From skeegan at stanford.edu Thu Aug 1 15:19:38 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] manipulating math in DAISY books Message-ID: <6313583E-30AE-402F-900B-E8362728869A@stanford.edu> Hello all, I have been creating several DAISY books (actually just chapters) containing MathML content and am running into an issue with how the math content is displayed in the DAISY player. Specifically, the math equations are being displayed right next to the following text content with no "space" between the two elements. There is no issue with reading, but the problem is with the visual presentation of the math equation and the text. Because the two elements do not appear to be separated by a space, the equation looks like it flows directly into the text itself. I have checked the MS Word document and there is a space preceding and following the equation, so that's not a problem. When I view the dtbook.xml file in a Web browser, the spacing appears appropriate. Unfortunately, the issue appears when viewing the DAISY book from a DAISY player (specifically Read Hear PC). I tried modifying the CSS file, but had no luck. Has anyone else encountered this issue and have a workaround for this? I am creating my DAISY + Math documents using: MS Word 2010 MathType 6.9 Save As DAISY (saving as DTBook.xml and then using DP 2) DAISY Pipeline 2 MathDAISY 1.0 I am reading the resulting DAISY books using Read Hear Premium PC. Any ideas or suggestions would be most welcome. I have a sample document that I could share offline. Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University From hkramer at colorado.edu Fri Aug 2 07:49:23 2013 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Webinar Track - Universal Design Curricula and Strategies Message-ID: (If anyone would like to help me moderate any of these sessions, let me know). Dear Colleagues, *Join us for this free track of webinars on Universal Design Curricula and Strategies * UDUC will present a track of sessions on integrating Universal Design content into university curriculum and UD strategies for teaching courses overall. Select the links below to register for the event or to get more information about the event, including the agenda. Agenda & other information *Register Now! *I can't make it *Sincerely,* -- Howard Kramer CO-PI - UDUC *Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula*(UDUC) Lecturer, Cont. 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Christina Wulf Office of Disability Services Accessible Media & Technology Specialist James Madison University 208 Wilson Hall 540-568-5046 wulfcx@jmu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Fri Aug 2 16:46:56 2013 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] manipulating math in DAISY books In-Reply-To: <6313583E-30AE-402F-900B-E8362728869A@stanford.edu> References: <6313583E-30AE-402F-900B-E8362728869A@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Sean, I would try contacting gh and asking them. But in the meantime, have you tried manually inserting a non-breaking space character?   or   ken [image: The Ohio State University] Ken Petri, Program Director Web Accessibility Center, ADA Coordinator's Office and Office for Disability Services 102D Pomerene Hall | 1760 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-1760 Office | 614-218-1499 Mobile | 614-292-4190 Fax petri.1@osu.edu wac.osu.edu On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Sean Keegan wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been creating several DAISY books (actually just chapters) > containing MathML content and am running into an issue with how the math > content is displayed in the DAISY player. Specifically, the math equations > are being displayed right next to the following text content with no > "space" between the two elements. There is no issue with reading, but the > problem is with the visual presentation of the math equation and the text. > Because the two elements do not appear to be separated by a space, the > equation looks like it flows directly into the text itself. > > I have checked the MS Word document and there is a space preceding and > following the equation, so that's not a problem. When I view the dtbook.xml > file in a Web browser, the spacing appears appropriate. Unfortunately, the > issue appears when viewing the DAISY book from a DAISY player (specifically > Read Hear PC). > > I tried modifying the CSS file, but had no luck. Has anyone else > encountered this issue and have a workaround for this? > > I am creating my DAISY + Math documents using: > MS Word 2010 > MathType 6.9 > Save As DAISY (saving as DTBook.xml and then using DP 2) > DAISY Pipeline 2 > MathDAISY 1.0 > > I am reading the resulting DAISY books using Read Hear Premium PC. > > Any ideas or suggestions would be most welcome. I have a sample document > that I could share offline. > > Take care, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > Associate Director, Assistive Technology > Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Fri Aug 2 17:30:26 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] manipulating math in DAISY books In-Reply-To: References: <6313583E-30AE-402F-900B-E8362728869A@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Hi Ken, Good idea with the nbsp; option. There is a space in the DTBook.xml file at the appropriate location in the sentence, but I think this is being ignored during the rendering of the xml file. I did add an "nbsp;" to the appropriate location in the DTBook.xml file and that did provide an extra space when viewing the book in the Read Hear application, but it looked like it gave it too much of a space. With the nbsp; it looked like there was a double-space between the right-edge of the equation and the left edge of the next word. So, it may be something that is being controlled by the Read Hear application. I am going to try another DAISY application to see how that program handles the equation/text rendering. It may also be how MathPlayer renders the equation from within that interface. Thanks for the nbsp; idea. Take care, Sean On Aug 2, 2013, at 4:46 PM, Ken Petri wrote: > Sean, > > I would try contacting gh and asking them. But in the meantime, have you tried manually inserting a non-breaking space character?   or   > > ken > > > > Ken Petri, Program Director > Web Accessibility Center, ADA Coordinator's Office and Office for Disability Services > 102D Pomerene Hall | 1760 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 > 614-292-1760 Office | 614-218-1499 Mobile | 614-292-4190 Fax > petri.1@osu.edu wac.osu.edu > > > > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Sean Keegan wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been creating several DAISY books (actually just chapters) containing MathML content and am running into an issue with how the math content is displayed in the DAISY player. Specifically, the math equations are being displayed right next to the following text content with no "space" between the two elements. There is no issue with reading, but the problem is with the visual presentation of the math equation and the text. Because the two elements do not appear to be separated by a space, the equation looks like it flows directly into the text itself. > > I have checked the MS Word document and there is a space preceding and following the equation, so that's not a problem. When I view the dtbook.xml file in a Web browser, the spacing appears appropriate. Unfortunately, the issue appears when viewing the DAISY book from a DAISY player (specifically Read Hear PC). > > I tried modifying the CSS file, but had no luck. Has anyone else encountered this issue and have a workaround for this? > > I am creating my DAISY + Math documents using: > MS Word 2010 > MathType 6.9 > Save As DAISY (saving as DTBook.xml and then using DP 2) > DAISY Pipeline 2 > MathDAISY 1.0 > > I am reading the resulting DAISY books using Read Hear Premium PC. > > Any ideas or suggestions would be most welcome. I have a sample document that I could share offline. > > Take care, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > Associate Director, Assistive Technology > Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU Mon Aug 5 09:11:08 2013 From: Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] In need of book...The Symposium by Plato Message-ID: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A538078AECC04BE4@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Need the translation to be by Christopher Gill, 0140449272 or 9780140449273. Penguin is the publisher. I'm coming up empty from AMX, Bookshare, ATN, etc. Anyone happen to have this? I'll take any format at this point... Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From JElmer at vcccd.edu Mon Aug 5 10:26:03 2013 From: JElmer at vcccd.edu (John Elmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: In need of book...The Symposium by Plato In-Reply-To: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A538078AECC04BE4@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> References: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A538078AECC04BE4@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: There are a number of places to purchase for very little. [that's what we would probably do. Just whip out the "company" credit card.] For example: http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/9780140449273/page-1/ On their permissions web page, it looks like what Penguin does is to grant permission to produce in alternate format, but, they may also provide PDF's? My guess is that you have already checked with them. In case you have not: http://www.publisherlookup.org/viewcompany.php?prmKeyword=Keywords&prmCoID=21 John From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 9:11 AM To: dsshe-l@listserv.buffalo.edu; Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] In need of book...The Symposium by Plato Need the translation to be by Christopher Gill, 0140449272 or 9780140449273. Penguin is the publisher. I'm coming up empty from AMX, Bookshare, ATN, etc. Anyone happen to have this? I'll take any format at this point... 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When I was enrolled as a student in a Meeting session and activated JAWS, the keystrokes would not interact with ADOBE. I am not an avid JAWS user, so there may have been something I missed. Anyone out there use Adobe Connect and interface with JAWS? One comment by the Adobe rep. which caught my attention was this comment: "Please note that the Adobe Connect Hosted servers are not HIPAA compliant and therefore, UTC's Adobe Connect Hosted account does not meet the HIPAA compliance." It was my recommendation not to pursue Adobe Connect as an online counseling avenue. Do any of you have any suggestions on which platform is accessible and could be used in a counseling scenario. The following are a list of other recommendations. If you have any knowledge of their accessibility features, please reply back Once I compile a list of suggestions, thoughts, concerned I will post to the list. Cisco Webext Citrix GotoMeeting MegaMeeting Nefis iLinc Blackboard Collaborate Saba Meeting Microsoft Live Meeting Thanks, Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 Go MOCS! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Aug 5 16:03:02 2013 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Repost: Seeking blind or visually impaired college students for research project Message-ID: <6A38F19D01604900B907E8AC6649E91F@htctu.fhda.edu> Please forgive cross-posts Dear Friend of Learning Ally: We need help getting in touch with blind or visually impaired students in a college setting to share their academic experiences as part of a research study. Would you be willing to help us by reaching out to some of your contacts who might be interested in participating in a paid research study and sending them the message below? By better understanding these experiences, we will be able to create something to serve these students better. Your help will let us reach this goal. We would like to recruit all of our student participants by early August so that we may begin learning from them from just before the start of the semester (August 28 - September 5th, depending on the school). We'd greatly appreciate your assistance in passing on the word and contacts this week and next. Please feel free to copy and paste the email below to students you think may be interested. To: All higher ed students Subject: Seeking blind or visually impaired college students to help understand the higher ed experience as part of a research project A respected educationally-focused non-profit is excited to launch a study to better understand the academic experiences of blind and visually impaired college students. Through this semester-long study, we will learn how blind and visually impaired students prepare for the semester, collaborate with their peers, use media and resources, make progress and overcome challenges. Who is a great fit for the study? We are looking for a variety of students: College Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Graduate level students at both 2- and 4-year public and private institutions. We are looking for students from across all the majors as well as those taking developmental courses. We are interested in students who already use audiobooks as well as those using other media and resources (Braille, online courses, other campus services). Because the study has a small sample size (12), we would like get to know the more typical or average student - someone whose experiences would be similar to their BVI peers. What does the study involve? The study has been designed to allow students to share their experiences with us at their own pace and in their own words. Over the course of the semester, students will be asked to leave voice-mail messages to reflect on their successes and challenges. At two points in the semester, researchers will meet with the student to further discuss and observe their academic experiences. Student participation will be compensated at several points in the semester and students will be able to withdraw from the study at any time and for any reason. Who is speaking to the students? Conifer Research, an ethnographic research company that helps create new services to improve people's everyday lives (http://www.coniferresearch.com/), has been commissioned to lead this study. Interested student participants should contact Ksenia Pachikov via the information below to apply. Ksenia Pachikov phone: 646.321.3003 email: Ksenia@ConiferResearch.com By better understanding the college experiences of blind and visually impaired students, we will be able to create something to serves these students better. Your help at the start of this journey will let us reach this goal. Stephanie Turner-Scott Customer Support Manager ______________________ Learning Ally Formerly Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic 20 Roszel Road | Princeton, NJ 08540 Office (609) 243-7088 Fax (609) 987-8116 sTurner@LearningAlly.org Visit our Training & Support Center at www.LearningAlly.org/Help Are you 1 in 5? Tell us your story! Visit: www.explore1in5.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks and good luck! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 Wulf, Christina - wulfcx Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 10:02 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] library catalog accessibility Hello - Do any of you good folks have knowledge of the accessibility of these two library catalogs: ExLibris' Primo or Innovate Interfaces' Sierra? My school is in the midst of a RFP and has vendors coming next week, but the vendors have not yet given us demo access. They've also not yet provided VPATs, though they've been asked. My quick web search found some helpful testing results for ExLibris Primo done by a reviewer at Sacramento State (thank you!) but not much else. I'd like to have some background on the products' accessibility before the vendor meetings, so any information will be a great help. Thanks very much & happy weekend to all!! Christina Wulf Office of Disability Services Accessible Media & Technology Specialist James Madison University 208 Wilson Hall 540-568-5046 wulfcx@jmu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadi at illinois.edu Mon Aug 5 17:44:04 2013 From: hadi at illinois.edu (Rangin, Hadi Bargi) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Moodle Accessibility Collaboration Group Message-ID: Dear friends and colleagues, We have the opportunity to shape the accessibility and usability of another learning management system. We just started collaborating with Moodlerooms, and I would like to invite all interested parties to join this new collaboration group. I need to emphasize that all the provided accessibility enhancements and development will incorporate into Moodle core later on. If you are a Moodle developer, administrator, instructor, student, instructional designer, decision maker for Moodle in your institution and willing to dedicate a few hours of your time a month to improving Moodle accessibility, please join us to make this powerful open source LMS even more accessible and usable. Please go to http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/moodle/ and follow the instructions on how to become a member. This group is led by Marlene Zentz, a dear colleague of mine from the University of Montana. Looking forward to seeing many of you in this group. 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I have also had varying results, depending on the computer and screenreader used. When the accessibility works Connect is not bad to use. Adobe Connect does require some preparation on the screenreader users end so it may not be the ideal solution for your situation. Unfortunately, I do not know about the accessibility of the communication software you list below. Our campus is currently evaluating alternatives and I would be curious about accessibility as well. David Schwarte From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon K Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 3:12 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Distance and online counseling options Hi all, I posted this in early July to the DSSHE listserv with no luck. So I am posting this on here to see if I can get some feedback. Our University has investigated Adobe Connect to use as a platform for online counseling should the need arise for students outside of Tennessee who are enrolled in an online/distance learning course. Adobe connect has a link of "Accessibility features", which include keyboard strokes "as much as possible without a mouse." When I was enrolled as a student in a Meeting session and activated JAWS, the keystrokes would not interact with ADOBE. I am not an avid JAWS user, so there may have been something I missed. Anyone out there use Adobe Connect and interface with JAWS? One comment by the Adobe rep. which caught my attention was this comment: "Please note that the Adobe Connect Hosted servers are not HIPAA compliant and therefore, UTC's Adobe Connect Hosted account does not meet the HIPAA compliance." It was my recommendation not to pursue Adobe Connect as an online counseling avenue. Do any of you have any suggestions on which platform is accessible and could be used in a counseling scenario. The following are a list of other recommendations. If you have any knowledge of their accessibility features, please reply back Once I compile a list of suggestions, thoughts, concerned I will post to the list. Cisco Webext Citrix GotoMeeting MegaMeeting Nefis iLinc Blackboard Collaborate Saba Meeting Microsoft Live Meeting Thanks, Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 Go MOCS! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blrichwine at gmail.com Tue Aug 6 06:08:47 2013 From: blrichwine at gmail.com (Brian Richwine) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Distance and online counseling options In-Reply-To: <63138735C2D95546820096F109FED94E3035C06A@WPVEXCMBX06.purdue.lcl> References: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF6105C191E1@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> <63138735C2D95546820096F109FED94E3035C06A@WPVEXCMBX06.purdue.lcl> Message-ID: We've discovered that how an Adobe Connect session is opened in the Web browser itself increases the accessibility of Adobe Connect by quite a lot. Apparently the Adobe Connect software has two possible user interfaces, and one is coded for accessibility with screen-reading software. There is a page on the OSU web site that discusses how to best use Adobe Connect with screen-reading software and it includes information on how to invoke the more accessible interface. The page is located here: https://ocio.osu.edu/elearning/services/connect-pilot/resources/screen-reader/ That page mentions that to invoke the more accessible interface, add ?launcher=false to the session URL, prior to launching the session. For example: https://osu-pilot-conc.adobeconnect.com/YourRoomURL?launcher=false. -Brian On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Schwarte, David M. wrote: > Our campus currently uses Adobe Connect and I have had a little > experience using it. The keystrokes only work if you have downloaded and > installed the Adobe Connect plugin. The platform also has to be a Windows > machine. I have also had varying results, depending on the computer and > screenreader used. When the accessibility works Connect is not bad to > use. Adobe Connect does require some preparation on the screenreader users > end so it may not be the ideal solution for your situation. **** > > ** ** > > Unfortunately, I do not know about the accessibility of the communication > software you list below. Our campus is currently evaluating alternatives > and I would be curious about accessibility as well. **** > > ** ** > > David Schwarte**** > > ** ** > > *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto: > athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Kluesner, > Bryon K > *Sent:* Monday, August 05, 2013 3:12 PM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Distance and online counseling options**** > > ** ** > > Hi all,**** > > ** ** > > I posted this in early July to the DSSHE listserv with no luck. So I am > posting this on here to see if I can get some feedback. > > Our University has investigated Adobe Connect to use as a platform for > online counseling should the need arise for students outside of Tennessee > who are enrolled in an online/distance learning course. Adobe connect has a > link of "Accessibility features", which include keyboard strokes "as much > as possible without a mouse." When I was enrolled as a student in a Meeting > session and activated JAWS, the keystrokes would not interact with ADOBE. I > am not an avid JAWS user, so there may have been something I missed. Anyone > out there use Adobe Connect and interface with JAWS? One comment by the > Adobe rep. which caught my attention was this comment: "Please note that > the Adobe Connect Hosted servers are not HIPAA compliant and therefore, > UTC's Adobe Connect Hosted account does not meet the HIPAA compliance." > > It was my recommendation not to pursue Adobe Connect as an online > counseling avenue. Do any of you have any suggestions on which platform is > accessible and could be used in a counseling scenario. The following are a > list of other recommendations. If you have any knowledge of their > accessibility features, please reply back Once I compile a list of > suggestions, thoughts, concerned I will post to the list. > > Cisco Webext > Citrix GotoMeeting > MegaMeeting > Nefis > iLinc > Blackboard Collaborate > Saba Meeting > Microsoft Live Meeting > > Thanks, > > Bryon**** > > ** ** > > Bryon Kluesner, RhD**** > > Adaptive Technology Coordinator**** > > Disability Resource Center**** > > Adjunct Professor**** > > College of Health, Education & Professional Studies**** > > University of Tennessee at Chattanooga**** > > 615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953**** > > Chattanooga, TN 37403**** > > 423-425-5251**** > > ** ** > > Go MOCS!**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > 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 rsthompson2 at ua.edu Wed Aug 7 10:23:03 2013 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Shuttlesworth, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Distance and online counseling options In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I am attaching the VPAT for Blackboard Collaborate. Our campus uses tis tool for fully online, synchronous courses and for a lot of other web conferencing needs, including online advising. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama From: Brian Richwine > Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 8:08 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] RE: Distance and online counseling options We've discovered that how an Adobe Connect session is opened in the Web browser itself increases the accessibility of Adobe Connect by quite a lot. Apparently the Adobe Connect software has two possible user interfaces, and one is coded for accessibility with screen-reading software. There is a page on the OSU web site that discusses how to best use Adobe Connect with screen-reading software and it includes information on how to invoke the more accessible interface. The page is located here: https://ocio.osu.edu/elearning/services/connect-pilot/resources/screen-reader/ That page mentions that to invoke the more accessible interface, add ?launcher=false to the session URL, prior to launching the session. For example: https://osu-pilot-conc.adobeconnect.com/YourRoomURL?launcher=false. -Brian On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Schwarte, David M. > wrote: Our campus currently uses Adobe Connect and I have had a little experience using it. The keystrokes only work if you have downloaded and installed the Adobe Connect plugin. The platform also has to be a Windows machine. I have also had varying results, depending on the computer and screenreader used. When the accessibility works Connect is not bad to use. Adobe Connect does require some preparation on the screenreader users end so it may not be the ideal solution for your situation. Unfortunately, I do not know about the accessibility of the communication software you list below. Our campus is currently evaluating alternatives and I would be curious about accessibility as well. David Schwarte From:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon K Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 3:12 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Distance and online counseling options Hi all, I posted this in early July to the DSSHE listserv with no luck. So I am posting this on here to see if I can get some feedback. Our University has investigated Adobe Connect to use as a platform for online counseling should the need arise for students outside of Tennessee who are enrolled in an online/distance learning course. Adobe connect has a link of "Accessibility features", which include keyboard strokes "as much as possible without a mouse." When I was enrolled as a student in a Meeting session and activated JAWS, the keystrokes would not interact with ADOBE. I am not an avid JAWS user, so there may have been something I missed. Anyone out there use Adobe Connect and interface with JAWS? One comment by the Adobe rep. which caught my attention was this comment: "Please note that the Adobe Connect Hosted servers are not HIPAA compliant and therefore, UTC's Adobe Connect Hosted account does not meet the HIPAA compliance." It was my recommendation not to pursue Adobe Connect as an online counseling avenue. Do any of you have any suggestions on which platform is accessible and could be used in a counseling scenario. The following are a list of other recommendations. If you have any knowledge of their accessibility features, please reply back Once I compile a list of suggestions, thoughts, concerned I will post to the list. Cisco Webext Citrix GotoMeeting MegaMeeting Nefis iLinc Blackboard Collaborate Saba Meeting Microsoft Live Meeting Thanks, Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 Go MOCS! _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Based on what was discussed, below are a few usability/accessibility aspects I thought were worth highlighting (though many may be obvious), for either counseling or online classroom teaching/learning*.* Accessibility features aside, in terms of usability, the session moderator and participant will ultimately have to determine guidelines for communicating effectively with the available tools/features.... I hope the information is helpful! Best regards, -Jill Roter If you know you have a student who is deaf or hard of hearing: o Student doesn?t do the talking; a translator generally translates student?s sign language into English and communicates it to the class via chat. o Student has no auditory cue for mic being opened or closed. o Captioning is possible; make sure student knows how to access it If you know you have a student with a learning disorder or ADHD o The Collaborate screen is a busy one, particularly for them. o Chat box is often problematic; difficulty following who is answering what in chat o What student is reading in a presentation may not directly relate to what?s going on at that point in the class ? If you know you have a student who is blind or visually impaired: o Screen reader may or may not read icon tool tips. o Chat box: I believe JAWS will start at the top of the conversation and read till it gets to the end, making chat a little tedious. o Student may need to be asked to close his/her mic so JAWS doesn't "bleed" into the room. o Student may be listening to moderator and trying to attend to JAWS; may miss info. o Allows for Mp3 creation of recorded sessions. On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Kluesner, Bryon K wrote: > Hi all,**** > > ** ** > > I posted this in early July to the DSSHE listserv with no luck. So I am > posting this on here to see if I can get some feedback. > > Our University has investigated Adobe Connect to use as a platform for > online counseling should the need arise for students outside of Tennessee > who are enrolled in an online/distance learning course. Adobe connect has a > link of "Accessibility features", which include keyboard strokes "as much > as possible without a mouse." When I was enrolled as a student in a Meeting > session and activated JAWS, the keystrokes would not interact with ADOBE. I > am not an avid JAWS user, so there may have been something I missed. Anyone > out there use Adobe Connect and interface with JAWS? One comment by the > Adobe rep. which caught my attention was this comment: "Please note that > the Adobe Connect Hosted servers are not HIPAA compliant and therefore, > UTC's Adobe Connect Hosted account does not meet the HIPAA compliance." > > It was my recommendation not to pursue Adobe Connect as an online > counseling avenue. Do any of you have any suggestions on which platform is > accessible and could be used in a counseling scenario. The following are a > list of other recommendations. If you have any knowledge of their > accessibility features, please reply back Once I compile a list of > suggestions, thoughts, concerned I will post to the list. > > Cisco Webext > Citrix GotoMeeting > MegaMeeting > Nefis > iLinc > Blackboard Collaborate > Saba Meeting > Microsoft Live Meeting > > Thanks, > > Bryon**** > > ** ** > > Bryon Kluesner, RhD**** > > Adaptive Technology Coordinator**** > > Disability Resource Center**** > > Adjunct Professor**** > > College of Health, Education & Professional Studies**** > > University of Tennessee at Chattanooga**** > > 615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953**** > > Chattanooga, TN 37403**** > > 423-425-5251**** > > ** ** > > Go MOCS!**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From howard.kramer at Colorado.EDU Fri Aug 9 13:07:43 2013 From: howard.kramer at Colorado.EDU (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Website (LTK11153010254144X) Message-ID: <560EFE0644E31749BAA9887549F592B3DECBC22995@EXC4.ad.colorado.edu> I think this needs to be seen by as many people as possible. -Howard -----Original Message----- From: Denis Boudreau [mailto:dboudreau@accessibiliteweb.com] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 11:19 AM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org wai Subject: Re: Website (LTK11153010254144X) Well, I have a feeling this Derek F is NOT Derek Featherstone. *grin* /Denis On 2013-08-09, at 12:45 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote: > This is insulting. > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Schwan's Home Service" > Subject: RE: Website (LTK11153010254144X) > Date: August 9, 2013 at 12:43:58 PM EDT > To: "David Hilbert Poehlman" > > > > REFERENCE NUMBER: LTK11153010254144X Please use this ticket number in any correspondence with us. > SUBJECT: Website > > Dear David, > > Thank you for contacting us. > > Thank you for your inquiry and interest in Schwan's. I apologize for the difficulties you may have experienced while navigating our website. At this time, our site does not support screen readers, however Schwan's currently provides Braille catalogs in the Spring and Fall. Please email us your address information at liveperson@schwans.com or call our toll free number at 1-888-724-9267 and one of our friendly Customer Service Representatives will be happy to assist you. > > We appreciate your business. Please feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions. > > > Sincerely, > > Account Specialist Derek F > Customer Care > Schwan's Home Service, Inc. > Phone: 888-724-9267 > Order today at www.schwans.com > > In case this email does not fully answer your question, or you would like to contact us for any reason, simply reply to this email. You can also get immediate assistance using our Chat support service at: > > > http://sales.liveperson.net/hc/?cmd=file&file=visitorWantsToChat&# > 38;site=4871802&SESSIONVAR!Ticket=LTK11153010254144X > > ========== Original Message ========== > > From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: LTK11153010254144X / adding to cart problem > > > This is a problematic site to use with voiceover on the mac. I can find the images and I can see that they state that the product is added to the cart after clicked but the ad to cart images are not labeled as to which product is being added and the product was added to cart image does not state its name either and needs too. > > I know this has always been difficult but It can be done. > > Some examples of sites that are shopable are Peapod.com and safeway.com. I've not been s schwan's customer but my observations above come from many years of work in the field and a brief look at the site. > > A good business case for accessibility of your site is that It might just save a life and even if it is only one life that it saves, it is well worth the effort wouldn't you say? > > On Aug 8, 2013, at 12:54 AM, Kathy Brandt <katya20707@comcast.net> wrote: > > This is a matter I thought would be of interest to the cooking-in-the-dark E-mail list; you may therefore be getting additional feedback that would be of help, such as the below: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Rivard" > <wee1sman@fidnet.com> > To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>; "Kathy Brandt" > <katya20707@comcast.net> > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 12:44 AM > Subject: Re: [CnD] Hi, re adding to cart on Schwans web site > > > > Should you need to use a "work around"? I think not. All they need to do is to label all buttons with text labels for screen readers. And it would seem obvious that there should be an "add to cart" button for each individual item regardless of whether you can or cannot see. It wouldn't be that much work to put the same button in several places. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Brandt" > <katya20707@comcast.net> > To: > <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 11:38 PM > Subject: [CnD] > Hi, re adding to cart on Schwans web site > > >> > >> We need to get on them again. They just came out and told me their site isn't designed for screen readers, not that they'd fix the problem (when it didn't used to be one). Thought you'd like to see the exchange between us: > >> > >> > >> Subject: Re: Website (LTK11153010254144X) >> Thanks > for writing back. I wanted to follow up after writing and talking > >> with supervisor Natalie: She had suggested clicking on a > given item itself, >> under which she thought should be an add to cart link: There wasn't. > >> I did discover that if you go into your list of past > purchases, under each >> item is an 'add item to cart' link: > This is what I have been asking for >> throughout the site, > like what used to be the case. Since it had been the >> case, > it's a bit affronting when you say your site isn't designed for screen > >> readers; it used to be, and as parts of it work, it follows > that the rest of >> it can be made to as well. When I could > just go to new items, and >> previously add to cart from a link that read out 'add to cart' under each >> item, there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to again. > >> In a way there's currently a work-around, in that I > discovered that if you >> go to either your favorites or past > purchase lists, you can add items to >> cart, but, again, the > add-to-cart button doesn't exist per individual item; >> > there's only a link to add all items to cart. If I did that I'd have > to >> then go into cart and remove the items I don't want. I > shouldn't have to go >> through such machinations. Plus > what's wrong in this situation is that say >> there's an item > I want that's not on any of my lists, there are no add-to >> > cart links under each item that appears in search results; that would > have >> to be added to a list in order to get items into cart by, as I said, adding >> the whole list then removing items, since that's all that can be done >> currently. > >> The braille catalogs are good to have for those who can > efficiently use >> them, but if a blind person has nerve > problems that preclude doing a lot of >> straight text > reading, and it's easier for them to use the computer, the >> > option should exist, particularly since it was doable in all respects > before >> your web site was updated. I only today placed the > on-line order you see >> because my items were past purchases. > I do appreciate that I can continue >> to get reward points if I call in orders, thank you very much, but it's good >> to be able to place orders, like I used to be able to do, whenever I want. > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Schwan's > Home Service" < >> liveperson@schwans.com >>> > >> To: < >> katya20707@comcast.net >>> > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 12:54 PM >> > Subject: RE: Website (LTK11153010254144X) >> REFERENCE NUMBER: > LTK11153010254144X Please use this ticket number in any >> > correspondence with us. > >> SUBJECT: Website > >> Dear Kathy: > >> Thank you for contacting us. > >> Thank you for your inquiry and interest in Schwan's. I > apologize for the >> difficulties you may have experienced > while navigating our website. At this >> time, our site does > not support screen readers, however Schwan's currently >> > provides Braille catalogs in the Spring and Fall. Please email us your > >> address information at >> liveperson@schwans.com > >> or call our toll free number >> at 1-888-724-9267 > and one of our friendly Customer Service Representatives >> > will be happy to assist you. > >> Please contact us at 1-888-724-9267 and we will assist you > in placing your >> order. > >> We appreciate your business. Please feel free to contact > us if you have >> any additional questions. > >> Sincerely, > >> Account Specialist Ardis B >> Customer Care > >> Schwan's Home Service, Inc. > >> Phone: 888-724-9267 > >> Order today at > >> www.schwans.com > >> In case this email does not fully answer your question, or > you would like to >> contact us for any reason, simply reply > to this email. You can also get >> immediate assistance using our Chat support service at: > >> > http://sales.liveperson.net/hc/?cmd=file&#38;file=visitorWantsToCh > at&#38;sit >> > e=4871802&#38;SESSIONVAR!Ticket=LTK11153010254144X > >> ========== Original Message ========== > >> From: &#60;katya20707@comcast.net&#62; > >> Subject: Website > >> Subject: Website > >> Name: Kathy Brandt > >> Email Address: > >> katya20707@comcast.net > >> Address: 14306 BOWSPRIT LN >> City, State, Zip: > LAUREL MD 20707 >> Phone: 410 792 8153 >> > ---------------------------------------- > >> Message: I'm totally blind, using a screen reader to access > your site, and >> for months it's been that I can't add items > to cart because there isn't a >> link or a button that > specifically reads out 'add item to cart'. I noticed >> today > under last chance summer savings that the links exist for this, but > >> they still don't, say, under 'new items'. Please fix this situation; I used >> to be able to work any aspect of your site, and should be able to again. > >> Thankds. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > With His > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > touching the internet > Reducing Technology's disabilities > One Byte At a time > > > > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > With His > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > touching the internet > Reducing Technology's disabilities > One Byte At a time > > From lcaid at mail.wtamu.edu Fri Aug 9 14:38:35 2013 From: lcaid at mail.wtamu.edu (Caid, Lisa M.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible GPS Bus Tracking Software Message-ID: <5135B059728F9E4EA68E0C929F341F891BAAB8DD@netExchDAGW01.wtacademic.wtamu.edu> Dear ATHEN, Is anyone aware of an accessible real time GPS bus tracking system for university bus tracking? DoubleMap (http://www.doublemap.com/product) is an example GPS system, but they don't seem to have an existing VPAT, (and we haven't tested the product for 508 compliance). Thank you in advance for your help. Sincerely, Lisa M. Caid Accessibility Coordinator Information Technology West Texas A&M University www.wtamu.edu/about/web-accessibility.aspx Office: 806-651-1241 lcaid@wtamu.edu TAC 206 Definitions. TAC 213 Definitions. If you need email content or attachments in alternate formats for accessibility, please send your contact information and the specifics of your request to accessibility@wtamu.edu. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 ________________________________________ Subject: COU project on making science labs accessible Hi Folks: The National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) is a charitable, not-for-profit organization. Our mandate is to support full access to education and employment for post-secondary students and graduates with disabilities across Canada. We are currently working on a contract for the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) on the accessibility of science laboratories. The final product will include a 5,000 word article and a user-friendly resource on making science laboratories accessible to students with disabilities. We are contacting campus disability services providers in Canada and the United States in order to ask for help. Does your college or university have any resources or best practices regarding this issue that you provide to faculty? If so, could you please share them the information with us? Alternatively, are there staff you could recommend that we can communicate with in order to conduct a short interview regarding their experiences and/or knowledge of science laboratory accessibility for students with disabilities? If you are able to get back to us by Wednesday, August 14, 2013, it would be greatly appreciated. If you are not the proper contact, but know of someone at your school who could assist us, please send us their contact information, and feel free to pass along this message. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to communicate with me or Erica Carson, Program Officer: erica.carson@neads.ca who is working with me on this project. Sincerely, Frank Frank Smith, National Coordinator National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) Rm. 426 Unicentre, Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6 tel. (613) 380-8065 ext. 201 www.neads.ca "Supporting access to post-secondary education and employment for students with disabilities" From norm.coombs at gmail.com Sat Aug 10 21:52:53 2013 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinars in August and September Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20130810215139.02446640@pop.gmail.com> EASI Webinars in August and September EASI has 2 free Webinars in August: EASI Free Webinar: The Future of Curricular Access in Postsecondary Education Presenter: Ron Stewart, President ATHEN and Managing Consultant, Altformat Solutions LLC Tue. Aug 20: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern EASI Free Webinar: Getting a Treaty! (More Access to Publications) Presenter: Jim Fruchterman founder of Benetech (and Bookshare) Thur. August 29 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern September Fee-based Webinar Series EASI Fee-based 4-part Series:Introduction to Office 2013 Presenter: Karen McCall, M.Ed. Microsoft MVP 2010 for Word Canadian delegate to the ISO/TC 171 committee Member of PDF/UA Universal Access working group Dates: September 17, October 1, 8 and 15 This is free to annual Webinar members Some scholarships are also available Read more and register online from: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm Norm Coombs CEO EASI http://easi.cc Helen Keller wrote, "Many persons have the wrong idea about what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." Jesus said, "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve" (Mk 10:45 NKJV). From Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu Mon Aug 12 08:28:45 2013 From: Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu (Prickett, Elizabeth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility of Interactive Whiteboard Hardware and Software Message-ID: Good morning! Does anyone have experience with interactive whiteboard software? Our college purchased a Wacom Cintiq 22HD for our recording studio. Instructors have the option to use this when recording lectures for online classes. I'm unable to locate any accessibility information about the hardware. The Wacom appears to have come with Sankore. From what I can tell, this is a free, open-source interactive whiteboard software application. I'm unable to locate any accessibility information on it either. Complicating this application is the fact that all support information and tutorials appear to be in French. Since these are just optional resources for instructors, I'm more concerned with the accessibility of the output to students in courses, but I can't find any information about that either. Does anyone use Wacom products on their campuses? Have you come up with any solutions? Are there any more accessible applications that can be used the Wacom? Thanks so much for any ideas! Liz Prickett Alternative Media Specialist Center for Academic & Professional Excellence (CAPE) Victoria College 2200 E. Red River Victoria, TX 77901 Elizabeth.Prickett@victoriacollege.edu (361) 573-3291, ext. 3243 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lnorwich at bu.edu Mon Aug 12 09:53:29 2013 From: lnorwich at bu.edu (Norwich, Lorraine S) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Zoomtext 10 and EPUB Message-ID: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E4192477B@IST-EX10MBX-3.ad.bu.edu> HI Does anyone have experience with online books and Zoomtext 10. I have a student who has an option to either buy the book or get an online book from the publisher. She currently uses Zoomtext 10 and the publisher is Bloomsbury. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tim.Sears at MCCKC.EDU Mon Aug 12 11:29:25 2013 From: Tim.Sears at MCCKC.EDU (Tim.Sears) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] screen magnifiers for Windows 8 Message-ID: All, I have a student who is using Windows 8 touch screen and I wanted your input and advice about screen magnification. I personally do not have access to a Windows 8 computer, but from what I can see from the Internet it looks like Windows 8 has a fully functionally screen magnifier with full screen, color inversion, keyboard and mouse focus capabilities. The student is in the market to get a screen magnifier but honestly he has not worked with or tried out the Windows 8 version that is built in very much at all. What are some of the drawbacks of the Windows 8 magnifier. Is Windows 8 compatible with some of the mainstay screen magnifiers like Magic or ZoomText? Is there another screen magnifier that I should look into for him besides Magic or ZoomText that is compatible with Windows 8? Interested in your feedback and expertise. Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Nettie's nickel On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Tim.Sears wrote: > All,**** > > ** ** > > I have a student who is using Windows 8 touch screen and I wanted your > input and advice about screen magnification. I personally do not have > access to a Windows 8 computer, but from what I can see from the Internet > it looks like Windows 8 has a fully functionally screen magnifier with full > screen, color inversion, keyboard and mouse focus capabilities. The > student is in the market to get a screen magnifier but honestly he has not > worked with or tried out the Windows 8 version that is built in very much > at all. **** > > What are some of the drawbacks of the Windows 8 magnifier. **** > > Is Windows 8 compatible with some of the mainstay screen magnifiers like > Magic or ZoomText? **** > > Is there another screen magnifier that I should look into for him besides > Magic or ZoomText that is compatible with Windows 8? **** > > ** ** > > Interested in your feedback and expertise. Thanks! **** > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- *Nettie T. Fischer, ATP Assistive Technology Professional* *RESNA Certified* *California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP Consultants www.nettietatpconsultants.com * *[916] 686-1860 FAX (916) 704-1456 Cell* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu Mon Aug 12 12:30:14 2013 From: jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu (Julie Balassa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathType to Math Page problems In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20130810215139.02446640@pop.gmail.com> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20130810215139.02446640@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hello everyone. I'm using MathType 6.9 on a Windows 7 machine running Word 2007. The problem I have is that if I leave a MathType equation in the same paragraph as text, it doesn't show in the HTML/MathML file after I publish to MathPage. If the equation is first and is followed by text it shows up but if text is first I must put the equation in a new paragraph. This make for obnoxious listening for students. Any ideas? DESSCI has no idea why this is happening. By the way, I also had about a 2-hour struggle with Jaws and a large HTML/MathML file until I downgraded to MathPlayer 2.2. Maybe the Jaws scripts haven't been updated for MathPlayer 3 yet. Thanks in advance for any help. jkb Julie K. Balassa Assistant Director, Office for Students with Disabilities Mail Code 3-31 701 N Econlockhatchee Trail Orlando, FL 32825 office: building 5 suite 216 east: 407.582.2039 west: 407.582.1603 vp east: 407.374.1562 vp west: 407-992-8941 fax: 407.582.8908 jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu Please note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 12:55 AM To: athen-list-u.washington.edu; DSSHE-L-LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Cc: itd-jnl@listserv.icors.org Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinars in August and September EASI Webinars in August and September EASI has 2 free Webinars in August: EASI Free Webinar: The Future of Curricular Access in Postsecondary Education Presenter: Ron Stewart, President ATHEN and Managing Consultant, Altformat Solutions LLC Tue. Aug 20: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern EASI Free Webinar: Getting a Treaty! (More Access to Publications) Presenter: Jim Fruchterman founder of Benetech (and Bookshare) Thur. August 29 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern September Fee-based Webinar Series EASI Fee-based 4-part Series:Introduction to Office 2013 Presenter: Karen McCall, M.Ed. Microsoft MVP 2010 for Word Canadian delegate to the ISO/TC 171 committee Member of PDF/UA Universal Access working group Dates: September 17, October 1, 8 and 15 This is free to annual Webinar members Some scholarships are also available Read more and register online from: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm Norm Coombs CEO EASI http://easi.cc Helen Keller wrote, "Many persons have the wrong idea about what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." Jesus said, "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve" (Mk 10:45 NKJV). _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Aug 12 16:44:20 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathType to Math Page problems In-Reply-To: References: <6.0.3.0.2.20130810215139.02446640@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Julie, Is there a MS Word document you could share with a sample of the problem? I have run into several problems with MathType 6.9, but have not encountered that specific issue. One option may be to try and run a "repair" on your MS Office 2007 installation to see if that fixes the issue. Take care, Sean On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Julie Balassa wrote: > Hello everyone. I'm using MathType 6.9 on a Windows 7 machine running Word 2007. The problem I have is that if I leave a MathType equation in the same paragraph as text, it doesn't show in the HTML/MathML file after I publish to MathPage. If the equation is first and is followed by text it shows up but if text is first I must put the equation in a new paragraph. This make for obnoxious listening for students. Any ideas? DESSCI has no idea why this is happening. By the way, I also had about a 2-hour struggle with Jaws and a large HTML/MathML file until I downgraded to MathPlayer 2.2. Maybe the Jaws scripts haven't been updated for MathPlayer 3 yet. Thanks in advance for any help. > > jkb > > Julie K. Balassa > Assistant Director, Office for Students with Disabilities > Mail Code 3-31 > 701 N Econlockhatchee Trail > Orlando, FL 32825 > office: building 5 suite 216 > east: 407.582.2039 > west: 407.582.1603 > vp east: 407.374.1562 > vp west: 407-992-8941 > fax: 407.582.8908 > jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu > > Please note: > Due to Florida's very broad public records law, > most written communications to or from College > employees regarding College business are public > records, available to the public and media upon > request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may > be subject to public disclosure. From jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu Mon Aug 12 17:22:48 2013 From: jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu (Julie Balassa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathType to Math Page problems In-Reply-To: References: <6.0.3.0.2.20130810215139.02446640@pop.gmail.com> , Message-ID: <53FA2B7A-B37D-4335-BB2C-AE28630CE854@valenciacollege.edu> Sean, the funky thing is that this is a file processed through Infty using convert equations. When I enter an equation manually, I can put it in the same paragraph. If I run a second conversion say to tex or mathml att and then another conversion back to mathtype equations, all the equations automatically get their own paragraph. I'll send you part of the file tomorrow when I'm back in my office. Thanks for replying. jkb sent from my iPad On Aug 12, 2013, at 7:49 PM, "Sean Keegan" wrote: > Hi Julie, > > Is there a MS Word document you could share with a sample of the problem? > > I have run into several problems with MathType 6.9, but have not encountered that specific issue. One option may be to try and run a "repair" on your MS Office 2007 installation to see if that fixes the issue. > > Take care, > Sean > > > On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Julie Balassa wrote: > >> Hello everyone. I'm using MathType 6.9 on a Windows 7 machine running Word 2007. The problem I have is that if I leave a MathType equation in the same paragraph as text, it doesn't show in the HTML/MathML file after I publish to MathPage. If the equation is first and is followed by text it shows up but if text is first I must put the equation in a new paragraph. This make for obnoxious listening for students. Any ideas? DESSCI has no idea why this is happening. By the way, I also had about a 2-hour struggle with Jaws and a large HTML/MathML file until I downgraded to MathPlayer 2.2. Maybe the Jaws scripts haven't been updated for MathPlayer 3 yet. Thanks in advance for any help. >> >> jkb >> >> Julie K. Balassa >> Assistant Director, Office for Students with Disabilities >> Mail Code 3-31 >> 701 N Econlockhatchee Trail >> Orlando, FL 32825 >> office: building 5 suite 216 >> east: 407.582.2039 >> west: 407.582.1603 >> vp east: 407.374.1562 >> vp west: 407-992-8941 >> fax: 407.582.8908 >> jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu >> >> Please note: >> Due to Florida's very broad public records law, >> most written communications to or from College >> employees regarding College business are public >> records, available to the public and media upon >> request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may >> be subject to public disclosure. > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Aug 12 17:51:24 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathType to Math Page problems In-Reply-To: <53FA2B7A-B37D-4335-BB2C-AE28630CE854@valenciacollege.edu> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20130810215139.02446640@pop.gmail.com> , <53FA2B7A-B37D-4335-BB2C-AE28630CE854@valenciacollege.edu> Message-ID: <65CA0CF9-B259-460E-8169-1CBD97584E51@stanford.edu> Hi Julie, Have you checked to see if the equations that are in their own paragraph are an inline vs. a display equation? Inline equations appear inline with the text of a paragraph whereas Display equations appear as a separate line as their own paragraph (usually centered). I had an alt format worker who was creating equations as Display equations in MS Word, but then modifying the appearance so that it appeared as an Inline equation. When I converted the document to DAISY or via MathPage, all the equations were on their own line even though it *looked* like the equation was inline with the paragraph - very maddening. It may be possible that when an equation is being converted it being set programmatically as a Display equation, even though it is appearing inline with the text. You can check whether an equation is set as Inline or Display by open an equation in MathType and then looking under Format to see if the Inline Equation option is checked. Take care, Sean On Aug 12, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Julie Balassa wrote: > Sean, the funky thing is that this is a file processed through Infty using convert equations. When I enter an equation manually, I can put it in the same paragraph. If I run a second conversion say to tex or mathml att and then another conversion back to mathtype equations, all the equations automatically get their own paragraph. I'll send you part of the file tomorrow when I'm back in my office. Thanks for replying. > > jkb > sent from my iPad > > On Aug 12, 2013, at 7:49 PM, "Sean Keegan" wrote: > >> Hi Julie, >> >> Is there a MS Word document you could share with a sample of the problem? >> >> I have run into several problems with MathType 6.9, but have not encountered that specific issue. One option may be to try and run a "repair" on your MS Office 2007 installation to see if that fixes the issue. >> >> Take care, >> Sean >> >> >> On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Julie Balassa wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone. I'm using MathType 6.9 on a Windows 7 machine running Word 2007. The problem I have is that if I leave a MathType equation in the same paragraph as text, it doesn't show in the HTML/MathML file after I publish to MathPage. If the equation is first and is followed by text it shows up but if text is first I must put the equation in a new paragraph. This make for obnoxious listening for students. Any ideas? DESSCI has no idea why this is happening. By the way, I also had about a 2-hour struggle with Jaws and a large HTML/MathML file until I downgraded to MathPlayer 2.2. Maybe the Jaws scripts haven't been updated for MathPlayer 3 yet. Thanks in advance for any help. >>> >>> jkb >>> >>> Julie K. Balassa >>> Assistant Director, Office for Students with Disabilities >>> Mail Code 3-31 >>> 701 N Econlockhatchee Trail >>> Orlando, FL 32825 >>> office: building 5 suite 216 >>> east: 407.582.2039 >>> west: 407.582.1603 >>> vp east: 407.374.1562 >>> vp west: 407-992-8941 >>> fax: 407.582.8908 >>> jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu >>> >>> Please note: >>> Due to Florida's very broad public records law, >>> most written communications to or from College >>> employees regarding College business are public >>> records, available to the public and media upon >>> request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may >>> be subject to public disclosure. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu Mon Aug 12 18:34:43 2013 From: jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu (Julie Balassa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathType to Math Page problems In-Reply-To: <65CA0CF9-B259-460E-8169-1CBD97584E51@stanford.edu> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20130810215139.02446640@pop.gmail.com> , <53FA2B7A-B37D-4335-BB2C-AE28630CE854@valenciacollege.edu>, <65CA0CF9-B259-460E-8169-1CBD97584E51@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <536537BD-28A9-4CB3-BEAA-9E20A5FD57A6@valenciacollege.edu> I never even thought of that, thanks! I'll check that tomorrow and will let you know. jkb sent from my iPad On Aug 12, 2013, at 8:53 PM, "Sean Keegan" wrote: > Hi Julie, > > Have you checked to see if the equations that are in their own paragraph are an inline vs. a display equation? > > Inline equations appear inline with the text of a paragraph whereas Display equations appear as a separate line as their own paragraph (usually centered). > > I had an alt format worker who was creating equations as Display equations in MS Word, but then modifying the appearance so that it appeared as an Inline equation. When I converted the document to DAISY or via MathPage, all the equations were on their own line even though it *looked* like the equation was inline with the paragraph - very maddening. It may be possible that when an equation is being converted it being set programmatically as a Display equation, even though it is appearing inline with the text. > > You can check whether an equation is set as Inline or Display by open an equation in MathType and then looking under Format to see if the Inline Equation option is checked. > > Take care, > Sean > > On Aug 12, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Julie Balassa wrote: > >> Sean, the funky thing is that this is a file processed through Infty using convert equations. When I enter an equation manually, I can put it in the same paragraph. If I run a second conversion say to tex or mathml att and then another conversion back to mathtype equations, all the equations automatically get their own paragraph. I'll send you part of the file tomorrow when I'm back in my office. Thanks for replying. >> >> jkb >> sent from my iPad >> >> On Aug 12, 2013, at 7:49 PM, "Sean Keegan" wrote: >> >>> Hi Julie, >>> >>> Is there a MS Word document you could share with a sample of the problem? >>> >>> I have run into several problems with MathType 6.9, but have not encountered that specific issue. One option may be to try and run a "repair" on your MS Office 2007 installation to see if that fixes the issue. >>> >>> Take care, >>> Sean >>> >>> >>> On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Julie Balassa wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone. I'm using MathType 6.9 on a Windows 7 machine running Word 2007. The problem I have is that if I leave a MathType equation in the same paragraph as text, it doesn't show in the HTML/MathML file after I publish to MathPage. If the equation is first and is followed by text it shows up but if text is first I must put the equation in a new paragraph. This make for obnoxious listening for students. Any ideas? DESSCI has no idea why this is happening. By the way, I also had about a 2-hour struggle with Jaws and a large HTML/MathML file until I downgraded to MathPlayer 2.2. Maybe the Jaws scripts haven't been updated for MathPlayer 3 yet. Thanks in advance for any help. >>>> >>>> jkb >>>> >>>> Julie K. Balassa >>>> Assistant Director, Office for Students with Disabilities >>>> Mail Code 3-31 >>>> 701 N Econlockhatchee Trail >>>> Orlando, FL 32825 >>>> office: building 5 suite 216 >>>> east: 407.582.2039 >>>> west: 407.582.1603 >>>> vp east: 407.374.1562 >>>> vp west: 407-992-8941 >>>> fax: 407.582.8908 >>>> jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu >>>> >>>> Please note: >>>> Due to Florida's very broad public records law, >>>> most written communications to or from College >>>> employees regarding College business are public >>>> records, available to the public and media upon >>>> request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may >>>> be subject to public disclosure. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From madeleine_rothberg at wgbh.org Tue Aug 13 10:14:17 2013 From: madeleine_rothberg at wgbh.org (Madeleine Rothberg) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible GPS Bus Tracking Software In-Reply-To: <5135B059728F9E4EA68E0C929F341F891BAAB8DD@netExchDAGW01.wtacademic.wtamu.edu> Message-ID: Hi Lisa, As part of a project on transit communications for people with disabilities at the WGBH National Center for Accessible Media, we did an analysis of a number of transit apps to see how screen reader-friendly they are. Our results are available from the project web page: http://ncam.wgbh.org/experience_learn/media_home_work/ncat The analysis is directly downloadable at: http://ncam.wgbh.org/file_download/152 You might want to look at NextBus. Some of their clients are universities, and their web-based bus tracker is quite accessible. http://www.nextbus.com/homepage/ -Madeleine -- Madeleine Rothberg Project Director Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH http://ncam.wgbh.org madeleine_rothberg@wgbh.org From: , "Lisa M." > Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Date: Friday, August 9, 2013 5:38 PM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Accessible GPS Bus Tracking Software Dear ATHEN, Is anyone aware of an accessible real time GPS bus tracking system for university bus tracking? DoubleMap (http://www.doublemap.com/product) is an example GPS system, but they don?t seem to have an existing VPAT, (and we haven?t tested the product for 508 compliance). Thank you in advance for your help. Sincerely, Lisa M. Caid Accessibility Coordinator Information Technology West Texas A&M University www.wtamu.edu/about/web-accessibility.aspx Office: 806-651-1241 lcaid@wtamu.edu TAC 206 Definitions. TAC 213 Definitions. If you need email content or attachments in alternate formats for accessibility, please send your contact information and the specifics of your request to accessibility@wtamu.edu. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Topics discussed will include: ?current legal landscape for Accessible Instructional Materials, ?working with Commercial publishers to obtain AIM (Accessible Instructional Materials), ?challenges and opportunities with digital curricular materials ?emerging trends in the curricular space. Register for this free August 20 Webinar from the EASI Webinar promo page: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm/#august You'll get login info sent to you 2 days before this event. Norm Coombs CEO EASI http://easi.cc Helen Keller wrote, ?Many persons have the wrong idea about what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.? Jesus said, ?The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve? (Mk 10:45 NKJV). From jbailey at uoregon.edu Wed Aug 14 09:00:45 2013 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Industry Coalition Attempts to Make E-Readers Inaccessible Message-ID: Not sure what to make of this, but thought I'd pass it along. http://www.coataccess.org/node/10154?goback=.gde_3080152_member_264208957#! James -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A few things about it that I have found. 1. It always uses it's OCR, even if the document is accessible already. Because of this sometimes there are reading errors. 2. Because it is using OCR, if it is having problems getting a section correct, increasing the font size or zoom level usually helps. 3. Also because it uses OCR, it is not limited to documents only. Any text on screen is readable, including things like menu bars and icon text. 4. The included voices are much better than those included with Windows, and probably on par with the one included with Mac. 5. It is both Windows and Mac compatible, which is nice. If you have any other questions about it, please let me know. 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Then the next line shows a link for mark unread, reply and more actions. The following line is the actual text of the message. QUESTION: Is there a way to navigate directly from the linked name to the text of the message, thereby skipping all of the "in-between" links? 2. Content Area: Instructor has imported materials from a previous semester course. In the past, she would go to "Manage Content" and select any files that she wanted to delete, then select the delete button/action. With the new configuration, it looks like you have to select "delete topic" in the "actions" link. This means that she has to select this option for each file she wants to delete rather than a mass delete action. Is there a setting to modify this? 3. Content Area: Reordering of topics/files is done by clicking the object and dragging where I want it placed. How is this completed with a keyboard? The only option I see is in the action menu with a "move up/move down" and when I select one of those options, the file moves one space. Therefore, if I want to move a file located as file number 15 to file number 1, I have to complete this action 14 times? Also, the focus of the keyboard moves so this means I have to navigate back to the file I'm moving all the way from the top of the document. Is there a shortcut or an alternative way to managing files? While this is really nice for most individuals, we just added a whole lot of keystrokes and navigation time to keyboard /screen reader users.... On a separate note: the user was pleasantly surprised and pleased with the work that has been done to create a more accessible discussion feature. I'm meeting with the user again on Friday to work with her on the new configuration. If any of you have any tips/tricks for the new version, I'd appreciate any/all suggestions. Thanks! 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URL: From accessible.text at gmail.com Tue Aug 20 16:25:46 2013 From: accessible.text at gmail.com (Robert Martinengo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] procurement langauge and accessible LMS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This site has some useful info. http://universaldesign.ie/useandapply/ict/itprocurementtoolkit/stagesofprocurement/rft On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:15 PM, James Bailey wrote: > Hello all:**** > > ** ** > > My school is looking into new LMS environments and has ask me for wording > to add to the RFP (procurement document) regarding accessibility. If > anyone has such language that they could share, I would appreciate it very > much.**** > > ** ** > > Have a great day,**** > > ** ** > > James**** > > --**** > > James Bailey M.S.**** > > Associate Director**** > > Accessible Education Center**** > > University of Oregon**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > 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 johumber at iupui.edu Wed Aug 21 04:48:37 2013 From: johumber at iupui.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] procurement language and accessible LMS Message-ID: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B75551A9F54@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> This these resources have some of the language you seek. http://www.ada.gov/louisiana-tech.htm http://www.calstate.edu/Accessibility/EIT_Procurement/ Joe Humbert, Accessibility Specialist UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington 535 W Michigan St. IT210 F Indianapolis, IN 46202 Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Martinengo Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] procurement langauge and accessible LMS This site has some useful info. http://universaldesign.ie/useandapply/ict/itprocurementtoolkit/stagesofprocurement/rft On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:15 PM, James Bailey > wrote: Hello all: My school is looking into new LMS environments and has ask me for wording to add to the RFP (procurement document) regarding accessibility. If anyone has such language that they could share, I would appreciate it very much. Have a great day, James -- James Bailey M.S. Associate Director Accessible Education Center University of Oregon _______________________________________________ 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 rsthompson2 at ua.edu Wed Aug 21 06:24:04 2013 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Shuttlesworth, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] procurement language and accessible LMS In-Reply-To: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B75551A9F54@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: We have sent the message below to our instructional technology vendors and attach a doc version of the VPAT template. The last section, titled "Message to vendors", is similar to what we include in RFPs. We review/evaluate them and use vendor responses to help inform our unit's decisions. Until our university has an administrative statement/policy about accessibility (in a few weeks, we hope), we can only recommend that other units do the same. The 'publicly available repository' should be live soon. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama Dear vendor, Hello! In order to aid our students and faculty with disability accessibility and accommodations, The University of Alabama will need accessibility documentation for your newest updates. Please see below for more information. You may contact rsthompson2@ua.edu with questions. Sincerely, Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama Voluntary Product Accessibility Template? Information About the VPAT The Voluntary Product Accessibility Template?, or VPAT?, is a self-certification checklist that details the current accessibility status of a technology product, tool, or service. The VPAT was developed by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) (technology advocacy organization) in partnership with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). It serves to document a product's degree of compliance with the accessibility standards under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. The completed VPAT assists decision makers with preliminary assessments regarding the accessibility level of the technology. The VPAT includes several tables, each with three columns. The first table offers a summary view of the section 508 standards, with column one of the Summary Table describing the subsections of subparts B and C of the Standards, column two describing the supporting features of the product or referring to the corresponding detailed table, "e.g., equivalent facilitation?, and column three giving any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product. Subsequent tables give more extensive information on each subsection of the section 508 standards with the first column containing the lettered paragraphs of the subsections, the second column giving the supporting features of the product with regard to that paragraph, and the third column offering any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product. message to vendors Like many higher education institutions, the University of Alabama is increasingly concerned with ensuring that it complies with ADA and Section 508 requirements regarding disability accommodations. Because our institution uses your products or services, it is important to make sure we have documentation regarding how you address accommodations. Please send a copy of or link to the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template for your product(s), as well as any other relevant information to aid us in this effort. Information about the VPAT and a template for its completion are available below. A document template is also attached. These resources will be kept on file for use at The University of Alabama and will need to be updated when the product changes. The VPAT responses will be used to aid UA in evaluating products and services and will be added to a publically available repository of accessibility information. VPAT web site: http://www.itic.org/public-policy/accessibility. VPAT document version link: http://www.itic.org/dotAsset/5644ecd2-5024-417f-bc23-a52650f47ef8.doc. From: , Joseph A > Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 6:48 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: [Athen] procurement language and accessible LMS This these resources have some of the language you seek. http://www.ada.gov/louisiana-tech.htm http://www.calstate.edu/Accessibility/EIT_Procurement/ Joe Humbert, Accessibility Specialist UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington 535 W Michigan St. IT210 F Indianapolis, IN 46202 Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Martinengo Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] procurement langauge and accessible LMS This site has some useful info. http://universaldesign.ie/useandapply/ict/itprocurementtoolkit/stagesofprocurement/rft On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:15 PM, James Bailey > wrote: Hello all: My school is looking into new LMS environments and has ask me for wording to add to the RFP (procurement document) regarding accessibility. If anyone has such language that they could share, I would appreciate it very much. Have a great day, James -- James Bailey M.S. Associate Director Accessible Education Center University of Oregon _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From petri.1 at osu.edu Wed Aug 21 08:58:22 2013 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] procurement langauge and accessible LMS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi James, We have language that references our own set of standards but which could be re-purposed to fit a different set of standards. It is here: http://www.osu.edu/resources/web/accessibility/#purchasing Best, ken [image: The Ohio State University] Ken Petri, Program Director Web Accessibility Center, ADA Coordinator's Office and Office for Disability Services 102D Pomerene Hall | 1760 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-1760 Office | 614-218-1499 Mobile | 614-292-4190 Fax petri.1@osu.edu wac.osu.edu On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Robert Martinengo < accessible.text@gmail.com> wrote: > This site has some useful info. > > http://universaldesign.ie/useandapply/ict/itprocurementtoolkit/stagesofprocurement/rft > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:15 PM, James Bailey wrote: > >> Hello all:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> My school is looking into new LMS environments and has ask me for wording >> to add to the RFP (procurement document) regarding accessibility. If >> anyone has such language that they could share, I would appreciate it very >> much.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Have a great day,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> James**** >> >> --**** >> >> James Bailey M.S.**** >> >> Associate Director**** >> >> Accessible Education Center**** >> >> University of Oregon**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(More Access to Publications) Presenter: Jim Fruchterman, Founder of Benetech (and Bookshare) Thur. August 29 at 11 Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern The Treaty for the Blind and Print Disabled has been described as the "Miracle in Marrakesh." Benetech (and Bookshare) founder Jim Fruchterman was there from the original drafting committee effort to the command celebratory performance by Stevie Wonder for the delegates. Hear how it came about, and what it will mean for global access to educational and cultural content for people with print disabilities. Jim Fruchterman has dedicated his time and considerable know-how and skills to several projects over a couple decades which have been instrumental in providing significantly increased access for people with so-called print disabilities EASI is honored to have Jim as a presenter on this important webinar. You can register for this Thursday August 29 Webinar online from http://easi.cc/clinic.htm/#august Norm Coombs CEO EASI http://easi.cc Helen Keller wrote, "Many persons have the wrong idea about what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." Jesus said, "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve" (Mk 10:45 NKJV). From gerry.nies at email.und.edu Mon Aug 26 10:12:02 2013 From: gerry.nies at email.und.edu (Nies, Gerry) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] medicat Message-ID: <04631cfb33fb435eabaf92d00d96cefb@BY2PR08MB191.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> Our university has purchased medicat, is it or can it be made accessible? Has anyone had experience with it? Thanks for the help Gerry Nies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0fe901cea3c0$02051960$060f4c20$@ahead.org> No they do not, Ron Stewart -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 6:38 PM To: Alternate Media; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Alternate format law for New Jersey? Hello all, Does New Jersey have an alternate format law for publishers similar to state laws like California's AB 422 (now CA Education Code 67302)? I am trying to find out if New Jersey has one of those state laws that requires publishers to provide accessible e-text versions. Thanks, Sean_______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From hascherdss at gmail.com Thu Aug 29 06:40:04 2013 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon & MathType Message-ID: Hello all! Has anyone been successful at getting Dragon to work with MathType? I have a student who wants to use this combo, but I've never heard anyone talk about this combo together. Anything special I need to know about to help the student get this set up to work? (I will also need to set it up so he can take his tests.) Wink Harner, Ms. Dragon Guru, any ideas??? Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Thu Aug 29 09:48:36 2013 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon & MathType In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <945DDD96-094B-45DA-98A7-4567E9198609@gmail.com> The combo that I know & have used quite successfully is math talk w/scientific notebook & dragon. It has a bit of a quirky "which starts first" routine but it is easy to use and learn. Nancilu McClellan is still in business and I can forward contact info to you. I have not been successful in the dragon/math type combo. Wink Wink Harner Assistive Technology Specialist Southern Oregon University Sent from my iPad On Aug 29, 2013, at 6:40 AM, Heidi Scher wrote: > Hello all! > > Has anyone been successful at getting Dragon to work with MathType? I have a student who wants to use this combo, but I've never heard anyone talk about this combo together. Anything special I need to know about to help the student get this set up to work? (I will also need to set it up so he can take his tests.) > > Wink Harner, Ms. Dragon Guru, any ideas??? > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From hascherdss at gmail.com Thu Aug 29 10:17:04 2013 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon & MathType In-Reply-To: <945DDD96-094B-45DA-98A7-4567E9198609@gmail.com> References: <945DDD96-094B-45DA-98A7-4567E9198609@gmail.com> Message-ID: Does MathTalk do upper level maths such as College Algebra? I thought it was for K-12 math-level only. Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Wink Harner wrote: > The combo that I know & have used quite successfully is math talk > w/scientific notebook & dragon. It has a bit of a quirky "which starts > first" routine but it is easy to use and learn. Nancilu McClellan is still > in business and I can forward contact info to you. I have not been > successful in the dragon/math type combo. > > Wink > > Wink Harner > Assistive Technology Specialist > Southern Oregon University > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 29, 2013, at 6:40 AM, Heidi Scher wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > > Has anyone been successful at getting Dragon to work with MathType? I > have a student who wants to use this combo, but I've never heard anyone > talk about this combo together. Anything special I need to know about to > help the student get this set up to work? (I will also need to set it up so > he can take his tests.) > > > > Wink Harner, Ms. Dragon Guru, any ideas??? > > > > Heidi > > > > +++++++++++++++ > > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > > Associate Director > > Center for Educational Access > > University of Arkansas > > ARKU 104 > > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > > 479.575.3104 > > 479.575.7445 fax > > 479.575.3646 tdd > > +++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > > athen-list mailing list > > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Wink Harner wrote: The combo that I know & have used quite successfully is math talk w/scientific notebook & dragon. It has a bit of a quirky "which starts first" routine but it is easy to use and learn. Nancilu McClellan is still in business and I can forward contact info to you. I have not been successful in the dragon/math type combo. Wink Wink Harner Assistive Technology Specialist Southern Oregon University Sent from my iPad On Aug 29, 2013, at 6:40 AM, Heidi Scher wrote: > Hello all! > > Has anyone been successful at getting Dragon to work with MathType? I have a student who wants to use this combo, but I've never heard anyone talk about this combo together. Anything special I need to know about to help the student get this set up to work? (I will also need to set it up so he can take his tests.) > > Wink Harner, Ms. Dragon Guru, any ideas??? > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The staff member is fairly adept at Jaws and yet is unable to get into the screen past the login. She has tried the usual keystroke combinations and can't get anything going. I've advised the Grad School's tech person to contact the company, but in the meantime, thought I'd see what others had to say. AND Instant Messaging Client. The school currently uses an open source tool - Jabber. Sending out messages isn't the issue, it's the incoming ones that won't read. Anyone know of Jaws accessible IM options? Thanks and Happy Labor Day and Happy start of the fall semester. -- Peace. Jean Salzer, Sr. Counselor BVI Program/Alternative Text Coordinator Accessibility Resource Center UW-Milwaukee 414-229-5660, Mitchell Hall B16 What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of? ~Julia Cameron If you have peace of mind, you don't need to have anything else. 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In-Reply-To: <782116435.802863.1377807667752.JavaMail.root@uwm.edu> References: <1482285393.801245.1377807194180.JavaMail.root@uwm.edu> <782116435.802863.1377807667752.JavaMail.root@uwm.edu> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20130829142602.01f669d8@gmail.com> Hello: For Instant Messaging, Instantbird for the PC may be adequate. It's free and open source. Another choice (but a little more complex to set up, in my view) would be Miranda. And if this person is a Mac user, I believe ATIUM would work. I hope this helps. Best, Jennifer At 01:21 PM 8/29/2013, you wrote: >Hello, > >WE have a new blind staff member in our Graduate School who uses >Jaws. The IT person for the school and the university have been >trying to learn more about accessibility related to the following items. > >1. PeopleSoft (student information) tool: I've spoken with students >of mine who have said that PeopleSoft is workable to a certain >point, then they just prefer a sighted person. If I'm not mistaken, >we were able to get Jaws and PeopleSoft to play nice up to the point >a person needed to search for a class or a grade or whatever. This >is, of course, several versions ago. > >The staff member is fairly adept at Jaws and yet is unable to get >into the screen past the login. She has tried the usual keystroke >combinations and can't get anything going. I've advised the Grad >School's tech person to contact the company, but in the meantime, >thought I'd see what others had to say. > >AND > >Instant Messaging Client. The school currently uses an open source >tool - Jabber. Sending out messages isn't the issue, it's the >incoming ones that won't read. Anyone know of Jaws accessible IM options? > > >Thanks and Happy Labor Day and Happy start of the fall semester. >-- >Peace. > >Jean Salzer, Sr. Counselor >BVI Program/Alternative Text Coordinator >Accessibility Resource Center >UW-Milwaukee >414-229-5660, Mitchell Hall B16 > >What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when >focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is >ours: Which do we want more of? ~Julia Cameron > >If you have peace of mind, >you don't need to have anything else. >If you don't have it, >it doesn't matter much >what else you do have. >-Dalai Lama > >******************************************** >NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This email and any attachments, contains >information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications >privacy laws and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act >(FERPA). If this email contains any student specific data or >information, these laws apply. 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URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Thu Aug 29 20:53:45 2013 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Not quite an A, but a better report card for Udacity: online students' scores improve Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20130829205136.01f66db0@gmail.com> I thought some ATHENites who are interested in online learning might find this article of interest, even though the focus is not accessibility. Not quite an A, but a better report card for Udacity: online students' scores improve http://gigaom.com/2013/08/28/not-quite-an-a-but-a-better-report-card-for-udacity-online-students-scores-improve/ From foreigntype at gmail.com Thu Aug 29 22:57:15 2013 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon & MathType In-Reply-To: References: <945DDD96-094B-45DA-98A7-4567E9198609@gmail.com> Message-ID: All the way to physics! It has general math, algebra, & higher. Uses two vocabs, one based on military alphabet & one uses Greek. You need nancilu's contact info? Wink Sent from my iPad On Aug 29, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Heidi Scher wrote: > Does MathTalk do upper level maths such as College Algebra? I thought it was for K-12 math-level only. > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Wink Harner wrote: >> The combo that I know & have used quite successfully is math talk w/scientific notebook & dragon. It has a bit of a quirky "which starts first" routine but it is easy to use and learn. Nancilu McClellan is still in business and I can forward contact info to you. I have not been successful in the dragon/math type combo. >> >> Wink >> >> Wink Harner >> Assistive Technology Specialist >> Southern Oregon University >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Aug 29, 2013, at 6:40 AM, Heidi Scher wrote: >> >> > Hello all! >> > >> > Has anyone been successful at getting Dragon to work with MathType? I have a student who wants to use this combo, but I've never heard anyone talk about this combo together. Anything special I need to know about to help the student get this set up to work? (I will also need to set it up so he can take his tests.) >> > >> > Wink Harner, Ms. Dragon Guru, any ideas??? >> > >> > Heidi >> > >> > +++++++++++++++ >> > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >> > Associate Director >> > Center for Educational Access >> > University of Arkansas >> > ARKU 104 >> > Fayetteville, AR 72701 >> > 479.575.3104 >> > 479.575.7445 fax >> > 479.575.3646 tdd >> > +++++++++++++++ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > athen-list mailing list >> > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Teresa Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D. Supervisor, Alternative Format Services Arizona State University From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 10:57 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Dragon & MathType All the way to physics! It has general math, algebra, & higher. Uses two vocabs, one based on military alphabet & one uses Greek. You need nancilu's contact info? Wink Sent from my iPad On Aug 29, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Heidi Scher > wrote: Does MathTalk do upper level maths such as College Algebra? I thought it was for K-12 math-level only. Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Wink Harner > wrote: The combo that I know & have used quite successfully is math talk w/scientific notebook & dragon. It has a bit of a quirky "which starts first" routine but it is easy to use and learn. Nancilu McClellan is still in business and I can forward contact info to you. I have not been successful in the dragon/math type combo. Wink Wink Harner Assistive Technology Specialist Southern Oregon University Sent from my iPad On Aug 29, 2013, at 6:40 AM, Heidi Scher > wrote: > Hello all! > > Has anyone been successful at getting Dragon to work with MathType? I have a student who wants to use this combo, but I've never heard anyone talk about this combo together. Anything special I need to know about to help the student get this set up to work? 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Balassa Assistant Director, Office for Students with Disabilities Mail Code 3-31 701 N Econlockhatchee Trail Orlando, FL 32825 office: building 5 suite 216 east: 407.582.2039 west: 407.582.1603 vp east: 407.374.1562 vp west: 407-992-8941 fax: 407.582.8908 jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu [valencia-college-logo] Please note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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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 Justin Hicks Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:10 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] SoftChalk Hello All, Does anybody have any experience with a product called SoftChalk (http://softchalk.com/)? Any info or insight about its accessibility will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Justin Hicks University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Disability Resource Center 501.569.3143 | jxhicks@ualr.edu | ualr.edu/disability | Provide Feedback on the DRC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU Fri Aug 30 09:13:22 2013 From: Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: help! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A538078AEED32EB8@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Did you check with AMAC to see if they already have it? Or the ATPC? Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu Fri Aug 30 09:44:56 2013 From: jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu (Julie Balassa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: help! In-Reply-To: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A538078AEED32EB8@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> References: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A538078AEED32EB8@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: No Susan, I haven't because I don't think we have funds to purchase it. jkb Please note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 12:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] RE: help! Did you check with AMAC to see if they already have it? Or the ATPC? Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shahidak at echo.rutgers.edu Fri Aug 30 09:45:31 2013 From: shahidak at echo.rutgers.edu (Shahida Khaliq) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: help! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Julie I apologize if I'm giving information already checked and discounted but according to the ATF in ATN, ATN, AMAC and Coursesmart have this text book and it's the 9th edition. We don't have this book but if any other is needed please let me know and if we have it I'll send it on to you. Best Regards Shahida Khaliq Program Coordinator II for Alternate Format Text & Adaptive Tech. Office of Disability Services [cid:image003.png@01CEA57F.1870AC30]Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Lucy Stone Hall, Livingston Campus 54 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Suite A145 Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 Phone # (848) 445-6800 Fax # (732) 445-3388 Office Hours Monday- Friday 8:30am-5:00pm Website: https://ods.rutgers.edu Making a Key Difference [cid:image001.jpg@01CD85B7.41799990] From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Balassa Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 11:44 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] help! Does anyone have College Algebra by Michael Sullivan 9th ed by Pearson? ISBN 13 is 9780321716811. Book is for a student who is blind. My poor student worker has spent more than a week producing the first chapter. Infty hates this book and won't OCR it no matter what we've tried so she's using Scientific Notebook. There was some tech glitch so she just lost a bunch of her work. Learning Ally, Bookshare, APH don't have it. Bookshare has a DAISY text only version of the 8th ed, no use to us at all, but we could potentially use an audio version of the 8th ed. When the heck is Pearson going to provide accessible math books?? Thanks much. jkb Julie K. Balassa Assistant Director, Office for Students with Disabilities Mail Code 3-31 701 N Econlockhatchee Trail Orlando, FL 32825 office: building 5 suite 216 east: 407.582.2039 west: 407.582.1603 vp east: 407.374.1562 vp west: 407-992-8941 fax: 407.582.8908 jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu [valencia-college-logo] Please note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.wmz Type: application/x-ms-wmz Size: 356491 bytes Desc: image002.wmz URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I end up in a circle of is this you, yes it is me, the information doesn't match what we have, is this you, yes this is me, the information we have doesn't match. At one point in the process you can say that you don't remember the password but then two screens later it requires your old password. I found a 1-888 number with a google.com reference for support and called it. I think it might be similar to the Microsoft scam because the guy tried to tell me that spyware on my computer/despite Norton had corrupted my Gmail account. He wanted to put something on my computer and charge me for it. He also wanted access to my computer. All I wanted was for him, if he was working for Google as support, to help me reset my password and fix the problem on the Gmail end. All I want to do is to reset my password! It shouldn't be that hard and if my account has been corrupted, how do I fix that? At this point I don't know what is going on with the account. Google is of no help and I'm certainly not going to pay someone to put a block on my router to stop the spyware. Any help would be appreciated! Please e-mail off list. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Sat Aug 31 06:00:59 2013 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] OT - Gmail help needed In-Reply-To: <002101cea648$9dec5390$d9c4fab0$@karlencommunications.com> References: <002101cea648$9dec5390$d9c4fab0$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <054b01cea64a$2416ae60$6c440b20$@ahead.org> Karen this is going to be very difficult to resolve, the easiest thing to do is create a new account and delete the old account. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 7:50 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] OT - Gmail help needed This is frustrating. I created a Gmail account over a year ago and haven't used it because I always had password issues. I'm working on something now that having access to my Gmail account would come in handy. I've tried to reset my password "several" times without success. I end up in a circle of is this you, yes it is me, the information doesn't match what we have, is this you, yes this is me, the information we have doesn't match. At one point in the process you can say that you don't remember the password but then two screens later it requires your old password. I found a 1-888 number with a google.com reference for support and called it. I think it might be similar to the Microsoft scam because the guy tried to tell me that spyware on my computer/despite Norton had corrupted my Gmail account. He wanted to put something on my computer and charge me for it. He also wanted access to my computer. All I wanted was for him, if he was working for Google as support, to help me reset my password and fix the problem on the Gmail end. All I want to do is to reset my password! It shouldn't be that hard and if my account has been corrupted, how do I fix that? At this point I don't know what is going on with the account. Google is of no help and I'm certainly not going to pay someone to put a block on my router to stop the spyware. Any help would be appreciated! Please e-mail off list. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I created a Gmail account over a year ago and haven?t used it because I always had password issues. > > I?m working on something now that having access to my Gmail account would come in handy. > > I?ve tried to reset my password ?several? times without success. I end up in a circle of is this you, yes it is me, the information doesn?t match what we have, is this you, yes this is me, the information we have doesn?t match. > > At one point in the process you can say that you don?t remember the password but then two screens later it requires your old password. > > I found a 1-888 number with a google.com reference for support and called it. I think it might be similar to the Microsoft scam because the guy tried to tell me that spyware on my computer/despite Norton had corrupted my Gmail account. He wanted to put something on my computer and charge me for it. He also wanted access to my computer. All I wanted was for him, if he was working for Google as support, to help me reset my password and fix the problem on the Gmail end. > > All I want to do is to reset my password! > > It shouldn?t be that hard and if my account has been corrupted, how do I fix that? > > At this point I don?t know what is going on with the account. Google is of no help and I?m certainly not going to pay someone to put a block on my router to stop the spyware. > > Any help would be appreciated! Please e-mail off list. > > Cheers, Karen > _______________________________________________ > 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: