From tft at uw.edu Wed Feb 1 09:35:34 2012 From: tft at uw.edu (Terrill Thompson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh In-Reply-To: References: <006201ccd08d$6d034a00$4709de00$@altformatsolutions.com> <4E9F2CF9FA1DA0479F02A1219FE22563023832CA2D@VA3DIAXVS4B1.RED001.local> <029801ccda57$41255f80$c3701e80$@ahead.org> <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03D627AE@ROMULUS.smc.edu> <043c01ccdae3$e5f21260$b1d63720$@ahead.org> Message-ID: Hi All, This thread is getting a little rusty by now, but what's the status? Are you still assembling a team? If so, I'm willing to help out as well. -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Berger, Eileen wrote: > Hi Ron! > > Me too! > > Eileen > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:03 PM > > > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Thanks Ellen, > > > > Ron > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > CUTLER_ELLEN > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:24 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Ron, > > > > Seeing Gaeir?s message reminded me to let you know that I am interested > also, but not as the coordinator of the effort. > > > > Best, ellen > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:16 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > I am responding to a request that came to me as the President of the > organization.? I was trying to see what the level of interest is, and hoping > someone would be willing to step forward to take the lead and at this point > have not received that level of interest.? If you are interested in taking > on this role that would be wonderful. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir > Dietrich > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:34 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Ron, are you coordinating this effort or is someone else? > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich > High Tech Center Training Unit of the > California Community Colleges > De Anza College, Cupertino, CA > www.htctu.net > 408-996-6043 > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ________________________________ > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hunziker, > Dawn A - (hunziker) > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:37 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > I?d be willing / able to help out?. > > > > Dawn > > > > ~~ > > Dawn Hunziker > > Assistive Technology Coordinator > > > > Disability Resource Center > > University of Arizona > > 1224 E. Lowell St. > > Tucson, AZ 85721 > > > > Phone: 520-626-9409 > > Fax: 520-626-5500 > > hunziker@email.arizona.edu > > http://drc.arizona.edu > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:19 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Good morning all, I hope you had a restful holiday and are off to a good > start to the Winter term. > > > > I have had several requests for input to the draft 508 refresh proposal. > Are there any of you willing to take this on as a project, we also will > probably solicit sign-on from some of our partner organizations. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From johumber at iupui.edu Wed Feb 1 10:41:31 2012 From: johumber at iupui.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh In-Reply-To: References: <006201ccd08d$6d034a00$4709de00$@altformatsolutions.com> <4E9F2CF9FA1DA0479F02A1219FE22563023832CA2D@VA3DIAXVS4B1.RED001.local> <029801ccda57$41255f80$c3701e80$@ahead.org> <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03D627AE@ROMULUS.smc.edu> <043c01ccdae3$e5f21260$b1d63720$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B75211FDC45@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Hi Terrill, I have offered to head up the effort. Ron and I have been discussing what the deliverable will be. I will be getting things rolling in the next few days so stay tuned. :-) - Joe Humbert -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:36 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh Hi All, This thread is getting a little rusty by now, but what's the status? Are you still assembling a team? If so, I'm willing to help out as well. -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Berger, Eileen wrote: > Hi Ron! > > Me too! > > Eileen > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:03 PM > > > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Thanks Ellen, > > > > Ron > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > CUTLER_ELLEN > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:24 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Ron, > > > > Seeing Gaeir's message reminded me to let you know that I am interested > also, but not as the coordinator of the effort. > > > > Best, ellen > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:16 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > I am responding to a request that came to me as the President of the > organization.? I was trying to see what the level of interest is, and hoping > someone would be willing to step forward to take the lead and at this point > have not received that level of interest.? If you are interested in taking > on this role that would be wonderful. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir > Dietrich > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:34 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Ron, are you coordinating this effort or is someone else? > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich > High Tech Center Training Unit of the > California Community Colleges > De Anza College, Cupertino, CA > www.htctu.net > 408-996-6043 > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ________________________________ > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hunziker, > Dawn A - (hunziker) > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:37 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > I'd be willing / able to help out.. > > > > Dawn > > > > ~~ > > Dawn Hunziker > > Assistive Technology Coordinator > > > > Disability Resource Center > > University of Arizona > > 1224 E. Lowell St. > > Tucson, AZ 85721 > > > > Phone: 520-626-9409 > > Fax: 520-626-5500 > > hunziker@email.arizona.edu > > http://drc.arizona.edu > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:19 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Good morning all, I hope you had a restful holiday and are off to a good > start to the Winter term. > > > > I have had several requests for input to the draft 508 refresh proposal. > Are there any of you willing to take this on as a project, we also will > probably solicit sign-on from some of our partner organizations. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 hunziker at email.arizona.edu Wed Feb 1 16:13:02 2012 From: hunziker at email.arizona.edu (Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] FM Systems in classrooms? Message-ID: <4E9F2CF9FA1DA0479F02A1219FE2256302390D2F93@VA3DIAXVS4B1.RED001.local> Hi all, The University of Arizona has an opportunity to upgrade technology in our classrooms and DRC would like to see more rooms equipped for students/visitors with hearing loss. Can any of you provide me with information about what type of system you are using in your classrooms on campus? Looping, portable, etc? Also, do you have a vendor that you would recommend? All resources and information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Dawn ~~ Dawn Hunziker Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center University of Arizona 1224 E. Lowell St. Tucson, AZ 85721 Phone: 520-626-9409 Fax: 520-626-5500 hunziker@email.arizona.edu http://drc.arizona.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grubaugh at sfsu.edu Wed Feb 1 19:41:04 2012 From: grubaugh at sfsu.edu (Bill Grubaugh) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: athen-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: <201202012003.q11K3HM3016293@mxout11.cac.washington.edu> References: <201202012003.q11K3HM3016293@mxout11.cac.washington.edu> Message-ID: I'm new to this group but would welcome adding assisting in what I can as well. Have been following the developments for a while. Compiled some questions/notations from the past publication etc. Time frame? within the next three weeks? Bill Grubaugh MS HF/E Disability Access Compliance Analyst San Francisco State University Disability Programs & Resource Center 1600 Holloway San Francisco CA 94132 phone 415.405.4132 TTY 415.338.2472 email grubaugh@sfsu.edu ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] on behalf of athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:03 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 1 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. Re: ATHEN reply to 508 refresh (Terrill Thompson) 2. RE: ATHEN reply to 508 refresh (Humbert, Joseph A) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:35:34 -0800 From: Terrill Thompson Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi All, This thread is getting a little rusty by now, but what's the status? Are you still assembling a team? If so, I'm willing to help out as well. -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Berger, Eileen wrote: > Hi Ron! > > Me too! > > Eileen > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:03 PM > > > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Thanks Ellen, > > > > Ron > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > CUTLER_ELLEN > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:24 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Ron, > > > > Seeing Gaeir?s message reminded me to let you know that I am interested > also, but not as the coordinator of the effort. > > > > Best, ellen > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:16 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > I am responding to a request that came to me as the President of the > organization.? I was trying to see what the level of interest is, and hoping > someone would be willing to step forward to take the lead and at this point > have not received that level of interest.? If you are interested in taking > on this role that would be wonderful. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir > Dietrich > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:34 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Ron, are you coordinating this effort or is someone else? > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich > High Tech Center Training Unit of the > California Community Colleges > De Anza College, Cupertino, CA > www.htctu.net > 408-996-6043 > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ________________________________ > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hunziker, > Dawn A - (hunziker) > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:37 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > I?d be willing / able to help out?. > > > > Dawn > > > > ~~ > > Dawn Hunziker > > Assistive Technology Coordinator > > > > Disability Resource Center > > University of Arizona > > 1224 E. Lowell St. > > Tucson, AZ 85721 > > > > Phone: 520-626-9409 > > Fax: 520-626-5500 > > hunziker@email.arizona.edu > > http://drc.arizona.edu > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:19 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Good morning all, I hope you had a restful holiday and are off to a good > start to the Winter term. > > > > I have had several requests for input to the draft 508 refresh proposal. > Are there any of you willing to take this on as a project, we also will > probably solicit sign-on from some of our partner organizations. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:41:31 +0000 From: "Humbert, Joseph A" Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Message-ID: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B75211FDC45@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Terrill, I have offered to head up the effort. Ron and I have been discussing what the deliverable will be. I will be getting things rolling in the next few days so stay tuned. :-) - Joe Humbert -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:36 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh Hi All, This thread is getting a little rusty by now, but what's the status? Are you still assembling a team? If so, I'm willing to help out as well. -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Berger, Eileen wrote: > Hi Ron! > > Me too! > > Eileen > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:03 PM > > > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Thanks Ellen, > > > > Ron > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > CUTLER_ELLEN > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:24 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Ron, > > > > Seeing Gaeir's message reminded me to let you know that I am interested > also, but not as the coordinator of the effort. > > > > Best, ellen > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:16 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > I am responding to a request that came to me as the President of the > organization.? I was trying to see what the level of interest is, and hoping > someone would be willing to step forward to take the lead and at this point > have not received that level of interest.? If you are interested in taking > on this role that would be wonderful. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir > Dietrich > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:34 PM > To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Ron, are you coordinating this effort or is someone else? > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich > High Tech Center Training Unit of the > California Community Colleges > De Anza College, Cupertino, CA > www.htctu.net > 408-996-6043 > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ________________________________ > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hunziker, > Dawn A - (hunziker) > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:37 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > I'd be willing / able to help out.. > > > > Dawn > > > > ~~ > > Dawn Hunziker > > Assistive Technology Coordinator > > > > Disability Resource Center > > University of Arizona > > 1224 E. Lowell St. > > Tucson, AZ 85721 > > > > Phone: 520-626-9409 > > Fax: 520-626-5500 > > hunziker@email.arizona.edu > > http://drc.arizona.edu > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Stewart > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:19 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > > > Good morning all, I hope you had a restful holiday and are off to a good > start to the Winter term. > > > > I have had several requests for input to the draft 508 refresh proposal. > Are there any of you willing to take this on as a project, we also will > probably solicit sign-on from some of our partner organizations. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 End of athen-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 1 ***************************************** From Derek.Chaves at umassmed.edu Thu Feb 2 06:37:34 2012 From: Derek.Chaves at umassmed.edu (Chaves, Derek) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] LMS Evalutation Message-ID: My group is currently evaluating numerous LMS solutions. There are other groups in the organization that are pushing for Blackboard Vista 9.1. I do not feel comfortable endorsing this product since there have been major accessibility problems with blackboard in the past. Has anyone performed accessibility testing on Vista 9.1? Can anyone provide me with details on accessibility problems they have encountered with this product? Thanks. Sincerely, Derek Chaves Technical Project Manager NE INDEX/Shriver Center/UMASS Medical School 200 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02452 781-642-0288 - Office www.disabilityinfo.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadi at illinois.edu Thu Feb 2 07:29:02 2012 From: hadi at illinois.edu (Rangin, Hadi Bargi) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: LMS Evalutation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have evaluated 4 LMS last year. You can find the result at: http://presentations.cita.illinois.edu/2011-03-csun-lms/ We are in the process of revising our evaluation and will publish the result at the Midwest Educause on March 26 this year. Hadi ________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chaves, Derek Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] LMS Evalutation My group is currently evaluating numerous LMS solutions. There are other groups in the organization that are pushing for Blackboard Vista 9.1. I do not feel comfortable endorsing this product since there have been major accessibility problems with blackboard in the past. Has anyone performed accessibility testing on Vista 9.1? Can anyone provide me with details on accessibility problems they have encountered with this product? Thanks. Sincerely, Derek Chaves Technical Project Manager NE INDEX/Shriver Center/UMASS Medical School 200 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02452 781-642-0288 - Office www.disabilityinfo.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grubaugh at sfsu.edu Thu Feb 2 13:03:48 2012 From: grubaugh at sfsu.edu (Bill Grubaugh) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: athen-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 3 In-Reply-To: <201202022000.q12K0hFO004115@mxout11.cac.washington.edu> References: <201202022000.q12K0hFO004115@mxout11.cac.washington.edu> Message-ID: Thank you for the LMS systems review. Below is one that didn't make the list that may be worth looking into. It came in out of the blue via an ACM News posting and also a note to the CSU CAT's listserve. What sparked my curiosity was that it was listed it as one of the top 10 Open Source developments of 2011 via something called "Black Duck Software" [URLhttp://www.blackducksoftware.com/ ] . I looked at Instructure's Canvas VPAT looks pretty darn good. Supported and where supported with exception it leads us to how we may plan and apply the equally effective access piece of our puzzle. On top of that, the companies forefront statements regarding accessibility and backing from the NFB [URL NFB Letter on Canvas] are impressive. In short: Having Access commitments like this at the front end is a beneficial resource savings, if only in not having to seek, facilitate, and nurse a company along a 508 development path. Meaning, if these folks are here now and another company is six to twelve months away - this company may be six to twelve months further along when the latter catches up. As mentioned this is out of the blue - no ties, no commitments other than a curiosity - and possible inclusion in the LMS review list. Bill Grubaugh MS HF/E Disability Access Compliance Analyst (DACA) Disability Programs & Resource Center San Francisco State University Phone 415-405-4132 Note: Comments within the is communication are viewpoints of the sender and may not express the viewpoints of the SF State Below is a message from their West Coast Rep. Directors Ron Gerling (415-374-7558 email ron@instructure.com - more details below). Website URLhttp://www.instructure.com/ IT Systems http://www.instructure.com/technology >From Mr. Gerling Ensuring an accessible and pleasant experience to all users, regardless of disability is a key focus of Canvas. The system was built using the most modern HTML and CSS technologies and conforms with the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WAI WCAG) 2.0 AA and Section 508 guidelines. By utilizing the WAI-ARIA guidelines, we ensure that even our most interactive, dynamic widgets are easy to use with assistive technology (such as JAWS or NVDA) as well. Canvas received the highest award given, "Gold" certification, from the National Federation of the Blind this summer, becoming the fastest LMS to ever do so. Canvas is built on new technology. It utilizes the best web 2.0 technologies and latest standards and does not rely on any proprietary or outdated legacy technologies such as Java or framesets. Because the entire application was written with modern, semantic markup and accessibility techniques in mind, Canvas goes beyond just "stamp-of-approval" compliance and certification, and truly is easy and enjoyable to use for persons with disabilities. Canvas is CERTIFIED for both: STUDENT interface and PROFESSOR/CONTENT creating interface. Some of the measures that we take to ensure the highest level of compliance are: - We work with each client institution on branding to maintain Canvas' compliance with contrast ratios, styles, color schemes - "Alt" tags in images - Automatic for images in content pane - Ask for alt text when embedding external images - Rich Content Editor only provides styles when formatting text So thanks for asking about Canvas, happy to do a demo for you sometime. Cheers, Ron CANVAS Get to know Canvas in 1 minute 34 seconds: http://video.instructure.com/ Compare Canvas to other LMS http://www.instructure.com/compare-canvas Analytics Coming to Canvas! http://www.instructure.com/analytics Mobility: Canvas for iOS http://www.instructure.com/blog/2011/12/08/canvas-for-ios/ FREE: Try Canvas for free http://www.instructure.com/ -----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: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 3 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. RE: LMS Evalutation (Rangin, Hadi Bargi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:29:02 -0600 From: "Rangin, Hadi Bargi" Subject: [Athen] RE: LMS Evalutation To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" We have evaluated 4 LMS last year. You can find the result at: http://presentations.cita.illinois.edu/2011-03-csun-lms/ We are in the process of revising our evaluation and will publish the result at the Midwest Educause on March 26 this year. Hadi ________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chaves, Derek Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] LMS Evalutation My group is currently evaluating numerous LMS solutions. There are other groups in the organization that are pushing for Blackboard Vista 9.1. I do not feel comfortable endorsing this product since there have been major accessibility problems with blackboard in the past. Has anyone performed accessibility testing on Vista 9.1? Can anyone provide me with details on accessibility problems they have encountered with this product? Thanks. Sincerely, Derek Chaves Technical Project Manager NE INDEX/Shriver Center/UMASS Medical School 200 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02452 781-642-0288 - Office www.disabilityinfo.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Hadi -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Grubaugh Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:04 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] RE: athen-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 3 Thank you for the LMS systems review. Below is one that didn't make the list that may be worth looking into. It came in out of the blue via an ACM News posting and also a note to the CSU CAT's listserve. What sparked my curiosity was that it was listed it as one of the top 10 Open Source developments of 2011 via something called "Black Duck Software" [URLhttp://www.blackducksoftware.com/ ] . I looked at Instructure's Canvas VPAT looks pretty darn good. Supported and where supported with exception it leads us to how we may plan and apply the equally effective access piece of our puzzle. On top of that, the companies forefront statements regarding accessibility and backing from the NFB [URL NFB Letter on Canvas] are impressive. In short: Having Access commitments like this at the front end is a beneficial resource savings, if only in not having to seek, facilitate, and nurse a company along a 508 development path. Meaning, if these folks are here now and another company is six to twelve months away - this company may be six to twelve months further along when the latter catches up. As mentioned this is out of the blue - no ties, no commitments other than a curiosity - and possible inclusion in the LMS review list. Bill Grubaugh MS HF/E Disability Access Compliance Analyst (DACA) Disability Programs & Resource Center San Francisco State University Phone 415-405-4132 Note: Comments within the is communication are viewpoints of the sender and may not express the viewpoints of the SF State Below is a message from their West Coast Rep. Directors Ron Gerling (415-374-7558 email ron@instructure.com - more details below). Website URLhttp://www.instructure.com/ IT Systems http://www.instructure.com/technology >From Mr. Gerling Ensuring an accessible and pleasant experience to all users, regardless of disability is a key focus of Canvas. The system was built using the most modern HTML and CSS technologies and conforms with the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WAI WCAG) 2.0 AA and Section 508 guidelines. By utilizing the WAI-ARIA guidelines, we ensure that even our most interactive, dynamic widgets are easy to use with assistive technology (such as JAWS or NVDA) as well. Canvas received the highest award given, "Gold" certification, from the National Federation of the Blind this summer, becoming the fastest LMS to ever do so. Canvas is built on new technology. It utilizes the best web 2.0 technologies and latest standards and does not rely on any proprietary or outdated legacy technologies such as Java or framesets. Because the entire application was written with modern, semantic markup and accessibility techniques in mind, Canvas goes beyond just "stamp-of-approval" compliance and certification, and truly is easy and enjoyable to use for persons with disabilities. Canvas is CERTIFIED for both: STUDENT interface and PROFESSOR/CONTENT creating interface. Some of the measures that we take to ensure the highest level of compliance are: - We work with each client institution on branding to maintain Canvas' compliance with contrast ratios, styles, color schemes - "Alt" tags in images - Automatic for images in content pane - Ask for alt text when embedding external images - Rich Content Editor only provides styles when formatting text So thanks for asking about Canvas, happy to do a demo for you sometime. Cheers, Ron CANVAS Get to know Canvas in 1 minute 34 seconds: http://video.instructure.com/ Compare Canvas to other LMS http://www.instructure.com/compare-canvas Analytics Coming to Canvas! http://www.instructure.com/analytics Mobility: Canvas for iOS http://www.instructure.com/blog/2011/12/08/canvas-for-ios/ FREE: Try Canvas for free http://www.instructure.com/ -----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: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 3 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. RE: LMS Evalutation (Rangin, Hadi Bargi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:29:02 -0600 From: "Rangin, Hadi Bargi" Subject: [Athen] RE: LMS Evalutation To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" We have evaluated 4 LMS last year. You can find the result at: http://presentations.cita.illinois.edu/2011-03-csun-lms/ We are in the process of revising our evaluation and will publish the result at the Midwest Educause on March 26 this year. Hadi ________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chaves, Derek Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] LMS Evalutation My group is currently evaluating numerous LMS solutions. There are other groups in the organization that are pushing for Blackboard Vista 9.1. I do not feel comfortable endorsing this product since there have been major accessibility problems with blackboard in the past. Has anyone performed accessibility testing on Vista 9.1? Can anyone provide me with details on accessibility problems they have encountered with this product? Thanks. Sincerely, Derek Chaves Technical Project Manager NE INDEX/Shriver Center/UMASS Medical School 200 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02452 781-642-0288 - Office www.disabilityinfo.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are researching products on line but would like a recommendation for a product you may have used successfully on your campus for this situation. Thank you, Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danc at uw.edu Fri Feb 3 11:44:19 2012 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlarge the board for a visually impaired Student In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Peggy I have not implemented a portable video magnifier in some years. The last one we had, a Clarity Classmate, died a while back and has not been replaced. I just saw a product last week that may fit the bill -- literally -- if the student is a ZoomText user. AISquared is now offering (with the release of the newest version of ZoomText magnification software) an option to pair a webcam to be used as a video magnifier. They sell a mount and camera combination for $150. http://aisquared.com/zoomtext/tour/camera/ Compare this with the usual video magnifier cost of thousands of dollars. Pretty cool stuff. Other low cost options would be to use any video or digital camera with a laptop if it has zoom capability. Otherwise, there are a number of products that provide distance viewing in classroom settings. They are purpose-built and the cost is significant. Examples include Clarity Deskmate ( http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Portable-Magnifiers/Deskmate), and SmartView Graduate ( http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Portable-Magnifiers/SmartView-Graduate-Magnifier ) -*- Dan On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Buchmiller, Peggy < PBuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu> wrote: > Good Morning,**** > > Our campus is looking for recommendations for a magnification product that > your campus has used to enlarge the board in class for a visually impaired > student . We are researching products on line but would like a > recommendation for a product you may have used successfully on your campus > for this situation.**** > > ** ** > > Thank you,**** > > ** ** > > Peggy Buchmiller**** > > Assistant Dean**** > > Student Programs and Support Services**** > > Director, Resource Center**** > > Columbia Basin College**** > > 509-542-4444**** > > pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From PBuchmiller at columbiabasin.edu Fri Feb 3 11:49:16 2012 From: PBuchmiller at columbiabasin.edu (Buchmiller, Peggy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlargethe board for a visually impaired Student In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dan, Thanks for your input. I looked at the AI Squared but I'm not sure if it will work for viewing a blackboard. Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 11:44 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: Students with Disabilities Subject: Re: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlargethe board for a visually impaired Student Hi Peggy I have not implemented a portable video magnifier in some years. The last one we had, a Clarity Classmate, died a while back and has not been replaced. I just saw a product last week that may fit the bill -- literally -- if the student is a ZoomText user. AISquared is now offering (with the release of the newest version of ZoomText magnification software) an option to pair a webcam to be used as a video magnifier. They sell a mount and camera combination for $150. http://aisquared.com/zoomtext/tour/camera/ Compare this with the usual video magnifier cost of thousands of dollars. Pretty cool stuff. Other low cost options would be to use any video or digital camera with a laptop if it has zoom capability. Otherwise, there are a number of products that provide distance viewing in classroom settings. They are purpose-built and the cost is significant. Examples include Clarity Deskmate (http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Portable-Magnifiers/Deskmate ), and SmartView Graduate (http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Portable-Magnifiers/SmartView-Graduat e-Magnifier ) -*- Dan On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Buchmiller, Peggy wrote: Good Morning, Our campus is looking for recommendations for a magnification product that your campus has used to enlarge the board in class for a visually impaired student . We are researching products on line but would like a recommendation for a product you may have used successfully on your campus for this situation. Thank you, Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu _______________________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Fri Feb 3 12:33:15 2012 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlargethe board for a visually impaired Student In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Peggy The three that we use most frequently are the Onyx XL from Freedom Scientific, the Magnilink Student from Low Vision International, and the SenseView Duo from Hims. We also have an old Deskmate and PCMate but the design is clunky. I have looked at the Acrobat. It is really nice but the positioning is limited. With the Onyx XL you can raise the height of the monitor and the monitor will tilt. The camera is also very adjustable in its positioning and height. For portable units that hook up to a laptop I have seen nothing yet that matches the quality of the LVI Magnilink products. They also work extremely well with ZoomText. My students that have used it love the easy to use snapshot and video features of the unit. I also have a student that loves the SenseView Duo. It is a handheld unit that cost around $1000. It can take and store snapshots and looks like the student is using a digital camera. It is incredibly light and fairly simple to use. The students that I've had use it don't want to move around the heavier and bulkier video magnifiers. It has a 4" screen which isn't big enough for all students. Jeff On 2/3/12, Buchmiller, Peggy wrote: > Dan, > > Thanks for your input. I looked at the AI Squared but I'm not sure if it > will work for viewing a blackboard. > > > > Peggy Buchmiller > > Assistant Dean > > Student Programs and Support Services > > Director, Resource Center > > Columbia Basin College > > 509-542-4444 > > pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan > Comden > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 11:44 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Cc: Students with Disabilities > Subject: Re: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to > enlargethe board for a visually impaired Student > > > > Hi Peggy > > I have not implemented a portable video magnifier in some years. The > last one we had, a Clarity Classmate, died a while back and has not been > replaced. > > I just saw a product last week that may fit the bill -- literally -- if > the student is a ZoomText user. > > AISquared is now offering (with the release of the newest version of > ZoomText magnification software) an option to pair a webcam to be used > as a video magnifier. They sell a mount and camera combination for $150. > http://aisquared.com/zoomtext/tour/camera/ > BqGPYfDAWJNOSG_7sdTVeZXTLuZXCXCZCj-1s-l9BO5mUm-wa4RtwzPv6dEjB0zeIeZ1ISyy > YUUrhpjujd7bP29EVdETudwLQzh0qmN2pfU6BQQg0LRRvwxIVlxgQgeRyq8dd42KAoitBrpO > H0QgbhGwTqpEwDkQgv0_oAvd44OvCy0xnoE6y1SIjh1FEwcOETFVVoQgilmSkvgd40NdJ3Uj > dPYfDwedECTPqbP3NEVjpKrkfEf> > > Compare this with the usual video magnifier cost of thousands of > dollars. Pretty cool stuff. > > Other low cost options would be to use any video or digital camera with > a laptop if it has zoom capability. > > Otherwise, there are a number of products that provide distance viewing > in classroom settings. They are purpose-built and the cost is > significant. > Examples include Clarity Deskmate > (http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Portable-Magnifiers/Deskmate > bpWvkzwmH6uA3_bzuAoitBYqo7vgGHI_dTVeZXTLuZXCXCZCj-1s-l9BO5mUm-wa4RtwzPv6 > dEjB0zeIeZ1ISyyYUUrhpjujd7bP29EVdETudwLQzh0qmN2pfU6BQQg0LRRvwxIVlxgQgeRy > q8dd42KAoitBrpOH0QgbhGwTqpEwDkQgv0_oAvd44OvCy0xnoE6y1SIjh1FEwcOETFVVoQgi > lmSkvgd40NdJ3UjdPYfDwedFCTPqbP3NEVjpKr_phG> ), and SmartView Graduate > (http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Portable-Magnifiers/SmartView-Graduat > e-Magnifier > mPQ-F70JmcZ87-n6Z8MAXbUQMolScMPbP1s9hR1Lp-n6Z8MAXbUCXYDuZXTLuZPtPuP9_0Kv > aAOV2Hsbvg52qKMhVLz6Q9OwhDm7uwSrhhussdEIFL9CzBVx4QsCQrL6MnWhEwdboxcDY3iW > q80nWWLMgSsGMEq87qNd46Cy1nic9eOJIVlwq85ERgrJcQgjGq8fwvIifCy2pfPh0gHIk3h0 > Xm9EwQQg6pkrQYYIq89aHrafE6y0oCSxY9CV-7PM76SjrVJ5VxUQsFITdHhnf> ) > > -*- Dan > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Buchmiller, Peggy > wrote: > > Good Morning, > > Our campus is looking for recommendations for a magnification product > that your campus has used to enlarge the board in class for a visually > impaired student . We are researching products on line but would like a > recommendation for a product you may have used successfully on your > campus for this situation. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Peggy Buchmiller > > Assistant Dean > > Student Programs and Support Services > > Director, Resource Center > > Columbia Basin College > > 509-542-4444 > > pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > k2cWMXQ6Y4RtxxYGjB1SKrcDY2VYGjdTVeZXTLuZXCXCZCj-1s-l9BO5mUm-wa4RtwzPv6dE > jB0zeIeZ1ISyyYUUrhpjujd7bP29EVdETudwLQzh0qmN2pfU6BQQg0LRRvwxIVlxgQgeRyq8 > dd42KAoitBrpOH0QgbhGwTqpEwDkQgv0_oAvd44OvCy0xnoE6y1SIjh1FEwcOETFVVoQgilm > Skvgd40NdJ3UjdPYfDwedI6TPqbP3NEVjpKr2KlfvZYC> > > > > > -- > > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > > > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > XjPrm-B9497OCmPpDUrLOtXTLuZXTdTdXcDY2VYGjbAaJMJZ0k9GX17C-crgDa16totW3pJ5 > 5VNMSyOCYCqenC4jhOrhKYr1vF6y0QJy4OvMdbFEw1vHG_13pOH2xEwtH4Qgqq85t8MAXaSP > Bm1Ewmzl1KQPh1eFEw-1-N8-q89A_d412KNgd43JoCy3jh0pBhLjPONEwAGJIE-wq81yrq7M > CrDUvf0srvdLCQnC7zhOCPsSNMgWIGZH1qS> > > University of Washington UW Information Technology > > > > > > From edward at ngtvoice.com Fri Feb 3 12:43:32 2012 From: edward at ngtvoice.com (Ed. Rosenthal) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlarge the board for a visually impaired Student Message-ID: <007201cce2b4$80252390$806f6ab0$@ngtvoice.com> I have two ZoomTwix units in place that have performed well for this purpose. Hooks to a laptop PC and is light and portable...ed. 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 From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Buchmiller, Peggy Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 11:29 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Students with Disabilities Subject: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlarge the board for a visually impaired Student Good Morning, Our campus is looking for recommendations for a magnification product that your campus has used to enlarge the board in class for a visually impaired student . We are researching products on line but would like a recommendation for a product you may have used successfully on your campus for this situation. Thank you, Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu Fri Feb 3 13:11:59 2012 From: jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu (Julie Balassa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlarge the board for a visually impaired Student In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We too use the Onyx although I'm not impressed with how fragile it is and how fragile its cart wheels are. We have requested some Zoom Twix units. We also use Elmo document cameras attached to a Dell monitor. We happened on this system when our Smart Rooms manager received the wrong Elmo document camera (supposed to mount in the ceiling and point down). The one he got had an inverted iris so it sat around for a while. We mounted it on a cart, attached a monitor, and viola, distance camera. Not sure of the cost off the top of my head but the college purchases them now since they go on the same PO as the docucameras. jkb From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:44 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: Students with Disabilities Subject: Re: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlarge the board for a visually impaired Student Hi Peggy I have not implemented a portable video magnifier in some years. The last one we had, a Clarity Classmate, died a while back and has not been replaced. I just saw a product last week that may fit the bill -- literally -- if the student is a ZoomText user. AISquared is now offering (with the release of the newest version of ZoomText magnification software) an option to pair a webcam to be used as a video magnifier. They sell a mount and camera combination for $150. http://aisquared.com/zoomtext/tour/camera/ Compare this with the usual video magnifier cost of thousands of dollars. Pretty cool stuff. Other low cost options would be to use any video or digital camera with a laptop if it has zoom capability. Otherwise, there are a number of products that provide distance viewing in classroom settings. They are purpose-built and the cost is significant. Examples include Clarity Deskmate (http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Portable-Magnifiers/Deskmate), and SmartView Graduate (http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Portable-Magnifiers/SmartView-Graduate-Magnifier) -*- Dan On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Buchmiller, Peggy > wrote: Good Morning, Our campus is looking for recommendations for a magnification product that your campus has used to enlarge the board in class for a visually impaired student . We are researching products on line but would like a recommendation for a product you may have used successfully on your campus for this situation. Thank you, Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu _______________________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sandra.caesar at csun.edu Fri Feb 3 16:55:06 2012 From: sandra.caesar at csun.edu (Caesar, Sandra K) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] Open Position: Universal Design Technical Consultant @CSUN Message-ID: Please share- sorry for any cross posting California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Job Announcement Universal Design Technical Consultant in the Universal Design Center Major Duties Under general supervision, Universal Design Technical Consultant conducts technical analysis to identify suitable software applications which support faculty and staff in incorporating accessibility, interoperability, and usability into their web design. Tests web applications for Section 508 compliance and CSU Accessible Technology Initiative related policy; develops technical solutions that function across software application platforms; works frequently with application and web developers at all levels to describe accessible design best practices, usability, and universal design concepts and provides direct assistance with creating Section 508 compliant HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code. Develops web applications, and utilizes application- scripting skills to support the creation of accessible code. Researches, improves, and creates universal design and accessibility documentation materials. Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in a job related field; bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering Science, Information Systems, Human Factors or a related field preferred. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis for up to two years. Equivalent to three years of full-time, progressively responsible computing experience that includes user support services. Knowledge, Specialized Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge of: information technology systems and/or applications; generally accepted methods of documentation; and methods and techniques of programming. Ability and specialized skills to; apply and assess user needs; identify, analyze, and address user problems; communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing to individuals and groups; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Java, JavaScript, XHTML, SMIL, PHP, SQL, AJAX, HTML 5 and/or Python; ability to use accessibility evaluation tools, and ability to use validation and verification programming tools. Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively in a team environment. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of best practices for accessible web sites and applications; and familiarity with best practices for accessible audio/visual technologies. Supervisory experience desired. https://cmsweb.csun.edu/psc/HNRPRD/EMPLOYEE/SA/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL Sue Cullen Program Manager Universal Design Center California State University Northridge (CSUN) Campus Accessible Technology Initiative Coordinator Academic Affairs Part-Time Faculty Department of Special Education Oviatt 5 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge California 91330-8201 Phone: (818) 677 - 2152 email: susan.cullen@csun.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Fri Feb 3 22:10:14 2012 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: HELP Committee Hearing Next Tuesday (2/7/12) Message-ID: Subject: HELP Committee Hearing Next Tuesday (2/7/12) On Behalf Of Imparato, Andrew (HELP Committee) The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is holding a hearing next week that may interest you. The Promise of Accessible Technology: Challenges and Opportunities Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 2:30-4:00pm Dirksen Senate Building Room G-50 The hearing will focus on the importance of accessible technology and how this issue is impacting K-12 and higher education. Witnesses include: Panel I with Eve Hill, Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice. Panel II with Mark Riccobono, Executive Director, Jernigan Institute, National Federation of the Blind Dr. John B. Quick, Superintendent, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Columbus, Indiana Mark Turner, Director, Center for Accessible Media, Accessible Technology Initiative, California State University We hope to see you there. If you are unable to attend, the hearing will be broadcasted live online at www.help.senate.gov. Real time captioning and sign language interpreters will be provided at the hearing. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sbuckle5 at fau.edu Sat Feb 4 12:59:53 2012 From: sbuckle5 at fau.edu (Stuart Buckley) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlarge the board for a visually impaired Student In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <50645DC9D2909C4591BC6E9CCBABF63F039DD1@EXCHANGEMB03.ad.fau.edu> Hello Peggy, We have had great success with the Acrobat 22" portable CCTV. When choosing a product for this purpose, we initially put both the Onyx and Acrobat products side by side in a classroom simulation with writing on a board and invited in some of our visually impaired students for testing. They all preferred the Acrobat and I felt that the optics were superior. I have found more optical magnification as opposed to digitally enhanced magnification creates better clarity on these types of cameras. The students that we tested the units with, mostly had Macular Degeneration in the 20/400 range, so you might find different preferences with other VI populations. We now have increase to 3 of the devices as they have become increasingly popular for reading boards in classrooms. Regards, Stuart Buckley Coordinator of Assistive Technology Florida Atlantic University Office for Students with Disabilities SU 80 Room 133 561.297.3880 561.297.2184 fax http://osd.fau.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Buchmiller, Peggy Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:29 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Students with Disabilities Subject: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlarge the board for a visually impaired Student Good Morning, Our campus is looking for recommendations for a magnification product that your campus has used to enlarge the board in class for a visually impaired student . We are researching products on line but would like a recommendation for a product you may have used successfully on your campus for this situation. Thank you, Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca Sun Feb 5 08:40:37 2012 From: asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca (Jennison Mark Asuncion) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] new LinkedIn group focusing on campus ICT accessibility and people with disabilities Message-ID: Hello, The ICT Accessibility in Higher Education Network LinkedIn group has been created for faculty, staff, students with disabilities, and others directly involved or interested in ensuring that all information and communication technology (ICT) that colleges and universities consider for adoption, purchase, support, and use is accessible to people with disabilities. ? Typically, issues related to technology accessibility for people with disabilities at colleges and universities are assumed to be the exclusive responsibility of the individuals and offices on campus who deliver disability-related support and services, or such issues are forgotten about or left until it is too late. The goal of this group is to leverage LinkedIn to broaden the campus ICT accessibility conversation to include everyone who has a role in the selection/purchase, implementation, support/training on, and use of technology in the college and university setting, in and out of the classroom. Only in this way can we assure that the full campus experience can be made technologically accessible to everyone, particularly people with disabilities. Join the conversation at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=4286825 and please share this with others at your college or university. Jennison -- Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/jennison Accessibility Camp Toronto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeP5Kl4GDgA From sandra.caesar at csun.edu Mon Feb 6 10:21:28 2012 From: sandra.caesar at csun.edu (Caesar, Sandra K) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] Open Position: Universal Design Technical Consultant @CSUN Message-ID: Please excuse the cross posting of this message. Use the link below to apply for the Universal Design Technical Consultant position (Job ID 2053): https://mynorthridge.csun.edu/psp/PANRPRD/EMPLOYEE/SA/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL Thanks, Sandra Caesar Universal Design Consultant Universal Design Center California State University, Northridge sandra.caesar@csun.edu 818-677-4430 ________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Caesar, Sandra K Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 6:55 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Open Position: Universal Design Technical Consultant @CSUN Please share- sorry for any cross posting California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Job Announcement Universal Design Technical Consultant in the Universal Design Center Major Duties Under general supervision, Universal Design Technical Consultant conducts technical analysis to identify suitable software applications which support faculty and staff in incorporating accessibility, interoperability, and usability into their web design. Tests web applications for Section 508 compliance and CSU Accessible Technology Initiative related policy; develops technical solutions that function across software application platforms; works frequently with application and web developers at all levels to describe accessible design best practices, usability, and universal design concepts and provides direct assistance with creating Section 508 compliant HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code. Develops web applications, and utilizes application- scripting skills to support the creation of accessible code. Researches, improves, and creates universal design and accessibility documentation materials. Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in a job related field; bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering Science, Information Systems, Human Factors or a related field preferred. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis for up to two years. Equivalent to three years of full-time, progressively responsible computing experience that includes user support services. Knowledge, Specialized Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge of: information technology systems and/or applications; generally accepted methods of documentation; and methods and techniques of programming. Ability and specialized skills to; apply and assess user needs; identify, analyze, and address user problems; communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing to individuals and groups; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Java, JavaScript, XHTML, SMIL, PHP, SQL, AJAX, HTML 5 and/or Python; ability to use accessibility evaluation tools, and ability to use validation and verification programming tools. Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively in a team environment. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of best practices for accessible web sites and applications; and familiarity with best practices for accessible audio/visual technologies. Supervisory experience desired. https://mynorthridge.csun.edu/psp/PANRPRD/EMPLOYEE/SA/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL Sue Cullen Program Manager Universal Design Center California State University Northridge (CSUN) Campus Accessible Technology Initiative Coordinator Academic Affairs Part-Time Faculty Department of Special Education Oviatt 5 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge California 91330-8201 Phone: (818) 677 - 2152 email: susan.cullen@csun.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tft at uw.edu Mon Feb 6 10:31:47 2012 From: tft at uw.edu (Terrill Thompson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh In-Reply-To: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B75211FDC45@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> References: <006201ccd08d$6d034a00$4709de00$@altformatsolutions.com> <4E9F2CF9FA1DA0479F02A1219FE22563023832CA2D@VA3DIAXVS4B1.RED001.local> <029801ccda57$41255f80$c3701e80$@ahead.org> <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03D627AE@ROMULUS.smc.edu> <043c01ccdae3$e5f21260$b1d63720$@ahead.org> <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B75211FDC45@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: Hi Joe, Thanks for taking the lead. I received a voice message from Bill Lewis of San Francisco State University who seemed to think I was the lead. He was expressing interest in participating and wanted to know what the next steps were. He didn't leave his email address, but his phone # is 415-405-4132 (I haven't called him back). Also, will you be at CSUN? I will - just wondering if that would be a good opportunity for a face-to-face meeting of this group, if enough of us will be there. Regards, Terrill On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Humbert, Joseph A wrote: > Hi Terrill, > > I have offered to head up the effort. ?Ron and I have been discussing what the deliverable will be. ?I will be getting things rolling in the next few days so stay tuned. :-) > > - Joe Humbert > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:36 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > Hi All, > > This thread is getting a little rusty by now, but what's the status? > Are you still assembling a team? If so, I'm willing to help out as well. > > -- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology > UW Information Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > 206-221-4168 > > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Berger, Eileen > wrote: >> Hi Ron! >> >> Me too! >> >> Eileen >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron >> Stewart >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:03 PM >> >> >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Thanks Ellen, >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> CUTLER_ELLEN >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:24 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Ron, >> >> >> >> Seeing Gaeir's message reminded me to let you know that I am interested >> also, but not as the coordinator of the effort. >> >> >> >> Best, ellen >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron >> Stewart >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:16 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> I am responding to a request that came to me as the President of the >> organization.? I was trying to see what the level of interest is, and hoping >> someone would be willing to step forward to take the lead and at this point >> have not received that level of interest.? If you are interested in taking >> on this role that would be wonderful. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir >> Dietrich >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:34 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Ron, are you coordinating this effort or is someone else? >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich >> High Tech Center Training Unit of the >> California Community Colleges >> De Anza College, Cupertino, CA >> www.htctu.net >> 408-996-6043 >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hunziker, >> Dawn A - (hunziker) >> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:37 PM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> I'd be willing / able to help out.. >> >> >> >> Dawn >> >> >> >> ~~ >> >> Dawn Hunziker >> >> Assistive Technology Coordinator >> >> >> >> Disability Resource Center >> >> University of Arizona >> >> 1224 E. Lowell St. >> >> Tucson, AZ 85721 >> >> >> >> Phone: 520-626-9409 >> >> Fax: 520-626-5500 >> >> hunziker@email.arizona.edu >> >> http://drc.arizona.edu >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron >> Stewart >> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:19 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Good morning all, I hope you had a restful holiday and are off to a good >> start to the Winter term. >> >> >> >> I have had several requests for input to the draft 508 refresh proposal. >> Are there any of you willing to take this on as a project, we also will >> probably solicit sign-on from some of our partner organizations. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 From ron at ahead.org Mon Feb 6 11:20:09 2012 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh In-Reply-To: References: <006201ccd08d$6d034a00$4709de00$@altformatsolutions.com> <4E9F2CF9FA1DA0479F02A1219FE22563023832CA2D@VA3DIAXVS4B1.RED001.local> <029801ccda57$41255f80$c3701e80$@ahead.org> <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03D627AE@ROMULUS.smc.edu> <043c01ccdae3$e5f21260$b1d63720$@ahead.org> <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B75211FDC45@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: <00c001cce504$58385b20$08a91160$@ahead.org> I will be there and would be happy to participate. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 10:32 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh Hi Joe, Thanks for taking the lead. I received a voice message from Bill Lewis of San Francisco State University who seemed to think I was the lead. He was expressing interest in participating and wanted to know what the next steps were. He didn't leave his email address, but his phone # is 415-405-4132 (I haven't called him back). Also, will you be at CSUN? I will - just wondering if that would be a good opportunity for a face-to-face meeting of this group, if enough of us will be there. Regards, Terrill On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Humbert, Joseph A wrote: > Hi Terrill, > > I have offered to head up the effort. ?Ron and I have been discussing > what the deliverable will be. ?I will be getting things rolling in the > next few days so stay tuned. :-) > > - Joe Humbert > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > Terrill Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:36 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > Hi All, > > This thread is getting a little rusty by now, but what's the status? > Are you still assembling a team? If so, I'm willing to help out as well. > > -- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology > UW Information Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > 206-221-4168 > > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Berger, Eileen > wrote: >> Hi Ron! >> >> Me too! >> >> Eileen >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:03 PM >> >> >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Thanks Ellen, >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> CUTLER_ELLEN >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:24 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Ron, >> >> >> >> Seeing Gaeir's message reminded me to let you know that I am >> interested also, but not as the coordinator of the effort. >> >> >> >> Best, ellen >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:16 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> I am responding to a request that came to me as the President of the >> organization.? I was trying to see what the level of interest is, and >> hoping someone would be willing to step forward to take the lead and >> at this point have not received that level of interest.? If you are >> interested in taking on this role that would be wonderful. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Gaeir Dietrich >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:34 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Ron, are you coordinating this effort or is someone else? >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich >> High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges >> De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net >> 408-996-6043 >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) >> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:37 PM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> I'd be willing / able to help out.. >> >> >> >> Dawn >> >> >> >> ~~ >> >> Dawn Hunziker >> >> Assistive Technology Coordinator >> >> >> >> Disability Resource Center >> >> University of Arizona >> >> 1224 E. Lowell St. >> >> Tucson, AZ 85721 >> >> >> >> Phone: 520-626-9409 >> >> Fax: 520-626-5500 >> >> hunziker@email.arizona.edu >> >> http://drc.arizona.edu >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:19 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Good morning all, I hope you had a restful holiday and are off to a >> good start to the Winter term. >> >> >> >> I have had several requests for input to the draft 508 refresh proposal. >> Are there any of you willing to take this on as a project, we also >> will probably solicit sign-on from some of our partner organizations. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From johumber at iupui.edu Mon Feb 6 11:26:27 2012 From: johumber at iupui.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh In-Reply-To: <00c001cce504$58385b20$08a91160$@ahead.org> References: <006201ccd08d$6d034a00$4709de00$@altformatsolutions.com> <4E9F2CF9FA1DA0479F02A1219FE22563023832CA2D@VA3DIAXVS4B1.RED001.local> <029801ccda57$41255f80$c3701e80$@ahead.org> <4358046F971C2140B04E06A457DA6E8D03D627AE@ROMULUS.smc.edu> <043c01ccdae3$e5f21260$b1d63720$@ahead.org> <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B75211FDC45@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> <00c001cce504$58385b20$08a91160$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B752123EB04@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Thankx Ron and Terrill. Terrill, I'll contact Bill Lewis and get his contact info to add him to the list. I will also be sending an email out later today with the know list of participants and a final call for participation to see if anyone else is interested. After that I will communicate with the interested people directly. Thankx. - Joe -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:20 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh I will be there and would be happy to participate. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 10:32 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh Hi Joe, Thanks for taking the lead. I received a voice message from Bill Lewis of San Francisco State University who seemed to think I was the lead. He was expressing interest in participating and wanted to know what the next steps were. He didn't leave his email address, but his phone # is 415-405-4132 (I haven't called him back). Also, will you be at CSUN? I will - just wondering if that would be a good opportunity for a face-to-face meeting of this group, if enough of us will be there. Regards, Terrill On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Humbert, Joseph A wrote: > Hi Terrill, > > I have offered to head up the effort. ?Ron and I have been discussing > what the deliverable will be. ?I will be getting things rolling in the > next few days so stay tuned. :-) > > - Joe Humbert > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > Terrill Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:36 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > Hi All, > > This thread is getting a little rusty by now, but what's the status? > Are you still assembling a team? If so, I'm willing to help out as well. > > -- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology > UW Information Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > 206-221-4168 > > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Berger, Eileen > wrote: >> Hi Ron! >> >> Me too! >> >> Eileen >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:03 PM >> >> >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Thanks Ellen, >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> CUTLER_ELLEN >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:24 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Ron, >> >> >> >> Seeing Gaeir's message reminded me to let you know that I am >> interested also, but not as the coordinator of the effort. >> >> >> >> Best, ellen >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:16 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> I am responding to a request that came to me as the President of the >> organization.? I was trying to see what the level of interest is, and >> hoping someone would be willing to step forward to take the lead and >> at this point have not received that level of interest.? If you are >> interested in taking on this role that would be wonderful. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Gaeir Dietrich >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:34 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Ron, are you coordinating this effort or is someone else? >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich >> High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges >> De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net >> 408-996-6043 >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) >> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:37 PM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> I'd be willing / able to help out.. >> >> >> >> Dawn >> >> >> >> ~~ >> >> Dawn Hunziker >> >> Assistive Technology Coordinator >> >> >> >> Disability Resource Center >> >> University of Arizona >> >> 1224 E. Lowell St. >> >> Tucson, AZ 85721 >> >> >> >> Phone: 520-626-9409 >> >> Fax: 520-626-5500 >> >> hunziker@email.arizona.edu >> >> http://drc.arizona.edu >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:19 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Good morning all, I hope you had a restful holiday and are off to a >> good start to the Winter term. >> >> >> >> I have had several requests for input to the draft 508 refresh proposal. >> Are there any of you willing to take this on as a project, we also >> will probably solicit sign-on from some of our partner organizations. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 _______________________________________________ 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 johumber at iupui.edu Tue Feb 7 05:42:44 2012 From: johumber at iupui.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh (update) Message-ID: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B7521247743@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Hi All ATHENites, My Name is Joe Humbert. For those that do not know me, I have been working in the assistive technology field for 9 years at multiple Universities. I have volunteered to coordinate the ATHEN response to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking latest draft, more commonly known as the 508 refresh. To do this, I will be creating a temporary separate list serve to discuss the response. Once a draft response has been agreed upon, I will submit it to the list for general feedback. The closing date for public comment is March 7th, so time is short. My goal is to submit the draft response to list full list on March 1st and submit the final response Monday March 5th. I will try to arrange an in person discussion for all participants who will be attending CSUN. I am including a list below of those who have volunteered to help already. If you are not on the list but would like to participate, please email me back directly (johumber@iupui.edu) and I will add you to the list. I look forward to working with all who participate and to making our collective opinion heard. Participant list * Joe Humbert * Terrill Thompson * Ron Stewart * Bill Grubaugh * Eileen Berger * Cath Stager-Kilcommons * Ellen Cutler * Dawn Hunziker * Jon Gunderson * Gaeir Dietrich Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E Indianapolis, IN 46202 Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh Thankx Ron and Terrill. Terrill, I'll contact Bill Lewis and get his contact info to add him to the list. I will also be sending an email out later today with the know list of participants and a final call for participation to see if anyone else is interested. After that I will communicate with the interested people directly. Thankx. - Joe -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:20 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh I will be there and would be happy to participate. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 10:32 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh Hi Joe, Thanks for taking the lead. I received a voice message from Bill Lewis of San Francisco State University who seemed to think I was the lead. He was expressing interest in participating and wanted to know what the next steps were. He didn't leave his email address, but his phone # is 415-405-4132 (I haven't called him back). Also, will you be at CSUN? I will - just wondering if that would be a good opportunity for a face-to-face meeting of this group, if enough of us will be there. Regards, Terrill On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Humbert, Joseph A > wrote: > Hi Terrill, > > I have offered to head up the effort. Ron and I have been discussing > what the deliverable will be. I will be getting things rolling in the > next few days so stay tuned. :-) > > - Joe Humbert > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > Terrill Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:36 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > Hi All, > > This thread is getting a little rusty by now, but what's the status? > Are you still assembling a team? If so, I'm willing to help out as well. > > -- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology > UW Information Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > 206-221-4168 > > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Berger, Eileen > > wrote: >> Hi Ron! >> >> Me too! >> >> Eileen >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:03 PM >> >> >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Thanks Ellen, >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> CUTLER_ELLEN >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:24 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Ron, >> >> >> >> Seeing Gaeir's message reminded me to let you know that I am >> interested also, but not as the coordinator of the effort. >> >> >> >> Best, ellen >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:16 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> I am responding to a request that came to me as the President of the >> organization. I was trying to see what the level of interest is, and >> hoping someone would be willing to step forward to take the lead and >> at this point have not received that level of interest. If you are >> interested in taking on this role that would be wonderful. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Gaeir Dietrich >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:34 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Ron, are you coordinating this effort or is someone else? >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich >> High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges >> De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net >> 408-996-6043 >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) >> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:37 PM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> I'd be willing / able to help out.. >> >> >> >> Dawn >> >> >> >> ~~ >> >> Dawn Hunziker >> >> Assistive Technology Coordinator >> >> >> >> Disability Resource Center >> >> University of Arizona >> >> 1224 E. Lowell St. >> >> Tucson, AZ 85721 >> >> >> >> Phone: 520-626-9409 >> >> Fax: 520-626-5500 >> >> hunziker@email.arizona.edu >> >> http://drc.arizona.edu >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:19 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Good morning all, I hope you had a restful holiday and are off to a >> good start to the Winter term. >> >> >> >> I have had several requests for input to the draft 508 refresh proposal. >> Are there any of you willing to take this on as a project, we also >> will probably solicit sign-on from some of our partner organizations. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 _______________________________________________ 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 linda.petty at utoronto.ca Wed Feb 8 07:16:37 2012 From: linda.petty at utoronto.ca (Linda Petty) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] distance magnification aids In-Reply-To: <201202052001.q15K1inj014931@mxout14.cac.washington.edu> References: <201202052001.q15K1inj014931@mxout14.cac.washington.edu> Message-ID: <861FE9E09D590B418C2BC4B05AFD13C604ABB9B22E@ARBOREXCH01.UTORARBOR.UTORAD.Utoronto.ca> Hi, I cruised the ATIA exhibits last year looking at CCTVs, and then year we arranged for local vendors to bring in portable CCTVs, and viewed the offerings by Optelec, Ash, Reineke, Clarity, Acrobat, Enhanced Vision, etc. Generally, our students are using laptops, and looking for something small and lightweight that can be stowed with the laptop, instead of the camera with a screen. I used to prefer the ClearNote by Optelec, but there are a few issues with that- have to train every USB port on the laptop to use the CCTV driver, or you lock up your system, etc. In the end we went with the Transformer, by Enhanced Vision. It is only 3 lb, very compact, and could work in most lecture hall environments. You still need to be able to sit at the front, to get clear line of vision, but with that you can generally get quite good images of the board or AV presentation,etc. While the ZT idea of a videocamera is good, it doesn't help those who need reverse polarity, or false colours, as the video image would come in in real colour. I'd attach a transformer photo, but I doubt that the list serve software would allow attachments. The unit has also been quite handy as a document camera, to demo iPod/Pad aapps, etc. with video projection, or for signing confidential paperwork. The Reineke (the German company- ?SP) is great- it can do video, display things from quite a distance, but it has a very heavy base to keep it stable, so not great from a portability perspective. I also thot I'd cross post some tutorial info from GWMicro, on Window Eyes tutorials, in case anyone is interested, but doesnt' get these. Take care! Linda Linda Petty, O.T. Reg. (ON) Assistive Technology Consultant AccessAbility Services a division of Student Affairs UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH Science Wing, Room SW302G 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario ?M1C 1A4 Direct Line:?416-208-5144 Tel/TTY (appointments): 416-287-7560 Fax: 416-287-7334 www.utsc.utoronto.ca/ability Tomorrow is created here. This electronic message and all contents contain information that may be privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy the original message and all copies. GW Micro Announces "How Do I Do That?" Series Feb-6-2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fort Wayne, Indiana (February 6, 2012) - GW Micro, Inc. (www.gwmicro.com) announced a new "How To" series of free video tutorials entitled "How Do I Do That?" These high quality tutorials are designed to be concise, informative and fully accessible to a blind or visually impaired computer user as all of the instructional content is available via audio. To enable sighted trainers, teachers, friends, family, IT professionals, colleagues, and others to be able to better utilize Window-Eyes or to assist Window-Eyes users, the videos also contain special effects to help sighted individuals better understand how to interact with Window-Eyes as well as to visually highlight what the audio is describing on the computer screen. For example, when a hotkey combination is pressed, the video portion of the production will display the hotkey combination making it easier for sighted individuals to follow along with the tutorials. The audio portion of How Do I Do That? is completely accessible to a blind user, and is designed to help a blind or visually impaired person easily follow along with each step of the tutorial. Typically, each How Do I Do That? production is less than ten minutes and typically focuses on one specific skill or concept. This free educational series will allow anyone who is interested to quickly find the skill they are interested in, and then learn about how to perform that skill by watching the step-by-step tutorial. The How Do I Do That? series begins with the release of the first production, which demonstrates how to attach a file to an email in Outlook 2010 using Window-Eyes. Please stay tuned as more tutorials will be coming soon. The How Do I Do That? series of video tutorials can be accessed at http://www.gwmicro.com/Training/Tutorials/. Contact: Jeremy Curry, Director of Training jeremy@gwmicro.com (260) 489-3671 ### bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Buchmiller, Peggy Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:29 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Students with Disabilities Subject: [Athen] Recommendations for a magnification product to enlarge the board for a visually impaired Student Good Morning, Our campus is looking for recommendations for a magnification product that your campus has used to enlarge the board in class for a visually impaired student . We are researching products on line but would like a recommendation for a product you may have used successfully on your campus for this situation. Thank you, Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Typically, issues related to technology accessibility for people with disabilities at colleges and universities are assumed to be the exclusive responsibility of the individuals and offices on campus who deliver disability-related support and services, or such issues are forgotten about or left until it is too late. The goal of this group is to leverage LinkedIn to broaden the campus ICT accessibility conversation to include everyone who has a role in the selection/purchase, implementation, support/training on, and use of technology in the college and university setting, in and out of the classroom. Only in this way can we assure that the full campus experience can be made technologically accessible to everyone, particularly people with disabilities. Join the conversation at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=4286825 and please share this with others at your college or university. Jennison -- Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/jennison Accessibility Camp Toronto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeP5Kl4GDgA ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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 73, Issue 8 ***************************************** From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Thu Feb 9 06:29:33 2012 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pratikp1 at gmail.com Thu Feb 9 06:31:25 2012 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kindle software In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <009b01cce737$813f5250$83bdf6f0$@gmail.com> Hello Robert, There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some accessible output. It hasn't been improved. There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use speed control. You can read page by page. You won't be able to read by paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Thu Feb 9 06:39:56 2012 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kindle software In-Reply-To: <009b01cce737$813f5250$83bdf6f0$@gmail.com> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <009b01cce737$813f5250$83bdf6f0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959411@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hmmm, sounds rather gloomy. There is a book I need that is not available at any other resource (that I can find), but is available for the Kindle. Since it is a textbook and not a leasure read, I really would like to have at least paragraph navigation. Also, since I don't know if TTS is turned on or off in the book, I hate to go that route. Thanks for the feed back. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:31 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hello Robert, There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some accessible output. It hasn't been improved. There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use speed control. You can read page by page. You won't be able to read by paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu Thu Feb 9 06:36:26 2012 From: jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu (Julie Balassa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Kindle software In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Robert, I'll reply but not with a payload of firsthand knowledge. Students here are using it for mainly the smaller literature classics as the Kindle editions are so much less expensive than the printed books, and of course they have to buy the printed book as we need a receipt before we can release edited publisher files. The interface is less of a problem than the navigation of the book itself. Student experiences here I think pretty much mirror the findings listed in this article: http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw120506. Unlike Pratik's experience, with the plugin they are able to enable speech even if the book itself has no TTS functionality. jkb From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Thu Feb 9 06:57:02 2012 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Kindle software In-Reply-To: References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048895941F@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Thanks Julie. I appreciate the input. At least having sentence navigation (to a degree) is helpful. Also, I was thinking that TTS was available regardless of the publisher's permission. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Balassa Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:36 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Kindle software Robert, I'll reply but not with a payload of firsthand knowledge. Students here are using it for mainly the smaller literature classics as the Kindle editions are so much less expensive than the printed books, and of course they have to buy the printed book as we need a receipt before we can release edited publisher files. The interface is less of a problem than the navigation of the book itself. Student experiences here I think pretty much mirror the findings listed in this article: http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw120506. Unlike Pratik's experience, with the plugin they are able to enable speech even if the book itself has no TTS functionality. jkb From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pratikp1 at gmail.com Thu Feb 9 06:55:57 2012 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kindle software In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959411@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <009b01cce737$813f5250$83bdf6f0$@gmail.com> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959411@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <00af01cce73a$ee85b040$cb9110c0$@gmail.com> If you go to the Kindle page for the book, you should be able to determine whether TTS is enabled. Each listing at least provides that information. If it's a complicated textbook, you'll have a hard time. Have you checked Google books? It's iOS app is actually very nice. Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:40 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hmmm, sounds rather gloomy. There is a book I need that is not available at any other resource (that I can find), but is available for the Kindle. Since it is a textbook and not a leasure read, I really would like to have at least paragraph navigation. Also, since I don't know if TTS is turned on or off in the book, I hate to go that route. Thanks for the feed back. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:31 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hello Robert, There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some accessible output. It hasn't been improved. There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use speed control. You can read page by page. You won't be able to read by paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Thu Feb 9 06:57:58 2012 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kindle software In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959411@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <009b01cce737$813f5250$83bdf6f0$@gmail.com> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959411@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Hi Robert, Pratik is painting a gloomier picture than is the case. The thing is called Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin and you can get it for free here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000632481 If you have a screen reader installed (for example NVDA, which, again, is free) when Kindle fires up, you will be able to use NVDA to navigate the controls of the interface and the home screen (there is some verbal "junk" in the interface in NVDA, not so with JAWS, but it's livable). For book reading, the Plugin's native TTS takes over. It downloads with a high quality male and female voice, which you can toggle between. You can navigate by sentence on a page or have the whole page read in its entirety. There is no way to select or copy text with a screen reader. That will require sighted use and a mouse. But you can set a note on an entire page and the notes are accessible with a screen reader. (Oddly, the notes cannot be removed via screen reader, though they can be edited). You can also set and search on bookmarks and text. This behavior is NOT limited to books with TTS enabled by the publisher. It will work with any Kindle book and there are more than 900,000 of those now. It's far from perfect, but it is a marginally decent accommodation. Also, if you buy a book in Kindle, it is relatively trivial to break the DRM and convert it to EPUB for playback in other devices. 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 Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Robert Beach wrote: > Hmmm, sounds rather gloomy. There is a book I need that is not available > at any other resource (that I can find), but is available for the Kindle. > Since it is a textbook and not a leasure read, I really would like to have > at least paragraph navigation. Also, since I don?t know if TTS is turned > on or off in the book, I hate to go that route.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks for the feed back.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Robert Lee Beach**** > > Assistive Technology Specialist**** > > Kansas City Kansas Community College**** > > 7250 State Avenue**** > > Kansas City, KS 66112**** > > 913-288-7671**** > > rbeach@kckcc.edu**** > > ** ** > > *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto: > athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Pratik Patel > *Sent:* Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:31 AM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > *Subject:* RE: [Athen] Kindle software**** > > ** ** > > Hello Robert,**** > > ** ** > > There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some > accessible output. It hasn?t been improved.**** > > ** ** > > There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use > speed control. You can read page by page. You won?t be able to read by > paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen > reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For > books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech.**** > > ** ** > > Hope this helps.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Pratik**** > > ** ** > > *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Robert > Beach > *Sent:* Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network ( > athen-list@u.washington.edu) > *Subject:* [Athen] Kindle software**** > > ** ** > > Hello all,**** > > ** ** > > I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder.*** > * > > ** ** > > I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that > supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren?t > very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks > having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs > might I expect to find?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Robert Lee Beach**** > > Assistive Technology Specialist**** > > Kansas City Kansas Community College**** > > 7250 State Avenue**** > > Kansas City, KS 66112**** > > 913-288-7671**** > > rbeach@kckcc.edu**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pratikp1 at gmail.com Thu Feb 9 07:00:44 2012 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Kindle software In-Reply-To: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048895941F@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048895941F@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <00c001cce73b$9b518740$d1f495c0$@gmail.com> Thank you, Julie. I stand corrected. I must have an older version of the Kindle For PC software. I'll have to correct this. I'm glad to see TTS functionality in books that don't have it enabled. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:57 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Kindle software Thanks Julie. I appreciate the input. At least having sentence navigation (to a degree) is helpful. Also, I was thinking that TTS was available regardless of the publisher's permission. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Balassa Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:36 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: Kindle software Robert, I'll reply but not with a payload of firsthand knowledge. Students here are using it for mainly the smaller literature classics as the Kindle editions are so much less expensive than the printed books, and of course they have to buy the printed book as we need a receipt before we can release edited publisher files. The interface is less of a problem than the navigation of the book itself. Student experiences here I think pretty much mirror the findings listed in this article: http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw120506. Unlike Pratik's experience, with the plugin they are able to enable speech even if the book itself has no TTS functionality. jkb From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Thu Feb 9 07:16:27 2012 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kindle software In-Reply-To: <00af01cce73a$ee85b040$cb9110c0$@gmail.com> References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <009b01cce737$813f5250$83bdf6f0$@gmail.com> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959411@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <00af01cce73a$ee85b040$cb9110c0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048895942A@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Oh man, I didn't even think about Google Books. I should have since I just listened to a presentation yesterday that mentioned Google Books as an option. Thanks for the idea. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:56 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software If you go to the Kindle page for the book, you should be able to determine whether TTS is enabled. Each listing at least provides that information. If it's a complicated textbook, you'll have a hard time. Have you checked Google books? It's iOS app is actually very nice. Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:40 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hmmm, sounds rather gloomy. There is a book I need that is not available at any other resource (that I can find), but is available for the Kindle. Since it is a textbook and not a leasure read, I really would like to have at least paragraph navigation. Also, since I don't know if TTS is turned on or off in the book, I hate to go that route. Thanks for the feed back. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:31 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hello Robert, There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some accessible output. It hasn't been improved. There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use speed control. You can read page by page. You won't be able to read by paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kestrell at panix.com Thu Feb 9 07:15:46 2012 From: kestrell at panix.com (Kestrell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kindle software References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <009b01cce737$813f5250$83bdf6f0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1A02CC27C10C4D9084DC8425914F827E@Galatea> The software Accessible Kindle for PC is accessible with a screen reader, but only in the most basic way. You can't, for instance, read a word character by character in order to find out how something is spelled, and you can't read sentence by sentence or word by word. You can't use this program on anything other than a PC or laptop, so the reader is chained to a not-very-portable mode of reading. I tried this program again just last week, and I find it frustrating enough that I rarely use it. Since the reader cannot find out how words or unfamiliar terms are spelled, I would say that it is not accessible enough to provide a fair level of access for any student who is trying to read a textbook for a course. Kestrell ----- Original Message ----- From: Pratik Patel To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:31 AM Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hello Robert, There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some accessible output. It hasn't been improved. There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use speed control. You can read page by page. You won't be able to read by paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kestrell at panix.com Thu Feb 9 07:19:18 2012 From: kestrell at panix.com (Kestrell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Kindle software References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: I'm using the plug-in, but it still only provides a restricted level of access--it doesn't increase the range of possible ways of reading the text, as sentence by sentence, or word by word, for instance. Also, the accessibility hasn't been improved at all since the plug-in was released, so I don't expect that this will change anytime soon. Kestrell ----- Original Message ----- From: Julie Balassa To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:36 AM Subject: [Athen] RE: Kindle software Robert, I'll reply but not with a payload of firsthand knowledge. Students here are using it for mainly the smaller literature classics as the Kindle editions are so much less expensive than the printed books, and of course they have to buy the printed book as we need a receipt before we can release edited publisher files. The interface is less of a problem than the navigation of the book itself. Student experiences here I think pretty much mirror the findings listed in this article: http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw120506. Unlike Pratik's experience, with the plugin they are able to enable speech even if the book itself has no TTS functionality. jkb From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. 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Our son was told he could study a novel on Google books for an exam, rather than receive a copy of the actual book, but the pages referred to in the study notes were not available, just a greyed out note that "Pages 74 and 75 are not available" Linda Petty, O.T. Reg.(ON) AccessAbility Services Univ. of Toronto at Scarborough ************************************************* Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any disclosure, copying or distribution of this information or action taken in reliance on this information is strictly prohibited by the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and/or Personal Health Information Protection Act. 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Thank you for your co-operation. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu] Sent: February 9, 2012 10:15 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 17 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. RE: Kindle software (Robert Beach) 2. Re: Kindle software (Kestrell) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:16:27 -0600 From: Robert Beach Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048895942A@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Oh man, I didn't even think about Google Books. I should have since I just listened to a presentation yesterday that mentioned Google Books as an option. Thanks for the idea. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:56 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software If you go to the Kindle page for the book, you should be able to determine whether TTS is enabled. Each listing at least provides that information. If it's a complicated textbook, you'll have a hard time. Have you checked Google books? It's iOS app is actually very nice. Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:40 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hmmm, sounds rather gloomy. There is a book I need that is not available at any other resource (that I can find), but is available for the Kindle. Since it is a textbook and not a leasure read, I really would like to have at least paragraph navigation. Also, since I don't know if TTS is turned on or off in the book, I hate to go that route. Thanks for the feed back. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:31 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hello Robert, There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some accessible output. It hasn't been improved. There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use speed control. You can read page by page. You won't be able to read by paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20120209/dfb97cd1/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:15:46 -0500 From: "Kestrell" Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle software To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Message-ID: <1A02CC27C10C4D9084DC8425914F827E@Galatea> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The software Accessible Kindle for PC is accessible with a screen reader, but only in the most basic way. You can't, for instance, read a word character by character in order to find out how something is spelled, and you can't read sentence by sentence or word by word. You can't use this program on anything other than a PC or laptop, so the reader is chained to a not-very-portable mode of reading. I tried this program again just last week, and I find it frustrating enough that I rarely use it. Since the reader cannot find out how words or unfamiliar terms are spelled, I would say that it is not accessible enough to provide a fair level of access for any student who is trying to read a textbook for a course. Kestrell ----- Original Message ----- From: Pratik Patel To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:31 AM Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hello Robert, There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some accessible output. It hasn't been improved. There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use speed control. You can read page by page. You won't be able to read by paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. 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I was just trying to hunt down a book for one of our students and thought that Google books might be the answer, but indeed there are missing pages on a regular basis. Kathy -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Petty Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:25 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Google books Warning about Google books- a book may be listed there, but you then find some pages missing in various locations, I presume to protect copyright? Our son was told he could study a novel on Google books for an exam, rather than receive a copy of the actual book, but the pages referred to in the study notes were not available, just a greyed out note that "Pages 74 and 75 are not available" Linda Petty, O.T. 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Thank you for your co-operation. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu] Sent: February 9, 2012 10:15 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 17 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. RE: Kindle software (Robert Beach) 2. Re: Kindle software (Kestrell) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:16:27 -0600 From: Robert Beach Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Message-ID: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C20318048895942A@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Oh man, I didn't even think about Google Books. I should have since I just listened to a presentation yesterday that mentioned Google Books as an option. Thanks for the idea. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:56 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software If you go to the Kindle page for the book, you should be able to determine whether TTS is enabled. Each listing at least provides that information. If it's a complicated textbook, you'll have a hard time. Have you checked Google books? It's iOS app is actually very nice. Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:40 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hmmm, sounds rather gloomy. There is a book I need that is not available at any other resource (that I can find), but is available for the Kindle. Since it is a textbook and not a leasure read, I really would like to have at least paragraph navigation. Also, since I don't know if TTS is turned on or off in the book, I hate to go that route. Thanks for the feed back. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:31 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hello Robert, There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some accessible output. It hasn't been improved. There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use speed control. You can read page by page. You won't be able to read by paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20120209/dfb97cd1/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:15:46 -0500 From: "Kestrell" Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle software To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Message-ID: <1A02CC27C10C4D9084DC8425914F827E@Galatea> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The software Accessible Kindle for PC is accessible with a screen reader, but only in the most basic way. You can't, for instance, read a word character by character in order to find out how something is spelled, and you can't read sentence by sentence or word by word. You can't use this program on anything other than a PC or laptop, so the reader is chained to a not-very-portable mode of reading. I tried this program again just last week, and I find it frustrating enough that I rarely use it. Since the reader cannot find out how words or unfamiliar terms are spelled, I would say that it is not accessible enough to provide a fair level of access for any student who is trying to read a textbook for a course. Kestrell ----- Original Message ----- From: Pratik Patel To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:31 AM Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hello Robert, There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some accessible output. It hasn't been improved. There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use speed control. You can read page by page. You won't be able to read by paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. 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Stager Kilcommons) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: ATHEN reply to 508 refresh (update) In-Reply-To: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B7521247743@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> References: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B7521247743@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDA1CD914270@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> Thanks for coordinating this, Joe. I look forward to working with you. CU will have a lot of representation at CSUN- I wanted my Lab staff to go - so I will not be there this year (grin). Best regards, Cath Cath Stager-Kilcommons Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator Disability Services / ODECE N234 Center for Community University of Colorado at Boulder 303-492-4049 http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh (update) Hi All ATHENites, My Name is Joe Humbert. For those that do not know me, I have been working in the assistive technology field for 9 years at multiple Universities. I have volunteered to coordinate the ATHEN response to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking latest draft, more commonly known as the 508 refresh. To do this, I will be creating a temporary separate list serve to discuss the response. Once a draft response has been agreed upon, I will submit it to the list for general feedback. The closing date for public comment is March 7th, so time is short. My goal is to submit the draft response to list full list on March 1st and submit the final response Monday March 5th. I will try to arrange an in person discussion for all participants who will be attending CSUN. I am including a list below of those who have volunteered to help already. If you are not on the list but would like to participate, please email me back directly (johumber@iupui.edu) and I will add you to the list. I look forward to working with all who participate and to making our collective opinion heard. Participant list * Joe Humbert * Terrill Thompson * Ron Stewart * Bill Grubaugh * Eileen Berger * Cath Stager-Kilcommons * Ellen Cutler * Dawn Hunziker * Jon Gunderson * Gaeir Dietrich Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E Indianapolis, IN 46202 Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh Thankx Ron and Terrill. Terrill, I'll contact Bill Lewis and get his contact info to add him to the list. I will also be sending an email out later today with the know list of participants and a final call for participation to see if anyone else is interested. After that I will communicate with the interested people directly. Thankx. - Joe -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:20 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh I will be there and would be happy to participate. Ron -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 10:32 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh Hi Joe, Thanks for taking the lead. I received a voice message from Bill Lewis of San Francisco State University who seemed to think I was the lead. He was expressing interest in participating and wanted to know what the next steps were. He didn't leave his email address, but his phone # is 415-405-4132 (I haven't called him back). Also, will you be at CSUN? I will - just wondering if that would be a good opportunity for a face-to-face meeting of this group, if enough of us will be there. Regards, Terrill On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Humbert, Joseph A > wrote: > Hi Terrill, > > I have offered to head up the effort. Ron and I have been discussing > what the deliverable will be. I will be getting things rolling in the > next few days so stay tuned. :-) > > - Joe Humbert > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > Terrill Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:36 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh > > Hi All, > > This thread is getting a little rusty by now, but what's the status? > Are you still assembling a team? If so, I'm willing to help out as well. > > -- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology > UW Information Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > 206-221-4168 > > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Berger, Eileen > > wrote: >> Hi Ron! >> >> Me too! >> >> Eileen >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:03 PM >> >> >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Thanks Ellen, >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> CUTLER_ELLEN >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:24 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Ron, >> >> >> >> Seeing Gaeir's message reminded me to let you know that I am >> interested also, but not as the coordinator of the effort. >> >> >> >> Best, ellen >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:16 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> I am responding to a request that came to me as the President of the >> organization. I was trying to see what the level of interest is, and >> hoping someone would be willing to step forward to take the lead and >> at this point have not received that level of interest. If you are >> interested in taking on this role that would be wonderful. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Gaeir Dietrich >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:34 PM >> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Ron, are you coordinating this effort or is someone else? >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich >> High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges >> De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net >> 408-996-6043 >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) >> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:37 PM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> I'd be willing / able to help out.. >> >> >> >> Dawn >> >> >> >> ~~ >> >> Dawn Hunziker >> >> Assistive Technology Coordinator >> >> >> >> Disability Resource Center >> >> University of Arizona >> >> 1224 E. Lowell St. >> >> Tucson, AZ 85721 >> >> >> >> Phone: 520-626-9409 >> >> Fax: 520-626-5500 >> >> hunziker@email.arizona.edu >> >> http://drc.arizona.edu >> >> >> >> From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Ron Stewart >> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:19 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: [Athen] ATHEN reply to 508 refresh >> >> >> >> Good morning all, I hope you had a restful holiday and are off to a >> good start to the Winter term. >> >> >> >> I have had several requests for input to the draft 508 refresh proposal. >> Are there any of you willing to take this on as a project, we also >> will probably solicit sign-on from some of our partner organizations. >> >> >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 _______________________________________________ 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 ea at emptech.info Fri Feb 10 05:19:28 2012 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kindle software In-Reply-To: References: <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959406@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <009b01cce737$813f5250$83bdf6f0$@gmail.com> <5F4BCCFEE529324F96A13202E9C203180488959411@orion.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <02f901cce7f6$a1c5fd20$e551f760$@emptech.info> Many thanks Ken for this news - I have just downloaded the Kindle PC accessibility version and NVDA reads all the navigation elements and then describes the content with the term 'border' and you can see the text that should be read aloud with a border around it. But do you think those of us in the UK are being prevented from using the TTS - I was trying it with the Kindle manual - no sign of TTS. It could well be my incompetence! Many thanks for any help available on the topic as we are also evaluating all these apps and ereaders and will be producing evaluations sometime in the year - available to all of course! Just wish I could catch up on it all at CSUN and I am now sending apologies for not being able to attend the meetings. Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan ECS, University of Southampton, Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Petri Sent: 09 February 2012 14:58 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle software Hi Robert, Pratik is painting a gloomier picture than is the case. The thing is called Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin and you can get it for free here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8 &docId=1000632481 If you have a screen reader installed (for example NVDA, which, again, is free) when Kindle fires up, you will be able to use NVDA to navigate the controls of the interface and the home screen (there is some verbal "junk" in the interface in NVDA, not so with JAWS, but it's livable). For book reading, the Plugin's native TTS takes over. It downloads with a high quality male and female voice, which you can toggle between. You can navigate by sentence on a page or have the whole page read in its entirety. There is no way to select or copy text with a screen reader. That will require sighted use and a mouse. But you can set a note on an entire page and the notes are accessible with a screen reader. (Oddly, the notes cannot be removed via screen reader, though they can be edited). You can also set and search on bookmarks and text. This behavior is NOT limited to books with TTS enabled by the publisher. It will work with any Kindle book and there are more than 900,000 of those now. It's far from perfect, but it is a marginally decent accommodation. Also, if you buy a book in Kindle, it is relatively trivial to break the DRM and convert it to EPUB for playback in other devices. 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 Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Robert Beach wrote: Hmmm, sounds rather gloomy. There is a book I need that is not available at any other resource (that I can find), but is available for the Kindle. Since it is a textbook and not a leasure read, I really would like to have at least paragraph navigation. Also, since I don't know if TTS is turned on or off in the book, I hate to go that route. Thanks for the feed back. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:31 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Kindle software Hello Robert, There is a specific piece of software that can be downloaded for some accessible output. It hasn't been improved. There are built-in voices that can be used to read out loud. You can use speed control. You can read page by page. You won't be able to read by paragraph, line, word, sentence, etc. There is no support for a screen reader to read the book; nor is there support for braille displays. For books that do not have TTS enabled, you will get no speech. Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Kindle software Hello all, I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder. I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS. I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed. What kind of luck are folks having with this setup? Have there been any improvements? What draw backs might I expect to find? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Fri Feb 10 10:10:29 2012 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Looking for blind developers to participate in a study (phone/Skype interview) Message-ID: Hi All, One of our Computer Science students at NC State is conducting a study and is looking for participants. If you or someone you know is interested please contact Sean directly at spmealin@ncsu.edu. Thanks. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 greg_kraus@ncsu.edu [Begin forwarded message] Hi all, My name is Sean Mealin. I am a completely blind student in the Computer Science Department at North Carolina State University. I am collaborating with Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill (http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/ermurph3/) on a study of the unique challenges and opportunities faced by legally blind software developers. Our goals are to understand: - What tools are useful to the blind developer and why? - What roles do blind developers play in the software development process? - What challenges are faced by the blind developer, and how are they overcome? - What unique perspectives/skills do blind developers contribute? We are seeking legally blind developers who develop software (in any capacity, such as programming, testing, or project management) for at least 20 hours per week. This study will consist of a simple interview over the phone or Skype that will take place sometime over the next two to three weeks. If you are interested, or would like more information, please let me know. You can email me at spmealin@ncsu.edu. Please feel free to distribute this email to any blind developer who you think may be interested. Thank you Sean Mealin spmealin@ncsu.edu http://www4.ncsu.edu/~spmealin/ [End forwarded message] From alpuzz at msu.edu Mon Feb 13 06:18:02 2012 From: alpuzz at msu.edu (Al Puzzuoli) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility question, Blackboard Vs. DESIRE2LEARN? Message-ID: Hello everyone, MSU is currently considering both aforementioned options for our next learning Management System. I have not had personal experience with either of these, but I understand Blackboard has made significant strides in terms of accessibility in its most recent versions. Can anyone comment as to how these two compare from an accessibility standpoint? Thanks, Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 517-884-1915 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Mon Feb 13 07:23:20 2012 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility question, Blackboard Vs. DESIRE2LEARN? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Al, Hadi Rangin, Marc Thompson, Brian Richwine, and I are working on a redo of our LMS comparison for Midwest Educause in March. We compare Bb, Moodle, Sakai, and D2L. Last year's version, presented at CSUN, is here: http://presentations.cita.illinois.edu/2011-03-csun-lms/ 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, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Al Puzzuoli wrote: > Hello everyone,**** > > MSU is currently considering both aforementioned options for our next > learning Management System. I have not had personal experience with either > of these, but I understand Blackboard has made significant strides in terms > of accessibility in its most recent versions. Can anyone comment as to how > these two compare from an accessibility standpoint?**** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > Al Puzzuoli**** > > Michigan State University**** > > Information Technologist > http://www.rcpd.msu.edu**** > > Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 517-884-1915 120 Bessey > Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alpuzz at msu.edu Mon Feb 13 13:06:54 2012 From: alpuzz at msu.edu (Al Puzzuoli) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility question, Blackboard Vs. DESIRE2LEARN? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Ken, Thanks for sharing. This is great info! A lot to digest here, but early on, one of the things that is intriguing to me is the ability of D2L to render math problems in MathML. Could those equations then be copied out of the system and conceivably rendered as Braille? Quite interesting if so. --Al From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Petri Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:23 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessibility question, Blackboard Vs. DESIRE2LEARN? Hi Al, Hadi Rangin, Marc Thompson, Brian Richwine, and I are working on a redo of our LMS comparison for Midwest Educause in March. We compare Bb, Moodle, Sakai, and D2L. Last year's version, presented at CSUN, is here: http://presentations.cita.illinois.edu/2011-03-csun-lms/ 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, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Al Puzzuoli > wrote: Hello everyone, MSU is currently considering both aforementioned options for our next learning Management System. I have not had personal experience with either of these, but I understand Blackboard has made significant strides in terms of accessibility in its most recent versions. Can anyone comment as to how these two compare from an accessibility standpoint? Thanks, Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 517-884-1915 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From John.P.Harris at colostate.edu Mon Feb 13 17:00:45 2012 From: John.P.Harris at colostate.edu (Harris,John Paul) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility question, Blackboard Vs. DESIRE2LEARN? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, I tested the newest Bb, version 9.1, with JAWS and found that the virtual classroom collaboration tool is not accessible. There is a link to open an accessible version of the virtual classroom tool, however, the accessible version is not accessible with JAWS. I wrote up the attached Word doc with screenshots and I thought I would share. I am going to send to Blackboard and request that they address this issue. I did not fully test all the JAVA applications/tools in Blackboard 9.1, so there could be other accessibility concerns I do not know of. Blackboard suggests installing the JAVA access Bridge to allow a screen reader to interact with the accessible virtual classroom tool. I installed the JAVA Access Bridge to test these JAVA applications, but it did not help. When I install the JAVA Access Bridge I follow the instructions exactly, but I never have any success with increased functionality. If you have any suggestions on how to install or use, please let me know. John Paul Harris Assistive Tech IT Coordinator Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC) Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Petri Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 8:23 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessibility question, Blackboard Vs. DESIRE2LEARN? Hi Al, Hadi Rangin, Marc Thompson, Brian Richwine, and I are working on a redo of our LMS comparison for Midwest Educause in March. We compare Bb, Moodle, Sakai, and D2L. Last year's version, presented at CSUN, is here: http://presentations.cita.illinois.edu/2011-03-csun-lms/ 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, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Al Puzzuoli > wrote: Hello everyone, MSU is currently considering both aforementioned options for our next learning Management System. I have not had personal experience with either of these, but I understand Blackboard has made significant strides in terms of accessibility in its most recent versions. Can anyone comment as to how these two compare from an accessibility standpoint? 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Note that this means that this book does have some inaccessible content if you are using a screen reader and/or a keyboard. I have written a blog about my frustration in trying to create an accessible interactive PDF book. This book is an overview of what is covered in an on-site workshop. It combines information from the "Logical Document Structure Handbook: Word 2010" and "Accessible and Usable PDF Documents: Techniques for Document Authors Third Edition" books. The content of the books is supplemented by the addition of instructional videos for many of the topics. The book is 130 pages and includes approximately 40 videos. Due to the videos, the file size is around 365MB. You can purchase the book and other books by Karen McCall online from Aroga: http://vision-limited.myshopify.com/collections/books Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Innovate conference features breakout and poster sessions, vendor booths, and a new and exciting Steal My Idea showcase. This year's keynote address will be presented by Karen Cator, director of the Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education. Conference registration opens March 12. Attendance for Innovate is free for all faculty, staff, and students. Call for Proposals Interested in sharing your techniques for teaching, research and outreach with technology? We need your presentation proposals to help make Innovate a success! Submit your proposal by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, February 21, at go.osu.edu/innovateproposal . Options include 50-minute breakout session, poster space sessions, and Steal My Idea presentations. To learn more about session types and proposal requirements, check the Innovate website at elearning.osu.edu or e-mail Liv Gjestvang at gjestvang.1@osu.edu . 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I am looking for hands on lab sessions for the conference, if you will be attending and are willing to do a hands on lab please contact me off line. Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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May you please forward this to any potentially interested/qualified individuals. -- Job Announcement Job Title: Assistive Technology Coordinator (ITC - Career) Job ID: 11696 Department: Services for Students w/ Disabilities Full/Part Time: Full-Time Regular/ Temporary: Regular Job Code: 0420 Information Technology Consultant -12 Job Grade: Career _____ Salary $4,314.00 to $8,831.00 per month (Anticipated hiring salary range: $4,314.00 to $4,600.00 per month) Overview This is a full-time, regular appointment working in the Services for Students with Disabilities program. The Services for Students with Disabilities program at Fresno State endeavors to ensure a fair learning environment where students are able to succeed based on their own efforts and initiative, unhampered in their academic pursuits by disadvantages associated with their particular disability. Our staff members work with students, faculty, and other resources of the university to coordinate accommodations for which students are entitled under federal legislation. In doing so we affirm the worth of each individual in the spirit of diversity, a natural part of our university. In all our professional interactions we strive to provide clear, timely information, and to be supportive of our students as they pursue their education. We encourage self-advocacy for students and will assist faculty in meeting the needs of all Fresno State students. Position Summary Under the general direction of the Director of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD), the Assistive Technology Coordinator is responsible for providing SSD students with consultative support and services in the use of assistive technology in the SSD Assistive Computer/Equipment Lab. The incumbent is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the SSD Assistive Computer Lab and leading a staff of technicians. This position performs a variety of technical tasks related to adaptive computing needs on a variety of hard/software platforms, evaluates and procures new adaptive technologies to ensure information and computing systems remain accessible to persons with disabilities in a dynamic and evolving technology environment. The incumbent collaborates with the Disability Management Specialist and student to assess assistive technology needs including hardware, software and special equipment for classroom use. This position also provides onsite training and training materials for SSD students to ensure efficient and maximum use of technical resources in the Lab. Knowledge, skills and abilities: - Working knowledge of, and ability to apply standard theories, principles, practices, and techniques applicable to Assistive Technology, Accessibility and Universal Design concepts to develop conclusions and make appropriate recommendations. - Thorough knowledge of policies, procedures, and legal requirements (such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 508, CSU Executive Order 926 and the CSU Accessible Technology Initiative) applicable to working with and accommodating students with disabilities. - Ability to lead, coordinate, and maintain the daily operation of an Assistive Technology Lab. - Strong organizational skills, excellent interpersonal and oral and written skills along with demonstrated team building skills. - Ability to work respectfully and effectively with students with a variety of disabilities and assistive technology needs. - Ability to conduct individual student assessments, evaluations and recommendations for assistive technology and compatible computer equipment to enhance student success. - Ability to create and evaluate for accessibility; documents, PDF, web pages, etc. Education and Experience -Bachelor's degree in assistive technology, computer science, information systems, educational technology, communications, or related fields with training in the use and application of assistive technology, both hardware and software, for individuals with disabilities - Two years of Assistive Technology (AT) experience: Understanding and expertise in the use of assistive technology. Certification in Assistive Technology may replace one year of direct experience. - Experience in the use of assistive technology and related hardware and software including: HARDWARE: Adaptive/ergonomic furniture, Braille embosser and related software, speech synthesizers, digital voice recording devices, CCTV, adaptive devices, networked printers and high speed scanners SOFTWARE: Office 2007, FileMaker Pro, Kurzweil and other screen reader programs, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Math programs, JAWS, Zoomtext, etc. Preferred Skills - Technical skills for evaluating, purchasing, upgrading and maintenance of softwar and/or hardware resources for the lab and the SSD office - Experience in direct- client assessment and work plan development. - Significant experience with use of database applications - Experience with use of Web authoring and editing applications - Knowledge of the campus accessibility standards for creating accessible Web sites and procuring accessible equipment - Experience using PeopleSoft - Understanding of networks, data communications, and multimedia systems - Ability to research, review and/or write applicable assistive technology training materials and provide on-site training for SSD students to ensure efficient and maximum use of technical resources in the lab. Filing Deadline Applications received by March 5, 2012 will be reviewed for minimum qualifications and given full consideration by the hiring manager and/or search committee. Qualified applicants received after that date will be forwarded upon request to the hiring manager and/or search committee. Application Procedures An online application, a resume, and three professional references, including telephone numbers, are required. A cover letter that addresses your qualifications for the position is strongly recommended. Full consideration will not be given to applicants who fail to complete all application requirements. Pursuant to Executive Order 883, reasonable accommodation is to be provided upon request from an employee or applicant with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the campus. What constitutes a reasonable accommodation is to be determined by the campus on a case-by-case basis after it has received the individual's request for accommodation and engaged in an interactive process. Employees or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation should contact Human Resources directly at (559) 278-2032 . How To Apply To apply for this or any open position at Fresno State visit our online employment site at: http://jobs.fresnostate.edu. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Lissner.2 at osu.edu Thu Feb 23 12:08:40 2012 From: Lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:47 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fw: New Webinar Scheduled: Enhancing Student Services to Provide Accessibility in Post-Secondary Settings Message-ID: From: Robin Jones [mailto:guiness@uic.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 02:52 PM To: GREATLAKES@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: New Webinar Scheduled: Enhancing Student Services to Provide Accessibility in Post-Secondary Settings The Great Lakes ADA Center is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar titled: Enhancing Student Services to Provide Accessibility in Post-Secondary Settings This 90 minute session is a collaborative between RESNA Catalyst Project and the Great Lakes and Southwest ADA Center. When: February 29, 2012 Time: 2:00pm Eastern/1:00 pm Central/12:00pm Mountain/11:00am Pacific (Session is 90 minutes in length) Cost: Free* Speakers: Bryan Ayres M.Ed, Director of the Technology and Curriculum Access Center at Easter Seals Arkansas, Janet Peters, Project Coordinator for Accessible Technology, Great Lakes ADA Center and Ron Stewart, Chair of AHEAD's Technology Standing Committee will be on hand to discuss the topic of assuring accessible education for post-secondary students through assistive technologies. Topics covered: * Fundamental principles of the Quality Indicators in Assistive Technology for Post-Secondary (QIAT-PS). * How assistive technologies enhance learning opportunities for students with disabilities in post-secondary settings. * Why Institutions of higher education (IHEs) must provide accessible materials and instruction to students with disabilities. * Available resources on instructional materials through the national center To register for this free* webinar session visit: http://www.adaconferences.org/RESNA/ . *Continuing education credits are available for this program through RESNA. For information about obtaining credit individuals should contact Nancy Maindenbauer at nmeidenbauer@resna.org ($16 fee to receive credits). Sessions are presented via a fully accessible ElluminateLive! Platform. For first time users it is recommended that you prepare your technology prior to the session. For more information about this platform visit: http://www.elluminate.com/Support/ and under the First Time Users option choose "ElluminateLive!". Questions: 877-232-1990 (V/TTY) or send an email to adaconferences@adagreatlakes.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at colorado.edu Fri Feb 24 09:04:49 2012 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:47 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Time Sensitive: Last chance to grab these virtual seminars In-Reply-To: <9a6a9f875c28940a1ce6104bcc0a4a80fb9.20120224163422@mail52.us1.rsgsv.net> References: <9a6a9f875c28940a1ce6104bcc0a4a80fb9.20120224163422@mail52.us1.rsgsv.net> Message-ID: This seems like a good deal for a couple of Derek's recorded seminars. I thought some of you might be interested. -Howard ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Derek Featherstone, Simply Accessible Date: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:34 AM Subject: Time Sensitive: Last chance to grab these virtual seminars To: Howard Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. [image: Simply Accessible] Just about 3 hours left... Huge thanks to those of you that have already taken advantage of this pricing! If you haven't, this is your last chance. In about 3 hours, our accessibility virtual seminars will come off the market and disappear to be rebranded. When they come back, they'll be back at full price, so you'll definitely want to take advantage. *Grab them now for $20 each (regularly $149 each)* Then they disappear. (Actually, they're already "hidden" in the store, so if you want both, you'll need to add them to your cart separately using both of these links) In Top Form: Designing and Developing Accessible Forms The Truth About JavaScript and Accessibility What you get: A *90 minute* archived copy of either of these two virtual seminars that includes: - the mp3 recording, - a copy of the slides, and - the full transcript of the session Regular price for these virtual seminars is $149. But you get to pay $20. Or get both for $40 - 3 hours of top quality accessibility content for $40 is unheard of (well, except for right now, I suppose!) The titles are pretty self explanatory, but go on over and check out all the details: In Top Form: Designing and Developing Accessible Forms The Truth About JavaScript and Accessibility More on the way! We have more virtual seminars on the way, and if you purchase before 2 pm Eastern today, we'll give you a promo code for $20 off any one of our next virtual seminars. These ones essentially cost you nothing. Thanks again! ? Derek. PS. Have any questions? Not sure if the courses are for you? Just reply to this email and it'll come straight to my personal inbox. I'll be happy to help... *Our mailing address is:* Simply Accessible Inc 40 Equestrian Drive Ottawa, Ontario K2M 1E8 Copyright (C) 2012 Simply Accessible Inc All rights reserved. Sent to Hkramer@Colorado.edu ? *why did I get this?* unsubscribe from this list| update subscription preferences Simply Accessible Inc ? 40 Equestrian Drive ? Ottawa, Ontario K2M 1E8 -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact Howard Kramer at 303-492-8672 or at the email below. e-mail: ahg@colorado.edu Conference URL: http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference -- Howard Kramer AHG Conference Coordinator Access Specialist 303-492-8672 fax: 492-5601 Disability Services Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Feb 28 16:17:24 2012 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:30:47 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Blind & Visually Impaired Employee Pool Survey Message-ID: <186D0A219426458BA62D240B509993EA@htctu.fhda.edu> To: rrueda@juniorblind.org Subject: Blind & Visually Impaired Employee Pool Survey Dear friends and colleagues, it's an exciting time to be apart of the Junior Blind family. I've been asked to pass along this survey. In short, it will assist us in identifying best practices to assist and provide for meaningful employment options for the blind and low vision community. Feel free to take and or pass along this very important survey. Sincerely, Richard Rueda Director of Transition Services From: Joel Goings Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:42 PM To: Richard Rueda Subject: Visually Impaired Employee Pool Survey Junior Blind is dedicated to serving the needs of the visually impaired community. Our expanding range of programs and services continue to evolve as needs and opportunities are identified. Building on this track record of experience, Junior Blind now has an opportunity to build a business making employment more accessible to the clients we serve. 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Any questions or comments about this report can be directed to Greg Kraus ( greg_kraus@ncsu.edu), Coordinator of the ATHEN Google Apps Accessibility Interest Group. -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 greg_kraus@ncsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: