From ndogbo at gmail.com Tue Jan 1 09:55:09 2013 From: ndogbo at gmail.com (N Dogbo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] captions for ios devices In-Reply-To: References: <15818_1356033460_qBKJvdfE028119_6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE0575C6E0@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl><50D38CDD.8020007@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <82EC2D48326F44F0AF06D2B4F1483606@OWNERr91072> Thanks Terrill. Nicaise ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 10:08 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] captions for ios devices Hi Nicaise, About half of our videos currently have text-based description available, including the most recent video: http://uw.edu/doit/video/itaccess You need to follow a few steps in order to activate that feature: 1. On the player control bar, click the Settings button. That will open up a Preferences dialog. 2. Check that box that's labeled "Use text-based description if available". Sighted users may wish to check the box labeled "If using text-based description, make it visible". When finished making your selections, click Save. Now, when you have Description toggled on you should get the text-based description rather than the professionally described version of the video. In order for this to work, you need a screen reader that supports ARIA role="alert", which is a moving target. Recent versions of JAWS work reliably in both IE and Firefox. Consider this an experiment. There are definitely some issues that need to be worked out in order to make this viable. For example, we have no way of knowing what speed users have their screen readers set to. Therefore, it's impossible to know how much text we can squeeze into an available block of time. In our case we're just using the same script that was created by the professionals when we outsourced for human-read description. Most screen readers will likely be reading faster than a human narrator so the timing should work. Regards, Terrill On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 9:08 PM, N Dogbo wrote: > Hi Terrill, > Thanks for sharing the good news! This audio description > implementation is really cool. I am also trying to find a video where > I can see the text description with ARIA role alert implementation. So > if you can point one out to me in your video library I'd appreciate that! > I am joining your blog soon! > > Thx, > Nicaise > > > > ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! > --- > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > Terrill Thompson > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 1:01 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] captions for ios devices > > Hi All, > > I'm a little late joining this conversation, but just wanted to share > what we're doing at DO-IT: > http://uw.edu/doit/video > > We've created a custom media player that uses HTML5 as its primary > player, and JW Player as fallback for those who are using older > browsers that don't support HTML5. We've created a highly accessible > custom player that communicates with both the HTML5 media and JW > Player API's so all users - even those with older browsers - get > exactly the same experience and identical feature sets. > > For video files, we're using MP4, which is now supported by most > browsers and will eventually be supported by Firefox (the last major > holdout). Until then, we're also delivering all our videos using Ogg > (older videos) or WebM (newer videos), since those are the formats > preferred by Firefox (and Opera, which only recently began supporting > MP4). JW Player also supports MP4, so that same file works in the fallback player. > > For captions, we start with an SRT caption file. The standard format > for > HTML5 captions is WebVTT, which at its core is very similar to SRT, so > it's easy to convert the SRT file to WebVTT with just a couple of > edits in a text editor (there are also free tools available that will do the conversion). > Browsers are starting to build in support for WebVTT captions in > HTML5, but from my experience their implementation is still a little > buggy, so we decided to build caption support into our custom > controller rather than rely on browsers to do it. > > We upload all our videos to YouTube in addition to showing them on our > own site. For YouTube, we upload the original SRT caption file. And > for iOS, we embed the SRT caption file into our MP4 video file using > Handbrake. It's great that iOS supports that because we're already > delivering an MP4 file, so we don't really have to do anything > extra-special - we just use that same > MP4 file for all purposes, including delivery of captions in iOS. I > recently discovered that my iPhone reports that it "Can't play the > caption file" on at least one of our videos, so the iOS caption parser > is apparently a little fussy, but most of the time it seems to work. > iOS also supports multiple SRT files within a single MP4, so that's an > effective strategy for delivering foreign-language subtitles. We > aren't supporting subtitles yet on our videos, but we do have a few of > them translated so we're working on implementing subtitles soon. > > Since you mentioned audio description Ken, we're implementing that in > a couple of different ways: > > First, we outsource audio description for all our videos. The > deliverable from vendors is a new video, with description mixed into the program audio. > They do a great job of placing description in the best places so it's > minimally intrusive plus they adjust volumes so the description can > easily be heard over background sounds. The media player we've created > includes a Description button that if clicked, swaps the source media > file so if the user is viewing the non-described version the described > version is loaded, and vice versa. > > We also provide a text version of the description in a WebVTT file, > the same file format that's used for captions. This form of > description is supported by the HTML5 spec. No browsers support it > natively yet, but we built support into our custom player. The > description text is displayed at the appropriate times just like > captions are, but they're displayed in a box that's marked with ARIA > role="alert", which causes screen readers to read the description as > soon as it appears. This is off by default on our player since users > have the option of viewing a professionally described video, but > there's a Preferences button that allows users to experiment with different ways of getting their description delivered. > > One advantage of having a WebVTT-based description, at least as a > supplement to the professionally described alternative version, is > that the WebVTT description file can be used in conjunction with the > caption file to build a transcript. In our transcript we markup the > caption and description in such a way that they're visually distinct, > plus we've added the text "Description:" to the start of each block of > description content, hidden to everyone except screen reader users. > > We're planning to make our custom media player available as an open > source project sometime in early 2013. The best place to stay abreast > of that is my > blog: http://terrillthompson.com/blog > > Regards, > Terrill > > -- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology > UW Information Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > 206-221-4168 > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ken Petri wrote: >> Hi Dean, >> >> The Handbrake method works just fine. But if you have a Mac iSubtitle > gives >> you more options. >> >> Here's the too-long URL on how to do this with Handbrake: >> > https://carmenwiki.osu.edu/display/10292/DIY+Captioning+Techniques#DIY > Captio > ningTechniques-AddingCaptions%28Subtitles%29toMP4VideoforUseiniTunesor > VLC >> >> A short URL to the entire DIY Captioning Techniques page is: >> http://go.osu.edu/diy-captioning >> >> Other good info in this page as well. The info about how to add an >> audio description track is forth-coming. That technique does, >> however, require QuickTime Pro.... >> >> >> ken >> -- >> Ken Petri >> Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center 102D Pomerene Hall, >> 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 >> Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 >> http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Sean J Keegan > wrote: >>> >>> > I want to learn how to add captions for iOS devices. I found a >>> > vendor site that gives instructions, but it says it only works >>> > using QuickTime Pro on a Mac. I have been unsuccessful in searches >>> > to confirm this. Can someone please tell me whether this is accurate? >>> >>> Hi Dean, >>> >>> Generally speaking, there are two ways to add captions to iOS media: >>> embedding a caption file so that it requires the closed caption >>> decoder; > or, >>> embedding a caption file as a subtitle track. >>> >>> The first method is what I call the "closed caption decoder" solution. >>> This requires that you create an SCC file and embed this file into >>> the original media file. In order to view these captions on an iOS >>> device > you >>> have to enable the closed caption decoder feature in the Videos menu >>> (Settings > Videos > Closed Captioning). The SCC file is the same >>> file > type >>> as is used for captioning VHS media content and is a bit of a pain. >>> From what I have found, you need to have Compressor (Mac only) in >>> order to integrate the SCC caption into the original media file. >>> >>> The second method is what I call the "subtitle track" solution. >>> This involves using the subtitle track to embed caption information >>> into the media file. I have had much greater success using this >>> solution as it is far easier to deal with the SRT caption file and >>> the application used to embed the captions (as subtitles) into the >>> original media. I have used > the >>> application iSubtitle (Mac only) to perform this process. Subler, >>> also > Mac >>> only, also works. >>> >>> For Windows, the options are varied. Wondershare Video Converter > Ultimate >>> > (http://www.wondershare.com/video-editing-tips/how-to-add-subtitles-to > -mp4.h > tml) >>> is one tool that you could try. Previous versions seemed to work >>> with getting a subtitle track into an MP4 media file, so that may be >>> one > option >>> (I only tried this tool years ago, so your mileage may vary). >>> >>> Handbrake may be an option now that there is improved subtitle >>> support > for >>> MP4 media files. With a user created SRT caption file, you can run >>> the media file and caption file together through Handbrake to get >>> soft or > hard >>> subtitles (soft-subtitles can be enabled/disabled whereas >>> hard-subtitles > are >>> burned into the video itself). See > https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles >>> for more information. I have not tried this method myself (yet!). >>> >>> Take care, >>> Sean >>> >>> -- >>> Sean Keegan >>> Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible >>> Education - Stanford University >>> http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From smithsv at up.edu Wed Jan 2 12:44:56 2013 From: smithsv at up.edu (Smith, Sheila) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Math and Braille Star 80 Message-ID: We have recently purchased a Braille Star 80 for our assistive technology lab. I am a sighted person and I don't read braille. We have a blind student who reads braille and is a physics major. Does anyone know if/how to get the display to read math equations? I have zero experience with this. Sheila Sheila V. Smith Academic Computing Coordinator Office of Technical Support University of Portland 503.943.7658 smithsv@up.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From burke at ucla.edu Thu Jan 3 14:32:19 2013 From: burke at ucla.edu (Patrick Burke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] UDL Question In-Reply-To: <82EC2D48326F44F0AF06D2B4F1483606@OWNERr91072> References: <15818_1356033460_qBKJvdfE028119_6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE0575C6E0@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl> <50D38CDD.8020007@stanford.edu> <82EC2D48326F44F0AF06D2B4F1483606@OWNERr91072> Message-ID: <27270_1357252335_r03MWE9w029809_201301032232.r03MW1ow022186@mail.ucla.edu> >Hi & Happy New Year ATHENians!... We have an online course (on game theory) that we are evaluating for accessibility. One of the exercises is to have students identify the emotion of a face (image-only). Adding alt text would be simple enough, though adding it without giving the game away might be tricky... It seems to me the real problem goes beyond technical accessibility into Universal-Design-for-Learning territory. So the question is: Is there a common UDL practice for handling this type of question? Is there an accepted nonvisual equivalent to this task (identifying features of a face image)? Is there a sensory-neutral form of this task? Thanks much for any ideas, Patrick -- Patrick J. Burke Coordinator UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program Phone: 310 206-6004 E-mail: burke@ucla.edu Location: 4909 Math Science Department Contact: dcp@oit.ucla.edu From Lissner.2 at osu.edu Thu Jan 3 14:55:18 2013 From: Lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] UDL Question In-Reply-To: <27270_1357252335_r03MWE9w029809_201301032232.r03MW1ow022186@mail.ucla.edu> References: <15818_1356033460_qBKJvdfE028119_6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE0575C6E0@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl><50D38CDD.8020007@stanford.edu><82EC2D48326F44F0AF06D2B4F1483606@OWNERr91072> <27270_1357252335_r03MWE9w029809_201301032232.r03MW1ow022186@mail.ucla.edu> Message-ID: I don't believe you can accomplish this task as sensory neutral but, depending on its underlying purpose you could provide sensory alternatives. The same word or phrase with different intonations, right? The same word or phrase with different intonations, right? (read with anger and sarcasm) But if the task is intended to design faces that express/represent emotions as visual elements in the game voicing and tonality don't accomplish it. If as budding game designers they would select facial features and expressions from a pool of pre-drawn elements for their characters the closest the closest I can come is to have neural descriptions of the features and ask them to create an angry face. Something like Mouths: 1-mouth with upper lip forming two slightly stretched arcs connected at the middle where they are thickest with the open sides facing down. The lower lip.... Lower lip -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Patrick Burke Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 5:32 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] UDL Question >Hi & Happy New Year ATHENians!... We have an online course (on game theory) that we are evaluating for accessibility. One of the exercises is to have students identify the emotion of a face (image-only). Adding alt text would be simple enough, though adding it without giving the game away might be tricky... It seems to me the real problem goes beyond technical accessibility into Universal-Design-for-Learning territory. So the question is: Is there a common UDL practice for handling this type of question? Is there an accepted nonvisual equivalent to this task (identifying features of a face image)? Is there a sensory-neutral form of this task? Thanks much for any ideas, Patrick -- Patrick J. Burke Coordinator UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program Phone: 310 206-6004 E-mail: burke@ucla.edu Location: 4909 Math Science Department Contact: dcp@oit.ucla.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From johumber at iupui.edu Fri Jan 4 08:06:34 2013 From: johumber at iupui.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] ARIA modal dialogs only read out focusable items (forms and links) Message-ID: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B752FDC5B17@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Hi All, This issue has been brought up in multiple projects I have been involved with, ARIA modal dialogs only read out focusable items (form controls and links) while ignoring plain text (e.g., instructions) when using some AT software. You can view an example for testing at http://jqueryui.com/resources/demos/dialog/modal.html. I have tested with JAWS 13, latest version of NVDA, and Voiceover (mac OSX) on IE, Firefox and Safari. I can reproduce the issue with JAWS 13 and NVDA on Firefox and IE. Voiceover seems to work ok. We have found non-elegant ways around the issue, but it would be nice not to have to use hacks. I believe this issue stems from the ARIA authoring practices modal dialog (http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#dialog_modal) keyboard interaction description which appears to only cover dealing with focusable items. So AT manufactures may have coded there products to follow the ARIA authoring practices. What are people's opinions about suggesting modifications to the authoring practices to address keyboard interaction with plain text? Are there elegant cross-browser and cross-AT solutions? Thankx. Joe Humbert, Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Specialist UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E Indianapolis, IN 46202 Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU Fri Jan 4 11:08:19 2013 From: Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU (Catherine M. Stager Kilcommons) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Coursera Message-ID: <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDB2DA2A950C@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> Happy New Year to all! We have been asked to comment on the ADA responsibilities that the University would be incurring in a contract with Coursera. Has anyone had their university sign the standard Coursera contract or included any customized language to this contract? 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URL: From ndogbo at gmail.com Mon Jan 7 07:06:44 2013 From: ndogbo at gmail.com (N Dogbo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] captions for ios devices In-Reply-To: References: <15818_1356033460_qBKJvdfE028119_6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE0575C6E0@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl><50D38CDD.8020007@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <93A9717A8E024D82A06A5B9EBA188E13@OWNERr91072> Hi Terrill, Could you share contacts of the vender to whom you outsource video audio description orders? Thanks, Nicaise ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 1:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] captions for ios devices Hi All, I'm a little late joining this conversation, but just wanted to share what we're doing at DO-IT: http://uw.edu/doit/video We've created a custom media player that uses HTML5 as its primary player, and JW Player as fallback for those who are using older browsers that don't support HTML5. We've created a highly accessible custom player that communicates with both the HTML5 media and JW Player API's so all users - even those with older browsers - get exactly the same experience and identical feature sets. For video files, we're using MP4, which is now supported by most browsers and will eventually be supported by Firefox (the last major holdout). Until then, we're also delivering all our videos using Ogg (older videos) or WebM (newer videos), since those are the formats preferred by Firefox (and Opera, which only recently began supporting MP4). JW Player also supports MP4, so that same file works in the fallback player. For captions, we start with an SRT caption file. The standard format for HTML5 captions is WebVTT, which at its core is very similar to SRT, so it's easy to convert the SRT file to WebVTT with just a couple of edits in a text editor (there are also free tools available that will do the conversion). Browsers are starting to build in support for WebVTT captions in HTML5, but from my experience their implementation is still a little buggy, so we decided to build caption support into our custom controller rather than rely on browsers to do it. We upload all our videos to YouTube in addition to showing them on our own site. For YouTube, we upload the original SRT caption file. And for iOS, we embed the SRT caption file into our MP4 video file using Handbrake. It's great that iOS supports that because we're already delivering an MP4 file, so we don't really have to do anything extra-special - we just use that same MP4 file for all purposes, including delivery of captions in iOS. I recently discovered that my iPhone reports that it "Can't play the caption file" on at least one of our videos, so the iOS caption parser is apparently a little fussy, but most of the time it seems to work. iOS also supports multiple SRT files within a single MP4, so that's an effective strategy for delivering foreign-language subtitles. We aren't supporting subtitles yet on our videos, but we do have a few of them translated so we're working on implementing subtitles soon. Since you mentioned audio description Ken, we're implementing that in a couple of different ways: First, we outsource audio description for all our videos. The deliverable from vendors is a new video, with description mixed into the program audio. They do a great job of placing description in the best places so it's minimally intrusive plus they adjust volumes so the description can easily be heard over background sounds. The media player we've created includes a Description button that if clicked, swaps the source media file so if the user is viewing the non-described version the described version is loaded, and vice versa. We also provide a text version of the description in a WebVTT file, the same file format that's used for captions. This form of description is supported by the HTML5 spec. No browsers support it natively yet, but we built support into our custom player. The description text is displayed at the appropriate times just like captions are, but they're displayed in a box that's marked with ARIA role="alert", which causes screen readers to read the description as soon as it appears. This is off by default on our player since users have the option of viewing a professionally described video, but there's a Preferences button that allows users to experiment with different ways of getting their description delivered. One advantage of having a WebVTT-based description, at least as a supplement to the professionally described alternative version, is that the WebVTT description file can be used in conjunction with the caption file to build a transcript. In our transcript we markup the caption and description in such a way that they're visually distinct, plus we've added the text "Description:" to the start of each block of description content, hidden to everyone except screen reader users. We're planning to make our custom media player available as an open source project sometime in early 2013. The best place to stay abreast of that is my blog: http://terrillthompson.com/blog Regards, Terrill -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ken Petri wrote: > Hi Dean, > > The Handbrake method works just fine. But if you have a Mac iSubtitle gives > you more options. > > Here's the too-long URL on how to do this with Handbrake: > https://carmenwiki.osu.edu/display/10292/DIY+Captioning+Techniques#DIYCaptio ningTechniques-AddingCaptions%28Subtitles%29toMP4VideoforUseiniTunesorVLC > > A short URL to the entire DIY Captioning Techniques page is: > http://go.osu.edu/diy-captioning > > Other good info in this page as well. The info about how to add an audio > description track is forth-coming. That technique does, however, require > QuickTime Pro.... > > > ken > -- > Ken Petri > Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center > 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 > Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 > http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu > > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: >> >> > I want to learn how to add captions for iOS devices. I found a >> > vendor site that gives instructions, but it says it only works using >> > QuickTime Pro on a Mac. I have been unsuccessful in searches to >> > confirm this. Can someone please tell me whether this is accurate? >> >> Hi Dean, >> >> Generally speaking, there are two ways to add captions to iOS media: >> embedding a caption file so that it requires the closed caption decoder; or, >> embedding a caption file as a subtitle track. >> >> The first method is what I call the "closed caption decoder" solution. >> This requires that you create an SCC file and embed this file into the >> original media file. In order to view these captions on an iOS device you >> have to enable the closed caption decoder feature in the Videos menu >> (Settings > Videos > Closed Captioning). The SCC file is the same file type >> as is used for captioning VHS media content and is a bit of a pain. From >> what I have found, you need to have Compressor (Mac only) in order to >> integrate the SCC caption into the original media file. >> >> The second method is what I call the "subtitle track" solution. This >> involves using the subtitle track to embed caption information into the >> media file. I have had much greater success using this solution as it is >> far easier to deal with the SRT caption file and the application used to >> embed the captions (as subtitles) into the original media. I have used the >> application iSubtitle (Mac only) to perform this process. Subler, also Mac >> only, also works. >> >> For Windows, the options are varied. Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate >> (http://www.wondershare.com/video-editing-tips/how-to-add-subtitles-to-mp4.h tml) >> is one tool that you could try. Previous versions seemed to work with >> getting a subtitle track into an MP4 media file, so that may be one option >> (I only tried this tool years ago, so your mileage may vary). >> >> Handbrake may be an option now that there is improved subtitle support for >> MP4 media files. With a user created SRT caption file, you can run the >> media file and caption file together through Handbrake to get soft or hard >> subtitles (soft-subtitles can be enabled/disabled whereas hard-subtitles are >> burned into the video itself). See https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles >> for more information. I have not tried this method myself (yet!). >> >> Take care, >> Sean >> >> -- >> Sean Keegan >> Associate Director, Assistive Technology >> Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University >> http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Mon Jan 7 07:58:33 2013 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] JavaScript library to create accessible charts and graphs Message-ID: Does anyone know of a JavaScript library that will create accessible Web-based graphs and charts? Thanks. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 greg_kraus@ncsu.edu From petri.1 at osu.edu Mon Jan 7 11:04:31 2013 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] JavaScript library to create accessible charts and graphs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Greg, Have you seen this?: http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/update_to_jquery_visualize_accessible_charts_with_html5_from_designing_with/ ken -- Ken Petri Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Greg Kraus wrote: > Does anyone know of a JavaScript library that will create accessible > Web-based graphs and charts? > > Thanks. > > Greg > > -- > Greg Kraus > University IT Accessibility Coordinator > NC State University > 919.513.4087 > greg_kraus@ncsu.edu > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Jan 7 12:07:55 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Math and Braille Star 80 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <50EB2B1B.4000508@stanford.edu> > We have recently purchased a Braille Star 80 for our assistive technology lab. > I am a sighted person and I don?t read braille. We have a blind student who > reads braille and is a physics major. Does anyone know if/how to get the > display to read math equations? Hi Sheila, How are you preparing the materials for the student? Are you transcribing into Nemeth braille? One of the challenges we encountered when creating Nemeth braille for students using refreshable braille displays was the formatting did not always get retained compared to creating hard-copy materials. Our students were using BrailleNote devices and, depending on the content, we found that the equations or formulae could lose the requisite formatting when converted into a format compatible with the braille display. This was particularly problematic when dealing with matrices. For producing math content, we generally started with MS Word documents and used MathType to enter equations. From there, we converted into Nemeth using Duxbury 11.1 and then reviewed the content to verify the conversion was accurate. We also did a lot of tactile graphic creation for students, which is often overlooked as an important component in the sciences. Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From tft at uw.edu Mon Jan 7 13:06:45 2013 From: tft at uw.edu (Terrill Thompson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] captions for ios devices In-Reply-To: <93A9717A8E024D82A06A5B9EBA188E13@OWNERr91072> References: <15818_1356033460_qBKJvdfE028119_6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE0575C6E0@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl> <50D38CDD.8020007@stanford.edu> <93A9717A8E024D82A06A5B9EBA188E13@OWNERr91072> Message-ID: There are many audio description vendors to choose from. Here's a list from the ACB: http://www.acb.org/adp/services.html We've used several different vendors over the years, most recently Audio Eyes. -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:06 AM, N Dogbo wrote: > Hi Terrill, > Could you share contacts of the vender to whom you outsource video audio > description orders? > > Thanks, > Nicaise > > > > > ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill > Thompson > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 1:01 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] captions for ios devices > > Hi All, > > I'm a little late joining this conversation, but just wanted to share what > we're doing at DO-IT: > http://uw.edu/doit/video > > We've created a custom media player that uses HTML5 as its primary player, > and JW Player as fallback for those who are using older browsers that don't > support HTML5. We've created a highly accessible custom player that > communicates with both the HTML5 media and JW Player API's so all users - > even those with older browsers - get exactly the same experience and > identical feature sets. > > For video files, we're using MP4, which is now supported by most browsers > and will eventually be supported by Firefox (the last major holdout). Until > then, we're also delivering all our videos using Ogg (older videos) or WebM > (newer videos), since those are the formats preferred by Firefox (and Opera, > which only recently began supporting MP4). JW Player also supports MP4, so > that same file works in the fallback player. > > For captions, we start with an SRT caption file. The standard format for > HTML5 captions is WebVTT, which at its core is very similar to SRT, so it's > easy to convert the SRT file to WebVTT with just a couple of edits in a text > editor (there are also free tools available that will do the conversion). > Browsers are starting to build in support for WebVTT captions in HTML5, but > from my experience their implementation is still a little buggy, so we > decided to build caption support into our custom controller rather than rely > on browsers to do it. > > We upload all our videos to YouTube in addition to showing them on our own > site. For YouTube, we upload the original SRT caption file. And for iOS, we > embed the SRT caption file into our MP4 video file using Handbrake. It's > great that iOS supports that because we're already delivering an MP4 file, > so we don't really have to do anything extra-special - we just use that same > MP4 file for all purposes, including delivery of captions in iOS. I recently > discovered that my iPhone reports that it "Can't play the caption file" on > at least one of our videos, so the iOS caption parser is apparently a little > fussy, but most of the time it seems to work. iOS also supports multiple SRT > files within a single MP4, so that's an effective strategy for delivering > foreign-language subtitles. We aren't supporting subtitles yet on our > videos, but we do have a few of them translated so we're working on > implementing subtitles soon. > > Since you mentioned audio description Ken, we're implementing that in a > couple of different ways: > > First, we outsource audio description for all our videos. The deliverable > from vendors is a new video, with description mixed into the program audio. > They do a great job of placing description in the best places so it's > minimally intrusive plus they adjust volumes so the description can easily > be heard over background sounds. The media player we've created includes a > Description button that if clicked, swaps the source media file so if the > user is viewing the non-described version the described version is loaded, > and vice versa. > > We also provide a text version of the description in a WebVTT file, the same > file format that's used for captions. This form of description is supported > by the HTML5 spec. No browsers support it natively yet, but we built support > into our custom player. The description text is displayed at the appropriate > times just like captions are, but they're displayed in a box that's marked > with ARIA role="alert", which causes screen readers to read the description > as soon as it appears. This is off by default on our player since users have > the option of viewing a professionally described video, but there's a > Preferences button that allows users to experiment with different ways of > getting their description delivered. > > One advantage of having a WebVTT-based description, at least as a supplement > to the professionally described alternative version, is that the WebVTT > description file can be used in conjunction with the caption file to build a > transcript. In our transcript we markup the caption and description in such > a way that they're visually distinct, plus we've added the text > "Description:" to the start of each block of description content, hidden to > everyone except screen reader users. > > We're planning to make our custom media player available as an open source > project sometime in early 2013. The best place to stay abreast of that is my > blog: http://terrillthompson.com/blog > > Regards, > Terrill > > -- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology > UW Information Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > 206-221-4168 > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ken Petri wrote: >> Hi Dean, >> >> The Handbrake method works just fine. But if you have a Mac iSubtitle > gives >> you more options. >> >> Here's the too-long URL on how to do this with Handbrake: >> > https://carmenwiki.osu.edu/display/10292/DIY+Captioning+Techniques#DIYCaptio > ningTechniques-AddingCaptions%28Subtitles%29toMP4VideoforUseiniTunesorVLC >> >> A short URL to the entire DIY Captioning Techniques page is: >> http://go.osu.edu/diy-captioning >> >> Other good info in this page as well. The info about how to add an audio >> description track is forth-coming. That technique does, however, require >> QuickTime Pro.... >> >> >> ken >> -- >> Ken Petri >> Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center >> 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 >> Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 >> http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Sean J Keegan > wrote: >>> >>> > I want to learn how to add captions for iOS devices. I found a >>> > vendor site that gives instructions, but it says it only works using >>> > QuickTime Pro on a Mac. I have been unsuccessful in searches to >>> > confirm this. Can someone please tell me whether this is accurate? >>> >>> Hi Dean, >>> >>> Generally speaking, there are two ways to add captions to iOS media: >>> embedding a caption file so that it requires the closed caption decoder; > or, >>> embedding a caption file as a subtitle track. >>> >>> The first method is what I call the "closed caption decoder" solution. >>> This requires that you create an SCC file and embed this file into the >>> original media file. In order to view these captions on an iOS device > you >>> have to enable the closed caption decoder feature in the Videos menu >>> (Settings > Videos > Closed Captioning). The SCC file is the same file > type >>> as is used for captioning VHS media content and is a bit of a pain. From >>> what I have found, you need to have Compressor (Mac only) in order to >>> integrate the SCC caption into the original media file. >>> >>> The second method is what I call the "subtitle track" solution. This >>> involves using the subtitle track to embed caption information into the >>> media file. I have had much greater success using this solution as it is >>> far easier to deal with the SRT caption file and the application used to >>> embed the captions (as subtitles) into the original media. I have used > the >>> application iSubtitle (Mac only) to perform this process. Subler, also > Mac >>> only, also works. >>> >>> For Windows, the options are varied. Wondershare Video Converter > Ultimate >>> > (http://www.wondershare.com/video-editing-tips/how-to-add-subtitles-to-mp4.h > tml) >>> is one tool that you could try. Previous versions seemed to work with >>> getting a subtitle track into an MP4 media file, so that may be one > option >>> (I only tried this tool years ago, so your mileage may vary). >>> >>> Handbrake may be an option now that there is improved subtitle support > for >>> MP4 media files. With a user created SRT caption file, you can run the >>> media file and caption file together through Handbrake to get soft or > hard >>> subtitles (soft-subtitles can be enabled/disabled whereas hard-subtitles > are >>> burned into the video itself). See > https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles >>> for more information. I have not tried this method myself (yet!). >>> >>> Take care, >>> Sean >>> >>> -- >>> Sean Keegan >>> Associate Director, Assistive Technology >>> Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University >>> http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 ndogbo at gmail.com Mon Jan 7 22:29:01 2013 From: ndogbo at gmail.com (N Dogbo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] captions for ios devices In-Reply-To: References: <15818_1356033460_qBKJvdfE028119_6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE0575C6E0@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl><50D38CDD.8020007@stanford.edu><93A9717A8E024D82A06A5B9EBA188E13@OWNERr91072> Message-ID: <00F903705D1141298246EF13A3CEF5B7@OWNERr91072> Thanks Terrill! Nicaise ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 1:07 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] captions for ios devices There are many audio description vendors to choose from. Here's a list from the ACB: http://www.acb.org/adp/services.html We've used several different vendors over the years, most recently Audio Eyes. -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:06 AM, N Dogbo wrote: > Hi Terrill, > Could you share contacts of the vender to whom you outsource video audio > description orders? > > Thanks, > Nicaise > > > > > ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill > Thompson > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 1:01 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] captions for ios devices > > Hi All, > > I'm a little late joining this conversation, but just wanted to share what > we're doing at DO-IT: > http://uw.edu/doit/video > > We've created a custom media player that uses HTML5 as its primary player, > and JW Player as fallback for those who are using older browsers that don't > support HTML5. We've created a highly accessible custom player that > communicates with both the HTML5 media and JW Player API's so all users - > even those with older browsers - get exactly the same experience and > identical feature sets. > > For video files, we're using MP4, which is now supported by most browsers > and will eventually be supported by Firefox (the last major holdout). Until > then, we're also delivering all our videos using Ogg (older videos) or WebM > (newer videos), since those are the formats preferred by Firefox (and Opera, > which only recently began supporting MP4). JW Player also supports MP4, so > that same file works in the fallback player. > > For captions, we start with an SRT caption file. The standard format for > HTML5 captions is WebVTT, which at its core is very similar to SRT, so it's > easy to convert the SRT file to WebVTT with just a couple of edits in a text > editor (there are also free tools available that will do the conversion). > Browsers are starting to build in support for WebVTT captions in HTML5, but > from my experience their implementation is still a little buggy, so we > decided to build caption support into our custom controller rather than rely > on browsers to do it. > > We upload all our videos to YouTube in addition to showing them on our own > site. For YouTube, we upload the original SRT caption file. And for iOS, we > embed the SRT caption file into our MP4 video file using Handbrake. It's > great that iOS supports that because we're already delivering an MP4 file, > so we don't really have to do anything extra-special - we just use that same > MP4 file for all purposes, including delivery of captions in iOS. I recently > discovered that my iPhone reports that it "Can't play the caption file" on > at least one of our videos, so the iOS caption parser is apparently a little > fussy, but most of the time it seems to work. iOS also supports multiple SRT > files within a single MP4, so that's an effective strategy for delivering > foreign-language subtitles. We aren't supporting subtitles yet on our > videos, but we do have a few of them translated so we're working on > implementing subtitles soon. > > Since you mentioned audio description Ken, we're implementing that in a > couple of different ways: > > First, we outsource audio description for all our videos. The deliverable > from vendors is a new video, with description mixed into the program audio. > They do a great job of placing description in the best places so it's > minimally intrusive plus they adjust volumes so the description can easily > be heard over background sounds. The media player we've created includes a > Description button that if clicked, swaps the source media file so if the > user is viewing the non-described version the described version is loaded, > and vice versa. > > We also provide a text version of the description in a WebVTT file, the same > file format that's used for captions. This form of description is supported > by the HTML5 spec. No browsers support it natively yet, but we built support > into our custom player. The description text is displayed at the appropriate > times just like captions are, but they're displayed in a box that's marked > with ARIA role="alert", which causes screen readers to read the description > as soon as it appears. This is off by default on our player since users have > the option of viewing a professionally described video, but there's a > Preferences button that allows users to experiment with different ways of > getting their description delivered. > > One advantage of having a WebVTT-based description, at least as a supplement > to the professionally described alternative version, is that the WebVTT > description file can be used in conjunction with the caption file to build a > transcript. In our transcript we markup the caption and description in such > a way that they're visually distinct, plus we've added the text > "Description:" to the start of each block of description content, hidden to > everyone except screen reader users. > > We're planning to make our custom media player available as an open source > project sometime in early 2013. The best place to stay abreast of that is my > blog: http://terrillthompson.com/blog > > Regards, > Terrill > > -- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology > UW Information Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > 206-221-4168 > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ken Petri wrote: >> Hi Dean, >> >> The Handbrake method works just fine. But if you have a Mac iSubtitle > gives >> you more options. >> >> Here's the too-long URL on how to do this with Handbrake: >> > https://carmenwiki.osu.edu/display/10292/DIY+Captioning+Techniques#DIYCaptio > ningTechniques-AddingCaptions%28Subtitles%29toMP4VideoforUseiniTunesorVLC >> >> A short URL to the entire DIY Captioning Techniques page is: >> http://go.osu.edu/diy-captioning >> >> Other good info in this page as well. The info about how to add an audio >> description track is forth-coming. That technique does, however, require >> QuickTime Pro.... >> >> >> ken >> -- >> Ken Petri >> Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center >> 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 >> Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 >> http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Sean J Keegan > wrote: >>> >>> > I want to learn how to add captions for iOS devices. I found a >>> > vendor site that gives instructions, but it says it only works using >>> > QuickTime Pro on a Mac. I have been unsuccessful in searches to >>> > confirm this. Can someone please tell me whether this is accurate? >>> >>> Hi Dean, >>> >>> Generally speaking, there are two ways to add captions to iOS media: >>> embedding a caption file so that it requires the closed caption decoder; > or, >>> embedding a caption file as a subtitle track. >>> >>> The first method is what I call the "closed caption decoder" solution. >>> This requires that you create an SCC file and embed this file into the >>> original media file. In order to view these captions on an iOS device > you >>> have to enable the closed caption decoder feature in the Videos menu >>> (Settings > Videos > Closed Captioning). The SCC file is the same file > type >>> as is used for captioning VHS media content and is a bit of a pain. From >>> what I have found, you need to have Compressor (Mac only) in order to >>> integrate the SCC caption into the original media file. >>> >>> The second method is what I call the "subtitle track" solution. This >>> involves using the subtitle track to embed caption information into the >>> media file. I have had much greater success using this solution as it is >>> far easier to deal with the SRT caption file and the application used to >>> embed the captions (as subtitles) into the original media. I have used > the >>> application iSubtitle (Mac only) to perform this process. Subler, also > Mac >>> only, also works. >>> >>> For Windows, the options are varied. Wondershare Video Converter > Ultimate >>> > (http://www.wondershare.com/video-editing-tips/how-to-add-subtitles-to-mp4.h > tml) >>> is one tool that you could try. Previous versions seemed to work with >>> getting a subtitle track into an MP4 media file, so that may be one > option >>> (I only tried this tool years ago, so your mileage may vary). >>> >>> Handbrake may be an option now that there is improved subtitle support > for >>> MP4 media files. With a user created SRT caption file, you can run the >>> media file and caption file together through Handbrake to get soft or > hard >>> subtitles (soft-subtitles can be enabled/disabled whereas hard-subtitles > are >>> burned into the video itself). See > https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles >>> for more information. I have not tried this method myself (yet!). >>> >>> Take care, >>> Sean >>> >>> -- >>> Sean Keegan >>> Associate Director, Assistive Technology >>> Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University >>> http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Tue Jan 8 05:51:37 2013 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] JavaScript library to create accessible charts and graphs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Ken. I'll take a look at it. Greg On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Ken Petri wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Have you seen this?: > http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/update_to_jquery_visualize_accessible_charts_with_html5_from_designing_with/ > > > > > ken > -- > Ken Petri > Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center > 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 > Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 > http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Greg Kraus wrote: >> >> Does anyone know of a JavaScript library that will create accessible >> Web-based graphs and charts? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Greg >> >> -- >> Greg Kraus >> University IT Accessibility Coordinator >> NC State University >> 919.513.4087 >> greg_kraus@ncsu.edu >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Jan 8 14:10:45 2013 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Wine Country Job Opportunity!! Message-ID: <3A68CA06AAD44AD9B62EC16C93153F8D@htctu.fhda.edu> Subject: Wine Country Job Opportunity!! Greetings, Please share with colleagues and other interested parties that we have a full-time management position available at Santa Rosa Junior College, coordinating our Assistive Tech Center and our WorkAbility III program. Here is a link to the job description and application information: http://www.santarosa.edu/hr/job-openings/show.php?id=1250 Patie Wegman Dean, Disabled Students Programs & Services cid:3364978133_612873 www.santarosa.edu/disability_resources 1501 Mendocino Ave. Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (707)527-4278 Fax: (707)524-1768 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail message contains information which may be privileged, confidential and/or protected from disclosure. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you think that you have received this message in error, please e-mail the sender. 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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 [cid:EC804652-91D1-4F67-BC6B-96DE6261E6F5] 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: Ron Stewart > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:53 AM To: Access Network > Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Good morning, it is that time of year and I am looking for members who will be attending this years AHEAD conference and would be willing to do a hands on lab session. If you are able and interested I need a title and summary paragraph ASAP. Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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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. From: Ron Stewart Reply-To: Access Network Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:53 AM To: Access Network Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Good morning, it is that time of year and I am looking for members who will be attending this years AHEAD conference and would be willing to do a hands on lab session. If you are able and interested I need a title and summary paragraph ASAP. Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Job Announcement California School for the Blind 500 Walnut Avenue Fremont, CA 94536 (510) 794-3800 Position: Teacher Specialist, Assistive Technology Specialist 194 day Calendar Salary: $67, 020 - $ 87,000 per year* Duties: The assistive technology specialist performs the following duties: * Provides direct instruction in assistive technology to CSB students * Evaluates hardware and software to determine its relevance to the education of blind and low vision students * Assists with the set up and maintenance of assistive technology in CSB classrooms * Performs assistive technology assessments for CSB students, CSB Assessment Center students & for students with visual impairments in LEAs * Writes assistive technology reports & participates in IEP meetings when appropriate * Creates & develops assistive technology curriculum for dissemination and training of families and professionals * Provides technical assistance & training to students with visual impairments, teachers of students with visual impairments, related service professionals, and families Performs assistive technology assessments for students with visual impairments in LEAs throughout the state. * Works closely with the CSB Low Vision program to evaluate, recommend, and train on specialized devices and products * Provides on-going collaboration with CDE & LEAs regarding the assistive technology needs of students with visual impairments Qualifications: 1.) Education Specialist, Visually Impaired Credential or Clinical Rehabilitation Services Credential, Orientation & Mobility 2.) Three years teaching experience with students with visual impairments 3) Extensive knowledge teaching assistive technology 4.) Successfully passing CBEST Desired Skills: 1.) Masters degree 2.) Experience performing assessments & writing reports 3.) Experience presenting workshops & conference presentations How to Apply: Please submit your resume and copy(s) of credential(s) to: California School for the Blind 500 Walnut Avenue Fremont, CA 94536 Attn: Bee Dittmer Open until filled. All applications will be screened based upon desirable qualifications and relevant experience. Only the most qualified applicants will be scheduled for interviews. All other applications will be placed in a talent bank for future consideration. *The above salary includes a $700.00 per month Recruitment and Retention bonus. The California School for the Blind is a member of the California Public Employee's Retirement System. However, if you are currently a member of the California State Teacher's Retirement System, you now have the option of remaining with them. *There is a 4.62% decrease in salary until June 30, 2013. A job offer will be made contingent upon a final budget being approved by the State Legislature and the Governor that allows for full funding of this position. Current or future executive orders relative to filling vacant positions may also affect this process. For questions and/or additional information, please contact Bee Dittmer or James Rudder, at (510) 794-3800. CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT - AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER - EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ALL REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, SEX, MARTIAL STATUS, DISABILITY, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION, AGE, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. Stuart Wittenstein, EdD Superintendent California School for the Blind 500 Walnut Avenue Fremont, CA 94536 510-794-3800, ext 201 Fax: 510-794-3813 Those who believe in our ability, do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier for us to succeed. John Spalding --- You are currently subscribed to braille-n-teach as: gdietrich@htctu.net . To unsubscribe click here: http://165.74.253.23/u?id=19082.4aa2bbac27f1625907a53d2933a16e04 &n=T&l=braille-n-teach&o=1080463 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-1080463-19082.4aa2bbac27f1625907a53d2933a16e04@mlist.cde.ca.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Just for old-time's sake, I even downloaded Graffiti for Android, an Android port of the handwriting recognition input used on the old Palm OS devices. (I used to be pretty good at that!) Coupled with a graphics tablet on my laptop, it works just fine as a replacement for the standard Android keyboard. The BlueStacks App Player presents as a Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) when searching for apps on, say, Google Play. That means Google Play thinks that you have a Galaxy S2 tablet synched to your computer, and thus grants you permission to download an app -- important, as only approved devices can download Android apps. (Of course, you still have have to purchase the app!) BlueStacks is even being licensed by various computer manufacturers. For example, Lenovo just announced they will include the BlueStacks App Player on all their Idea notebooks: http://www.androidauthority.com/bluestacks-lenovo-145991/ Anyway, have fun with this -- I certainly am! - Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant www.TechPotential.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tammy at rozenberg.us Wed Jan 9 12:45:38 2013 From: tammy at rozenberg.us (Tammy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: [braille-n-teach] great opportunity for the right person, could it be you? Message-ID: Is Jim retiring? Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S?III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphoneGaeir Dietrich wrote:Subject: [braille-n-teach] great opportunity for the right person, could it be you? ? Job Announcement ? California School for the Blind 500 Walnut Avenue Fremont, CA 94536 (510) 794-3800 ? Position:???????????????????????????????? Teacher Specialist, Assistive Technology Specialist ??????????????????????????????????????????????? 194 day Calendar ? Salary:??????????????????????????????????? $67, 020 - $ 87,000? per year* ??????????????????????????????????????? Duties:???????????????????????????????????????????????? The assistive technology specialist performs the following duties: ???????? Provides direct instruction in assistive technology to CSB students ???????? Evaluates hardware and software to determine its relevance to the education of blind and low vision students ???????? Assists with the set up and maintenance of assistive technology in CSB classrooms ???????? Performs assistive technology assessments for CSB students, CSB Assessment Center students & for students with visual impairments in LEAs ???????? Writes assistive technology reports & participates in IEP meetings when appropriate ???????? Creates & develops assistive technology curriculum for dissemination and training of families and professionals ???????? Provides technical assistance & training to students with visual impairments, teachers of students with visual impairments, related service professionals, and families Performs assistive technology assessments for students with visual impairments in LEAs throughout the state. ???????? Works closely with the CSB Low Vision program to evaluate, recommend, and train on specialized devices and products ???????? Provides on-going collaboration with CDE & LEAs regarding the assistive technology needs of students with visual impairments ? ? Qualifications:?????? 1.) Education Specialist, Visually Impaired Credential or Clinical Rehabilitation Services Credential, Orientation & Mobility ????????????????????????????? 2.) Three years teaching experience with students with visual impairments 3) Extensive knowledge teaching assistive technology 4.) Successfully passing CBEST ? Desired Skills:?????????? 1.) Masters degree ??????????????????????????????????? 2.) Experience performing assessments & writing reports ??????????????????????????????????? 3.) Experience presenting workshops & conference presentations ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? How to Apply:????????????????? Please submit your resume and copy(s) of credential(s) to: ? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? California School for the Blind ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 500 Walnut Avenue ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Fremont, CA? 94536 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Attn:? Bee Dittmer ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????? Open until filled. ? All applications will be screened based upon desirable qualifications and relevant experience.? Only the most qualified applicants will be scheduled for interviews.? All other applications will be placed in a talent bank for future consideration. ? *The above salary includes a $700.00 per month Recruitment and Retention bonus.? The California School for the Blind is a member of the California Public Employee?s Retirement System.? However, if you are currently a member of the California State Teacher?s Retirement System, you now have the option of remaining with them. ? *There is a 4.62% decrease in salary until June 30, 2013. ? A job offer will be made contingent upon a final budget being approved by the State Legislature and the Governor that allows for full funding of this position. Current or future executive orders relative to filling vacant positions may also affect this process. ? For questions and/or additional information, please contact Bee Dittmer or James Rudder, at (510) 794-3800. ? CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT - AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER - EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ALL REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, SEX, MARTIAL STATUS, DISABILITY, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION, AGE, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. ? ? Stuart Wittenstein, EdD Superintendent California School for the Blind 500 Walnut Avenue Fremont, CA 94536 510-794-3800, ext 201 Fax: 510-794-3813 ? Those who believe in our ability, do more than stimulate us.? They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier for us to succeed.? John Spalding ? ? --- You are currently subscribed to braille-n-teach as: gdietrich@htctu.net . To unsubscribe click here: http://165.74.253.23/u?id=19082.4aa2bbac27f1625907a53d2933a16e04&n=T&l=braille-n-teach&o=1080463 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-1080463-19082.4aa2bbac27f1625907a53d2933a16e04@mlist.cde.ca.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tschwanke at studentlife.wisc.edu Fri Jan 11 18:13:49 2013 From: tschwanke at studentlife.wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] LaTeX to ePub3 workflow? Message-ID: <0MGH00CLSQ723M10@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> Good afternoon: Does anyone have a LaTeX to ePub3 workflow for documents (particularly textbook/course materials) that include math/statistics that they would recommend? Recommended associated tools and readers? Or would you discourage this workflow at this time based on the technology still evolving at all stages of this process? 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With basic styles/structure & math? thanks, Todd On 01/11/13, Todd Schwanke wrote: > > > > > Good afternoon: > > > > Does anyone have a LaTeX to ePub3 workflow for documents (particularly textbook/course materials) that include math/statistics that they would recommend? Recommended associated tools and readers? Or would you discourage this workflow at this time based on the technology still evolving at all stages of this process? Seems that the math part makes it pretty sensitive to what readers it will display correctly in. > > > > Thanks for any thoughts and suggestions, > > Todd > > UW-Madison From ron at ahead.org Sun Jan 13 08:08:59 2013 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] LaTeX to ePub3 workflow? In-Reply-To: <73b09661a3060.50f075cd@studentlife.wisc.edu> References: <0MGH00CLSQ723M10@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> <7400d4b0a259e.50f0c8f1@studentlife.wisc.edu> <7630a1caa388e.50f0c92e@studentlife.wisc.edu> <75b08e98a1a2e.50f0c96b@studentlife.wisc.edu> <76909810a371f.50f0c9e4@studentlife.wisc.edu> <7590f84ca3a0e.50f0ca21@studentlife.wisc.edu> <73b09661a3060.50f075cd@studentlife.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <037b01cdf1a8$4c749180$e55db480$@ahead.org> Todd, Ken Petrie was working on something along these lines that he presented at the AHG conference. As far as I am aware there is no effective workflow at this point. Part of the issue is that the ePub3 generation tools are pretty lacking at this stage. Secondly there are almost no reader agents that effectively handle ePub3 as well. >From my perspective the existing workflows for handling STEM content, while labor intensive, are still the most effective. Ron Stewart -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Todd Schwanke Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 8:28 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] LaTeX to ePub3 workflow? Alternatively, any recommended LaTeX to accessible Word (.doc or .docx)? With basic styles/structure? With basic styles/structure & math? thanks, Todd On 01/11/13, Todd Schwanke wrote: > > > > > Good afternoon: > > > > Does anyone have a LaTeX to ePub3 workflow for documents (particularly textbook/course materials) that include math/statistics that they would recommend? Recommended associated tools and readers? Or would you discourage this workflow at this time based on the technology still evolving at all stages of this process? Seems that the math part makes it pretty sensitive to what readers it will display correctly in. > > > > Thanks for any thoughts and suggestions, > > Todd > > UW-Madison _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu Sun Jan 13 10:21:09 2013 From: jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu (Julie Balassa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs In-Reply-To: <009e01cdee89$c7f317e0$57d947a0$@ahead.org> References: <007701cdee81$875774e0$96065ea0$@ahead.org> <009e01cdee89$c7f317e0$57d947a0$@ahead.org> Message-ID: Ron, did you get this covered? If not, I could do something on Friday or Saturday so let me know. jkb From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 11:53 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Pretty much whatever you want to do and that will appeal to the masses. We are not doing a preconference lab this year. Ron From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Balassa Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 10:03 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Ron, I'll be at AHEAD. What kind of hands on lab session? 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 [cid:image001.png@01CDF190.D9A00520] 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: Ron Stewart > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:53 AM To: Access Network > Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Good morning, it is that time of year and I am looking for members who will be attending this years AHEAD conference and would be willing to do a hands on lab session. If you are able and interested I need a title and summary paragraph ASAP. Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 6860 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From ron at ahead.org Sun Jan 13 13:56:11 2013 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs In-Reply-To: References: <007701cdee81$875774e0$96065ea0$@ahead.org> <009e01cdee89$c7f317e0$57d947a0$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <03ee01cdf1d8$cd353a60$679faf20$@ahead.org> I need sessions, Friday is good Saturday is no go. Ron From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Balassa Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 12:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Ron, did you get this covered? If not, I could do something on Friday or Saturday so let me know. jkb From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 11:53 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Pretty much whatever you want to do and that will appeal to the masses. We are not doing a preconference lab this year. Ron From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Balassa Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 10:03 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Ron, I'll be at AHEAD. What kind of hands on lab session? 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. From: Ron Stewart Reply-To: Access Network Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:53 AM To: Access Network Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Good morning, it is that time of year and I am looking for members who will be attending this years AHEAD conference and would be willing to do a hands on lab session. If you are able and interested I need a title and summary paragraph ASAP. Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 6860 bytes Desc: not available URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Sun Jan 13 14:53:06 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] LaTeX to ePub3 workflow? In-Reply-To: <73b09661a3060.50f075cd@studentlife.wisc.edu> References: <0MGH00CLSQ723M10@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> <7400d4b0a259e.50f0c8f1@studentlife.wisc.edu> <7630a1caa388e.50f0c92e@studentlife.wisc.edu> <75b08e98a1a2e.50f0c96b@studentlife.wisc.edu> <76909810a371f.50f0c9e4@studentlife.wisc.edu> <7590f84ca3a0e.50f0ca21@studentlife.wisc.edu> <73b09661a3060.50f075cd@studentlife.wisc.edu> Message-ID: Hi Todd, Last time I checked in December, I don't know of too many applications that are creating ePub 3 files that support math markup. There is an application called BlueGriffon that will do ePub 3 creation with MathML, but it gets a bit pricey (http://www.bluegriffon-epubedition.com/BGEE). I am not sure what formats you can import, so you may not be able able to go directly from LaTeX into that editing environment. You could try the following as several people have reported that Calibre has some support for ePub and math generation - 1) convert the LaTeX document into HTML with MathML, 2) import this into Calibre and export as ePub. You would then need to do some clean-up of the code to produce a valid ePub 3 file (change doctype, some file extensions, etc.), but it is doable if you have an overabundance of time. Here is a thread with this discussion: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=163255 Once in awhile we get LaTeX files and, in those cases, we use Scientific Notebook to assist with the conversion into MS Word. You can save out from Scientific Notebook as an RTF document (with or without MathType support), but it's not without issues and we generally do cleanup in the MS Word document to ensure accuracy. For the math content, we are relying on MathType and will use the MathType tools to convert any LaTeX into MathType objects in MS Word. We have been working on an automated workflow that takes MS Word + MathType (as .docx) documents and converts these to full-text/full-audio DAISY files. This workflow is now running in our SCRIBE system (http://scribe.stanford.edu), which is based on the Robobraille/Sensusaccess.com engine. However, the preference for DAISY files is quite low and most of our students are preferring ePub, PDF documents, or Word files. At this time, our SCRIBE system cannot go from MS Word + MathType .docx files into ePub 3 due to a limitation in the DAISY Pipeline 2. We are exploring our options and to see how we can find an acceptable solution to generate ePub 3 with MathML, but from what I have researched, there is not much out there that will support an input of LaTeX or MS Word. Both reading applications and authoring applications seem to point the finger at the other as who needs to commit to ePub 3 first (i.e., no reason to create an ePub 3 editing tool as there are no compliant ePub 3 readers vs. no reason to create an ePub 3 reading application as there are no ePub 3 editors). So, to give a very long answer to your short question - I think you should take a look at Scientific Notebook as that may give you the option to go from LaTeX to RTF and from there into into MS Word. Take care, Sean Sent from my iPad On Jan 11, 2013, at 6:29 PM, Todd Schwanke wrote: > Alternatively, any recommended LaTeX to accessible Word (.doc or .docx)? With basic styles/structure? With basic styles/structure & math? > thanks, Todd > > > On 01/11/13, Todd Schwanke wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Good afternoon: >> >> >> >> Does anyone have a LaTeX to ePub3 workflow for documents (particularly textbook/course materials) that include math/statistics that they would recommend? Recommended associated tools and readers? Or would you discourage this workflow at this time based on the technology still evolving at all stages of this process? Seems that the math part makes it pretty sensitive to what readers it will display correctly in. >> >> >> >> Thanks for any thoughts and suggestions, >> >> Todd >> >> UW-Madison > _______________________________________________ > 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 jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu Sun Jan 13 15:43:59 2013 From: jbalassa at valenciacollege.edu (Julie Balassa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs In-Reply-To: <03ee01cdf1d8$cd353a60$679faf20$@ahead.org> Message-ID: Alright, I'll send you a title and summary paragraph tomorrow. I can do either math markup using Scientific Notebook if we can get the demo software installed or foreign language using Dolphin Publisher and/or Word. I can also do general document structuring in Word if you think that would appeal to a wider audience. How long will the lab be? 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: Ron Stewart > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Sunday, January 13, 2013 4:56 PM To: Access Network > Subject: RE: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs I need sessions, Friday is good Saturday is no go. Ron From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Balassa Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 12:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Ron, did you get this covered? If not, I could do something on Friday or Saturday so let me know. jkb From:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 11:53 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Pretty much whatever you want to do and that will appeal to the masses. We are not doing a preconference lab this year. Ron From:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Balassa Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 10:03 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Ron, I'll be at AHEAD. What kind of hands on lab session? 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 [cid:image001.png@01CDF1A6.82001100] 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: Ron Stewart > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:53 AM To: Access Network > Subject: [Athen] AHEAD Conference hands on labs Good morning, it is that time of year and I am looking for members who will be attending this years AHEAD conference and would be willing to do a hands on lab session. If you are able and interested I need a title and summary paragraph ASAP. Ron Stewart ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. 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URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Jan 15 12:40:53 2013 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Repost: SFSU Employment Opportunity Message-ID: <9D75D57CAC9745CB9976A50FA43E6647@htctu.fhda.edu> The Disability Program & Resource Center (DPRC) at SF State is currently recruiting for a full-time disability specialist. The position is open until filled. Go to https://cmsweb.sfsu.edu/psc/HSFPRDF/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL to view the job announcement. Note that at some schools this position would be called counselor or advisor. In case you have any difficulty navigating to the above mentioned link, I am including the job announcement text in the body of this email below. Let me know if you have any questions at gbrown@sfsu.edu or 415-338-2377. Job Title: Student Services Professional III, Exempt - Disability Specialist (DPRC) JOB ID: 3927 Full/Part Time: Full-Time Department: Disability Programs & Resource Center Appointment Type: This is a one year probationary position. Time Base: Full Time (1.0) Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Classification Salary Range: $3,834 - $5,462 per month Anticipated Hiring Range: $3,834 - $4,647 per month Position Summary Under the general direction of the Assistant Director, the Disability Specialist identifies, serves, and advocates for students with disabilities; serves as Disability Programs and Resource Center (DPRC) liaison for prospective students seeking admission by exception, and works as member of the Student Resources team to create barrier-free campus programs and activities for prospective/current SF State students. Minimum Qualifications Education/Work Experience: Master's degree in a related field (e.g. Counseling, Social Work, Education, etc.) or equivalent; minimum of 2 years experience at a post-secondary institution providing individualized comprehensive disability-related advising to adult students with disabilities. Knowledge: Working knowledge of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as amended, CSU policy on disability support and accommodations, and all related technical standards pertaining to these laws; working knowledge of the broad spectrum of disability categories and related reasonable accommodations; general knowledge of the principles, practices and trends of the Student Services field as well as general knowledge of the policies, procedures and practices of the program area to which assigned; thorough knowledge of the principles of individual and group behavior; general knowledge of individual counseling techniques. Skills/Abilities: Proven oral and written communication skills; proven ability to work as part of a team; ability to analyze complex situations accurately and adopt effective courses of action; ability to advise students individually and in groups on complex student-related matters; ability to determine appropriate courses of action and proper techniques to utilize while engaged with individuals in personal interactions of an argumentative or sensitive nature; ability to interpret and evaluate descriptions and explanations of problems brought forward by individuals or student organizations, analyze and define the problem, draw valid conclusions and project consequences of various alternative courses of action. Preferred Qualifications * Master's level course work in psycho-educational assessment and diagnosis of learning disabilities in adolescents and adults. * Experience reviewing psychoeducational and neuropsychological evaluations and determining reasonable accommodations for students with learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, psychiatric conditions and other cognitive conditions. * Working knowledge of CSU guidelines for the provision of learning disability services and reasonable accommodations in post-secondary education. - Knowledge of individual and group behavior and appropriate counseling techniques pertaining to adolescents and adults with learning disabilities. - Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with diverse individuals while carrying out a variety of professionally complex assignments. - Ability to analyze complex situations and adopt effective courses of action. - Ability to advocate on behalf of students with disabilities with faculty, staff and administrators to ensure equal educational opportunities Environmental/Physical/Special: Non-smoking campus & work environment. Employee must refrain from wearing scented products to ensure access for people with chemical sensitivities. How To Apply Submit an online application and/or resume and cover letter (optional), describing your specific qualifications for each position. Contact Human Resources for a full copy of the position description, including the essential functions of the Disability Specialist position. SFSU IS NOT A SPONSORING AGENCY FOR STAFF OR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS. (i.e. H1-B VISAS). The Human Resources, Safety & Risk Management office is open Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and can be reached at (415) 338-1872. SF State is Equal Opportunity/Americans with Disabilities Act employer and has a strong commitment to the principles of diversity. Application Deadline: Open Until Filled -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Testing & Classroom Services Program Manager is responsible for supervising, managing, and coordinating the activities and functions of several of DRS accommodation/services programs; and ensuring the timely and effective provision of accommodations for qualified students with disabilities in accordance with state and federal guidelines and regulations. Primary responsibilities will include: managing the daily operations of the DRS Testing Center, and the Room Relocation and Alternative Furniture services; providing technical and educational assistance to faculty, staff and students to ensure effective accommodation and equal access and inclusion for students with disabilities; and recruiting, hiring, training and supervising volunteer and paid staff to assist in completing tasks associated with programs.*** ** ** You can view the position on UW jobshere, or searchingby the reg # 91400. Feel free to share with any lists or folks you know would we interested.**** ** ** Hope the start to the quarter is going well for everyone!**** ** ** Bree**** ** ** Bree Callahan**** Director, Disability Resources for Students**** University of Washington**** 206-221-2453 (office) 206-616-8379 (fax)**** breec@uw.edu**** disability.uw.edu **** ** ** ** ** ** ** *To:* WAPED (waped@u.washington.edu) *Subject:* [Waped] Job Announcement: UW Disability Resources for Students, Assistant Director ** ** The job announcement is below, the req # is 91236:**** **** *The Assistant Director will assist the Director with oversight of office operations, programs and services. This includes but is not limited to assisting with service provision for prospective and enrolled students; managing and coordinating accommodation/service programs; assisting in the development and implementation of office policies and procedures; understanding, applying and interpreting office and University policies and procedures and applicable State and Federal rules, regulations and laws, e.g., Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act; assisting with the hiring, training and supervising of designated office staff; promoting disability awareness and advocacy in the campus community; providing technical and educational assistance to faculty, staff and students to ensure effective accommodation and equal access and inclusion for students with disabilities to include advising on the use of universal design concepts and principles. The Assistant Director will also serve on campus committees and assist with special projects as requested by the Director.***** **** You can view the position on UW jobshere, or searchingby the reg # 91236. Feel free to share with any lists or folks you know would we interested.**** **** Hope the holiday season is treating you all well. **** **** Thanks,**** **** Bree**** **** Bree Callahan**** Director, Disability Resources for Students**** University of Washington**** 206-543-8924 (office) **** 206-616-8379 (fax)**** breec@uw.edu**** **** **** **** **** -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU Thu Jan 17 08:12:02 2013 From: Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU (Catherine M. Stager Kilcommons) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Favorite apps Message-ID: <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDB2DA2AA283@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> At ATIA I will be sharing the universal access App lists we have generated here at CU. As there are so many apps, I would be glad to make it more extensive and give appropriate credit to anyone who sends me a review of apps their students are raving about. Either the AT apps or universally designed would be great. I will also share back to ATHEN. Thanks in advance. Feel free to send to me directly or post to list if you prefer. Best regards, Cath Cath Stager-Kilcommons Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator Disability Services / Office of Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement N234 Center for Community University of Colorado Boulder 303-492-4049 http://DisabilityServices.Colorado.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The issue seems to be navigation around a PDF in this ecosystem. Any thoughts? Comments? If VoiceOver isn't great, and I see that Adobe Reader or PDF aren't on the Apple VoiceOver supported/tutorial webpage, is there another solution? Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Mon Jan 21 07:25:00 2013 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reading PDF on iPad and iPhone with speech In-Reply-To: <000601cdf7d9$e39cf250$aad6d6f0$@karlencommunications.com> References: <000601cdf7d9$e39cf250$aad6d6f0$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <009801cdf7eb$7a9ce410$6fd6ac30$@ahead.org> Karen currently there seems to be no alternative solution. ADOBE has chosen to significantly limit the accessibility of their documents in the APPLE space just as ADOBE has limited accessibility options in the APPLE space. Based on my experience the most effective way to deal with this is to convert to HTML 4.x which is very usable in the various APPLE OS environments. Wish I had a better answer, and would greatly appreciate any input that I am wrong. Tangential to this, when we look at the iAuthor space we are going to run into similar issues. Documents created in iAuthor appear at this point to be fully accessible, given that the necessary due diligence was used in the creation, in the APPLE world. These documents look like they will not fully accessible in the non-APPLE world due to the use of proprietary technologies in their creation. Once again I would love to hear that I am in error in my thoughts. I don't care what might be possible in the future, what I am concerned about is what is possible and probably in the near term! Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 7:19 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Reading PDF on iPad and iPhone with speech I have a question from a school about the accessibility of PDF on iPad and iPhone devices. I've tried reading a PDF using iBooks basically can listen or not. I haven't found a way to navigate using VoiceOver. I found a PDF reader called vBook that has voices that you can purchase for $4.99 but before I spent money, wanted to check in here. I've also downloaded Adobe Reader for iPad and I see that Digital Editions is also available. The issue seems to be navigation around a PDF in this ecosystem. Any thoughts? Comments? If VoiceOver isn't great, and I see that Adobe Reader or PDF aren't on the Apple VoiceOver supported/tutorial webpage, is there another solution? Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Mon Jan 21 09:54:38 2013 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reading PDF on iPad and iPhone with speech In-Reply-To: <009801cdf7eb$7a9ce410$6fd6ac30$@ahead.org> References: <000601cdf7d9$e39cf250$aad6d6f0$@karlencommunications.com> <009801cdf7eb$7a9ce410$6fd6ac30$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <001401cdf800$62022a90$26067fb0$@karlencommunications.com> Ron: This has been my experience. I did a session at AHG that included iBook Author and the main issue, other than authoring tool accessibility, was that you could only use those books in the Apple ecosystem. Thanks! Cheers, Karen From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 10:25 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Reading PDF on iPad and iPhone with speech Karen currently there seems to be no alternative solution. ADOBE has chosen to significantly limit the accessibility of their documents in the APPLE space just as ADOBE has limited accessibility options in the APPLE space. Based on my experience the most effective way to deal with this is to convert to HTML 4.x which is very usable in the various APPLE OS environments. Wish I had a better answer, and would greatly appreciate any input that I am wrong. Tangential to this, when we look at the iAuthor space we are going to run into similar issues. Documents created in iAuthor appear at this point to be fully accessible, given that the necessary due diligence was used in the creation, in the APPLE world. These documents look like they will not fully accessible in the non-APPLE world due to the use of proprietary technologies in their creation. Once again I would love to hear that I am in error in my thoughts. I don't care what might be possible in the future, what I am concerned about is what is possible and probably in the near term! Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 7:19 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Reading PDF on iPad and iPhone with speech I have a question from a school about the accessibility of PDF on iPad and iPhone devices. I've tried reading a PDF using iBooks basically can listen or not. I haven't found a way to navigate using VoiceOver. I found a PDF reader called vBook that has voices that you can purchase for $4.99 but before I spent money, wanted to check in here. I've also downloaded Adobe Reader for iPad and I see that Digital Editions is also available. The issue seems to be navigation around a PDF in this ecosystem. Any thoughts? Comments? If VoiceOver isn't great, and I see that Adobe Reader or PDF aren't on the Apple VoiceOver supported/tutorial webpage, is there another solution? Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Tue Jan 22 08:52:11 2013 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] turning off images in IE 9?? Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20130122085054.04b43cd0@pop.gmail.com> It has been a long time since I had occasion to turn off images and actually probably it was IE 7. I can't locate where to do it in IE 9. Not where it used to be! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010 http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html From burke at ucla.edu Tue Jan 22 10:03:24 2013 From: burke at ucla.edu (Patrick Burke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] turning off images in IE 9?? In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20130122085054.04b43cd0@pop.gmail.com> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20130122085054.04b43cd0@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: <201301221803.r0MI3O38028974@mail.ucla.edu> Hi Norm, It's still there, but under Multimedia. So, go to Tools, Options, Advanced Tab (as normal). Tab once to get to the tree-view of selections. Hitting M a couple of times should get you to Multimedia. Right Arrow once to expand the sublist. That's where Show Pictures & the other familiar settings are located. All best, Patrick At 08:52 AM 1/22/2013, Prof Norm Coombs wrote: >It has been a long time since I had occasion to turn off images and >actually probably it was IE 7. >I can't locate where to do it in IE 9. Not where it used to be! > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot >Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve >Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com > >Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for >Students with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass >Oct 10,2010 >http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html > > >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Patrick J. Burke Coordinator UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program Phone: 310 206-6004 E-mail: burke@ucla.edu Location: 4909 Math Science Department Contact: dcp@oit.ucla.edu From mantle.doug at gmail.com Tue Jan 22 12:13:42 2013 From: mantle.doug at gmail.com (Doug Mantle) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] turning off images in IE 9?? In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20130122085054.04b43cd0@pop.gmail.com> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20130122085054.04b43cd0@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: An article that outlines the steps can be found at http://blogmines.com/blog/2011/02/15/how-to-disable-loading-of-pictures-in-internet-explorer/. Simply put... Internet Options menu then advanced tab then under multimedia section there is a 'show pictures' option that you can toggle on/off. Hope this helps.Take care. Doug Mantle On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Prof Norm Coombs wrote: > It has been a long time since I had occasion to turn off images and > actually probably it was IE 7. > I can't locate where to do it in IE 9. Not where it used to be! > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot > Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve > Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com > > Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students > with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010 > http://www.josseybass.com/**WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-** > 0470499044.html > > > ______________________________**_________________ > athen-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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Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From Lissner.2 at osu.edu Tue Jan 22 19:22:48 2013 From: Lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] DOJ Targets ADA Anniversary (July 2013) for Rulemaking on Web Accessibility Message-ID: DOJ regulatory Agenda: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201210&RIN=1190-AA65 ? DOJ/CRT RIN: 1190-AA65 Publication ID: 2012? Title: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Governments? Abstract: The Department published an ANPRM on July 26, 2010, RIN 1190-AA61, that addressed issues relating to proposed revisions of both the title II and title III ADA regulations in order to provide guidance on the obligations of covered entities to make programs, services and activities offered over the Web accessible to individuals with disabilities. The Department has now divided the rulemakings in the next step of the rulemaking process so as to proceed with separate notices of proposed rulemakings for title II and title III. The title III rulemaking on Web accessibility will continue under RIN 1190-AA61 and the title II rulemaking will continue under the new RIN 1190-AA65. This rulemaking will provide specific guidance to State and local governments in order to make services, programs, or activities offered to the public via the Web accessible to individuals with disabilities. The ADA requires that State and local governments provide qualified individuals with disabilities equal access to their programs, services, or activities unless doing so would fundamentally alter the nature of their programs, services, or activities or would impose an undue burden. 42. U.S.C. 12132. The Internet as it is known today did not exist when Congress enacted the ADA; yet today the Internet is dramatically changing the way that governmental entities serve the public. Taking advantage of new technology, citizens can now use State and local government websites to correspond online with local officials; obtain information about government services; renew library books or driver's licenses; pay fines; register to vote; obtain tax information and file tax returns; apply for jobs or benefits; and complete numerous other civic tasks. These government websites are important because they allow programs and services to be offered in a more dynamic, interactive way in order to increase citizen participation; increase convenience and speed in obtaining information or services; reduce costs in providing information about government services and administering programs; reduce the amount of paperwork; and expand the possibilities of reaching new sectors of the community or offering new programs or services. Many States and localities have begun to improve the accessibility of portions of their websites. However, full compliance with the ADA's promise to provide an equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities to participate in and benefit from all aspects of the programs, services, and activities provided by State and local governments in today's technologically advanced society will only occur if it is clear to public entities that their websites must be accessible. Consequently, the Department intends to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its title II regulations to expressly address the obligations of public entities to make the websites they use to provide programs, activities, or services or information to the public accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities under the legal framework established by the ADA. The proposed regulation will propose the scope of the obligation to provide accessibility when persons with disabilities access public websites, as well as propose the technical standards necessary to comply with the ADA.? Agency: Department of Justice(DOJ)? Priority: Economically Significant? RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage? Major: Undetermined? Unfunded Mandates: No? CFR Citation: 28 CFR 35? Legal Authority: 42 USC 12101, et seq? Legal Deadline: ?None Statement of Need: Many people with disabilities use "assistive technology" to enable them to use computers and access the Internet. Individuals who are blind or have low vision who cannot see computer monitors may use screen readers--devices that speak the text that would normally appear on a monitor. People who have difficulty using a computer mouse can use voice recognition software to control their computers with verbal commands. People with other types of disabilities may use still other kinds of assistive technology. New and innovative assistive technologies are being introduced every day. Websites that do not accommodate assistive technology, for example, can create unnecessary barriers for people with disabilities, just as buildings not designed to accommodate people with disabilities prevent some individuals from entering and accessing services. Web designers may not realize how simple features built into a website will assist someone who, for instance, cannot see a computer monitor or use a mouse. In addition, in many cases, these websites do not provide captioning for videos or live events streamed over the web, leaving persons who are deaf or hard of hearing unable to access the information that is being provided. Although an increasing number of State and local governments are making efforts to provide accessible websites, because there are no specific ADA standards for website accessibility, these websites vary in actual usability. Summary of the Legal Basis: The ADA requires that State and local governments provide qualified individuals with disabilities equal access to their programs, services, or activities unless doing so would fundamentally alter the nature of their programs, services, or activities or would impose an undue burden. 42. U.S.C. 12132. Alternatives: The Department intends to consider various alternatives for ensuring full access to websites of State and local governments and will solicit public comment addressing these alternatives. Anticipated Costs and Benefits: The Department anticipates that this rule will be "economically significant," that is, that the rule will have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million, or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, the environment, public health or safety or State, local or tribal governments or communities. However, the Department believes that revising its title II rule to clarify the obligations of State and local governments to provide accessible websites will significantly increase the opportunities for citizens with disabilities to participate in, and benefit from, State and local government programs, activities, and services. It will also ensure that individuals have access to important information that is provided over the Internet, including emergency information. The Department also believes that providing accessible websites will benefit State and local governments as it will increase the numbers of citizens who can use these websites, and thus improve the efficiency of delivery of services to the public. In drafting this NPRM, the Department will attempt to minimize the compliance costs to State and local governments while ensuring the benefits of compliance to persons with disabilities. Risks: If the Department does not revise its ADA title II regulations to address website accessibility, persons with disabilities in many communities will continue to be unable to access their State and local governmental services in the same manner available to citizens without disabilities, and in some cases will not be able to access those services at all. Timetable: ANPRM? 07/26/2010?? Comment Period End?01/21/2011?? NPRM?07/00/2013? ? Source:? http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201210&RIN=1190-AA65 ? From norm.coombs at gmail.com Wed Jan 23 17:39:25 2013 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] turning off images in IE 9?? In-Reply-To: References: <6.0.3.0.2.20130122085054.04b43cd0@pop.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20130123173840.04b9fd50@pop.gmail.com> Thanks. I didn't think it was an item that merrited an advanced setting. Thanks At 12:13 PM 1/22/2013, you wrote: >An article that outlines the steps can be found at >http://blogmines.com/blog/2011/02/15/how-to-disable-loading-of-pictures-in-internet-explorer/. >Simply put... Internet Options menu then advanced tab then under >multimedia section there is a 'show pictures' option that you can toggle >on/off. > >Hope this helps.Take care. > >Doug Mantle > >On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Prof Norm Coombs ><norm.coombs@gmail.com> wrote: >It has been a long time since I had occasion to turn off images and >actually probably it was IE 7. >I can't locate where to do it in IE 9. Not where it used to be! > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot >Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve >Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com > >Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students >with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010 >http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html > > >_______________________________________________ >athen-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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010 http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html From ron at ahead.org Thu Jan 24 06:34:43 2013 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Great alt format article Message-ID: <003001cdfa3f$f4638960$dd2a9c20$@ahead.org> For your reading enjoyment, nice analysis about the current playing field in AIM production. https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm13/bm1301/bm130102.htm Ron Stewart From skeegan at stanford.edu Thu Jan 24 10:01:53 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Amazon purchases Ivona TTS company Message-ID: <51017711.6010803@stanford.edu> For those that follow text-to-speech companies (yes, I need to get a life), the news today is that Amazon.com has purchased Ivona Software. Ivona is the company behind several high-quality voices that offer some of the best TTS conversions available. The full press-release is at: http://www.ivona.com/us/news/amazoncom-announces-acquisition-of-ivona-software/ If you have not tried out any of the voices, check out the site at: http://www.ivona.com/us/ You can enter up to 250 characters of text and have it read by their different voice offerings. Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From foreigntype at cox.net Thu Jan 24 09:49:42 2013 From: foreigntype at cox.net (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Great alt format article In-Reply-To: <003001cdfa3f$f4638960$dd2a9c20$@ahead.org> References: <003001cdfa3f$f4638960$dd2a9c20$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <019e01cdfa5b$31261640$937242c0$@cox.net> Good job all the way around! The article is well-written. The history & development of this massive effort is clearly outlined. Thanks for sharing. Wink Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant The Foreign Type foreigntype@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:35 AM To: aheadmembers@listserve.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Great alt format article For your reading enjoyment, nice analysis about the current playing field in AIM production. https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm13/bm1301/bm130102.htm Ron Stewart _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From hkramer at ahead.org Thu Jan 24 15:09:58 2013 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Adobe Connect player/pods In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Andrew, Finally getting back to trying out your suggestions. The JAWS pass-through ins-3 key did allow access the the play/pause control (via 'p' key). Once you get to the play/pause control I was able to then get to the time slider but there was no information other than "slider" provided to JAWS. You get the same announcement when you tab once more to the volume level slider. Once on the time slider I was able to use the arrow keys to move the control ahead or back on the video. Pressing the space key would then move the actual video to that point for actual playing (if you don't press the space key you'll jump right back to the original position when you enter 'p' again). But I could only determine how I was moving along the timeline by percentage. I could not access or read the actual time information (i.e. "11:00:22/22:00:00") just to the right of the slider. But the whole thing seemed unreliable -at least to me. I just went back to check again what's announced when going to the timeline slider and I couldn't get back to it. I tried different combinations of cntr-F6 and tabbing. There are definitely controls and pods that should be better labeled (at least one object on the page is not labeled at all) and it should be easier to move through different pods. I'd like to hear from other screenreader users or those who have tested out the Connect playback interface with screenreaders. Maybe it's just me. Thanks, Howard On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote: > Howard, > The first question that I have is what browser you're using to view the > recordings. The player is Flash-based and there are challenges getting > focus into the player on some browsers. That still works best with IE. > Once you have focus in the Connect recording player window, then you can > use the keyboard shortcuts. > > It seems like there may be an issue with the new Event Overlay area - it > isn't responding as the other pods are, so appears to be blocking the use > of the Ctrl+F6 shortcut. If you tab a couple of times to get the focus > past this item then Ctrl+F6 works as expected (at least it does for me). > You mentioned Ctrl+F8 also, which doesn't do much in a recording because > there are no context menus in the recording interface's pods for this > shortcut to open. > > I wasn't able to reproduce an issue with the "p" shortcut not correctly > toggling the play/pause button, except when the focus was on a text input > area and in that case the "p" was entered into the control, which I believe > is the correct behavior. Can you provide steps to reproduce? > > The slider to the right of the play/pause button operates with the > right/left arrow and home/end keys. Like the "p" key, these shortcuts may > run into difficulties with JAWS grabbing the keystrokes (e.g. for next > paragraph or next/previous character). If you can provide steps to > reproduce what you are finding, that would help us. It is worth knowing > that at least for JAWS the keyboard pass-through is insert+3 so if "p" > isn't working and then you hit "insert+3" followed by "p" and it does, then > we at least know why it is happening. > > I saw one other comment that the closed captioning wasn't able to be read > by a JAWS user, and that is true. The captions are hidden from AT, but the > caption pod does allow you to export a transcript of the event's > captioning, which may be easier to read for a deaf-blind user. > > We'll follow up with the Connect team to make sure that we have bugs > logged for any reproducible issues, and will add more if other issues are > identified/clarified. > > Thanks, > AWK > > Andrew Kirkpatrick > Group Product Manager, Accessibility > Adobe Systems > > akirkpat@adobe.com > http://twitter.com/awkawk > http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility > > > -----Original Message----- > From: webaim-forum-bounces@list.webaim.org [mailto: > webaim-forum-bounces@list.webaim.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 12:14 PM > To: WebAIM Discussion List; Access Technology Higher Education Network; > Distribution list for EASI Web Conferences, Podcasts and News > Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Adobe Connect player/pods > > Dear Colleagues: > > (Please excuse any cross-posts.) > > I wonder if anyone has an insight into the accessibility of > controls/buttons for the Adobe Connect player (I'm not sure if player is > the correct terminology - it consists of a series of what they call pods > [written in Flash action script?]). I've posted the recorded sessions for > the Accessing Higher Ground conference on the Connect platform. > > The Adobe site list hotkeys that can be used with Connect, including > playback control, at - > > http://help.adobe.com/en_US/connect/9.0/using/WS5ae85155c1a0214d1172e081227b89777b-8000.html#WS5e953006aa800217-2e21eaae122a9c49b5b-8000 > > - but I've found that the hotkeys for playback work unreliably and > intermittently at best. Cntrl-F6 doesn't always move between the various > pods; Cntrl-F8 which is supposed to list hotkeys (or "display the pod menu > for keyboard control") doesn't work at all; many buttons are not labeled > and even the 'p' command to play/pause doesn't always work. In I.E., when > the 'p' didn't work I was able to use the JAWS find to focus on the > play/pause button and at least stop/start the recording that way. I can > then access the slider control which controls fast-forward or rewind - it > is labeled thankfully - but there doesn't seem to be a hot-key to control > it - i.e. to move it. > > It looks like I may have to provide the recordings on two different > platforms - Connect for those who need or prefer the captioning and another > platform for users of screenreaders and other AT. > > I welcome any suggestions/insight/help anyone has on this. I know Andrew K. > follows the WebAIM list so maybe he'll chime in. > > Cheers, > Howard > _______________________________________________ > To manage your subscription, visit http://list.webaim.org/ Address list > messages to webaim-forum@list.webaim.org > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ivona is the company behind several high-quality voices that offer some of the best TTS conversions available. The full press-release is at: http://www.ivona.com/us/news/amazoncom-announces-acquisition-of-ivona-softwa re/ If you have not tried out any of the voices, check out the site at: http://www.ivona.com/us/ You can enter up to 250 characters of text and have it read by their different voice offerings. Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From fosters at sou.edu Fri Jan 25 13:35:39 2013 From: fosters at sou.edu (Shawn Foster) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Two positions available at Southern Oregon University Message-ID: Hello, all: Southern Oregon University, in beautiful Ashland (home of the world-famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival) is looking to hire two entry-level positions in Disability Resources. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone you know who may be interested. Alternate Format Media & Assistive Technology Specialist The Disability Resources office collaborates with the university community to increase awareness, remove barriers, and promote an inclusive environment for students with disabilities. The Alternate Format and Assistive Technology Specialist contributes to the processes that ensure equal, usable, and universal access to all educational materials for students with print disabilities and trains students on how to access these materials via the use of hardware and software technology. Ability to successfully interact with a diverse population is a must. Disability Support Specialist The Disability Resources office collaborates with the university community to increase awareness, remove barriers, and promote an inclusive environment for students with disabilities. The Disability Support Specialist will provide administrative support for all aspects of exam and classroom support, including exam accommodation services, coordination of lecture note-taking service, collaboration with the Facilities Maintenance and Planning to field accessible classroom furniture for individual students, and assist with representing the department during registration and orientation and preview days. The position draws on a skill set that comprises database operations, nuanced interpersonal communication, policy implementation, student development, and ability to provide effective consumer service and support in a fast paced environment with occasional high stress. More information about the positions and the hiring process is available on our Jobs at SOUsite. I'm the contact if you have any questions about these positions. [Cross-posted to ATHEN and DSSHE listservs... please forgive the duplicate posting if you are on both.] Thanks! 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Wink Wink Harner foreigntype@gmail.com From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Shawn Foster Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 1:36 PM To: Network', 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Subject: [Athen] Two positions available at Southern Oregon University Hello, all: Southern Oregon University, in beautiful Ashland (home of the world-famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival) is looking to hire two entry-level positions in Disability Resources. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone you know who may be interested. Alternate Format Media & Assistive Technology Specialist The Disability Resources office collaborates with the university community to increase awareness, remove barriers, and promote an inclusive environment for students with disabilities. The Alternate Format and Assistive Technology Specialist contributes to the processes that ensure equal, usable, and universal access to all educational materials for students with print disabilities and trains students on how to access these materials via the use of hardware and software technology. Ability to successfully interact with a diverse population is a must. Disability Support Specialist The Disability Resources office collaborates with the university community to increase awareness, remove barriers, and promote an inclusive environment for students with disabilities. The Disability Support Specialist will provide administrative support for all aspects of exam and classroom support, including exam accommodation services, coordination of lecture note-taking service, collaboration with the Facilities Maintenance and Planning to field accessible classroom furniture for individual students, and assist with representing the department during registration and orientation and preview days. The position draws on a skill set that comprises database operations, nuanced interpersonal communication, policy implementation, student development, and ability to provide effective consumer service and support in a fast paced environment with occasional high stress. More information about the positions and the hiring process is available on our Jobs at SOU site. I'm the contact if you have any questions about these positions. [Cross-posted to ATHEN and DSSHE listservs... please forgive the duplicate posting if you are on both.] Thanks! 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Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] captions for ios devices In-Reply-To: References: <15818_1356033460_qBKJvdfE028119_6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE0575C6E0@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl> <50D38CDD.8020007@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <24898_1359487199_r0TJJva9025383_6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE057AF755@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl> I know this is late, but Mom always said it's never too late to say thank you. So, thank you to all who responded. I really appreciate the information. Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 4:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] captions for ios devices Hi All, I'm a little late joining this conversation, but just wanted to share what we're doing at DO-IT: http://uw.edu/doit/video We've created a custom media player that uses HTML5 as its primary player, and JW Player as fallback for those who are using older browsers that don't support HTML5. We've created a highly accessible custom player that communicates with both the HTML5 media and JW Player API's so all users - even those with older browsers - get exactly the same experience and identical feature sets. For video files, we're using MP4, which is now supported by most browsers and will eventually be supported by Firefox (the last major holdout). Until then, we're also delivering all our videos using Ogg (older videos) or WebM (newer videos), since those are the formats preferred by Firefox (and Opera, which only recently began supporting MP4). JW Player also supports MP4, so that same file works in the fallback player. For captions, we start with an SRT caption file. The standard format for HTML5 captions is WebVTT, which at its core is very similar to SRT, so it's easy to convert the SRT file to WebVTT with just a couple of edits in a text editor (there are also free tools available that will do the conversion). Browsers are starting to build in support for WebVTT captions in HTML5, but from my experience their implementation is still a little buggy, so we decided to build caption support into our custom controller rather than rely on browsers to do it. We upload all our videos to YouTube in addition to showing them on our own site. For YouTube, we upload the original SRT caption file. And for iOS, we embed the SRT caption file into our MP4 video file using Handbrake. It's great that iOS supports that because we're already delivering an MP4 file, so we don't really have to do anything extra-special - we just use that same MP4 file for all purposes, including delivery of captions in iOS. I recently discovered that my iPhone reports that it "Can't play the caption file" on at least one of our videos, so the iOS caption parser is apparently a little fussy, but most of the time it seems to work. iOS also supports multiple SRT files within a single MP4, so that's an effective strategy for delivering foreign-language subtitles. We aren't supporting subtitles yet on our videos, but we do have a few of them translated so we're working on implementing subtitles soon. Since you mentioned audio description Ken, we're implementing that in a couple of different ways: First, we outsource audio description for all our videos. The deliverable from vendors is a new video, with description mixed into the program audio. They do a great job of placing description in the best places so it's minimally intrusive plus they adjust volumes so the description can easily be heard over background sounds. The media player we've created includes a Description button that if clicked, swaps the source media file so if the user is viewing the non-described version the described version is loaded, and vice versa. We also provide a text version of the description in a WebVTT file, the same file format that's used for captions. This form of description is supported by the HTML5 spec. No browsers support it natively yet, but we built support into our custom player. The description text is displayed at the appropriate times just like captions are, but they're displayed in a box that's marked with ARIA role="alert", which causes screen readers to read the description as soon as it appears. This is off by default on our player since users have the option of viewing a professionally described video, but there's a Preferences button that allows users to experiment with different ways of getting their description delivered. One advantage of having a WebVTT-based description, at least as a supplement to the professionally described alternative version, is that the WebVTT description file can be used in conjunction with the caption file to build a transcript. In our transcript we markup the caption and description in such a way that they're visually distinct, plus we've added the text "Description:" to the start of each block of description content, hidden to everyone except screen reader users. We're planning to make our custom media player available as an open source project sometime in early 2013. The best place to stay abreast of that is my blog: http://terrillthompson.com/blog Regards, Terrill -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ken Petri wrote: > Hi Dean, > > The Handbrake method works just fine. But if you have a Mac iSubtitle gives > you more options. > > Here's the too-long URL on how to do this with Handbrake: > https://carmenwiki.osu.edu/display/10292/DIY+Captioning+Techniques#DIYCaptioningTechniques-AddingCaptions%28Subtitles%29toMP4VideoforUseiniTunesorVLC > > A short URL to the entire DIY Captioning Techniques page is: > http://go.osu.edu/diy-captioning > > Other good info in this page as well. The info about how to add an audio > description track is forth-coming. That technique does, however, require > QuickTime Pro.... > > > ken > -- > Ken Petri > Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center > 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 > Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 > http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu > > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: >> >> > I want to learn how to add captions for iOS devices. I found a >> > vendor site that gives instructions, but it says it only works using >> > QuickTime Pro on a Mac. I have been unsuccessful in searches to >> > confirm this. Can someone please tell me whether this is accurate? >> >> Hi Dean, >> >> Generally speaking, there are two ways to add captions to iOS media: >> embedding a caption file so that it requires the closed caption decoder; or, >> embedding a caption file as a subtitle track. >> >> The first method is what I call the "closed caption decoder" solution. >> This requires that you create an SCC file and embed this file into the >> original media file. In order to view these captions on an iOS device you >> have to enable the closed caption decoder feature in the Videos menu >> (Settings > Videos > Closed Captioning). The SCC file is the same file type >> as is used for captioning VHS media content and is a bit of a pain. From >> what I have found, you need to have Compressor (Mac only) in order to >> integrate the SCC caption into the original media file. >> >> The second method is what I call the "subtitle track" solution. This >> involves using the subtitle track to embed caption information into the >> media file. I have had much greater success using this solution as it is >> far easier to deal with the SRT caption file and the application used to >> embed the captions (as subtitles) into the original media. I have used the >> application iSubtitle (Mac only) to perform this process. Subler, also Mac >> only, also works. >> >> For Windows, the options are varied. Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate >> (http://www.wondershare.com/video-editing-tips/how-to-add-subtitles-to-mp4.html) >> is one tool that you could try. Previous versions seemed to work with >> getting a subtitle track into an MP4 media file, so that may be one option >> (I only tried this tool years ago, so your mileage may vary). >> >> Handbrake may be an option now that there is improved subtitle support for >> MP4 media files. With a user created SRT caption file, you can run the >> media file and caption file together through Handbrake to get soft or hard >> subtitles (soft-subtitles can be enabled/disabled whereas hard-subtitles are >> burned into the video itself). See https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles >> for more information. I have not tried this method myself (yet!). >> >> Take care, >> Sean >> >> -- >> Sean Keegan >> Associate Director, Assistive Technology >> Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University >> http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 sullivag at msudenver.edu Tue Jan 29 11:40:41 2013 From: sullivag at msudenver.edu (Sullivan, Gregory) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Web content accessibility compliance software Message-ID: <6695CA7FC2756E45A63D051FBDC2B6B505EE6CAB82@E2K7VS.services.metro> Hello Ron, I was wondering if you have any wisdom and/or knowledge you could share regarding web content accessibility compliance software let Hi Software. Sl?inte, Greg Sullivan Director, Access Center Auraria Library, Suite 116 Academic and Student Affairs Division Metropolitan State University of Denver 303-556-8387 www.msudenver.edu/access This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information.? Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited.? If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 7:35 AM To: aheadmembers@listserve.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Great alt format article For your reading enjoyment, nice analysis about the current playing field in AIM production. https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm13/bm1301/bm130102.htm Ron Stewart _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From buckleym at missouri.edu Wed Jan 30 13:57:16 2013 From: buckleym at missouri.edu (Buckley, Matthew) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS Exam Question Message-ID: <56FC9F3A1043F04988C256EF483D51D0893898@UM-MBX-N01.um.umsystem.edu> Does anyone know if the ALEKS exam can be modified such that someone with a manual dexterity problem can access the tools on the right hand side? They are for graphing, putting fractions into equations and drawing appropriate lines on diagrams. To that end, for students who are unable to scribe for themselves, does anyone know of a free download a student can use given that this exam is often taken at home and students may not have the technology to appropriately and efficiently work high end math problems? Thanks for your help. [Matt First Name] Matthew E. Buckley | Coordinator | University of Missouri ~ Disability Services | S5 Memorial Union | Columbia, Missouri 65211 *: 573.882.3684 | 7: 573.884.5002 [http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/z1M25/hash/5u84f48n.gif] "To the world you may be one person. But to one person you may be the world." - Vic Preseli ******************Confidentiality Notice****************** Email is not a secure form of communication; confidentiality cannot be guaranteed. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender of the error and delete this message and any attachments. 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I thought it would surface sooner or later so thought this might be a heads up. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/personaltech/raspberry-pi-a-com puter-tinkerers-dream.html?partner=rss &emc=rss&_r=0 Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU Thu Jan 31 07:16:21 2013 From: Catherine.Stager-kilcommons at Colorado.EDU (Catherine M. Stager Kilcommons) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Raspberry Pie computer In-Reply-To: <000901cdffb3$abc0caa0$03425fe0$@karlencommunications.com> References: <000901cdffb3$abc0caa0$03425fe0$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <83F43AAD78907C4F919AFB7E5E92B4FDB2DABFFBDA@EXC2.ad.colorado.edu> Raspberry Pi has many interesting potential applications - got to love that $30 price. Best regards, Cath ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications [info@karlencommunications.com] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:05 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Raspberry Pie computer I read this NYT article on the ?Raspberry Pie? computer. I thought it would surface sooner or later so thought this might be a heads up. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/personaltech/raspberry-pi-a-computer-tinkerers-dream.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Cheers, Karen From alpuzz at msu.edu Thu Jan 31 07:34:14 2013 From: alpuzz at msu.edu (Al Puzzuoli) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Production of EPUB 3 Content? Message-ID: Just curious as to whether anyone is currently producing E-Text content in EPUB 3, or whether you have begun looking at how to do so in future? We are currently exploring the possibility of transitioning our base format to EPUB 3 but at this point, we're not even sure which software out there would provide the best solution. Any comments would be very welcome, Thanks, Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 517-884-1915 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Thu Jan 31 14:36:44 2013 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Production of EPUB 3 Content? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Al, This is an excellent question. I have no great answer. There is no EPUB3 movement underway at OSU, either within disability services or within eLearning. It will likely start in eLearning before it starts in our DS office. InDesign will produce EPUB3, but from all reports I've heard, it's pretty broken. The sigil editor has EPUB 3 production on the radar but it's not implemented, not even in beta, from what I can tell. BlueGriffon EPUB Edition will produce EPUB3. You can try it for free. It's about $265 to purchase (advertised prices are in Euros). It could be the best bet for book production as EPUB3, at this point. (Perhaps an InDesign to broken EPUB to BlueGriffon to fix that borked EPUB?) If only iBooks Author created real rather than bastardized EPUB3.... And Al what are you recommending for reading EPUB 3? iBooks handles a lot of the spec, but not all. There's Azardi, but it lacks screen reader accessibility. And there's Adobe Digital Editions. ADE has pretty decent initial EPUB3 support, but it doesn't render MathML or the canvas element, not sure about SVG, but I know it doesn't handle video or audio tags. The advantage of ADE is that it has good screen reader support. Nook Study will open basic EPUB3 books and it has the advantage of having built in reading+text-highlighting, but it will crash if complex EPUB3 is opened in it. Then there's the promising Readium project. It has very good EPUB3 support, but its designed as a test bed platform not as a "production" reader and it's not working well with any screen reader at this point, including ChromeVox. It will support most MathML (through MathJax) and supports video and audio (because it's running in Chrome, after all). We need one killer EPUB3 player on Windows and Mac but it's just not there yet. I'm hoping Adobe comes to the rescue. ADE has been getting better. We were working the B&N on Nook Study accessibility for a short time but that effort fell through. I'd love to hear what you guys are doing. Best, ken -- Ken Petri Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center 102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 http://wac.osu.edu | petri.1@osu.edu On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Al Puzzuoli wrote: > Just curious as to whether anyone is currently producing E-Text content > in EPUB 3, or whether you have begun looking at how to do so in future? We > are currently exploring the possibility of transitioning our base format > to EPUB 3 but at this point, we?re not even sure which software out there > would provide the best solution. **** > > Any comments would be very welcome,**** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Al Puzzuoli**** > > Michigan State University**** > > Information Technologist > http://www.rcpd.msu.edu**** > > Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 517-884-1915 120 Bessey > Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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When he launches IE8, he gets a Microsoft message that he needs to upgrade or switch to Firefox or Chrome - it apparently won't let him move forward and use the browser even to read our documents off-line. XP won't let him upgrade IE, and MathPlayer won't run in any other browser. I can't ask the student to go buy a new Windows machine, needless to say. Can anyone recommend an alternative player of any kind that can handle MathType output? The student is falling behind and I want to find a solution that doesn't involve me setting the student up with a human reader for his materials access, although he is actually open to that solution. Thanks for any suggestions you have, Teresa ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D. Supervisor, Alternative Format Services Disability Resource Center Arizona State University ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Thu Jan 31 14:58:41 2013 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Production of EPUB 3 Content? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20130131145417.01f5e878@wheresmymailserver.com> Greetings: For those interested in Epub 3, here's a book by Matt Garrish that you might find helpful: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920025283.do In addition, it might be helpful if those interested contacted the IDPF directly. Since it's the standards-making body, and the organization has generally embraced accessibility, I'd hope they'd have a sense of the status of tools and such. Contacting the IDPF could surely raise the visibility among its members for the kinds of authoring and reading tools that the higher education community needs. Start at: www.idpf.org Best, Jennifer At 02:36 PM 1/31/2013, you wrote: >Hi Al, > >This is an excellent question. I have no great answer. There is no >EPUB3 movement underway at OSU, either within disability services or >within eLearning. It will likely start in eLearning before it starts >in our DS office. > >InDesign will produce EPUB3, but from all reports I've heard, it's >pretty broken. The sigil editor has EPUB 3 production on the radar >but it's not implemented, not even in beta, from what I can tell. >BlueGriffon EPUB Edition will produce EPUB3. You can try it for >free. It's about $265 to purchase (advertised prices are in Euros). >It could be the best bet for book production as EPUB3, at this >point. (Perhaps an InDesign to broken EPUB to BlueGriffon to fix >that borked EPUB?) If only iBooks Author created real rather than >bastardized EPUB3.... > >And Al what are you recommending for reading EPUB 3? iBooks handles >a lot of the spec, but not all. There's Azardi, but it lacks screen >reader accessibility. And there's Adobe Digital Editions. ADE has >pretty decent initial EPUB3 support, but it doesn't render MathML or >the canvas element, not sure about SVG, but I know it doesn't handle >video or audio tags. The advantage of ADE is that it has good screen >reader support. Nook Study will open basic EPUB3 books and it has >the advantage of having built in reading+text-highlighting, but it >will crash if complex EPUB3 is opened in it. Then there's the >promising Readium project. It has very good EPUB3 support, but its >designed as a test bed platform not as a "production" reader and >it's not working well with any screen reader at this point, >including ChromeVox. It will support most MathML (through MathJax) >and supports video and audio (because it's running in Chrome, after >all). We need one killer EPUB3 player on Windows and Mac but it's >just not there yet. I'm hoping Adobe comes to the rescue. ADE has >been getting better. We were working the B&N on Nook Study >accessibility for a short time but that effort fell through. > >I'd love to hear what you guys are doing. > >Best, > > >ken >-- >Ken Petri >Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center >102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 >Office: 614.292.1760 | Mobile: 614.218.1499 | Fax: 614.292.4190 >http://wac.osu.edu | >petri.1@osu.edu > > >On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Al Puzzuoli ><alpuzz@msu.edu> wrote: > >Just curious as to whether anyone is currently producing E-Text >content in EPUB 3, or whether you have begun looking at how to do so >in future? We are currently exploring the possibility of >transitioning our base format to EPUB 3 but at this point, we're >not even sure which software out there would provide the best solution. > >Any comments would be very welcome, > >Thanks, > > > > > >Al Puzzuoli > >Michigan State University > >Information >Technologist >http://www.rcpd.msu.edu > >Resource Center for Persons with >Disabilities 517-884-1915 120 Bessey Hall East >Lansing, MI 48824-1033 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu >http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From skeegan at stanford.edu Thu Jan 31 16:08:20 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Production of EPUB 3 Content? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <510B0774.7000304@stanford.edu> > Just curious as to whether anyone is currently producing > E-Text content in EPUB 3, or whether you have begun looking > at how to do so in future? Hi Al, We have an ePub production process that was implemented when we developed our SCRIBE tool (http://scribe.stanford.edu) that uses Calibre as the conversion tool. It is *not* producing ePub 3 at this time, although this is something that we are working on implementing sometime before summer using a separate process. We did see a big jump last quarter in the number of documents converted into the ePub format, but that trend has not continued this quarter. Most of the conversions tend to be into either PDF or MS Word. We do have a workflow that will support the conversion of MS Word DOCX documents into full-text/full-audio DAISY files that includes support for math. We are expecting to be able to extend this workflow into support for ePub 3 (including math). Unfortunately, as Ken pointed out, there are limitations in the reading applications that are readily available to support the ePub 3 format at this time and, as a result, we are moving slowly towards our own implementation. Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From nettiet at gmail.com Thu Jan 31 16:10:34 2013 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathType/MathPlayer question In-Reply-To: <41DBE0E04D07504A86D68558FE7BAB6B0A758EF4@exmbt04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> References: <41DBE0E04D07504A86D68558FE7BAB6B0A758EF4@exmbt04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: Hi Teresa, Am I missing something, I have downloaded firefox and chrome on window XP computers. The student does not need to purchase a new computer, just access the internet in one of those two options. Nettie's Nickel On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Teresa Haven wrote: > Aloha, all. I?m looking for a solution to a recently-discovered problem > with MathPlayer and MathType content. We currently produce MathPage > (HTML/MathML) documents as a math textbook alternative for students who use > screen-readers and don?t read Braille and are audio learners. It has > worked great up until last week, when a student contacted me with the > following issue: his primary computer is a Mac with Voiceover. We know he > can?t access the materials in the MacOS so he said no problem, he would use > his old Windows machine and JAWS. Turns out his Windows computer is > running Windows XP, which only supports up to Internet Explorer 8. When he > launches IE8, he gets a Microsoft message that he needs to upgrade or > switch to Firefox or Chrome ? it apparently won?t let him move forward and > use the browser even to read our documents off-line. XP won?t let him > upgrade IE, and MathPlayer won?t run in any other browser. I can?t ask the > student to go buy a new Windows machine, needless to say. Can anyone > recommend an alternative player of any kind that can handle MathType > output? The student is falling behind and I want to find a solution that > doesn?t involve me setting the student up with a human reader for his > materials access, although he is actually open to that solution. **** > > Thanks for any suggestions you have,**** > > Teresa**** > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++**** > > Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.**** > > Supervisor, Alternative Format Services**** > > Disability Resource Center**** > > Arizona State University**** > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- *Nettie T. Fischer, ATP Assistive Technology Professional* *RESNA Certified* *California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP Consultants www.nettietatpconsultants.com [916] 222-3492 Office* *[916] 686-1860 FAX (916) 704-1456 Cell* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Thu Jan 31 16:26:33 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathType/MathPlayer question In-Reply-To: References: <41DBE0E04D07504A86D68558FE7BAB6B0A758EF4@exmbt04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: <510B0BB9.7050608@stanford.edu> > Am I missing something, I have downloaded firefox and chrome > on window XP computers. The issue is that MathPlayer is not compatible with Firefox or Chrome. Firefox and Chrome may work in the Windows XP environment, but the issue is that MathPlayer requires IE to be functional. Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae From skeegan at stanford.edu Thu Jan 31 16:52:16 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathType/MathPlayer question In-Reply-To: <41DBE0E04D07504A86D68558FE7BAB6B0A758EF4@exmbt04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> References: <41DBE0E04D07504A86D68558FE7BAB6B0A758EF4@exmbt04.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: <510B11C0.5040100@stanford.edu> > When he launches IE8, he gets a Microsoft message that he needs to > upgrade or switch to Firefox or Chrome ? it apparently won?t let > him move forward and use the browser even to read our documents off-line. Hi Teresa, I am a bit surprised at the message as I cannot remember Microsoft ever recommending a switch to FF or Chrome (not saying it didn't happen - it's just a bit surprising). I know Google dropped support for IE 8 last year thus prompting many tech blogs to recommend the switch to Firefox or Chrome, but it sounds like this is some kind of message issued by the OS or IE that he needs to switch to a newer browser. What version of MathPlayer is he using? IE 8 requires that you use MathPlayer 2.2, whereas MathPlayer 3.0 requires IE 9 or above. Could there be a compatibility issue with the version of MathPlayer and IE that is throwing the error message? Take care, Sean -- Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae