From ron at ahead.org Mon Jul 1 02:55:45 2013 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:15 2018 Subject: [Athen] High Stakes Testing Update Message-ID: <007601ce7641$28043800$780ca800$@ahead.org> Some of you may be interested in the latest accommodations development from PARCC. I thought we were going to be able to move beyond the flagging of scores debates. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2013/06/parcc_adopts_spec_ed_testing_p .html ************************************************************************* Ron Stewart MS Technology Advisor Association on Higher Education and Disabilities Chair, Technology Standing Committee Lead Chair, AHEAD Standing Committees 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@ahead.org http://www.ahead.org When you are having a reallly tough day, take a time out and think about what you have contributed to the lives of those that you have worked with. Many times it is just a baby step forward, but even that is progress! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Tue Jul 2 20:40:17 2013 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:15 2018 Subject: [Athen] Resuming the EASI Webinar series on accessible math and science July 9, 16 & 24 Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20130702203717.024a2c28@pop.gmail.com> Resuming the Webinar series on accessible math and science July 9, 16 & 24 Originally, this 4-part series was planned for june, and the first Webinar in the series was June 4. Its archive is online at: http://easi.cc/archive/stem2013/resources.htm The remaining 3 Webinars are scheduled for July. At the bottom is a link to the EASI Webinar promo page where you can register for these 3 Webinars. One registration will get you access to the remaining 3 Webinars as well as to their recorded archives. Week 2 (July 9): Empowering the Blind in Science Laboratory Classrooms Presenter: Carey Supalo U. Ill. Times: 11 Pacific Noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern Week 3: Progress towards accessible analytics and data visualization Presenter: Ed Summers, Sr Manager, Accessibility and Applied Assistive Technology, SAS Institute, Inc. Times: 11 Pacific Noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern Week 4: LEAN Math Presenter: John Gardner Wednesday July 24 Times: noon Pacific 1 Mountain, 2 Central and 3 PM Eastern (Note this Webinar is on a Wednesday and will be an hour later than normal Webinars.) Read more and register from: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm/#june Because you registered, you will receive login details 1-2 days before each of these 3 Webinars. Norm Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com Norm Coombs CEO EASI http://easi.cc Helen Keller wrote, ?Many persons have the wrong idea about what constitutes true happiness. 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I am wondering if any of you have worked with it on campus, know about vendor plans to improve accessibility, have suggestions for customizations, etc. If you have a specific point of contact, who you know is focusing on accessibility, please feel free to contact me offlist with that information. I hate re-inventing the wheel, so I thought I'd check in with the list about this before I take a second look. Thanks in advance for any thoughts. Best, Jennifer From Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu Thu Jul 11 06:28:08 2013 From: Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu (Prickett, Elizabeth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] JOOMLA! Message-ID: Good morning! Does anyone have experience with creating accessible websites using JOOMLA! ? I recently started at a new college and a third party created our website in JOOMLA! Our webmaster is new to the college as well and we are trying to figure out what we've inherited. I'm having difficulty locating much accessibility information online and since it's open source CMS, there really isn't a contact person. We've run some accessibility testing on the site and know there are some issues. We'd like to know which are limitations of the CMS and which are CSS design errors by the vendor who designed the site. We'd like to be able to go back to the vendor with information how to fix the site, but we need to know if there are some built-in limitations with JOOMLA! We're also working on accessibility best practices for our content managers. There are some accessibility extensions that have been created for JOOMLA! - has anyone experimented with them? Has anyone run across an accessible calendar for this CMS? We know that the site was created using an old version of JOOMLA! (1.0.13). If newer builds are more accessible, we'd love to know! Thanks so much for any insights! 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However, you can make a Joomla website accessible with a custom theme and it is not too difficult. Maybe you could provide a link to the website in question. Soapbox: The use tables for design will cause major accessibility issues and will not meet accessibility standards Would like to discuss with you further. Thanks, John Paul Harris From: Elizabeth.Prickett@victoriacollege.edu To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:28:08 -0500 Subject: [Athen] JOOMLA! Good morning! Does anyone have experience with creating accessible websites using JOOMLA! ? I recently started at a new college and a third party created our website in JOOMLA! Our webmaster is new to the college as well and we are trying to figure out what we?ve inherited. I?m having difficulty locating much accessibility information online and since it?s open source CMS, there really isn?t a contact person. We?ve run some accessibility testing on the site and know there are some issues. We?d like to know which are limitations of the CMS and which are CSS design errors by the vendor who designed the site. We?d like to be able to go back to the vendor with information how to fix the site, but we need to know if there are some built-in limitations with JOOMLA! We?re also working on accessibility best practices for our content managers. There are some accessibility extensions that have been created for JOOMLA! ? has anyone experimented with them? Has anyone run across an accessible calendar for this CMS? We know that the site was created using an old version of JOOMLA! (1.0.13). If newer builds are more accessible, we?d love to know! Thanks so much for any insights! 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I do have some examples but more would only help the cause. We have had a partnership with them before installing Read and Write gold where they thought the benefit of the software would extend campus wide. Do you know of any: Dear Colleague letters that focus on this issue? Ideas on how to approach this? Who and where else to ask this question? Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From maryz at MIT.EDU Fri Jul 12 12:13:27 2013 From: maryz at MIT.EDU (Mary J Ziegler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Help with Budget question In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E3CC47F2A@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E3CC47F2A@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: Hi Lorraine, A dedicated Assistive Technology specialist is the bridge between emerging technologies and the university's users of assistive technologies. Such a dedicated technology person in the organization can not only assist such users, but, perhaps more importantly, watch the development of new technologies and steer the university toward more accessible solutions, thereby avoiding costly decisions that did not consider accessibility. The DOJ/DOE Joint "Dear Colleague" Letter: Electronic Book Readers and the Q&A have excellent verbiage surrounding emerging technologies and the university responsibility surrounding them: "Technology is the hallmark of the future, and technological competency is essential to preparing all students for future success. Emerging technologies are an educational resource that enhances learning for everyone, and perhaps especially for students with disabilities. Technological innovations have opened a virtual world of commerce, information, and education to many individuals with disabilities for whom access to the physical world remains challenging. Ensuring equal access to emerging technology in university and college classrooms is a means to the goal of full integration and equal educational opportunity for this nation's students with disabilities." "The DCL encourages colleges and universities to take steps to ensure that they refrain from using electronic book readers, or other similar technology, that is inaccessible to individuals who are blind or have low vision to the extent that a reasonable accommodation or modification for this type of technology does not exist or is not available." Best of luck! Mary ____________ Mary J. Ziegler Manager of Accessibility and Usability MIT Information Services and Technology (IS&T) ATIC Room 7-143 617.258.9328 maryz@mit.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:42 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Help with Budget question Hi I am in the position of being able to ask the Information Services & Technology services to have a place holder for an Assistive Technology budget moving forward. I wanted to know if you had thoughts or documentation of examples of why we need them to have this budget. I do have some examples but more would only help the cause. We have had a partnership with them before installing Read and Write gold where they thought the benefit of the software would extend campus wide. Do you know of any: Dear Colleague letters that focus on this issue? Ideas on how to approach this? Who and where else to ask this question? Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danc at uw.edu Fri Jul 12 13:05:40 2013 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] Help with Budget question In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E3CC47F2A@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E3CC47F2A@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: Getting money for stuff is usually fairly easy. Getting money for staff is what's hard. I would suggest trying to get them to fund, even partially, a position to manage AT from an IT perspective. That will help ensure students with disabilities are considered within IT purchasing and planning instead of an afterthought or a separate budget item that IT sees as "outside" -*- Dan On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Norwich, Lorraine S wrote: > > I am in the position of being able to ask the Information Services & > Technology services to have a place holder for an Assistive Technology > budget moving forward. I wanted to know if you had thoughts or > documentation of examples of why we need them to have this budget. I do > have some examples but more would only help the cause. We have had a > partnership with them before installing Read and Write gold where they > thought the benefit of the software would extend campus wide. > > Do you know of any: > > Dear Colleague letters that focus on this issue? > > Ideas on how to approach this? > > Who and where else to ask this question? > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology From skeegan at stanford.edu Fri Jul 12 13:34:06 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] Foreign language voices with Read/Write Gold 11 Message-ID: <3E93E639-020F-4719-AAA6-96A9DD5E3103@stanford.edu> Hello all, I am working with Read and Write Gold 11 on Windows 7 and have the following question: Is it possible to get the text-to-speech functionality to switch automatically from one language to another? I have an MS Word 2010 (DOCX) file with English, Spanish, and German content in which the appropriate sections are all properly marked using the Language settings. I have also installed the above TTS engines on my system. I am not having much success in getting voices to automatically switch. Is this something that is supported in RWG 11? Thanks, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University From ea at emptech.info Mon Jul 15 05:38:44 2013 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] Foreign language voices with Read/Write Gold 11 In-Reply-To: <3E93E639-020F-4719-AAA6-96A9DD5E3103@stanford.edu> References: <3E93E639-020F-4719-AAA6-96A9DD5E3103@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <99ed7060e6595a174fcaff46f582e509.squirrel@nomad.xssl.net> Sorry for the delay in getting back on this one. I now have version 11 Read and Write Gold up and running and tried it with a piece of text in French followed by English and then German in MS Word and all the text was read by the voice that had been selected - in my case British English, so it does not automatically detect the language and switch voices. If you have the same toolbar up when you are running Chrome and a two language site - once again it will read with your chosen voice. The new version allows you to change the background of the main toolbar which is nice but you may want to go back to the original icons as well - they are not the default in the new version. The new version has better support for Chrome and Firefox. Another new features is that you can record instant audio notes that can be displayed in Word as .wav files to help some users and there are more subject related word banks for younger users. ABBYY version 7 allows you to save a scan to ePub which is useful if you want to read on the move using an ereader. Just as a little note on the side I have found that when I tested version 11 on a Windows 8 machine with DPI 150% which is not the default for my laptop - some of the icons became misplaced and some dialog boxes were unreadable. I have told TextHelp but you have to return to 125% to sort out the problem. Hope this helps. Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan WAIS, ECS , University of Southampton Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 Mobile +44 (0)7976 289103 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info > Hello all, > > I am working with Read and Write Gold 11 on Windows 7 and have the > following question: > > Is it possible to get the text-to-speech functionality to switch > automatically from one language to another? > > I have an MS Word 2010 (DOCX) file with English, Spanish, and German > content in which the appropriate sections are all properly marked using > the Language settings. I have also installed the above TTS engines on my > system. I am not having much success in getting voices to automatically > switch. Is this something that is supported in RWG 11? > > Thanks, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > Associate Director, Assistive Technology > Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From jbailey at uoregon.edu Mon Jul 15 09:28:41 2013 From: jbailey at uoregon.edu (James Bailey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] small captioning service Message-ID: Hello All, I'm thinking about creating an extension to my alt format area that would caption short department made videos. I am looking at Movie Captioner software. Has anyone used this? Also any suggestions about this concept would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. James -- James Bailey M.S. 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URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Jul 15 12:13:26 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] Foreign language voices with Read/Write Gold 11 In-Reply-To: <99ed7060e6595a174fcaff46f582e509.squirrel@nomad.xssl.net> References: <3E93E639-020F-4719-AAA6-96A9DD5E3103@stanford.edu> <99ed7060e6595a174fcaff46f582e509.squirrel@nomad.xssl.net> Message-ID: Hi all, I can confirm (from a TextHelp representative), that Read and Write Gold 11 does not support the automatic switching of language text-to-speech voices when reading an MS Word or HTML document. You can manually switch the voices provided you have the different language TTS engines installed. I know you can use other applications and include the appropriate language codes, but why is it that a $35 program can get it to work when a $645 program can't? In any case, it looks like the best option for language switching with RWG 11at this time is to use a DAISY book with full-text/full-audio (with the appropriate language TTS engines being used for the pre-recorded audio). On the plus side, there is better support for Chrome and Firefox with improved speech highlighting. On the downside, this support only works if the HTML content is served from a web server. If you create a text-based web page (i.e., an HTML document) and it resides on the local computer, then Firefox and Chrome will not read the content. Only Internet Explorer supports reading of the document if the file is offline. A bit annoying. I must say, though, that I do like the new icons and the ability to change the toolbar background. The previous icons were looking a bit dated and kid-based from a higher ed perspective. Thanks for the note, EA, about the magnification issue. take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University On Jul 15, 2013, at 5:38 AM, "E.A. Draffan" wrote: > Sorry for the delay in getting back on this one. I now have version 11 > Read and Write Gold up and running and tried it with a piece of text in > French followed by English and then German in MS Word and all the text > was read by the voice that had been selected - in my case British English, > so it does not automatically detect the language and switch voices. If > you have the same toolbar up when you are running Chrome and a two > language site - once again it will read with your chosen voice. > > The new version allows you to change the background of the main toolbar > which is nice but you may want to go back to the original icons as well - > they are not the default in the new version. The new version has better > support for Chrome and Firefox. Another new features is that you can > record instant audio notes that can be displayed in Word as .wav files to > help some users and there are more subject related word banks for younger > users. ABBYY version 7 allows you to save a scan to ePub which is useful > if you want to read on the move using an ereader. > > Just as a little note on the side I have found that when I tested version > 11 on a Windows 8 machine with DPI 150% which is not the default for my > laptop - some of the icons became misplaced and some dialog boxes were > unreadable. I have told TextHelp but you have to return to 125% to sort > out the problem. > > Hope this helps. > Best wishes > E.A. > > Mrs E.A. Draffan > WAIS, ECS , University of Southampton > Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 > Mobile +44 (0)7976 289103 > http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk > http://www.emptech.info > From svmistric at waketech.edu Mon Jul 15 12:36:17 2013 From: svmistric at waketech.edu (Susanne V Mistric) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] MovieCaptioner Message-ID: <89D461B935267144A943A0BB2A5A218110248FBC@MBX-06.waketech.edu> MovieCaptioner is a really robust captioning software. It is easy to use, the developer provides great support, it is affordable, (the EDU version is 49.00) and after many years as just a Mac product, a Windows version is now available as well. I haven't used the Windows version, but I can tell you that the Mac version is wonderful. At the Higher Ground conference, Ken Petri showed me Subtitle Edit. It's an open source (free) captioning editor for PCs that does that has tons of features including editing subtitles/captions, syncing subtitles, creating subtitles/captions from scratch, and even subtitle translation. There are lots of "how-to" resources online (including YouTube videos) for both tools above and beyond the good information that is provided by the developers. I like that, too. Those are the two captioning tools that are on the top of my recommend list at the moment. I have personally found MovieCaptioner to be a great choice for my workflow. Accessibly Yours, Susanne Mistric Accessibility Specialist Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC 919-866-5631 svmistric@waketech.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 90, Issue 8 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman1.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Foreign language voices with Read/Write Gold 11 (E.A. Draffan) 2. small captioning service (James Bailey) 3. Foreign language voices with Read/Write Gold 11 (Phillip M Minyard (pminyard)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:38:44 +0100 From: "E.A. Draffan" Subject: Re: [Athen] Foreign language voices with Read/Write Gold 11 To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Cc: Alternate Media Message-ID: <99ed7060e6595a174fcaff46f582e509.squirrel@nomad.xssl.net> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Sorry for the delay in getting back on this one. I now have version 11 Read and Write Gold up and running and tried it with a piece of text in French followed by English and then German in MS Word and all the text was read by the voice that had been selected - in my case British English, so it does not automatically detect the language and switch voices. If you have the same toolbar up when you are running Chrome and a two language site - once again it will read with your chosen voice. The new version allows you to change the background of the main toolbar which is nice but you may want to go back to the original icons as well - they are not the default in the new version. The new version has better support for Chrome and Firefox. Another new features is that you can record instant audio notes that can be displayed in Word as .wav files to help some users and there are more subject related word banks for younger users. ABBYY version 7 allows you to save a scan to ePub which is useful if you want to read on the move using an ereader. Just as a little note on the side I have found that when I tested version 11 on a Windows 8 machine with DPI 150% which is not the default for my laptop - some of the icons became misplaced and some dialog boxes were unreadable. I have told TextHelp but you have to return to 125% to sort out the problem. Hope this helps. Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan WAIS, ECS , University of Southampton Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 Mobile +44 (0)7976 289103 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info > Hello all, > > I am working with Read and Write Gold 11 on Windows 7 and have the > following question: > > Is it possible to get the text-to-speech functionality to switch > automatically from one language to another? > > I have an MS Word 2010 (DOCX) file with English, Spanish, and German > content in which the appropriate sections are all properly marked > using the Language settings. I have also installed the above TTS > engines on my system. I am not having much success in getting voices > to automatically switch. Is this something that is supported in RWG 11? > > Thanks, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible > Education - Stanford University > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:28:41 +0000 From: James Bailey Subject: [Athen] small captioning service To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello All, I'm thinking about creating an extension to my alt format area that would caption short department made videos. I am looking at Movie Captioner software. Has anyone used this? Also any suggestions about this concept would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. James -- James Bailey M.S. Adaptive Tech Coordinator University of Oregon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20130715/f9933021/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:09:42 +0000 From: "Phillip M Minyard (pminyard)" Subject: [Athen] Foreign language voices with Read/Write Gold 11 To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" RE: Sean's post on reading Foreign languages in Read and Write Gold Sean, please keep us posted on what you are able to determine. Thanks, Phillip Phillip Minyard Disability Services Coordinator Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources for Students University of Memphis 110 Wilder Tower Memphis, TN 38152-3520 Voice/TTY 901 678-2880 / Fax 901 678-3070 "Life's not about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20130715/81094e3f/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list End of athen-list Digest, Vol 90, Issue 8 ***************************************** Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official (NCGS. ch. 132). Student educational records are subject to FERPA. From skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Jul 15 13:18:56 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] small captioning service In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9E4C7819-2FB3-4FC2-910D-D381EBA345C1@stanford.edu> > I?m thinking about creating an extension to my alt format area > that would caption short department made videos. I am looking at > Movie Captioner software. Has anyone used this? I have used Movie Captioner a number of times and it works well. It can be a bit finicky at times and it is important to save on a regular basis as I have had some projects lost, but it can import and export nearly any format that you would need to work with in a captioning environment. One thing that I have found that works a bit better with Movie Captioner is to create a text transcript separately and then import the text into the application. Movie Captioner can then assist in breaking up the captions into the appropriate caption segments. Something to be cautious about when setting up a captioning service on a campus - it is becoming so much easier to create a video and post it to a website that nearly anyone can do it. Unfortunately, captioning still has some technical requirements depending on the hosting service (Vimeo vs. YouTube), website media player, mobile device support, etc., that I have been finding more and more individuals who want me to "take care of everything" when I am handed a video to be captioned. While setting expectations early in the process has helped the conversations, it is a balancing act to providing support and yet limiting how much of the project I am expected to manage for the requestor. Good luck! Take care, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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HumanWare and EnableMart both carry the PIAF device, and I assume, the paper. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6043 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _____ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 11:43 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Any alternative to Thermo-pen ll HI I have just found out that the paper that works with the Thermo-pen ll is no longer being made. A student of ours found this pen with the quality of the line and the ability to customize a drawing the best of all the options we tried out. Does anyone have any thoughts on alternatives to this kind of raised line drawing. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dabrus at purdue.edu Tue Jul 16 07:42:35 2013 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] web accessibility training videos Message-ID: <6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE147F910A@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl> We are considering creating training videos to teach basic web accessibility concepts. Are there other universities who have already done this? It always helps me to see what other people are doing. I am aware of what Greg Kraus has done at NC State. Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. 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Take care, Sean Sent from my iPad On Jul 18, 2013, at 5:45 PM, "N Dogbo" wrote: > Hi, > > Can it be done? or does one always have to do it manually? > > Thanks in advance for your assistance. > > Thx, > > Nicaise > > > ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Robert From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:01 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Automating accessibility tagging of PDF Hi Nicaise, Do you mean you want to know if it is possible to automate the conversion of MS Word to tagged PDF or do you want to know if it is possible to automate the conversion of a "regular" PDF to a tagged PDF? Both are possible, but can have some drawbacks as well. Take care, Sean Sent from my iPad On Jul 18, 2013, at 5:45 PM, "N Dogbo" wrote: Hi, Can it be done? or does one always have to do it manually? Thanks in advance for your assistance. Thx, Nicaise ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- _______________________________________________ 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 ndogbo at gmail.com Fri Jul 19 09:28:33 2013 From: ndogbo at gmail.com (N Dogbo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] Automating accessibility tagging of PDF In-Reply-To: <02bd01ce849b$8f0611a0$ad1234e0$@uci.edu> References: <6B1C78DC002A4CB0B632FB9DA5E2976C@OWNERr91072><5E10EC65-5F19-4B3B-B711-C4893D998B65@stanford.edu> <02bd01ce849b$8f0611a0$ad1234e0$@uci.edu> Message-ID: <6DFCBB1906D842D994F67C1946686ED2@OWNERr91072> Hi Sean, Yes both-- MS Word to tagged PDF and PDF to tagged PDF. So any help, resources and advice you can send out would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a million! Thx, Nicaise ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- _____ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Espero Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:18 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Automating accessibility tagging of PDF Hi Sean, I'd be curious on the cost/benefits of both from you (or be pointed to resources you consider valuable that discuss these techniques). I know you've got a ton on your plate so anything you write I'll glean wisdom from J. Robert From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:01 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Automating accessibility tagging of PDF Hi Nicaise, Do you mean you want to know if it is possible to automate the conversion of MS Word to tagged PDF or do you want to know if it is possible to automate the conversion of a "regular" PDF to a tagged PDF? Both are possible, but can have some drawbacks as well. Take care, Sean Sent from my iPad On Jul 18, 2013, at 5:45 PM, "N Dogbo" wrote: Hi, Can it be done? or does one always have to do it manually? Thanks in advance for your assistance. Thx, Nicaise ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Fri Jul 19 10:59:05 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] Automating accessibility tagging of PDF In-Reply-To: <6DFCBB1906D842D994F67C1946686ED2@OWNERr91072> References: <6B1C78DC002A4CB0B632FB9DA5E2976C@OWNERr91072><5E10EC65-5F19-4B3B-B711-C4893D998B65@stanford.edu> <02bd01ce849b$8f0611a0$ad1234e0$@uci.edu> <6DFCBB1906D842D994F67C1946686ED2@OWNERr91072> Message-ID: <0B7D4E48-29BC-47A3-82C2-A731848E02BF@stanford.edu> Hi Nicaise, For automating MS Word to tagged PDF - this is something we have built into our SCRIBE tool and it makes the assumption that the document author will include the appropriate accessibility information into the MS Word file. This includes using headings, text descriptions for images, using tables appropriately, etc. Remember, you are limited as to how much accessibility information you can include into a MS Word document compared to the full markup possible in a tagged PDF. To get the full set of tags, you would need to use Acrobat Pro or another tool (e.g., NetCentric's CommonLook PDF), but then you are no longer automating the process. What I am (attempting) to do within my institution is to provide an automated tool that will support the basics of converting an MS Office document to tagged PDF. With this framework, I can then work with document authors to say "do these five things and the major accessibility issues are no longer an issue". From there, I can begin to work on more specific cases in which such automation may not be an option (e.g., PDF forms, math, foreign language documents, etc.). The plugins we used to automate this process in the SCRIBE tool were from Cognidox - http://www.cognidox.com/products/opensource/officetopdf The Robobraille/Sensus Access converters (online, free) will also support the automatic conversion of MS Word and PowerPoint to tagged PDF - http://sensusaccess.com/ I do know that some people have scripted Open Office to perform this functionality as well as Open Office can save out a tagged PDF, but I never really had any success with that workflow (most likely due to my lack of abilities). For automating PDF to tagged PDF - this one is a bit more problematic as accessibility is more than just "tagging" a PDF. While the tagging can be useful for creating that document structure, when it is automated you do not know with what accuracy the tags have been applied. Further, automated processes will not be able to add text descriptions to images, appropriately mark up data tables, and may not be accurate in specifying a heading structure. In our SCRIBE tool (and also available via the Robobraille/Sensus Access tools), we do support the automated process of tagging a PDF by default by using the recognition capabilities of Abbyy Finereader. For the most part, this functionality has worked well in delivering a tagged PDF in which the logical reading order of the a document is controlled. We are not doing anything special and are relying on the capabilities of the OCR engine to recognize a page layout and put the text into the appropriate order. So, while we can automate the output of a tagged PDF from any PDF document, it only provides organization to the reading order and no other support for image descriptions, etc. That part has to be completed manually. To automate at least some of the process, my suggestion would be Abby Finereader Corporate Edition as this supports a Hot Folder model where you can dump files, have them processed, and then specify the output location. You can also go with Abbyy Recognition Server, but this is VERY expensive and does not do more in terms of automating PDF tagging. Some may argue the AT applications don't take into consideration all the possible PDF tags, so what's the point and it's better to focus on the basic tagging capabilities. To a certain extent, I think it really depends on the types of documents you are creating and/or retrofitting and the population of individuals you are serving. For example, if you are dealing with documents that are not that complex, then an automated process may give you exactly what you need. On the other hand, if you are dealing with documents that include a complex visual layout (e.g., magazine layout, lots of images, etc.), then you may find an automated process alone does not work all that well. Hope this helps. Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University On Jul 19, 2013, at 9:28 AM, "N Dogbo" wrote: > Hi Sean, > > Yes both-- MS Word to tagged PDF and PDF to tagged PDF. So any help, resources and advice you can send out would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks a million! > > Thx, > > Nicaise > > > ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Nicaise ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- _____ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 10:59 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Automating accessibility tagging of PDF Hi Nicaise, For automating MS Word to tagged PDF - this is something we have built into our SCRIBE tool and it makes the assumption that the document author will include the appropriate accessibility information into the MS Word file. This includes using headings, text descriptions for images, using tables appropriately, etc. Remember, you are limited as to how much accessibility information you can include into a MS Word document compared to the full markup possible in a tagged PDF. To get the full set of tags, you would need to use Acrobat Pro or another tool (e.g., NetCentric's CommonLook PDF), but then you are no longer automating the process. What I am (attempting) to do within my institution is to provide an automated tool that will support the basics of converting an MS Office document to tagged PDF. With this framework, I can then work with document authors to say "do these five things and the major accessibility issues are no longer an issue". From there, I can begin to work on more specific cases in which such automation may not be an option (e.g., PDF forms, math, foreign language documents, etc.). The plugins we used to automate this process in the SCRIBE tool were from Cognidox - http://www.cognidox.com/products/opensource/officetopdf The Robobraille/Sensus Access converters (online, free) will also support the automatic conversion of MS Word and PowerPoint to tagged PDF - http://sensusaccess.com/ I do know that some people have scripted Open Office to perform this functionality as well as Open Office can save out a tagged PDF, but I never really had any success with that workflow (most likely due to my lack of abilities). For automating PDF to tagged PDF - this one is a bit more problematic as accessibility is more than just "tagging" a PDF. While the tagging can be useful for creating that document structure, when it is automated you do not know with what accuracy the tags have been applied. Further, automated processes will not be able to add text descriptions to images, appropriately mark up data tables, and may not be accurate in specifying a heading structure. In our SCRIBE tool (and also available via the Robobraille/Sensus Access tools), we do support the automated process of tagging a PDF by default by using the recognition capabilities of Abbyy Finereader. For the most part, this functionality has worked well in delivering a tagged PDF in which the logical reading order of the a document is controlled. We are not doing anything special and are relying on the capabilities of the OCR engine to recognize a page layout and put the text into the appropriate order. So, while we can automate the output of a tagged PDF from any PDF document, it only provides organization to the reading order and no other support for image descriptions, etc. That part has to be completed manually. To automate at least some of the process, my suggestion would be Abby Finereader Corporate Edition as this supports a Hot Folder model where you can dump files, have them processed, and then specify the output location. You can also go with Abbyy Recognition Server, but this is VERY expensive and does not do more in terms of automating PDF tagging. Some may argue the AT applications don't take into consideration all the possible PDF tags, so what's the point and it's better to focus on the basic tagging capabilities. To a certain extent, I think it really depends on the types of documents you are creating and/or retrofitting and the population of individuals you are serving. For example, if you are dealing with documents that are not that complex, then an automated process may give you exactly what you need. On the other hand, if you are dealing with documents that include a complex visual layout (e.g., magazine layout, lots of images, etc.), then you may find an automated process alone does not work all that well. Hope this helps. Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University On Jul 19, 2013, at 9:28 AM, "N Dogbo" wrote: Hi Sean, Yes both-- MS Word to tagged PDF and PDF to tagged PDF. So any help, resources and advice you can send out would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a million! Thx, Nicaise ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Jul 22 11:06:55 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] Weird mathml and speech output with RWG 11 Message-ID: <3286A0F3-B6EE-45BE-BD06-8299B698D895@stanford.edu> Hello all, I have been creating some DAISY MathML files and have encountered an unexpected speech output result. I am getting the spoken output "comma" before every equation when using Read and Write Gold 11 with MathPlayer in IE. For equations in which there is punctuation just after the equation itself, I then get another "comma". Right now, the extra "comma" TTS output seems to happen only when using Read and Write Gold 11 (Windows). Has anyone else experienced this situation? I am trying to figure out if it is just my current version, if there is a setting I missed, or if there is something else that needs to be modified. Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University From hkramer at ahead.org Mon Jul 22 14:23:14 2013 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] Free Webinar on Captioning - presented by 3PlayMedia Message-ID: I thought some of you might be interested in this free webinar from 3Play. Please pass along as you see fit. Quick Start to Captioning Learn the basics of how to add closed captions to make your video accessible, searchable, and SEO-friendly. Register for this free webinar to learn about: - Accessibility laws and compliance - How to create closed captions - Getting the right captions format - Emerging formats for HTML5 and mobile - Using the universal captions plugin - Video player compatibility - Working with lecture capture and video platforms - How to edit closed captions after they have been processed - Translation and multilingual subtitles Title: Quick Start to Captioning Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Eastern Time After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server Macintosh-based attendees Required: Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) or newer Space is limited Reserve your webinar seat now at: http://info.3playmedia.com/webinar-registration-08-06-2013.html -- (Note: this is a 3rd party event not affiliated with AHG nor AHEAD). 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In an agreement with the department, the university settled accusations that it had violated the law by using an online-learning product that was inaccessible to a blind student?a complaint similar to those on many campuses. The department said the student had been unable to gain access to class materials for almost a month into the university?s quarter, putting him so far behind in his work that he felt forced to withdraw from the course. The Justice Department said that, in a subsequent course, the university had been accused of failing to provide the student with accessible materials in a timely manner. The agreement also settled those allegations. The department said the university, which is part of the University of Louisiana System, had agreed to use course content and Web pages that meet certain standards for online accessibility. The university will also make accessible Web pages and materials created since 2010, and will train its employees on the requirements of the law. 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From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Vasquez Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:47 AM To: ATHEN; altmedia list Subject: [Athen] ADA and new agreement - naccessible online learning product http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/louisiana-tech-u-settles-with-u-s-over-claims-that-it-violated-disabilities-act-2/63583?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en July 23, 2013 by Nick DeSantis Louisiana Tech U. Settles With U.S. Over Claims That It Violated Disabilities Act Louisiana Tech University will pay a student a total of $23,543 in damages and make its Web sites and course materials more accessible in order to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. In an agreement with the department, the university settled accusations that it had violated the law by using an online-learning product that was inaccessible to a blind student-a complaint similar to those on many campuses. The department said the student had been unable to gain access to class materials for almost a month into the university's quarter, putting him so far behind in his work that he felt forced to withdraw from the course. The Justice Department said that, in a subsequent course, the university had been accused of failing to provide the student with accessible materials in a timely manner. The agreement also settled those allegations. The department said the university, which is part of the University of Louisiana System, had agreed to use course content and Web pages that meet certain standards for online accessibility. The university will also make accessible Web pages and materials created since 2010, and will train its employees on the requirements of the law. 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The speaker from the access board said January 1, 2014 at the earliest. :( Joe Humbert, Accessibility Specialist UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington 535 W Michigan St. IT210 F Indianapolis, IN 46202 Office Phone: (317) 274-4378 johumber@iupui.edu http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:47 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Any word when the ADA will be releasing their web accessibility requirements? Hi Everyone, I'm waiting on pins and needles to read the ADA title II NPRM on Web Accessibility requirements. I thought they were supposed to be out in July, but so far no word. Anyone else heard anything? Thanks, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Wed Jul 24 13:01:31 2013 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:16 2018 Subject: [Athen] Any word when the ADA will be releasing their web accessibility requirements? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <010901ce88a8$978ee250$c6aca6f0$@ahead.org> The formal announcement was supposed to be made in Mid-July. It will be quite some time before we seen any proposed rules. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:47 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Any word when the ADA will be releasing their web accessibility requirements? Hi Everyone, I'm waiting on pins and needles to read the ADA title II NPRM on Web Accessibility requirements. I thought they were supposed to be out in July, but so far no word. Anyone else heard anything? Thanks, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at altformatsolutions.com Wed Jul 24 14:38:46 2013 From: ron at altformatsolutions.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: A Clear Standard for Access to Instruction In-Reply-To: <1114276064353.1102789713501.2338.1.3415052D@scheduler.constantcontact.com> References: <1114276064353.1102789713501.2338.1.3415052D@scheduler.constantcontact.com> Message-ID: <013201ce88b6$2d994d50$88cbe7f0$@altformatsolutions.com> More on the latest on the legal front. Ron From: AHEAD [mailto:ahead@ahead.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:06 PM To: ron@altformatsolutions.com Subject: A Clear Standard for Access to Instruction AHEAD Logo Gradient (blue on white) July 24, 2013 Yesterday the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with Louisiana Tech University resolving a complaint about inaccessible course materials. The DOJ's summary of the obligation sends a clear message: "...the University must implement a policy that requires the deployment of accessible technology and course content in the University setting. To that end, the University shall conduct a review of the accessibility of its technology and instructional materials and shall ensure that,from the effective date of and consistent with the Settlement Agreement, all technology, including websites, instructional materials and online courses, and other electronic and information technology for use by students or prospective students, is accessible." (Paragraph 13(a), [emphasis added]). A look at other recent collaborative enforcement efforts by the DOJ and The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights clarifies the statutory standard for "accessible". The Department of Education' agreement with the South Carolina Technical College System last March stated "'Accessible' means a person with a disability is afforded the opportunity to acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as a person without a disability in an equally effective and equally integrated manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use. The person with a disability must be able to obtain the information as fully, equally and independently as a person without a disability. Although this might not result in identical ease of use compared to that of persons without disabilities, it still must ensure equal opportunity to the educational benefits and opportunities afforded by the technology and equal treatment in the use of such technology." (Resolution Agreement South Carolina Technical College System OCR Compliance Review No. 11-11-6002, [emphasis added]) Alongside the Federal enforcement efforts is the settlement brokered with UC Berkeley by Disability Rights Advocates last May. This Berkeley settlement establishes clear timelines and responsibilities for producing accessible alternatives including faculty selecting material, students requesting alternatives, and production by disability resources. These agreements do not have the precedential authority of a Supreme Court decision but do provide a clear understanding of how the enforcement agencies interpret our obligation under the ADA. This is particularly true when you consider trends defined by the 2010 joint Dear Colleague letter on electronic readers, the 2011 Accessible Instructional Media Commission's report, and the proposed development of web accessibility standards on the DOJ's Fall Regulatory Agenda. What does this mean for our campuses? * Have a plan. * Campuses should review their current use of technology, web based tools, and information for accessibility. * Develop a strategic plan for access that is integrated with your institution's overall technology plan and includes time frames for replacing inaccessible technology and opportunities to reprioritize based on ongoing feedback from students with print disabilities. * Identify workarounds, accommodations, and supports, including the use of readers/scribes when no alternative will work to address short term gaps. * Refine Policy * Identify a functional standard for access (substantially equivalent ease of use in the same place and at the same time as other students). * Identify a technical standard for access (Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines provide good benchmarks). * Develop purchasing requirements. * Clarify alternative media responsibilities and time lines. * Train * Administrators * Faculty * Students References: Louisiana Tech University (Department of Justice) Settlement Agreement: http://www.ada.gov/louisiana-tech.htm South Carolina Technical College System (Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights) Resolution Letter: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/11116002-a.doc Agreement: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/11116002-b.pdf University of California, Berkeley (Disability Rights Advocates) Settlement: http://dralegal.org/sites/dralegal.org/files/casefiles/settlement-ucb.pdf Fact Sheet: http://dralegal.org/sites/dralegal.org/files/casefiles/factsheet_ucb.pdf Joint Dear Colleague Letter: Electronic Book Readers (Departments of Justice & Education) Letter: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20100629.html Q&A: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/504-qa-20100629.pdf Accessible Instructional Materials Commission Report: http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/publications.html Connect with us! Facebook logo: link to AHEAD on Facebook Twitter logo: link to AHEAD on Twitter LinkedIn logo image Forward email This email was sent to ron@altformatsolutions.com by ahead@ahead.org | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe T | Privacy Policy . AHEAD | 107 Commerce Ctr. Dr. | Suite 204 | Huntersville | NC | 28078 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Thu Jul 25 09:26:28 2013 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Tagged PDF from Office for Mac Message-ID: <005b01ce8953$b7a8ffc0$26faff40$@karlencommunications.com> Hello Everyone: I have the opportunity to pass along the need for the ability to create tagged PDF from Office for Mac. If this is a need for you, can you send a reply to me, off list if you like, that I can forward to the "powers that be?" I am trying to build a case for this and need your help. Tell me what you need in terms of creating a well-structured accessible PDF from Office for Mac and why and how it impacts your organization/clients Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu Thu Jul 25 14:15:36 2013 From: Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu (Prickett, Elizabeth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Position Opening - Instructional Design Specialist Message-ID: Victoria College (Victoria, Texas) is hiring a full time Instructional Design Specialist. Primary responsibilities include providing instructional and program design expertise for the development and support of academic courses and specialized educational programs. Responsible for assisting faculty in the design of curriculum and instruction, development of learning resources, and re-visioning of courses and course segments through varied delivery methods. The Instructional Design Specialist will be part of a team in the new Center for Academic & Professional Excellence (CAPE). Please refer to attached document for job description and details or visit Victoria College's Job Openings at: http://www.victoriacollege.edu/jobsatvc Liz Prickett Alternative Media Specialist Center for Academic & Professional Excellence (CAPE) Victoria College 2200 East Red River Victoria, TX 77901 Elizabeth.Prickett@victoriacollege.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Fri Jul 26 16:00:19 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Issue with K3000 and PDFs Message-ID: <626F4BB5-64AC-4823-890F-DE5B6E9AC709@stanford.edu> Hello all, I have a student encountering a problem with some PDF documents. It appears that K3000 is opening the PDF and begins the text recognition process, but during the processing the program shuts down or displays an error saying the text processing could no longer continue. The PDF documents in question range from over 1MB to 4+ MB in size. This is with K3000 ver. 12 on a Windows 7 laptop computer. I am waiting to get the student's specific machine details, but I have not been able to replicate the errors on the same PDF documents. I believe I have a more powerful system (faster CPU/more RAM) and that the student's laptop may be having performance issues. The only other thought I had was that there could be some issue with the student's computer performing a anti-virus scan at the same time as the document was being recognized, but as the file has already been processed into K3000 I did not think that was likely. Has anyone else encountered this issue and have a solution? Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University From CUTLER_ELLEN at smc.edu Fri Jul 26 16:48:19 2013 From: CUTLER_ELLEN at smc.edu (CUTLER_ELLEN) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Issue with K3000 and PDFs In-Reply-To: <626F4BB5-64AC-4823-890F-DE5B6E9AC709@stanford.edu> References: <626F4BB5-64AC-4823-890F-DE5B6E9AC709@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <5364E0CD2CC8434AB1232CDD7E702962204F3B4B@SRI.smc.edu> Sean, Is your student opening the PDFs directly into K3000 or using the Kurzweil Virtual Printer? In my experience, opening up large PDFs directly into K3000 has presented some challenges, but going through the Virtual Printer has generally solved the problems. Ellen ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Sean Keegan [skeegan@stanford.edu] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 4:00 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] Issue with K3000 and PDFs Hello all, I have a student encountering a problem with some PDF documents. It appears that K3000 is opening the PDF and begins the text recognition process, but during the processing the program shuts down or displays an error saying the text processing could no longer continue. The PDF documents in question range from over 1MB to 4+ MB in size. This is with K3000 ver. 12 on a Windows 7 laptop computer. I am waiting to get the student's specific machine details, but I have not been able to replicate the errors on the same PDF documents. I believe I have a more powerful system (faster CPU/more RAM) and that the student's laptop may be having performance issues. The only other thought I had was that there could be some issue with the student's computer performing a anti-virus scan at the same time as the document was being recognized, but as the file has already been processed into K3000 I did not think that was likely. Has anyone else encountered this issue and have a solution? Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From hkramer at colorado.edu Sat Jul 27 12:46:40 2013 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Assistive Tech position at Pearson Message-ID: Not sure if this has already been distributed: http://jobs.pearson.com/job/Bloomington-Assistive-Technology-Specialist-Job-MN-55420/2520213/ -- Howard Kramer CO-PI - UDUC *Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula*(UDUC) Lecturer, Cont. Ed - Evening & Cred Admin 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From PBuchmiller at columbiabasin.edu Mon Jul 29 15:39:55 2013 From: PBuchmiller at columbiabasin.edu (Buchmiller, Peggy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility and Success/Completion rates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Karen, Can you share if you get some good statistics, research, etc., on this. Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 1:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessibility and Success/Completion rates Hi - Does anyone have any resources, research or statistics on how accessibility helps with success rates or completion rates? Thanks in advance! Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karen.sorensen at pcc.edu Tue Jul 30 15:40:28 2013 From: karen.sorensen at pcc.edu (Karen Sorensen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] More questions Message-ID: Hi Accessibility Comrades, Two questions: 1. What are folks doing about inaccessible publisher materials in online courses? Considering the recent Lousiana Tech University OCR decision, I am recommending we not allow them. But I don't know if we will be able to pull that off. What are others doing? 2. Does anyone know of an accessible home lab kit for online chemistry classes? We currently use LabPaq but it's not accessible for those with visual or mobility disabilities. Any suggestions? Thanks! Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 *"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.?* Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From JElmer at vcccd.edu Tue Jul 30 16:57:05 2013 From: JElmer at vcccd.edu (John Elmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] More questions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Our math faculty worked extensively with Pearson and was, I believe, a force behind the changes that they have made in MyMathLab. So.... pressure from those who select textbooks seems to work.... Especially if they are persistent, and just a tad annoying in a non-alienating sort of way. But, this was for F2F classes. I believe that you cannot use inaccessible products in online courses, period. For our F2F classes, we, obviously had to provide accommodations to make the materials accessible, which meant having someone there to assist, including, sometimes, an interpreter. We also convinced the math people to offer at least one MyMathLab-free section of each class using it. So, I guess what I am saying is: hit 'em where it hurts in a capitalist system.... in the bottom line. If we all banded together nationwide, things would change yesterday, but who is going to organize something like that? It is always good to distribute information like the Louisiana decision broadly to the powers that be. We do that. Keep in mind that it was not just the online tool that was cited in the Louisiana decision. They also failed to provide other class materials in a timely manner and in an effective and equitable accessible format. So, the school failed to do what they could and should have done as well. We "access folks" have tons of responsibility and little authority. This kind of cr#p is going to continue to show up in online classes. We'll continue to hear, "Why do all of the students have to suffer because of a few with disabilities?" [SUFFER?!? ] So, at the least, provide accommodations when needed and meet your local obligations consistent with legal requirements. John F. Elmer Alternate Media Specialist Educational Assistance Center (DSP&S) Ventura College 4667 Telegraph Road Ventura, CA 93003 805.289.6115 From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 3:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] More questions Hi Accessibility Comrades, Two questions: 1. What are folks doing about inaccessible publisher materials in online courses? Considering the recent Lousiana Tech University OCR decision, I am recommending we not allow them. But I don't know if we will be able to pull that off. What are others doing? 2. Does anyone know of an accessible home lab kit for online chemistry classes? We currently use LabPaq but it's not accessible for those with visual or mobility disabilities. Any suggestions? Thanks! Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From JElmer at vcccd.edu Tue Jul 30 17:15:21 2013 From: JElmer at vcccd.edu (John Elmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] More questions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Also............ our Math Dept dropped ALEKS. Bless them. From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of John Elmer Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 4:57 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] More questions Our math faculty worked extensively with Pearson and was, I believe, a force behind the changes that they have made in MyMathLab. So.... pressure from those who select textbooks seems to work.... Especially if they are persistent, and just a tad annoying in a non-alienating sort of way. But, this was for F2F classes. I believe that you cannot use inaccessible products in online courses, period. For our F2F classes, we, obviously had to provide accommodations to make the materials accessible, which meant having someone there to assist, including, sometimes, an interpreter. We also convinced the math people to offer at least one MyMathLab-free section of each class using it. So, I guess what I am saying is: hit 'em where it hurts in a capitalist system.... in the bottom line. If we all banded together nationwide, things would change yesterday, but who is going to organize something like that? It is always good to distribute information like the Louisiana decision broadly to the powers that be. We do that. Keep in mind that it was not just the online tool that was cited in the Louisiana decision. They also failed to provide other class materials in a timely manner and in an effective and equitable accessible format. So, the school failed to do what they could and should have done as well. We "access folks" have tons of responsibility and little authority. This kind of cr#p is going to continue to show up in online classes. We'll continue to hear, "Why do all of the students have to suffer because of a few with disabilities?" [SUFFER?!? ] So, at the least, provide accommodations when needed and meet your local obligations consistent with legal requirements. John F. Elmer Alternate Media Specialist Educational Assistance Center (DSP&S) Ventura College 4667 Telegraph Road Ventura, CA 93003 805.289.6115 From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 3:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] More questions Hi Accessibility Comrades, Two questions: 1. What are folks doing about inaccessible publisher materials in online courses? Considering the recent Lousiana Tech University OCR decision, I am recommending we not allow them. But I don't know if we will be able to pull that off. What are others doing? 2. Does anyone know of an accessible home lab kit for online chemistry classes? We currently use LabPaq but it's not accessible for those with visual or mobility disabilities. Any suggestions? Thanks! Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shahidak at echo.rutgers.edu Wed Jul 31 06:30:19 2013 From: shahidak at echo.rutgers.edu (Shahida Khaliq) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:17 2018 Subject: [Athen] More questions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi John I totally agree with your statement "We "access folks" have tons of responsibility and little authority", any push you want to give to groups like Pearson we are wholeheartedly behind you. Question. Are any of you familiar with Sapling Learning? We use Pearson but a couple of our professors are showing an interest in Sapling. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Best Regards Shahida Khaliq Program Coordinator II for Alternate Format Text & Adaptive Tech. Office of Disability Services Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Lucy Stone Hall, Livingston Campus 54 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Suite A145 Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 Phone # (848) 445-6800 Fax # (732) 445-3388 Office Hours Monday- Friday 8:30am-5:00pm Website: disabilityservices.rutgers.edu Making a Key Difference From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of John Elmer Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 8:15 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] More questions Also............ our Math Dept dropped ALEKS. Bless them. From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of John Elmer Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 4:57 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] More questions Our math faculty worked extensively with Pearson and was, I believe, a force behind the changes that they have made in MyMathLab. So.... pressure from those who select textbooks seems to work.... Especially if they are persistent, and just a tad annoying in a non-alienating sort of way. But, this was for F2F classes. I believe that you cannot use inaccessible products in online courses, period. For our F2F classes, we, obviously had to provide accommodations to make the materials accessible, which meant having someone there to assist, including, sometimes, an interpreter. We also convinced the math people to offer at least one MyMathLab-free section of each class using it. So, I guess what I am saying is: hit 'em where it hurts in a capitalist system.... in the bottom line. If we all banded together nationwide, things would change yesterday, but who is going to organize something like that? It is always good to distribute information like the Louisiana decision broadly to the powers that be. We do that. Keep in mind that it was not just the online tool that was cited in the Louisiana decision. They also failed to provide other class materials in a timely manner and in an effective and equitable accessible format. So, the school failed to do what they could and should have done as well. We "access folks" have tons of responsibility and little authority. This kind of cr#p is going to continue to show up in online classes. We'll continue to hear, "Why do all of the students have to suffer because of a few with disabilities?" [SUFFER?!? ] So, at the least, provide accommodations when needed and meet your local obligations consistent with legal requirements. John F. Elmer Alternate Media Specialist Educational Assistance Center (DSP&S) Ventura College 4667 Telegraph Road Ventura, CA 93003 805.289.6115 From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 3:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] More questions Hi Accessibility Comrades, Two questions: 1. What are folks doing about inaccessible publisher materials in online courses? Considering the recent Lousiana Tech University OCR decision, I am recommending we not allow them. But I don't know if we will be able to pull that off. What are others doing? 2. Does anyone know of an accessible home lab kit for online chemistry classes? We currently use LabPaq but it's not accessible for those with visual or mobility disabilities. Any suggestions? Thanks! Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: