From dabrus at purdue.edu Mon Nov 3 07:07:08 2014 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader In-Reply-To: <1906077047.7840927.1414083451861.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> References: <1906077047.7840927.1414083451861.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE48582219@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl> Many thanks to all who replied. Marcie and Sean - The room is being used as a group meeting for the student's study group. (This program has many students at a distance, including this student.) It doesn't appear that slides are part of this meeting. Marcie - Thanks for checking on the possibility of JAWS script files. That did not occur to me. Sean - yes, everyone has to authenticate to use the system. And that part is accessible. After clicking the JOIN button to enter the room, that's when the system throws an error and hangs. Update: WebEx Support has been working with us. We have discovered that the error doesn't occur with a previous version of WebEx. They are investigating. Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 12:58 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader Hi Dean, Is it possible to create a hyperlink by which the student can click on the link and get directed right into the WebEx meeting? It has been some time since I used WebEx, but I do remember receiving hyperlinks in which I could get immediately logged into a WebEx meeting. That said, if there are authentication restrictions, then you may not be able to go directly into the meeting. In terms of access to the slides, I think Marcie has the best solution in which to send those straight to the student. Otherwise, you will have to rely on the presenter to provide all the information during the session and that does not always happen. I did find the Cisco WebEx Meetings Server User Guide (ver 1.5) that contains some of the supported shortcut commands: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/collaboration/CWMS/1_5/User_Guide/User_Guide_chapter_01101.html Not sure what version you may be dealing with, but perhaps that might help. In terms of other platforms that are available - I have tried using Blue Jeans with VoiceOver and have to say that I am pleasantly surprised. Here is their accessibility site (http://bluejeans.com/features/accessibility). Unfortunately, there is not much information, but I found that as a participant, I was able to get to many of the controls and functions in the interface just using the tab and arrow keys. No crazy keyboard combinations required. The only major issue I encountered was the use of modal windows (or dialog windows), in which I had to click on a button before continuing. While I could navigate to the buttons in the modal window, for some reason I was not able to activate the button. That said, all I was trying to do was leave the meeting, so closing the browser window accomplished the same task. I don't know if it has ALL the same features as WebEx, but it seemed to do basic video conferencing very well. Take care, Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcie Dimac" To: "ATHEN mailing list" Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 6:41:31 AM Subject: Re: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader Can you have the presenter send over the slides so the student has access to those? Will Webex launch (so student can listen) but is just not allowing student to interface with program (i.e. Ask a question in chat or answer a poll question?) I did some quick research, seems that no script files have been written for webex to make it compatible with JAWS (that I could find) Just my two cents! Marcie Dima?, M.A. Ed. *Please note, my email has changed to mdimac@kent.edu Coordinator, Assistive Technology Student Accessibility Services Kent State University Ground Floor, Rm. 23 DeWeese Center P.O. Box 5190 Kent, Ohio 44242 Phone: 330-672-3391 Fax: 330-672-3763 Email: mdimac@kent.edu www.kent.edu/sas Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail message may contain confidential information intended only for use of the individual or entity named. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please do not read, use, disclose, copy or distribute this message and do not take any action in reliance upon it. If you have received this transmission in error, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. Please delete it from your system without copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply e-mail or by calling 330-672-3001. From: , "Dean A." < dabrus@purdue.edu > Reply-To: ATHEN mailing list < athen-list@u.washington.edu > Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:30 AM To: ATHEN mailing list < athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader Hi, I?m looking for a fix or a workaround. A student using JAWS is unable to enter a WebEx meeting room. He is using JAWS 15 and tried both IE and Chrome. I replicated the problem using both JAWS 15 and NVDA with Firefox. Our WebEx admin is submitting a ticket. I feel I have a better chance of getting a resolution from all of you. Thanks for any insights you can share! Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 Phone: 765-494-9082 dabrus@purdue.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From mdimac at kent.edu Mon Nov 3 07:14:18 2014 From: mdimac at kent.edu (Dimac, Marcie) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader In-Reply-To: <6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE48582219@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl> References: <1906077047.7840927.1414083451861.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> <6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE48582219@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl> Message-ID: Thanks so much for the updates. Our university also uses WebEx so I would be very interested in the final outcome - good to know that the previous version seems to be working! Thanks again, Marcie Dima?, M.A. Ed. *Please note, my email has changed to mdimac@kent.edu Coordinator, Assistive Technology Student Accessibility Services Kent State University Ground Floor, Rm. 23 DeWeese Center P.O. Box 5190 Kent, Ohio 44242 Phone: 330-672-3391 Fax: 330-672-3763 Email: mdimac@kent.edu www.kent.edu/sas Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail message may contain confidential information intended only for use of the individual or entity named. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please do not read, use, disclose, copy or distribute this message and do not take any action in reliance upon it. If you have received this transmission in error, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. Please delete it from your system without copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply e-mail or by calling 330-672-3001. On 11/3/14, 10:07 AM, "Brusnighan, Dean A." wrote: >Many thanks to all who replied. > >Marcie and Sean - The room is being used as a group meeting for the >student's study group. (This program has many students at a distance, >including this student.) It doesn't appear that slides are part of this >meeting. > >Marcie - Thanks for checking on the possibility of JAWS script files. >That did not occur to me. > >Sean - yes, everyone has to authenticate to use the system. And that part >is accessible. After clicking the JOIN button to enter the room, that's >when the system throws an error and hangs. > >Update: WebEx Support has been working with us. We have discovered that >the error doesn't occur with a previous version of WebEx. They are >investigating. > >Dean > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Dean Brusnighan >Assistive Technology Specialist >Purdue University, Young Hall >155 S. Grant Street >West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 >Phone: 765-494-9082 >dabrus@purdue.edu >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] >On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan >Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 12:58 PM >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >Subject: Re: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen >reader > >Hi Dean, > >Is it possible to create a hyperlink by which the student can click on >the link and get directed right into the WebEx meeting? It has been some >time since I used WebEx, but I do remember receiving hyperlinks in which >I could get immediately logged into a WebEx meeting. That said, if there >are authentication restrictions, then you may not be able to go directly >into the meeting. > >In terms of access to the slides, I think Marcie has the best solution in >which to send those straight to the student. Otherwise, you will have to >rely on the presenter to provide all the information during the session >and that does not always happen. > >I did find the Cisco WebEx Meetings Server User Guide (ver 1.5) that >contains some of the supported shortcut commands: >http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/collaboration/CWMS/1_5/User_Guide/Use >r_Guide_chapter_01101.html > >Not sure what version you may be dealing with, but perhaps that might >help. > > >In terms of other platforms that are available - I have tried using Blue >Jeans with VoiceOver and have to say that I am pleasantly surprised. Here >is their accessibility site >(http://bluejeans.com/features/accessibility). Unfortunately, there is >not much information, but I found that as a participant, I was able to >get to many of the controls and functions in the interface just using the >tab and arrow keys. No crazy keyboard combinations required. > >The only major issue I encountered was the use of modal windows (or >dialog windows), in which I had to click on a button before continuing. >While I could navigate to the buttons in the modal window, for some >reason I was not able to activate the button. That said, all I was trying >to do was leave the meeting, so closing the browser window accomplished >the same task. I don't know if it has ALL the same features as WebEx, but >it seemed to do basic video conferencing very well. > > >Take care, >Sean > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marcie Dimac" >To: "ATHEN mailing list" >Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 6:41:31 AM >Subject: Re: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen >reader > >Can you have the presenter send over the slides so the student has access >to those? Will Webex launch (so student can listen) but is just not >allowing student to interface with program (i.e. Ask a question in chat >or answer a poll question?) > >I did some quick research, seems that no script files have been written >for webex to make it compatible with JAWS (that I could find) > >Just my two cents! > >Marcie Dima?, M.A. Ed. > >*Please note, my email has changed to mdimac@kent.edu > >Coordinator, Assistive Technology >Student Accessibility Services >Kent State University >Ground Floor, Rm. 23 >DeWeese Center >P.O. Box 5190 >Kent, Ohio 44242 > >Phone: 330-672-3391 >Fax: 330-672-3763 >Email: mdimac@kent.edu > >www.kent.edu/sas >Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the use of the >individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail message may >contain confidential information intended only for use of the individual >or entity named. If the reader of this message is not the intended >recipient, please do not read, use, disclose, copy or distribute this >message and do not take any action in reliance upon it. If you have >received this transmission in error, you are hereby notified that any >dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is >prohibited. Please delete it from your system without copying or >forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply e-mail or by >calling 330-672-3001. > > >From: , "Dean A." < dabrus@purdue.edu > >Reply-To: ATHEN mailing list < athen-list@u.washington.edu > >Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:30 AM >To: ATHEN mailing list < athen-list@u.washington.edu > >Subject: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader > > > >Hi, > > > >I'm looking for a fix or a workaround. > > > >A student using JAWS is unable to enter a WebEx meeting room. He is using >JAWS 15 and tried both IE and Chrome. I replicated the problem using both >JAWS 15 and NVDA with Firefox. > > > >Our WebEx admin is submitting a ticket. I feel I have a better chance of >getting a resolution from all of you. Thanks for any insights you can >share! > > > >Dean > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Dean Brusnighan > >Assistive Technology Specialist > >Purdue University, Young Hall > >155 S. Grant Street > >West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108 > >Phone: 765-494-9082 > >dabrus@purdue.edu > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From erinlau at umich.edu Tue Nov 4 07:10:30 2014 From: erinlau at umich.edu (Erin Lauridsen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Braille Embossers Message-ID: Hello, We are considering upgrading from our current Braille Embosser, a Romeo, to something more robust and with the capacity for embossing graphics. The obvious candidates seem to be Index and Tiger. I'd love to hear experiences with either of these brands, and if there are other models folks think are worth considering. Thanks for Your Input, Erin -- Erin Lauridsen Screen Reader Specialist University of Michigan erinlau@umich.edu (734) 764-7825 From express_able at yahoo.com Tue Nov 4 08:16:01 2014 From: express_able at yahoo.com (Chris Johnson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] free screen magnification In-Reply-To: <5453ba9f.847db60a.1fb0.ffff905f@mx.google.com> References: <5453ba9f.847db60a.1fb0.ffff905f@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <5458FBC1.30404@yahoo.com> Both operating systems offer competent full-screen magnification. For Windows, activate with Windows key and plus or minus keys. Be sure to use full-screen magnification in the options. Adjust the ClearType feature as well. On Macs, zoom has to be turned on in Accessibility but works great too. A former reseller for some of the expensive stuff, I rarely recommend it anymore, unless their vision demands a certain clarity not possible on Windows. However low vision is not a black or white diagnosis, and trying a variety of options is the best bet. Need speech? add NVDA free. Chris Johnson expressABLE Casper, WY chris@eable.org Twitter: @eablorg On 10/31/14 10:36 AM, Prof Norm Coombs wrote: > Hi: > > ASs a blind user, I cannot evaluate the built-in features of recent > versions of windows...7 and 8 or similar features in the Mac. > I had the impression a few years ago that, especially in Windows, its > magnification features were quite poor. I now have the impression that > that is considerably improved. > I'm not sure how to ask my question, but how much should I continue to > urge low vision and some LD users to purchase expensive screen mag > systems or how much can such people manage with the operating system > features??? > > Norm > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From danc at uw.edu Tue Nov 4 09:07:32 2014 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] free screen magnification In-Reply-To: <5458FBC1.30404@yahoo.com> References: <5453ba9f.847db60a.1fb0.ffff905f@mx.google.com> <5458FBC1.30404@yahoo.com> Message-ID: Chris, I'll respectfully disagree. In my opinion the magnification in Windows is bare minimum for many low vision users. For those who need more than about 2x magnification, the features in third party apps such as ZoomText and MAGic are indispensable. Custom pointers and cursors and the ability to freeze areas of the screen are just a few of the features unavailable Windows Magnifier in bundled magnification that allow someone with low vision to be more efficient and productive. And the TTS tools are very superior to NVDA for sighted reading. Yes, there's a nice highlighting add-on for NVDA ( http://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/focusHighlight.en.html) but Win Magnifier does not track the NVDA reading cursor with keyboard operation. For Mac magnification, I do agree with you. For now, the MacOS magnification is pretty good until we get some quality external apps that contain functionality comparable to the third-party options available for Windows. -*- Dan On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Chris Johnson wrote: > Both operating systems offer competent full-screen magnification. > For Windows, activate with Windows key and plus or minus keys. Be sure to > use full-screen magnification in the options. Adjust the ClearType feature > as well. > On Macs, zoom has to be turned on in Accessibility but works great too. > A former reseller for some of the expensive stuff, I rarely recommend it > anymore, unless their vision demands a certain clarity not possible on > Windows. However low vision is not a black or white diagnosis, and trying > a variety of options is the best bet. > > Need speech? add NVDA free. > > Chris Johnson > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'd love to hear >experiences with either of these brands, and if there are other models >folks think are worth considering. > >Thanks for Your Input, >Erin > > >-- >Erin Lauridsen >Screen Reader Specialist >University of Michigan >erinlau@umich.edu >(734) 764-7825 >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From danc at uw.edu Tue Nov 4 16:20:30 2014 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Braille Embossers In-Reply-To: <201411041855.sA4It8oM010282@mail.ucla.edu> References: <201411041855.sA4It8oM010282@mail.ucla.edu> Message-ID: Another vote for the Juliet Pro from Enabling. We have had one for quite a few years and it's been a faithful workhorse that outlived two Index machines. We about had it maxed out when we were regularly creating braille for four different people on campus, so if your needs are predicted to be greater than that, consider a higher output embosser or getting more than one. Also include an acoustic cabinet if it will be placed anywhere people have to work because they're really noisy. I haven't yet seen an embosser that can do duplex braille and include good graphics. As Patrick said, the Tiger line is hard to beat for graphics. ET's Phoenix is worth a look as well. We typically create graphics as a separate work process and interleave with the text braille as needed. You may be able to retain your existing embosser for text and get something for graphics. -*- Dan On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Patrick Burke wrote: > Hi Erin, > > The Tiger is definitely great for graphics. If that's your main purpose, > then it's hard to beat. > > We have had Index embossers here for years, & they are excellent & super > fast, although the dots aren't as crisp as other embossers (at default > settings anyway). The lower dots make for faster reading for some people, > but others find them not as clear. > > You should also check out the Juliet (regular or Pro), also from Enabling. > > Patrick > > > At 07:10 AM 11/4/2014, Erin Lauridsen wrote: > >> Hello, >> We are considering upgrading from our current Braille Embosser, a >> Romeo, to something more robust and with the capacity for embossing >> graphics. >> The obvious candidates seem to be Index and Tiger. I'd love to hear >> experiences with either of these brands, and if there are other models >> folks think are worth considering. >> >> Thanks for Your Input, >> Erin >> >> >> -- >> Erin Lauridsen >> Screen Reader Specialist >> University of Michigan >> erinlau@umich.edu >> (734) 764-7825 >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Tue Nov 4 23:44:58 2014 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Braille Embossers In-Reply-To: References: <201411041855.sA4It8oM010282@mail.ucla.edu> Message-ID: <8507D042-2B9D-4D38-B0CB-E76E57718699@gmail.com> And to add to Dan's remarks about the noise protection case, if you have heavy output and more the one machine, consider a separate venting system. Not only are the embossers noisy, they create a LOT of dust! Wink Wink Harner foreigntype@gmail.com > On Nov 4, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Dan Comden wrote: > > Another vote for the Juliet Pro from Enabling. We have had one for quite a few years and it's been a faithful workhorse that outlived two Index machines. We about had it maxed out when we were regularly creating braille for four different people on campus, so if your needs are predicted to be greater than that, consider a higher output embosser or getting more than one. Also include an acoustic cabinet if it will be placed anywhere people have to work because they're really noisy. > > I haven't yet seen an embosser that can do duplex braille and include good graphics. As Patrick said, the Tiger line is hard to beat for graphics. ET's Phoenix is worth a look as well. We typically create graphics as a separate work process and interleave with the text braille as needed. You may be able to retain your existing embosser for text and get something for graphics. > > -*- Dan > > >> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Patrick Burke wrote: >> Hi Erin, >> >> The Tiger is definitely great for graphics. If that's your main purpose, then it's hard to beat. >> >> We have had Index embossers here for years, & they are excellent & super fast, although the dots aren't as crisp as other embossers (at default settings anyway). The lower dots make for faster reading for some people, but others find them not as clear. >> >> You should also check out the Juliet (regular or Pro), also from Enabling. >> >> Patrick >> >> >> At 07:10 AM 11/4/2014, Erin Lauridsen wrote: >>> Hello, >>> We are considering upgrading from our current Braille Embosser, a >>> Romeo, to something more robust and with the capacity for embossing >>> graphics. >>> The obvious candidates seem to be Index and Tiger. I'd love to hear >>> experiences with either of these brands, and if there are other models >>> folks think are worth considering. >>> >>> Thanks for Your Input, >>> Erin >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Erin Lauridsen >>> Screen Reader Specialist >>> University of Michigan >>> erinlau@umich.edu >>> (734) 764-7825 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From DAVID_BEVIVINO at exchange.fitnyc.edu Wed Nov 5 10:34:10 2014 From: DAVID_BEVIVINO at exchange.fitnyc.edu (DAVID BEVIVINO) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: <5C66212C61A9F34DA6BF6926EA7A563DC85147@exdb-c108-01.fitsuny.edu> Hi Lorraine, I work at FIT in NYC. We currently have and loan out 25 Livescribe Pens a semester. We use the echo Pens, that require no internet connectivity. We have 10 8gb, 10 4gb, and 5 2gb pens that we loan to student based on the amount of classes they are using the pen in. We also provide students the notebooks and ink refills for the pens over the semester. The ink containers are quite small and run out quickly so always make sure you have plenty on hand. Generally we never register the pens nor have them create an account with the pens, it's just easier to hand them off to the next student the following year. Our students love them and the demand for them is high. We started with only 5 pens, and each semester we have been adding more to our collection. Generally if we give a student a livescribe pen we do not also assign a notetaker for that class. Lastly and the most important advice I can give is to get the serial numbers off the pens as soon as they arrive. When you talk to tech support (and trust me you will) they will ask for that right away. D.J. Bevivino Counselor Associate Office of Disability Services, FIT-ABLE A570 (5th Floor Bridge between A-B Buildings) 212.217.4098 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 12:33 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Cc: Alternate Media digest Subject: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking We are in the process of doing a pilot study on live scribe pens and implementing them at BU. Any feedback or information you can share with us on how you loan the pens if you use them or if you still use note takers, would be very helpful. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From traceyf at disability.tamu.edu Wed Nov 5 14:25:40 2014 From: traceyf at disability.tamu.edu (Forman, Tracey) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: <4A272E6CF526BA4FB86A52D608E43007F7D2FB3C7A@EXMAIL.dsa.reldom.tamu.edu> We are not currently loaning smart pens to our students. While I know the Smart Pen technology can be a great tool, I see pens and notebooks as personal items and not something we need to provide to the students as an accommodation. When I attended a LiveScribe workshop at AHEAD a few years back I could see the management of loan program on a large scale would be challenging. To use the full features of the pen it requires that the pen be registered to a specific person and e-mail address. At that time it appeared you had to contact Livescribe tech support to have them manually reset the pen account each time the pen was assigned to another user. (If this has changed, please let me know.) However our department does have 4 Livescribe pens of differing models (Pulse, Echo, Sky) in the office that we use to do demonstrations and trainings. We have a few staff members that will help students set up their own smart pens, but we are not providing the pens, notebooks or other supplies to the students as an accommodation. Setting up the Sky model pen was initially a little challenging because the Wi-Fi that the pen supports initially did not work with the enterprise Wi-Fi login system used on our campus. Thankfully that was fixed in one of the recent firmware updates and we have been able to help students set-up the wi-fi sync to their Evernote software if needed. For students that cannot afford their own recorder (or the Smart Pen) we do have an inventory of digital voice recorders that we loan on a semester basis. For now we currently see the pen as a preferred accommodation/personal device for notetaking/recording. The recording and notetaking accommodation can still be met in many other ways. We still coordinate volunteer notetakers, loan digital voice recorders and train students on some other recording/notetaking tools (computer software, tablet apps). I'm not saying we would never loan a smart pen, but this is not something we are doing in regular practice right now or anticipate offering on a scale that you are suggesting. I'm attaching our notetaking technology handout that we use to train and discuss options for notetaking with a variety of recording tools. We are in the process of updating it for the spring and plan to include some of the suggested tablet apps as well. -- Tracey Forman Disability Services Texas A&M University 979.845.1637 traceyf@disability.tamu.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 11:33 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Cc: Alternate Media digest Subject: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking We are in the process of doing a pilot study on live scribe pens and implementing them at BU. Any feedback or information you can share with us on how you loan the pens if you use them or if you still use note takers, would be very helpful. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Note_Taking_Technology-2013.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 140080 bytes Desc: Note_Taking_Technology-2013.pdf URL: From BerkJ at macewan.ca Wed Nov 5 15:16:52 2014 From: BerkJ at macewan.ca (Jane Berk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: <545A4D74.A1D1.003E.1@macewan.ca> To answer a couple of your questions... A number of students here use Echo pens (not ones with wifi), with varying rates of success. Some love it, some hate it. Many don't like the fatness of the pen, the weight of it, or the scratchy sound in the background. The wifi versions were having too many issues a while back, and so we bought a large number of the old, sturdier models for our students. We find that notetakers are sometimes the best option in class for students to get acceptable quality notes. For example, we have been using the livescribe 3 pen with a notetaker in class for students with visual impairments. The notetaker uses the pen and the notebook and the student has an ipad with the app on it for live transfer of notes, so the student can see what the notetaker is taking (and enlarging it if necessary) at the same time as it is being written. The 2 devices are linked via bluetooth. (And they are not android compatible.) The files are then sent via google drive to the student (in the case where the student doesn't own his own ipad and is borrowing one of ours for class). The student just opens the files on his home computer (no need for extra software). For many students requiring notetaking help we are recommending Sonocent's Audio Notetaker, which we have been using with great success for the last couple of years now. It incorporates powerpoints (if available), photos, notes, and editable audio files all in one, together, which is basically pre-organized notes and requires little extra work to make the notes very user-friendly. For all versions of our technology, including the notebooks and refills, we have "loaners" which are funded through our university, as well as options for purchase through grant and funding programs or directly. Thanks, Jane Berk AT Educational Assistant Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University Room 7-198 D3 CCC 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: berkj@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 MacEwan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. >>> "Norwich, Lorraine S" 11/5/2014 10:32 AM >>> We are in the process of doing a pilot study on live scribe pens and implementing them at BU. Any feedback or information you can share with us on how you loan the pens if you use them or if you still use note takers, would be very helpful. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 23697 bytes Desc: not available URL: From SolowoniukR at macewan.ca Thu Nov 6 11:05:29 2014 From: SolowoniukR at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility? In-Reply-To: <5C66212C61A9F34DA6BF6926EA7A563DC85147@exdb-c108-01.fitsuny.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> <5C66212C61A9F34DA6BF6926EA7A563DC85147@exdb-c108-01.fitsuny.edu> Message-ID: <545B6409020000EC00035741@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Hi everyone, I am a screen reader user -- Jaws and VoiceOver. I know that Google talks about how accessible Google Docs is, but that hasn't been my experience. When reading a GDOC file with Jaws there is at least a 3 second lagbetween the time I press a keystroke to the time Jaws reads the text I move to. I think I've done everything I am supposed to do, e.g. enable screen reader support, turn off the virtual cursor. While it may be possible to create and edit a document in Google Docs, I find it slow, tedious and frustrating. Am I missing something? Is anyone using Google Docs successfully with a screen reader? Thanks for any and all suggestions. Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. From erinlau at umich.edu Thu Nov 6 12:30:11 2014 From: erinlau at umich.edu (Erin Lauridsen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility? In-Reply-To: <545B6409020000EC00035741@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> <5C66212C61A9F34DA6BF6926EA7A563DC85147@exdb-c108-01.fitsuny.edu> <545B6409020000EC00035741@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Message-ID: Hi Russell, What browser and version of JAWS/Browser are you using? I use Google docs regularly with JAWS, and have found the lag to be much less than it was a few months ago. I still default to Word for my personal Word processing, but am generally able to navigate and edit shared docs. It can also improve reading response to turn on Braille support, even if you don't have a Braille display connected. Best, Erin On 11/6/14, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am a screen reader user -- Jaws and VoiceOver. I know that Google talks > about how accessible Google Docs is, but that hasn't been my experience. > > When reading a GDOC file with Jaws there is at least a 3 second lagbetween > the time I press a keystroke to the time Jaws reads the text I move to. I > think I've done everything I am supposed to do, e.g. enable screen reader > support, turn off the virtual cursor. > > While it may be possible to create and edit a document in Google Docs, I > find it slow, tedious and frustrating. > > Am I missing something? > > Is anyone using Google Docs successfully with a screen reader? > > Thanks for any and all suggestions. > > Russell > > Russell Solowoniuk > AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities > MacEwan University > 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. > Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 > E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca > T: 780-497-5826 > F: 780-497-4018 > macewan.ca > This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is > addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged > information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended > recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action > relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, > should be deleted or destroyed. > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Erin Lauridsen Screen Reader Specialist University of Michigan erinlau@umich.edu (734) 764-7825 From Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu Thu Nov 6 12:33:49 2014 From: Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu (Bundy, Keith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility? In-Reply-To: References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> <5C66212C61A9F34DA6BF6926EA7A563DC85147@exdb-c108-01.fitsuny.edu> <545B6409020000EC00035741@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Message-ID: Erin, What browser are you using with Google Docs? Thanks. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Erin Lauridsen Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 2:30 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility? Hi Russell, What browser and version of JAWS/Browser are you using? I use Google docs regularly with JAWS, and have found the lag to be much less than it was a few months ago. I still default to Word for my personal Word processing, but am generally able to navigate and edit shared docs. It can also improve reading response to turn on Braille support, even if you don't have a Braille display connected. Best, Erin On 11/6/14, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am a screen reader user -- Jaws and VoiceOver. I know that Google talks > about how accessible Google Docs is, but that hasn't been my experience. > > When reading a GDOC file with Jaws there is at least a 3 second lagbetween > the time I press a keystroke to the time Jaws reads the text I move to. I > think I've done everything I am supposed to do, e.g. enable screen reader > support, turn off the virtual cursor. > > While it may be possible to create and edit a document in Google Docs, I > find it slow, tedious and frustrating. > > Am I missing something? > > Is anyone using Google Docs successfully with a screen reader? > > Thanks for any and all suggestions. > > Russell > > Russell Solowoniuk > AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities > MacEwan University > 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. > Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 > E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca > T: 780-497-5826 > F: 780-497-4018 > macewan.ca > This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is > addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged > information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended > recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action > relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, > should be deleted or destroyed. > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Erin Lauridsen Screen Reader Specialist University of Michigan erinlau@umich.edu (734) 764-7825 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From SolowoniukR at macewan.ca Thu Nov 6 13:18:38 2014 From: SolowoniukR at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility? In-Reply-To: References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> <5C66212C61A9F34DA6BF6926EA7A563DC85147@exdb-c108-01.fitsuny.edu> <545B6409020000EC00035741@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Message-ID: <545B833E020000EC0003576A@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Hi Erin, I am using Jaws 16, and have tried Google Docs in IE 11, Firefox 32, and Chrome 38. I do have Braille support turned on in Jaws as I use a refreshable Braille display. Not sure if it matters as far as Google Docs goes, but I am running Windows 7, 64 Bit. What version of Jaws/Browser do you use? Thanks, Russell >>> Erin Lauridsen 11/6/2014 1:30 PM >>> Hi Russell, What browser and version of JAWS/Browser are you using? I use Google docs regularly with JAWS, and have found the lag to be much less than it was a few months ago. I still default to Word for my personal Word processing, but am generally able to navigate and edit shared docs. It can also improve reading response to turn on Braille support, even if you don't have a Braille display connected. Best, Erin On 11/6/14, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am a screen reader user -- Jaws and VoiceOver. I know that Google talks > about how accessible Google Docs is, but that hasn't been my experience. > > When reading a GDOC file with Jaws there is at least a 3 second lagbetween > the time I press a keystroke to the time Jaws reads the text I move to. I > think I've done everything I am supposed to do, e.g. enable screen reader > support, turn off the virtual cursor. > > While it may be possible to create and edit a document in Google Docs, I > find it slow, tedious and frustrating. > > Am I missing something? > > Is anyone using Google Docs successfully with a screen reader? > > Thanks for any and all suggestions. > > Russell > > Russell Solowoniuk > AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities > MacEwan University > 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. > Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 > E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca > T: 780-497-5826 > F: 780-497-4018 > macewan.ca > This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is > addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged > information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended > recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action > relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, > should be deleted or destroyed. > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Erin Lauridsen Screen Reader Specialist University of Michigan erinlau@umich.edu (734) 764-7825 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu Thu Nov 6 14:42:22 2014 From: lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu (Lisa Brandt) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: Hi Lorraine, We have both a student loaner program and a faculty UD pilot at PCC. We limit students to checking out the pens for one term only, since this is meant to be a "try-before-you-buy" courtesy loan, so that they can see if they are helpful enough for them to buy their own. We also have a number of pens with failed screens that otherwise work well, and students are permitted to check those out for multiple terms. So far we've had no students who want to check those out, though. We're using the 4 GB Echo for student loaners, and 8 GB Echo for faculty loaners. I have tried to help a couple of people who bought one of the newer wifi models, but they have proven exceedingly difficult to set up (at least on the network we have here). As you probably know, the Livescribe 3 cannot be used without an iOS device, so we don't recommend that model for general use. We also have high demand for the pens, and have been purchasing more each term. Students receive 20-30 minutes of training upon checkout. They are always very enthusiastic about the pens, but I have seen many pens returned with only a couple of note pages used. We are looking into what's happening and ways to address that. It can be difficult to get the pens returned on time. Either students don't want to give them up, or they are too easily lost because of their size. Although we prefer that students return the pen that they originally checked out, we do allow them to purchase a replacement for us if they don't want to bother with moving to a new pen. To mitigate the scratching sound mentioned by Jane Berk, we also have Livescribe 3D Recording Headset available for checkout: http://amzn.com/B007JUS330 These are earbuds with embedded stereo microphones. Our UD pilot program allows interested faculty members to check out a pen with the condition that any notes created are shared with all students in the class. Some instructors use the pen to create materials; others have a student or notetaker take notes. We then survey the students toward the end of the term to see whether they used the notes and found them useful. Please let me know if you have any questions! Lisa -- Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services Accessibility Technician Alternate Media Formats Technician 971-722-4366 SY CC 260 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Thu Nov 6 15:09:54 2014 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Job Openings at AMAC - please spread the word In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <028601cffa16$c6d228c0$54767a40$@htctu.net> Subject: Job Openings at AMAC - please spread the word AMAC, located at the Georgia Institute of Technology has 3 job openings in their E-Text Unit. We are looking for people who have all or some of the below skills: *Knowledge of e-text accessibility standards *Experience with file formats and markup languages including EPUB, PDF, DOCX, DAISY, HTML, MathML, XML, XHTML, CSS, XSLT *Proficiency with software such as: Acrobat Professional, ABBYY Finereader, JAWS, Dreamweaver *Excellent attention to detail and good problem solving skills *Technical writing skills. *Background in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math Even if an applicant only has 1 or 2 of the above skills, I'd still recommend that they apply. Please apply here: https://gatech.taleo.net/careersection/gatech_classified/jobdetail.ftl?job=0170490&lang=en&sns_id= Note: The "Major Responsibilities" listed in the job posting are not accurate, please disregard them. Thank you, Dawn V. Evans, E-Text Production Supervisor AMAC Accessibility Solutions Georgia Institute of Technology | College of Architecture 512 Means Street | Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30318 www.amacusg.org From erinlau at umich.edu Fri Nov 7 06:23:16 2014 From: erinlau at umich.edu (Erin Lauridsen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility? In-Reply-To: <545B833E020000EC0003576A@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> <5C66212C61A9F34DA6BF6926EA7A563DC85147@exdb-c108-01.fitsuny.edu> <545B6409020000EC00035741@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> <545B833E020000EC0003576A@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Message-ID: Hi Russell, I'm using JAWS 15, and have the best experience with Firefox. Firefox 32 should be fine. You need to enable Braille support within Google Docs itself, see the instructions from Google here: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6057417?hl=en Hope that helps, Erin On 11/6/14, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: > Hi Erin, > > I am using Jaws 16, and have tried Google Docs in IE 11, Firefox 32, and > Chrome 38. I do have Braille support turned on in Jaws as I use a > refreshable Braille display. > > Not sure if it matters as far as Google Docs goes, but I am running Windows > 7, 64 Bit. > > What version of Jaws/Browser do you use? > > Thanks, > > Russell >>>> Erin Lauridsen 11/6/2014 1:30 PM >>> > Hi Russell, > What browser and version of JAWS/Browser are you using? > I use Google docs regularly with JAWS, and have found the lag to be > much less than it was a few months ago. I still default to Word for my > personal Word processing, but am generally able to navigate and edit > shared docs. > It can also improve reading response to turn on Braille support, even > if you don't have a Braille display connected. > > Best, > Erin > > On 11/6/14, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I am a screen reader user -- Jaws and VoiceOver. I know that Google talks >> about how accessible Google Docs is, but that hasn't been my experience. >> >> When reading a GDOC file with Jaws there is at least a 3 second >> lagbetween >> the time I press a keystroke to the time Jaws reads the text I move to. I >> think I've done everything I am supposed to do, e.g. enable screen reader >> support, turn off the virtual cursor. >> >> While it may be possible to create and edit a document in Google Docs, I >> find it slow, tedious and frustrating. >> >> Am I missing something? >> >> Is anyone using Google Docs successfully with a screen reader? >> >> Thanks for any and all suggestions. >> >> Russell >> >> Russell Solowoniuk >> AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities >> MacEwan University >> 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. >> Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 >> E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca >> T: 780-497-5826 >> F: 780-497-4018 >> macewan.ca >> This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is >> addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged >> information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended >> recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take >> action >> relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, >> should be deleted or destroyed. >> Please consider the environment before printing this email. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > > -- > Erin Lauridsen > Screen Reader Specialist > University of Michigan > erinlau@umich.edu > (734) 764-7825 > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Erin Lauridsen Screen Reader Specialist University of Michigan erinlau@umich.edu (734) 764-7825 From kruzel at augsburg.edu Fri Nov 7 07:46:00 2014 From: kruzel at augsburg.edu (Kruzel, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking In-Reply-To: References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: Hello, Our office currently has 45 of the Echo Smartpens in either the 4GB or 2GB models. We loan them out term by term to students. We don't limit how many terms they can check them out or have a try before you buy program. We encourage students to purchase if they are effective but most continue to borrow ours. We have students turn them in at the end of every term so we reset the pen using the Smarpten Flash software you can download from the Livescribe website, we then update the pens, and clean and disinfect them. If students don't turn the pen in at the end of the term, a charge of $200 goes on their student account until it is returned. We have chosen to not buy any of the pens with WiFi capability as it's too difficult to transfer notes. The Echo uses a USB cord to transfer the notes to a student computer. All pens are registered to our office in case issues arise. The WiFi pens are tied to an Evernote account which makes it more difficult to reset for the next student to use. We have cases for the pens to help keep the pen safe and keep the ear buds which we also provide to mitigate the scratching noise all together. We provide notebooks to students as well. Occasionally, we've had faculty check a pen out from our office for classroom use. We spend 20-30 minutes training the student on the pen and download the Desktop program to their computer so they can archive their notes indefinitely. Our office finds that if the student needs notetaking support and can use technology, the time it takes to train and set a student up with the pen is much less time and more effective in way than finding a peer notetaker and insuring the student is getting quality notes in a timely manner. Overall, students love these pens and we're finding them a good tool for student use. Our office also supplies about 15 licenses of Audio Notetaker out per term. As mentioned before, it's a software program that incorporates PowerPoints, Typed Notes, and Audio recording of the lecture into an easy to use and visually appealing interface.You're able to annotate your notes and recordings with different colors. There's also an app that goes with this now too. I'd encourage you to take a look at it. It has an an easy distribution process so you can have the software installed on a computer and release a license to a student for a set amount of time. Then, the license is back in your possession once the time lapses. No need to track down the software or reset it like the Smarpten. This product has taken off in the higher ed market in the UK, and in Canada but the US is far behind. It's worth a look! Rachel Rachel Kruzel Accommodations Specialist CLASS Office Augsburg College Phone: 612-330-1353 Fax: 612-330-1137 2211 Riverside Ave CB 57 Minneapolis, MN 55454 On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Lisa Brandt wrote: > Hi Lorraine, > > We have both a student loaner program and a faculty UD pilot at PCC. > > We limit students to checking out the pens for one term only, since this > is meant to be a "try-before-you-buy" courtesy loan, so that they can see > if they are helpful enough for them to buy their own. We also have a number > of pens with failed screens that otherwise work well, and students are > permitted to check those out for multiple terms. So far we've had no > students who want to check those out, though. > > We're using the 4 GB Echo for student loaners, and 8 GB Echo for faculty > loaners. I have tried to help a couple of people who bought one of the > newer wifi models, but they have proven exceedingly difficult to set up (at > least on the network we have here). As you probably know, the Livescribe 3 > cannot be used without an iOS device, so we don't recommend that model for > general use. > > We also have high demand for the pens, and have been purchasing more each > term. Students receive 20-30 minutes of training upon checkout. They are > always very enthusiastic about the pens, but I have seen many pens returned > with only a couple of note pages used. We are looking into what's happening > and ways to address that. > > It can be difficult to get the pens returned on time. Either students > don't want to give them up, or they are too easily lost because of their > size. Although we prefer that students return the pen that they originally > checked out, we do allow them to purchase a replacement for us if they > don't want to bother with moving to a new pen. > > To mitigate the scratching sound mentioned by Jane Berk, we also have > Livescribe 3D Recording Headset available for checkout: > http://amzn.com/B007JUS330 These are earbuds with embedded stereo > microphones. > > Our UD pilot program allows interested faculty members to check out a pen > with the condition that any notes created are shared with all students in > the class. Some instructors use the pen to create materials; others have a > student or notetaker take notes. We then survey the students toward the end > of the term to see whether they used the notes and found them useful. > > Please let me know if you have any questions! > > Lisa > -- > Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services > Accessibility Technician > Alternate Media Formats Technician > 971-722-4366 > SY CC 260 > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ronrstewart at gmail.com Fri Nov 7 07:55:53 2014 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kaizena Message-ID: <1fc001cffaa3$50315fa0$f0941ee0$@gmail.com> Good morning all, has anyone plaid around with Kaizena. Would like to get your perspective. Hope to see many of you at AHG! Ron Stewart -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KKolander at stchas.edu Fri Nov 7 08:42:27 2014 From: KKolander at stchas.edu (Keith Kolander) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking In-Reply-To: References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: <473f2416567f408e978e022ce4feefe0@DM2PR0501MB1408.namprd05.prod.outlook.com> Lisa, If you have pens with dimmed out display screens, you should be able to get a replacement if they are still under warranty (2 years). I?ve had to do this with several pens we had. Keith Keith Kolander Adaptive Technology Specialist St. Charles Community College Cottleville, MO 63376 636 922-8492 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Brandt Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 4:42 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking Hi Lorraine, We have both a student loaner program and a faculty UD pilot at PCC. We limit students to checking out the pens for one term only, since this is meant to be a "try-before-you-buy" courtesy loan, so that they can see if they are helpful enough for them to buy their own. We also have a number of pens with failed screens that otherwise work well, and students are permitted to check those out for multiple terms. So far we've had no students who want to check those out, though. We're using the 4 GB Echo for student loaners, and 8 GB Echo for faculty loaners. I have tried to help a couple of people who bought one of the newer wifi models, but they have proven exceedingly difficult to set up (at least on the network we have here). As you probably know, the Livescribe 3 cannot be used without an iOS device, so we don't recommend that model for general use. We also have high demand for the pens, and have been purchasing more each term. Students receive 20-30 minutes of training upon checkout. They are always very enthusiastic about the pens, but I have seen many pens returned with only a couple of note pages used. We are looking into what's happening and ways to address that. It can be difficult to get the pens returned on time. Either students don't want to give them up, or they are too easily lost because of their size. Although we prefer that students return the pen that they originally checked out, we do allow them to purchase a replacement for us if they don't want to bother with moving to a new pen. To mitigate the scratching sound mentioned by Jane Berk, we also have Livescribe 3D Recording Headset available for checkout: http://amzn.com/B007JUS330 These are earbuds with embedded stereo microphones. Our UD pilot program allows interested faculty members to check out a pen with the condition that any notes created are shared with all students in the class. Some instructors use the pen to create materials; others have a student or notetaker take notes. We then survey the students toward the end of the term to see whether they used the notes and found them useful. Please let me know if you have any questions! Lisa -- Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services Accessibility Technician Alternate Media Formats Technician 971-722-4366 SY CC 260 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu Fri Nov 7 09:29:56 2014 From: lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu (Lisa Brandt) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking In-Reply-To: <473f2416567f408e978e022ce4feefe0@DM2PR0501MB1408.namprd05.prod.outlook.com> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> <473f2416567f408e978e022ce4feefe0@DM2PR0501MB1408.namprd05.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: Thanks, Keith, but I believe ours are out of warranty. On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Keith Kolander wrote: > Lisa, > > If you have pens with dimmed out display screens, > > you should be able to get a replacement if they are still > > under warranty (2 years). I?ve had to do this with several pens > > we had. > > > > Keith > > Keith Kolander > > Adaptive Technology Specialist > > St. Charles Community College > > Cottleville, MO 63376 > > 636 922-8492 > > > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Lisa Brandt > *Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 4:42 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Livescribe and note taking > > > > Hi Lorraine, > > > > We have both a student loaner program and a faculty UD pilot at PCC. > > > > We limit students to checking out the pens for one term only, since this > is meant to be a "try-before-you-buy" courtesy loan, so that they can see > if they are helpful enough for them to buy their own. We also have a number > of pens with failed screens that otherwise work well, and students are > permitted to check those out for multiple terms. So far we've had no > students who want to check those out, though. > > > > We're using the 4 GB Echo for student loaners, and 8 GB Echo for faculty > loaners. I have tried to help a couple of people who bought one of the > newer wifi models, but they have proven exceedingly difficult to set up (at > least on the network we have here). As you probably know, the Livescribe 3 > cannot be used without an iOS device, so we don't recommend that model for > general use. > > > > We also have high demand for the pens, and have been purchasing more each > term. Students receive 20-30 minutes of training upon checkout. They are > always very enthusiastic about the pens, but I have seen many pens returned > with only a couple of note pages used. We are looking into what's happening > and ways to address that. > > > > It can be difficult to get the pens returned on time. Either students > don't want to give them up, or they are too easily lost because of their > size. Although we prefer that students return the pen that they originally > checked out, we do allow them to purchase a replacement for us if they > don't want to bother with moving to a new pen. > > > > To mitigate the scratching sound mentioned by Jane Berk, we also have > Livescribe 3D Recording Headset available for checkout: > http://amzn.com/B007JUS330 These are earbuds with embedded stereo > microphones. > > > > Our UD pilot program allows interested faculty members to check out a pen > with the condition that any notes created are shared with all students in > the class. Some instructors use the pen to create materials; others have a > student or notetaker take notes. We then survey the students toward the end > of the term to see whether they used the notes and found them useful. > > > > Please let me know if you have any questions! > > > > Lisa > > -- > > Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services > > Accessibility Technician > > Alternate Media Formats Technician > > 971-722-4366 > > SY CC 260 > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Lisa -- Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services Accessibility Technician Alternate Media Formats Technician 971-722-4366 SY CC 260 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From SolowoniukR at macewan.ca Fri Nov 7 10:07:47 2014 From: SolowoniukR at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility? In-Reply-To: References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882E960A780D@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> <5C66212C61A9F34DA6BF6926EA7A563DC85147@exdb-c108-01.fitsuny.edu> <545B6409020000EC00035741@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> <545B833E020000EC0003576A@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Message-ID: <545CA803020000EC000357E6@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Hi Erin, That's amazing! I did as you suggested and enabled Braille support within Google Docs, and Jaws is now very responsive when typing and navigating through a document. Thanks so much for this tip! One more question. I notice that when I press insert + downarrow, to have Jaws read the entire document, Jaws just keeps repeating the paragraph the cursor is in... is this by design? Thanks again for the tip! Russell >>> Erin Lauridsen 11/7/2014 7:23 AM >>> Hi Russell, I'm using JAWS 15, and have the best experience with Firefox. Firefox 32 should be fine. You need to enable Braille support within Google Docs itself, see the instructions from Google here: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6057417?hl=en Hope that helps, Erin On 11/6/14, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: > Hi Erin, > > I am using Jaws 16, and have tried Google Docs in IE 11, Firefox 32, and > Chrome 38. I do have Braille support turned on in Jaws as I use a > refreshable Braille display. > > Not sure if it matters as far as Google Docs goes, but I am running Windows > 7, 64 Bit. > > What version of Jaws/Browser do you use? > > Thanks, > > Russell >>>> Erin Lauridsen 11/6/2014 1:30 PM >>> > Hi Russell, > What browser and version of JAWS/Browser are you using? > I use Google docs regularly with JAWS, and have found the lag to be > much less than it was a few months ago. I still default to Word for my > personal Word processing, but am generally able to navigate and edit > shared docs. > It can also improve reading response to turn on Braille support, even > if you don't have a Braille display connected. > > Best, > Erin > > On 11/6/14, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I am a screen reader user -- Jaws and VoiceOver. I know that Google talks >> about how accessible Google Docs is, but that hasn't been my experience. >> >> When reading a GDOC file with Jaws there is at least a 3 second >> lagbetween >> the time I press a keystroke to the time Jaws reads the text I move to. I >> think I've done everything I am supposed to do, e.g. enable screen reader >> support, turn off the virtual cursor. >> >> While it may be possible to create and edit a document in Google Docs, I >> find it slow, tedious and frustrating. >> >> Am I missing something? >> >> Is anyone using Google Docs successfully with a screen reader? >> >> Thanks for any and all suggestions. >> >> Russell >> >> Russell Solowoniuk >> AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities >> MacEwan University >> 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. >> Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 >> E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca >> T: 780-497-5826 >> F: 780-497-4018 >> macewan.ca >> This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is >> addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged >> information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended >> recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take >> action >> relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, >> should be deleted or destroyed. >> Please consider the environment before printing this email. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > > -- > Erin Lauridsen > Screen Reader Specialist > University of Michigan > erinlau@umich.edu > (734) 764-7825 > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Erin Lauridsen Screen Reader Specialist University of Michigan erinlau@umich.edu (734) 764-7825 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From ats169 at psu.edu Fri Nov 7 13:45:10 2014 From: ats169 at psu.edu (Alexa Schriempf) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Searching for Already Existing Nemeth Braille of Two Stats and One Math Books Message-ID: Hello All, Apologies for the email blast. Have a request for Nemeth Brailled conversions of three textbooks. Trying to save costs. Has anyone out there already put through the Nemeth Braille conversion wringer any of the following texts: * Discrete Mathematics 9780493391326 * fundamentals of statistical reasoning in education 9781118425213 * Statistical Methods in educational psychology 9780205673537 If you have these books converted only to Word with MathML and would be willing to share, I'd gratefully accept those files as well as that may help reduce costs. NB: Discrete Mathematics is available as an audio DAISY at Learning Ally but student prefers Nemeth Braille, having never used audio math. -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Has anyone out there already put through the Nemeth Braille conversion wringer any of the following texts: > > * Discrete Mathematics 9780493391326 > > * fundamentals of statistical reasoning in education 9781118425213 > > * Statistical Methods in educational psychology 9780205673537 > > If you have these books converted only to Word with MathML and would be willing to share, I'd gratefully accept those files as well as that may help reduce costs. > > NB: Discrete Mathematics is available as an audio DAISY at Learning Ally but student prefers Nemeth Braille, having never used audio math. > -- > Alexa Schriempf, PhD > Access Tech Consultant > https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sherylb at uw.edu Tue Nov 11 11:28:57 2014 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job Openings at AMAC - please spread the word In-Reply-To: <028601cffa16$c6d228c0$54767a40$@htctu.net> References: <028601cffa16$c6d228c0$54767a40$@htctu.net> Message-ID: <802F1273-1542-48C9-8B78-AFEE32B3159E@uw.edu> Hi Gaeir, I hope all is going well with you. Do you think you can submit your chapter for the UDHE: From Principles to Practice book to me soon? Best. Sheryl On Nov 6, 2014, at 3:09 PM, Gaeir Dietrich wrote: > Subject: Job Openings at AMAC - please spread the word > > AMAC, located at the Georgia Institute of Technology has 3 job openings in their E-Text Unit. > We are looking for people who have all or some of the below skills: > *Knowledge of e-text accessibility standards *Experience with file formats and markup languages including EPUB, PDF, DOCX, DAISY, HTML, MathML, XML, XHTML, CSS, XSLT *Proficiency with software such as: Acrobat Professional, ABBYY Finereader, JAWS, Dreamweaver *Excellent attention to detail and good problem solving skills *Technical writing skills. > *Background in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math > > Even if an applicant only has 1 or 2 of the above skills, I'd still recommend that they apply. > > Please apply here: > https://gatech.taleo.net/careersection/gatech_classified/jobdetail.ftl?job=0170490&lang=en&sns_id= > Note: The "Major Responsibilities" listed in the job posting are not accurate, please disregard them. > > Thank you, > > Dawn V. Evans, E-Text Production Supervisor > > AMAC Accessibility Solutions > Georgia Institute of Technology | College of Architecture > 512 Means Street | Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30318 www.amacusg.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From ksinglet at gmu.edu Wed Nov 12 05:04:59 2014 From: ksinglet at gmu.edu (Korey J Singleton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello All, A colleague just shared a resource that she recently came across. It's a beta version and only works for YouTube videos, but could be very useful for some. The tool is called 'nomorecraptions.com' and is designed to assist with editing the automatic captions from YouTube videos. https://medium.com/@mlockrey/nomorecraptions-dot-com-f3b3a7924fff Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu From: "ats169@psu.edu" > Reply-To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 11:46 AM To: 'Alternate Media' >, 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] VitalSource Hello All, Has anyone had an opportunity to experience VitalSource as a place for books that are accessible to JAWS users? I've got a request for a stat book published by Wiley, which is using VitalSource as its eBook platform. 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Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Korey J Singleton Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:05 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... Hello All, A colleague just shared a resource that she recently came across. It's a beta version and only works for YouTube videos, but could be very useful for some. The tool is called 'nomorecraptions.com' and is designed to assist with editing the automatic captions from YouTube videos. https://medium.com/@mlockrey/nomorecraptions-dot-com-f3b3a7924fff Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu From: "ats169@psu.edu" > Reply-To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 11:46 AM To: 'Alternate Media' >, 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] VitalSource Hello All, Has anyone had an opportunity to experience VitalSource as a place for books that are accessible to JAWS users? I've got a request for a stat book published by Wiley, which is using VitalSource as its eBook platform. 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Bancroft St. MS#342 Toledo, OH? 43606-3390 Phone: 419-530-4981 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:02 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 106, Issue 9 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... (Korey J Singleton) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:04:59 +0000 From: Korey J Singleton To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello All, A colleague just shared a resource that she recently came across. It's a beta version and only works for YouTube videos, but could be very useful for some. The tool is called 'nomorecraptions.com' and is designed to assist with editing the automatic captions from YouTube videos. https://medium.com/@mlockrey/nomorecraptions-dot-com-f3b3a7924fff Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu From: "ats169@psu.edu" > Reply-To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 11:46 AM To: 'Alternate Media' >, 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] VitalSource Hello All, Has anyone had an opportunity to experience VitalSource as a place for books that are accessible to JAWS users? I've got a request for a stat book published by Wiley, which is using VitalSource as its eBook platform. 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The test results on EPUB Test note these features are not supported, but that is because the EPUB Test Suite is ?side loaded.? VitalSouce?s reader is one of the few EPUB3 reading platforms that supports usable note-taking and highlighting for screen reader users ? with the caveat that those features are only available if you buy the books through the VitalSource system itself. Overall, it seems clear that VitalSource has done significant accessibility work. It?s too bad the system has the preference for native rather than side-loaded content. Additionally, I second what George says about the accessibility of the source EPUB. It can be a crap shoot. We?ve found that many of the EPUBs produced by publishers lack good HTML semantics, alt text on images, etc., and often have poorly implemented tables and sometimes have poor/interrupted source order (blocks of text that are interrupted by sidebar or other text elements that negatively affect reading flow). ken [The Ohio State University] Ken Petri, Program Director Web Accessibility Center, ADA Coordinator's Office and Student Life 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 [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of George Kerscher Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 1:37 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] VitalSource Last post bounced for some reason? Hi, You might want to check out the accessibility rating at www.epubtest.org View the support grid with 78 reading systems; Vital Source is in there under their different platforms. The direct link to the grid is: http://epubtest.org/results/ The far right column is for accessibility. Follow the link for the details, like with JFW or NVDA, etc. Also, when books are brought into the Vital Source collection (or any other company), there is a big difference between good EPUB and bad PDF, so that handshake between content and reading systems should be considered. The epubtest is testing with good EPUB. Best George From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Alexa Schriempf Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 10:46 AM To: Alternate Media; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] VitalSource Hello All, Has anyone had an opportunity to experience VitalSource as a place for books that are accessible to JAWS users? 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"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same" Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Engle, Andrea June Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:27 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 106, Issue 9 Korey, Have you had any success with this I cannot get the page to load. Thank you, Andrea Engle Academic Accommodation Specialist? Student Disability Services The University of Toledo 2801 W. Bancroft St. MS#342 Toledo, OH? 43606-3390 Phone: 419-530-4981 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:02 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 106, Issue 9 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... (Korey J Singleton) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:04:59 +0000 From: Korey J Singleton To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello All, A colleague just shared a resource that she recently came across. It's a beta version and only works for YouTube videos, but could be very useful for some. The tool is called 'nomorecraptions.com' and is designed to assist with editing the automatic captions from YouTube videos. https://medium.com/@mlockrey/nomorecraptions-dot-com-f3b3a7924fff Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu From: "ats169@psu.edu" > Reply-To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 11:46 AM To: 'Alternate Media' >, 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] VitalSource Hello All, Has anyone had an opportunity to experience VitalSource as a place for books that are accessible to JAWS users? I've got a request for a stat book published by Wiley, which is using VitalSource as its eBook platform. 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The position is technical (guidance on accessibility and usability) and business orientated (ensuring that the colleges have support when there are accessibility needs). Please point interested individuals to http://jobs-apollo.com/job/details/Phoenix-AZ/Information-Technology/ux-accessibility-designer-13653 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ahowen at iu.edu Thu Nov 13 07:15:49 2014 From: ahowen at iu.edu (Owen, Ahren Lee) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Index Basic-D embosser firmware upgrade question Message-ID: Hello all! We currently use an Index Basic-D embosser, running the 1.5.2 firmware. We are wanting to upgrade to the 1.5.3 firmware, so we can test the Index Direct Braille feature, however, being mid-semester we are concerned that any issues with the upgrade could cause a delay in the services we provide. Normally, we would wait until our workload had slowed down before making such an update, but we have a specific need this semester that could potentially benefit from the Index Direct Braille feature. Have any of you made this firmware upgrade, and if so, what was your experience? Thanks in advance for your time! Regards, Ahren Owen Assistive Technologies User Support Specialist Assistive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University http://iuadapts.iu.edu (812) 855-4112 ahowen@iu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tschwanke at studentlife.wisc.edu Fri Nov 14 06:16:57 2014 From: tschwanke at studentlife.wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... Message-ID: <0NF100DRS90AGA10@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> I suggest trying Chrome on a Mac, which is what he used in the screen shots. That's the only browser/OS combo that has given me success so far. I have not had time to figure out if it is a browser, HTML5, or other issue. Also, careful as the keyboard shortcuts for moving forward and back a word conflict with the OS standard keyboard shortcuts for selecting one word before and after the cursor. -Todd Schwanke UW-Madison -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Poore-Pariseau, Cindy Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 106, Issue 9 I was able to load the page, but have not been able to get the product to function--am wondering if this is because one has to be the originator of the video? "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same" Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Engle, Andrea June Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:27 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 106, Issue 9 Korey, Have you had any success with this I cannot get the page to load. Thank you, Andrea Engle Academic Accommodation Specialist? Student Disability Services The University of Toledo 2801 W. Bancroft St. MS#342 Toledo, OH? 43606-3390 Phone: 419-530-4981 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:02 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 106, Issue 9 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... (Korey J Singleton) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:04:59 +0000 From: Korey J Singleton To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello All, A colleague just shared a resource that she recently came across. It's a beta version and only works for YouTube videos, but could be very useful for some. The tool is called 'nomorecraptions.com' and is designed to assist with editing the automatic captions from YouTube videos. https://medium.com/@mlockrey/nomorecraptions-dot-com-f3b3a7924fff Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu From: "ats169@psu.edu" > Reply-To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 11:46 AM To: 'Alternate Media' >, 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] VitalSource Hello All, Has anyone had an opportunity to experience VitalSource as a place for books that are accessible to JAWS users? I've got a request for a stat book published by Wiley, which is using VitalSource as its eBook platform. 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In-Reply-To: <0NF100DRS90AGA10@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> References: <0NF100DRS90AGA10@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> Message-ID: We were able to access it here but if you do not own the video, you will not be able to change it on YouTube. It would probably only work as an accommodation but it's still may be better than just providing a transcript. Start playing the automatic captions, then hit the spacebar to stop the video. The captions should appear in the green box on the right. Change the text, then hit Control/Save to Save the changes. You can save it to your desktop. We were successful on a Mac with Chrome and on a PC with Firefox. Kathleen Kathleen Bastedo Instructional Designer Center for Distributed Learning University of Central Florida John C. Hitt Library 2701 Pegasus Drive Orlando, Florida 32816-2810 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Todd Schwanke Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:17 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... I suggest trying Chrome on a Mac, which is what he used in the screen shots. That's the only browser/OS combo that has given me success so far. I have not had time to figure out if it is a browser, HTML5, or other issue. Also, careful as the keyboard shortcuts for moving forward and back a word conflict with the OS standard keyboard shortcuts for selecting one word before and after the cursor. -Todd Schwanke UW-Madison -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Poore-Pariseau, Cindy Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:29 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 106, Issue 9 I was able to load the page, but have not been able to get the product to function--am wondering if this is because one has to be the originator of the video? "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same" Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Engle, Andrea June Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:27 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 106, Issue 9 Korey, Have you had any success with this I cannot get the page to load. Thank you, Andrea Engle Academic Accommodation Specialist? Student Disability Services The University of Toledo 2801 W. Bancroft St. MS#342 Toledo, OH? 43606-3390 Phone: 419-530-4981 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:02 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 106, Issue 9 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... (Korey J Singleton) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:04:59 +0000 From: Korey J Singleton To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello All, A colleague just shared a resource that she recently came across. It's a beta version and only works for YouTube videos, but could be very useful for some. The tool is called 'nomorecraptions.com' and is designed to assist with editing the automatic captions from YouTube videos. https://medium.com/@mlockrey/nomorecraptions-dot-com-f3b3a7924fff Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu From: "ats169@psu.edu" > Reply-To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 11:46 AM To: 'Alternate Media' >, 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] VitalSource Hello All, Has anyone had an opportunity to experience VitalSource as a place for books that are accessible to JAWS users? I've got a request for a stat book published by Wiley, which is using VitalSource as its eBook platform. 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Message-ID: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CEBBAF72@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> I'm drawing a blank...anyone know where I can find a template for embossing polar graph paper for a student. We have one for regular graph paper and some others, but no polar. Thanks! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gardnerj at onid.orst.edu Fri Nov 14 13:03:27 2014 From: gardnerj at onid.orst.edu (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Drawing a blank - polar graph paper to emboss... In-Reply-To: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CEBBAF72@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> References: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CEBBAF72@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <001901d0004e$6fe19c10$4fa4d430$@orst.edu> Susan, you have a ViewPlus embosser. It isn't hard to make your own template. And if you make it, it will be what you want. I have no idea what the "standard" is, but if I were using it, I would want about 3 circles (centered on the origin of course), a horizontal and vertical line through the orgin, and at least four additional lines (at 45, 135, 225, and 315 degrees) terminating on the inner circle to keep the center from getting impossibly cluttered. More than four lines may be needed depending on what accuracy is needed of course. I bet one of your students who can use a decent drawing application could whip out that in ten minutes. John From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 12:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Drawing a blank - polar graph paper to emboss... I'm drawing a blank.anyone know where I can find a template for embossing polar graph paper for a student. We have one for regular graph paper and some others, but no polar. Thanks! 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Best, Jennifer From Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu Mon Nov 17 07:28:15 2014 From: Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu (Poore-Pariseau, Cindy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... In-Reply-To: <5d635f2ce32f4cb8a2d1d8288a349a16@srvmail> References: <5d635f2ce32f4cb8a2d1d8288a349a16@srvmail> Message-ID: <1ff71bd6f19442dd98b9dfdec98a3c86@srvmail> Greetings, can you tell me the difference between this tool and the tool provided by Youtube to edit captions? (My IT people tell me there is not a difference, but I am wondering if there is something they are missing) Thank you. "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same[cid:image003.jpg@01D00251.32152F00]" Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau From: Poore-Pariseau, Cindy Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:18 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... Thank you for this resource, am I assuming correctly it will only work for videos that you, yourself have produced? "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same[cid:image005.jpg@01D00251.32152F00]" Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Korey J Singleton Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:05 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] New captioning tool for editing YouTube automatic captions... Hello All, A colleague just shared a resource that she recently came across. It's a beta version and only works for YouTube videos, but could be very useful for some. The tool is called 'nomorecraptions.com' and is designed to assist with editing the automatic captions from YouTube videos. https://medium.com/@mlockrey/nomorecraptions-dot-com-f3b3a7924fff Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu From: "ats169@psu.edu" > Reply-To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 11:46 AM To: 'Alternate Media' >, 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] VitalSource Hello All, Has anyone had an opportunity to experience VitalSource as a place for books that are accessible to JAWS users? I've got a request for a stat book published by Wiley, which is using VitalSource as its eBook platform. 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I struggle with the Read the Web function to the point that I just tell students to copy and paste web content into a blank page and then have K3000 read it. I would appreciate any suggestions. Corinna Moore, NIC Advanced Interpreting Services Coordinator Cochise College 901 N. Colombo Ave. Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 (520) 515-4502 Disability Services Office (520) 515-5337 http://www.cochise.edu/disability/ [50thLogoEmailWithSpace] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 25122 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From ead at ecs.soton.ac.uk Tue Nov 18 07:12:04 2014 From: ead at ecs.soton.ac.uk (EA Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] AAATE 2015 - call for papers, thematic sessions etc. Message-ID: <7181A95B72F5B04C94BEF10CEC91E7961745521A@SRV00047.soton.ac.uk> The 13th International AAATE conference will take place on September 9-12th, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. There are a series of deadlines for presentations, thematic sessions and much more information available on the conference website. http://www.aaate2015.eu/ The range of topics is enormous and the slogan all about "Attracting new areas and building bridges". See you there! 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 UK rep AAATE From jeffbis at email.arizona.edu Tue Nov 18 11:36:11 2014 From: jeffbis at email.arizona.edu (Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Canvas LMS Accessibility Message-ID: <9D8D3F65EADC0844939399EC1C6F42D55609B11C@BigThunder.catnet.arizona.edu> Hello Everyone, I know there has been some traffic on this subject in the distant past but I thought I would restart a thread on this topic. We are beginning the early stages of evaluating Canvas here at the University of Arizona. Where do people think the current state of Canvas is as it relates to Accessibility with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and other AT related technologies? I am looking for both positive and trouble areas of Canvas to get a better picture. I am trying to get access to a demo instance to do some of my own testing but any feedback here would be hugely helpful. 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See everyone tonight at 6:30PM! Take care, Sean From roberte at uci.edu Wed Nov 19 09:41:36 2014 From: roberte at uci.edu (Robert Espero) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Online & Distance Learning Compliance Message-ID: <0a1101d00420$11679510$3436bf30$@uci.edu> Hi all, I'm wondering what you as my colleagues would suggestion in response to this email I received from my campus' Learning Strategy Consultant. I have a list but I don't think they are the best of resources-and I know that most of you have more hands-on experience than I do in this area. See the request below: "I am being asked to look at what it would take to bring UCI online courses into ADA compliance. I am being asked to look at possible tools and services (cost $), funding and grants, best practices & processes, partnerships and collaborations. " Thanks ahead of time for your responses-and for your insight as well! Oh yeah, and sorry for the cross-posting. Kind Regards, Robert Be a "friend" of the DSC! Visit http://www.facebook.com/ucidsc "Universal access through universal design." ******************************************** Robert Espero Assistant Director, Accessible Resources & Technologies (ART) University of California, Irvine Disability Services Center 100 Disability Services #313 Irvine, CA 92697-5250 Voice: 949.824.9205 TDD: 949.824.6272 Fax: 949.824.3083 http://www.disability.uci.edu ******************************************** "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Wed Nov 19 10:33:35 2014 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Annual Meeting at AHG! In-Reply-To: <1772843301.5435791.1416412609514.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> References: <1772843301.5435791.1416412609514.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <78FCAC77-DE1C-421D-94A8-20806FF22679@gmail.com> Do we have a prepared agenda? The interpreters who are working tonight asked me if there is one they could get in advance. Thanks! Wink Wink Harner foreigntype@gmail.com > On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > > Hello all, > > For those attending the Accessing Higher Ground Conference, the ATHEN Annual Meeting will be at 6:30PM tonight (Wednesday)! We are planning to be in one of the ballrooms for the meeting and updates will be posted as soon as we have the room location. > > If you are not an ATHEN member and are interested in learning more, you are welcome to attend the meeting. > > See everyone tonight at 6:30PM! > > Take care, > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From bossley.5 at osu.edu Wed Nov 19 12:19:19 2014 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Online & Distance Learning Compliance In-Reply-To: <0a1101d00420$11679510$3436bf30$@uci.edu> References: <0a1101d00420$11679510$3436bf30$@uci.edu> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6F7CBAD0@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Robert, Your forwarded message didn't make it onto your post. Best, [The Ohio State University] Peter Bossley OCIO Accessibility Analyst Office of the Chief Information Officer Enterprise Applications 017 Enarson Classrooms Building, 2009 Millikin Rd, Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 292-8571 Office bossley.5@osu.edu ocio.osu.edu ________________________________ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Espero Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:42 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Online & Distance Learning Compliance Hi all, I'm wondering what you as my colleagues would suggestion in response to this email I received from my campus' Learning Strategy Consultant. I have a list but I don't think they are the best of resources-and I know that most of you have more hands-on experience than I do in this area. See the request below: "I am being asked to look at what it would take to bring UCI online courses into ADA compliance. I am being asked to look at possible tools and services (cost $), funding and grants, best practices & processes, partnerships and collaborations. " Thanks ahead of time for your responses-and for your insight as well! Oh yeah, and sorry for the cross-posting. Kind Regards, Robert Be a "friend" of the DSC! Visit http://www.facebook.com/ucidsc "Universal access through universal design." ******************************************** Robert Espero Assistant Director, Accessible Resources & Technologies (ART) University of California, Irvine Disability Services Center 100 Disability Services #313 Irvine, CA 92697-5250 Voice: 949.824.9205 TDD: 949.824.6272 Fax: 949.824.3083 http://www.disability.uci.edu ******************************************** "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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(Pete) Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Online & Distance Learning Compliance Robert, Your forwarded message didn't make it onto your post. Best, Peter Bossley OCIO Accessibility Analyst Office of the Chief Information Officer Enterprise Applications 017 Enarson Classrooms Building, 2009 Millikin Rd, Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 292-8571 Office bossley.5@osu.edu ocio.osu.edu _____ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Espero Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:42 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Online & Distance Learning Compliance Hi all, I'm wondering what you as my colleagues would suggestion in response to this email I received from my campus' Learning Strategy Consultant. I have a list but I don't think they are the best of resources-and I know that most of you have more hands-on experience than I do in this area. See the request below: "I am being asked to look at what it would take to bring UCI online courses into ADA compliance. I am being asked to look at possible tools and services (cost $), funding and grants, best practices & processes, partnerships and collaborations. " Thanks ahead of time for your responses-and for your insight as well! Oh yeah, and sorry for the cross-posting. Kind Regards, Robert Be a "friend" of the DSC! Visit http://www.facebook.com/ucidsc "Universal access through universal design." ******************************************** Robert Espero Assistant Director, Accessible Resources & Technologies (ART) University of California, Irvine Disability Services Center 100 Disability Services #313 Irvine, CA 92697-5250 Voice: 949.824.9205 TDD: 949.824.6272 Fax: 949.824.3083 http://www.disability.uci.edu ******************************************** "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." 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Publications/E-Journals 5) AHG Conference Update 6) Announcement of Election Results 7) New Business ? Canvas LMS Working Group ? Moodle LMS Working Group ? EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Constituent Group ? IAAP Organization ? Standards/Credential Program 8) Adjournment --- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology Services UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Wink Harner wrote: > Do we have a prepared agenda? The interpreters who are working tonight > asked me if there is one they could get in advance. > > Thanks! > > Wink > Wink Harner > foreigntype@gmail.com > > > On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > For those attending the Accessing Higher Ground Conference, the ATHEN > Annual Meeting will be at 6:30PM tonight (Wednesday)! We are planning to be > in one of the ballrooms for the meeting and updates will be posted as soon > as we have the room location. > > > > If you are not an ATHEN member and are interested in learning more, you > are welcome to attend the meeting. > > > > See everyone tonight at 6:30PM! > > > > Take care, > > Sean > > > > _______________________________________________ > > athen-list mailing list > > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The interpreters asked me, and I intended to pass it along to them. As it turned out, Cindy didn't come to the meeting and the terps were cancelled. Appreciate your letting me know! Thank you. Wink Wink Harner foreigntype@gmail.com > On Nov 19, 2014, at 5:23 PM, Terrill Thompson wrote: > > Hi Wink, > > Here's the agenda that was posted to the list on October 20. Not sure if it's changed since then, but I suspect it's roughly accurate: > > Annual Meeting Agenda > 1) Financial Report > 2) Review of 2013 Meeting Minutes > 3) Annual Report of Year?s Activities > 4) Committee Reports > ? Membership > ? Publications/E-Journals > 5) AHG Conference Update > 6) Announcement of Election Results > 7) New Business > ? Canvas LMS Working Group > ? Moodle LMS Working Group > ? EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Constituent Group > ? IAAP Organization ? Standards/Credential Program > 8) Adjournment > > > > --- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology Services > UW Information Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Wink Harner wrote: >> Do we have a prepared agenda? The interpreters who are working tonight asked me if there is one they could get in advance. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Wink >> Wink Harner >> foreigntype@gmail.com >> >> > On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Sean J Keegan wrote: >> > >> > Hello all, >> > >> > For those attending the Accessing Higher Ground Conference, the ATHEN Annual Meeting will be at 6:30PM tonight (Wednesday)! We are planning to be in one of the ballrooms for the meeting and updates will be posted as soon as we have the room location. >> > >> > If you are not an ATHEN member and are interested in learning more, you are welcome to attend the meeting. >> > >> > See everyone tonight at 6:30PM! >> > >> > Take care, >> > Sean >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > athen-list mailing list >> > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Thu Nov 20 04:14:23 2014 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Annual Meeting at AHG! In-Reply-To: <2379B2D5-8959-438F-A46E-E1EEA474DA6B@gmail.com> References: <1772843301.5435791.1416412609514.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> <78FCAC77-DE1C-421D-94A8-20806FF22679@gmail.com> <2379B2D5-8959-438F-A46E-E1EEA474DA6B@gmail.com> Message-ID: Here are the links for the EDUCAUSE resources I mentioned in the meeting last night. IT Accessibility Constituent Group http://www.educause.edu/groups/itaccess Recorded Webinar on "IT Accessibility for CIOs and Campus Leaders" http://www.educause.edu/events/educause-live-it-accessibility-cios-and-campus-leaders 7 Things You Should Know About IT Accessibility http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-it-accessibility Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 gdkraus@ncsu.edu http://go.ncsu.edu/itaccess EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility CG Leader http://educause.edu/groups/itaccess On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:13 AM, Wink Harner wrote: > Thanks, Terrill. The interpreters asked me, and I intended to pass it along > to them. As it turned out, Cindy didn't come to the meeting and the terps > were cancelled. > > Appreciate your letting me know! Thank you. > > Wink > Wink Harner > foreigntype@gmail.com > > On Nov 19, 2014, at 5:23 PM, Terrill Thompson wrote: > > Hi Wink, > > Here's the agenda that was posted to the list on October 20. Not sure if > it's changed since then, but I suspect it's roughly accurate: > > Annual Meeting Agenda > 1) Financial Report > 2) Review of 2013 Meeting Minutes > 3) Annual Report of Year?s Activities > 4) Committee Reports > ? Membership > ? Publications/E-Journals > 5) AHG Conference Update > 6) Announcement of Election Results > 7) New Business > ? Canvas LMS Working Group > ? Moodle LMS Working Group > ? EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Constituent Group > ? IAAP Organization ? Standards/Credential Program > 8) Adjournment > > > > --- > Terrill Thompson > Technology Accessibility Specialist > DO-IT, Accessible Technology Services > UW Information Technology > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Wink Harner wrote: >> >> Do we have a prepared agenda? The interpreters who are working tonight >> asked me if there is one they could get in advance. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Wink >> Wink Harner >> foreigntype@gmail.com >> >> > On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Sean J Keegan wrote: >> > >> > Hello all, >> > >> > For those attending the Accessing Higher Ground Conference, the ATHEN >> > Annual Meeting will be at 6:30PM tonight (Wednesday)! We are planning to be >> > in one of the ballrooms for the meeting and updates will be posted as soon >> > as we have the room location. >> > >> > If you are not an ATHEN member and are interested in learning more, you >> > are welcome to attend the meeting. >> > >> > See everyone tonight at 6:30PM! >> > >> > Take care, >> > Sean >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > athen-list mailing list >> > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From bossley.5 at osu.edu Thu Nov 20 07:33:06 2014 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] Online & Distance Learning Compliance In-Reply-To: <0c4001d0043f$0352e780$09f8b680$@uci.edu> References: <0a1101d00420$11679510$3436bf30$@uci.edu> <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6F7CBAD0@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> <0c4001d0043f$0352e780$09f8b680$@uci.edu> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6F7CC006@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Ah-I see now. Our distance education group here at OSU has recently been working on this as well. I am not sure that they track costs involved in doing so, but could maybe ask them for some information. Since our LMS is fairly accessible, the challenge of course lies in getting buy-in from faculty on making the content they use in their classes accessible. We're still forming strategies around that, some of them are happy to work on doing that and others we have to find other ways to encourage accessibility. They do have an accessibility strategy that they plan to follow which is fairly well formed. They work closely with the director of our Web Accessibility Center and myself to evaluate tools and systems they are planning to include in their suite of tools for instructors. They have also recently hired an instructional designer with accessibility experience. [The Ohio State University] Peter Bossley OCIO Accessibility Analyst Office of the Chief Information Officer Enterprise Applications 017 Enarson Classrooms Building, 2009 Millikin Rd, Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 292-8571 Office bossley.5@osu.edu ocio.osu.edu ________________________________ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Espero Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 4:23 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Online & Distance Learning Compliance Hi Peter, I copied and pasted it into the body of my message to get rid of the extraneous text. It was the following: "I am being asked to look at what it would take to bring UCI online courses into ADA compliance. I am being asked to look at possible tools and services (cost $), funding and grants, best practices & processes, partnerships and collaborations. " From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bossley, Peter A. (Pete) Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Online & Distance Learning Compliance Robert, Your forwarded message didn't make it onto your post. Best, [The Ohio State University] Peter Bossley OCIO Accessibility Analyst Office of the Chief Information Officer Enterprise Applications 017 Enarson Classrooms Building, 2009 Millikin Rd, Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 292-8571 Office bossley.5@osu.edu ocio.osu.edu ________________________________ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Espero Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:42 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Online & Distance Learning Compliance Hi all, I'm wondering what you as my colleagues would suggestion in response to this email I received from my campus' Learning Strategy Consultant. I have a list but I don't think they are the best of resources-and I know that most of you have more hands-on experience than I do in this area. See the request below: "I am being asked to look at what it would take to bring UCI online courses into ADA compliance. I am being asked to look at possible tools and services (cost $), funding and grants, best practices & processes, partnerships and collaborations. " Thanks ahead of time for your responses-and for your insight as well! Oh yeah, and sorry for the cross-posting. Kind Regards, Robert Be a "friend" of the DSC! Visit http://www.facebook.com/ucidsc "Universal access through universal design." ******************************************** Robert Espero Assistant Director, Accessible Resources & Technologies (ART) University of California, Irvine Disability Services Center 100 Disability Services #313 Irvine, CA 92697-5250 Voice: 949.824.9205 TDD: 949.824.6272 Fax: 949.824.3083 http://www.disability.uci.edu ******************************************** "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I have been an active member of ATHEN since 2006. Being an ATHEN member has provided me with many opportunities to participate in collaborations with colleagues that have had a significant impact on technology access in the higher education arena. It has also helped me expand my professional network by establishing lasting relationships with other access technologists. I have been able to utilize this network to receive advice on a range of topics from accessibility feedback about software or hardware my institution is considering purchasing to career and training advice from professionals who have been in this field for over 20 years. Being an ATHEN member has been a key part of my growth as an access technologist and I hope ATHEN membership provides a similar experience for all of you. Thank you. 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Thank you, Jeff Sent from my iPhone. please excuse errors from using Apple's dictation feature. > On Nov 25, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Humbert, Joseph A wrote: > > Hi All, > > I wanted to let everyone on the list know that current ATHEN memberships will be expiring at the end of this month (November 30th, 2014). As membership coordinator and a member of the executive committee, I am inviting current and former ATHEN members as well as potential new members to join our organization. To renew or become a new member please visit the ATHEN Membership page. > > ATHEN Members help achieve the purpose of the ATHEN professional organization. In addition, our members help the higher education community at large and beyond with technology access to the education opportunities and experiences afforded by post-secondary institutions. > > I have been an active member of ATHEN since 2006. Being an ATHEN member has provided me with many opportunities to participate in collaborations with colleagues that have had a significant impact on technology access in the higher education arena. It has also helped me expand my professional network by establishing lasting relationships with other access technologists. 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URL: From Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu Wed Nov 26 06:25:02 2014 From: Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu (Poore-Pariseau, Cindy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:06 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice In-Reply-To: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F90D7C2@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> References: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F90D7C2@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: <7403c83132914777a01e5a9c6cf0fc44@srvmail> Is the fee for membership new? "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same[cid:image003.jpg@01D0095A.DAFBB520]" Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:06 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Importance: High Hi All, I wanted to let everyone on the list know that current ATHEN memberships will be expiring at the end of this month (November 30th, 2014). As membership coordinator and a member of the executive committee, I am inviting current and former ATHEN members as well as potential new members to join our organization. To renew or become a new member please visit the ATHEN Membership page. ATHEN Members help achieve the purpose of the ATHEN professional organization. In addition, our members help the higher education community at large and beyond with technology access to the education opportunities and experiences afforded by post-secondary institutions. I have been an active member of ATHEN since 2006. Being an ATHEN member has provided me with many opportunities to participate in collaborations with colleagues that have had a significant impact on technology access in the higher education arena. It has also helped me expand my professional network by establishing lasting relationships with other access technologists. I have been able to utilize this network to receive advice on a range of topics from accessibility feedback about software or hardware my institution is considering purchasing to career and training advice from professionals who have been in this field for over 20 years. Being an ATHEN member has been a key part of my growth as an access technologist and I hope ATHEN membership provides a similar experience for all of you. 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"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same[cid:image003.jpg@01D0095A.DAFBB520]? Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:06 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Importance: High Hi All, I wanted to let everyone on the list know that current ATHEN memberships will be expiring at the end of this month (November 30th, 2014). As membership coordinator and a member of the executive committee, I am inviting current and former ATHEN members as well as potential new members to join our organization. To renew or become a new member please visit the ATHEN Membership page. ATHEN Members help achieve the purpose of the ATHEN professional organization. In addition, our members help the higher education community at large and beyond with technology access to the education opportunities and experiences afforded by post-secondary institutions. I have been an active member of ATHEN since 2006. Being an ATHEN member has provided me with many opportunities to participate in collaborations with colleagues that have had a significant impact on technology access in the higher education arena. It has also helped me expand my professional network by establishing lasting relationships with other access technologists. I have been able to utilize this network to receive advice on a range of topics from accessibility feedback about software or hardware my institution is considering purchasing to career and training advice from professionals who have been in this field for over 20 years. Being an ATHEN member has been a key part of my growth as an access technologist and I hope ATHEN membership provides a similar experience for all of you. Thank you. Sincerely, Joe Joe Humbert Membership Coordinator Access Technologist Higher Education Network (ATHEN) membership@athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4433 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Wed Nov 26 06:33:33 2014 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice In-Reply-To: <7403c83132914777a01e5a9c6cf0fc44@srvmail> References: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F90D7C2@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> <7403c83132914777a01e5a9c6cf0fc44@srvmail> Message-ID: <3538D485-4DDE-44C2-9C53-F24C162D200A@gmail.com> Joe will undoubtedly answer you as well, Cindy, but I can share what I know about this. We voted last year to increase membership dues to $100/yr. The dues are not new. The amount has increased. We also voted to change the renewal/expiration date to match the calendar year rather than when the conference occurs in November. Does this help answer some of your questions? Wink Wink Harner foreigntype@gmail.com Secretary, ATHEN > On Nov 26, 2014, at 6:25 AM, "Poore-Pariseau, Cindy" wrote: > > Is the fee for membership new? > > "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same? Anne Frank > > Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. > Bristol Community College > Coordinator of Disability Services > Office of Disability Services, L115 > Fall River, MA 02720 > phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 > Fax: 508-730-3297 > aim: poorepariseau > > > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:06 AM > To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice > Importance: High > > Hi All, > > I wanted to let everyone on the list know that current ATHEN memberships will be expiring at the end of this month (November 30th, 2014). As membership coordinator and a member of the executive committee, I am inviting current and former ATHEN members as well as potential new members to join our organization. To renew or become a new member please visit the ATHEN Membership page. > > ATHEN Members help achieve the purpose of the ATHEN professional organization. In addition, our members help the higher education community at large and beyond with technology access to the education opportunities and experiences afforded by post-secondary institutions. > > I have been an active member of ATHEN since 2006. Being an ATHEN member has provided me with many opportunities to participate in collaborations with colleagues that have had a significant impact on technology access in the higher education arena. It has also helped me expand my professional network by establishing lasting relationships with other access technologists. I have been able to utilize this network to receive advice on a range of topics from accessibility feedback about software or hardware my institution is considering purchasing to career and training advice from professionals who have been in this field for over 20 years. > > Being an ATHEN member has been a key part of my growth as an access technologist and I hope ATHEN membership provides a similar experience for all of you. > > Thank you. > > Sincerely, > Joe > > Joe Humbert > Membership Coordinator > Access Technologist Higher Education Network (ATHEN) > membership@athenpro.org > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu Wed Nov 26 06:33:33 2014 From: Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu (Poore-Pariseau, Cindy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice In-Reply-To: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F9222E8@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> References: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F90D7C2@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu>, <7403c83132914777a01e5a9c6cf0fc44@srvmail> <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F9222E8@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: <6bdcc522457741ef98bbae1f1ee24611@srvmail> Ahhhhhhhh got it. Thank you for the clarification "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same[cid:image004.jpg@01D0095C.0B7088B0]" Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 9:32 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Hi Cindy, No, the membership fee is not new. This listserv is free to join, but joining the listserv does not make you an ATHEN member. Thankx, Joe Sent from my Android phone -----Original Message----- From: Poore-Pariseau, Cindy [Cindy.Poore-Pariseau@bristolcc.edu] Received: Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014, 9:28AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' [athen-list@u.washington.edu] Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Is the fee for membership new? "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same[cid:image003.jpg@01D0095C.09A8C100]" Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:06 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Importance: High Hi All, I wanted to let everyone on the list know that current ATHEN memberships will be expiring at the end of this month (November 30th, 2014). As membership coordinator and a member of the executive committee, I am inviting current and former ATHEN members as well as potential new members to join our organization. To renew or become a new member please visit the ATHEN Membership page. ATHEN Members help achieve the purpose of the ATHEN professional organization. In addition, our members help the higher education community at large and beyond with technology access to the education opportunities and experiences afforded by post-secondary institutions. I have been an active member of ATHEN since 2006. Being an ATHEN member has provided me with many opportunities to participate in collaborations with colleagues that have had a significant impact on technology access in the higher education arena. It has also helped me expand my professional network by establishing lasting relationships with other access technologists. I have been able to utilize this network to receive advice on a range of topics from accessibility feedback about software or hardware my institution is considering purchasing to career and training advice from professionals who have been in this field for over 20 years. Being an ATHEN member has been a key part of my growth as an access technologist and I hope ATHEN membership provides a similar experience for all of you. Thank you. Sincerely, Joe Joe Humbert Membership Coordinator Access Technologist Higher Education Network (ATHEN) membership@athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 2262 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4433 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4433 bytes Desc: image004.jpg URL: From eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu Wed Nov 26 07:55:55 2014 From: eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu (Berger, Eileen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice In-Reply-To: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F9222E8@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> References: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F90D7C2@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu>, <7403c83132914777a01e5a9c6cf0fc44@srvmail> <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F9222E8@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: Hi Joe, Just FYI...what does the membership include for the money? I have already paid membership. Thanks, Eileen From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 9:32 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Hi Cindy, No, the membership fee is not new. This listserv is free to join, but joining the listserv does not make you an ATHEN member. Thankx, Joe Sent from my Android phone -----Original Message----- From: Poore-Pariseau, Cindy [Cindy.Poore-Pariseau@bristolcc.edu] Received: Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014, 9:28AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' [athen-list@u.washington.edu] Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Is the fee for membership new? "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same[cid:image001.jpg@01D00967.8CE7D730]" Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:06 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Importance: High Hi All, I wanted to let everyone on the list know that current ATHEN memberships will be expiring at the end of this month (November 30th, 2014). As membership coordinator and a member of the executive committee, I am inviting current and former ATHEN members as well as potential new members to join our organization. To renew or become a new member please visit the ATHEN Membership page. ATHEN Members help achieve the purpose of the ATHEN professional organization. In addition, our members help the higher education community at large and beyond with technology access to the education opportunities and experiences afforded by post-secondary institutions. I have been an active member of ATHEN since 2006. Being an ATHEN member has provided me with many opportunities to participate in collaborations with colleagues that have had a significant impact on technology access in the higher education arena. It has also helped me expand my professional network by establishing lasting relationships with other access technologists. I have been able to utilize this network to receive advice on a range of topics from accessibility feedback about software or hardware my institution is considering purchasing to career and training advice from professionals who have been in this field for over 20 years. Being an ATHEN member has been a key part of my growth as an access technologist and I hope ATHEN membership provides a similar experience for all of you. 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Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4433 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From johumber at iu.edu Wed Nov 26 08:26:39 2014 From: johumber at iu.edu (Humbert, Joseph A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:07 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice In-Reply-To: References: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F90D7C2@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu>, <7403c83132914777a01e5a9c6cf0fc44@srvmail> <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F9222E8@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu>, Message-ID: <906395B08AE7B542882AC81A31B69B757F923D41@IU-MSSG-MBX110.ads.iu.edu> Good Question Eileen, First and foremost, each professional member and one chosen member from each institutional member gets to vote in elections and other ATHEN business. Other current benefits include: * Discount for Accessing Higher Ground (AHG) Conference * Access to recorded sessions from AHG regardless of conference attendance * Participate in /start ATHEN lead initiatives, committees, and activities. For example: * Google Apps accessibility * Canvas accessibility Group * Select technology track presentations at conferences * Contribute to ATHEN publications With our new partnership with AHEAD and 2013 business plan, we will be instituting many of the following new benefits over the next year to two years: New Membership Privileges * Access to all members * Membership listing/ Searchable membership database * Ability to create and edit membership profile * Private Listserv * Private forums for topic discussion/ collaboration * Topic specific tutorials, help files, videos etc. created by members * Discounts for AHG conference and other negotiated webinars fees * Recorded webinars and presentation * Quarterly meetings (online) * Regular E-journal * Member-lead webinars * Detailed product evaluation database * Individual member can initiate and/or call for collaborations for product/ service evaluations * Listing of sponsors & affiliates on our materials at ATHEN Booths (EDUCAUSE, CSUN, AHEAD, etc.) & other outreach (i.e. ATHEN web site) * Ability to post to wikis and comments on blogs * ATHEN Logo placement on open pages * Partner/ Associate Members * Posting information for webinars including within events calendar Website improvements * More informative & timely home page; including events calendar, teaser leads to e-journal and blogs etc.; Options to follow on social media & mobile ? twitter, rss, podcasts, etc. * Committee information including chair with contact information * Ongoing Blog/ RSS feed ? on interesting new resources, links to articles, developments * Membership area, privileges, registering, pay, look-up etc. * ?About us? section with ATHEN mission, perhaps a picture * Legal issues - where are we at? * How-to articles * e-journal articles * Training/Resources page ? links to non-ATHEN videos, websites, training materials around the web, teasers to resources in membership area ? i.e. clips of videos * ATHEN videos * AHG videos * Membership list * Public Information on product evaluations * Product Evaluation in progress: * Product evaluations * Evaluation wikis The priority for order in which new benefits are added will be decided by paying members and the executive committee are open to other ideas. Sincerely, Joe ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Berger, Eileen [eileen_berger@gse.harvard.edu] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 10:55 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Hi Joe, Just FYI?what does the membership include for the money? I have already paid membership. Thanks, Eileen From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 9:32 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Hi Cindy, No, the membership fee is not new. This listserv is free to join, but joining the listserv does not make you an ATHEN member. Thankx, Joe Sent from my Android phone -----Original Message----- From: Poore-Pariseau, Cindy [Cindy.Poore-Pariseau@bristolcc.edu] Received: Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014, 9:28AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' [athen-list@u.washington.edu] Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Is the fee for membership new? "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same[cid:image001.jpg@01D00967.8CE7D730]? Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:06 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Importance: High Hi All, I wanted to let everyone on the list know that current ATHEN memberships will be expiring at the end of this month (November 30th, 2014). As membership coordinator and a member of the executive committee, I am inviting current and former ATHEN members as well as potential new members to join our organization. To renew or become a new member please visit the ATHEN Membership page. ATHEN Members help achieve the purpose of the ATHEN professional organization. In addition, our members help the higher education community at large and beyond with technology access to the education opportunities and experiences afforded by post-secondary institutions. I have been an active member of ATHEN since 2006. Being an ATHEN member has provided me with many opportunities to participate in collaborations with colleagues that have had a significant impact on technology access in the higher education arena. It has also helped me expand my professional network by establishing lasting relationships with other access technologists. I have been able to utilize this network to receive advice on a range of topics from accessibility feedback about software or hardware my institution is considering purchasing to career and training advice from professionals who have been in this field for over 20 years. Being an ATHEN member has been a key part of my growth as an access technologist and I hope ATHEN membership provides a similar experience for all of you. 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The vote to change the membership year was announced and accepted by the membership at this year's annual meeting. Our bi-laws require a public announcement about amendments to the bi-laws for 30 days before they can be ratified by a vote on 2/3 of current members. Thankx. Joe Humbert ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Wink Harner [foreigntype@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 9:33 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Joe will undoubtedly answer you as well, Cindy, but I can share what I know about this. We voted last year to increase membership dues to $100/yr. The dues are not new. The amount has increased. We also voted to change the renewal/expiration date to match the calendar year rather than when the conference occurs in November. Does this help answer some of your questions? Wink Wink Harner foreigntype@gmail.com Secretary, ATHEN On Nov 26, 2014, at 6:25 AM, "Poore-Pariseau, Cindy" > wrote: Is the fee for membership new? "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same? Anne Frank Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Bristol Community College Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Fall River, MA 02720 phone: 508-678-2811 ext. 2470 Fax: 508-730-3297 aim: poorepariseau From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:06 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice Importance: High Hi All, I wanted to let everyone on the list know that current ATHEN memberships will be expiring at the end of this month (November 30th, 2014). As membership coordinator and a member of the executive committee, I am inviting current and former ATHEN members as well as potential new members to join our organization. To renew or become a new member please visit the ATHEN Membership page. ATHEN Members help achieve the purpose of the ATHEN professional organization. In addition, our members help the higher education community at large and beyond with technology access to the education opportunities and experiences afforded by post-secondary institutions. I have been an active member of ATHEN since 2006. Being an ATHEN member has provided me with many opportunities to participate in collaborations with colleagues that have had a significant impact on technology access in the higher education arena. It has also helped me expand my professional network by establishing lasting relationships with other access technologists. I have been able to utilize this network to receive advice on a range of topics from accessibility feedback about software or hardware my institution is considering purchasing to career and training advice from professionals who have been in this field for over 20 years. Being an ATHEN member has been a key part of my growth as an access technologist and I hope ATHEN membership provides a similar experience for all of you. Thank you. Sincerely, Joe Joe Humbert Membership Coordinator Access Technologist Higher Education Network (ATHEN) membership@athenpro.org _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: