From norm.coombs at gmail.com Thu Jan 2 07:46:24 2014 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI Free Webinar: Android Landscape: Jan. 7 2014 Message-ID: <52c58a0c.03373c0a.1928.ffff9fa8@mx.google.com> EASI Free Webinar: Android Landscape: Jan. 7 2014 Presenter: Steve Jacobs: President of Ideal Group and CEO of Apps4Android, Jan. 7: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern standard Steve has worked in the high-tech industry since the mid '70s. He is President of IDEAL Group and CEO of Apps4Android, the world?s largest developer of Android accessibility apps with more than 10 million installations in 150 countries. IDEAL Group is a 2002 spin-off from IDEAL at NCR Corporation. Over the past 15 years Jacobs served on two disability-focused Access Board advisory committees and three accessibility-focused Federal Communications Commission advisory committees. Jacobs testified before congress in 1997, and again in 2010, on the important role technology plays in accommodating the needs of people with disabilities. This webinar will provide an overview of the multi-dimensional aspects of the Android ecosystem. Accurate data (from Apps4Android's analytic reports) on the following will be provided: ? Number of Android devices; ? Number of countries supporting Android devices; ? Number of Active versions of the Android OS in use; ? The number of Carriers providing Android devices; ? The number of Manufacturers producing Android devices; the answers to the following questions (based upon five year's experience) will be discussed: ? How do you make money selling Android Apps? ? How do you support millions of users and ot lose money? ? Is Android a good platform to develop on? Why? ? How do the Android and iOS development environments differ? ? What are the negatives of becoming an Android developer? ? What does the future hold in store for Android? ? Is Android more accessible than iOS? ? What is the best quality control process? Register for the Android, Jan. 7 Webinar from: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm#january From hascherdss at gmail.com Fri Jan 3 08:46:47 2014 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Collaborate captioning tool Message-ID: Happy New Year everyone!! This spring semester we have a couple of deaf students who are taking several online classes. The instructors plan on using Collaborate several times throughout the semester. My concern is that transcribers/captionists are trained to produced quality real-time communication. The Blackboard captioning tool seems to simply be something similar to a word processor built into Bb. But the tools that trained transcribers need to use aren't available. Our thoughts are if these are planned work ("class") sessions, it might be better to use onsite interpreters or transcribers in order to provide the quality and effective real-time communication to the student.s Has anyone every used the captioning tool built into Blackboard for Collaborate sessions? Feedback would be greatly appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhayman at u.washington.edu Fri Jan 3 08:52:37 2014 From: dhayman at u.washington.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Collaborate captioning tool In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Heidi, I recently completed the CSUN AT certification program online. During our use of Collaborate they always had someone doing captioning for those sessions. Perhaps they'd have some good ideas to share. Doug Hayman Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, Heidi Scher wrote: > Happy New Year everyone!! > > This spring semester we have a couple of deaf students who are taking > several online classes. The instructors plan on using Collaborate several > times throughout the semester. > > My concern is that transcribers/captionists are trained to produced quality > real-time communication. The Blackboard captioning tool seems to simply be > something similar to a word processor built into Bb. But the tools that > trained transcribers need to use aren't available. > > Our thoughts are if these are planned work ("class") sessions, it might be > better to use onsite interpreters or transcribers in order to provide the > quality and effective real-time communication to the student.s > > Has anyone every used the captioning tool built into Blackboard for > Collaborate sessions? Feedback would be greatly appreciated! > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > From greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Fri Jan 3 09:04:21 2014 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Collaborate captioning tool In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Heidi, I have had remote captioners say they don't like using Collaborate's captioning window because of reliability issues and they prefer to use their own tools. This is true for other products' captioning features as well. In this case the captioner would provide the captions in a browser window, so the user would have to have two windows open. This works, but it makes keeping the captions with a recording difficult. I don't believe Collaborate will allow you to import a synchronized transcript into a recording. Greg On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Doug Hayman wrote: > Heidi, > > I recently completed the CSUN AT certification program online. During our > use of Collaborate they always had someone doing captioning for those > sessions. Perhaps they'd have some good ideas to share. > > > > Doug Hayman > Senior Computer Specialist > DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) > UW Technology Services > Box 354842 > Seattle, WA 98195 > (206) 221-4165 > http://www.washington.edu/doit > > > On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, Heidi Scher wrote: > >> Happy New Year everyone!! >> >> This spring semester we have a couple of deaf students who are taking >> several online classes. The instructors plan on using Collaborate several >> times throughout the semester. >> >> My concern is that transcribers/captionists are trained to produced >> quality >> real-time communication. The Blackboard captioning tool seems to simply be >> something similar to a word processor built into Bb. But the tools that >> trained transcribers need to use aren't available. >> >> Our thoughts are if these are planned work ("class") sessions, it might be >> better to use onsite interpreters or transcribers in order to provide the >> quality and effective real-time communication to the student.s >> >> Has anyone every used the captioning tool built into Blackboard for >> Collaborate sessions? Feedback would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Heidi >> >> +++++++++++++++ >> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >> Associate Director >> Center for Educational Access >> University of Arkansas >> ARKU 104 >> Fayetteville, AR 72701 >> 479.575.3104 >> 479.575.7445 fax >> 479.575.3646 tdd >> +++++++++++++++ >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From hascherdss at gmail.com Fri Jan 3 15:34:56 2014 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Collaborate captioning tool In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you one and all for your input! Doug, thanks for the contact info at CSUN. Greg, your input was pretty much what I was guessing, but didn't know for sure. I greatly appreciate the information!! Kind regards to all, Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Greg Kraus wrote: > Hi Heidi, > > I have had remote captioners say they don't like using Collaborate's > captioning window because of reliability issues and they prefer to use > their own tools. This is true for other products' captioning features > as well. In this case the captioner would provide the captions in a > browser window, so the user would have to have two windows open. This > works, but it makes keeping the captions with a recording difficult. I > don't believe Collaborate will allow you to import a synchronized > transcript into a recording. > > Greg > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Doug Hayman > wrote: > > Heidi, > > > > I recently completed the CSUN AT certification program online. During > our > > use of Collaborate they always had someone doing captioning for those > > sessions. Perhaps they'd have some good ideas to share. > > > > > > > > Doug Hayman > > Senior Computer Specialist > > DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) > > UW Technology Services > > Box 354842 > > Seattle, WA 98195 > > (206) 221-4165 > > http://www.washington.edu/doit > > > > > > On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, Heidi Scher wrote: > > > >> Happy New Year everyone!! > >> > >> This spring semester we have a couple of deaf students who are taking > >> several online classes. The instructors plan on using Collaborate > several > >> times throughout the semester. > >> > >> My concern is that transcribers/captionists are trained to produced > >> quality > >> real-time communication. The Blackboard captioning tool seems to simply > be > >> something similar to a word processor built into Bb. But the tools that > >> trained transcribers need to use aren't available. > >> > >> Our thoughts are if these are planned work ("class") sessions, it might > be > >> better to use onsite interpreters or transcribers in order to provide > the > >> quality and effective real-time communication to the student.s > >> > >> Has anyone every used the captioning tool built into Blackboard for > >> Collaborate sessions? 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URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Sat Jan 4 11:24:54 2014 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Office365 accessibility issues In-Reply-To: <072801cefd08$e59adba0$b0d092e0$@ahead.org> References: <072801cefd08$e59adba0$b0d092e0$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <088FA1C3CBCF45DE838272EA8D553E86@htctu.fhda.edu> Thank you, Ron, for always being such a great champion of access. I find that I barely have time to breathe with my responsibilities, and I am relieved that you "have our backs" with monitoring emerging technology. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 2:23 PM To: aheadmembers@listserve.com; DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Office365 accessibility issues Good afternoon, given the discussion on several lists I felt it my obligation to inform all about the accessibility issues of the MS (Microsoft) Office365 product. Many of your campuses are deploying it as an alternative to investing in the full MS Office product for your campuses. It also seems to be looked at, by some, as an alternative to the accessibility issues with the Google Apps platform. Unfortunately that does not seem to be the case. Thanks to all who have contributed to substantiating what I had already found to be a very problematic product. Here is a summary of the basic issues at this point. 1. The product login is problematic for almost all currently available Windows based screen readers. It is totally unusable on the Mac OS. 2. Moving across multiple devices is problematic, if not impossible for most users unable to see the screen or use a mouse. 3. The system provides no accessibility on the MAC OS or iOS with VoiceOver. This is typical of all MS products on the Mac platforms. 4. Chrome users will find the system unusable since you are relying on the Chrome based accessibility components to provide your access. All of these issues have been taken to the appropriate vendors and I will attempt to pass on relevant solutions as they come forward. There are solutions for the MS platforms, but they require a level of technical competence that most of our end users do not have and have also shown to be somewhat unreliable. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Sat Jan 4 12:07:39 2014 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] LD Specialist Job Opening Message-ID: <990076DCEFF94CEFAC3230F1FBDF0AB2@htctu.fhda.edu> 1. Tenure Track LD Specialist Position at Southwestern College ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Tenure Track LD Specialist Position at Southwestern College From: Malia Flood Southwestern College is pleased to announce an opening for a full-time, tenure track LD Specialist position starting July 1, 2014. The job announcement and application can be accessed at https://jobs.swccd.edu/postings/1296. The application deadline is February 28, 2014. Southwestern College is a great place to work. We are in beautiful, sunny San Diego county about 15 minutes from the beach. The new DSS Specialist will be joining a great DSPS team, including two DSPS Counselors, two LD Specialists, and an Adapted Computer Specialist. The SWC community is very supportive of DSPS and universal design for all students. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone you feel may be interested in this opportunity. From gdietrich at htctu.net Sat Jan 4 12:27:17 2014 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Ventura College DSPS Counselor Message-ID: <4237FC8879584E389F4517FD236FFA0E@htctu.fhda.edu> Subject: Ventura College DSPS Counselor Please see the attached link that gives details of our upcoming hire for Spring Semester of a full time Tenure track Counselor. https://jobs.vcccd.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1388 678853694 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sherylb at uw.edu Sun Jan 5 15:50:06 2014 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility Issues RE eCollege Message-ID: Are any of your institutions using eCollege to deliver online learning? If so, can you share specific accessibility issues you have encountered - regarding the creation of courses that are accessible to students with disabilities as well as the development of online courses by instructors who have disabilities? Thanks. Sheryl ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu From mturner at calstate.edu Mon Jan 6 10:02:12 2014 From: mturner at calstate.edu (Turner, Mark) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Collaborate captioning tool In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5166A2C09BC2D745BE2092DC14282B0D06AFDD2A88@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> I've been asking Elluminate (now Blackboard Collaborate) for the ability to add/edit session captions for several years. For now, the workaround we use for adding or correcting captions is to export the session into an MP4 video and SRT caption file using Blackboard Collaborate Publish (http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Products/Blackboard-Collaborate/Web-Conferencing/Publish/Publish-Download.aspx) and then edit the SRT directly before posting the video online. However the process of converting the session into a static video isn't always suitable since you lose some interactivity associated with 'native' session recordings. Hope that helps... Best, Mark Turner, M.A. Associate Director, Accessible Technology Initiative CSU Office of the Chancellor (562) 951-4353 voice (562) 951-4857 fax mturner@calstate.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Kraus Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 9:04 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Collaborate captioning tool Hi Heidi, I have had remote captioners say they don't like using Collaborate's captioning window because of reliability issues and they prefer to use their own tools. This is true for other products' captioning features as well. In this case the captioner would provide the captions in a browser window, so the user would have to have two windows open. This works, but it makes keeping the captions with a recording difficult. I don't believe Collaborate will allow you to import a synchronized transcript into a recording. Greg On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Doug Hayman wrote: > Heidi, > > I recently completed the CSUN AT certification program online. During our > use of Collaborate they always had someone doing captioning for those > sessions. Perhaps they'd have some good ideas to share. > > > > Doug Hayman > Senior Computer Specialist > DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) > UW Technology Services > Box 354842 > Seattle, WA 98195 > (206) 221-4165 > http://www.washington.edu/doit > > > On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, Heidi Scher wrote: > >> Happy New Year everyone!! >> >> This spring semester we have a couple of deaf students who are taking >> several online classes. The instructors plan on using Collaborate several >> times throughout the semester. >> >> My concern is that transcribers/captionists are trained to produced >> quality >> real-time communication. The Blackboard captioning tool seems to simply be >> something similar to a word processor built into Bb. But the tools that >> trained transcribers need to use aren't available. >> >> Our thoughts are if these are planned work ("class") sessions, it might be >> better to use onsite interpreters or transcribers in order to provide the >> quality and effective real-time communication to the student.s >> >> Has anyone every used the captioning tool built into Blackboard for >> Collaborate sessions? Feedback would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Heidi >> >> +++++++++++++++ >> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >> Associate Director >> Center for Educational Access >> University of Arkansas >> ARKU 104 >> Fayetteville, AR 72701 >> 479.575.3104 >> 479.575.7445 fax >> 479.575.3646 tdd >> +++++++++++++++ >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Jan 6 14:37:06 2014 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Full Time DSPS Disability Specialist Message-ID: Subject: Full Time DSPS Disability Specialist Hello and Happy New Year! I am happy to share that we are hiring a new Disability Specialist for the School of Continuing Education. Please see the attached flyer and spread the word. Thank you! Denise Simpson, M. Ed. Director, Disabled Student Programs and Services School of Continuing Education/NOCCCD 9200 Valley View CE101 Cypress, CA 90630 714-484-7058 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: SCE NC Counselor DSPS.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 813379 bytes Desc: not available URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Jan 6 16:45:04 2014 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility Message-ID: <154D2FD129B64E74945EB9381FA53024@htctu.fhda.edu> Hi all! I have a call scheduled in a couple of days with a representative from the ALEKS math program. My understanding is that there are accessibility issues with the program, but I have not personnel used it. Can any of you speak to your experiences with ALEKS and accessibility? Thank you!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you need a timely response to a question or need to schedule an appointment, please contact HTCTU Secretary, Jasper Haze: jhaze@htctu.net * 408-996-4636 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jongund at illinois.edu Tue Jan 7 08:50:43 2014 From: jongund at illinois.edu (Gunderson, Jon R) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility In-Reply-To: <154D2FD129B64E74945EB9381FA53024@htctu.fhda.edu> References: <154D2FD129B64E74945EB9381FA53024@htctu.fhda.edu> Message-ID: <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A147161EA4DD@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> One of the main issue when I looked at in the past that most of the interactive math modules were written in Java as java Applets. Obviously that is not strategically sustainable on the web. I know they have an interest in MathML, and wanted to move in that direction. Do not know of their progress. Jon From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 6:45 PM To: 'Alternate Media' Cc: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility Hi all! I have a call scheduled in a couple of days with a representative from the ALEKS math program. My understanding is that there are accessibility issues with the program, but I have not personnel used it. Can any of you speak to your experiences with ALEKS and accessibility? Thank you!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you need a timely response to a question or need to schedule an appointment, please contact HTCTU Secretary, Jasper Haze: jhaze@htctu.net * 408-996-4636 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Jan 7 09:32:15 2014 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Vimeo Rolls Out A Totally Rebuilt HTML5-Based Video Player | TechCrunch Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20140107092938.01f79bc0@gmail.com> ATHEN: This article mentions accessibility on Vimeo, via HTML5 (even though Voiceover and a screen reader are suggested to be two different things). I thought some on this list might want to be aware, in order to test. Vimeo Rolls Out A Totally Rebuilt HTML5-Based Video Player | TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/07/vimeo-new-video-player/ From burke at ucla.edu Tue Jan 7 10:28:22 2014 From: burke at ucla.edu (Patrick Burke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Vimeo Rolls Out A Totally Rebuilt HTML5-Based Video Player | TechCrunch In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20140107092938.01f79bc0@gmail.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20140107092938.01f79bc0@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201401071828.s07ISM5c020252@mail.ucla.edu> I just tried it &, fwiw, Vimeo was unworkable as ever (Jaws + IE9). So apparently the rollout hasn't happened yet. Standing by for when it does. The article makes it sound very promising. Patrick At 09:32 AM 1/7/2014, Jennifer Sutton wrote: >ATHEN: > >This article mentions accessibility on Vimeo, via HTML5 (even though >Voiceover and a screen reader are suggested to be two different >things). I thought some on this list might want to be aware, in order to test. > > >Vimeo Rolls Out A Totally Rebuilt HTML5-Based Video Player | TechCrunch >http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/07/vimeo-new-video-player/ > > -- Patrick J. Burke Coordinator UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program Phone: 310 206-6004 E-mail: burke@ucla.edu Location: 4909 Math Science Department Contact: dcp@oit.ucla.edu From karen.sorensen at pcc.edu Tue Jan 7 13:03:44 2014 From: karen.sorensen at pcc.edu (Karen Sorensen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility Message-ID: Hi All , ALEX has a October 1, 2013 VPAT that is supposed to cover all of their changes. Lisa Nicks is the accessibility specialist at McGraw Hill who I got the VPAT from. *lisa.nicks@mheducation.com * We have also been in communication with folks from McGraw Hill (who now have purchased ALEX in the last year as I understand it. ) They have moved all of their equations to Javascript rather than JAVA, and they say that 72% of their equations are now accessible, even though the folks we talked with weren't sure the equations were in mathML (Lisa Nicks wasn't on the call). We are going to be doing some testing of ALEX this Friday. I'll post back to the listserv next week on what we find. One of their accessibility "improvements" they showed us, was a way for an instructor to indicate that a blind student was using ALEX. When the instructor clicked that button, all graphical questions were eliminated. How do folks feel about that? Our math instructors didn't like that at all. We asked the McGraw Hill folks if they would provide tactile alt. formats for those graphical questions. They seemed to think that was our responsibility. My feeling is that we shouldn't have to pay for materials that we then have to accommodate. How do others feel about this? Thanks. Hope that helps. Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 *"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.?* Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Tue Jan 7 13:38:45 2014 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <021901cf0bf0$d81ba260$8852e720$@gmail.com> Hi all, Am throwing in my 2.5 cents on this. As students with alt-text accommodations are not required to pay twice for their "accessible" format book, neither should we, as providers, purchase a product and then purchase or be required to produce the accessible materials on top. But my 2.5 cents is not about the cost. It's more about the integrity of the exam and the scores. For those of you who are old enough to remember, when COMPASS produced their computerized math test, they also made a Brailled/tactile version available. ALEKS is a standardized, national standards math placement test. Wouldn't they (McGraw Hill) be interested in maintaining the security & integrity of their national tests by producing the accessible version(s) themselves or by an outside (professional) vendor to maintain the consistency & evaluation standards the same? Eliminating all the graphing questions for the Blind is discriminatory in the extreme. Insults to the Blind & Sight Impaired notwithstanding, doing this would certainly invalidate the national scoring standards. In the interest of good will and good customer service, my wish would be that MH would either produce the math placement test in Math ML or have a "check this box for alterative format" result in our being able to request FREE tactile graphs, Nemeth Braille, or audio versions among others from the publisher for our colleges' testing centers. My thoughts on a Tuesday, not as cold here as in other places. Wink foreigntype@gmail.com Wink Harner Assistive Technology Specialist Southern Oregon University 541-552-8442 harnerw@sou.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 1:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility Hi All , ALEX has a October 1, 2013 VPAT that is supposed to cover all of their changes. Lisa Nicks is the accessibility specialist at McGraw Hill who I got the VPAT from. lisa.nicks@mheducation.com We have also been in communication with folks from McGraw Hill (who now have purchased ALEX in the last year as I understand it. ) They have moved all of their equations to Javascript rather than JAVA, and they say that 72% of their equations are now accessible, even though the folks we talked with weren't sure the equations were in mathML (Lisa Nicks wasn't on the call). We are going to be doing some testing of ALEX this Friday. I'll post back to the listserv next week on what we find. One of their accessibility "improvements" they showed us, was a way for an instructor to indicate that a blind student was using ALEX. When the instructor clicked that button, all graphical questions were eliminated. How do folks feel about that? Our math instructors didn't like that at all. We asked the McGraw Hill folks if they would provide tactile alt. formats for those graphical questions. They seemed to think that was our responsibility. My feeling is that we shouldn't have to pay for materials that we then have to accommodate. How do others feel about this? Thanks. Hope that helps. Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Jan 7 13:59:23 2014 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Karen! I am relieved to hear that accessibility is at least on the radar for ALEKS. McGraw Hill certainly knows the legal requirements that we operate under, and if they are making actual changes to the software, that is a hopeful sign. I am scheduled to speak with a gentleman named Jimmy Bartlett tomorrow, so I will ask about the MathML issue. As for the tactile graphics: I can understand them not producing actual graphics to send us, but if they could provide a printable file that we could then use as a basis to create our own graphics (using PIAF or the TIGER or other means), that would be very helpful. I also agree with your math instructor.simply deleting the graphics is not a great choice! Please do let us know how your testing goes, and if anything interesting comes out of the call I have tomorrow, I will let everyone know that, as well. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net HTCTU Secretary: 408-996-4636 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _____ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 1:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility Hi All , ALEX has a October 1, 2013 VPAT that is supposed to cover all of their changes. Lisa Nicks is the accessibility specialist at McGraw Hill who I got the VPAT from. lisa.nicks@mheducation.com We have also been in communication with folks from McGraw Hill (who now have purchased ALEX in the last year as I understand it. ) They have moved all of their equations to Javascript rather than JAVA, and they say that 72% of their equations are now accessible, even though the folks we talked with weren't sure the equations were in mathML (Lisa Nicks wasn't on the call). We are going to be doing some testing of ALEX this Friday. I'll post back to the listserv next week on what we find. One of their accessibility "improvements" they showed us, was a way for an instructor to indicate that a blind student was using ALEX. When the instructor clicked that button, all graphical questions were eliminated. How do folks feel about that? Our math instructors didn't like that at all. We asked the McGraw Hill folks if they would provide tactile alt. formats for those graphical questions. They seemed to think that was our responsibility. My feeling is that we shouldn't have to pay for materials that we then have to accommodate. How do others feel about this? Thanks. Hope that helps. Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at altformatsolutions.com Tue Jan 7 14:05:53 2014 From: ron at altformatsolutions.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00c501cf0bf4$a2bb66b0$e8323410$@altformatsolutions.com> Thanks Karen, I did not want to provide any feedback on this topic until others had responded. These issues have been a topic of conversation going back to 1998 based on my product archive, not with this product specifically. This I find to be unfortunate but progress has been slow or going backwards for as long as I have been involved in this space. As far as I am concerned the VPAT on this product is garbage. Though I appreciate your efforts and feedback! This is not the first vendor to go down this road, nor the largest, but at this point all litigation has been settled and we do not have any good case law to hang our hat on. I also know that they have gone through several cooperate reorgs which have been detrimental to their accessibility efforts. Most of the member institutions on this list do not operate under Section 508, so using that standard is questionable. I also wonder how the VPAT document could be verified, across all disabilities, as several of the competing products been subject to. Since this particular vendor has been unwilling to provide that level of access as far as I am aware. In my mind, McGraw Hill has become a bad actor in this space with their failures to remediate their existing products, with the introduction of "new" inaccessible products such as the Connect product, and the hostile attitude that have taken with the secondary curricular conversion efforts of alt media specialists nationally. What I find totally abhorrent was the response that was received in regards to their Connect product, "find a comparable product that is", was the response to the purchaser. I now have a client that is in litigation regarding their decision to use this product. This kind of behavior on the part of a vendor is totally unacceptable, but seems to be standard practice because our institutions continue to accept it. I have been reviewing my archive in regards to this topic and this has been a repeated topic of conversation over the last few years. At this point, it is my professional opinion, ALEKS does not meet the basic accessibility requirements for an education product based on the requirement of Section 504 and the WCAG 2.O specifications at the AA Level. My group actually, as do most others, use a higher standard in our work based on the concept of functional usability with commonly available assistive technology, but that is not pertinent for this discussion. If the equations are not in MathML, or effective facilitation cannot be provided, then they are not accessible. If the content only works with a specific access product and not the other comparable products in the space then it is not accessible. What typically happens is they work to make their product JAWS "compliant". This does little or nothing to actually insure that it is accessible under applicable law. The vendor needs to provide accessibility information with commonly available screen readers, screen magnification system with audio support, text to speech systems along with suitable highlighting, voice recognition systems and so on. At this point I do not believe McGraw Hill can provide those assurances, nor can their major competitors. Continuing to pass the accessibility buck to the educational entities is not sustainable in the current environment, and will make their product unsellable in the near future into the publically funded educational space. These vendors are relying on customer ignorance to sustain these practices, and as a tax payer I find this morally abhorrent. One of the conversations, the national leaders on this topic, have been having with the major publishers over the last decade is where do we draw the line. Without a suitable set of standards/guidelines this is very difficult to do and it is very hard for a commercial provider to shoot for a moving target. The student having to disclose their disability is unacceptable under Federal law. Having a system self-identify what browser a user is using and other related technologies is, but is morally repugnant to many who work in the field. I am not sure how to effectively resolve these issues. Some food for thought on a cold winter day. I do need to say that I could substitute all of the other vendors for McGraw Hill in this conversation. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 3:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility Hi All , ALEX has a October 1, 2013 VPAT that is supposed to cover all of their changes. Lisa Nicks is the accessibility specialist at McGraw Hill who I got the VPAT from. lisa.nicks@mheducation.com We have also been in communication with folks from McGraw Hill (who now have purchased ALEX in the last year as I understand it. ) They have moved all of their equations to Javascript rather than JAVA, and they say that 72% of their equations are now accessible, even though the folks we talked with weren't sure the equations were in mathML (Lisa Nicks wasn't on the call). We are going to be doing some testing of ALEX this Friday. I'll post back to the listserv next week on what we find. One of their accessibility "improvements" they showed us, was a way for an instructor to indicate that a blind student was using ALEX. When the instructor clicked that button, all graphical questions were eliminated. How do folks feel about that? Our math instructors didn't like that at all. We asked the McGraw Hill folks if they would provide tactile alt. formats for those graphical questions. They seemed to think that was our responsibility. My feeling is that we shouldn't have to pay for materials that we then have to accommodate. How do others feel about this? Thanks. Hope that helps. Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karen.sorensen at pcc.edu Wed Jan 8 13:15:18 2014 From: karen.sorensen at pcc.edu (Karen Sorensen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility Message-ID: Hi Ron, You say, "Without a suitable set of standards/guidelines this is very difficult to do and it is very hard for a commercial provider to shoot for a moving target." What do you mean? Why isn't WCAG 2.0 a suitable set of standards? Will the ADA changes address publisher content? Thanks, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 *"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.?* Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Wed Jan 8 15:49:18 2014 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <040401cf0ccc$3f12eba0$bd38c2e0$@ahead.org> Evening, The problem is that WCAG 2.0 at the AA level does not adequately address the access needs for complex, graphically rich and highly structured curricular content. Nor do they address anything outside of a web based presentation, which many of the academic applications do. Also it is not a standard, it is a set of guidelines that are being perceived as being standards. It is a good target to shoot for, but there is a lot of curricular content that falls through the gaps in these recommendations. If we actually see the revisions to Section 508 adopt this in their final codification that may change but I am not holding my breath in that happening any time soon. Additionally, it has never been its purpose. Yet is being looked at as the defacto standard. DS offices are required to adhere to the specifications of Section 504 of the Rehab Act and the illusion that if they meet this requirement we are okay is naive. Having done almost two decades of research in this area I have found again and again that supposedly conformant content is not functionally usable with commonly available assistive technologies. In the last series of studies prior to my leaving Oregon State Uni we found that ~85% of the sites reviewed were compliant with the 508 specifications but were at ~83% unusable with AT based interactions. It is a good starting place but does not hit the goal! Does this help? This is a battle that I fight again and again in my work with the educational community so am very happy to continue any dialog on this topic. As a real life example my group just completed a DE course review for a major university and based on initial evaluation their content was satisfactory based on the WCAG, but there courses we functionally unusable when we looked at the actual usage of the courses with keyboard only navigation and got even worse with voice recognition interaction. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 3:15 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility Hi Ron, You say, "Without a suitable set of standards/guidelines this is very difficult to do and it is very hard for a commercial provider to shoot for a moving target." What do you mean? Why isn't WCAG 2.0 a suitable set of standards? Will the ADA changes address publisher content? Thanks, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From beth.lund at ashford.edu Wed Jan 8 16:34:22 2014 From: beth.lund at ashford.edu (Lund (AU), Beth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility In-Reply-To: <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A147161EA4DD@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> References: <154D2FD129B64E74945EB9381FA53024@htctu.fhda.edu> <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A147161EA4DD@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> Message-ID: Gaeir, I have been living and breathing ALEKS accessibility the last couple of months. We are currently using the ALEKS math program in at least two of our math courses. McGraw-Hill has made an effort to make the program more accessible, but there is still a lot more ground to be covered. I have attached some information they have sent us in our review regarding their efforts. One of the many issues is that the changes they made to ALEKS for accessibility only allows about 65% of the problem sets available to be accessible. It also requires JAW 13, which can be problematic for our students who are using JAWS 12. I attached some of the information that has been provided in our review for context. There are two accessible settings (for a small percent of the courses they offer), one of which is to flag an individual student. In this setting any non-accessible items will have a warning that the problem requires a human guide for assistance. This setting also does not allow for access to certain features such as the dictionary, message center, class forum, or calculator. All of which other students who are not flagged as needing assistance would have access to. The last issue that I have found for our University is that they have embedded the course materials in the platform in a way that is not accessible at all by keyboard or by a screen reader. This is probably because of how it is programmed, but it is pretty useless regardless. I reviewed a similar course by Pearson and they have a HTML version of their text book and it was accessible through JAWS 12 and Math Player. They also included a good library of videos (that are captioned) that seems to do a good job of explaining concepts. I did not test to see if they had similar a similar math lab like ALEKS. Good Luck! Beth Lund/ Technology Accessibility Specialist Ashford University / Technology Changes Everything(tm) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// P / 866.974.5700 X / 2777 F / 866.251.5407 JOIN THE CONVERSATION: ashford.edu/social From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gunderson, Jon R Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:51 AM To: gdietrich@htctu.net; Access Technology Higher Education Network; 'Alternate Media' Subject: RE: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility One of the main issue when I looked at in the past that most of the interactive math modules were written in Java as java Applets. Obviously that is not strategically sustainable on the web. I know they have an interest in MathML, and wanted to move in that direction. Do not know of their progress. Jon From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 6:45 PM To: 'Alternate Media' Cc: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] ALEKS and Accessibility Hi all! I have a call scheduled in a couple of days with a representative from the ALEKS math program. My understanding is that there are accessibility issues with the program, but I have not personnel used it. Can any of you speak to your experiences with ALEKS and accessibility? 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URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Fri Jan 10 08:23:22 2014 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI Free Webinar: Accessibility of Electronic Information Databases Used by Libraries Message-ID: <52d01ea1.451cb60a.40c2.185b@mx.google.com> EASI Free Webinar: Accessibility of Electronic Information Databases Used by Libraries Presenter: Axel Schmetzke, University of Wisconsin Steven's Point Library January 21 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern Axel Schmetzke presents the findings of his recent research, through which he sought to answer the following question: To which extent do academic librarians consider, or are encouraged to consider, accessibility when selecting electronic information resources for purchase, subscription or licensing? The webinar will conclude with a discussion of best practices and strategies for improvement. Librarians need to find work-arounds for patrons using poorly accessible databases. More important is the need to pressure commercial databases to provide accessible content. Go to the registration page for this Webinar: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm#january EASI's home page is at: http://easi.cc Norman Coombs From tschwanke at studentlife.wisc.edu Fri Jan 10 08:34:52 2014 From: tschwanke at studentlife.wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Matlab and JAWS install instructions? Message-ID: <0MZ700MBV21ITA20@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu> ? Does anyone have any install instructions and/or version recommendations for using Matlab with JAWS (including current or previous versions) that have been known to work and that may still work? ? Has anyone recently successfully installed the combination of JAWS 12, Matlab 2012a, and Windows 7 that is described in the setup detailed on this 2012 Mathworks link: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/323327 ? Thank you, Todd Schwanke UW-Madison ? ? From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lester, Patti Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:27 PM To: athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] MatLab accessible? ? Does anyone have any experience with Matlab by Mathworks and have familiarity with its current level of accessibility? ?Their documentation on with regard to screen reader accessibility seems a bit outdated having last tested it on JAWS 5, 6, and 7. ? This is a link to their accessibility page: ? http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/matlab_env/bqwp009-1.html ? Any feedback is appreciated. Patti Lester, MLS, AT Lab Coordinator Student Disability Resource Center Florida State University 874 Traditions Way 108 Student Services Building Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4167 (850) 644-5532 ? ? ? __________________________________________________ ? CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:? This e-mail (including the attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C.?? 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged.? If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.? Please contact me that you have received the message in error, and then destroy it.? Thank You. ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Fri Jan 10 09:00:02 2014 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Matlab and JAWS install instructions? In-Reply-To: <0MZ700MBV21ITA20@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu> References: <0MZ700MBV21ITA20@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu> Message-ID: I tried a number of months ago and could not get it to work. The fundamental problem I ran into was 1. Java now ships with the accessibility bridge, which does no good in this situation and must be disabled. 2. Matlab has it's own version of Java packaged with it, but the organization of the Java files does not seem to be in agreement with what the instructions for manually installing the access bridge says. 3. The version of Java (32 vs 64 bit) that ships with Matlab wasn't necessarily in agreement with what my machine wanted. I think you had to look at the x-bit version of Windows, Java, Matlab, and JAWS, and even when I thought I got it as right as I possibly could, I couldn't get it to work. So I talked with one my of blind colleagues who had to use Matlab as a student recently and he recommended running it like a terminal window. I think what I ended up doing was running with the "-nodesktop" parameter from the command line, which in essence gave me a terminal window that I could interact with. My colleague also said he added "an entry in default.jss to tell jaws to read new lines automatically". I never did that step, but it might be useful. It's been a number of months since I did all of this so I could have the flag slightly wrong, but that's what I have in my notes. I hope this helps. Greg On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Todd Schwanke wrote: > > > Does anyone have any install instructions and/or version recommendations for > using Matlab with JAWS (including current or previous versions) that have > been known to work and that may still work? > > > > Has anyone recently successfully installed the combination of JAWS 12, > Matlab 2012a, and Windows 7 that is described in the setup detailed on this > 2012 Mathworks link: > > https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/323327 > > > > Thank you, > > Todd Schwanke > > UW-Madison > > > > > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lester, > Patti > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:27 PM > To: athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > Subject: [Athen] MatLab accessible? > > > > Does anyone have any experience with Matlab by Mathworks and have > familiarity with its current level of accessibility? Their documentation on > with regard to screen reader accessibility seems a bit outdated having last > tested it on JAWS 5, 6, and 7. > > > > This is a link to their accessibility page: > > > > http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/matlab_env/bqwp009-1.html > > > > Any feedback is appreciated. > > Patti Lester, MLS, AT Lab Coordinator > Student Disability Resource Center > Florida State University > 874 Traditions Way > 108 Student Services Building > Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4167 > (850) 644-5532 > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail (including the attachments) is covered > by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C.?? 2510-2521, is > confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. > Please contact me that you have received the message in error, and then > destroy it. Thank You. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From karen.sorensen at pcc.edu Mon Jan 13 12:20:27 2014 From: karen.sorensen at pcc.edu (Karen Sorensen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS testing with screen reader user Message-ID: Hi Everyone, As promised, I am following up after our initial testing of ALEKS. We (Phyllis Petteys, Angel Chisemet and I ) did a screen reader user test on ALEKs last friday and it was very promising! There is still an issue with graphical problems, which currently are labeled by "Requires human guide" so the student will know it isn't accessible (We thought that sounded like an odd label, and suggested, "Requires assistance"). We know leaving graphical problems out isn't acceptable especially in online courses, so we suggested that McGraw Hill (who now owns ALEKs) consider making the graphical images available to download so we can print them on a tactile printer. They seemed open to this idea, but we were talking with a regional manager and a sales rep. so we will have to wait and see if the company is open to the idea. But the fact that the screen reader could read the mathematical problems without any special plug-ins was fantastic and a huge step forward! I think all of the problems had alternative text instead of depending on MathML. (We just tested on IE 10 and Firefox with JAWS 13. We plan to still test on Safari. ) In addition to the graphical problem issue, there are some other issues to be worked out - one in particular that doesn't allow a blind student to get past the assessment step without sighted assistance. I'll keep you informed as we do more testing. We only tested the student side. We haven't tested the instructor side. Here are our findings so far: Usability issues: o I don?t know button didn?t show in a link list; Next button didn?t show in link list; Explain link not showing in link list o Why are numbers and equations links? - Accessibility issues: o Pie (navigation after assessment) isn?t keyboard accessible and Pie links not reading with screen reader. o Image/graphical problems not accessible. ?Suggest providing images so we could print them out as a tactile graphic. o Continue button after assessment is not labeled. Hope this helps others who are looking into the issue. Karen Karen M. 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I'm putting together an accessibility best practice guide for Captivate 7; however, I'm not an experienced user of Captivate, so I'm worried that I may be missing something important. Here are the links I've collected so far: Adobe Captivate Accessibility http://www.adobe.com/au/accessibility/products/captivate.html Adobe Captivate Accessibility FAQ http://www.adobe.com/au/accessibility/products/captivate/faq.html Enhanced accessibility support (video) http://tv.adobe.com/watch/new-in-adobe-captivate-7/enhanced-accessibility-support/ Captivate guide (UTAS) http://www.utas.edu.au/it/web-accessibility/accessible-technologies/captivate Lodestone: Captivate 6 Characters, Text to Speech, and Captioning (still useful, even if it is for version 6). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvgU0gG6obg&list=PL0vT65g2r8KC2Yy4MKthLFgSZcPAH79Nl&feature=share Captivate Accessibility Hints https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/2009/06/08/captivate-accessibility-hints/ Guide to Screencasting (by Laurier Library - covers v. 4, but is the most comprehensive out of the lot) http://library-old.wlu.ca/digitalstudio/guides/screencasting All of these resources (except for the last one) focus on Captivate features and leave out other important a11y considerations, such as plain language, colours, contrast, timing, font size and creating accessible links to videos. So far I haven't found any comprehensive and up to date guides, so I'm writing one. It is not ready yet, but I'm happy to share the draft with anyone interested. I will also appreciate any suggestions for improvement! cheers Iza Iza Bartosiewicz Library Website Coordinator RMIT University p: + 61 3 99253103 e: iza.bartosiewicz@rmit.edu.au t: #Mr0wka18 l: www.linkedin.com/in/izabartosiewicz "The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering", Tom Waits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Tue Jan 14 08:28:16 2014 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] ALEKS testing with screen reader user In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0eb901cf1145$a13b56f0$e3b204d0$@ahead.org> Morning, wondering if you would also consider testing with NVDA? Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 2:20 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ALEKS testing with screen reader user Hi Everyone, As promised, I am following up after our initial testing of ALEKS. We (Phyllis Petteys, Angel Chisemet and I ) did a screen reader user test on ALEKs last friday and it was very promising! There is still an issue with graphical problems, which currently are labeled by "Requires human guide" so the student will know it isn't accessible (We thought that sounded like an odd label, and suggested, "Requires assistance"). We know leaving graphical problems out isn't acceptable especially in online courses, so we suggested that McGraw Hill (who now owns ALEKs) consider making the graphical images available to download so we can print them on a tactile printer. They seemed open to this idea, but we were talking with a regional manager and a sales rep. so we will have to wait and see if the company is open to the idea. But the fact that the screen reader could read the mathematical problems without any special plug-ins was fantastic and a huge step forward! I think all of the problems had alternative text instead of depending on MathML. (We just tested on IE 10 and Firefox with JAWS 13. We plan to still test on Safari. ) In addition to the graphical problem issue, there are some other issues to be worked out - one in particular that doesn't allow a blind student to get past the assessment step without sighted assistance. I'll keep you informed as we do more testing. We only tested the student side. We haven't tested the instructor side. Here are our findings so far: Usability issues: o I don't know button didn't show in a link list; Next button didn't show in link list; Explain link not showing in link list o Why are numbers and equations links? - Accessibility issues: o Pie (navigation after assessment) isn't keyboard accessible and Pie links not reading with screen reader. o Image/graphical problems not accessible. -Suggest providing images so we could print them out as a tactile graphic. o Continue button after assessment is not labeled. Hope this helps others who are looking into the issue. Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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ADA for Websites ? Regulatiion Timing (2014) | SSB BART Group SSB BART Group https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/2014/01/14/ada-for-websites-regulation-timing/ From swims at umich.edu Tue Jan 14 12:26:23 2014 From: swims at umich.edu (Scott Williams) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blind Student Files Discrimination Suit Against Miami University -- OXFORD, Ohio, Jan. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20140114110702.05d00a40@gmail.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20140114110702.05d00a40@gmail.com> Message-ID: The full complaint: http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1004898/miami-university-lawsuit.txt Google Drive is mentioned about half way down, and it is cited as being "entirely inaccessible to any blind person not owning a Chromebook". Scott On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Jennifer Sutton wrote: > Greetings, ATHEN list: > > Fyi, in case any of you have not seen. > > > Blind Student Files Discrimination Suit Against Miami University -- > OXFORD, Ohio, Jan. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- > files-discrimination-suit-against-miami-university-239922401.html> > http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blind-student-files- > discrimination-suit-against-miami-university-239922401.html > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Scott Williams Web Accessibility Coordinator Office for Institutional Equity University of Michigan 734.764.0051 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Buckley Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 9:34 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] GW Mico Window Eyes becoming free I'm not sure if anyone posted this press release already, but Window Eyes is now free to Microsoft Office users as of 2pm yesterday. This also applies to academic institutions that are running MS Office on a desktop. Article at: http://www.gwmicro.com/News_&_Events/Latest_News/?newsNo=299 Regards, Stuart Buckley Coordinator of Assistive Technology Florida Atlantic University Office for Students with Disabilities SU 80 Room 133 561.297.3880 561.297.2184 fax http://www.fau.edu/osd -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhayman at u.washington.edu Wed Jan 15 07:50:44 2014 From: dhayman at u.washington.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] GW Mico Window Eyes becoming free In-Reply-To: <50645DC9D2909C4591BC6E9CCBABF63F624D6666@EXCHANGEMB02.ad.fau.edu> References: <50645DC9D2909C4591BC6E9CCBABF63F624D6666@EXCHANGEMB02.ad.fau.edu> Message-ID: Wow! That is a game changer. Doug Hayman Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit On Wed, 15 Jan 2014, Stuart Buckley wrote: > I'm not sure if anyone posted this press release already, but Window Eyes is now free to Microsoft Office users as of 2pm yesterday. This also applies to academic institutions that are running MS Office on a desktop. Article at: http://www.gwmicro.com/News_&_Events/Latest_News/?newsNo=299 > > Regards, > > Stuart Buckley > Coordinator of Assistive Technology > Florida Atlantic University > Office for Students with Disabilities > SU 80 Room 133 > 561.297.3880 > 561.297.2184 fax > http://www.fau.edu/osd > > From shahidak at echo.rutgers.edu Wed Jan 15 08:15:19 2014 From: shahidak at echo.rutgers.edu (Shahida Khaliq) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: GW Mico Window Eyes becoming free In-Reply-To: <50645DC9D2909C4591BC6E9CCBABF63F624D6666@EXCHANGEMB02.ad.fau.edu> References: <50645DC9D2909C4591BC6E9CCBABF63F624D6666@EXCHANGEMB02.ad.fau.edu> Message-ID: Amazingly great news! Best Regards Shahida Khaliq Coordinator for Alternate Format Text & Adaptive Tech. Office of Disability Services Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Lucy Stone Hall, Livingston Campus 54 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Suite A145 Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 Phone # (848) 445-6800 Fax # (732) 445-3388 Office Hours Monday- Friday 8:30am-5:00pm Website: https://ods.rutgers.edu Making a Key Difference From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Buckley Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:34 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] GW Mico Window Eyes becoming free I'm not sure if anyone posted this press release already, but Window Eyes is now free to Microsoft Office users as of 2pm yesterday. This also applies to academic institutions that are running MS Office on a desktop. Article at: http://www.gwmicro.com/News_&_Events/Latest_News/?newsNo=299 Regards, Stuart Buckley Coordinator of Assistive Technology Florida Atlantic University Office for Students with Disabilities SU 80 Room 133 561.297.3880 561.297.2184 fax http://www.fau.edu/osd -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadi at illinois.edu Wed Jan 15 11:15:19 2014 From: hadi at illinois.edu (Rangin, Hadi Bargi) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: GW Mico Window Eyes becoming free In-Reply-To: <50645DC9D2909C4591BC6E9CCBABF63F624D6666@EXCHANGEMB02.ad.fau.edu> References: <50645DC9D2909C4591BC6E9CCBABF63F624D6666@EXCHANGEMB02.ad.fau.edu> Message-ID: We need to watch and make sure that this move does not become the only accessibility solution for Microsoft Office as ChromeVox has become for the Google products. Thanks, Hadi From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Buckley Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 9:34 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] GW Mico Window Eyes becoming free I'm not sure if anyone posted this press release already, but Window Eyes is now free to Microsoft Office users as of 2pm yesterday. This also applies to academic institutions that are running MS Office on a desktop. Article at: http://www.gwmicro.com/News_&_Events/Latest_News/?newsNo=299 Regards, Stuart Buckley Coordinator of Assistive Technology Florida Atlantic University Office for Students with Disabilities SU 80 Room 133 561.297.3880 561.297.2184 fax http://www.fau.edu/osd -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From phloh at service.exchange.microsoft.com Wed Jan 15 14:57:15 2014 From: phloh at service.exchange.microsoft.com (Philip Loh) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Login problems with Microsoft 365 login In-Reply-To: <1be34fadccfd41ee87cf1753304b7e6b@CH1SR01MB600.namsdf01.sdf.exchangelabs.com> References: <1be34fadccfd41ee87cf1753304b7e6b@CH1SR01MB600.namsdf01.sdf.exchangelabs.com> Message-ID: Hello all, I've reached out to Julie to speak about the login bug some time ago, but wanted to update everyone about the progress we've made. We have found the source of the login bug (yes, it was our fault and we are really sorry), but it will be resolved soon, and soon enough (I don't have a good gauge of when) the fix will be pushed to our production servers, which means everyone will not hit this issue again. :) Thanks a lot for highlighting these issues on this list! Much as we like to say nothing falls through the cracks, we can't, and it really helps when there are people who actively tell us when we've screwed up. Much, much thanks. I'd like to welcome anyone who is interested to save my email address and contact me about anything that might be wrong or non-ideal with regards to Outlook Web App (or Microsoft O365 Webmail as you might call it). Well, technically anything Microsoft is fine too, but that's just a little outside my sphere of direct influence. >> Philip. >> OWA ?Accessibility Driver. >> OWA Compose PM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________ From: kennpetri at gmail.com [kennpetri at gmail.com] on behalf of Ken Petri [petri.1 at osu.edu] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 1:16 PM To: McGinnity, Julie A. (MU-Student) Cc: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Login problems with Microsoft 365 login Julie, Interestingly, MS Narrator + IE (Win 8) had no problem with the login. Go figure. Mac VoiceOver users appear to be totally out of luck -- I'd be interested to hear of others have had experience with Mac + VoiceOver, especially. We were able to use JAWS and NVDA in pass-through mode. I'll have to check on versions and browser combinations. But that is our current work-around: JAWS-KEY + z or NVDA-KEY + space bar and then tab to the "organizational login" announcement and press Enter to have focus put into the password field. If that one doesn't pan out in further testing, the alternative is to clear the browser cookies and cache and reload, which returns you to the "first timer" login screen. I'm hoping to avoid that "solution," as it's a serious hassle. It's a bad situation and one that Microsoft really should fix immediately. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:27 PM, McGinnity, Julie A. (MU-Student) >> wrote: Thank you for this. It fits perfectly with what we found as well. Even in pass through mode with Jaws 14, I could not get the form field to show up. We also found that the mouse would not even access the forms when Jaws was on. I would love to view any work-arounds that you have devised. ________________________________________ From: athen-list-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu an2.u.washington.edu> [athen-list-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu man2.u.washington.edu>] on behalf of Ken Petri [petri.1 at osu.edu>] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:14 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; CIC IT Accessibility Usability Group Subject: [Athen] Login problems with Microsoft 365 login Ohio State students use Microsoft's hosted email system. (Faculty and staff use a local Exchange instance.) The service for students that we call Buckeyemail was upgraded by Microsoft earlier this week to keep it in line with the MS 365 product. We found that, once you had logged in once and your browser recognized your organizational email address, subsequent logins with the same browser gave you a login interface that was not (easily) accessible to screen reader users. The organizational login button is not clickable using a screen reader, unless you put the screen reader into pass-through mode -- something that we felt our students would be unlikely to discover on their own. We have put a notification up on our Buckeyemail/email selection page, here: https://email.osu.edu/ Right now users are directed to contact our help line, but in the next day or so we will be adding a link to a knowledge base article that explains how to work around the issue. We are also in contact with MS through our campus rep. If your campus uses 365 for student or other email, your screen reader users may be affected. Note that keyboard only users are not affected. Note also that we could not get VoiceOver on Mac to work with the login interface at all. The problem is only apparent after you have logged in once and your browser sets the cookie to remember your username for subsequent logins. Best, ken _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list at mailman2.u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list at mailman2.u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list at mailman2.u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Norm Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com From info at karlencommunications.com Fri Jan 17 05:59:53 2014 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] 14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs Message-ID: <001601cf138c$65b78970$31269c50$@karlencommunications.com> Hello Everyone: If you are interested in submitting a paper in the special thematic stream we've started, please contact EA as indicated on the web page: https://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/events/icchp14 Members of the ECS accessibility team will be attending ICCHP 2014 and hope to have their papers accepted and even to join the Possibility 3rd annual SS12:EU coding competition The team would like to invite those who are considering submitting papers around the topic of accessible content for those with a print disability to join their Special Thematic Session (STS) titled "Developing Accessible Teaching and Learning Materials within a User Centred Design Framework" This session will cover many aspects related to the development of accessible teaching and learning materials for those with print disabilities, taking a user centred approach. 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It appears as though using Tab to try to move the focus to the Closed-Caption icon produces unreliable results (in most cases, the focus skips the icon altogether or skips over the viewer, in general). Unfortunately, YouTube does not have a specific keyboard shortcut for toggling the captions on and off. I'm approaching the listservs to see if there's been any more word regarding this issue and how it impacts post-secondary course content that is posted and delivered via YouTube. I've also sent a message to Google's Accessibility Board to let them know how this poses a problem for viewers with hearing disabilities who also have mobility restrictions and are unable to use a mouse to click the icon. Thoughts? Thank you, Amy Netzel Accessibility Technologist Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official (NCGS. ch. 132). 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We have found their pricing (for a bulk purchase rate), their service and the features (an interactive transcript is available for anything they caption) to be top-notch. We estimate it is about the same cost as doing the captioning in house, and it's a heck of a lot less stressful. Here's our webpage on media accessibility. Feel free to contact me directly if you have more questions. Do you know about the Oregon state funding for captioning? Every college in Oregon gets 29 hours. Sage Freeman at Chemeketa is coordinating the grant for that. I can give you contact information if you don't have it. Best wishes, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 *"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.?* Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Fri Jan 17 14:32:47 2014 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Petri, Kenneth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Keyboard Accessibility in YouTube In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Amy, The captions button is skipped in the tab order for keyboard users in all cases that I have seen. It's a problem. Thank you for alerting Google to the issue. Screen reader users can toggle the captions on and off in the iframe version of the HTML5 player (and also on the YouTube site). The button can be reached by using the screen reader's virtual cursor. However, for screen reader users it does not appear to be possible to go into and switch the language of the subtitle/caption -- only toggle them on and off. It is also not possible to get into the "settings" menu or into the caption "options" menu (which allows a huge amount of customization of caption appearance). So captions control is generally borked (that's the technical term) for both keyboard and screen reader uesrs. One possible work-around for having captions appear is to add a flag onto the URL in the iframe. You can add "&cc_load_policy=1" to the end of the youtube URL in the iframe embed and this will force the captions to display on load. It's certainly not a perfect solution, but it does make the captions appear when the video loads. Best, ken [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 From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Amy Beth Netzel Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 1:15 PM To: athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Keyboard Accessibility in YouTube Greetings, I'm reaching out to the Athens listserv as well as the Buffalo listserv to seek your input. About a week and a half ago, I saw on an accessibility listserv (not sure which one it was) that there might be some keyboard accessibility issues in YouTube, namely the inability to toggle captions on and off. I didn't see anything else mentioned about it since then, so I decided to research the issue a little to learn more about the situation. It appears as though using Tab to try to move the focus to the Closed-Caption icon produces unreliable results (in most cases, the focus skips the icon altogether or skips over the viewer, in general). Unfortunately, YouTube does not have a specific keyboard shortcut for toggling the captions on and off. I'm approaching the listservs to see if there's been any more word regarding this issue and how it impacts post-secondary course content that is posted and delivered via YouTube. I've also sent a message to Google's Accessibility Board to let them know how this poses a problem for viewers with hearing disabilities who also have mobility restrictions and are unable to use a mouse to click the icon. Thoughts? Thank you, Amy Netzel Accessibility Technologist Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official (NCGS. ch. 132). Student educational records are subject to FERPA. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Fri Jan 17 14:32:47 2014 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Petri, Kenneth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Keyboard Accessibility in YouTube In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Amy, The captions button is skipped in the tab order for keyboard users in all cases that I have seen. It's a problem. Thank you for alerting Google to the issue. Screen reader users can toggle the captions on and off in the iframe version of the HTML5 player (and also on the YouTube site). The button can be reached by using the screen reader's virtual cursor. However, for screen reader users it does not appear to be possible to go into and switch the language of the subtitle/caption -- only toggle them on and off. It is also not possible to get into the "settings" menu or into the caption "options" menu (which allows a huge amount of customization of caption appearance). So captions control is generally borked (that's the technical term) for both keyboard and screen reader uesrs. One possible work-around for having captions appear is to add a flag onto the URL in the iframe. You can add "&cc_load_policy=1" to the end of the youtube URL in the iframe embed and this will force the captions to display on load. It's certainly not a perfect solution, but it does make the captions appear when the video loads. Best, ken [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 From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Amy Beth Netzel Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 1:15 PM To: athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Keyboard Accessibility in YouTube Greetings, I'm reaching out to the Athens listserv as well as the Buffalo listserv to seek your input. About a week and a half ago, I saw on an accessibility listserv (not sure which one it was) that there might be some keyboard accessibility issues in YouTube, namely the inability to toggle captions on and off. I didn't see anything else mentioned about it since then, so I decided to research the issue a little to learn more about the situation. It appears as though using Tab to try to move the focus to the Closed-Caption icon produces unreliable results (in most cases, the focus skips the icon altogether or skips over the viewer, in general). Unfortunately, YouTube does not have a specific keyboard shortcut for toggling the captions on and off. I'm approaching the listservs to see if there's been any more word regarding this issue and how it impacts post-secondary course content that is posted and delivered via YouTube. I've also sent a message to Google's Accessibility Board to let them know how this poses a problem for viewers with hearing disabilities who also have mobility restrictions and are unable to use a mouse to click the icon. Thoughts? Thank you, Amy Netzel Accessibility Technologist Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official (NCGS. ch. 132). Student educational records are subject to FERPA. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From petri.1 at osu.edu Fri Jan 17 15:16:33 2014 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Petri, Kenneth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] RE: Keyboard Accessibility in YouTube References: Message-ID: A follow up note: Apparently, the "cc_load_policy=1" technique only works if the browser is serving the Flash version of the player. It doesn't affect the HTML5 player. Still, some attempt to force captions to appear is probably worth the effort. From: Petri, Kenneth Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 5:33 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'; athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu Subject: RE: Keyboard Accessibility in YouTube Amy, The captions button is skipped in the tab order for keyboard users in all cases that I have seen. It's a problem. Thank you for alerting Google to the issue. Screen reader users can toggle the captions on and off in the iframe version of the HTML5 player (and also on the YouTube site). The button can be reached by using the screen reader's virtual cursor. However, for screen reader users it does not appear to be possible to go into and switch the language of the subtitle/caption -- only toggle them on and off. It is also not possible to get into the "settings" menu or into the caption "options" menu (which allows a huge amount of customization of caption appearance). So captions control is generally borked (that's the technical term) for both keyboard and screen reader uesrs. One possible work-around for having captions appear is to add a flag onto the URL in the iframe. You can add "&cc_load_policy=1" to the end of the youtube URL in the iframe embed and this will force the captions to display on load. It's certainly not a perfect solution, but it does make the captions appear when the video loads. Best, ken [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 From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Amy Beth Netzel Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 1:15 PM To: athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Keyboard Accessibility in YouTube Greetings, I'm reaching out to the Athens listserv as well as the Buffalo listserv to seek your input. About a week and a half ago, I saw on an accessibility listserv (not sure which one it was) that there might be some keyboard accessibility issues in YouTube, namely the inability to toggle captions on and off. I didn't see anything else mentioned about it since then, so I decided to research the issue a little to learn more about the situation. It appears as though using Tab to try to move the focus to the Closed-Caption icon produces unreliable results (in most cases, the focus skips the icon altogether or skips over the viewer, in general). Unfortunately, YouTube does not have a specific keyboard shortcut for toggling the captions on and off. I'm approaching the listservs to see if there's been any more word regarding this issue and how it impacts post-secondary course content that is posted and delivered via YouTube. I've also sent a message to Google's Accessibility Board to let them know how this poses a problem for viewers with hearing disabilities who also have mobility restrictions and are unable to use a mouse to click the icon. Thoughts? Thank you, Amy Netzel Accessibility Technologist Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official (NCGS. ch. 132). Student educational records are subject to FERPA. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Register at: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm#january Norm Coombs From gdietrich at htctu.net Sat Jan 18 08:46:33 2014 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Wine country tenure track position- please share widely Message-ID: <136B9FF580E14DA087EDEA0EA58D7E5B@htctu.fhda.edu> Subject: Wine country tenure track position- please share widely DSPS Colleagues, I am excited to share that we are recruiting for a full-time tenure track faculty Disability Specialist at SRJC. This will be a very exciting position for a bilingual Spanish candidate to head up our outreach, recruitment, and retention for Latino students with disabilities in our beautiful northern California wine country. It is our hope to find a candidate with skills in serving students with mental health conditions as well. Please don't hesitate to refer any specific questions directly to me at pwegman@santarosa.edu https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcwe6OXovVrsMebhP4LGWn 2DkSvqtYOAxg3_4H80Mo5YAPybfH Santa Rosa Junior College logo Faculty Employment Opportunities DISABILITY SPECIALIST/BILINGUAL Disability Resources Download Faculty Employment Application PRIORITY FILING DEADLINE Thursday, March 13, 2014 (initial screening date; open until filled) GENERAL DESCRIPTION Santa Rosa Junior College is seeking an individual with demonstrated program development and advising skills to join an outstanding team of faculty, staff and instructional administrators to provide high quality services to our district, our community, and most importantly to our students. This categorically funded regular contract faculty position is assigned to the Santa Rosa Campus and begins August 2014. Appointments are contingent upon funding and Board approval. DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION Faculty and staff in the Disability Resources Department provide a rich combination of support services and instruction to over 2,300 students with disabilities at Santa Rosa Junior College. The Disability Resources Department enjoys a collaborative, professional team approach to the administration of its programs. POSITION DESCRIPTION The Disability Specialist in this position is responsible for providing: advising, authorization of accommodations and services, disability management counseling and instruction to students with disabilities. This Disability Specialist will be bilingual (with Spanish and English abilities) with demonstrated cultural competence for the Hispanic population and serve as the anchor position to develop outreach, services and programming specific to the needs of Hispanic students with disabilities. In addition to working with Hispanic students with disabilities, the caseload of this Disability Specialist will include students with psychological disabilities. SRJC offers courses and student services at two campuses, located in Santa Rosa and Petaluma, as well as multiple satellite locations within the District, including on-line. While this assignment is primarily at the Santa Rosa Campus, the District reserves the right of assignment to any location, and assignments can involve any combination of day or evening classes with weekly office hours being mandatory. Regular Faculty assume responsibility for maintaining currency in the field, for updating existing courses and developing new curricula (including courses that serve community needs, such as short, non-credit, or online courses), assisting in the assessment of student learning outcomes, participating in department activities and other college service such as committee work, managing laboratories, and participating in community outreach on behalf of the college. QUALIFICATIONS Required (Candidates must be qualified in one or more of the following categories as follows): 1. Master's Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling; OR 2. Master's Degree in Special Education AND twenty-four or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work in Counseling, Guidance, Student Personnel, Psychology, or Social Work; OR 3. Master's Degree in Counseling, Guidance, Student Personnel, Psychology, Career Development, or Social Welfare AND either twelve or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work specifically in counseling or rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities OR two years of full-time experience, or the equivalent, in one or more of the following areas: A. Counseling or guidance for student with disabilities; OR B. Counseling and/or guidance in industry, government, public agencies, military or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities of the position were predominantly or exclusively for persons with disabilities; OR 4. Bilingual with Spanish and English abilities and demonstrated cultural competence for the Hispanic population ; OR 5. The equivalent. If you do not possess the minimum qualifications exactly as stated above, you must file for equivalency. If claiming equivalency, applicants are responsible for documenting all course work, degree programs and related professional experience at the time of application. Preferred: * Recent experience with adults with psychological disabilities (mental health setting). * Program development and/or coordination experience. * Teaching experience at the secondary or post-secondary level. * Licensed Psychologist or licensed clinical social worker. Requires a sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students. APPLICATION PROCEDURES In order to be given priority consideration for this position, applicants must submit AN ORIGINAL PLUS ONE COPY OF EACH of the following documents by the priority filing deadline: 1. A completed Santa Rosa Junior College Faculty Application Form, Personal Data Form and Applicant Notification Form. Personal Data Form is optional. o If applicable, completed Equivalency Form and supporting documents. 2. A cover letter explaining your interest in the position, including how you meet the requirements and are qualified to perform the duties as listed in the Position Description section of this announcement. 3. Include a statement describing your demonstrated experience in understanding and being sensitive to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and staff. 4. Current Resume. 5. Write a proposal for a new and innovative program at SRJC that specifically addresses the needs of Hispanic students with disabilities at our college. The proposal should include: a vision statement, barriers to college access for this population, methods for conducting outreach to potential students, strategies for addressing barriers, beneficial services for this population, and approaches for collaborating with appropriate campus departments and community organizations. The proposal should be no more than 4 typed pages. 6. Copies of transcripts of all college level course work. Unofficial copies (both sides) are acceptable, but official transcripts must be submitted prior to hiring. If transcripts are from an institution outside of the United States, applicants must provide a formal evaluation of their foreign degree(s) at the time of application. Contact the Human Resources Department for more information. 7. If applicable, a copy of your California Community College Instructors Credential (both sides). PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY MATERIALS REQUESTED. (In loose-leaf form - no folders or binding please.) COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS * Starting Salary Range: $57,389 - $80,918 per year (2013/14 Faculty Salary Schedule). Teaching experience, other related professional experience, and academic degrees determine salary placement on a schedule that is competitive with other California Community Colleges. * Benefits: The District offers a competitive health and benefit package for employees and eligible dependents. Leave time: Full-time faculty members earn one day of sick leave for each month worked. * Housing: A mortgage loan at substantially below-market interest rates may be available to the candidate selected for this position (contact Human Resources for more information). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 2502 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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With the unemployment rate for people with disabilities, we all need to learn more about actual career opportunities and how best to prepare for them. register online at: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm#february Norm Coombs From skeegan at stanford.edu Wed Jan 22 11:35:15 2014 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Windows 8.1 Reader app Message-ID: <7B7992E6-B366-4C5E-A8EE-401F8AE00705@stanford.edu> Hello all, Has anyone tried using the Reader app for Windows 8.1? I was trying a few different AT applications that provide text-to-speech support (Claro Read and Read & Write Gold) to see if I could get these apps to work with the Reader app. Predictably, there was not much support for all the different reading capabilities in Claro and Read & Write Gold, but I was not able to get any speech output even when selecting the text. It seems as if the Reader app is separate from the underlying OS in that the selected text content is not available via the clipboard. Has anyone had different experiences with the Reader app in Windows 8.1? Have you been able to any text-to-speech output from that app with or without AT applications? Thanks and take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University From ccuevas14 at valenciacollege.edu Thu Jan 23 06:08:57 2014 From: ccuevas14 at valenciacollege.edu (Chris Cuevas) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Visually Impaired Student and Microsoft Viso 2013 Message-ID: <89FDA3F5D1027E4386D9C585C2A7656612E821@EX2010-MB01.local.valenciacc.edu> Hi all, I have a visually impaired student using JAWS working with Microsoft Visio and they're having a tough time. Does anyone have any experience and/or suggestions about what they can do? Kindest regards, Christopher J. 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Other examples would be MS Project, MathType, and AutoCAD. The issue here is not one of having to use a mouse, it is one of having to be able to see the screen. I have worked with several students, who used a variety of screen readers, over the years who were taking courses that primary utilized Visio in a number of fields, and in all instances we had to provide alternative learning experiences or had to determine that the necessary course content modification necessary would be a fundamental alteration. Visio is a visual design tool, now if the class is on MS Visio then the student is highly likely to be unsuccessful in it. My suggestion would be to work with the instructor to work through alternative learning activities to achieve the essential elements of instruction for the course. I am deliberately using legal language here because this is a real problem through tech based education. I really hope someone has a better answer than mine, because I encounter this a lot in my work with campuses and software vendors. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Cuevas Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:09 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Visually Impaired Student and Microsoft Viso 2013 Hi all, I have a visually impaired student using JAWS working with Microsoft Visio and they're having a tough time. Does anyone have any experience and/or suggestions about what they can do? Kindest regards, Christopher J. Cuevas Assistive Technology Specialist Office for Students with Disabilities Valencia College P: 407-582-2530 | F: 407-582-8908 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Phoebe.Ballard at UToledo.Edu Thu Jan 23 07:02:13 2014 From: Phoebe.Ballard at UToledo.Edu (Ballard, Phoebe Jane) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Assistive Technology Specialist Position Message-ID: Greetings, The University of Toledo is seeking a full-time Assistive Technology Specialist (Posting No. 18996) in the division of Learning Ventures. A position summary and list of qualifications follow below. To learn more, visit: http://www.utoledo.edu/depts/hr/employment/index.html POSITION SUMMARY: Under general supervision, develop, implement and coordinate a University access technology plan; provide guidelines and technical assistance to staff, faculty and external agencies. QUALIFICATIONS: Education/experience/licensing: * Masters degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Systems Technology, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Technology, or related field. * Two years of experience with adaptive computer technology (hardware and software) as a user or technician, or experience using technologies to design student-centered learning materials in a digital learning environment, is required. * Familiarity with strategies and experience working with students with disabilities is required. * Experience in consulting with faculty about teaching with technology in online, blended, and face-to-face environments. * Experience using Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and other authoring programs. * Experience using a course management system such as Blackboard, Moodle, or equivalent. * Experience using both Mac and Windows systems and devices. Communication and other skills: * Knowledge of learning theories, instructional theories, Instructional Design theory and practice, best practices in teaching and learning. * Knowledge of ADA compliance, Fair Use guidelines, and TEACH Act. * Willingness to explore the use of technology and innovative learning and teaching strategies to advance learner-centeredness (contrasted with teacher-centeredness) in online, blended, and web-assisted courses. * Give trainings and demonstrate access technology. * Work independently. * Speak and write effectively in individual and group settings including training sessions. * Perform clerical and administrative work with accuracy and speed. * Maintain records. * Excellent interpersonal, verbal/written communication and organizational skills. * Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment. * Demonstrate sensitivity to, and respect for, a diverse population. Thank you, Phoebe PHOEBE J. BALLARD, SR. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER & COOR. 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I have yet to download the MS Office version of Window-Eyes to try that with the various file extensions that can be used with the Reader app (PDF, XPS or TIFF). Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan WAIS, ECS , University of Southampton Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 Mobile +44 (0)7976 289103 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: 22 January 2014 19:35 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] Windows 8.1 Reader app Hello all, Has anyone tried using the Reader app for Windows 8.1? I was trying a few different AT applications that provide text-to-speech support (Claro Read and Read & Write Gold) to see if I could get these apps to work with the Reader app. Predictably, there was not much support for all the different reading capabilities in Claro and Read & Write Gold, but I was not able to get any speech output even when selecting the text. It seems as if the Reader app is separate from the underlying OS in that the selected text content is not available via the clipboard. Has anyone had different experiences with the Reader app in Windows 8.1? Have you been able to any text-to-speech output from that app with or without AT applications? Thanks and take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From mvelasquez at berkeley.edu Fri Jan 24 09:03:18 2014 From: mvelasquez at berkeley.edu (Martha Velasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] UCB Job Announcement Message-ID: <52E29CD6.3080207@berkeley.edu> *_Alternative Media Production Assistants (Job ID #_**_17165_**_), BLANK Assistant II (4723C) -- 2 positions_* The Production Assistants are responsible for the provision of alternative media to students with disabilities in accordance with state and federal law that assures students access to their academic coursework. DSP handles more than 1,250 alternative media projects during the academic year, serving more than 65 students. The employee assists the Alternative Media Services Supervisor in the production of alternative media. The purpose of this position is to convert standard print material into an alternative format (electronic or audio) that is accessible for the student. The incumbent also creates and maintains bSpace accounts for the dissemination of alternative media to students, and updates the alternative media database systems. If you know of anyone who might be interested in any of theseopportunities,please encourage them to apply. Candidates may apply directly at http://jobs.berkeley.edu You can find the position by referencingthejob numbers above. -Martha -- Alternative Media Supervisor Disabled Students' Program University of California, Berkeley http://dsp.berkeley.edu/alternativemedia.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I thought it used to be online, but I can?t find it now. > > Thanks so much! > > Liz Prickett > Alternative Media Specialist > Center for Academic & Professional Excellence (CAPE) > Victoria College > 2200 E. Red River Street > Victoria, TX 77901 > Elizabeth.Prickett@VictoriaCollege.edu > (361) 573-3291, ext. 3243 > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greeark at uw.edu Fri Jan 24 16:01:57 2014 From: greeark at uw.edu (KRISTA L. GREEAR) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Windows 8.1 Reader app In-Reply-To: <013901cf1863$dbc407c0$934c1740$@emptech.info> References: <7B7992E6-B366-4C5E-A8EE-401F8AE00705@stanford.edu> <013901cf1863$dbc407c0$934c1740$@emptech.info> Message-ID: I had no success with TTS and Reader with a student this week. My quick solution was to have the student view the PDFs with Adobe Reader and use a TTS (NaturalReader specifically). Krista Greear Access Text and Technology Manager Disability Resources for Students Univeristy of Washignton -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of E.A.Draffan Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 9:52 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'; 'Alternate Media' Subject: RE: [Athen] Windows 8.1 Reader app I have to admit that I could not find any text to speech options within the Reader app - it will zoom in and out, rotate to landscape mode, allow me to annotate and save in Sky Drive. It has some keyboard access and I managed to get NVDA to read an accessible PDF. I have yet to download the MS Office version of Window-Eyes to try that with the various file extensions that can be used with the Reader app (PDF, XPS or TIFF). Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan WAIS, ECS , University of Southampton Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 Mobile +44 (0)7976 289103 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: 22 January 2014 19:35 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] Windows 8.1 Reader app Hello all, Has anyone tried using the Reader app for Windows 8.1? I was trying a few different AT applications that provide text-to-speech support (Claro Read and Read & Write Gold) to see if I could get these apps to work with the Reader app. Predictably, there was not much support for all the different reading capabilities in Claro and Read & Write Gold, but I was not able to get any speech output even when selecting the text. It seems as if the Reader app is separate from the underlying OS in that the selected text content is not available via the clipboard. Has anyone had different experiences with the Reader app in Windows 8.1? Have you been able to any text-to-speech output from that app with or without AT applications? Thanks and take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From kcahill at MIT.EDU Mon Jan 27 08:26:58 2014 From: kcahill at MIT.EDU (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Chafee Amendment and dramatic works (plays) Message-ID: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D37B87E77@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> Dear Colleagues, I have a question about obtaining plays in alternative formats (specifically PDF) for a visually impaired student enrolled in an Acting class. My understanding is that plays are exempted under the Chafee Amendment from being converted into alternative formats. So have any of you had to obtain alternative formats of plays for your students, and how did you go about doing this? Thanks so much, 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Mon Jan 27 08:59:00 2014 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Chafee Amendment and dramatic works (plays) In-Reply-To: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D37B87E77@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> References: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D37B87E77@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> Message-ID: <01d001cf1b81$137ffdc0$3a7ff940$@ahead.org> Yes Chaffee specifically excludes dramatic works. We always just processed them as we do any other materials but have found that a lot of the older ones are available in digital form. I would try project Gutenberg first. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:27 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Chafee Amendment and dramatic works (plays) Dear Colleagues, I have a question about obtaining plays in alternative formats (specifically PDF) for a visually impaired student enrolled in an Acting class. My understanding is that plays are exempted under the Chafee Amendment from being converted into alternative formats. So have any of you had to obtain alternative formats of plays for your students, and how did you go about doing this? Thanks so much, 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From normajean.brand at hccs.edu Mon Jan 27 09:57:58 2014 From: normajean.brand at hccs.edu (Normajean.Brand) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Digital file search: Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell? Message-ID: <18AB6E837CD5444FAECD90FCCDBFF545944DE78B@sy-facmbx01.ad.hccs.edu> Hello fellow ATHENians! We are searching for an unlocked PDF of the following book. It doesn't appear to be one that ATN has. I'm not having any luck finding this book so, I'm hoping SOMEONE has it! Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1941 ISBN: 0822933217, 0822952734, 9780822952732 Thanks to all for taking a look! Norma Jean Brand NJ Brand, ATAC Houston Community College-Northwest ADA Technician College Educational & Technology Services - C.E.T.S. Room RC13 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Houston TX 77043 VM/Office: 713.718.5604 FAX: 713.718.5430 Email: normajean.brand@hccs.edu http://northwest.hccs.edu The information in this email is confidential and may contain information that is privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s); access to anyone else is unauthorized. If you received this message in error, do not review, disseminate, distribute or copy it. Please notify the sender by reply email immediately that you received the message in error and then delete the message and any attachments in its entirety. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kcahill at MIT.EDU Mon Jan 27 10:34:00 2014 From: kcahill at MIT.EDU (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Chafee Amendment and dramatic works (plays) In-Reply-To: <01d001cf1b81$137ffdc0$3a7ff940$@ahead.org> References: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D37B87E77@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> <01d001cf1b81$137ffdc0$3a7ff940$@ahead.org> Message-ID: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D37B88346@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> Thank you for the info, Ron. I did find one collection on Gutenberg. Other plays are more recent and I thought they would present a problem since they are still under copyright, but after doing a search, there are sources for electronic versions of the plays. Kathy From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:59 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Chafee Amendment and dramatic works (plays) Yes Chaffee specifically excludes dramatic works. We always just processed them as we do any other materials but have found that a lot of the older ones are available in digital form. I would try project Gutenberg first. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:27 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Chafee Amendment and dramatic works (plays) Dear Colleagues, I have a question about obtaining plays in alternative formats (specifically PDF) for a visually impaired student enrolled in an Acting class. My understanding is that plays are exempted under the Chafee Amendment from being converted into alternative formats. So have any of you had to obtain alternative formats of plays for your students, and how did you go about doing this? Thanks so much, 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 10:30:23 2014 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Specification for an accessible video/media player | Coolfields Consulting Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20140127102749.05cae118@gmail.com> Greetings, ATHEN list: I thought some of you might like to be aware of this post, perhaps add a comment (linking to tests you've conducted, as appropriate), see what the results of testing are, etc. It would be great if we could get a definitive list of options; I've seen several folks who've already done similar work. Specification for an accessible video/media player | Coolfields Consulting http://www.coolfields.co.uk/2014/01/specification-for-accessible-video-media-player/ From normajean.brand at hccs.edu Mon Jan 27 11:02:28 2014 From: normajean.brand at hccs.edu (Normajean.Brand) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Digital file search: Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell? In-Reply-To: <18AB6E837CD5444FAECD90FCCDBFF545944DE78B@sy-facmbx01.ad.hccs.edu> References: <18AB6E837CD5444FAECD90FCCDBFF545944DE78B@sy-facmbx01.ad.hccs.edu> Message-ID: <18AB6E837CD5444FAECD90FCCDBFF545944E0805@sy-facmbx01.ad.hccs.edu> Sorry for the previous email. I was able to find it listed on Bookshare.org. Now to convince the student that they would greatly benefit from being a life-long member of Bookshare. Thanks all! NJ From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Normajean.Brand Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:58 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Digital file search: Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell? Hello fellow ATHENians! We are searching for an unlocked PDF of the following book. It doesn't appear to be one that ATN has. I'm not having any luck finding this book so, I'm hoping SOMEONE has it! Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1941 ISBN: 0822933217, 0822952734, 9780822952732 Thanks to all for taking a look! Norma Jean Brand NJ Brand, ATAC Houston Community College-Northwest ADA Technician College Educational & Technology Services - C.E.T.S. Room RC13 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Houston TX 77043 VM/Office: 713.718.5604 FAX: 713.718.5430 Email: normajean.brand@hccs.edu http://northwest.hccs.edu The information in this email is confidential and may contain information that is privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s); access to anyone else is unauthorized. If you received this message in error, do not review, disseminate, distribute or copy it. Please notify the sender by reply email immediately that you received the message in error and then delete the message and any attachments in its entirety. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From ron at ahead.org Mon Jan 27 12:00:32 2014 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Chafee Amendment and dramatic works (plays) In-Reply-To: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D37B88346@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> References: <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D37B87E77@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> <01d001cf1b81$137ffdc0$3a7ff940$@ahead.org> <4599527AD714FA42B45CEDFE81CA397D37B88346@OC11expo28.exchange.mit.edu> Message-ID: <025201cf1b9a$700d5830$50280890$@ahead.org> I have found that to generally to be the case as long as it is not something that is on a current run. From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] Chafee Amendment and dramatic works (plays) Thank you for the info, Ron. I did find one collection on Gutenberg. Other plays are more recent and I thought they would present a problem since they are still under copyright, but after doing a search, there are sources for electronic versions of the plays. Kathy From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:59 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Chafee Amendment and dramatic works (plays) Yes Chaffee specifically excludes dramatic works. We always just processed them as we do any other materials but have found that a lot of the older ones are available in digital form. I would try project Gutenberg first. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:27 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Chafee Amendment and dramatic works (plays) Dear Colleagues, I have a question about obtaining plays in alternative formats (specifically PDF) for a visually impaired student enrolled in an Acting class. My understanding is that plays are exempted under the Chafee Amendment from being converted into alternative formats. So have any of you had to obtain alternative formats of plays for your students, and how did you go about doing this? Thanks so much, 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roberte at uci.edu Mon Jan 27 12:08:15 2014 From: roberte at uci.edu (Robert Espero) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00c701cf1b9b$83b7b7d0$8b272770$@uci.edu> The only thing I've seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ Check out the video. It's pretty informative. From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM To: ATHEN listserv Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have it change to text. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Jan 27 12:32:09 2014 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone In-Reply-To: <00c701cf1b9b$83b7b7d0$8b272770$@uci.edu> References: <00c701cf1b9b$83b7b7d0$8b272770$@uci.edu> Message-ID: A colleague and I played with the Livescribe 3 pen for a short time when it first was released a few months ago. Very cool potential and it had decent recognition for handwriting for the mobile device. That said, we have not had the best success with the SmartPen 3 in an academic setting. The audio recording functionality is the mobile device itself (iPhone, iPad, etc.), so the capability is dependent on that device. Additionally, we had situations where the pen and mobile device became disconnected (i.e., no longer sync'ed) in the middle of a recording session resulting in a loss of notes. It was not clear if the app crashed or if it was between the pen and the device. Finally, the pen and device stopped functioning completely and we had to return the pen. It would not be a pleasant experience for a student. There is a new Livescribe+ app update now available, but we went back to the Echo pens. Fewer things to go wrong in the middle of a lecture. Here are a few options to consider: MyScript Memo (Free) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myscript-memo/id446368116?mt=8 Has good reviews WritePad ($4.99) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8# Reviews are average at best Penultimate from Evernote http://evernote.com/penultimate/whats_new/ios/ Has good reviews Penultimate is a REALLY nice app, but it does require Evernote sync'ing to get the handwriting recognition. I am not sure how well it would work for an iPhone. It works well for the iPad as there is a larger screen for writing. Take care, Sean On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:08 PM, "Robert Espero" wrote: > The only thing I?ve seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. > > http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ > > Check out the video. It?s pretty informative. > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM > To: ATHEN listserv > Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone > > Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have it change to text. > > Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From travis at travisroth.com Mon Jan 27 12:34:35 2014 From: travis at travisroth.com (Travis Roth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone In-Reply-To: <00c701cf1b9b$83b7b7d0$8b272770$@uci.edu> References: <00c701cf1b9b$83b7b7d0$8b272770$@uci.edu> Message-ID: <02cf01cf1b9f$31ea9180$95bfb480$@travisroth.com> VoiceOver in iOS 7 has a handwriting mode where the user handwrites on the screen and VoiceOver turns it into text in text input fields. It does require using VoiceOver screen reader during the exercise. Not sure if that is what you are after, but it's a built-in option. From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Espero Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 2:08 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone The only thing I've seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ Check out the video. It's pretty informative. From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM To: ATHEN listserv Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have it change to text. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From PBuchmiller at columbiabasin.edu Mon Jan 27 12:50:39 2014 From: PBuchmiller at columbiabasin.edu (Buchmiller, Peggy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Help for a student with Cerebral Palsy and her writing Message-ID: We are working with a new student who cannot write nor use a keyboard, and her voice is not very functional for using " Naturally Speaking", due to her Cerebral Palsy. What computer input devices have you found to work well in this type of situation. I am looking for recommendations. Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:32 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone A colleague and I played with the Livescribe 3 pen for a short time when it first was released a few months ago. Very cool potential and it had decent recognition for handwriting for the mobile device. That said, we have not had the best success with the SmartPen 3 in an academic setting. The audio recording functionality is the mobile device itself (iPhone, iPad, etc.), so the capability is dependent on that device. Additionally, we had situations where the pen and mobile device became disconnected (i.e., no longer sync'ed) in the middle of a recording session resulting in a loss of notes. It was not clear if the app crashed or if it was between the pen and the device. Finally, the pen and device stopped functioning completely and we had to return the pen. It would not be a pleasant experience for a student. There is a new Livescribe+ app update now available, but we went back to the Echo pens. Fewer things to go wrong in the middle of a lecture. Here are a few options to consider: MyScript Memo (Free) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myscript-memo/id446368116?mt=8 Has good reviews WritePad ($4.99) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8# Reviews are average at best Penultimate from Evernote http://evernote.com/penultimate/whats_new/ios/ Has good reviews Penultimate is a REALLY nice app, but it does require Evernote sync'ing to get the handwriting recognition. I am not sure how well it would work for an iPhone. It works well for the iPad as there is a larger screen for writing. Take care, Sean On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:08 PM, "Robert Espero" > wrote: The only thing I've seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ Check out the video. It's pretty informative. From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM To: ATHEN listserv Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have it change to text. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhayman at u.washington.edu Mon Jan 27 13:04:08 2014 From: dhayman at u.washington.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Help for a student with Cerebral Palsy and her writing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Have you tried something like row-column scanning using an input switch triggered by something she is capable of activating consistently? Doug Hayman Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit On Mon, 27 Jan 2014, Buchmiller, Peggy wrote: > We are working with a new student who cannot write nor use a keyboard, and her voice is not very functional for using " Naturally Speaking", due to her Cerebral Palsy. What computer input devices have you found to work well in this type of situation. I am looking for recommendations. > > Peggy Buchmiller > Assistant Dean > Student Programs and Support Services > Director, Resource Center > Columbia Basin College > 509-542-4444 > pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:32 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone > > A colleague and I played with the Livescribe 3 pen for a short time when it first was released a few months ago. Very cool potential and it had decent recognition for handwriting for the mobile device. > > That said, we have not had the best success with the SmartPen 3 in an academic setting. The audio recording functionality is the mobile device itself (iPhone, iPad, etc.), so the capability is dependent on that device. Additionally, we had situations where the pen and mobile device became disconnected (i.e., no longer sync'ed) in the middle of a recording session resulting in a loss of notes. It was not clear if the app crashed or if it was between the pen and the device. Finally, the pen and device stopped functioning completely and we had to return the pen. It would not be a pleasant experience for a student. > > There is a new Livescribe+ app update now available, but we went back to the Echo pens. Fewer things to go wrong in the middle of a lecture. > > Here are a few options to consider: > > MyScript Memo (Free) > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myscript-memo/id446368116?mt=8 > Has good reviews > > WritePad ($4.99) > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8# > Reviews are average at best > > Penultimate from Evernote > http://evernote.com/penultimate/whats_new/ios/ > Has good reviews > > Penultimate is a REALLY nice app, but it does require Evernote sync'ing to get the handwriting recognition. I am not sure how well it would work for an iPhone. It works well for the iPad as there is a larger screen for writing. > > > Take care, > Sean > > > On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:08 PM, "Robert Espero" > wrote: > > > The only thing I've seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. > > http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ > > Check out the video. It's pretty informative. > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM > To: ATHEN listserv > Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone > > Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have it change to text. > > Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > From jsuttondc at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 13:07:56 2014 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone In-Reply-To: <02cf01cf1b9f$31ea9180$95bfb480$@travisroth.com> References: <00c701cf1b9b$83b7b7d0$8b272770$@uci.edu> <02cf01cf1b9f$31ea9180$95bfb480$@travisroth.com> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20140127130244.05c4a398@gmail.com> Here are a few links to podcasts, and such, that may be helpful in learning how to use the handwriting feature with IOS7 and Voiceover: Audio podcast: http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/activating-accessing-and-using-handwriting-mode-ios-7 Audio Podcast: http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/learn-how-use-voiceover-handwriting-feature-ios-7-help-doitwrite And a link to the DoItWrite app. in the Itunes Store. This app is discussed in the second podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/doitwrite/id742211884?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8 From PBuchmiller at columbiabasin.edu Mon Jan 27 13:18:13 2014 From: PBuchmiller at columbiabasin.edu (Buchmiller, Peggy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Help for a student with Cerebral Palsy and her writing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Doug, No we haven't tried that, but it seems like that would be for reading or accessing class materials. She is in English 102 and needs to write essays. Any ideas for that? We want her to be able to be independent, (if possible). Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Doug Hayman Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 1:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] Help for a student with Cerebral Palsy and her writing Have you tried something like row-column scanning using an input switch triggered by something she is capable of activating consistently? Doug Hayman Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit On Mon, 27 Jan 2014, Buchmiller, Peggy wrote: > We are working with a new student who cannot write nor use a keyboard, and her voice is not very functional for using " Naturally Speaking", due to her Cerebral Palsy. What computer input devices have you found to work well in this type of situation. I am looking for recommendations. > > Peggy Buchmiller > Assistant Dean > Student Programs and Support Services > Director, Resource Center > Columbia Basin College > 509-542-4444 > pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu > > From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > Sean Keegan > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:32 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone > > A colleague and I played with the Livescribe 3 pen for a short time when it first was released a few months ago. Very cool potential and it had decent recognition for handwriting for the mobile device. > > That said, we have not had the best success with the SmartPen 3 in an academic setting. The audio recording functionality is the mobile device itself (iPhone, iPad, etc.), so the capability is dependent on that device. Additionally, we had situations where the pen and mobile device became disconnected (i.e., no longer sync'ed) in the middle of a recording session resulting in a loss of notes. It was not clear if the app crashed or if it was between the pen and the device. Finally, the pen and device stopped functioning completely and we had to return the pen. It would not be a pleasant experience for a student. > > There is a new Livescribe+ app update now available, but we went back to the Echo pens. Fewer things to go wrong in the middle of a lecture. > > Here are a few options to consider: > > MyScript Memo (Free) > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myscript-memo/id446368116?mt=8 > Has good reviews > > WritePad ($4.99) > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8# nes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8> > Reviews are average at best > > Penultimate from Evernote > http://evernote.com/penultimate/whats_new/ios/ > Has good reviews > > Penultimate is a REALLY nice app, but it does require Evernote sync'ing to get the handwriting recognition. I am not sure how well it would work for an iPhone. It works well for the iPad as there is a larger screen for writing. > > > Take care, > Sean > > > On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:08 PM, "Robert Espero" > wrote: > > > The only thing I've seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. > > http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ > > Check out the video. It's pretty informative. > > From: > athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu @mailman2.u.washington.edu> > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu es@mailman2.u.washington.edu>] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM > To: ATHEN listserv > Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone > > Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have it change to text. > > Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu ington.edu> > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From shahidak at echo.rutgers.edu Mon Jan 27 13:32:47 2014 From: shahidak at echo.rutgers.edu (Shahida Khaliq) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Help for a student with Cerebral Palsy and her writing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Peggy Don't rule out Dragon Naturally Speaking. A former student of ours who graduated last summer had severe Cerebral Palsy and was able work very well with the Dragon. We were skeptical at first but it ended up being a marvelous help and confidence booster for him. Even despite the fact his voice would change as he grew more tired the Dragon kept up with him and gave him the independence he wanted. He used it to write his blogs. In fact the Dragon worked better than some scribes because they would have difficulty understanding him. For examinations admittedly we still used a scribe, however the change in the student was incredible with the Dragon. This was a student who had to have an aide at all times. Best Regards Shahida Khaliq Coordinator for Alternate Format Text & Adaptive Tech. Office of Disability Services Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Lucy Stone Hall, Livingston Campus 54 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Suite A145 Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 Phone # (848) 445-6800 Fax # (732) 445-3388 Office Hours Monday- Friday 8:30am-5:00pm Website: https://ods.rutgers.edu Making a Key Difference From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Buchmiller, Peggy Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 3:51 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Help for a student with Cerebral Palsy and her writing We are working with a new student who cannot write nor use a keyboard, and her voice is not very functional for using " Naturally Speaking", due to her Cerebral Palsy. What computer input devices have you found to work well in this type of situation. I am looking for recommendations. Peggy Buchmiller Assistant Dean Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 pbuchmiller@columbiabasin.edu From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:32 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone A colleague and I played with the Livescribe 3 pen for a short time when it first was released a few months ago. Very cool potential and it had decent recognition for handwriting for the mobile device. That said, we have not had the best success with the SmartPen 3 in an academic setting. The audio recording functionality is the mobile device itself (iPhone, iPad, etc.), so the capability is dependent on that device. Additionally, we had situations where the pen and mobile device became disconnected (i.e., no longer sync'ed) in the middle of a recording session resulting in a loss of notes. It was not clear if the app crashed or if it was between the pen and the device. Finally, the pen and device stopped functioning completely and we had to return the pen. It would not be a pleasant experience for a student. There is a new Livescribe+ app update now available, but we went back to the Echo pens. Fewer things to go wrong in the middle of a lecture. Here are a few options to consider: MyScript Memo (Free) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myscript-memo/id446368116?mt=8 Has good reviews WritePad ($4.99) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8# Reviews are average at best Penultimate from Evernote http://evernote.com/penultimate/whats_new/ios/ Has good reviews Penultimate is a REALLY nice app, but it does require Evernote sync'ing to get the handwriting recognition. I am not sure how well it would work for an iPhone. It works well for the iPad as there is a larger screen for writing. Take care, Sean On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:08 PM, "Robert Espero" > wrote: The only thing I've seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ Check out the video. It's pretty informative. From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM To: ATHEN listserv Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have it change to text. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nettiet at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 14:07:47 2014 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone In-Reply-To: References: <00c701cf1b9b$83b7b7d0$8b272770$@uci.edu> Message-ID: Not osure if I am off the intent of the topic but, if this person can write, how about using the free google drive to write down and have it save to the google drive account.? Maybe a silly question, but just wondering Nettie's nickel On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Sean Keegan wrote: > A colleague and I played with the Livescribe 3 pen for a short time when > it first was released a few months ago. Very cool potential and it had > decent recognition for handwriting for the mobile device. > > That said, we have not had the best success with the SmartPen 3 in an > academic setting. The audio recording functionality is the mobile device > itself (iPhone, iPad, etc.), so the capability is dependent on that device. > Additionally, we had situations where the pen and mobile device became > disconnected (i.e., no longer sync'ed) in the middle of a recording session > resulting in a loss of notes. It was not clear if the app crashed or if it > was between the pen and the device. Finally, the pen and device stopped > functioning completely and we had to return the pen. It would not be a > pleasant experience for a student. > > There is a new Livescribe+ app update now available, but we went back to > the Echo pens. Fewer things to go wrong in the middle of a lecture. > > Here are a few options to consider: > > MyScript Memo (Free) > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myscript-memo/id446368116?mt=8 > Has good reviews > > WritePad ($4.99) > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8# > Reviews are average at best > > Penultimate from Evernote > http://evernote.com/penultimate/whats_new/ios/ > Has good reviews > > Penultimate is a REALLY nice app, but it does require Evernote sync'ing to > get the handwriting recognition. I am not sure how well it would work for > an iPhone. It works well for the iPad as there is a larger screen for > writing. > > > Take care, > Sean > > > On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:08 PM, "Robert Espero" wrote: > > The only thing I?ve seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means > having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. > > http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ > > Check out the video. It?s pretty informative. > > *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen- > list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM > *To:* ATHEN listserv > *Subject:* [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone > > Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We > have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have > it change to text. > > Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- *Nettie T. Fischer, ATPAssistive Technology Professional* *RESNA Certified* *California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP Consultantswww.nettietatpconsultants.com * *[916] 686-1860 FAX(916) 704-1456 Cell* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 15:10:32 2014 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone In-Reply-To: References: <00c701cf1b9b$83b7b7d0$8b272770$@uci.edu> Message-ID: Thank you one and all! I really appreciate the info. Didn't know that VoiceOver in iOS 7 has handwriting recognition. We'd thought about the Livescribe 3. Since she doesn't need to record, it seems wiser to look for an alternative vs paying so much for the pen. Hi Nettie, This person can write, but she's looking for a way to write her information and then have it automatically changed to a typed text that can be manipulated (re-arranged). Stay warm & safe! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Nettie Fischer wrote: > Not osure if I am off the intent of the topic but, if this person can > write, how about using the free google drive to write down and have it save > to the google drive account.? Maybe a silly question, but just wondering > > Nettie's nickel > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Sean Keegan wrote: > >> A colleague and I played with the Livescribe 3 pen for a short time when >> it first was released a few months ago. Very cool potential and it had >> decent recognition for handwriting for the mobile device. >> >> That said, we have not had the best success with the SmartPen 3 in an >> academic setting. The audio recording functionality is the mobile device >> itself (iPhone, iPad, etc.), so the capability is dependent on that device. >> Additionally, we had situations where the pen and mobile device became >> disconnected (i.e., no longer sync'ed) in the middle of a recording session >> resulting in a loss of notes. It was not clear if the app crashed or if it >> was between the pen and the device. Finally, the pen and device stopped >> functioning completely and we had to return the pen. It would not be a >> pleasant experience for a student. >> >> There is a new Livescribe+ app update now available, but we went back to >> the Echo pens. Fewer things to go wrong in the middle of a lecture. >> >> Here are a few options to consider: >> >> MyScript Memo (Free) >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myscript-memo/id446368116?mt=8 >> Has good reviews >> >> WritePad ($4.99) >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8# >> Reviews are average at best >> >> Penultimate from Evernote >> http://evernote.com/penultimate/whats_new/ios/ >> Has good reviews >> >> Penultimate is a REALLY nice app, but it does require Evernote sync'ing >> to get the handwriting recognition. I am not sure how well it would work >> for an iPhone. It works well for the iPad as there is a larger screen for >> writing. >> >> >> Take care, >> Sean >> >> >> On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:08 PM, "Robert Espero" wrote: >> >> The only thing I?ve seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means >> having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. >> >> http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ >> >> Check out the video. It?s pretty informative. >> >> *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen- >> list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Heidi Scher >> *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM >> *To:* ATHEN listserv >> *Subject:* [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone >> >> Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We >> have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have >> it change to text. >> >> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! >> >> Heidi >> >> +++++++++++++++ >> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >> Associate Director >> Center for Educational Access >> University of Arkansas >> ARKU 104 >> Fayetteville, AR 72701 >> 479.575.3104 >> 479.575.7445 fax >> 479.575.3646 tdd >> +++++++++++++++ >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > -- > > *Nettie T. Fischer, ATP Assistive Technology Professional* > *RESNA Certified* > > > > > *California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP > Consultantswww.nettietatpconsultants.com > * > > *[916] 686-1860 <%5B916%5D%20686-1860> FAX(916) 704-1456 > <%28916%29%20704-1456> Cell* > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nettiet at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 15:58:25 2014 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone In-Reply-To: References: <00c701cf1b9b$83b7b7d0$8b272770$@uci.edu> Message-ID: I was just playing with an app called WritePad. I wrote something, and, it transcribed to text, next step: sent it to myself via email and tadaa - copied and pasted into a word document. I realize this take quite few steps but it does transcribe to editable text. Oops on me, I cannot remember if it was a free app or fee app. Nettie's nickel. On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Heidi Scher wrote: > Thank you one and all! I really appreciate the info. Didn't know that > VoiceOver in iOS 7 has handwriting recognition. We'd thought about the > Livescribe 3. Since she doesn't need to record, it seems wiser to look for > an alternative vs paying so much for the pen. > > Hi Nettie, This person can write, but she's looking for a way to write > her information and then have it automatically changed to a typed text that > can be manipulated (re-arranged). > > Stay warm & safe! > Heidi > > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Nettie Fischer wrote: > >> Not osure if I am off the intent of the topic but, if this person can >> write, how about using the free google drive to write down and have it save >> to the google drive account.? Maybe a silly question, but just wondering >> >> Nettie's nickel >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Sean Keegan wrote: >> >>> A colleague and I played with the Livescribe 3 pen for a short time when >>> it first was released a few months ago. Very cool potential and it had >>> decent recognition for handwriting for the mobile device. >>> >>> That said, we have not had the best success with the SmartPen 3 in an >>> academic setting. The audio recording functionality is the mobile device >>> itself (iPhone, iPad, etc.), so the capability is dependent on that device. >>> Additionally, we had situations where the pen and mobile device became >>> disconnected (i.e., no longer sync'ed) in the middle of a recording session >>> resulting in a loss of notes. It was not clear if the app crashed or if it >>> was between the pen and the device. Finally, the pen and device stopped >>> functioning completely and we had to return the pen. It would not be a >>> pleasant experience for a student. >>> >>> There is a new Livescribe+ app update now available, but we went back to >>> the Echo pens. Fewer things to go wrong in the middle of a lecture. >>> >>> Here are a few options to consider: >>> >>> MyScript Memo (Free) >>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myscript-memo/id446368116?mt=8 >>> Has good reviews >>> >>> WritePad ($4.99) >>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8# >>> Reviews are average at best >>> >>> Penultimate from Evernote >>> http://evernote.com/penultimate/whats_new/ios/ >>> Has good reviews >>> >>> Penultimate is a REALLY nice app, but it does require Evernote sync'ing >>> to get the handwriting recognition. I am not sure how well it would work >>> for an iPhone. It works well for the iPad as there is a larger screen for >>> writing. >>> >>> >>> Take care, >>> Sean >>> >>> >>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:08 PM, "Robert Espero" wrote: >>> >>> The only thing I?ve seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means >>> having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. >>> >>> http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ >>> >>> Check out the video. It?s pretty informative. >>> >>> *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen- >>> list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Heidi Scher >>> *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM >>> *To:* ATHEN listserv >>> *Subject:* [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone >>> >>> Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We >>> have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have >>> it change to text. >>> >>> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! >>> >>> Heidi >>> >>> +++++++++++++++ >>> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >>> Associate Director >>> Center for Educational Access >>> University of Arkansas >>> ARKU 104 >>> Fayetteville, AR 72701 >>> 479.575.3104 >>> 479.575.7445 fax >>> 479.575.3646 tdd >>> +++++++++++++++ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Nettie T. Fischer, ATP Assistive Technology Professional* >> *RESNA Certified* >> >> >> >> >> *California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP >> Consultantswww.nettietatpconsultants.com >> * >> >> *[916] 686-1860 <%5B916%5D%20686-1860> FAX(916) 704-1456 >> <%28916%29%20704-1456> Cell* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- *Nettie T. Fischer, ATPAssistive Technology Professional* *RESNA Certified* *California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP Consultantswww.nettietatpconsultants.com * *[916] 686-1860 FAX(916) 704-1456 Cell* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nettiet at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 16:18:08 2014 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone In-Reply-To: References: <00c701cf1b9b$83b7b7d0$8b272770$@uci.edu> Message-ID: Me again, ouch, the question is sticking in my brain. Here goes try 2 I opened my PhatPad app which transcribes handwriting to text that can then be share to via evernote, email pdf print tweet facebook and share via WiFi (not sure what this one does.) I wrote a short sentence, and after remembering how to transcribe to text, sent it to my oops email - It transcribes each time you hit the enter key. You need to write a single work, then press and select the word, then drag to capture the word at which time I increased the text box. A line screen appears at the bottom of the screen -this is your writing slate. Each time you tap the enter key, the text is transcribe to print. Maybe this will work, Nettie's nickel Nettie On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Heidi Scher wrote: > Thank you one and all! I really appreciate the info. Didn't know that > VoiceOver in iOS 7 has handwriting recognition. We'd thought about the > Livescribe 3. Since she doesn't need to record, it seems wiser to look for > an alternative vs paying so much for the pen. > > Hi Nettie, This person can write, but she's looking for a way to write > her information and then have it automatically changed to a typed text that > can be manipulated (re-arranged). > > Stay warm & safe! > Heidi > > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Nettie Fischer wrote: > >> Not osure if I am off the intent of the topic but, if this person can >> write, how about using the free google drive to write down and have it save >> to the google drive account.? Maybe a silly question, but just wondering >> >> Nettie's nickel >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Sean Keegan wrote: >> >>> A colleague and I played with the Livescribe 3 pen for a short time when >>> it first was released a few months ago. Very cool potential and it had >>> decent recognition for handwriting for the mobile device. >>> >>> That said, we have not had the best success with the SmartPen 3 in an >>> academic setting. The audio recording functionality is the mobile device >>> itself (iPhone, iPad, etc.), so the capability is dependent on that device. >>> Additionally, we had situations where the pen and mobile device became >>> disconnected (i.e., no longer sync'ed) in the middle of a recording session >>> resulting in a loss of notes. It was not clear if the app crashed or if it >>> was between the pen and the device. Finally, the pen and device stopped >>> functioning completely and we had to return the pen. It would not be a >>> pleasant experience for a student. >>> >>> There is a new Livescribe+ app update now available, but we went back to >>> the Echo pens. Fewer things to go wrong in the middle of a lecture. >>> >>> Here are a few options to consider: >>> >>> MyScript Memo (Free) >>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myscript-memo/id446368116?mt=8 >>> Has good reviews >>> >>> WritePad ($4.99) >>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8# >>> Reviews are average at best >>> >>> Penultimate from Evernote >>> http://evernote.com/penultimate/whats_new/ios/ >>> Has good reviews >>> >>> Penultimate is a REALLY nice app, but it does require Evernote sync'ing >>> to get the handwriting recognition. I am not sure how well it would work >>> for an iPhone. It works well for the iPad as there is a larger screen for >>> writing. >>> >>> >>> Take care, >>> Sean >>> >>> >>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:08 PM, "Robert Espero" wrote: >>> >>> The only thing I?ve seen promising is the Livescribe+ App, but it means >>> having to purchase a Livescribe SmartPen 3. >>> >>> http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/ >>> >>> Check out the video. It?s pretty informative. >>> >>> *From:* athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen- >>> list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Heidi Scher >>> *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM >>> *To:* ATHEN listserv >>> *Subject:* [Athen] Handwriting recognition apps for iPhone >>> >>> Has anyone found a good handwriting recognition app for the iPhone? We >>> have a student who needs to be able to write the information, but then have >>> it change to text. >>> >>> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! >>> >>> Heidi >>> >>> +++++++++++++++ >>> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >>> Associate Director >>> Center for Educational Access >>> University of Arkansas >>> ARKU 104 >>> Fayetteville, AR 72701 >>> 479.575.3104 >>> 479.575.7445 fax >>> 479.575.3646 tdd >>> +++++++++++++++ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Nettie T. Fischer, ATP Assistive Technology Professional* >> *RESNA Certified* >> >> >> >> >> *California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP >> Consultantswww.nettietatpconsultants.com >> * >> >> *[916] 686-1860 <%5B916%5D%20686-1860> FAX(916) 704-1456 >> <%28916%29%20704-1456> Cell* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman2.u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- *Nettie T. Fischer, ATPAssistive Technology Professional* *RESNA Certified* *California Certified NPA Nettiet, ATP Consultantswww.nettietatpconsultants.com * *[916] 686-1860 FAX(916) 704-1456 Cell* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There are scholarships available from http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm This 4-part series explores creating and working with tagged PDF documents. The four weeks will cover an introduction to tagged PDF, creating a tagged PDF document using Microsoft Word and other Microsoft Office tools, how to make legacy documents more accessible and repair techniques for images and links. This webinar series does not cover forms and is designed as an overview or introduction to accessible PDF documents. Week One: The Basics of Tagged PDF ? What is tagged PDF? ?How do Tags make PDF documents more accessible? ?What does a Tags Tree look like? ? Infer Reading Order and Virtual Tags. ?Saving a PDF document as another format/what might be missing. Week Two: Elements of a Well-Structured Document ?Save as PDF in Word. ? Adobe Acrobat Pro add-in for Office. ?Settings for both the Microsoft and Adobe save as PDF tools. ? Word 2013 ? PDF Reflow and Resume Reading tools. ? 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To register online and make payment online using credit card, check or PO, go to http://easi.cc/clinic.htm Any problems email norm.coombs@gmail.com From smartin at necc.mass.edu Thu Jan 30 13:04:30 2014 From: smartin at necc.mass.edu (Martin, Susan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Speech Recognition software to capture meetings? Message-ID: <8F2C78F75C81C44EA9D31E0B880D700C5DD68F69@havex10.necc.mass.edu> Hi Everyone- Is anyone aware a Speech Recognition Software that can capture a meeting discussion with many different speakers? Thank you, Susan Susan J. Martin M.Ed- Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One-Stop Student Services Center SC-111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ron at ahead.org Thu Jan 30 13:16:49 2014 From: ron at ahead.org (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Speech Recognition software to capture meetings? In-Reply-To: <8F2C78F75C81C44EA9D31E0B880D700C5DD68F69@havex10.necc.mass.edu> References: <8F2C78F75C81C44EA9D31E0B880D700C5DD68F69@havex10.necc.mass.edu> Message-ID: <0c6501cf1e00$9749c060$c5dd4120$@ahead.org> No unfortunately as far as I am aware no such a solution exists. Your best bet would be to use CART to develop the transcript but make sure that provision of the transcript is part of the contract. Voice Recognition will not work unless the speakers have trained the software and it is only good for one speaker at a time. Have tried the various solutions in a highly didactic graduate seminar and we basically burned out the other possible systems do to input overload. Ron Stewart From: athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:05 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Speech Recognition software to capture meetings? Hi Everyone- Is anyone aware a Speech Recognition Software that can capture a meeting discussion with many different speakers? Thank you, Susan Susan J. Martin M.Ed- Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One-Stop Student Services Center SC-111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhayman at u.washington.edu Thu Jan 30 13:19:21 2014 From: dhayman at u.washington.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Speech Recognition software to capture meetings? In-Reply-To: <8F2C78F75C81C44EA9D31E0B880D700C5DD68F69@havex10.necc.mass.edu> References: <8F2C78F75C81C44EA9D31E0B880D700C5DD68F69@havex10.necc.mass.edu> Message-ID: That software only exists on the old Star Trek bridge. I suspect the NSA has such too but gear but they probably won't share with the rest of us. Doug Hayman Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Martin, Susan wrote: > Hi Everyone- Is anyone aware a Speech Recognition Software that can > capture a meeting discussion with many different speakers? Thank you, > Susan > > Susan J. Martin M.Ed- Director > > The Learning Accommodations Center > Northern Essex Community College > Behrakis One-Stop Student Services Center SC-111B > 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 > Tel# 978-556-3647 > Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu > Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you > > > From karen.sorensen at pcc.edu Thu Jan 30 18:42:00 2014 From: karen.sorensen at pcc.edu (Karen Sorensen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Excellent scholarly articles on Post Secondary Message-ID: Hi to my favorite listservs! (Sorry to those who will receive this twice.) Have you all read the excellent Sloan journal articles on Integrating Accessibility into Online Education? I am thoroughly enjoying them and learning many things that I'm going to integrate into our processes and trainings. Thanks to any of the authors who follow these listservs! You rock! I would have liked to see one more article on what schools are doing about inaccessible publisher content. This is a big problem area for us. Thanks! Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 *"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."* Tim Berners-Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: