9 and up.. 3- does your school has strict policy's for faculty creating black board course where image files , Publisher on line content, in accessible links taking third party learning content embedded are filtered/blocked by server policy? If so what version of black board you are using, what is your system: is it early detection like hi or deque or is this a lock down server policy.. What do you recommend? 4- does your school has an policy and standards for faculty creating blackboard courses: stating something like: faculty is responsible creating accessible course content etc.. 5- does your faculty has a time line to create the online course module and submit for accessibility evaluation ..let's say 30 days before ? 6- does your DSO/access /inclusive education office audit /evaluate repair online courses if not whose job is it ? Sorry for the English grammar & long post.. its been a sucky couple of weeks. Cheers. Selim ?zi. 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I need something that can interface well with ZoomText and OneNote for the purpose of writing Calculus.Entering a radical that is in the numerator of a fraction that is part of a definite integral, is extremely time consuming to enter with current math editors. I used to have an HP laptop/tablet that did not work well. The reason being that the screen was used for input and output, and tracking was difficult. I seem to recall a device there used to be used with the iLinc whiteboard software that allowed the instructor to write onto any PC from this device. Can anyone recommend any stand alone tablets? Regards, Jennifer Maxwell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Thu Sep 8 14:18:56 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Tablet and Stylus as Input Device In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <453CE9C5-7A42-4DA8-9FBF-712DCC615B81@karlencommunications.com> Although you can use ZoomText on a tablet, in order to use digital ink or a stylus, you have to use Magnifier in the Windows OS. I've written a book on using a tablet like the Motion Computing tablet if you have a disability. It was a free download from my web site and I'll send it to you once I'm back in the office. I've done educational assessments for students with visual disabilities...and have used a tablet computer myself with digital ink/stylus, OneNote and Magnifier. Will send more information tomorrow. BTW, there is an add-in for OneNote 2010 for algebra and calculus. It is free. Cheers, Karen Out of Office, Sent from my iPad On 2011-09-08, at 5:03 PM, Jennifer Maxwell wrote: > Hi All, > > I am currently looking for a tablet and stylus that can be used as a stand alone input device. I need something that can interface well with ZoomText and OneNote for the purpose of writing Calculus.Entering a radical that is in the numerator of a fraction that is part of a definite integral, is extremely time consuming to enter with current math editors. I used to have an HP laptop/tablet that did not work well. The reason being that the screen was used for input and output, and tracking was difficult. > > I seem to recall a device there used to be used with the iLinc whiteboard software that allowed the instructor to write onto any PC from this device. Can anyone recommend any stand alone tablets? > > Regards, > > Jennifer Maxwell > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sun Sep 11 18:58:58 2011 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Webinar: Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20110911182441.083ee488@pop.gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dabrus at purdue.edu Mon Sep 12 06:10:27 2011 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] captions when video on streaming server Message-ID: Hi, I am looking for guidance on how to get captions to play with a video hosted on a streaming server. A department on campus has a commercial video (with proper permissions) on a streaming server. They have obtained a CD from the production company that has three different formats of the video (WMV, MOV and FLV), as well as the proper caption file formats for each. So far, I have been unsuccessful in getting captions to play when the video is streaming. I have tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on the server with the WMV. I have also tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on a local hard drive with the WMV on the server. I've clicked on the ASX file rather than have it embedded in a web page. Does that make a difference in this situation? Thanks in advance for any ideas or resources you can provide! 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 Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu Mon Sep 12 07:30:09 2011 From: Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu (Kenneth Elkind) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Polycom Telepresence m100 and accessibility Message-ID: <3EA5FBF402FB0E4EAEEAE0C6D21F1DC0046EEC1A@ebe1.umassb.net> Anybody used for have knowledge or the success of Polycom Telepresence m100 product? This product is uses audio and video. I believe this product is like WebEx with a video camera component. Any Information about this product or similar products as recommendation would be much appreciated. see bellow: From: CIO Council [mailto:CIO_COUNCIL@LISTSERV.WORCESTER.EDU] On Behalf Of Cusick, Eileen Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 3:57 PM To: CIO_COUNCIL@LISTSERV.WORCESTER.EDU Subject: question on software used for disabled students All, Do any of your schools use either of the software products listed below below, for disabled students? If so, can you provide me a name for my staff to touch base with them... we are having issues getting the system up and running. In the past, the older software worked, but now we're having problems, and want to bounce some ideas off of other heads... Newer software: Polycom Telepresence m100 Older software: Polycom PC Conferencing Application 8.0.2 Thank you in advance, Eileen 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 John.P.Harris at colostate.edu Mon Sep 12 08:06:38 2011 From: John.P.Harris at colostate.edu (Harris,John Paul) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: captions when video on streaming server In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dean, Does the media player from the streaming server have the capability to find and play the ASX or SMIL files? Sometimes, a media player cannot synchronize an external caption file or open an SMIL/ASX file for video playback. A lot of times a player can only play captions when the info is embedded in the file container, like an MP4 file container. I am somewhat sure your issue is related to the media player that is installed on your streaming server . 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: Monday, September 12, 2011 7:10 AM To: ATHEN mailing list Subject: [Athen] captions when video on streaming server Hi, I am looking for guidance on how to get captions to play with a video hosted on a streaming server. A department on campus has a commercial video (with proper permissions) on a streaming server. They have obtained a CD from the production company that has three different formats of the video (WMV, MOV and FLV), as well as the proper caption file formats for each. So far, I have been unsuccessful in getting captions to play when the video is streaming. I have tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on the server with the WMV. I have also tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on a local hard drive with the WMV on the server. I've clicked on the ASX file rather than have it embedded in a web page. Does that make a difference in this situation? Thanks in advance for any ideas or resources you can provide! 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 petri.1 at osu.edu Mon Sep 12 08:41:40 2011 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: captions when video on streaming server In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Dean, It seems that the (formerly) accepted way of using an ASX file that contains a reference to a WMV or AVI file with a reference to a SAMI file as a parameter does not work reliably any more. If you have an FLV or MP4 and want to embed a player in a web page pointing to a streaming source, you can use our player: http://go.osu.edu/jwpc, which is fully accessible. If you want to embed the caption track in a single file and stick with MOV, I would recommend using iSubtitle. It's the best application I know of for delivery of captioned/subtitled video within a native application (that is, not via a browser). I've never tried to stream these sorts of files from a streaming server, but MOV files can be streamed and since the captions are baked in, there likely won't be any issues. (If you can confirm that it works, please let me/us know.) Best, ken -- Ken Petri Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Harris,John Paul < John.P.Harris@colostate.edu> wrote: > Dean,**** > > ** ** > > Does the media player from the streaming server have the capability to find > and play the ASX or SMIL files? Sometimes, a media player cannot > synchronize an external caption file or open an SMIL/ASX file for video > playback. A lot of times a player can only play captions when the info is > embedded in the file container, like an MP4 file container.**** > > ** ** > > I am somewhat sure your issue is related to the media player that is > installed on your streaming server .**** > > ** ** > > 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:* Monday, September 12, 2011 7:10 AM > *To:* ATHEN mailing list > *Subject:* [Athen] captions when video on streaming server**** > > ** ** > > Hi,**** > > ** ** > > I am looking for guidance on how to get captions to play with a video > hosted on a streaming server. **** > > ** ** > > A department on campus has a commercial video (with proper permissions) on > a streaming server. They have obtained a CD from the production company that > has three different formats of the video (WMV, MOV and FLV), as well as the > proper caption file formats for each. So far, I have been unsuccessful in > getting captions to play when the video is streaming. **** > > ** ** > > I have tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on the server with the > WMV. I have also tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on a local hard > drive with the WMV on the server. I?ve clicked on the ASX file rather than > have it embedded in a web page. Does that make a difference in this > situation?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks in advance for any ideas or resources you can provide!**** > > ** ** > > 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 skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Sep 12 09:32:53 2011 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] captions when video on streaming server In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E6E3435.7080104@stanford.edu> > They have obtained a CD from the production company that > has three different formats of the video (WMV, MOV and FLV), > as well as the proper caption file formats for each. A few questions: - What media player are you using to play back the content on the Web page? Are you trying to provide an embedded solution or a solution that opens the media player on the user's computer? - What are the caption file formats for the MOV and FLV videos? > If you have an FLV or MP4 and want to embed a player in a > web page pointing to a streaming source, you can use our player: > http://go.osu.edu/jwpc, which is fully accessible. I am going to second Ken's suggestion for his media player if you are dealing with an FLV file (or want to convert one of the others into an MP4). It's a very cool solution. Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From tschwanke at wisc.edu Mon Sep 12 10:21:45 2011 From: tschwanke at wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] captions when video on streaming server In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E6E3FA9.3060507@wisc.edu> Hi Dean: I think you'll find this link on WebAIM's site helpful. It presents a lot of important pieces of the puzzle related to captioning and Windows Media files. http://webaim.org/techniques/captions/windows/web It has code examples, as well as explaining differences between embedding and linking the files to be shown with captions. It also highlights an important issue: while you may be able to get it working for Windows computers, there are issues with Mac support. You may want to explore other options if being cross-platform is important. Todd Schwanke McBurney Disability Resource Center Division of Student Life, UW-Madison On 9/12/2011 8:10 AM, Brusnighan, Dean A. wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for guidance on how to get captions to play with a video > hosted on a streaming server. > > A department on campus has a commercial video (with proper permissions) > on a streaming server. They have obtained a CD from the production > company that has three different formats of the video (WMV, MOV and > FLV), as well as the proper caption file formats for each. So far, I > have been unsuccessful in getting captions to play when the video is > streaming. > > I have tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on the server with the > WMV. I have also tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on a local > hard drive with the WMV on the server. I?ve clicked on the ASX file > rather than have it embedded in a web page. Does that make a difference > in this situation? > > Thanks in advance for any ideas or resources you can provide! > > 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 From ron at ahead.org Mon Sep 12 13:33:40 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: captions when video on streaming server In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01bb01cc718b$41edd440$c5c97cc0$@ahead.org> The other issue maybe that the video needs to be recompiled to support the system that your campus is using. We ran into that at Oregon State, the system we were using to caption/subtitle was slightly off in its time codes. This will happen when you are using Mac technology along with PC technology. Our campus media folks where very helpful in this process, we ran the existing content through the CODEX they were using and it was great. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Harris,John Paul Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 8:07 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] RE: captions when video on streaming server Dean, Does the media player from the streaming server have the capability to find and play the ASX or SMIL files? Sometimes, a media player cannot synchronize an external caption file or open an SMIL/ASX file for video playback. A lot of times a player can only play captions when the info is embedded in the file container, like an MP4 file container. I am somewhat sure your issue is related to the media player that is installed on your streaming server . 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: Monday, September 12, 2011 7:10 AM To: ATHEN mailing list Subject: [Athen] captions when video on streaming server Hi, I am looking for guidance on how to get captions to play with a video hosted on a streaming server. A department on campus has a commercial video (with proper permissions) on a streaming server. They have obtained a CD from the production company that has three different formats of the video (WMV, MOV and FLV), as well as the proper caption file formats for each. So far, I have been unsuccessful in getting captions to play when the video is streaming. I have tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on the server with the WMV. I have also tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on a local hard drive with the WMV on the server. I've clicked on the ASX file rather than have it embedded in a web page. Does that make a difference in this situation? Thanks in advance for any ideas or resources you can provide! 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... 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Any Information about this product or similar products as recommendation would be much appreciated. see bellow: From: CIO Council [mailto:CIO_COUNCIL@LISTSERV.WORCESTER.EDU] On Behalf Of Cusick, Eileen Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 3:57 PM To: CIO_COUNCIL@LISTSERV.WORCESTER.EDU Subject: question on software used for disabled students All, Do any of your schools use either of the software products listed below below, for disabled students? If so, can you provide me a name for my staff to touch base with them... we are having issues getting the system up and running. In the past, the older software worked, but now we're having problems, and want to bounce some ideas off of other heads... Newer software: Polycom Telepresence m100 Older software: Polycom PC Conferencing Application 8.0.2 Thank you in advance, Eileen 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 dabrus at purdue.edu Tue Sep 13 08:06:42 2011 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: captions when video on streaming server In-Reply-To: <01bb01cc718b$41edd440$c5c97cc0$@ahead.org> References: <01bb01cc718b$41edd440$c5c97cc0$@ahead.org> Message-ID: Thanks to each of you that responded to my question. Your suggestions and questions help me see how much I have yet to learn. It appears that contacting the media folks in charge of the streaming server would be helpful, no matter what video format we end up choosing. I will make that contact to ask about the media player installed on the streaming server, and the possible CODEC issue. Yes, I believe being cross-platform is important in this situation. Is QuickTime the only viable option then? My understanding is that Flash isn't available on Apple/Mac devices. Thanks for your help! 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 Ron Stewart Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 4:34 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: captions when video on streaming server The other issue maybe that the video needs to be recompiled to support the system that your campus is using. We ran into that at Oregon State, the system we were using to caption/subtitle was slightly off in its time codes. This will happen when you are using Mac technology along with PC technology. Our campus media folks where very helpful in this process, we ran the existing content through the CODEX they were using and it was great. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Harris,John Paul Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 8:07 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] RE: captions when video on streaming server Dean, Does the media player from the streaming server have the capability to find and play the ASX or SMIL files? Sometimes, a media player cannot synchronize an external caption file or open an SMIL/ASX file for video playback. A lot of times a player can only play captions when the info is embedded in the file container, like an MP4 file container. I am somewhat sure your issue is related to the media player that is installed on your streaming server . 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: Monday, September 12, 2011 7:10 AM To: ATHEN mailing list Subject: [Athen] captions when video on streaming server Hi, I am looking for guidance on how to get captions to play with a video hosted on a streaming server. A department on campus has a commercial video (with proper permissions) on a streaming server. They have obtained a CD from the production company that has three different formats of the video (WMV, MOV and FLV), as well as the proper caption file formats for each. So far, I have been unsuccessful in getting captions to play when the video is streaming. I have tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on the server with the WMV. I have also tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on a local hard drive with the WMV on the server. I've clicked on the ASX file rather than have it embedded in a web page. Does that make a difference in this situation? Thanks in advance for any ideas or resources you can provide! 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 petri.1 at osu.edu Tue Sep 13 08:16:43 2011 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: captions when video on streaming server In-Reply-To: References: <01bb01cc718b$41edd440$c5c97cc0$@ahead.org> Message-ID: Flash does not work on iOS devices only. It works just fine on Mac laptops, desktops, etc. For portability, QuickTime/MOV delivery may be a universally available option. I would say wait for the new iteration of our player, which will support HTML5 video, but our funding was cut and development has slowed considerably. We'll release the next version sometime this fall, but I've given up on the notion of promising a release date.... ken -- Ken Petri Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Brusnighan, Dean A. wrote: > Thanks to each of you that responded to my question. Your suggestions and > questions help me see how much I have yet to learn. **** > > ** ** > > It appears that contacting the media folks in charge of the streaming > server would be helpful, no matter what video format we end up choosing. I > will make that contact to ask about the media player installed on the > streaming server, and the possible CODEC issue.**** > > ** ** > > Yes, I believe being cross-platform is important in this situation. Is > QuickTime the only viable option then? My understanding is that Flash isn?t > available on Apple/Mac devices.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks for your help!**** > > ** ** > > 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 *Ron Stewart > *Sent:* Monday, September 12, 2011 4:34 PM > > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > *Subject:* RE: [Athen] RE: captions when video on streaming server**** > > ** ** > > The other issue maybe that the video needs to be recompiled to support the > system that your campus is using. We ran into that at Oregon State, the > system we were using to caption/subtitle was slightly off in its time > codes. This will happen when you are using Mac technology along with PC > technology. Our campus media folks where very helpful in this process, we > ran the existing content through the CODEX they were using and it was > great. **** > > ** ** > > Ron Stewart**** > > ** ** > > *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Harris,John > Paul > *Sent:* Monday, September 12, 2011 8:07 AM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > *Subject:* [Athen] RE: captions when video on streaming server**** > > ** ** > > Dean,**** > > ** ** > > Does the media player from the streaming server have the capability to find > and play the ASX or SMIL files? Sometimes, a media player cannot > synchronize an external caption file or open an SMIL/ASX file for video > playback. A lot of times a player can only play captions when the info is > embedded in the file container, like an MP4 file container.**** > > ** ** > > I am somewhat sure your issue is related to the media player that is > installed on your streaming server .**** > > ** ** > > 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:* Monday, September 12, 2011 7:10 AM > *To:* ATHEN mailing list > *Subject:* [Athen] captions when video on streaming server**** > > ** ** > > Hi,**** > > ** ** > > I am looking for guidance on how to get captions to play with a video > hosted on a streaming server. **** > > ** ** > > A department on campus has a commercial video (with proper permissions) on > a streaming server. They have obtained a CD from the production company that > has three different formats of the video (WMV, MOV and FLV), as well as the > proper caption file formats for each. So far, I have been unsuccessful in > getting captions to play when the video is streaming. **** > > ** ** > > I have tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on the server with the > WMV. I have also tried having the ASX file and the SMI file on a local hard > drive with the WMV on the server. I?ve clicked on the ASX file rather than > have it embedded in a web page. Does that make a difference in this > situation?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks in advance for any ideas or resources you can provide!**** > > ** ** > > 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 hoffman at ecc.edu Tue Sep 13 08:30:48 2011 From: hoffman at ecc.edu (Hoffman, Kathy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Message-ID: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don't play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, "We're aware of the problem." That doesn't help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don't see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). 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URL: From ron at ahead.org Tue Sep 13 11:24:24 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight In-Reply-To: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> References: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> Message-ID: <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org> Unfortunately at this point I don't think there is anything you can do to provide screen based access to this system. I think you have a compelling case to continue the older system until a resolution is put in place, unless your institution is willing to go through the complaint process. Datatel systems have a long history of accessibility issues, maybe someone needs to have a conversation with a senior representative of the company. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don't play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, "We're aware of the problem." That doesn't help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don't see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu _____ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above and privileges attached to the email, if any, are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic transmission. 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URL: From Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu Tue Sep 13 14:09:38 2011 From: Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu (Bundy, Keith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight In-Reply-To: <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org> References: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F174@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> We also have the same issue, as I am a totally blind employee attempting to use Datatel. Our Computing Services folks have been in active dialog with Datatel. The last suggestion we got was to try Firefox 5, but we haven't done this just yet as I am not sure of its general accessibility. They said they are working on the problem and, though not solved completely by Firefox 5 yet, I should at least be able to log in. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:24 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Unfortunately at this point I don't think there is anything you can do to provide screen based access to this system. I think you have a compelling case to continue the older system until a resolution is put in place, unless your institution is willing to go through the complaint process. Datatel systems have a long history of accessibility issues, maybe someone needs to have a conversation with a senior representative of the company. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don't play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, "We're aware of the problem." That doesn't help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don't see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above and privileges attached to the email, if any, are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic transmission. 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URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Tue Sep 13 19:39:10 2011 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight In-Reply-To: <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F174@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> References: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org>, <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F174@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE28A65C@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Interesting. We have moved to Datatel here, and I haven't really found any accessibility issues with it yet. However, I'm using a very small portion of the system as of now. I can login, check my leave time, check my class roster, enter grades, and a few other tasks I've tried. I do not have access to the more administrative parts of Datatel such as enrolling a student or managing their profiles. Even though I haven't really found accessibility issues, I have seen several simple things they could do to make the interface easier to use. But, that's a different story. >From the student perspective, they have been able to enroll in classes on their own, print their schedules and bills, and check their grades. I will also say that the class portion is called Web Advisor, which I'm not totally sure is Datatel's product. It could be a different product that Datatel has interfaced with. The piece used for the student profiles and is used for faculty and staff to administer student records is called Web UI. I don't have access to this part. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith [Keith.Bundy@dsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight We also have the same issue, as I am a totally blind employee attempting to use Datatel. Our Computing Services folks have been in active dialog with Datatel. The last suggestion we got was to try Firefox 5, but we haven?t done this just yet as I am not sure of its general accessibility. They said they are working on the problem and, though not solved completely by Firefox 5 yet, I should at least be able to log in. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:24 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Unfortunately at this point I don?t think there is anything you can do to provide screen based access to this system. I think you have a compelling case to continue the older system until a resolution is put in place, unless your institution is willing to go through the complaint process. Datatel systems have a long history of accessibility issues, maybe someone needs to have a conversation with a senior representative of the company. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don?t play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, ?We?re aware of the problem.? That doesn?t help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don?t see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above and privileges attached to the email, if any, are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic transmission. 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From Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu Wed Sep 14 07:52:20 2011 From: Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu (Bundy, Keith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE28A65C@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org>, <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F174@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE28A65C@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F63E@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> I, too, find WebAdvisor quite accessible. I am not sure whether it is a Datatel product, either. Unfortunately, the part of the interface I need, and have trouble accessing, is UI. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Interesting. We have moved to Datatel here, and I haven't really found any accessibility issues with it yet. However, I'm using a very small portion of the system as of now. I can login, check my leave time, check my class roster, enter grades, and a few other tasks I've tried. I do not have access to the more administrative parts of Datatel such as enrolling a student or managing their profiles. Even though I haven't really found accessibility issues, I have seen several simple things they could do to make the interface easier to use. But, that's a different story. >From the student perspective, they have been able to enroll in classes on their own, print their schedules and bills, and check their grades. I will also say that the class portion is called Web Advisor, which I'm not totally sure is Datatel's product. It could be a different product that Datatel has interfaced with. The piece used for the student profiles and is used for faculty and staff to administer student records is called Web UI. I don't have access to this part. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith [Keith.Bundy@dsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight We also have the same issue, as I am a totally blind employee attempting to use Datatel. Our Computing Services folks have been in active dialog with Datatel. The last suggestion we got was to try Firefox 5, but we haven't done this just yet as I am not sure of its general accessibility. They said they are working on the problem and, though not solved completely by Firefox 5 yet, I should at least be able to log in. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:24 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Unfortunately at this point I don't think there is anything you can do to provide screen based access to this system. I think you have a compelling case to continue the older system until a resolution is put in place, unless your institution is willing to go through the complaint process. Datatel systems have a long history of accessibility issues, maybe someone needs to have a conversation with a senior representative of the company. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don't play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, "We're aware of the problem." That doesn't help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don't see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above and privileges attached to the email, if any, are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic transmission. If the person actually receiving this e-mail or any other reader of this e-mail is not the named recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the named recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, forwarding or copying of any part of the message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete it from your system. Unauthorized use of this material is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From hoffman at ecc.edu Wed Sep 14 08:07:51 2011 From: hoffman at ecc.edu (Hoffman, Kathy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight In-Reply-To: <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F63E@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> References: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org>, <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F174@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE28A65C@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F63E@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> Message-ID: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF2B86@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> Keith, UI is my problem. With version UI 4.3 all access is web based which is where Silverlight comes in. It was not an issue when Datatel ( and WebAdvsior which is part of Datatel) was desktop. By going to the web they have taken a previously (somewhat) accessible format and rendered it inaccessible. Our offices use the administrative components of Datatel: registration, student profiles, transcripts, etc. All of the data on those screens will be lost with Silverlight. Ron mentioned the possibility of continuing use of Client (the desktop version). We have been doing that since June or July but my understanding is that it will be completely discontinued January 1. Yesterday I received an email that our teleconferencing system also relies on Silverlight which will make that inaccessible. For those of you who have vision impairment, how are you going to access a strictly web based format of Datatel? I saw the recommendation to try Firefox 5 and sent that on to our Techies. Kathy Hoffman -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight I, too, find WebAdvisor quite accessible. I am not sure whether it is a Datatel product, either. Unfortunately, the part of the interface I need, and have trouble accessing, is UI. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Interesting. We have moved to Datatel here, and I haven't really found any accessibility issues with it yet. However, I'm using a very small portion of the system as of now. I can login, check my leave time, check my class roster, enter grades, and a few other tasks I've tried. I do not have access to the more administrative parts of Datatel such as enrolling a student or managing their profiles. Even though I haven't really found accessibility issues, I have seen several simple things they could do to make the interface easier to use. But, that's a different story. >From the student perspective, they have been able to enroll in classes on their own, print their schedules and bills, and check their grades. I will also say that the class portion is called Web Advisor, which I'm not totally sure is Datatel's product. It could be a different product that Datatel has interfaced with. The piece used for the student profiles and is used for faculty and staff to administer student records is called Web UI. I don't have access to this part. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith [Keith.Bundy@dsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight We also have the same issue, as I am a totally blind employee attempting to use Datatel. Our Computing Services folks have been in active dialog with Datatel. The last suggestion we got was to try Firefox 5, but we haven't done this just yet as I am not sure of its general accessibility. They said they are working on the problem and, though not solved completely by Firefox 5 yet, I should at least be able to log in. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:24 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Unfortunately at this point I don't think there is anything you can do to provide screen based access to this system. I think you have a compelling case to continue the older system until a resolution is put in place, unless your institution is willing to go through the complaint process. Datatel systems have a long history of accessibility issues, maybe someone needs to have a conversation with a senior representative of the company. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don't play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, "We're aware of the problem." That doesn't help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don't see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above and privileges attached to the email, if any, are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic transmission. 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Unauthorized use of this material is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. _______________________________________________ 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 Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu Wed Sep 14 08:31:39 2011 From: Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu (Bundy, Keith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight In-Reply-To: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF2B86@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> References: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org>, <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F174@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE28A65C@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F63E@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF2B86@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> Message-ID: <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F7BD@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> Hi, Kathy and all. That is exactly our issue as well. Hopefully, we can work something out with Datatel. My university has assured me that Datatel has promised that the desktop version will not go away until they have an accessibility solution worked out. Hopefully they are working hard on this and the January 1 deadline is not hard and fast. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:08 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Keith, UI is my problem. With version UI 4.3 all access is web based which is where Silverlight comes in. It was not an issue when Datatel ( and WebAdvsior which is part of Datatel) was desktop. By going to the web they have taken a previously (somewhat) accessible format and rendered it inaccessible. Our offices use the administrative components of Datatel: registration, student profiles, transcripts, etc. All of the data on those screens will be lost with Silverlight. Ron mentioned the possibility of continuing use of Client (the desktop version). We have been doing that since June or July but my understanding is that it will be completely discontinued January 1. Yesterday I received an email that our teleconferencing system also relies on Silverlight which will make that inaccessible. For those of you who have vision impairment, how are you going to access a strictly web based format of Datatel? I saw the recommendation to try Firefox 5 and sent that on to our Techies. Kathy Hoffman -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight I, too, find WebAdvisor quite accessible. I am not sure whether it is a Datatel product, either. Unfortunately, the part of the interface I need, and have trouble accessing, is UI. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Interesting. We have moved to Datatel here, and I haven't really found any accessibility issues with it yet. However, I'm using a very small portion of the system as of now. I can login, check my leave time, check my class roster, enter grades, and a few other tasks I've tried. I do not have access to the more administrative parts of Datatel such as enrolling a student or managing their profiles. Even though I haven't really found accessibility issues, I have seen several simple things they could do to make the interface easier to use. But, that's a different story. >From the student perspective, they have been able to enroll in classes on their own, print their schedules and bills, and check their grades. I will also say that the class portion is called Web Advisor, which I'm not totally sure is Datatel's product. It could be a different product that Datatel has interfaced with. The piece used for the student profiles and is used for faculty and staff to administer student records is called Web UI. I don't have access to this part. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith [Keith.Bundy@dsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight We also have the same issue, as I am a totally blind employee attempting to use Datatel. Our Computing Services folks have been in active dialog with Datatel. The last suggestion we got was to try Firefox 5, but we haven't done this just yet as I am not sure of its general accessibility. They said they are working on the problem and, though not solved completely by Firefox 5 yet, I should at least be able to log in. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:24 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Unfortunately at this point I don't think there is anything you can do to provide screen based access to this system. I think you have a compelling case to continue the older system until a resolution is put in place, unless your institution is willing to go through the complaint process. Datatel systems have a long history of accessibility issues, maybe someone needs to have a conversation with a senior representative of the company. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don't play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, "We're aware of the problem." That doesn't help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don't see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above and privileges attached to the email, if any, are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic transmission. 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Unauthorized use of this material is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. _______________________________________________ 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 rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Wed Sep 14 09:31:10 2011 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight In-Reply-To: <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F63E@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> References: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org>, <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F174@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE28A65C@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F63E@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE830C47@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hmmm, I haven't been able to check that one. But, if you're having issues with it, I'm sure I would too. Kind of a scary thought since at some point, I may have to use the Web UI component. 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 Bundy, Keith Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:52 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight I, too, find WebAdvisor quite accessible. I am not sure whether it is a Datatel product, either. Unfortunately, the part of the interface I need, and have trouble accessing, is UI. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Interesting. We have moved to Datatel here, and I haven't really found any accessibility issues with it yet. However, I'm using a very small portion of the system as of now. I can login, check my leave time, check my class roster, enter grades, and a few other tasks I've tried. I do not have access to the more administrative parts of Datatel such as enrolling a student or managing their profiles. Even though I haven't really found accessibility issues, I have seen several simple things they could do to make the interface easier to use. But, that's a different story. >From the student perspective, they have been able to enroll in classes on their own, print their schedules and bills, and check their grades. I will also say that the class portion is called Web Advisor, which I'm not totally sure is Datatel's product. It could be a different product that Datatel has interfaced with. The piece used for the student profiles and is used for faculty and staff to administer student records is called Web UI. I don't have access to this part. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith [Keith.Bundy@dsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight We also have the same issue, as I am a totally blind employee attempting to use Datatel. Our Computing Services folks have been in active dialog with Datatel. The last suggestion we got was to try Firefox 5, but we haven't done this just yet as I am not sure of its general accessibility. They said they are working on the problem and, though not solved completely by Firefox 5 yet, I should at least be able to log in. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:24 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Unfortunately at this point I don't think there is anything you can do to provide screen based access to this system. I think you have a compelling case to continue the older system until a resolution is put in place, unless your institution is willing to go through the complaint process. Datatel systems have a long history of accessibility issues, maybe someone needs to have a conversation with a senior representative of the company. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don't play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, "We're aware of the problem." That doesn't help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don't see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above and privileges attached to the email, if any, are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic transmission. If the person actually receiving this e-mail or any other reader of this e-mail is not the named recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the named recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, forwarding or copying of any part of the message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete it from your system. Unauthorized use of this material is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. _______________________________________________ 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 mikegibson at boisestate.edu Wed Sep 14 14:34:04 2011 From: mikegibson at boisestate.edu (Mike Gibson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS Math System and JAWS In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE830C47@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org>, <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F174@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE28A65C@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F63E@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE830C47@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <005101cc7326$07c11e70$17435b50$@edu> Afternoon Everyone, I think I know the answer but thought I would ask anyway. Does anyone have experience with ALEKS and JAWS and is it accessible? I have a student who is blind that needs to use the system for assessment prior to enrolling in a math course in the spring. I myself have never even used the program. Thanks in advance. Regards, Mike Gibson AT Coordinator Boise State University O: (208) 426-1583 F: (208) 426-3785 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Hmmm, I haven't been able to check that one. But, if you're having issues with it, I'm sure I would too. Kind of a scary thought since at some point, I may have to use the Web UI component. 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 Bundy, Keith Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:52 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight I, too, find WebAdvisor quite accessible. I am not sure whether it is a Datatel product, either. Unfortunately, the part of the interface I need, and have trouble accessing, is UI. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Interesting. We have moved to Datatel here, and I haven't really found any accessibility issues with it yet. However, I'm using a very small portion of the system as of now. I can login, check my leave time, check my class roster, enter grades, and a few other tasks I've tried. I do not have access to the more administrative parts of Datatel such as enrolling a student or managing their profiles. Even though I haven't really found accessibility issues, I have seen several simple things they could do to make the interface easier to use. But, that's a different story. >From the student perspective, they have been able to enroll in classes on their own, print their schedules and bills, and check their grades. I will also say that the class portion is called Web Advisor, which I'm not totally sure is Datatel's product. It could be a different product that Datatel has interfaced with. The piece used for the student profiles and is used for faculty and staff to administer student records is called Web UI. I don't have access to this part. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith [Keith.Bundy@dsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight We also have the same issue, as I am a totally blind employee attempting to use Datatel. Our Computing Services folks have been in active dialog with Datatel. The last suggestion we got was to try Firefox 5, but we haven't done this just yet as I am not sure of its general accessibility. They said they are working on the problem and, though not solved completely by Firefox 5 yet, I should at least be able to log in. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:24 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Unfortunately at this point I don't think there is anything you can do to provide screen based access to this system. I think you have a compelling case to continue the older system until a resolution is put in place, unless your institution is willing to go through the complaint process. Datatel systems have a long history of accessibility issues, maybe someone needs to have a conversation with a senior representative of the company. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don't play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, "We're aware of the problem." That doesn't help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don't see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above and privileges attached to the email, if any, are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic transmission. If the person actually receiving this e-mail or any other reader of this e-mail is not the named recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the named recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, forwarding or copying of any part of the message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete it from your system. Unauthorized use of this material is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. _______________________________________________ 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 JElmer at vcccd.edu Wed Sep 14 14:39:50 2011 From: JElmer at vcccd.edu (John Elmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS Math System and JAWS In-Reply-To: <005101cc7326$07c11e70$17435b50$@edu> References: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org>, <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F174@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE28A65C@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F63E@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE830C47@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <005101cc7326$07c11e70$17435b50$@edu> Message-ID: Totally unusable with JAWS. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Gibson Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:34 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] ALEKS Math System and JAWS Afternoon Everyone, I think I know the answer but thought I would ask anyway. Does anyone have experience with ALEKS and JAWS and is it accessible? I have a student who is blind that needs to use the system for assessment prior to enrolling in a math course in the spring. I myself have never even used the program. Thanks in advance. Regards, Mike Gibson AT Coordinator Boise State University O: (208) 426-1583 F: (208) 426-3785 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Hmmm, I haven't been able to check that one. But, if you're having issues with it, I'm sure I would too. Kind of a scary thought since at some point, I may have to use the Web UI component. 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 Bundy, Keith Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:52 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight I, too, find WebAdvisor quite accessible. I am not sure whether it is a Datatel product, either. Unfortunately, the part of the interface I need, and have trouble accessing, is UI. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Interesting. We have moved to Datatel here, and I haven't really found any accessibility issues with it yet. However, I'm using a very small portion of the system as of now. I can login, check my leave time, check my class roster, enter grades, and a few other tasks I've tried. I do not have access to the more administrative parts of Datatel such as enrolling a student or managing their profiles. Even though I haven't really found accessibility issues, I have seen several simple things they could do to make the interface easier to use. But, that's a different story. >From the student perspective, they have been able to enroll in classes on their own, print their schedules and bills, and check their grades. I will also say that the class portion is called Web Advisor, which I'm not totally sure is Datatel's product. It could be a different product that Datatel has interfaced with. The piece used for the student profiles and is used for faculty and staff to administer student records is called Web UI. I don't have access to this part. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith [Keith.Bundy@dsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight We also have the same issue, as I am a totally blind employee attempting to use Datatel. Our Computing Services folks have been in active dialog with Datatel. The last suggestion we got was to try Firefox 5, but we haven't done this just yet as I am not sure of its general accessibility. They said they are working on the problem and, though not solved completely by Firefox 5 yet, I should at least be able to log in. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:24 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Unfortunately at this point I don't think there is anything you can do to provide screen based access to this system. I think you have a compelling case to continue the older system until a resolution is put in place, unless your institution is willing to go through the complaint process. Datatel systems have a long history of accessibility issues, maybe someone needs to have a conversation with a senior representative of the company. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don't play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, "We're aware of the problem." That doesn't help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don't see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above and privileges attached to the email, if any, are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic transmission. 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Unauthorized use of this material is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. _______________________________________________ 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 Teresa.Haven at asu.edu Wed Sep 14 14:43:50 2011 From: Teresa.Haven at asu.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS Math System and JAWS In-Reply-To: <005101cc7326$07c11e70$17435b50$@edu> References: <49BEF3D8A5DF604987B732A048FC885F51FF20C7@ECCEX1.ecc.edu> <038c01cc7242$5d7e0650$187a12f0$@ahead.org>, <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F174@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE28A65C@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <44EE9D8DA1307245901AA185F7924F841A85F63E@dsu-ex02.dsu.local> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C2031803FE830C47@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <005101cc7326$07c11e70$17435b50$@edu> Message-ID: <04BE8DE2DBBF9D4C81B2225DA9D3D1496B3F58CD15@EX10.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Completely inaccessible, many institutions have discontinued ALEKS because of this. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D. Supervisor, Alternative Format Services Disability Resource Center Arizona State University ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Gibson Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:34 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] ALEKS Math System and JAWS Afternoon Everyone, I think I know the answer but thought I would ask anyway. Does anyone have experience with ALEKS and JAWS and is it accessible? I have a student who is blind that needs to use the system for assessment prior to enrolling in a math course in the spring. I myself have never even used the program. Thanks in advance. Regards, Mike Gibson AT Coordinator Boise State University O: (208) 426-1583 F: (208) 426-3785 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Hmmm, I haven't been able to check that one. But, if you're having issues with it, I'm sure I would too. Kind of a scary thought since at some point, I may have to use the Web UI component. 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 Bundy, Keith Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:52 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight I, too, find WebAdvisor quite accessible. I am not sure whether it is a Datatel product, either. Unfortunately, the part of the interface I need, and have trouble accessing, is UI. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Interesting. We have moved to Datatel here, and I haven't really found any accessibility issues with it yet. However, I'm using a very small portion of the system as of now. I can login, check my leave time, check my class roster, enter grades, and a few other tasks I've tried. I do not have access to the more administrative parts of Datatel such as enrolling a student or managing their profiles. Even though I haven't really found accessibility issues, I have seen several simple things they could do to make the interface easier to use. But, that's a different story. >From the student perspective, they have been able to enroll in classes on their own, print their schedules and bills, and check their grades. I will also say that the class portion is called Web Advisor, which I'm not totally sure is Datatel's product. It could be a different product that Datatel has interfaced with. The piece used for the student profiles and is used for faculty and staff to administer student records is called Web UI. I don't have access to this part. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith [Keith.Bundy@dsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight We also have the same issue, as I am a totally blind employee attempting to use Datatel. Our Computing Services folks have been in active dialog with Datatel. The last suggestion we got was to try Firefox 5, but we haven't done this just yet as I am not sure of its general accessibility. They said they are working on the problem and, though not solved completely by Firefox 5 yet, I should at least be able to log in. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:24 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Unfortunately at this point I don't think there is anything you can do to provide screen based access to this system. I think you have a compelling case to continue the older system until a resolution is put in place, unless your institution is willing to go through the complaint process. Datatel systems have a long history of accessibility issues, maybe someone needs to have a conversation with a senior representative of the company. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hoffman, Kathy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Silverlight Good Morning. We have a problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. We have a staff member with limited vision who uses JAWS. We are using MS 7 and Datatel 4.3 and they don't play nice together. On their own, each can be made accessible, but the new version of Datatel is web based and requires Silverlight which will not work with JAWS at all. Our techs have contacted both software companies and are told, "We're aware of the problem." That doesn't help me give this individual the same level of access to Datatel that she has had. We have been able to keep the old Datatel Client desktop running for her but have been told that will be discontinued as of January 1, 2012. Short of live readers available at all times I don't see a solution. Any suggestions? Kathy S. Hoffman Coordinator of Special Services Erie Community College 4041 Southwestern Blvd. Orchard Park, NY 14127 716/851-1832 Hoffman@ecc.edu ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity they are addressed to. This email and its contents may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above and privileges attached to the email, if any, are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic transmission. 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Unauthorized use of this material is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. _______________________________________________ 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 Shannon.Lavey at colostate.edu Wed Sep 14 15:55:57 2011 From: Shannon.Lavey at colostate.edu (Lavey,Shannon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] desktop microphone for Dragon NS Message-ID: <8ECA43D20640F4449329B3CAE767661A322359@ex13.colostate.edu> Hello, Do you have any recommendations on a desktop microphone that is compatible with Dragon Naturally Speaking and Windows 7? I'm working with a college student with a C5 spinal cord injury who would like to use Dragon for typing papers. The cord from a headset mic often gets tangled in his wheelchair and he sometimes has difficulty putting on a wireless headset due to limited wrist movement. Thank you for your help! Sincerely, Shannon K. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhayman at u.washington.edu Wed Sep 14 16:05:20 2011 From: dhayman at u.washington.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] desktop microphone for Dragon NS In-Reply-To: <8ECA43D20640F4449329B3CAE767661A322359@ex13.colostate.edu> References: <8ECA43D20640F4449329B3CAE767661A322359@ex13.colostate.edu> Message-ID: How about something like this? http://www.acousticmagic.com/ 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 Wed, 14 Sep 2011, Lavey,Shannon wrote: > Hello, > > Do you have any recommendations on a desktop microphone that is compatible with Dragon Naturally Speaking and Windows 7? I'm working with a college student with a C5 spinal cord injury who would like to use Dragon for typing papers. The cord from a headset mic often gets tangled in his wheelchair and he sometimes has difficulty putting on a wireless headset due to limited wrist movement. Thank you for your help! > > Sincerely, > > Shannon K. 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 vasquez at sbcc.edu Wed Sep 14 20:00:37 2011 From: vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Announces Sweeping Accessibility Improvements for Visually Challenged Users Message-ID: <4E7107E5020000F800082A4E@email3.sbcc.net> Google Announces Sweeping Accessibility Improvements for Visually Challenged Users By Jon Mitchell / September 14, 2011 2:24 PM / 0 Comments Google has announced a new initiative to increase accessibility for visually challenged users on its major Web services. In advance of the upcoming school year, Google is rolling out accessibility improvements to Docs, Sites and Calendars. Google is hosting a live webinar for enterprise customers - which include educational institutions - on Wednesday, September 21 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific time. The enhancements include new keyboard shortcuts and enhanced screen reader support. Google says it has "worked closely with advocacy organizations for the blind to improve our products with more accessibility enhancements" over the past few months, and that more changes are on the way. "We believe that people who depend on assistive technologies deserve as rich and as productive an experience on the web as sighted users," says T.V. Raman, Google's technical lead on accessibility, "and we're working to help that become a reality." Improvements to Docs and Sites Google Docs and Siteswill now support the JAWS and ChromeVox screen readers. Here are some examples of the screen reader improvements from the Google Docs Blog: * In documents, you'll hear feedback when you format text or insert tables, lists or comments in your document. * In spreadsheets, you'll hear the cell's location, contents and comments when moving between cells. * In both documents and spreadsheets, you'll hear feedback as you navigate to areas outside the main content area, such as the menu bar, chat pane and dialog boxes. * In your documents list, you'll hear feedback when you upload or download a file, organize collections or move between files in your documents list. * In Sites, you'll hear feedback as you navigate and manage your sites, create and edit pages, and navigate through menus and dialog boxes. Docs and Sites also received new keyboard shortcuts, such as use of the arrow keys for navigation in the document list and the ability to open docs by pressing enter. The Docs Blog has links to the complete list of shortcuts. Improvements to Google Calendar Google Calendar added support for JAWS and ChromeVox as well as Apple's VoiceOver control, which allows visually challenged users to manage calendars, create and edit events or simply browse events. It also received keyboard shortcuts for navigation with the arrow keys and opening and closing details with the enter key. From the Gmail Blog: * In your calendar lists, you can use the up and down arrow keys to navigate between your calendars. For each calendar in the list, you'll hear its name and can use the spacebar to turn the calendar on or off. To remove a calendar from the list, use the delete key. * In the agenda view, you can use the up and down arrow keys to move between events and use the left and right arrow keys to move between dates. To expand an event and expose the event details, press enter. To go to the event details page, type 'e'. To remove an event, press delete. Although agenda view provides the best screen reader experience today, we are also working on improved accessibility for other views. * In the guest list on the create/edit event page, you can navigate around using the up and down arrow keys. Use the spacebar to switch a guest's status between optional and required. To remove a guest from the list, use the delete key. * Additional keyboard shortcuts make it easier to use Google Calendar no matter which view or screen you're on. Type 'c' to create an event, '/' to start a search, and '+' to add a calendar. Making The Web Accessible Last year, President Obama signed the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act into law, which formally pushed legal protections for disabled Americans into the digital world. Today's announcements of Google's accessibility improvements marks a big step forward for visually challenged users of some of the Web's key free services in the U.S. but around the world. From ron at ahead.org Thu Sep 15 05:10:57 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Strategic Plan Message-ID: <001e01cc73a0$86b8ee90$942acbb0$@ahead.org> Good morning, I wanted to share with you the Business Plan that was developed by Howard and his strategic planning committee. In order to make this plan happen we need to increase the resources that ATHEN has available so the following change in membership dues has been proposed and approved by the Exec Committee. These cost increases have to be voted on and approved by the membership. I have been working with Sean Keegan to make sure we get a good voting system in place as well, and you should be receiving an email about that in about two weeks. Proposed Membership Fee Increases: Individual $75.00 Educational Institutions: $200 with a limit of 5 members, one of which is a voting member. Non-Profit AT related organizations: $200 with one non-voting representative For Profit AT related organizations: $400 with one non-voting representative. I have already been asked about those of you who have already renewed via AHG registration, and you will be grandfathered in for this year. The other question that has already come up is what do we get for our money. Read the Business Plan and those details are explained very well. We would also appreciate your constructive feedback, and I really want to thank the committee for the hard work that went into it. Ron Stewart ATHEN President ************************************************************************* 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ATHEN Business Plan for 2011-2013 (final version).docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 26046 bytes Desc: not available URL: From johumber at iupui.edu Thu Sep 15 05:27:02 2011 From: johumber at iupui.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Strategic Plan In-Reply-To: <001e01cc73a0$86b8ee90$942acbb0$@ahead.org> References: <001e01cc73a0$86b8ee90$942acbb0$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B7520BEDD1F@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Ron, The word file says the increase in fees for professional members will be from $50 to $100, but your email says $75. Which is correct? - Joe Humbert From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:11 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Strategic Plan Importance: High Good morning, I wanted to share with you the Business Plan that was developed by Howard and his strategic planning committee. In order to make this plan happen we need to increase the resources that ATHEN has available so the following change in membership dues has been proposed and approved by the Exec Committee. These cost increases have to be voted on and approved by the membership. I have been working with Sean Keegan to make sure we get a good voting system in place as well, and you should be receiving an email about that in about two weeks. Proposed Membership Fee Increases: Individual $75.00 Educational Institutions: $200 with a limit of 5 members, one of which is a voting member. Non-Profit AT related organizations: $200 with one non-voting representative For Profit AT related organizations: $400 with one non-voting representative. I have already been asked about those of you who have already renewed via AHG registration, and you will be grandfathered in for this year. The other question that has already come up is what do we get for our money. Read the Business Plan and those details are explained very well. We would also appreciate your constructive feedback, and I really want to thank the committee for the hard work that went into it. Ron Stewart ATHEN President ************************************************************************* 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 ron at ahead.org Thu Sep 15 05:39:18 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Strategic Plan In-Reply-To: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B7520BEDD1F@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> References: <001e01cc73a0$86b8ee90$942acbb0$@ahead.org> <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B7520BEDD1F@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: <003301cc73a4$7c94f770$75bee650$@ahead.org> The information provided in the email. Several participants in the initial conversations felt that a 100% increase was too much to ask for at this point. The other thing that would be really good for the organization is that the folks who find the work ATHEN does, our support of the AHG conference and the ATHEN listserve of benefit would be to renew your membership or your institutions membership. Our list of members is at 140 something and only any only about half have renewed in the last two years. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 5:27 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN Strategic Plan Ron, The word file says the increase in fees for professional members will be from $50 to $100, but your email says $75. Which is correct? - Joe Humbert From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:11 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Strategic Plan Importance: High Good morning, I wanted to share with you the Business Plan that was developed by Howard and his strategic planning committee. In order to make this plan happen we need to increase the resources that ATHEN has available so the following change in membership dues has been proposed and approved by the Exec Committee. These cost increases have to be voted on and approved by the membership. I have been working with Sean Keegan to make sure we get a good voting system in place as well, and you should be receiving an email about that in about two weeks. Proposed Membership Fee Increases: Individual $75.00 Educational Institutions: $200 with a limit of 5 members, one of which is a voting member. Non-Profit AT related organizations: $200 with one non-voting representative For Profit AT related organizations: $400 with one non-voting representative. I have already been asked about those of you who have already renewed via AHG registration, and you will be grandfathered in for this year. The other question that has already come up is what do we get for our money. Read the Business Plan and those details are explained very well. We would also appreciate your constructive feedback, and I really want to thank the committee for the hard work that went into it. Ron Stewart ATHEN President ************************************************************************* 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 Thu Sep 15 06:13:34 2011 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] forms in Excel need to be accessible Message-ID: Hi, I'm working with a unit that has a number of forms in Excel that need to be accessible. The forms include edit fields, radio buttons, and checkboxes. I'm not aware of a way to make the Excel forms accessible, so I'd like to convert them to something else that is accessible. Is an accessible PDF form the best option available? If so, has anyone had experience converting a form in Excel into an accessible PDF? I'm going to guess it won't be as simple as just "save as PDF". Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 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 info at karlencommunications.com Thu Sep 15 06:30:51 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] forms in Excel need to be accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000b01cc73ab$b00c26d0$10247470$@karlencommunications.com> You can't convert the form controls from Office applications.or others into a PDF form/document. The form controls have to be added in the PDF document. You might try protecting all of the Excel worksheet except the form controls which is a technique I know is used for Word forms, This does mean that people will only have access to the form controls and none of the text/instructions. There might be a way to section off parts of the form.I think there is in Word.but am not sure. Here is the FS tutorial for Accessible Word forms. Keep in mind that if you want to use the Excel worksheet as the template for a form you have to use Print > Adobe PDF and not add Tags before you add the form controls. Of course I'm dying to ask why Excel... Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brusnighan, Dean A. Sent: September-15-11 9:14 AM To: ATHEN mailing list Subject: [Athen] forms in Excel need to be accessible Hi, I'm working with a unit that has a number of forms in Excel that need to be accessible. The forms include edit fields, radio buttons, and checkboxes. I'm not aware of a way to make the Excel forms accessible, so I'd like to convert them to something else that is accessible. Is an accessible PDF form the best option available? If so, has anyone had experience converting a form in Excel into an accessible PDF? I'm going to guess it won't be as simple as just "save as PDF". Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 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 jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Thu Sep 15 06:56:08 2011 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] desktop microphone for Dragon NS In-Reply-To: References: <8ECA43D20640F4449329B3CAE767661A322359@ex13.colostate.edu> Message-ID: I've had success with the Buddy UGoosneck Mic. It has a 36 inch gooseneck that clamps to the end of a desk. I got one for an employee back in May and it has worked great. The person can position it however they want and need to be 6 inches from the mic for it to pick up their voice. http://www.microphones.com/microphone.cfm?URLID=1083 On 9/14/11, Doug Hayman wrote: > How about something like this? > > > http://www.acousticmagic.com/ > > > 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 Wed, 14 Sep 2011, Lavey,Shannon wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Do you have any recommendations on a desktop microphone that is compatible >> with Dragon Naturally Speaking and Windows 7? I'm working with a college >> student with a C5 spinal cord injury who would like to use Dragon for >> typing papers. The cord from a headset mic often gets tangled in his >> wheelchair and he sometimes has difficulty putting on a wireless headset >> due to limited wrist movement. Thank you for your help! >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Shannon K. 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 express_able at yahoo.com Thu Sep 15 14:21:25 2011 From: express_able at yahoo.com (Chris Johnson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] desktop microphone for Dragon NS In-Reply-To: References: <8ECA43D20640F4449329B3CAE767661A322359@ex13.colostate.edu> Message-ID: <4E726C55.6060806@yahoo.com> Had a lot of success and found great support from these folks: http://emicrophones.com/ Their desktop mics: http://emicrophones.com/c-49-desktop-microphones.aspx All the mics they sell are DNS compatible, last I checked. Chris Johnson expressABLE On 9/15/11 7:56 AM, Jeffrey Dell wrote: > I've had success with the Buddy UGoosneck Mic. It has a 36 inch > gooseneck that clamps to the end of a desk. I got one for an employee > back in May and it has worked great. The person can position it > however they want and need to be 6 inches from the mic for it to pick > up their voice. > http://www.microphones.com/microphone.cfm?URLID=1083 > > On 9/14/11, Doug Hayman wrote: >> How about something like this? >> >> >> http://www.acousticmagic.com/ >> >> >> 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 Wed, 14 Sep 2011, Lavey,Shannon wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Do you have any recommendations on a desktop microphone that is compatible >>> with Dragon Naturally Speaking and Windows 7? I'm working with a college >>> student with a C5 spinal cord injury who would like to use Dragon for >>> typing papers. The cord from a headset mic often gets tangled in his >>> wheelchair and he sometimes has difficulty putting on a wireless headset >>> due to limited wrist movement. Thank you for your help! >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Shannon K. 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sep 15 20:45:44 2011 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI has 5 opportunities for you Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20110915204109.08094bc0@pop.gmail.com> EASI has 5 opportunities for you First, there are 3 free Webinars: 1 EASI Free Webinar: Tobi, authoring of DAISY and EPUB3 read-aloud books Sept. 20 at 11 AM Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern Presenters: Daniel weck - Principal architect and Avneesh Singh Project lead. Tobi, a free production tool for DAISY Digital Talking Books and the upcoming EPUB3 eBooks standard. Create accessible read-aloud books using your own voice narration. Record spoken words and edit the audio stream interactively. 2 Free Webinar: The Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure and Employment This Webinar is presented by Jim Tobias and other leaders from (GPII) Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure and hosted by EASI Tuesday, September 27, 11 AM Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 Eastern The Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII) is a new approach to accessibility, providing a way for accessibility tools, utilities, and features to be built into the Internet itself. This "AT in the Cloud" idea is already under development in Europe, Canada, and the US. You can find more details and an explanatory animation at: http://gpii.net 3 Free Webinar: Practical comparison of screen readers, using scenario based user testing. Presenters: Birkir R. Gunnarsson and Hlynur M. Hreinsson Sept. 28 at 11 AM Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern We have yet to find a way to slap a grade on happiness, but in the summer of 2010 we created a set of practical test cases across 7 categories, to help us better match screen readers to our users. The methodology allows us to meaningfully test and compare screen readers as diverse as: ?Jaws for Windows, ?NVDA, ?Orca, ?Voiceover. Registration for these free events and more description is at: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm In October there is a month-long fee-based 4-part Webinar series. EASI Webinar members can register free EASI 4-part Fee-based Series on Creating Accessible PDF Presenter Karen McCall Tuesdays Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25 times: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern This series will cover both taking simple Word or scanned documents into PDF and using Acrobat to create more complex PDF. You can readmore and register paying online from: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm Finally, EASI's October month-long course is: Barrier-free Web Design. It is taught asynchronously using Blackboard. You can work at your own pace and time. Members get a discount of $70. Normal registration is $350 and members are $280. Web pages can be created using Universal Design principles permitting Their use by people with different browsers, different connection speeds, mobile phones, tablets, etc, and by people with disabilities using Adaptive computer technology. They can also be created in ways that Exclude many of the above users. Barrier-free Web Design will prepare you to create web pages that are visually appealing and still permit full access by users with various technologies and by those with disabilities. You will be able to look at some of the best webinars that EASI has given by experts related to the topics. Hands on activities are also included to those who consider them useful, but they are not mandatory to completing the course. You can read a fuller description and register at: http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm From edward at ngtvoice.com Fri Sep 16 09:49:33 2011 From: edward at ngtvoice.com (Ed. Rosenthal) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] desktop microphone for Dragon NS In-Reply-To: <4E726C55.6060806@yahoo.com> References: <8ECA43D20640F4449329B3CAE767661A322359@ex13.colostate.edu> <4E726C55.6060806@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <000801cc7490$9f8be580$dea3b080$@ngtvoice.com> I am also a fan of the Buddy desktop and gooseneck microphones. They have both been updated to support the 7G USB converter from Buddy. I prefer the gooseneck where possible (it clamps to the desk) as it has much greater position-ability and the microphone is at the tip of the unit. I recently deployed this microphone for a client who had very limited mobility and was using the Dragon Dictate for Mac application. It replaced a different microphone that he's been using, and after we set it up he indicated it was the best recognition results he ever had with the software. Yours sincerely, Edward S. Rosenthal President and CEO Next Generation Technologies, Inc. (NGT, Inc.) 20006 Cedar Valley Rd. #101 Lynnwood, Wa. 98036 425-744-1100 ext.15 EM: edward@ngtvoice.com URL: http://www.ngtvoice.com Skype: ed.rosenthal7 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] desktop microphone for Dragon NS Had a lot of success and found great support from these folks: http://emicrophones.com/ Their desktop mics: http://emicrophones.com/c-49-desktop-microphones.aspx All the mics they sell are DNS compatible, last I checked. Chris Johnson expressABLE On 9/15/11 7:56 AM, Jeffrey Dell wrote: > I've had success with the Buddy UGoosneck Mic. It has a 36 inch > gooseneck that clamps to the end of a desk. I got one for an employee > back in May and it has worked great. The person can position it > however they want and need to be 6 inches from the mic for it to pick > up their voice. > http://www.microphones.com/microphone.cfm?URLID=1083 > > On 9/14/11, Doug Hayman wrote: >> How about something like this? >> >> >> http://www.acousticmagic.com/ >> >> >> 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 Wed, 14 Sep 2011, Lavey,Shannon wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Do you have any recommendations on a desktop microphone that is >>> compatible with Dragon Naturally Speaking and Windows 7? I'm >>> working with a college student with a C5 spinal cord injury who >>> would like to use Dragon for typing papers. The cord from a headset >>> mic often gets tangled in his wheelchair and he sometimes has >>> difficulty putting on a wireless headset due to limited wrist movement. Thank you for your help! >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Shannon K. 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sep 19 09:18:12 2011 From: Vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google accesssibility webinar Message-ID: <4E7708D4.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> FYI Earlier this year, members of the blind community shared a powerful message with us about the importance of accessibility. We recently announcedsome accessibility enhancements to our products, including new keyboard shortcuts and improved screen reader support in Google Docs, Google Sitesand Google Calendar.For blind students and employees who rely on assistive technologies to access the web, we hope these improvements will make it easier to use our products. To answer your questions and discuss how our accessibility updates affect blind users, we*d like to invite you to join us for a webinar on September 21. We will be focusing on updates for Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Calendar. Accessibility Updates for Docs, Sites and Calendar Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm PT Sign up here To learn more about accessibility features in Google Apps, please visit our help center . For information more generally about using Google products with screen readers, how to send us feedback and how to track our progress, visit google.com/accessibility. From maryz at MIT.EDU Mon Sep 19 13:15:11 2011 From: maryz at MIT.EDU (Mary J Ziegler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] AVOW products accessible? Message-ID: <9AEBA325-186B-497A-8D0B-D93DC27585F4@mit.edu> Hi, MIT is considering a contract with AVOW www.avowsystems.com for student to request electronic transcripts. AVOW has reassured our project team that their transcripts are accessible. I see a lot of universities listed on the AVOW clients page. Can any of you share your experience with the accessibility of these transcripts to your users, in particular to screen reader users? Thanks! 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Seems like we have a myriad of these collaboration tools coming on to the scene, or on the scene - mostly by the big guys (Google, Microsoft, etc.) Hope to chat with you in real-time soon, best, alice On Sep 20, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Rangin, Hadi Bargi wrote: > Hello, > > I have been asked about the accessibility of Microsoft Share Point 2010. > Last time I checked into it, it was a few years ago. > I was wondering if anyone has done any evaluation on it recently. If you are familiar with the accessibility of share Point, can you please share your findings with me. I am not interested in what Microsoft claims or writes in their VPAT. > > Thanks, > Hadi > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list Alice Anderson TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM Division of Information Technology (DoIT) University of Wisconsin-Madison 1210 West Dayton Street (3124) Madison, WI 53706 Telephone: 608.262.2129 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lab: Authoring Math Content for the Web and DAISY ? Accessible Text Production: What has been successful for George Mason University ? Evaluating web content accessibility - using WAVE to facilitate human evaluation ? Moodle 2 Accessibility: Results from NC State University?s Accessibility Evaluation ? Rolling Craps on Canvas - Accessible Forms and Graphics with HTML5 ? Integrating Accessibility into the Design of Online Learning Management systems: Theories and Practice ? Bring your own computer (or not) session: Nuts & Bolts of Captioning Digital Multimedia ? An ATHEN Workshop on Implementing Accessibility on Campus - A-Z ? Implementation of a Multimedia Accessibility & Captioning Policy: a case study from the University of Illinois ? Lab: ARIA and HTML5 Accessibility, Jared Smith, WebAIM ? Lab: Working with Accessible PDF Documents ? Over 60 presentations and hands-on sessions taught by national experts ? Over 35 hours of hands-on workshops included in the agenda. For the full agenda, visit the conference url at http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference/. Please contact Howard Kramer at hkramer@colorado.edu or 492-8672 if you have any questions. -- 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 Wed Sep 21 11:33:37 2011 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Accessibility of Microsoft Share Point 2010 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This question has also come up on my campus. Like you, Hadi, I am very interested in hearing from users or those working with users. 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 Rangin, Hadi Bargi Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:36 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessibility of Microsoft Share Point 2010 Hello, I have been asked about the accessibility of Microsoft Share Point 2010. Last time I checked into it, it was a few years ago. I was wondering if anyone has done any evaluation on it recently. If you are familiar with the accessibility of share Point, can you please share your findings with me. I am not interested in what Microsoft claims or writes in their VPAT. Thanks, Hadi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Thu Sep 22 03:31:13 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Accessibility of Microsoft Share Point 2010 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006b01cc7912$c0aa4be0$41fee3a0$@karlencommunications.com> I think there was a discussion about this on the WebAIM list a few months ago. If I have time today I'll try to find those posts and collate them for this group. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brusnighan, Dean A. Sent: September-21-11 2:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Accessibility of Microsoft Share Point 2010 This question has also come up on my campus. Like you, Hadi, I am very interested in hearing from users or those working with users. 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 Rangin, Hadi Bargi Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:36 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessibility of Microsoft Share Point 2010 Hello, I have been asked about the accessibility of Microsoft Share Point 2010. Last time I checked into it, it was a few years ago. I was wondering if anyone has done any evaluation on it recently. If you are familiar with the accessibility of share Point, can you please share your findings with me. I am not interested in what Microsoft claims or writes in their VPAT. Thanks, Hadi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is now updated and released. http://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-04-25-5 The major changes are 1. changing the scope of the policy from Web page accessibility to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) accessibility. 2. combining two previously separate documents, the regulation and implementation guidelines, into a single document We also have a set of FAQs being developed to accompany the new regulation, but they aren't ready for release yet. If you have any questions I'll be happy to answer them. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology North Carolina State University 919.513.4087 From Vasquez at sbcc.edu Thu Sep 22 13:10:57 2011 From: Vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Input Requested: Improving Information Online. Message-ID: <4E7B33E1.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> From: OSERS Office of the Assistant Secretary [mailto:OSERS.OAS@ed.gov] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:53 AM To: Undisclosed recipients Subject: Input Requested: Improving Information Online. News, Events and Updates from the Office of the Assistant SecretarySeptember 21, 2011 Dear Colleague: The Federal government wants to re-invent how it delivers information and services online, and we need your help. We want to bring the best of the Web to the .gov domain. Please share your ideas to help answer the following question: What practices, policies, and principles should guide Federal websites? You can submit ideas through September 30, 2011, by clicking here. In addition, please participate in the one-hour long, live "dialogue-a-thon" on Universal Access. Sharron Rush will be hosting this on Monday, September 26, from 3:00-4:00 pm ET. More details on this one-hour live "dialogue-a-thon" featuring Universal Access, as well as other topics, are available here. If you are unable to join, you can still participate in the National Dialogue until September 30, 2011. You can also follow comments about the dialogue on Twitter under the hashtag #dotgov. I encourage you to spread the word about this great opportunity to join the conversation about Federal websites. Sincerely, Alexa Posny, Ph.D. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Mon Sep 26 03:29:05 2011 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] SharePoint 2010 Accessibility Message-ID: <003301cc7c37$1e0b8a20$5a229e60$@karlencommunications.com> At the same unconference, HiSoftware did a presentation on SharePoint 2010 accessibility. They have tools for making customized SharePoint interfaces accessible. They said that out of the box it was pretty accessible but that most people customize SharePoint which then breaks the accessibility. This page lets you know that their information for SharePoint 2007 has moved but I used it because it has links to both the SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 tools as well as a description of what the hiSoftware tool does: http://www.hisoftware.com/accessbility-kit-for-sharepoint.aspx There is a LinkedIn group for SharePoint and Section 508 although LinkedIn accessibility has deteriorated significantly so if you are using adaptive technology it might take a while to find things. The link is http://www.linkedin.com/groups/SharePoint-Section-508-3833037?trk=myg_ugrp_o vr but am not sure if you can get to it without signing into LinkedIn. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerry.nies at email.und.edu Mon Sep 26 13:52:39 2011 From: gerry.nies at email.und.edu (Nies, Gerry) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording Message-ID: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation I am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic that can be used in this environment? I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. Thanks Gerry Nies From danc at uw.edu Mon Sep 26 14:08:32 2011 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> References: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> Message-ID: Hi Gerry, I've been using Evernote on my iPad, Droid phone, and computers. It has a built-in recording feature that I've used on the iPad. I like the app quite a bit. I have tried it in staff meetings and it collects audio in a small group setting just fine. The limiting factor is the microphone sensitivity and location on the device. It does work, but unless speakers are very close to the mic (within six feet or so), or amplified, the mic will have a problem capturing useful audio. That's a limitation of the hardware and I don't think there's any way to hook an external mic to an iPad other than bluetooth and I haven't tried one of those. -*- Dan On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nies, Gerry wrote: > I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) > > Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. > > I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. > > So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation I am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic that can be used in this environment? > > I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. > > Thanks > Gerry Nies > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- -*- Dan Comden ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? danc@uw.edu ?? ?Access Technology Center ? www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ ?? ?University of Washington ? ? ?UW Information Technology From skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Sep 26 14:22:05 2011 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: References: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> Message-ID: <4E80ECFD.5070104@stanford.edu> > So using this combination or if someone has > another app recommendation I am willing to listen, > would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic > that can be used in this environment? Hi Gerry, Try this resource: http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/articles/photography/iphone-4-ipad-external-mic-audio-input It may have some options to consider in order to improve the audio input for the device. I have used several of the iOS notetaking apps and, as Dan pointed out, it tends to work better in smaller spaces. For larger settings, I have moved closer to the speaker in order to get a good recording...which also makes it harder to play Angry Birds without being noticed! Take care, Sean On 9/26/11 2:08 PM, Dan Comden wrote: > Hi Gerry, > > I've been using Evernote on my iPad, Droid phone, and computers. It > has a built-in recording feature that I've used on the iPad. I like > the app quite a bit. I have tried it in staff meetings and it collects > audio in a small group setting just fine. > > The limiting factor is the microphone sensitivity and location on the > device. It does work, but unless speakers are very close to the mic > (within six feet or so), or amplified, the mic will have a problem > capturing useful audio. > > That's a limitation of the hardware and I don't think there's any way > to hook an external mic to an iPad other than bluetooth and I haven't > tried one of those. > > -*- Dan > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nies, Gerry wrote: >> I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) >> >> Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. >> >> I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. >> >> So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation I am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic that can be used in this environment? >> >> I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. >> >> Thanks >> Gerry Nies >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > From roberte at uci.edu Mon Sep 26 15:04:01 2011 From: roberte at uci.edu (Robert Espero) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: References: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> Message-ID: <007f01cc7c98$33bb2e00$9b318a00$@uci.edu> I've been a big fan of Notability on my iPad2. It synchronizes the audio of the lecture with your typed notes (similar to that of a Livescribe Smartpen). -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 2:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording Hi Gerry, I've been using Evernote on my iPad, Droid phone, and computers. It has a built-in recording feature that I've used on the iPad. I like the app quite a bit. I have tried it in staff meetings and it collects audio in a small group setting just fine. The limiting factor is the microphone sensitivity and location on the device. It does work, but unless speakers are very close to the mic (within six feet or so), or amplified, the mic will have a problem capturing useful audio. That's a limitation of the hardware and I don't think there's any way to hook an external mic to an iPad other than bluetooth and I haven't tried one of those. -*- Dan On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nies, Gerry wrote: > I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) > > Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. > > I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. > > So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation I am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic that can be used in this environment? > > I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. > > Thanks > Gerry Nies > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- -*- Dan Comden ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? danc@uw.edu ?? ?Access Technology Center ? www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ ?? ?University of Washington ? ? ?UW Information Technology _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From dhayman at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 26 15:29:23 2011 From: dhayman at u.washington.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: References: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> Message-ID: You can get the camera adapter that apple sells that has a usb input. With that the Blue Microphones Snowball mic works fine and can either work in omni-directional mode or cardiod, the latter to point toward just one source. For other mics or equipment needing more power, you'll likely need to plug a powered usb hub into that adapter then plug the device into the usb hub. 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, 26 Sep 2011, Dan Comden wrote: > Hi Gerry, > > I've been using Evernote on my iPad, Droid phone, and computers. It > has a built-in recording feature that I've used on the iPad. I like > the app quite a bit. I have tried it in staff meetings and it collects > audio in a small group setting just fine. > > The limiting factor is the microphone sensitivity and location on the > device. It does work, but unless speakers are very close to the mic > (within six feet or so), or amplified, the mic will have a problem > capturing useful audio. > > That's a limitation of the hardware and I don't think there's any way > to hook an external mic to an iPad other than bluetooth and I haven't > tried one of those. > > -*- Dan > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nies, Gerry wrote: >> I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) >> >> Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. >> >> I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. >> >> So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation I am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic that can be used in this environment? >> >> I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. >> >> Thanks >> Gerry Nies >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? danc@uw.edu > ?? ?Access Technology Center ? www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > ?? ?University of Washington ? ? ?UW Information Technology > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From schafercg at missouri.edu Mon Sep 26 15:36:21 2011 From: schafercg at missouri.edu (Schafer, Carmen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Stata & Jaws Message-ID: <0AB500DD5C8068469C9A6E19EAA61B911D42FBB1E2@UM-EMAIL05.um.umsystem.edu> We have a legally blind student who is preparing to take a class on Stata http://www.stata.com/, and the student uses the Jaws for Windows screen reader. We're looking for any information on the known accessibility issues with Stata and Jaws (if there are any) and solutions to those accessibility issues. Thank you, Carmen Schafer University of Missouri - Division of IT Adaptive Computing Technology Center Direct Phone: (573) 882-8838 Office Phone: (573) 884-2828 Toll free: 866-396-2380 schafercg@missouri.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Mon Sep 26 15:36:08 2011 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: References: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> Message-ID: Hey Gerry, It will be good to see you at AHG! I've been running Evernote as well - on my PC, Android phone, and iPad 2. Love the sync option! But I may try Notability for workshops as the sync of audio & text would be very helpful. And love to hear about how a mic can be added. Thanks, Doug! See you soon, Gerry! 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 Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Doug Hayman wrote: > > You can get the camera adapter that apple sells that has a usb input. With > that the Blue Microphones Snowball mic works fine and can either work in > omni-directional mode or cardiod, the latter to point toward just one > source. > > For other mics or equipment needing more power, you'll likely need to plug > a powered usb hub into that adapter then plug the device into the usb hub. > > > > 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, 26 Sep 2011, Dan Comden wrote: > > Hi Gerry, >> >> I've been using Evernote on my iPad, Droid phone, and computers. It >> has a built-in recording feature that I've used on the iPad. I like >> the app quite a bit. I have tried it in staff meetings and it collects >> audio in a small group setting just fine. >> >> The limiting factor is the microphone sensitivity and location on the >> device. It does work, but unless speakers are very close to the mic >> (within six feet or so), or amplified, the mic will have a problem >> capturing useful audio. >> >> That's a limitation of the hardware and I don't think there's any way >> to hook an external mic to an iPad other than bluetooth and I haven't >> tried one of those. >> >> -*- Dan >> >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nies, Gerry >> wrote: >> >>> I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) >>> >>> Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference >>> sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. >>> >>> I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like >>> it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. >>> >>> So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation I >>> am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic >>> that can be used in this environment? >>> >>> I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Gerry Nies >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman1.u.**washington.edu >>> http://mailman1.u.washington.**edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-**list >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu >> Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/**accessibility/atl/ >> University of Washington UW Information Technology >> ______________________________**_________________ >> 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 petri.1 at osu.edu Tue Sep 27 07:26:53 2011 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: References: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> Message-ID: I have been using the camera adapter, as Doug mentioned, but a different mic: Go Mic USB. It is an amazing microphone for the price--studio audio quality, cardioid-omni mic. Very happy with it: http://www.amazon.com/Samson-Mic-Compact-USB-Microphone/dp/B001R76D42. I also use it with my laptop for recording screen casts that need audio out from the PC recorded as well. ken -- Ken Petri Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Heidi Scher wrote: > Hey Gerry, > > It will be good to see you at AHG! > > I've been running Evernote as well - on my PC, Android phone, and iPad 2. > Love the sync option! But I may try Notability for workshops as the sync of > audio & text would be very helpful. And love to hear about how a mic can be > added. Thanks, Doug! > > See you soon, Gerry! > > 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 Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Doug Hayman wrote: > >> >> You can get the camera adapter that apple sells that has a usb input. With >> that the Blue Microphones Snowball mic works fine and can either work in >> omni-directional mode or cardiod, the latter to point toward just one >> source. >> >> For other mics or equipment needing more power, you'll likely need to plug >> a powered usb hub into that adapter then plug the device into the usb hub. >> >> >> >> 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, 26 Sep 2011, Dan Comden wrote: >> >> Hi Gerry, >>> >>> I've been using Evernote on my iPad, Droid phone, and computers. It >>> has a built-in recording feature that I've used on the iPad. I like >>> the app quite a bit. I have tried it in staff meetings and it collects >>> audio in a small group setting just fine. >>> >>> The limiting factor is the microphone sensitivity and location on the >>> device. It does work, but unless speakers are very close to the mic >>> (within six feet or so), or amplified, the mic will have a problem >>> capturing useful audio. >>> >>> That's a limitation of the hardware and I don't think there's any way >>> to hook an external mic to an iPad other than bluetooth and I haven't >>> tried one of those. >>> >>> -*- Dan >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nies, Gerry >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) >>>> >>>> Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference >>>> sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. >>>> >>>> I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like >>>> it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. >>>> >>>> So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation I >>>> am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic >>>> that can be used in this environment? >>>> >>>> I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Gerry Nies >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> athen-list mailing list >>>> athen-list@mailman1.u.**washington.edu >>>> http://mailman1.u.washington.**edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-**list >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu >>> Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/**accessibility/atl/ >>> University of Washington UW Information Technology >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Tue Sep 27 07:27:56 2011 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: References: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> Message-ID: BTW, someone needs to write an app that merges Evernote and AudioNote--would be the killer note taking app. ken -- Ken Petri Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Ken Petri wrote: > I have been using the camera adapter, as Doug mentioned, but a different > mic: Go Mic USB. It is an amazing microphone for the price--studio audio > quality, cardioid-omni mic. Very happy with it: > http://www.amazon.com/Samson-Mic-Compact-USB-Microphone/dp/B001R76D42. I > also use it with my laptop for recording screen casts that need audio out > from the PC recorded as well. > > ken > -- > Ken Petri > Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center > 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 > Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 > http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu > > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Heidi Scher wrote: > >> Hey Gerry, >> >> It will be good to see you at AHG! >> >> I've been running Evernote as well - on my PC, Android phone, and iPad 2. >> Love the sync option! But I may try Notability for workshops as the sync of >> audio & text would be very helpful. And love to hear about how a mic can be >> added. Thanks, Doug! >> >> See you soon, Gerry! >> >> 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 Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Doug Hayman wrote: >> >>> >>> You can get the camera adapter that apple sells that has a usb input. >>> With that the Blue Microphones Snowball mic works fine and can either work >>> in omni-directional mode or cardiod, the latter to point toward just one >>> source. >>> >>> For other mics or equipment needing more power, you'll likely need to >>> plug a powered usb hub into that adapter then plug the device into the usb >>> hub. >>> >>> >>> >>> 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, 26 Sep 2011, Dan Comden wrote: >>> >>> Hi Gerry, >>>> >>>> I've been using Evernote on my iPad, Droid phone, and computers. It >>>> has a built-in recording feature that I've used on the iPad. I like >>>> the app quite a bit. I have tried it in staff meetings and it collects >>>> audio in a small group setting just fine. >>>> >>>> The limiting factor is the microphone sensitivity and location on the >>>> device. It does work, but unless speakers are very close to the mic >>>> (within six feet or so), or amplified, the mic will have a problem >>>> capturing useful audio. >>>> >>>> That's a limitation of the hardware and I don't think there's any way >>>> to hook an external mic to an iPad other than bluetooth and I haven't >>>> tried one of those. >>>> >>>> -*- Dan >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nies, Gerry >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference >>>>> sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. >>>>> >>>>> I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like >>>>> it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. >>>>> >>>>> So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation >>>>> I am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic >>>>> that can be used in this environment? >>>>> >>>>> I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Gerry Nies >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>> athen-list mailing list >>>>> athen-list@mailman1.u.**washington.edu >>>>> http://mailman1.u.washington.**edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-**list >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu >>>> Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/** >>>> accessibility/atl/ >>>> University of Washington UW Information Technology >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> 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 >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Vasquez at sbcc.edu Tue Sep 27 09:45:37 2011 From: Vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: References: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> Message-ID: <4E819B41.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> More on Apps ... http://reboot.fcc.gov/blog?entryId=1326793 Laurie >>> Heidi Scher 9/26/2011 3:36 PM >>> Hey Gerry, It will be good to see you at AHG! I've been running Evernote as well - on my PC, Android phone, and iPad 2. Love the sync option! But I may try Notability for workshops as the sync of audio & text would be very helpful. And love to hear about how a mic can be added. Thanks, Doug! See you soon, Gerry! 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 Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Doug Hayman wrote: > > You can get the camera adapter that apple sells that has a usb input. With > that the Blue Microphones Snowball mic works fine and can either work in > omni-directional mode or cardiod, the latter to point toward just one > source. > > For other mics or equipment needing more power, you'll likely need to plug > a powered usb hub into that adapter then plug the device into the usb hub. > > > > 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, 26 Sep 2011, Dan Comden wrote: > > Hi Gerry, >> >> I've been using Evernote on my iPad, Droid phone, and computers. It >> has a built-in recording feature that I've used on the iPad. I like >> the app quite a bit. I have tried it in staff meetings and it collects >> audio in a small group setting just fine. >> >> The limiting factor is the microphone sensitivity and location on the >> device. It does work, but unless speakers are very close to the mic >> (within six feet or so), or amplified, the mic will have a problem >> capturing useful audio. >> >> That's a limitation of the hardware and I don't think there's any way >> to hook an external mic to an iPad other than bluetooth and I haven't >> tried one of those. >> >> -*- Dan >> >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nies, Gerry >> wrote: >> >>> I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) >>> >>> Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference >>> sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. >>> >>> I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like >>> it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. >>> >>> So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation I >>> am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic >>> that can be used in this environment? >>> >>> I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Gerry Nies >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman1.u.**washington.edu >>> http://mailman1.u.washington.**edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-**list >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu >> Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/**accessibility/atl/ >> University of Washington UW Information Technology >> ______________________________**_________________ >> 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 Tue Sep 27 09:49:45 2011 From: Vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: <4E819B41.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> References: <118804CFE943714ABAC13E16392680F814B04816A9@VA3DIAXVS501.RED001.local> <4E819B41.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> Message-ID: <4E819C2F.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> Another one - Guide to the Best Apps for People Living with Paralysis http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.mtKZKgMWKwG/b.6133767/k.1326/The_Reeve_Foundations_Guide_to_Apps_for_People_Using_Wheelchairs.htm >>> "Laurie Vasquez" 9/27/2011 9:45 AM >>> More on Apps ... http://reboot.fcc.gov/blog?entryId=1326793 Laurie >>> Heidi Scher 9/26/2011 3:36 PM >>> Hey Gerry, It will be good to see you at AHG! I've been running Evernote as well - on my PC, Android phone, and iPad 2. Love the sync option! But I may try Notability for workshops as the sync of audio & text would be very helpful. And love to hear about how a mic can be added. Thanks, Doug! See you soon, Gerry! 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 Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Doug Hayman wrote: > > You can get the camera adapter that apple sells that has a usb input. With > that the Blue Microphones Snowball mic works fine and can either work in > omni-directional mode or cardiod, the latter to point toward just one > source. > > For other mics or equipment needing more power, you'll likely need to plug > a powered usb hub into that adapter then plug the device into the usb hub. > > > > 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, 26 Sep 2011, Dan Comden wrote: > > Hi Gerry, >> >> I've been using Evernote on my iPad, Droid phone, and computers. It >> has a built-in recording feature that I've used on the iPad. I like >> the app quite a bit. I have tried it in staff meetings and it collects >> audio in a small group setting just fine. >> >> The limiting factor is the microphone sensitivity and location on the >> device. It does work, but unless speakers are very close to the mic >> (within six feet or so), or amplified, the mic will have a problem >> capturing useful audio. >> >> That's a limitation of the hardware and I don't think there's any way >> to hook an external mic to an iPad other than bluetooth and I haven't >> tried one of those. >> >> -*- Dan >> >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nies, Gerry >> wrote: >> >>> I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) >>> >>> Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference >>> sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. >>> >>> I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like >>> it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. >>> >>> So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation I >>> am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic >>> that can be used in this environment? >>> >>> I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Gerry Nies >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman1.u.**washington.edu >>> http://mailman1.u.washington.**edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-**list >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu >> Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/**accessibility/atl/ >> University of Washington UW Information Technology >> ______________________________**_________________ >> 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 Teresa.Haven at asu.edu Tue Sep 27 09:57:55 2011 From: Teresa.Haven at asu.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Canon 5080C Win& In-Reply-To: <02eb01cc7d34$93b7f620$bb27e260$@ahead.org> References: <02eb01cc7d34$93b7f620$bb27e260$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <04BE8DE2DBBF9D4C81B2225DA9D3D1496B4A723FE6@EX10.asurite.ad.asu.edu> We have our Canon 9080C working in Win7, but I know that's slightly different from a 5080C. Teresa From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Canon 5080C Win& Good morning, I think I know the answer, but has anyone been successful in getting a Canon 5080c to work in Win7 Ron ************************************************************************* 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 ron at ahead.org Tue Sep 27 10:18:23 2011 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Canon 5080C Win& In-Reply-To: <04BE8DE2DBBF9D4C81B2225DA9D3D1496B4A723FE6@EX10.asurite.ad.asu.edu> References: <02eb01cc7d34$93b7f620$bb27e260$@ahead.org> <04BE8DE2DBBF9D4C81B2225DA9D3D1496B4A723FE6@EX10.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: <031101cc7d39$7652af80$62f80e80$@ahead.org> The HTCTU has two 5080C that are in great shape but we have moved to Win7 as our lab default. Ron From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Teresa Haven Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:58 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Canon 5080C Win& We have our Canon 9080C working in Win7, but I know that's slightly different from a 5080C. Teresa From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Canon 5080C Win& Good morning, I think I know the answer, but has anyone been successful in getting a Canon 5080c to work in Win7 Ron ************************************************************************* 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 Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU Tue Sep 27 10:28:16 2011 From: Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Canon 5080C Win& In-Reply-To: <031101cc7d39$7652af80$62f80e80$@ahead.org> References: <02eb01cc7d34$93b7f620$bb27e260$@ahead.org> <04BE8DE2DBBF9D4C81B2225DA9D3D1496B4A723FE6@EX10.asurite.ad.asu.edu> <031101cc7d39$7652af80$62f80e80$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807207570D127@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> You know it's probably a driver issue, and I doubt that Canon has made an updated driver for that scanner since it is more than 6 years old and the 9080 replaced it. Which is a real bummer, because those scanners work very very well (I still had one running at St. Louis Community College before I left there in June). Is Canon giving you any advice? 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Lommasson 154 The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 www.umt.edu/dss/ 406-243-2243 Voice/Text 406-243-4461 Direct Line 406-243-5330 Fax ________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Ron Stewart [ron@ahead.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Canon 5080C Win& Good morning, I think I know the answer, but has anyone been successful in getting a Canon 5080c to work in Win7 Ron ************************************************************************* 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! From Dave.M.Thomas at studentlife.du.edu Tue Sep 27 14:52:07 2011 From: Dave.M.Thomas at studentlife.du.edu (Dave M. Thomas) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kurzweil 3000 and Kindle Message-ID: Good afternoon! I just learned this afternoon that Amazon.com has a free download of Kindle software for PCs and Mac products. Does anybody know if one can use this in conjunction with Kurzweil 3000? If so, are there any tricks I will need to learn to share with a student? Thank you. Dave Dave Thomas, Assistive Technology Specialist University of Denver Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 4th Floor 1999 E. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80208 Phone: 303-871-2269 Fax: 303-871-2248 E-mail: dave.m.thomas@du.edu . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jasontom at k-state.edu Tue Sep 27 18:39:25 2011 From: jasontom at k-state.edu (Jason Maseberg-Tomlinson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: <4E819B41.1869.00F8.1@sbcc.edu> Message-ID: <1727486097.470092.1317173965899.JavaMail.root@ksu-sfpop-mailstore06> I have been appreciating this conversation. I work with a number of students looking for such technology and trying to get better recordings. Has anyone had any luck with text-to-speech software for the iPad? I have not found anything stable. There is Voice Over but I have been trying to keep an eye out for software which would read PDF files for students with print disabilities such as LD and is not as complex to use. Cheers, Jason __________________________________________ Jason Maseberg-Tomlinson, M.S. 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If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie Vasquez" To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:45:37 AM Subject: Re: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording More on Apps ... http://reboot.fcc.gov/blog?entryId=1326793 Laurie >>> Heidi Scher 9/26/2011 3:36 PM >>> Hey Gerry, It will be good to see you at AHG! I've been running Evernote as well - on my PC, Android phone, and iPad 2. Love the sync option! But I may try Notability for workshops as the sync of audio & text would be very helpful. And love to hear about how a mic can be added. Thanks, Doug! See you soon, Gerry! 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 Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Doug Hayman wrote: > > You can get the camera adapter that apple sells that has a usb input. With > that the Blue Microphones Snowball mic works fine and can either work in > omni-directional mode or cardiod, the latter to point toward just one > source. > > For other mics or equipment needing more power, you'll likely need to plug > a powered usb hub into that adapter then plug the device into the usb hub. > > > > 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, 26 Sep 2011, Dan Comden wrote: > > Hi Gerry, >> >> I've been using Evernote on my iPad, Droid phone, and computers. It >> has a built-in recording feature that I've used on the iPad. I like >> the app quite a bit. I have tried it in staff meetings and it collects >> audio in a small group setting just fine. >> >> The limiting factor is the microphone sensitivity and location on the >> device. It does work, but unless speakers are very close to the mic >> (within six feet or so), or amplified, the mic will have a problem >> capturing useful audio. >> >> That's a limitation of the hardware and I don't think there's any way >> to hook an external mic to an iPad other than bluetooth and I haven't >> tried one of those. >> >> -*- Dan >> >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nies, Gerry >> wrote: >> >>> I just got an Ipad 2 so I am dangerous. :-) >>> >>> Has anyone used the Ipad in lieu of a Livescribe pen in conference >>> sessions? Yes, I am getting ready for Accessing Higher Ground. >>> >>> I have the "AudioNote - NotePad and Voice Recorder" App that looks like >>> it would work but the input audio is so low that I don't think it will. >>> >>> So using this combination or if someone has another app recommendation I >>> am willing to listen, would anyone have a suggestion for an external mic >>> that can be used in this environment? >>> >>> I would think the same thing would work in a classroom. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Gerry Nies >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman1.u.**washington.edu >>> http://mailman1.u.washington.**edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-**list >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu >> Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/**accessibility/atl/ >> University of Washington UW Information Technology >> ______________________________**_________________ >> 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Wed Sep 28 11:08:06 2011 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: <1727486097.470092.1317173965899.JavaMail.root@ksu-sfpop-mailstore06> References: <1727486097.470092.1317173965899.JavaMail.root@ksu-sfpop-mailstore06> Message-ID: <4E836286.7090505@stanford.edu> > Has anyone had any luck with text-to-speech > software for the iPad? There are a few applications that you may want to try out, but there is nothing that is the "killer app" (in my opinion) that supports the display of a PDF document in addition to high-quality text-to-speech. Most of the apps I have encountered that provide text-to-speech generally require a "copy/paste" model in which you have to copy the text content and paste this into the TTS app. Right now, Speak It! provides very high quality TTS options. The app will also highlight the word while speaking. If you have the ability to create DAISY books, another app that may be an option to consider is Read2Go. So far, it is one of the better DAISY apps I have seen on the iOS platform. Here is a page of a number of different iOS apps that students have found useful: http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps It has been a bit since I last updated the apps and this does not include all apps in existence (I did have a basic criteria for apps), but this may be useful. Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From jasontom at k-state.edu Wed Sep 28 12:05:52 2011 From: jasontom at k-state.edu (Jason Maseberg Tomlinson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: <4E836286.7090505@stanford.edu> References: <1727486097.470092.1317173965899.JavaMail.root@ksu-sfpop-mailstore06> <4E836286.7090505@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <8F16BD75-236F-4158-A71D-2E780B7BD1E9@k-state.edu> Sean, Awesome. I am going to check those out. Much of the content being used online is PDF articles linked to by instructors outside our LMS, but I do want to used more Daisy in our office for books and those apps will be great for students. Jason Jason Maseberg-Tomlinson, M.S. Assistant Director / Technology Specialist Disability Support Services Kansas State University 202 Holton Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-1311 Phone :: 785-532-6441 Fax :: 785-532-6457 Distance students may also contact me through Skype (jason.maseberg-tomlinson ), Yahoo (T33kyKiwi), GoogleChat, and MSN Chat (jasonmasebergtomlinson@gmail.com for both). Let me know if you have another chat client preference. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. On Sep 28, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: >> Has anyone had any luck with text-to-speech >> software for the iPad? > > There are a few applications that you may want to try out, but there is nothing that is the "killer app" (in my opinion) that supports the display of a PDF document in addition to high-quality text-to-speech. > > Most of the apps I have encountered that provide text-to-speech generally require a "copy/paste" model in which you have to copy the text content and paste this into the TTS app. Right now, Speak It! provides very high quality TTS options. The app will also highlight the word while speaking. > > If you have the ability to create DAISY books, another app that may be an option to consider is Read2Go. So far, it is one of the better DAISY apps I have seen on the iOS platform. > > Here is a page of a number of different iOS apps that students have found useful: > http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps > > It has been a bit since I last updated the apps and this does not include all apps in existence (I did have a basic criteria for apps), but this may be useful. > > 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 nettiet at gmail.com Wed Sep 28 13:11:43 2011 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: <4E836286.7090505@stanford.edu> References: <1727486097.470092.1317173965899.JavaMail.root@ksu-sfpop-mailstore06> <4E836286.7090505@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Hi Sean, I have Speak It and do not have the highlight function available, is this a new version or??? There are many benefits for my students with the word highlight option. Thanks -Nettie On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Has anyone had any luck with text-to-speech >> software for the iPad? >> > > There are a few applications that you may want to try out, but there is > nothing that is the "killer app" (in my opinion) that supports the display > of a PDF document in addition to high-quality text-to-speech. > > Most of the apps I have encountered that provide text-to-speech generally > require a "copy/paste" model in which you have to copy the text content and > paste this into the TTS app. Right now, Speak It! provides very high > quality TTS options. The app will also highlight the word while speaking. > > If you have the ability to create DAISY books, another app that may be an > option to consider is Read2Go. So far, it is one of the better DAISY apps I > have seen on the iOS platform. > > Here is a page of a number of different iOS apps that students have found > useful: > http://studentaffairs.**stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps > > It has been a bit since I last updated the apps and this does not include > all apps in existence (I did have a basic criteria for apps), but this may > be useful. > > 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 > -- *Nettie T. 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URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Thu Sep 29 16:07:38 2011 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: References: <1727486097.470092.1317173965899.JavaMail.root@ksu-sfpop-mailstore06> <4E836286.7090505@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <4E84FA3A.1070806@stanford.edu> Hi Nettie, I believe this is an option in the recent versions of the Speak It! app. I am not sure if there is a specific setting (I don't have an iPad available right now to test), but will see if there is an enable/disable switch for the highlighting option. I want to point out, though, that the highlight feature is really just Speak It using the "selected text" option as opposed to something more like Kurzweil 3000 or other reading/tracking applications. Take care, Sean On 9/28/11 1:11 PM, Nettie Fischer wrote: > Hi Sean, > I have Speak It and do not have the highlight function available, is > this a new version or??? > There are many benefits for my students with the word highlight option. > Thanks -Nettie > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Sean J Keegan > wrote: > > Has anyone had any luck with text-to-speech > software for the iPad? > > > There are a few applications that you may want to try out, but there > is nothing that is the "killer app" (in my opinion) that supports > the display of a PDF document in addition to high-quality > text-to-speech. > > Most of the apps I have encountered that provide text-to-speech > generally require a "copy/paste" model in which you have to copy the > text content and paste this into the TTS app. Right now, Speak It! > provides very high quality TTS options. The app will also highlight > the word while speaking. > > If you have the ability to create DAISY books, another app that may > be an option to consider is Read2Go. So far, it is one of the > better DAISY apps I have seen on the iOS platform. > > Here is a page of a number of different iOS apps that students have > found useful: > http://studentaffairs.__stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps > > > It has been a bit since I last updated the apps and this does not > include all apps in existence (I did have a basic criteria for > apps), but this may be useful. > > 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 > > > > > > -- > */Nettie T. Fischer, ATP > Assistive Technology Professional/* > */RESNA Certified/* > */California Certified NPA > Nettiet, ATP Consultants > www.nettietatpconsultants.com > [916] 222-3492 Office > (916) 704-1456 Cell/* > > From petri.1 at osu.edu Fri Sep 30 07:09:03 2011 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: <4E84FA3A.1070806@stanford.edu> References: <1727486097.470092.1317173965899.JavaMail.root@ksu-sfpop-mailstore06> <4E836286.7090505@stanford.edu> <4E84FA3A.1070806@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Read2Go is a great app for DAISY books, but it is limited to DAISY (I hope they are cooking up something for EPUB). It is also relatively expensive for an iPad app ($20), but comes with a couple high-quality voices. If you want something now that will read EPUB books aloud with synchronous text highlighting on iPad, try Blio. Blio itself is free, but to get voices you need to pay. The two best voices, IMO, are Heather and Ryan. They are $9.99 a pop and you buy them through the Blio app. When they are installed any EPUB book that you import into Blio (via iTunes) can be read with synchronous text highlighting. Also any book that you buy through the Blio store (via Get Books) will tell you if that book has TTS enabled. Unfortunately, many publishers are preventing TTS--a stupid practice that I'm hopeful will end soon. As for generic TTS with highlighting, I think Sean is right that Speak It! is the only game in town. Speak It also can generate an AIFF audio file that a student can email to himself. AIFF files can be played back in iTunes/QuickTime. ken -- Ken Petri Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Hi Nettie, > > I believe this is an option in the recent versions of the Speak It! app. I > am not sure if there is a specific setting (I don't have an iPad available > right now to test), but will see if there is an enable/disable switch for > the highlighting option. > > I want to point out, though, that the highlight feature is really just > Speak It using the "selected text" option as opposed to something more like > Kurzweil 3000 or other reading/tracking applications. > > Take care, > Sean > > > On 9/28/11 1:11 PM, Nettie Fischer wrote: > >> Hi Sean, >> I have Speak It and do not have the highlight function available, is >> this a new version or??? >> There are many benefits for my students with the word highlight option. >> Thanks -Nettie >> >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Sean J Keegan > > wrote: >> >> Has anyone had any luck with text-to-speech >> software for the iPad? >> >> >> There are a few applications that you may want to try out, but there >> is nothing that is the "killer app" (in my opinion) that supports >> the display of a PDF document in addition to high-quality >> text-to-speech. >> >> Most of the apps I have encountered that provide text-to-speech >> generally require a "copy/paste" model in which you have to copy the >> text content and paste this into the TTS app. Right now, Speak It! >> provides very high quality TTS options. The app will also highlight >> the word while speaking. >> >> If you have the ability to create DAISY books, another app that may >> be an option to consider is Read2Go. So far, it is one of the >> better DAISY apps I have seen on the iOS platform. >> >> Here is a page of a number of different iOS apps that students have >> found useful: >> http://studentaffairs.__stanfo**rd.edu/oae/at/ios-apps >> >> >> > >> >> It has been a bit since I last updated the apps and this does not >> include all apps in existence (I did have a basic criteria for >> apps), but this may be useful. >> >> Take care, >> Sean >> >> -- >> Sean Keegan >> Associate Director, Assistive Technology >> Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University >> http://studentaffairs.__stanfo**rd.edu/oae >> >> > >> >> ______________________________**___________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.__washin**gton.edu >> >> > >> http://mailman1.u.washington._**_edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-__**list >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> -- >> */Nettie T. Fischer, ATP >> Assistive Technology Professional/* >> */RESNA Certified/* >> */California Certified NPA >> Nettiet, ATP Consultants >> www.nettietatpconsultants.com >> > >> [916] 222-3492 Office >> (916) 704-1456 Cell/* >> >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > 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 nettiet at gmail.com Fri Sep 30 07:43:23 2011 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ipad lecture/conference session recording In-Reply-To: <4E84FA3A.1070806@stanford.edu> References: <1727486097.470092.1317173965899.JavaMail.root@ksu-sfpop-mailstore06> <4E836286.7090505@stanford.edu> <4E84FA3A.1070806@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Thanks Sean, I realized it would not be equal to Kurzweil but some more on the italy but functional level. Thanks for checking it out and the follow-up. Nettie On Sep 29, 2011 4:08 PM, "Sean J Keegan" wrote: > Hi Nettie, > > I believe this is an option in the recent versions of the Speak It! app. > I am not sure if there is a specific setting (I don't have an iPad > available right now to test), but will see if there is an enable/disable > switch for the highlighting option. > > I want to point out, though, that the highlight feature is really just > Speak It using the "selected text" option as opposed to something more > like Kurzweil 3000 or other reading/tracking applications. > > Take care, > Sean > > On 9/28/11 1:11 PM, Nettie Fischer wrote: >> Hi Sean, >> I have Speak It and do not have the highlight function available, is >> this a new version or??? >> There are many benefits for my students with the word highlight option. >> Thanks -Nettie >> >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Sean J Keegan > > wrote: >> >> Has anyone had any luck with text-to-speech >> software for the iPad? >> >> >> There are a few applications that you may want to try out, but there >> is nothing that is the "killer app" (in my opinion) that supports >> the display of a PDF document in addition to high-quality >> text-to-speech. >> >> Most of the apps I have encountered that provide text-to-speech >> generally require a "copy/paste" model in which you have to copy the >> text content and paste this into the TTS app. Right now, Speak It! >> provides very high quality TTS options. The app will also highlight >> the word while speaking. >> >> If you have the ability to create DAISY books, another app that may >> be an option to consider is Read2Go. So far, it is one of the >> better DAISY apps I have seen on the iOS platform. >> >> Here is a page of a number of different iOS apps that students have >> found useful: >> http://studentaffairs.__stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps >> >> >> It has been a bit since I last updated the apps and this does not >> include all apps in existence (I did have a basic criteria for >> apps), but this may be useful. >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> */Nettie T. Fischer, ATP >> Assistive Technology Professional/* >> */RESNA Certified/* >> */California Certified NPA >> Nettiet, ATP Consultants >> www.nettietatpconsultants.com >> [916] 222-3492 Office >> (916) 704-1456 Cell/* >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Fri Sep 30 14:00:11 2011 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] PEF and portable braille devices Message-ID: <4E862DDB.6020206@stanford.edu> Hello all, I am trying to find information about the support for the PEF file type and portable braille embossers. PEF is the Portable Embosser Format (http://pef-format.org/) and is, essentially, a method to represent Braille content in an XML format. The way I think of it is a PDF version for Braille. Does anyone know if the PEF format is supported or is under consideration for support in portable braille devices? I know the BrailleNote family of devices do not support PEF, but I am not sure about the other systems. Take care, sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae