From blrichwine at gmail.com Wed May 1 07:33:51 2013 From: blrichwine at gmail.com (Brian Richwine) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:12 2018 Subject: [Athen] LaTeX to PDF In-Reply-To: <44C640F4-C504-4A4B-8CED-57A5BBC39874@stanford.edu> References: <3BDAB0D17C965648940B90D4B59685C7401DCA4F@exch14-mb1.tu.temple.edu> <44C640F4-C504-4A4B-8CED-57A5BBC39874@stanford.edu> Message-ID: gh LLC claims their Premium version of ReadHear will read (speak) epub documents with MathML in them. Does anyone have experience supporting students with the ReadHear product? Thanks, Brian On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Sean Keegan wrote: > > Is there a solution for accessing mathML in PDFs? I didn't think this > was possible. I thought the only accessible forms of mathML > > were in Web pages and certain Daisy and EPUB readers. > > Right now, the specification for MathML in PDF is not formally > established. The ISO 32000-2 specification, which is being worked on, is > expected to address MathML as a functional component of the PDF > specification: > > http://www.aiim.org/Research-and-Publications/standards/committees/PDFUA/Technical-Implementation-Guide#Section7 > > That being said, this only resolves the issue for the PDF file and does > not speak to support by assistive computer technologies. So, you could have > a PDF document that conforms to the specification and yet still not be > "accessible" to assistive technologies. > > At this time, DAISY+MathML documents can be read with a few conforming > DAISY readers and there is also some support for screen-readers when > reading MathML on Web pages using the MathPlayer plug-in for IE. While ePub > 3 has included MathML in the spec, I am not aware of any current assistive > technologies that will read/parse the math in an ePub publication. There is > also still limited support for MathML rendering in current ePub readers: > http://www.mathjax.org/resources/epub-readers/ > > Take care, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > Associate Director, Assistive Technology > Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From edward at ngtvoice.com Wed May 1 11:51:58 2013 From: edward at ngtvoice.com (Ed. Rosenthal) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:12 2018 Subject: [Athen] NaturallySpeaking Error Message In-Reply-To: <5364E0CD2CC8434AB1232CDD7E70296238B4BF@SRI.smc.edu> References: <5364E0CD2CC8434AB1232CDD7E70296238B4BF@SRI.smc.edu> Message-ID: <000601ce469c$f64e9270$e2ebb750$@ngtvoice.com> Ellen- probably a user file corruption, have you tried to restore the user profile?-ed. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of CUTLER_ELLEN Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 4:05 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] NaturallySpeaking Error Message Hello, We have a student who is getting the following error message with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 11.0 which he is running on a computer with Windows 7. Dragon has encountered an error and may become unstable. Please save your work, close NaturallySpeaking by choosing Profile. Close Dragon Bar and restart NaturallySpeaking. My student tried closing and restarting NaturallySpeaking as well as turning off the computer. He says that yesterday everything was running perfectly and that he has not made any changes to his computer in the interim. He cannot simply bypass the error and keep working. Are any of you familiar with this error message and how to solve the problem. Thanks in advance, Ellen Ellen Cutler Santa Monica College Disabled Student Services/High Tech Training Center 1900 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 310.434-4496 cutler_ellen@smc.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From skeegan at stanford.edu Wed May 1 16:15:45 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:12 2018 Subject: [Athen] LaTeX to PDF In-Reply-To: References: <3BDAB0D17C965648940B90D4B59685C7401DCA4F@exch14-mb1.tu.temple.edu> <44C640F4-C504-4A4B-8CED-57A5BBC39874@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <17C2C33B-606C-412E-8AB9-39DEA0B01435@stanford.edu> > gh LLC claims their Premium version of ReadHear will read (speak) epub documents with MathML in them. > Does anyone have experience supporting students with the ReadHear product? I have not tried using ReadHear for ePub files as this was listed as a "Soon" feature on my Mac version. On the ReadHear website, it does list ePub as a supported format for the Windows version, but there are no comments about support for MathML in ePub. For DAISY books, I have had mixed results with the playback of MathML content on the Mac version. When it works, it works really well and is very responsive. Unfortunately, I have several DAISY books that I have created with the DAISY pipeline where the application crashes on start-up. This is a known issue and is to be fixed in a future version, but no timeline has been set. I would like to be able to offer the ReadHear application to students, but we are very Mac-centric at my institution and the crashing issue is not something that my students will tolerate. 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For instance, anything that I had converted from MOBI to EPUB using Calibre failed to open in ReadHear. Also many books I downloaded from Project Gutenburg in EPUB 2 would fail to open. In the past, I have talked with developers at gh and know that have plans to support EPUB 3 in the future. I would be interested to know if they have that support yet. To my knowledge, they don't. ken [image: The Ohio State University] Ken Petri, Program Director Web Accessibility Center, ADA Coordinator's Office and Office for Disability Services 102D Pomerene Hall | 1760 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-1760 Office | 614-218-1499 Mobile | 614-292-4190 Fax petri.1@osu.edu wac.osu.edu On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Sean Keegan wrote: > > gh LLC claims their Premium version of ReadHear will read (speak) epub > documents with MathML in them. > > Does anyone have experience supporting students with the ReadHear > product? > > I have not tried using ReadHear for ePub files as this was listed as a > "Soon" feature on my Mac version. On the ReadHear website, it does list > ePub as a supported format for the Windows version, but there are no > comments about support for MathML in ePub. > > For DAISY books, I have had mixed results with the playback of MathML > content on the Mac version. When it works, it works really well and is very > responsive. Unfortunately, I have several DAISY books that I have created > with the DAISY pipeline where the application crashes on start-up. This is > a known issue and is to be fixed in a future version, but no timeline has > been set. > > I would like to be able to offer the ReadHear application to students, but > we are very Mac-centric at my institution and the crashing issue is not > something that my students will tolerate. > > Take care, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > Associate Director, Assistive Technology > Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Greg On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Karlen Communications wrote: > I don?t use Google Docs so don?t know the answer to these questions. > > > > A client has accidentally turned on what is described as a full screen > mode?they no longer have access to any tools or folders and the document > takes up the entire screen. I?ve asked if there is a small icon somewhere to > return the view of the Google Docs word processor to a normal view but the > client can?t find one. > > > > They also ?lost? a draft document but I thought that Google Docs dis an auto > save? > > > > Am going to try and find a user guide for the word processor but if anyone > has any insight or solution for the view issue and how to find documents > that might have missed the drafts folder (if there is one), please help. > > > > Cheers, Karen, > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From nettiet at gmail.com Sat May 4 09:36:58 2013 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:12 2018 Subject: [Athen] DRAGON DCTATE Message-ID: I was cleaning out my office and came across a copy of Dragon Dictate, not the one for Mac but the original version. The disk, license and manual are available for use and I feel it is a shame to have it sit on my selves if someone could benefit from it. Please share this information and if anyone needs this version of Dragon Dictate, I will be happy to donate it. I know it is no longer available and, I am not sure if it will work with the newer window systems but maybe [?] Feel free to email me off-list at nettiet@gmail.com Nettie -- *Nettie T. Fischer, ATP Assistive Technology Professional* *RESNA Certified* *California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP Consultants www.nettietatpconsultants.com * *[916] 686-1860 FAX (916) 704-1456 Cell* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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That brings up a list of older versions which the user can view. If they see one they want to restore, there is a "Restore this revision" link next to each revision listing. Greg On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Karlen Communications wrote: > I don't use Google Docs so don't know the answer to these questions. > > > > A client has accidentally turned on what is described as a full screen > mode.they no longer have access to any tools or folders and the > document takes up the entire screen. I've asked if there is a small > icon somewhere to return the view of the Google Docs word processor to > a normal view but the client can't find one. > > > > They also "lost" a draft document but I thought that Google Docs dis > an auto save? > > > > Am going to try and find a user guide for the word processor but if > anyone has any insight or solution for the view issue and how to find > documents that might have missed the drafts folder (if there is one), please help. > > > > Cheers, Karen, > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 sbuck at ebscohost.com Mon May 6 11:43:37 2013 From: sbuck at ebscohost.com (Sarah Buck) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:12 2018 Subject: [Athen] unsubsribe In-Reply-To: <201305041905.r44J5DiZ013090@mxout12.cac.washington.edu> References: <201305041905.r44J5DiZ013090@mxout12.cac.washington.edu> Message-ID: <15E9636162505F4281FDA365519160FA02E15B@ISSHQMXDAG03P.ebsco.com> unsubscribe -----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: Saturday, May 04, 2013 3:05 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 88, Issue 4 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. Google Docs Question (Karlen Communications) 2. Re: Google Docs Question (Greg Kraus) 3. DRAGON DCTATE (Nettie Fischer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 06:38:00 -0400 From: "Karlen Communications" Subject: [Athen] Google Docs Question To: Message-ID: <009301ce48b3$739b0c50$5ad124f0$@karlencommunications.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I don't use Google Docs so don't know the answer to these questions. A client has accidentally turned on what is described as a full screen mode.they no longer have access to any tools or folders and the document takes up the entire screen. I've asked if there is a small icon somewhere to return the view of the Google Docs word processor to a normal view but the client can't find one. They also "lost" a draft document but I thought that Google Docs dis an auto save? Am going to try and find a user guide for the word processor but if anyone has any insight or solution for the view issue and how to find documents that might have missed the drafts folder (if there is one), please help. Cheers, Karen, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20130504/bbf72d1d/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 07:06:53 -0400 From: Greg Kraus Subject: Re: [Athen] Google Docs Question To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi Karen, Pressing escape will get you out of full screen mode. To see older versions of the file, in the File menu there is Show Revision History. That brings up a list of older versions which the user can view. If they see one they want to restore, there is a "Restore this revision" link next to each revision listing. Greg On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Karlen Communications wrote: > I don?t use Google Docs so don?t know the answer to these questions. > > > > A client has accidentally turned on what is described as a full screen > mode?they no longer have access to any tools or folders and the > document takes up the entire screen. I?ve asked if there is a small > icon somewhere to return the view of the Google Docs word processor to > a normal view but the client can?t find one. > > > > They also ?lost? a draft document but I thought that Google Docs dis > an auto save? > > > > Am going to try and find a user guide for the word processor but if > anyone has any insight or solution for the view issue and how to find > documents that might have missed the drafts folder (if there is one), please help. > > > > Cheers, Karen, > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 09:36:58 -0700 From: Nettie Fischer Subject: [Athen] DRAGON DCTATE To: athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I was cleaning out my office and came across a copy of Dragon Dictate, not the one for Mac but the original version. The disk, license and manual are available for use and I feel it is a shame to have it sit on my selves if someone could benefit from it. Please share this information and if anyone needs this version of Dragon Dictate, I will be happy to donate it. I know it is no longer available and, I am not sure if it will work with the newer window systems but maybe [?] Feel free to email me off-list at nettiet@gmail.com Nettie -- *Nettie T. Fischer, ATP Assistive Technology Professional* *RESNA Certified* *California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP Consultants www.nettietatpconsultants.com * *[916] 686-1860 FAX (916) 704-1456 Cell* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20130504/a4ac3d4b/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It's not too late. If you are on Github consider contributing to https://github.com/a11yproject/a11yproject.com/issues/164. Thanks everyone for your support of this global effort. Jennison Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/jennison Accessibility Camp Toronto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeP5Kl4GDgA From Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU Tue May 7 08:58:24 2013 From: Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:12 2018 Subject: [Athen] Looking for book Message-ID: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A538076B48BF1586@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Any format... The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England, Saul, ISBN 9780192893246, (c) 2001 Thanks! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From vasquez at sbcc.edu Thu May 9 15:13:25 2013 From: vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In Settlement With Disabilities Group, Berkeley Will Improve Access to Course Materials May 8, 2013, 3:52 pm By Jake New - - - - - - - Comments (6) The University of California at Berkeley has reached a settlement with Disability Rights Advocates in what the group is calling a?landmark agreement? to improve access to textbooks, course readers, and library materials for students with print-related disabilities. Disability Rights Advocates represented three Berkeley students who said they had difficulty getting access to the materials they needed for class. The group, which is a nonprofit disability-rights legal center, approached the university last year on behalf of the students, proposing settlement negotiations that could resolve the issues and avoid a lawsuit. The negotiations, which took more than a year, led to several new accommodations, said Paul Hippolitus, director of the university?s Disabled Students Program, who called them overdue. Over the past four years, the program struggled to keep up with a 115-percent increase in the number of textbooks it had to recreate in digital text, Braille, or audio form, Mr. Hippolitus said. Last semester the university created 750 such new versions. ?We had an old model that was not serving us well in this increase of quantity and quality,? Mr. Hippolitus said. Under the new system, the staff that is dedicated to producing the alternative media will grow from three to five. Until this year, it had been a staff of one, Mr. Hippolitus said. The staff will also be moved to a larger space with new equipment. The new technology and employees will allow the program to offer more support for students and professors, helping answer students? questions and lobbying faculty members to provide students with advance notice of what reading materials they will require. The program hadn?t previously been able to offer those services, as the staff had been so busy just producing the materials the students needed, Mr. Hippolitus said. ?We didn?t have the time to attend to those niceties,? he said. ?They are really important, but we didn?t have time while getting the books out.? Additionally, the settlement requires the university to offer alerts and reminders to students to submit what they need in advance of a semester. The students will then get alternative versions of textbooks within 10 business days of a request and alternative course readers within 17 business days. If the wait is too long, students will be able to use self-scanning stations to produce their own materials. Mr. Hippolitus said the university was not sure how much the new services would cost other than the extra $120,000 in salaries for the program?s new staff members. The new system will also provide greater access to books in the university?s library. The program will inform the library which students at Berkeley?there are about 70?require the alternative media, and library staff members will scan books for those students using a new $20,000 scanner, Mr. Hippolitus said. The machine is different from the equipment used by Mr. Hippolitus?s program, as it leaves through pages, rather than requiring them to be cut out. ?Prior to the agreement, there was no real, defined process how to create alternative media for library holdings,? Mr. Hippolitus said. ?It was kind of a black hole. Now there?s a clarity and a process to support that.? As students and instructors have increasing access to more media at a quicker pace, the need for improved methods of producing alternatives also grows. At the same time, the number of college students with disabilities is increasing. According to a 2009 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, 11 percent of undergraduates have a disability, with most of those students having learning disabilities. Mr. Hippolitus said universities? systems must expand and evolve to meet those new challenges for students with disabilities. ?The broad concern is that alternative media across the country is lagging behind, and more and better systems can be created,? he said. ?If this is one, we?re happy to make that contribution. If it just stimulates ideas betters than ours, then terrific. We want to know about those ideas. But either way, it gets the conversation started about alternative media.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You can check with your techies about exactly how to do that. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 Nettie Fischer Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 9:37 AM To: athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] DRAGON DCTATE I was cleaning out my office and came across a copy of Dragon Dictate, not the one for Mac but the original version. The disk, license and manual are available for use and I feel it is a shame to have it sit on my selves if someone could benefit from it. Please share this information and if anyone needs this version of Dragon Dictate, I will be happy to donate it. I know it is no longer available and, I am not sure if it will work with the newer window systems but maybe Feel free to email me off-list at nettiet@gmail.com Nettie -- Nettie T. Fischer, ATP Assistive Technology Professional RESNA Certified California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP Consultants www.nettietatpconsultants.com [916] 686-1860 FAX (916) 704-1456 Cell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 103 bytes Desc: not available URL: From kcahill at MIT.EDU Fri May 10 04:11:10 2013 From: kcahill at MIT.EDU (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D0FEA2BC6@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> With all due respect, why is this agreement described as "landmark"? It seems as though there were not enough resources to get alternative format materials to the students in a timely way, and according to the agreement, more staff, technology and resources will be devoted to that. And aren't universities already required by federal law to provide information about textbooks well ahead of the beginning of a term? Thanks Kathy Kathleen Cahill Assistive Technology Specialist MIT ATIC (Assistive Tech. Info. Center) 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 kcahill@mit.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Vasquez Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 6:13 PM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials In Settlement With Disabilities Group, Berkeley Will Improve Access to Course Materials May 8, 2013, 3:52 pm By Jake New ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Comments (6) The University of California at Berkeley has reached a settlement with Disability Rights Advocates in what the group is calling a"landmark agreement" to improve access to textbooks, course readers, and library materials for students with print-related disabilities. Disability Rights Advocates represented three Berkeley students who said they had difficulty getting access to the materials they needed for class. The group, which is a nonprofit disability-rights legal center, approached the university last year on behalf of the students, proposing settlement negotiations that could resolve the issues and avoid a lawsuit. The negotiations, which took more than a year, led to several new accommodations, said Paul Hippolitus, director of the university's Disabled Students Program, who called them overdue. Over the past four years, the program struggled to keep up with a 115-percent increase in the number of textbooks it had to recreate in digital text, Braille, or audio form, Mr. Hippolitus said. Last semester the university created 750 such new versions. "We had an old model that was not serving us well in this increase of quantity and quality," Mr. Hippolitus said. Under the new system, the staff that is dedicated to producing the alternative media will grow from three to five. Until this year, it had been a staff of one, Mr. Hippolitus said. The staff will also be moved to a larger space with new equipment. The new technology and employees will allow the program to offer more support for students and professors, helping answer students' questions and lobbying faculty members to provide students with advance notice of what reading materials they will require. The program hadn't previously been able to offer those services, as the staff had been so busy just producing the materials the students needed, Mr. Hippolitus said. "We didn't have the time to attend to those niceties," he said. "They are really important, but we didn't have time while getting the books out." Additionally, the settlement requires the university to offer alerts and reminders to students to submit what they need in advance of a semester. The students will then get alternative versions of textbooks within 10 business days of a request and alternative course readers within 17 business days. If the wait is too long, students will be able to use self-scanning stations to produce their own materials. Mr. Hippolitus said the university was not sure how much the new services would cost other than the extra $120,000 in salaries for the program's new staff members. The new system will also provide greater access to books in the university's library. The program will inform the library which students at Berkeley-there are about 70-require the alternative media, and library staff members will scan books for those students using a new $20,000 scanner, Mr. Hippolitus said. The machine is different from the equipment used by Mr. Hippolitus's program, as it leaves through pages, rather than requiring them to be cut out. "Prior to the agreement, there was no real, defined process how to create alternative media for library holdings," Mr. Hippolitus said. "It was kind of a black hole. Now there's a clarity and a process to support that." As students and instructors have increasing access to more media at a quicker pace, the need for improved methods of producing alternatives also grows. At the same time, the number of college students with disabilities is increasing. According to a 2009 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, 11 percent of undergraduates have a disability, with most of those students having learning disabilities. Mr. Hippolitus said universities' systems must expand and evolve to meet those new challenges for students with disabilities. "The broad concern is that alternative media across the country is lagging behind, and more and better systems can be created," he said. "If this is one, we're happy to make that contribution. If it just stimulates ideas betters than ours, then terrific. We want to know about those ideas. But either way, it gets the conversation started about alternative media." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jongund at illinois.edu Fri May 10 06:30:04 2013 From: jongund at illinois.edu (Gunderson, Jon R) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials In-Reply-To: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D0FEA2BC6@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> References: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D0FEA2BC6@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> Message-ID: <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A14715F1818C@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> I think the students need to be commended for speaking up (e.g. maybe that is the landmark here) and demanding improved access. Without students raising their voices it is easy for campuses to ignore or discount the text conversion problems and the looming problems of online course accessibility. There are undocumented and most likely huge accessibility problems as the universities include more online learning as a part of the general curriculum in courses. Text conversion and alternative media problems will look easy, compared to the inaccessibility of online collaboration and discussion board systems students with disabilities will need to use to participate and compete in higher education. Jon Gunderson University of Illinois From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:11 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials With all due respect, why is this agreement described as "landmark"? It seems as though there were not enough resources to get alternative format materials to the students in a timely way, and according to the agreement, more staff, technology and resources will be devoted to that. And aren't universities already required by federal law to provide information about textbooks well ahead of the beginning of a term? Thanks Kathy Kathleen Cahill Assistive Technology Specialist MIT ATIC (Assistive Tech. Info. Center) 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 kcahill@mit.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Vasquez Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 6:13 PM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials In Settlement With Disabilities Group, Berkeley Will Improve Access to Course Materials May 8, 2013, 3:52 pm By Jake New ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Comments (6) The University of California at Berkeley has reached a settlement with Disability Rights Advocates in what the group is calling a"landmark agreement" to improve access to textbooks, course readers, and library materials for students with print-related disabilities. Disability Rights Advocates represented three Berkeley students who said they had difficulty getting access to the materials they needed for class. The group, which is a nonprofit disability-rights legal center, approached the university last year on behalf of the students, proposing settlement negotiations that could resolve the issues and avoid a lawsuit. The negotiations, which took more than a year, led to several new accommodations, said Paul Hippolitus, director of the university's Disabled Students Program, who called them overdue. Over the past four years, the program struggled to keep up with a 115-percent increase in the number of textbooks it had to recreate in digital text, Braille, or audio form, Mr. Hippolitus said. Last semester the university created 750 such new versions. "We had an old model that was not serving us well in this increase of quantity and quality," Mr. Hippolitus said. Under the new system, the staff that is dedicated to producing the alternative media will grow from three to five. Until this year, it had been a staff of one, Mr. Hippolitus said. The staff will also be moved to a larger space with new equipment. The new technology and employees will allow the program to offer more support for students and professors, helping answer students' questions and lobbying faculty members to provide students with advance notice of what reading materials they will require. The program hadn't previously been able to offer those services, as the staff had been so busy just producing the materials the students needed, Mr. Hippolitus said. "We didn't have the time to attend to those niceties," he said. "They are really important, but we didn't have time while getting the books out." Additionally, the settlement requires the university to offer alerts and reminders to students to submit what they need in advance of a semester. The students will then get alternative versions of textbooks within 10 business days of a request and alternative course readers within 17 business days. If the wait is too long, students will be able to use self-scanning stations to produce their own materials. Mr. Hippolitus said the university was not sure how much the new services would cost other than the extra $120,000 in salaries for the program's new staff members. The new system will also provide greater access to books in the university's library. The program will inform the library which students at Berkeley-there are about 70-require the alternative media, and library staff members will scan books for those students using a new $20,000 scanner, Mr. Hippolitus said. The machine is different from the equipment used by Mr. Hippolitus's program, as it leaves through pages, rather than requiring them to be cut out. "Prior to the agreement, there was no real, defined process how to create alternative media for library holdings," Mr. Hippolitus said. "It was kind of a black hole. Now there's a clarity and a process to support that." As students and instructors have increasing access to more media at a quicker pace, the need for improved methods of producing alternatives also grows. At the same time, the number of college students with disabilities is increasing. According to a 2009 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, 11 percent of undergraduates have a disability, with most of those students having learning disabilities. Mr. Hippolitus said universities' systems must expand and evolve to meet those new challenges for students with disabilities. "The broad concern is that alternative media across the country is lagging behind, and more and better systems can be created," he said. "If this is one, we're happy to make that contribution. If it just stimulates ideas betters than ours, then terrific. We want to know about those ideas. But either way, it gets the conversation started about alternative media." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blrichwine at gmail.com Fri May 10 08:40:38 2013 From: blrichwine at gmail.com (Brian Richwine) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials In-Reply-To: <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A14715F1818C@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> References: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D0FEA2BC6@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A14715F1818C@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> Message-ID: I think the landmark piece of this is the responsibility place on the library system to make any book or print media in its holdings accessible. This includes providing self scan systems, ability to get access to reserve items, even help getting books from stacks, or at last resort having a reader assigned to read the materials. Being able to get the university library to accommodate any print media within 5 days is landmark, in my view. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Gunderson, Jon R wrote: > I think the students need to be commended for speaking up (e.g. maybe > that is the landmark here) and demanding improved access.**** > > ** ** > > Without students raising their voices it is easy for campuses to ignore or > discount the text conversion problems and the looming problems of online > course accessibility.**** > > ** ** > > There are undocumented and most likely huge accessibility problems as the > universities include more online learning as a part of the general > curriculum in courses.**** > > ** ** > > Text conversion and alternative media problems will look easy, compared to > the inaccessibility of online collaboration and discussion board systems > students with disabilities will need to use to participate and compete in > higher education.**** > > ** ** > > Jon Gunderson**** > > University of Illinois**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto: > athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Kathleen > Cahill > *Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2013 6:11 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* RE: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials**** > > ** ** > > With all due respect, why is this agreement described as ?landmark?? It > seems as though there were not enough resources to get alternative format > materials to the students in a timely way, and according to the agreement, > more staff, technology and resources will be devoted to that. And aren?t > universities already required by federal law to provide information about > textbooks well ahead of the beginning of a term? **** > > > Thanks > Kathy**** > > **** > > **** > > Kathleen Cahill**** > > Assistive Technology Specialist**** > > MIT ATIC (Assistive Tech. Info. Center)**** > > 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143**** > > Cambridge MA 02139**** > > (617) 253-5111**** > > kcahill@mit.edu**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [ > mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] > *On Behalf Of *Laurie Vasquez > *Sent:* Thursday, May 09, 2013 6:13 PM > *To:* ATHEN > *Subject:* [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials**** > > **** > > > In Settlement With Disabilities Group, Berkeley Will Improve Access to > Course Materials**** > > May 8, 2013, 3:52 pm**** > > By Jake New **** > > **? ** **** > > **? ** **** > > **? ** **** > > **? ** **** > > **? ** **** > > **? ** **** > > **? **Comments (6) > **** > > The University of California at Berkeley has reached a settlement with > Disability Rights Advocates in what the group is calling a?landmark > agreement? to > improve access to textbooks, course readers, and library materials for > students with print-related disabilities.**** > > Disability Rights Advocates represented three Berkeley students who said > they had difficulty getting access to the materials they needed for class. > The group, which is a nonprofit disability-rights legal center, approached > the university last year on behalf of the students, proposing settlement > negotiations that > could resolve the issues and avoid a lawsuit. The negotiations, which took > more than a year, led to several new accommodations, said Paul Hippolitus, > director of the university?s Disabled Students Program, who called them > overdue.**** > > Over the past four years, the program struggled to keep up with a > 115-percent increase in the number of textbooks it had to recreate in > digital text, Braille, or audio form, Mr. Hippolitus said. Last semester > the university created 750 such new versions.**** > > ?We had an old model that was not serving us well in this increase of > quantity and quality,? Mr. Hippolitus said.**** > > Under the new system, the staff that is dedicated to producing the > alternative media will grow from three to five. Until this year, it had > been a staff of one, Mr. Hippolitus said. The staff will also be moved to a > larger space with new equipment. The new technology and employees will > allow the program to offer more support for students and professors, > helping answer students? questions and lobbying faculty members to provide > students with advance notice of what reading materials they will require.* > *** > > The program hadn?t previously been able to offer those services, as the > staff had been so busy just producing the materials the students needed, > Mr. Hippolitus said.**** > > ?We didn?t have the time to attend to those niceties,? he said. ?They are > really important, but we didn?t have time while getting the books out.?*** > * > > Additionally, the settlement requires the university to offer alerts and > reminders to students to submit what they need in advance of a semester. > The students will then get alternative versions of textbooks within 10 > business days of a request and alternative course readers within 17 > business days. If the wait is too long, students will be able to use > self-scanning stations to produce their own materials.**** > > Mr. Hippolitus said the university was not sure how much the new services > would cost other than the extra $120,000 in salaries for the program?s new > staff members.**** > > The new system will also provide greater access to books in the > university?s library. The program will inform the library which students at > Berkeley?there are about 70?require the alternative media, and library > staff members will scan books for those students using a new $20,000 > scanner, Mr. Hippolitus said. The machine is different from the equipment > used by Mr. Hippolitus?s program, as it leaves through pages, rather than > requiring them to be cut out.**** > > ?Prior to the agreement, there was no real, defined process how to create > alternative media for library holdings,? Mr. Hippolitus said. ?It was kind > of a black hole. Now there?s a clarity and a process to support that.?**** > > As students and instructors have increasing access to more media at a > quicker pace, the need for improved methods of producing alternatives also > grows. At the same time, the number of college students with disabilities > is increasing. According to a 2009 report by the U.S. Government > Accountability Office, 11 percent of undergraduates have > a disability, with most of those students having learning disabilities.*** > * > > Mr. Hippolitus said universities? systems must expand and evolve to meet > those new challenges for students with disabilities.**** > > ?The broad concern is that alternative media across the country is lagging > behind, and more and better systems can be created,? he said. ?If this is > one, we?re happy to make that contribution. If it just stimulates ideas > betters than ours, then terrific. We want to know about those ideas. But > either way, it gets the conversation started about alternative media.?**** > > **** > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu Fri May 10 08:42:38 2013 From: Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu (Kenneth Elkind) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Grammar checker for the Mac Message-ID: <64368B1DFC2F5D4A86AFF5CEAFE2684C011AA8EB@BN1PRD0111MB506.prod.exchangelabs.com> Is anybody have suggestions for a grammar checker for the Mac? My clients use ClearEdit and love it. Any suggestions? Kenneth Elkind Assistive Technology Specialist (617) 287- 5243 Kenneth.elkind@umb.edu Skype User Number: adaptiveumb Adaptive Computer Lab Maximizing Learning Potential Learn about the Adaptive Computer Lab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pratikp1 at gmail.com Fri May 10 11:43:02 2013 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials In-Reply-To: References: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D0FEA2BC6@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A14715F1818C@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> Message-ID: <02e401ce4dae$344098e0$9cc1caa0$@gmail.com> When I worked at the City University of New York, these types of accommodations were a standard part of most of our campus libraries. When I left in 2010, most of our libraries had scanning stations, assistance retrieving books, etc. We were working on E-Reserve systems when I left. Pratik Patel Founder and CEO, EZFire T: 718-928-5529 M: 718-249-7019 E: ppatel@ezfire.net (or pratikp1@gmail.com ) Follow me on Twitter: @ppatel Follow me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/pratik-patel/9/985/882 Skype: Patel.pratik From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brian Richwine Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 11:41 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials I think the landmark piece of this is the responsibility place on the library system to make any book or print media in its holdings accessible. This includes providing self scan systems, ability to get access to reserve items, even help getting books from stacks, or at last resort having a reader assigned to read the materials. Being able to get the university library to accommodate any print media within 5 days is landmark, in my view. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Gunderson, Jon R > wrote: I think the students need to be commended for speaking up (e.g. maybe that is the landmark here) and demanding improved access. Without students raising their voices it is easy for campuses to ignore or discount the text conversion problems and the looming problems of online course accessibility. There are undocumented and most likely huge accessibility problems as the universities include more online learning as a part of the general curriculum in courses. Text conversion and alternative media problems will look easy, compared to the inaccessibility of online collaboration and discussion board systems students with disabilities will need to use to participate and compete in higher education. Jon Gunderson University of Illinois From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu ] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:11 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials With all due respect, why is this agreement described as "landmark"? It seems as though there were not enough resources to get alternative format materials to the students in a timely way, and according to the agreement, more staff, technology and resources will be devoted to that. And aren't universities already required by federal law to provide information about textbooks well ahead of the beginning of a term? Thanks Kathy Kathleen Cahill Assistive Technology Specialist MIT ATIC (Assistive Tech. Info. Center) 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 kcahill@mit.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Vasquez Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 6:13 PM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials In Settlement With Disabilities Group, Berkeley Will Improve Access to Course Materials May 8, 2013, 3:52 pm By Jake New * * * * * * * Comments (6) The University of California at Berkeley has reached a settlement with Disability Rights Advocates in what the group is calling a "landmark agreement" to improve access to textbooks, course readers, and library materials for students with print-related disabilities. Disability Rights Advocates represented three Berkeley students who said they had difficulty getting access to the materials they needed for class. The group, which is a nonprofit disability-rights legal center, approached the university last year on behalf of the students, proposing settlement negotiations that could resolve the issues and avoid a lawsuit. The negotiations, which took more than a year, led to several new accommodations, said Paul Hippolitus, director of the university's Disabled Students Program, who called them overdue. Over the past four years, the program struggled to keep up with a 115-percent increase in the number of textbooks it had to recreate in digital text, Braille, or audio form, Mr. Hippolitus said. Last semester the university created 750 such new versions. "We had an old model that was not serving us well in this increase of quantity and quality," Mr. Hippolitus said. Under the new system, the staff that is dedicated to producing the alternative media will grow from three to five. Until this year, it had been a staff of one, Mr. Hippolitus said. The staff will also be moved to a larger space with new equipment. The new technology and employees will allow the program to offer more support for students and professors, helping answer students' questions and lobbying faculty members to provide students with advance notice of what reading materials they will require. The program hadn't previously been able to offer those services, as the staff had been so busy just producing the materials the students needed, Mr. Hippolitus said. "We didn't have the time to attend to those niceties," he said. "They are really important, but we didn't have time while getting the books out." Additionally, the settlement requires the university to offer alerts and reminders to students to submit what they need in advance of a semester. The students will then get alternative versions of textbooks within 10 business days of a request and alternative course readers within 17 business days. If the wait is too long, students will be able to use self-scanning stations to produce their own materials. Mr. Hippolitus said the university was not sure how much the new services would cost other than the extra $120,000 in salaries for the program's new staff members. The new system will also provide greater access to books in the university's library. The program will inform the library which students at Berkeley-there are about 70-require the alternative media, and library staff members will scan books for those students using a new $20,000 scanner, Mr. Hippolitus said. The machine is different from the equipment used by Mr. Hippolitus's program, as it leaves through pages, rather than requiring them to be cut out. "Prior to the agreement, there was no real, defined process how to create alternative media for library holdings," Mr. Hippolitus said. "It was kind of a black hole. Now there's a clarity and a process to support that." As students and instructors have increasing access to more media at a quicker pace, the need for improved methods of producing alternatives also grows. At the same time, the number of college students with disabilities is increasing. According to a 2009 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, 11 percent of undergraduates have a disability, with most of those students having learning disabilities. Mr. Hippolitus said universities' systems must expand and evolve to meet those new challenges for students with disabilities. "The broad concern is that alternative media across the country is lagging behind, and more and better systems can be created," he said. "If this is one, we're happy to make that contribution. If it just stimulates ideas betters than ours, then terrific. We want to know about those ideas. 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URL: From blrichwine at gmail.com Fri May 10 12:25:35 2013 From: blrichwine at gmail.com (Brian Richwine) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials In-Reply-To: <02e401ce4dae$344098e0$9cc1caa0$@gmail.com> References: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D0FEA2BC6@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A14715F1818C@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> <02e401ce4dae$344098e0$9cc1caa0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: When I did a survey of big ten libraries for what accommodations they offered, I didn't find any that would let a student with disabilities pick any book from the libraries collections and have it accommodated into a fully accessible (edited, described images,etc.). Maybe if it was a required reading that was on reserve the library would copy the assigned pages and send it to the universities document conversion function. Many universities document conversion units would only do the required readings and went as far as to state that in the policies they post. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Pratik Patel wrote: > When I worked at the City University of New York, these types of > accommodations were a standard part of most of our campus libraries. When I > left in 2010, most of our libraries had scanning stations, assistance > retrieving books, etc. We were working on E-Reserve systems when I left.** > ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Pratik Patel**** > > Founder and CEO, EZFire **** > > T: 718-928-5529**** > > M: 718-249-7019**** > > E: ppatel@ezfire.net (or pratikp1@gmail.com) **** > > Follow me on Twitter: @ppatel **** > > Follow me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/pratik-patel/9/985/882 > **** > > Skype: Patel.pratik**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto: > athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Brian > Richwine > *Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2013 11:41 AM > > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials**** > > ** ** > > I think the landmark piece of this is the responsibility place on the > library system to make any book or print media in its holdings accessible. > This includes providing self scan systems, ability to get access to reserve > items, even help getting books from stacks, or at last resort having a > reader assigned to read the materials. **** > > ** ** > > Being able to get the university library to accommodate any print media > within 5 days is landmark, in my view.**** > > ** ** > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Gunderson, Jon R > wrote:**** > > I think the students need to be commended for speaking up (e.g. maybe > that is the landmark here) and demanding improved access.**** > > **** > > Without students raising their voices it is easy for campuses to ignore or > discount the text conversion problems and the looming problems of online > course accessibility.**** > > **** > > There are undocumented and most likely huge accessibility problems as the > universities include more online learning as a part of the general > curriculum in courses.**** > > **** > > Text conversion and alternative media problems will look easy, compared to > the inaccessibility of online collaboration and discussion board systems > students with disabilities will need to use to participate and compete in > higher education.**** > > **** > > Jon Gunderson**** > > University of Illinois**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto: > athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Kathleen > Cahill > *Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2013 6:11 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* RE: [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials**** > > **** > > With all due respect, why is this agreement described as ?landmark?? It > seems as though there were not enough resources to get alternative format > materials to the students in a timely way, and according to the agreement, > more staff, technology and resources will be devoted to that. And aren?t > universities already required by federal law to provide information about > textbooks well ahead of the beginning of a term? **** > > > Thanks > Kathy**** > > **** > > **** > > Kathleen Cahill**** > > Assistive Technology Specialist**** > > MIT ATIC (Assistive Tech. Info. Center)**** > > 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143**** > > Cambridge MA 02139**** > > (617) 253-5111**** > > kcahill@mit.edu**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [ > mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] > *On Behalf Of *Laurie Vasquez > *Sent:* Thursday, May 09, 2013 6:13 PM > *To:* ATHEN > *Subject:* [Athen] Fwd: FYI -- Access to Course Materials**** > > **** > > > In Settlement With Disabilities Group, Berkeley Will Improve Access to > Course Materials**** > > May 8, 2013, 3:52 pm**** > > By Jake New **** > > ? **** > > ? **** > > ? **** > > ? **** > > ? **** > > ? **** > > ? Comments (6) > **** > > The University of California at Berkeley has reached a settlement with > Disability Rights Advocates in what the group is calling a?landmark > agreement? to > improve access to textbooks, course readers, and library materials for > students with print-related disabilities.**** > > Disability Rights Advocates represented three Berkeley students who said > they had difficulty getting access to the materials they needed for class. > The group, which is a nonprofit disability-rights legal center, approached > the university last year on behalf of the students, proposing settlement > negotiations that > could resolve the issues and avoid a lawsuit. The negotiations, which took > more than a year, led to several new accommodations, said Paul Hippolitus, > director of the university?s Disabled Students Program, who called them > overdue.**** > > Over the past four years, the program struggled to keep up with a > 115-percent increase in the number of textbooks it had to recreate in > digital text, Braille, or audio form, Mr. Hippolitus said. Last semester > the university created 750 such new versions.**** > > ?We had an old model that was not serving us well in this increase of > quantity and quality,? Mr. Hippolitus said.**** > > Under the new system, the staff that is dedicated to producing the > alternative media will grow from three to five. Until this year, it had > been a staff of one, Mr. Hippolitus said. The staff will also be moved to a > larger space with new equipment. The new technology and employees will > allow the program to offer more support for students and professors, > helping answer students? questions and lobbying faculty members to provide > students with advance notice of what reading materials they will require.* > *** > > The program hadn?t previously been able to offer those services, as the > staff had been so busy just producing the materials the students needed, > Mr. Hippolitus said.**** > > ?We didn?t have the time to attend to those niceties,? he said. ?They are > really important, but we didn?t have time while getting the books out.?*** > * > > Additionally, the settlement requires the university to offer alerts and > reminders to students to submit what they need in advance of a semester. > The students will then get alternative versions of textbooks within 10 > business days of a request and alternative course readers within 17 > business days. If the wait is too long, students will be able to use > self-scanning stations to produce their own materials.**** > > Mr. Hippolitus said the university was not sure how much the new services > would cost other than the extra $120,000 in salaries for the program?s new > staff members.**** > > The new system will also provide greater access to books in the > university?s library. The program will inform the library which students at > Berkeley?there are about 70?require the alternative media, and library > staff members will scan books for those students using a new $20,000 > scanner, Mr. Hippolitus said. The machine is different from the equipment > used by Mr. Hippolitus?s program, as it leaves through pages, rather than > requiring them to be cut out.**** > > ?Prior to the agreement, there was no real, defined process how to create > alternative media for library holdings,? Mr. Hippolitus said. ?It was kind > of a black hole. Now there?s a clarity and a process to support that.?**** > > As students and instructors have increasing access to more media at a > quicker pace, the need for improved methods of producing alternatives also > grows. At the same time, the number of college students with disabilities > is increasing. According to a 2009 report by the U.S. Government > Accountability Office, 11 percent of undergraduates have > a disability, with most of those students having learning disabilities.*** > * > > Mr. Hippolitus said universities? systems must expand and evolve to meet > those new challenges for students with disabilities.**** > > ?The broad concern is that alternative media across the country is lagging > behind, and more and better systems can be created,? he said. ?If this is > one, we?re happy to make that contribution. If it just stimulates ideas > betters than ours, then terrific. We want to know about those ideas. But > either way, it gets the conversation started about alternative media.?**** > > **** > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue May 14 12:14:06 2013 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Repost: Accessible Media Coordinator Needed at George Mason University Message-ID: REPOST George Mason University Assistive Technology Initiative office has a full time position for an Accessible Media Coordinator. Please see the listing below for more information or visit http://jobs.gmu.edu Nancy Accessible Media Specialist George Mason University Accessible Media Coordinator The George Mason University, Assistive Technology Initiative (ATI) within the Office of Equity and Diversity Services is seeking a full-time Accessible Media Coordinator to oversee our accessible text, captioning, and video description services. Responsibilities: The primary duties for this position will include the following: - Coordinate with Accessible Media Specialist to provide quality accessible materials to students with documented, print-related disabilities (as referred/approved by the Office of Disability Services [ODS]); - Coordinate with IT Accessibility Coordinator as needed to provide accessible documents for Section 508 compliance; - Coordinate with ATI Manager and IT Accessibility Coordinator on accessible media efforts on campus for Section 508 compliance; - Manage organizational Bookshare and AccessText memberships, and assist students with setting up individual Bookshare and Learning Ally memberships; - Coordinate assignment of accessible media (i.e., captioning, video description) jobs and troubleshoot any issues that arise; - Produce accessible text for students (i.e., electronic, Braille and tactile); - Consult with the ODS about concerns related to students with print-related disabilities; - Keep procedures used for scanning, accessible text, accessible media, and resource materials up-to-date; - Communicate with publishers; - Communicate with faculty, instructional designers, and other stakeholders about accessible media procedures; - Provide guidance to students on ATI's accessible text process; - Train student workers on captioning process; - Maintain regular communication with students about their responsibilities in the accessible text process. Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in special education, assistive technology, or a related field; - Significant demonstrated experience (four years is preferred; two years with a master's degree) working in education and/or assistive technology; - Experience working with individuals with sensory impairments and/or learning disabilities; - Experience with assistive technology used to support students with visual and/or learning disabilities; - Knowledge of laws governing disability services in higher education; - Experience teaching/training one-on-one and in group settings; - Strong written and verbal communication skills; - Strong computer skills and ability to learn new software applications; and - Experience collaborating with a diverse group of people. Preferred: - Master's degree in special education, higher education, assistive technology, or a related field; - Experience providing assistive technology accommodations in the postsecondary and/or employment arena; - Experience creating accessible electronic text, tactile materials, and/or Braille; and - Experience with captioning and/or video description technology. For full consideration, applicants must apply for position number FA394z at http://jobs.gmu.edu by May 21, 2013; complete and submit the online application; and upload a cover letter, resume, and a list of three professional references with contact information. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dabrus at purdue.edu Tue May 14 12:24:54 2013 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing? Message-ID: <6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE0A18112F@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl> Hi, I have a question about digital publishing of university documents. Purdue's Agricultural Communications group wants to produce more publications in digital format. Their desire is to produce publications in one or two standard, accessible formats. They tell me they will be using Adobe Creative Cloud, so will have the option to publish in many different formats for ereaders or tablets. EPUB is one they are considering. They asked me for advice on what format or formats to produce to meet the needs of the greatest number of people. So now I'm asking for your help. What would you suggest? Would accessible PDF be the best format to reach those multiple platforms? Or is EPUB the way to go? Thanks in advance! Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. 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EPUB will cover those who want audio access or want a mobile solution, and PDF will cover those who want visual access on a computer or who want to print out sections. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 Brusnighan, Dean A. Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:25 PM To: ATHEN mailing list Subject: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing? Hi, I have a question about digital publishing of university documents. Purdue's Agricultural Communications group wants to produce more publications in digital format. Their desire is to produce publications in one or two standard, accessible formats. They tell me they will be using Adobe Creative Cloud, so will have the option to publish in many different formats for ereaders or tablets. EPUB is one they are considering. They asked me for advice on what format or formats to produce to meet the needs of the greatest number of people. So now I'm asking for your help. What would you suggest? Would accessible PDF be the best format to reach those multiple platforms? Or is EPUB the way to go? Thanks in advance! Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue May 14 16:45:56 2013 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Study Ranks Accessibility of Top Learning Management Systems -- Access For All Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20130514164332.05b51078@gmail.com> Greetings, ATHEN list: I thought some of you might be interested in this, since the accessibility of Learning Management Systems is raised on this list often. As best I can tell, this blog post: Study Ranks Accessibility of Top Learning Management Systems | Access For All http://www.accessforall.eu/2013/05/study-ranks-accessibility-of-top-learning-management-systems/ points to a paper, here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3486333/csun2013/lms_compared_paper_2013.html And this paper seems to have been presented at CSUN 2013, so some of you may already be aware of it. Best, Jennifer From MeganShadrick at MissouriState.edu Wed May 15 06:30:09 2013 From: MeganShadrick at MissouriState.edu (Shadrick, Megan E) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] myitlab Message-ID: I just found out that our CIS programs are using myitlab. I wasn't aware this existed! Has anyone had any experience with this yet? I have students that will be using JAWS and zoomtext that are taking these courses in the fall. Before I start my own trial and error I was curious if anyone else has run across this yet. Thanks for your insight Megan Shadrick M.A., M.S., COMS Associate Director Disability Resource Center-Access Technology Center Missouri State University meganshadrick@missouristate.edu http://www.missouristate.edu/atc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, ken [image: The Ohio State University] Ken Petri, Program Director Web Accessibility Center, ADA Coordinator's Office and Office for Disability Services 102D Pomerene Hall | 1760 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-1760 Office | 614-218-1499 Mobile | 614-292-4190 Fax petri.1@osu.edu wac.osu.edu On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Jennifer Sutton wrote: > Greetings, ATHEN list: > > I thought some of you might be interested in this, since the accessibility > of Learning Management Systems is raised on this list often. > As best I can tell, this blog post: > > Study Ranks Accessibility of Top Learning Management Systems | Access For > All > http://www.accessforall.eu/**2013/05/study-ranks-** > accessibility-of-top-learning-**management-systems/ > > points to a paper, here: > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.**com/u/3486333/csun2013/lms_** > compared_paper_2013.html > > And this paper seems to have been presented at CSUN 2013, so some of you > may already be aware of it. > > Best, > Jennifer > > ______________________________**_________________ > 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 gdietrich at htctu.net Wed May 15 09:59:10 2013 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing? In-Reply-To: References: <6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE0A18112F@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl>, <38BDEAE47B984151BCC021AF4F823D78@htctu.fhda.edu> Message-ID: <2C4E9AD24D7E46D98D29B2D4BB7F69A7@htctu.fhda.edu> Once thing to remember with EPUB: if you are using any of the "flowing" formats, you will lose the mark-up for print page number references unless you hand-code them in. If the print page numbers are important (for quoting citations, for example), you will need to pay attention to that detail. With that issue in mind, I would recommend going to both PDF and EPUB directly from the Word file. Folks who need the visual page to look exactly like the book and/or who need the print page numbers can use the PDF. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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: Victoria Lynn Getis [mailto:vgetis@northwestern.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:41 AM To: gdietrich@htctu.net; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing? Hi, I'd suggest ePub first. The nice thing about ePub format is that you can then convert what you've made into many, many other formats; if it is accessible in ePub, you've taken enormous strides in making it accessible in other formats. For info on the ePub format: http://digitalunion.osu.edu/topic/epub/ On making an ePub and converting from ePub to other formats: http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2012/08/27/ebook-guide-part-1/ On ePubs and accessibility: http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2012/09/17/ebook-guide-part-2/ (these posts are part of a 6-installment posting with instructions on every step of the way. You should be able to get from one post to the next pretty easily. If not, simply search "epub" on the site). Good luck! Victoria _____ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Gaeir Dietrich [gdietrich@htctu.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:51 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing? I would suggest EPUB and PDF. EPUB will cover those who want audio access or want a mobile solution, and PDF will cover those who want visual access on a computer or who want to print out sections. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 Brusnighan, Dean A. Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:25 PM To: ATHEN mailing list Subject: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing? Hi, I have a question about digital publishing of university documents. Purdue's Agricultural Communications group wants to produce more publications in digital format. Their desire is to produce publications in one or two standard, accessible formats. They tell me they will be using Adobe Creative Cloud, so will have the option to publish in many different formats for ereaders or tablets. EPUB is one they are considering. They asked me for advice on what format or formats to produce to meet the needs of the greatest number of people. So now I'm asking for your help. What would you suggest? Would accessible PDF be the best format to reach those multiple platforms? Or is EPUB the way to go? Thanks in advance! Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at colorado.edu Wed May 15 11:10:39 2013 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Summer & Self-paced course on Universal Design for the Web Message-ID: *Dear Colleagues:* Continuing Education at CU-Boulder is offering an online course on *Universal Design** **for Digital Media* for summer 2013 semester (starts June 3). This course can be taken for 3 credits or as non-credit. It can also be taken self-paced or term based. For details on enrollment, visit the Continuing Ed. site . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Where Usability & Accessibility Meet* This course will review standards for usability and accessibility, focusing on the concepts of Universal Design, Web Standards and user-centered design. Resources and texts from media design experts such as Jeffrey Zeldman, Derek Featherstone, and Donald Norman will be complemented with online resources and materials. *Course Scope* Topics to be covered include (x)html standards, CSS, semantic web design, user-centered design, WAI-ARIA, and validation tools, among others. There may be occasional live lectures and guest speakers - delivered through web conferencing but taped for later and repeat viewing. However, most lectures will be prerecorded. *Term-Based vs. Self-Paced* Students can take the course term-based, completing weekly assignments and following the overall schedule of the course throughout the semester; or self-paced, completing assignments at the student's own pace within a 6-month period. (Students may petition for an extension to the 6-month deadline if needed). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Instructors* Howard Kramer Mr. Kramer has been an Access Specialist at CU-Boulder and coordinator for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference for the past 15 years. Kathy Wahlbin Ms. Wahlbin is a Web accessibility consultant, founder of Interactive Accessibility and an ADA, Section 508 and W3C WCAG accessibility expert. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Registration & other Details* * Register at: CU Continuing Education (under ATLAS program) * Pricing: (for credit): $1029; (non-credit): $625 * For more information about enrollment, contact (303-492-5148) or email Continuing Ed. * Summer term: June 3 - August 9, 2013 -- Howard Kramer CO-PI - UDUC *Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula*(UDUC) Lecturer, Cont. 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Joseph Karr O'Connor, better known as accessible Joe, is traveling to UC Berkeley to present on beginner accessible Rich Internet access and will be giving us a look at his cities project. Cities is designed to create as many accessible word press themes as possible. I've heard him speak many times at a variety of accessibility events and am thrilled to bring him to UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley IST applications platforms integration is the proud sponsor for this year's event. About the speaker - Joseph Karr O'Connor has worked in the California higher education realm for many years. He lives in Santa Monica California. He has been creating accessible websites from the beginning of the web accessibility movement. He has been focused on accessible websites since the introduction of section 508 in 1999 for many nonprofits and others. For more information on our speaker and his cities project please visit http://accessiblejoe.com/about/ there will be plenty of time for questions, so come prepared. Once again we will be recording the event and posting it shortly after. Please share this announcement widely thank you Lucia Greco Web Access Analyst IST-Campus Technology Services University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Thu May 16 11:39:25 2013 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] App for Dragon Message-ID: Hi all, I hunted down this app (free) after a conversation with Patrick Burke at UCLA yesterday. The question was about DNS commands in website navigability. As some (many) of you know, Dragon has spotty reliability in command navigation in websites, specifically in Aria using the "click next," "jump to..." [a link] commands among others. Website shows a "button" which should prompt a "press enter" command from Dragon, what Dragon wants to hear is "check box." While this will not solve all the problems with voice commands in the web environment, this little app Patrick shared with me looks interesting. It's designed to work with Chrome and Safari (using DNS for the Mac) and allows the user to change the command macros to suit, in this case, the WC3 environment. Any of you who want to download and play with it, go for it! Do please report back and let me/us know what you did, what worked and what didn't. Also, if you run into Dragon bugs or suggestions, why not think about joining the Dragon Naturally Speaking group on LinkedIn? Peter Mahoney and other developers with Nuance are in this group and posting the questions and bugs in that forum might end up with some development changes. Only a thought. Happy Thursday, all. http://thegleebox.com/ Wink Wink Harner Assistive Technology Specialist Southern Oregon University 541-552-8442 foreigntype@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lnorwich at bu.edu Thu May 16 14:16:22 2013 From: lnorwich at bu.edu (Norwich, Lorraine S) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Study Ranks Accessibility of Top Learning Management Systems -- Access For All In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20130514164332.05b51078@gmail.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20130514164332.05b51078@gmail.com> Message-ID: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E37E3E3F3@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> HI This has come at a good time for me. We are moving forward with Blackboard at BU and they have asked me to give a talk at one of the Steering Committee meetings on Accessibility. Any other information or contacts in this area would be greatly appreciated. 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) -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:46 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Study Ranks Accessibility of Top Learning Management Systems -- Access For All Greetings, ATHEN list: I thought some of you might be interested in this, since the accessibility of Learning Management Systems is raised on this list often. As best I can tell, this blog post: Study Ranks Accessibility of Top Learning Management Systems | Access For All http://www.accessforall.eu/2013/05/study-ranks-accessibility-of-top-learning-management-systems/ points to a paper, here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3486333/csun2013/lms_compared_paper_2013.html And this paper seems to have been presented at CSUN 2013, so some of you may already be aware of it. Best, Jennifer _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From lnorwich at bu.edu Thu May 16 14:22:58 2013 From: lnorwich at bu.edu (Norwich, Lorraine S) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Raised line drawings Message-ID: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E37E3E41B@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> HI I have a blind graduate student in the Chemistry department who is starting to work on Spectroscopy. I am looking for ways to get the information to him using raised line drawings. Any information on how to do this would be helpful. He has never used raised line drawings before so this is also important to take into consideration. 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 hkramer at ahead.org Thu May 16 21:54:25 2013 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of Second Life Message-ID: I read a 2010 post on assistivetech.net that about 30% of objects in Second Life are not labeled. Does anyone know if this is still the case? Thanks, Howard -- 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... URL: From ron at ahead.org Fri May 17 03:38:54 2013 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Smarter Balanced Accommodations Manual Message-ID: <050e01ce52ea$ba8fbc50$2faf34f0$@ahead.org> Thought some of you would be interested in the latest development in the high stakes testing realm. This is one of two major consortia working in this area, both of which are proposing overly restrictive use of common accommodations as high stakes testing moves from paper and pencil to a digital world Ron Stewart Smarter Balanced Accessibility and Accommodations Addresses accessibility and accommodations for students who are English learners and students with disabilities who are taking Smarter Balanced assessments. _____ Draft Smarter Balanced Accessibility and Accommodations Framework The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has released its draft Accessibility and Accommodations Framework for public review and comment. This framework explains the conceptual underpinnings of the approach that is expected to be used by Smarter Balanced to address accessibility tools and accommodation options for students taking Smarter Balanced assessments. Feedback on the framework will be collected until June 14, 2013. Consolidated feedback on behalf of organizations is especially encouraged. Instructions for Submitting Feedback 1. Download the DRAFT Accessibility and Accommodations Framework, May 13, 2013 version (DOC). 2. Annotate the framework document using the Comments feature in Microsoft WORD. 3. Save your annotated file with your first and last names appended to the end of the file name (e.g., A&A Framework_JohnSmith.docx). 4. Upload your annotated document using the feedback submission form External link opens in new window or tab.. -------------------------------------------------- To Subscribe, unsubscribe, make changes in delivery options go to http://lsv.uky.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=qiat &A=1 If you are already subscribed and just want to change settings, select JOIN LIST after you select the settings you want to update. To search the QIAT archives, go to http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/QIAT.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:59 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing? Once thing to remember with EPUB: if you are using any of the "flowing" formats, you will lose the mark-up for print page number references unless you hand-code them in. If the print page numbers are important (for quoting citations, for example), you will need to pay attention to that detail. With that issue in mind, I would recommend going to both PDF and EPUB directly from the Word file. Folks who need the visual page to look exactly like the book and/or who need the print page numbers can use the PDF. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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: Victoria Lynn Getis [mailto:vgetis@northwestern.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:41 AM To: gdietrich@htctu.net; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing? Hi, I'd suggest ePub first. The nice thing about ePub format is that you can then convert what you've made into many, many other formats; if it is accessible in ePub, you've taken enormous strides in making it accessible in other formats. For info on the ePub format: http://digitalunion.osu.edu/topic/epub/ On making an ePub and converting from ePub to other formats: http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2012/08/27/ebook-guide-part-1/ On ePubs and accessibility: http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2012/09/17/ebook-guide-part-2/ (these posts are part of a 6-installment posting with instructions on every step of the way. You should be able to get from one post to the next pretty easily. If not, simply search "epub" on the site). Good luck! Victoria ________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Gaeir Dietrich [gdietrich@htctu.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:51 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing? I would suggest EPUB and PDF. EPUB will cover those who want audio access or want a mobile solution, and PDF will cover those who want visual access on a computer or who want to print out sections. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 Brusnighan, Dean A. Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:25 PM To: ATHEN mailing list Subject: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing? Hi, I have a question about digital publishing of university documents. Purdue's Agricultural Communications group wants to produce more publications in digital format. Their desire is to produce publications in one or two standard, accessible formats. They tell me they will be using Adobe Creative Cloud, so will have the option to publish in many different formats for ereaders or tablets. EPUB is one they are considering. They asked me for advice on what format or formats to produce to meet the needs of the greatest number of people. So now I'm asking for your help. What would you suggest? Would accessible PDF be the best format to reach those multiple platforms? Or is EPUB the way to go? Thanks in advance! Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Gamification of Accessibility, Round 1: Lessons Learned | NC State University IT Accessibility Blog http://accessibility.oit.ncsu.edu/blog/2013/05/17/the-gamification-of-accessibility-round-1-lessons-learned/ From johumber at iupui.edu Wed May 22 08:56:54 2013 From: johumber at iupui.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reputable Companies for Comprehensive Section 508 Compliance Evaluation Message-ID: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B754FFE7FDC@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Hi All, We received an internal request for companies that provide comprehensive Section 508 compliance evaluations. I was wondering what services people have used in the past? If you could also provide feedback on the experience. Our short list already includes many familiar names: * HiSoftware * Deque * WebAIM * Criterion 508 Solutions, Inc. * The Paciello Group Are there other reputable services that should be included on this list? Thankx for any information you can share. Sincerely, Joe Humbert, 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 greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Wed May 22 09:00:29 2013 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] The Gamification of Accessibility, Round 1: Lessons Learned | NC State University IT Accessibility Blog In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20130518110316.01fe6248@gmail.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20130518110316.01fe6248@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks Jennifer! Greg On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Jennifer Sutton wrote: > Greetings, ATHEN: > > I thought many of you might find this blog post of interest, but might not > see it circulating on Twitter. > > I think Greg is on this list, so kudos to you and all involved, Greg. > > > The Gamification of Accessibility, Round 1: Lessons Learned | NC State > University IT Accessibility Blog > http://accessibility.oit.ncsu.edu/blog/2013/05/17/the-gamification-of-accessibility-round-1-lessons-learned/ > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From hkramer at ahead.org Wed May 22 10:09:04 2013 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Pearson is looking for an accessibility & accommodation specialist Message-ID: Hello All: I'm passing along this announcement. Feel free to disseminate. Pearson VUE and GED Testing Services is looking to hire someone to provide support for facilitating requests for accommodations and other related services. Below is the link to the job description. http://jobs.pearson.com/job/Bloomington-Assistive-Technology-Specialist-Job-MN-55420/2520213/ Thanks, Howard -- 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... URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Wed May 22 12:05:29 2013 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI Webinar: Use Tobi to create EPUB3 talking books Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20130522073126.03b2f428@pop.gmail.com> EASI Webinar: Use Tobi to create EPUB3 talking books, Thursday May 30: US times 8:30 AM Pacific, 9:30 Mountain, 10:30 Central and 11:30 Eastern, 15:30 UTC, 16:30 UK, 17:30 Central Europe, 21:00 India., Presenters: Avneesh Singh from DAISY Consortium, Obi/Tobi project manager, software developer, Daniel Weck, DAISY Consortium, Software developer, , EPUB3 is the ebook standard recommended for both mainstream and accessible publishing. Tobi supports the DAISY3 and EPUB3, talking book formats, and provides tools to upgrade existing content to the new standard. Learn about EPUB3 features, and, about Tobi production workflows., Visit the TOBI Web Site, http://daisy.org/tobi, Register for the TOBI Webinar:, http://easi.cc/clinic.htm/#may, itd-jnl@listserv.icors.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 paire at temple.edu Wed May 22 14:34:00 2013 From: paire at temple.edu (Paul E. Paire) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] Obama Stops Championing Treaty That Gives the Blind Better Access to E-Books Message-ID: <3BDAB0D17C965648940B90D4B59685C7402172CC@exch14-mb1.tu.temple.edu> [Subject line is the title of the Wired Article, blame them if you don't like it...] http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/ip-blind-treaty/ A snippet of the article to whet your appetite: The Obama administration went on record four years ago supporting a proposed international treaty to make books more accessible to the blind. But as world leaders prepare to gather in Morocco next month to finalize a deal that Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay proposed in 2009, the administration is mum on whether it supports a treaty that would, for the first time, loosen copyright restrictions. Many fear lobbying by Hollywood and dozens of the world's largest corporations, including ExxonMobil, may scuttle the treaty altogether. The United States Patent and Trademark Office, the agency responsible for the Obama administration's negotiations, declined to comment when Wired recently asked about its position on the proposed accord. (.pdf) But in 2009, Justin Hughes, a senior USPTO advisor, said: "We recognize that some in the international copyright community believe that any international consensus on substantive limitations and exceptions to copyright law would weaken international copyright law. The United States does not share that point of view." Bookshare and the NFB are both quoted in the article. -Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Thu May 23 16:31:09 2013 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:13 2018 Subject: [Athen] is the vimeo player accessible to the keyboard, to a screenreader? Message-ID: Hello All: I was just testing out a Vimeo test page that our videographers had set up for us to test. (I know Vimeo has the problem of offering no captioning solution). I found the player completely inaccessible to the keyboard while using JAWS or NVDA. Is this an across-the-board problem with Vimeo or is it possibly the way the page was set up. The page is located at http://vimeopro.com/vcube/access2012. It's password protected but if you're willing to test it for keyboard/screenreader accessibility, send me an email and I'll send you the password. Thanks, Howard -- 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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Please contact me directly if you are interested. > > Ron Stewart > > ******************************************************************************* > Ron Stewart > Managing Consultant > Altformat Solutions LLC > > 8300 West Weller St > Yorktown, IN 47396 > Mobile: 609 213-2190 > Fax: 765 405-1484 > > ron@altformatsolutions.com > www.altformatsolutions.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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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This is a powerful authoring application that also has an accessible user interface. Most of the available EPUB3 applications are not accessible to screen reader or keyboard users. Tobi also includes support for the DAISY standard. Go to the TOBI Web Site and learn much more: http://daisy.org/tobi To register for this EASI Webinar, go to: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm/#may Note, this Webinar starts earlier than most EASI Webinars to make it available to more participants in Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 hkramer at ahead.org Mon May 27 09:30:10 2013 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] Attending the AHEAD conference In-Reply-To: <004c01ce5a6f$7db0ede0$7912c9a0$@altformatsolutions.com> References: <004c01ce5a6f$7db0ede0$7912c9a0$@altformatsolutions.com> Message-ID: Ron, I'll be there for the general conference. -Howard On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: > I am looking for ATHEN members who plan on attending the AHEAD conference > in Baltimore this hear. I am trying to fill in some session participants. > Please contact me directly if you are interested.**** > > ** ** > > Ron Stewart**** > > ** ** > > > ******************************************************************************* > **** > > Ron Stewart**** > > Managing Consultant**** > > Altformat Solutions LLC**** > > ** ** > > 8300 West Weller St**** > > Yorktown, IN 47396**** > > Mobile: 609 213-2190**** > > Fax: 765 405-1484**** > > ** ** > > ron@altformatsolutions.com**** > > www.altformatsolutions.com**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Ron Stewart **************************************************************************** *** Ron Stewart Managing Consultant Altformat Solutions LLC 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@altformatsolutions.com www.altformatsolutions.com _______________________________________________ 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... URL: From nadiakhan111 at yahoo.com Tue May 28 03:32:59 2013 From: nadiakhan111 at yahoo.com (Nadia Khan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] Attending the AHEAD conference In-Reply-To: <004c01ce5a6f$7db0ede0$7912c9a0$@altformatsolutions.com> Message-ID: <1369737179.54175.YahooMailClassic@web125406.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Thank you. I would like to know more about it and it would hopefully be a great opportunity. When is it happening and some more about the sessions please. Jan --- On Sun, 5/26/13, Ron Stewart wrote: From: Ron Stewart Subject: [Athen] Attending the AHEAD conference To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Date: Sunday, May 26, 2013, 8:16 PM I am looking for ATHEN members who plan on attending the AHEAD conference in Baltimore this hear.? I am trying to fill in some session participants.? Please contact me directly if you are interested. ?Ron Stewart ?*******************************************************************************Ron StewartManaging ConsultantAltformat Solutions LLC ?8300 West Weller StYorktown, IN 47396Mobile: 609 213-2190Fax: 765 405-1484 ?ron@altformatsolutions.comwww.altformatsolutions.com ? -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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 osullivana at missouri.edu Wed May 29 09:02:07 2013 From: osullivana at missouri.edu (OSullivan, Abigail R.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS inquiry Message-ID: <85B8BEEA51977F4A9B00DE1B744F93E31282C57B@UM-MBX-N02.um.umsystem.edu> Hello listers, Our math department utilizes ALEKS as placement for entering Freshman. We have been doing some internal accessibility and usability testing with the product and have compiled a list of issues. We have discussed this with the math department faculty to make them aware as well. I am curious if any of our Universities on this list have reached out or sent information to ALEKS corporation or McGraw-Hill to advocate for more accessibility of the product? I know we have discussed on this list but any formal action? Not sure if it was true-- but I heard they were undergoing a large re-write or update. Didn't know if there was information that someone knew or could share about that as well. Thanks. Abbie O'Sullivan Manager of Computing Sites, Adaptive Technology and TigerTech Service Desk University of Missouri Division of IT Customer Service & Support N-18 Memorial Union Columbia, MO 65211 office (573)882-6525 cell (573) 289-1245 osullivana@missouri.edu [Description: cid:image001.png@01C9E2AD.109464F0] 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. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 6193 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From karen.sorensen at pcc.edu Wed May 29 16:27:05 2013 From: karen.sorensen at pcc.edu (Karen Sorensen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS Message-ID: Hi Abbie, We have been asking for a VPAT on ALEKS. We are told it is forthcoming. I did some cursory checks and found it not to be screen reader accessible, but it seems to be partially keyboard accessible. They do have a letter dated 9/25/13 on the accessibility work they are doing. Still, a VPAT would be much more helpful. I'd be interested in the list of issues you have compiled. Would you share that? Check out WebWorks. It's an open source, online math homework application that is accessible. Math faculty at our college are working to build the math problems in WebWorks so it would work as an equally effective and accessible option to ALEKS and other publisher sites. Because honestly, I don't know if they will ever be able to make it screen reader accessible. Thanks, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Wed May 29 20:09:43 2013 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI Free Webinar: A Model for Accessible LMS Discussion Boards Mon. June 3 Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20130529200631.046ee628@pop.gmail.com> EASI Free Webinar: A Model for Accessible LMS Discussion Boards Monday June 3: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern Presenters: 1. Hadi Rangin, Information Technology Accessibility & Collaboration coordinator Disability Resources & Educational Services University of Illinois 2. Michael McKelvey: Coordinator of Engagement Technology & New Media, Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, College of Education, University of Illinois Despite significant improvement in overall accessibility of various Learning Management Systems in the past years, we have noted little or no noticeable progress in the accessibility of the discussion board/forum. A discussion forum remains one of the most complicated and difficult tools for learners with disabilities to use effectively. In response, we decided to create a rough prototype of a more accessible discussion forum, one that draws on our experience and knowledge as accessibility and instructional technology/design specialists, and uses our collective understanding of how various LMS systems have approached this component. Our suggested design attempts to provide solutions for many of the perennial, cumbersome accessibility/usability issues that affect LMS discussion forums. Perhaps the most important of these solutions addresses their most fundamental function of organizing and grouping forums, topics, threads, and messages in such a way that all users, including assistive technology users, can easily identify a desired object/location, navigate to it, and interact effectively with it. Register now for the Webinar on this ground-breaking model accessible discussion board Monday is ALMOST here!! http://easi.cc/clinic.htm/#june . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 norm.coombs at gmail.com Thu May 30 00:55:09 2013 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] How can students with disabilities succeed in STEM disciplines??? an EASI Webinar Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20130530005242.03f6fde8@pop.gmail.com> Webinar 4-part Fee-based Series: Accessible STEM Made Easier Dates: Tuesday June 4, 11, 18, and 25 Times: 11 Pacific Noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern This series is extremely important if students with disabilities are to have an opportunity to succeed in today's skilled professions all of which require familiarity with one or more of the science, Technology, engineering and technology disciplines. We want to make this widely accessible. Instead of charging a fee for the series, we are providing it free to everyone. In this series, you have the opportunity to hear from nationally recognized professionals who are pioneers in making STEM disciplines accessible to people with disciplines. Even if you are not interested in Stem topics, you need to be familiar with what is happening so you can enlighten faculty and encourage students. I am not a scientist although as an adult I have a growing interest in it. My reason for organizing this series is that STEM content provides some of the toughest accessibility hurddles. I have watched dedicated leaders struggle to transcend the problems. Now, real progress is happening, and at the same time authors can provide accessible content with better and easier tools than ever. Week 1: June 4. Access to complex graphics using IVEO Presenters: John Gardner and John Taylor John Gardner and John Taylor will demonstrate conversion of graphical information to accessible SVG (Scalable vector Graphics) using IVEO authoring software. The resulting SVG file is then easily accessible by blind users using the IVEO audio-tactile access method. Week 2 Progress towards accessible analytics and data visualization Presenter: Ed Summers, Sr Manager, Accessibility and Applied Assistive Technology, SAS Institute, Inc. Numeracy and fluency with data are skills that are required for success in the 21st century knowledge economy. Join Ed Summers, Senior Manager of Accessibility at SAS Institute, for a review of recent advances towards accessible analytics and data visualization at SAS. Week 3: June 18. LEAN Math Presenter: John Gardner John Gardner will demonstrate the new LEAN Math editor interface to MS Word/MathType. LEAN provides both compact audio and Braille access to MathType equations in Word. MathType equations can be edited, and new equations created in the LEAN editor. In addition to reading and composing math, the editor includes a number of powerful efficient navigation and processing features such as ability to copy a fraction with a single keystroke and then invert it when pasting with another keystroke; cutting out the denominator of a fraction and pasting it into the opposite side of the equation, etc. Week 4: we are in the process of scheduling a topic on lab access Specifics will be here in a few days. To register, go to http://easi.cc/clinic.htm/#june . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 jxhicks at ualr.edu Thu May 30 13:35:37 2013 From: jxhicks at ualr.edu (Justin Hicks) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathML Scanning and Conversion Message-ID: Hello, Does anybody know of any services that can scan a math equation heavy book into MathML? Thanks. -- *Justin Hicks* University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Disability Resource Center 501.569.3143 | jxhicks@ualr.edu | ualr.edu/disability | Provide Feedback on the DRC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It uses the OCR engines of Toshiba Corporation, "ExpressReaderPro", and of MediaDrive Corporation, "WinReader", simultaneously to improve the recognition results of characters in ordinary text areas. (As for the characters and math symbols in formulae, it uses Infty's OCR). 2. It can recognize tables including math expressions in the cells (in case the ruled lines are not broken), 3. It can convert PDF files into LaTeX or XHTML(MathML) including mathematical expressions, except for PDF including color images or gray images. (Note that InftyReader can process only black and white binary images) It recognizes the page images of PDF files refering to the text information imbedded in PDF. Attention: The original PDF should be of high resolution equivalent to 600dpi scanned images. Someimes PDF files existing on the WEB are of low resolution of the level 200dpi images, in order to reduce those file sizes. In such cases, the recognition results will be of very low quality of the level almost useless! * Caution ---- Important! 1. Source documents have to be clearly printed. 2. It should be scanned in "binary" image, in 600dpi (or 400dpi). 3. InftyReader erases small noises, segments page images into picture areas, table areas and text areas automatically, and then recognizes text/table areas including mathematical expressions. However, to get better recognition results, users are <> to erase noises and pictures before the recognition. 4. In scanning, it is important to adjust the binarization threshold of the scanner so that the number of the touched or broken characters is less than 1% of the total number of the characters in each scanned page image. * Operating Environment InftyReader runs on Windows 7, Vista, XP, on a PC equipped with 500MB free memory or more. Note that it does not run on Windows 98, Me, nor 2000. . From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Justin Hicks Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:36 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] MathML Scanning and Conversion Hello, Does anybody know of any services that can scan a math equation heavy book into MathML? Thanks. -- Justin Hicks University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Disability Resource Center 501.569.3143 | jxhicks@ualr.edu | ualr.edu/disability | Provide Feedback on the DRC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Thu May 30 13:46:45 2013 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Ken Petri) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathML Scanning and Conversion In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It's not perfect, but InftyReader does a pretty amazing job, given the difficulty of the task. And there is a free editor called InftyEditor that is a very capable mathml editor: http://www.inftyproject.org/en/software.html ken [image: The Ohio State University] Ken Petri, Program Director Web Accessibility Center, ADA Coordinator's Office and Office for Disability Services 102D Pomerene Hall | 1760 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-1760 Office | 614-218-1499 Mobile | 614-292-4190 Fax petri.1@osu.edu wac.osu.edu On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Justin Hicks wrote: > Hello, > > Does anybody know of any services that can scan a math equation heavy book > into MathML? Thanks. > > -- > *Justin Hicks* > > University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Disability Resource Center > 501.569.3143 | jxhicks@ualr.edu | ualr.edu/disability | Provide Feedback > on the DRC > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Thu May 30 14:04:25 2013 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathML Scanning and Conversion In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > Does anybody know of any services that can scan a math equation heavy book into MathML? The closest I have found that will scan math equations and output as MathML is the InftyReader application: http://www.inftyproject.org/en/software.html It's not perfect and you sometimes have to coax the software to function, but it can work well. You do need to have very clean high-resolution files for input as either TIFF, GIF, or PNG and at least 400 dpi or higher in black or white (no gray scale). It is not going to give you the cleanest MathML, but it can reduce the workload and streamline the correction process. Out of curiosity - what is the use case for going to MathML? Is it an intermediate step to a final format or is it being delivered to a student directly? Take care, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Fri May 31 08:50:09 2013 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Job Posting: Alternative Media Service Liaison, UC Berkeley Message-ID: Subject: Job Posting: Alternative Media Service Liaison, UC Berkeley University of California, Berkeley - Disabled Students' Program Position: Alternative Media Service Liaison (Full-time, 12 months) Job ID: 15843 Starting Salary Range: $41,448 - $44,364 Application Review Date: The first review date is June 10, 2013 POSITION OVERVIEW The Alternative Media Services Liaison reports to the Supervisor, Alternative Media Services Center and is expected to independently perform the duties of the position with substantial judgment and initiative consistent with DSP practices and department guidelines. The incumbent is expected to follow all Berkeley campus- and University-wide, policies, procedures, and regulations related to the provisions of services to students with disabilities. The incumbent is expected to keep abreast of all new changes and developments in the field of higher education as applicable to functions assigned with an emphasis in alternative media. Alternative Media is a legally mandated accommodation that is provided to students with disabilities. The Alternative Media Services Liaison is responsible for the receipt and distribution of alternate media materials, and oversees the use of self-scan stations by students with print disabilities in order to access instructional materials that are required, or recommended by the course instructor. Serves as the primary contact for students with print disabilities who request the conversion of alternative media/documents from the Alternative Media Production Center. Provides administrative and production support. Provides training to students with print disabilities on how to use self scan stations, and how to independently convert text documents into an accessible format. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (*) Denotes Essential Functions PROGRAM SUPPORT (75%)* Customer Service* . Provides comprehensive customer support to the Alternative Media Center, students with print disabilities, and faculty. Serves as the primary front-line contact for students requesting alternative media services. Answers general inquiries and routine questions. Refers complex and urgent questions to Supervisor. . Provides assistance to students in completion of alternative media request forms. Collects materials from students assuring that all appropriate documentation is included (i.e. proof of student's registration and material ownership). Reviews incoming request forms from students for completeness and accuracy. Follows up with students by email when information is incomplete or inaccurate. Distributes requests to appropriate alternative media staff for conversion. . Follows-up with students by e-mail when alternative media service request forms are incomplete or inaccurate. Provides notification to students regarding conversion/production status, and when text books/course readers are ready for student pick-up. . Tracks progress of alternative media projects, and provides students with project completion status updates in a timely manner. Coordination* . Serves as DSP liaison with faculty to secure course reading lists or when instructional material is needed for conversion into appropriate alternative media format. Follows up as necessary. Reports any difficulties to Supervisor. . Works in collaboration with Supervisor to recruit, interview, train, and schedule work-study students in support of self-scan and production support activities. . Coordinates with Educational Technology Services to gain administrative access to course content sites, and Library Scanning Services to establish DSP student eligibility to receive library conversion/scanning services. . Provides instruction, training and support to students with print disabilities in the use of self-scan stations, and develops/updates (self-scan) instructional materials for posting and distribution. . Manages and troubleshoot self-scan stations and in consultation with Supervisor, secures the appropriate technical assistance to repair/maintain equipment in optimal condition. . Monitors self-scanning reproduction, and ensures compliance with federal, state and university copyright laws and protection of distributed alternative media materials. Database/Student Records Maintenance* . Creates, and manages bSpace sites for the distribution of alternative media. Uploads electronic materials, and posts alternative media files to student/course specific bSpace accounts. . Updates holdings in appropriate database systems. Uses the DSP Alternative Media Services database to process and track requests for alternative media services. . Maintains stewardship of all electronic records and alternative media holdings. PRODUCTION SUPPORT (20%)* . Prepares materials for electronic conversion (i.e. disassemble and organize books in preparation for scanning). . Obtains a 'clean' copy of source material for assigned article/book from the Library and/or online when legibility of the copy provided by the student or course instructor is poor (e.g. faded, marked up, etc.) Re-types text if clean source material is not available. . Analyzes instructional materials and makes appropriate adjustments to the scanning software, hardware settings, and resolution. . Imports scanned files into the appropriate computer program based on students' disability requirements. . Manipulates scanned files using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tools. . Adding appropriate tags and audio descriptors and alternative tags to MS Word documents. . Imports electronic texts into programs for students with learning disabilities (i.e. Kurzweil 3000 and Network WYNN Wizard). . Proofreads and edits to ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of converted text. . Imports documents into text-to-speech audio converting engine. . Prepares final product for electronic posting (i.e. bSpace). . Reassembles hardcopy materials. OTHER (5%)* . Compiles data, and assists in the completion of reports. . Provides administrative and technical support to the Supervisor of Alternative Media Services. . Performs other duties as assigned. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS . Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding, high volume and compliance-oriented environment. . Ability to work independently and respond to requests in a timely manner . Strong interpersonal and written communication skills . Ability to interact in a positive manner with students, faculty, and staff. . Ability to use sound judgment in responding to issues and concerns. . Attention to detail, strong analytical and problem solving skills . Effective organizational skills and ability to prioritize and meet deadlines. . Ability to format in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point. . Proficient with Windows 7 and Mac OS X operating systems. . Proficient with Google Drive. . Must be customer service oriented. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS . Previous experience in teaching or training others. . Experience with optical character recognition software ((i.e., OmniPage, and/or ABBYY FineReader). . Past/prior experience providing content, copy editing, and proofing of written materials. . Familiarity with federal, state and university copyright laws. . Technology based customer service background. . Past/prior experience working with MS Access or other comparable database systems. Criminal Background Check This position has been designated as sensitive and may require a Criminal Background Check. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of a Criminal Background Check. Equal Employment Opportunity The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. How to Apply - http://jobs.berkeley.edu/job-listings.html Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying (please do not attach zip files). From gdietrich at htctu.net Fri May 31 08:53:43 2013 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: DSPS Director Position Posted at Bakersfield College Message-ID: <9FC8716AC5824FC48FB9E46A65149FB4@htctu.fhda.edu> FYI ________________________________________ From: Ellen Young [ellen.lester.young@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 8:10 PM To: DSP&S Directors Listserver Cc: Dr. Dadabhoy Zav Subject: DSPS Director Position Posted at Bakersfield College Hello, Friends and Colleagues, It's true. The link is www.kccd.edu and this is a 12-month Director's position. (Kern Community College District). I've been here since late December as an Interim. Wonderful people in the department. Creative thinkers. I encourage you to apply. There is good support for ideas and a unique opportunity to build on what is already in place. Also, a DSPS Counselor and a High Tech Center Specialist are soon to follow (not yet posted). Feel free to contact me at BC (661-395-4590) or Cell (310) 963-3403 if you have questions. Best to all. Your old friend (lurking on the list), Ellen Young, Interim Director Disabled Student Programs and Services Bakersfield College (This is what retired people do.) From gdietrich at htctu.net Fri May 31 09:05:56 2013 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Important ATPC Update and ATPC Job Postings Message-ID: <2F8F05903F45423F91A6DEAA7625D85F@htctu.fhda.edu> The ATPC (Alternate Text Production Center) could use some really good staff people; please see the info below. If you know of any qualified individuals who might be interested, please share this information with them. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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: Jeff Baugher [mailto:jbaugher@atpc.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:26 AM Subject: Important ATPC Update Regional Advisors, Previously it was announced that the ATPC was to be moving to a new location later this year. This decision has been re-evaluated and plans for the move have been abandoned. Due to logistical and administrative problems it was deemed that the move would be too disruptive to ongoing production. The ATPC will be remaining in its Camarillo, CA location. There are no current plans to re-visit this decision in the near future. Additionally, the ATPC currently has three staff positions that are unfilled. We have published these positions on the San Bernardino District website. This recruitment is critical for the ATPC as we are shorthanded currently and need to bring on the new hires as soon as possible. Towards this effort we ask that you circulate these openings to everyone in your region as well as to personal contacts that you have that may be interested or qualified. To apply please go to the following location: http://www.sbccd.org Human Resources/Jobs Employment Opportunities View/Apply Administrative Positions The current positions are: E-Text Program Manager - Closes 6/15/13 Braille Program Manager - Closes 7/6/13 Director, Alternative Text Production Center - Closes 7/6/13 As always please contact me if you have any questions or concerns with the ATPC and its current activities. Jeff Baugher Interim Director ATPC (805) 383-0187 x102 jbaugher@atpc.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KKolander at stchas.edu Fri May 31 13:44:16 2013 From: KKolander at stchas.edu (Keith Kolander) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe audio files Message-ID: Greetings, For those of you who loan out Livescribe pens, how do you handle/restrict the distribution or publishing of audio files by the students? Do you have any statements regarding this in your loan agreement form? 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Web Tool Accessibility Update http://wheel.ucdavis.edu/2013/05/web-tool-accessibility-update/ From nettiet at gmail.com Fri May 31 21:19:32 2013 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:14 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe audio files In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3F3479CE-1A43-4AB4-BB75-F8F372512BED@gmail.com> When I determine that a student requires a livescribe pen as an AT option and it is noted on the IEP, I designed a contract that is signed by student and parent, reviewed by the school administrator and signed by each teacher. The contract notes the limitations of use with reference to confidentiality, etc., with acknowledgement that all information will be deleted when the coursework is completed. Just a brief description of the contract. Nettie's nickel Sent from my iPad On May 31, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Keith Kolander wrote: > Greetings, > For those of you who loan out Livescribe pens, > how do you handle/restrict the distribution or publishing > of audio files by the students? Do you have any statements > regarding this in your loan agreement form? > Thanks for sharing any comments on this. > > Keith Kolander > Adaptive Technology Specialist > St. Charles Community College > Cottleville, MO 63376 > kkolander@stchas.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: