From ronrstewart at gmail.com Wed Oct 1 07:00:01 2014 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] AIM Guidance Message-ID: Some resources you may all find helpful in the battle for curricular equity. Ron Stewart http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/resourcecomparability.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsthompson2 at ua.edu Wed Oct 1 07:55:09 2014 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: [BBADMIN-L] deaf/blind student and Bb In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Do any of you have ideas regarding ways to help this student? Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama http://accessibility.ua.edu On 10/01/14, 9:52 AM, "Bruce Harrison" wrote: Question for the group. We have at least one student who is both deaf and blind. Has anyone addressed this situation within the context of Blackboard? For visually impaired we of course have screen readers. You can close-caption videos as well. I've seen braille screenreaders as well ( https://www.humanware.com/en-usa/products/blindness/braille_displays) . Anyone seen other ideas/methods/etc for this type of communication? Bruce Harrison UT Martin Access BBADMIN-L archives and settings: http://lists.asu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=bbadmin-l From vasquez at sbcc.edu Wed Oct 1 13:33:10 2014 From: vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:31:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] Student lab software tools for physiology Message-ID: Are any of you familiar with or are your schools using the following software?? Met with psychology instructors who are proposing a hybrid class using these products. Discussed pros and cons. 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I have been asked by my school's rehab counseling program to give a talk to their classes on the provision of AT services in disability services. Part of this talk would ideally include the sharing of sample AT intake and AT assessment templates. Would any of you interested in sharing please be so kind as to do so, either on or off list? FWIW, the assignment that the students for this class need to complete, and for which I'll be providing partial instruction on, is below. Thank you! Alexa Develop a 8-10 page (double-spaced, not including cover page or references) case study in which you apply the principles and practices of rehabilitation counseling to a population of your choice. This case study should reflect an integrated personal theory of rehabilitation counseling in which you incorporate the following components (a) provide a brief description of the client and their presenting concerns including information about the client?s cultural identity (socioeconomic status, ethnicity, abilities, sexual orientation, religion); (b) describe an model/framework that informs your assessment and development of an initial treatment plan; (c) reviews potential interventions that you would consider to address identified needs; (d) reflects that a comprehensive resource assessment has been completed, including a list of related community resources that are relevant to your client?s needs, (e) documents that an assistive technology assessment has been completed, including appropriate recommendations, and (f) identifies relevant disability policies and regulations that may help to support your client?s goals. In conclusion, discuss contextual aspects of the client?s experience that have contributed to their presenting problems and represent opportunities and/or need for advocacy. Include a preliminary advocacy plan and also discuss how consultation with and possibly referrals to other professionals and/or rehabilitation team members may be needed to effectively assist your client. -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kmetz1 at mail.usf.edu Thu Oct 2 17:56:39 2014 From: kmetz1 at mail.usf.edu (Karla Kmetz) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Assistive Technology Assessment Sample Forms or Templates? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Alexa, I really recommend taking a look at the publications and forms from the Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative. Karla On Oct 2, 2014 8:28 PM, "Alexa Schriempf" wrote: > With apologies for cross-posting, I am putting an urgent plea for resource > sharing out there. I have been asked by my school's rehab counseling > program to give a talk to their classes on the provision of AT services in > disability services. > > Part of this talk would ideally include the sharing of sample AT intake > and AT assessment templates. Would any of you interested in sharing please > be so kind as to do so, either on or off list? > > FWIW, the assignment that the students for this class need to complete, > and for which I'll be providing partial instruction on, is below. > > Thank you! > Alexa > > > > Develop a 8-10 page (double-spaced, not including cover page or > references) case study in which you apply the principles and practices of > rehabilitation counseling to a population of your choice. > > This case study should reflect an integrated personal theory of > rehabilitation counseling in which you incorporate the following components > (a) provide a brief description of the client and their presenting concerns > including information about the client?s cultural identity (socioeconomic > status, ethnicity, abilities, sexual orientation, religion); (b) describe > an model/framework that informs your assessment and development of an > initial treatment plan; (c) reviews potential interventions that you would > consider to address identified needs; (d) reflects that a comprehensive > resource assessment has been completed, including a list of related > community resources that are relevant to your client?s needs, (e) documents > that an assistive technology assessment has been completed, including > appropriate recommendations, and (f) identifies relevant disability > policies and regulations that may help to support your client?s goals. In > conclusion, discuss contextual aspects of the client?s experience that have > contributed to their presenting problems and represent opportunities and/or > need for advocacy. Include a preliminary advocacy plan and also discuss how > consultation with and possibly referrals to other professionals and/or > rehabilitation team members may be needed to effectively assist your > client. > > -- > 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 kcahill at mit.edu Thu Oct 2 18:04:28 2014 From: kcahill at mit.edu (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Assistive Technology Assessment Sample Forms or Templates? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <69C61A72-0809-4ED4-B7D0-CEB41D0EC1D4@mit.edu> Alexa, I'd also recommend checking out the Quality Indicators of Assistive Technology site. They have ones just for post secondary ed. http://qiat-ps.org/ Kathy Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2014, at 8:29 PM, "Alexa Schriempf" > wrote: With apologies for cross-posting, I am putting an urgent plea for resource sharing out there. I have been asked by my school's rehab counseling program to give a talk to their classes on the provision of AT services in disability services. Part of this talk would ideally include the sharing of sample AT intake and AT assessment templates. Would any of you interested in sharing please be so kind as to do so, either on or off list? FWIW, the assignment that the students for this class need to complete, and for which I'll be providing partial instruction on, is below. Thank you! Alexa Develop a 8-10 page (double-spaced, not including cover page or references) case study in which you apply the principles and practices of rehabilitation counseling to a population of your choice. This case study should reflect an integrated personal theory of rehabilitation counseling in which you incorporate the following components (a) provide a brief description of the client and their presenting concerns including information about the client?s cultural identity (socioeconomic status, ethnicity, abilities, sexual orientation, religion); (b) describe an model/framework that informs your assessment and development of an initial treatment plan; (c) reviews potential interventions that you would consider to address identified needs; (d) reflects that a comprehensive resource assessment has been completed, including a list of related community resources that are relevant to your client?s needs, (e) documents that an assistive technology assessment has been completed, including appropriate recommendations, and (f) identifies relevant disability policies and regulations that may help to support your client?s goals. In conclusion, discuss contextual aspects of the client?s experience that have contributed to their presenting problems and represent opportunities and/or need for advocacy. Include a preliminary advocacy plan and also discuss how consultation with and possibly referrals to other professionals and/or rehabilitation team members may be needed to effectively assist your client. -- 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... 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Regards, Pratik Pratik Patel Founder and CEO, EZFire T: 888-320-2921 M: 718-249-7019 E: ppatel@ezfire.net (or pratikp1@gmail.com ) Follow me on Twitter: @ppatel Follow me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/pratik-patel/9/985/882 Skype: Patel.pratik From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:02 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Audio Eye Good morning all, seems there may be a new player in the web site verbalize game and they are making claims of having some good adoption in California. Any feedback you can provide on this vendor would be greatly appreciated. https://audioeye.egnyte.com/h-s/20140501/ktSyx7xD81 To me it appears to be another Browse Aloud type product. Ron Stewart **************************************************************************** *** Ron Stewart Managing Consultant Altformat Solutions LLC 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@altformatsolutions.com www.altformatsolutions.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ats169 at psu.edu Fri Oct 3 13:09:41 2014 From: ats169 at psu.edu (Alexa Schriempf) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Assistive Technology Assessment Sample Forms or Templates? In-Reply-To: <69C61A72-0809-4ED4-B7D0-CEB41D0EC1D4@mit.edu> References: <69C61A72-0809-4ED4-B7D0-CEB41D0EC1D4@mit.edu> Message-ID: Thank you, Kathy! This is very helpful. On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Kathleen Cahill wrote: > Alexa, > > I'd also recommend checking out the Quality Indicators of Assistive > Technology site. They have ones just for post secondary ed. > http://qiat-ps.org/ > > Kathy > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 2, 2014, at 8:29 PM, "Alexa Schriempf" wrote: > > With apologies for cross-posting, I am putting an urgent plea for > resource sharing out there. I have been asked by my school's rehab > counseling program to give a talk to their classes on the provision of AT > services in disability services. > > Part of this talk would ideally include the sharing of sample AT intake > and AT assessment templates. Would any of you interested in sharing please > be so kind as to do so, either on or off list? > > FWIW, the assignment that the students for this class need to complete, > and for which I'll be providing partial instruction on, is below. > > Thank you! > Alexa > > > > Develop a 8-10 page (double-spaced, not including cover page or > references) case study in which you apply the principles and practices of > rehabilitation counseling to a population of your choice. > > This case study should reflect an integrated personal theory of > rehabilitation counseling in which you incorporate the following components > (a) provide a brief description of the client and their presenting concerns > including information about the client?s cultural identity (socioeconomic > status, ethnicity, abilities, sexual orientation, religion); (b) describe > an model/framework that informs your assessment and development of an > initial treatment plan; (c) reviews potential interventions that you would > consider to address identified needs; (d) reflects that a comprehensive > resource assessment has been completed, including a list of related > community resources that are relevant to your client?s needs, (e) documents > that an assistive technology assessment has been completed, including > appropriate recommendations, and (f) identifies relevant disability > policies and regulations that may help to support your client?s goals. In > conclusion, discuss contextual aspects of the client?s experience that have > contributed to their presenting problems and represent opportunities and/or > need for advocacy. Include a preliminary advocacy plan and also discuss how > consultation with and possibly referrals to other professionals and/or > rehabilitation team members may be needed to effectively assist your > client. > > -- > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ats169 at psu.edu Fri Oct 3 13:10:08 2014 From: ats169 at psu.edu (Alexa Schriempf) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Assistive Technology Assessment Sample Forms or Templates? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you so much, Karla! Very helpful. On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Karla Kmetz wrote: > Alexa, > > I really recommend taking a look at the publications and forms from the > Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative. > > Karla > On Oct 2, 2014 8:28 PM, "Alexa Schriempf" wrote: > >> With apologies for cross-posting, I am putting an urgent plea for >> resource sharing out there. I have been asked by my school's rehab >> counseling program to give a talk to their classes on the provision of AT >> services in disability services. >> >> Part of this talk would ideally include the sharing of sample AT intake >> and AT assessment templates. Would any of you interested in sharing please >> be so kind as to do so, either on or off list? >> >> FWIW, the assignment that the students for this class need to complete, >> and for which I'll be providing partial instruction on, is below. >> >> Thank you! >> Alexa >> >> >> >> Develop a 8-10 page (double-spaced, not including cover page or >> references) case study in which you apply the principles and practices of >> rehabilitation counseling to a population of your choice. >> >> This case study should reflect an integrated personal theory of >> rehabilitation counseling in which you incorporate the following components >> (a) provide a brief description of the client and their presenting concerns >> including information about the client?s cultural identity (socioeconomic >> status, ethnicity, abilities, sexual orientation, religion); (b) describe >> an model/framework that informs your assessment and development of an >> initial treatment plan; (c) reviews potential interventions that you would >> consider to address identified needs; (d) reflects that a comprehensive >> resource assessment has been completed, including a list of related >> community resources that are relevant to your client?s needs, (e) documents >> that an assistive technology assessment has been completed, including >> appropriate recommendations, and (f) identifies relevant disability >> policies and regulations that may help to support your client?s goals. In >> conclusion, discuss contextual aspects of the client?s experience that have >> contributed to their presenting problems and represent opportunities and/or >> need for advocacy. Include a preliminary advocacy plan and also discuss how >> consultation with and possibly referrals to other professionals and/or >> rehabilitation team members may be needed to effectively assist your >> client. >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Documenting the assessment and considering funding are also addressed. -Brian On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Alexa Schriempf wrote: > With apologies for cross-posting, I am putting an urgent plea for resource > sharing out there. I have been asked by my school's rehab counseling > program to give a talk to their classes on the provision of AT services in > disability services. > > Part of this talk would ideally include the sharing of sample AT intake > and AT assessment templates. Would any of you interested in sharing please > be so kind as to do so, either on or off list? > > FWIW, the assignment that the students for this class need to complete, > and for which I'll be providing partial instruction on, is below. > > Thank you! > Alexa > > > > Develop a 8-10 page (double-spaced, not including cover page or > references) case study in which you apply the principles and practices of > rehabilitation counseling to a population of your choice. > > This case study should reflect an integrated personal theory of > rehabilitation counseling in which you incorporate the following components > (a) provide a brief description of the client and their presenting concerns > including information about the client?s cultural identity (socioeconomic > status, ethnicity, abilities, sexual orientation, religion); (b) describe > an model/framework that informs your assessment and development of an > initial treatment plan; (c) reviews potential interventions that you would > consider to address identified needs; (d) reflects that a comprehensive > resource assessment has been completed, including a list of related > community resources that are relevant to your client?s needs, (e) documents > that an assistive technology assessment has been completed, including > appropriate recommendations, and (f) identifies relevant disability > policies and regulations that may help to support your client?s goals. In > conclusion, discuss contextual aspects of the client?s experience that have > contributed to their presenting problems and represent opportunities and/or > need for advocacy. Include a preliminary advocacy plan and also discuss how > consultation with and possibly referrals to other professionals and/or > rehabilitation team members may be needed to effectively assist your > client. > > -- > 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 lissner.2 at osu.edu Sat Oct 4 12:16:36 2014 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, L S. (Scott )) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] 4 Steps to Electronic and Information Technologies Compliance | Academic Impressions Message-ID: Of possible interest http://www.academicimpressions.com/webcast/4-steps-electronic-and-information-technologies-compliance#Overview The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued a resolution agreement with the University of Montana as a model for institutions to use to ensure their electronic and information technologies (EIT) are accessible and compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. However, many institutions still have confusion over appropriate ways to audit EITs and build an action plan to support long-term compliance. Clearly understanding the expectations in the resolution agreement can help your institution avoid costly lawsuits and better serve the needs of your students. October, 22 from 1 - 2:30. Join us online for a comprehensive look at how to audit your institution?s EITs and create an action plan. Through an easy-to-understand 4-step process, our expert instructor will help you identify compliance standards and considerations for building a strategic plan to help you meet the OCR?s EIT accessibility expectations. L. Scott Lissner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From burke at ucla.edu Mon Oct 6 08:44:07 2014 From: burke at ucla.edu (Patrick Burke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] MySpanishLab? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201410061544.s96Fi8oe022699@mail.ucla.edu> >Hi everyone, Has anyone worked with MySpanishLab? Based on previous conversations about other My....Lab products, I'm guessing the news won't be too good... We have a blind student taking a course that uses MySpanishLab,& I'll probably be drafted in for support. Just would like some advance idea of what we'll be dealing with, if anyone has experience. Thanks... Patrick -- Patrick J. Burke Coordinator UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program Phone: 310 206-6004 E-mail: burke@ucla.edu Location: 4909 Math Science Department Contact: dcp@oit.ucla.edu From blrichwine at gmail.com Mon Oct 6 11:30:14 2014 From: blrichwine at gmail.com (Brian Richwine) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Are Accessible Multilingual/Multi-directional EPUBs supported today? In-Reply-To: <01b301cfdcdb$86d50650$947f12f0$@ahead.org> References: <010101cfdc16$92931e20$b7b95a60$@montana.com> <0b2201cfdc2a$0f20aad0$2d620070$@gmail.com> <000f01cfdccc$d3522990$79f67cb0$@montana.com> <01b301cfdcdb$86d50650$947f12f0$@ahead.org> Message-ID: Update: Well, surprisingly, performing either a Save As PDF directly from Word 2013 or by using the Adobe Acrobat plug-in for Word, creates a multi-lingual / multi-directional PDF that works in iBooks on iOS 8.0 just fine. It is interesting to me that iBooks handles this from a PDF so well, and not in the somewhat (at least what I consider to be) less complex EPUB file format. We tried a few different XHTML and HTML5 files, and experimented sending a link to the file by email and trying to read the file using Safari on iOS (again, latest 8.0.x as of last week). VoiceOver started reading the Arabic just fine, but stopped reading altogether when it hit the language change into en-US. The files we tried validated and displayed fine, just would not read. We didn't dig too deeply on this option to see if it worked, say on VoiceOver on OS X, etc. None of the EPUB players we have handled language changes in the EPUB (including VoiceDream). Multi-lingual files are very important to us in the higher education environment due to many students required to take language learning courses (books that switch repeatedly between English and Spanish, English and French, etc.). Getting it to work on iOS and iBooks is important too since several of our low-vision students use iOS devices. Considering it is a conversion from a Microsoft format to an Adobe format and then being played on an Apple platform, I'm super happy that such a simple conversion process works. If there was an easy way to mark up language changes in PDFs then we'd probably kept the text in the original PDF. However, we only know how to mark up language and direction changes by converting it to Word. The export to Word feature in the latest Acrobat Pro worked like a charm for this... much better than trying to OCR fancy Arabic fonts! -Brian On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: > That is true George, I was just trying to think of a simple solution and > not having to wait for the reading system vendors to build such a feature > in. > > > > Ron > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *George Kerscher > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 30, 2014 11:37 AM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Are Accessible Multilingual/Multi-directional > EPUBs supported today? > > > > Hi Ron, > > > > > > I find that JFW changes languages on the fly and I believe this is based > on the language attribute. Is there more than that is needed? Of course, we > need the language switching capabilities in a broad range of accessible > reading systems. > > > > The information is there in the DOM; the visual presentation is good, so > it is the AT that needs to send the change language command to the tts > engine. > > > > Best > > George > > > > > > Best > > George > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Ron Stewart > *Sent:* Monday, September 29, 2014 3:12 PM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Are Accessible Multilingual/Multi-directional > EPUBs supported today? > > > > Good advice George, > > > > I have been playing with epubtest.org and it at least does some of the > validation grunt work. In my thinking through the parsing issues with > properly tagged code I am wondering if it can be done on the fly without > some kind of a toggle initiated to go from left to right to right to left. > Secondly would be the transition from romance based languages to more > symbolic type languages such as Farsi or Arabic. > > > > Here is my thought, a reading system that would pick up the lang tagging > and announce it with the user then using a quick keystroke combination to > switch the user agent to the new language. Not elegant I know, but nothing > in this space has ever been elegant. > > > > There is clearly the potential in the rich semantic markup that is > possible in XML, and has been for years, but I am yet to see a reader > system that can actually deliver it. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu > ] *On Behalf Of *George > Kerscher > *Sent:* Monday, September 29, 2014 1:53 PM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Are Accessible Multilingual/Multi-directional > EPUBs supported today? > > > > Hi, > > > > If you look at epubtest.org, you would find a list of readers and in the > test suite, there are tests for right to left readers. > > > > I would try the EPUBs you created to see if they change language on the > fly. My guess, and we have not tested for this specifically that Readium > for Chrome under Windows using JFW or NVDA would work the best. Also, look > at Vital Source. > > > > Oh, and it may make a difference if the language change is on a block > element, like a paragraph and not on a span. > > > > Let me know how this goes. > > > > Best > > George > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Brian Richwine > *Sent:* Monday, September 29, 2014 11:44 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Are Accessible Multilingual/Multi-directional EPUBs > supported today? > > > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone have knowledge of an accessible EPUB reader on iOS/VoiceOver > (or any platform for that matter) that supports multilingual access, > including a mix of directional languages? If it could work on iOS, I > suppose we'd support any other file format that would be accessible and > could be converted from a Word document. > > > > We have a student that is blind, a native Arabic speaker, and does not > want to use desktop screen-reading software since his iPhone natively > supports Arabic TTS. > > > > We've been converting his materials by editing in Word documents, and > then converting them to the EPUB format. The student opens the materials in > iBooks on his phone. > > > > This has been going splendidly for books that are in all one language. > However, the student is studying languages and many of the materials he > needs make extensive use of two or more languages. > > > > We've checked the underlying HTML, metadata files, etc. in the EPUBs we > are creating. They seem to have the proper language markup around the > changes (span elements with lang attributes as expected). However, none of > the EPUB readers (accessible and with TTS) for iOS are handling the > language changes. > > > > It appears that for iBooks, at least, that this is currently by design. > The iBooks Asset Guide speaks of "The language of your book" (as in > singular language, pg. 19 of the iBooks Asset Guide 5.1 R2). > > > > To complicate it, many of the texts switch between left-to-right > languages and right-to-left languages. Often many times in a given line. > > > > Thanks! > > Brian Richwine > > > > Manager, UITS Assistive Technology and Accessibility Centers > > Indiana University ? Bloomington / Indianapolis > > http://iuadapts.iu.edu > > (812) 856-2757 [Direct Line] > > (812) 856-4112 [Office Number] > > brichwin@iu.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Oct 6 11:43:32 2014 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Annual Meeting - Call for Agenda Topics Message-ID: <5E0B6ACB-DC9C-4755-999D-14F51C773600@stanford.edu> Hello ATHEN members, This is a call for agenda topics for the upcoming ATHEN Annual Meeting at the Accessing Higher Ground Conference this November. Accessing Higher Ground is the main conference for the ATHEN organization and hosts our annual meeting. This is an excellent conference for those involved with assistive and accessible technologies, the creation and workflow of alternate formats, and emerging topics in web accessibility. if you have a topic or issue you would like to have raised at the ATHEN Annual Meeting, please send me this information as soon as possible. There has been a lot of activity happening within the ATHEN organization behind the scenes this past year and I am looking forward to sharing with you these discussions. The ATHEN Annual Meeting is slated for Wednesday evening, November 19, after the Exhibit Hall Reception. Specific room information will be announced shortly. Thank you for your continued participation. Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University President, Access Technology Higher Education Network (ATHEN) From jeffbis at email.arizona.edu Mon Oct 6 12:53:08 2014 From: jeffbis at email.arizona.edu (Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility updates In-Reply-To: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDA9042C@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> References: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDA9042C@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> Message-ID: <9D8D3F65EADC0844939399EC1C6F42D556041E5F@BigThunder.catnet.arizona.edu> I have noticed the most significant changes to Google Drive mainly. Google does state Braille display changes as well as notifications when changes are made while editing a document (meaning collaboration notifications). 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Best, Teresa From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis) Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 12:53 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility updates I have noticed the most significant changes to Google Drive mainly. Google does state Braille display changes as well as notifications when changes are made while editing a document (meaning collaboration notifications). From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Teresa Haven Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 9:27 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility updates Has anyone run Google Docs through its accessibility paces in the last few days, since Google announced improved accessibility of the service? So far I haven't perceived any significant improvements, but I'd like to hear other experiences. 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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Teresa Haven Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 12:57 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility updates Thanks, Jeff. What browser are you using? Or are you using the Drive app? And if you are using JAWS, did you make some or all of the settings changes that Google recommended? Best, Teresa From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis) Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 12:53 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility updates I have noticed the most significant changes to Google Drive mainly. Google does state Braille display changes as well as notifications when changes are made while editing a document (meaning collaboration notifications). From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Teresa Haven Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 9:27 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility updates Has anyone run Google Docs through its accessibility paces in the last few days, since Google announced improved accessibility of the service? So far I haven't perceived any significant improvements, but I'd like to hear other experiences. Thanks in advance, Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Mon Oct 6 14:04:18 2014 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Audio Eye In-Reply-To: <0c0701cfdf1a$f61c5770$e2550650$@altformatsolutions.com> References: <0c0701cfdf1a$f61c5770$e2550650$@altformatsolutions.com> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6EFDF930@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> They seem to be making a big push into higher ed-or trying to, at any rate. We'd also be interested in the results of any testing that anyone else has performed. 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 Ron Stewart Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:02 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Audio Eye Good morning all, seems there may be a new player in the web site verbalize game and they are making claims of having some good adoption in California. Any feedback you can provide on this vendor would be greatly appreciated. https://audioeye.egnyte.com/h-s/20140501/ktSyx7xD81 To me it appears to be another Browse Aloud type product. 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(Pete) Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 2:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Audio Eye They seem to be making a big push into higher ed-or trying to, at any rate. We'd also be interested in the results of any testing that anyone else has performed. 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 Ron Stewart Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:02 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Audio Eye Good morning all, seems there may be a new player in the web site verbalize game and they are making claims of having some good adoption in California. Any feedback you can provide on this vendor would be greatly appreciated. https://audioeye.egnyte.com/h-s/20140501/ktSyx7xD81 To me it appears to be another Browse Aloud type product. Ron Stewart ******************************************************************************* Ron Stewart Managing Consultant Altformat Solutions LLC 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@altformatsolutions.com www.altformatsolutions.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks to Lauren Weinstein for the forward. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: PRIVACY Forum mailing list Date: Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:22 AM Subject: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Adobe tracks your e-book reading habits--and sends logs in plain text To: privacy-list@vortex.com Adobe tracks your e-book reading habits--and sends logs in plain text (Ars): http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/ "Adobe's Digital Editions e-book and PDF reader--an application used by thousands of libraries to give patrons access to electronic lending libraries--actively logs and reports every document readers add to their local "library" along with what users do with those files. Even worse, the logs are transmitted over the Internet in the clear, allowing anyone who can monitor network traffic (such as the National Security Agency, Internet service providers and cable companies, or others sharing a public Wi-Fi network) to follow along over readers' shoulders. Ars has independently verified the logging of e-reader activity with the use of a packet capture tool. The exposure of data was first discovered by Nate Hoffelder of The Digital Reader, who reported the issue to Adobe but received no reply. Ars has also reached out to Adobe for comment with no response." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren -- -*- 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... 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Thanks! 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From hunziker at email.arizona.edu Tue Oct 7 15:55:11 2014 From: hunziker at email.arizona.edu (Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] remote proctoring software accessibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20C7E36CF6580646B9BAD516583109F647438AEE@SPACEMT.catnet.arizona.edu> Hi All, Please reply to the list as UA is also looking at some of these solutions. Thanks! Dawn ~~ Dawn Hunziker Technology Access Coordinator Disability Resource Center 520-626-9409 hunziker@email.arizona.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Petri, Kenneth Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 1:11 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] remote proctoring software accessibility OSU is doing some very preliminary research into remote proctoring software. We would appreciate any feedback you could give on the accessibility of such systems. In particular, we are poking around at: * ProctorU (www.proctoru.com) * Examity (www.examity.com) * Kryterion (www.kryteriononline.com) * Software Secure (www.softwaresecure.com) * Bvirtual (www.bvirtualinc.com) * Voice Proctor (www.voiceproctor.com) If you have had experience with these (or others), good or bad, your assessment would be very helpful. Thanks! 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We are waiting a bit I think to see how the product matures. > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Bossley, Peter A. (Pete) > *Sent:* Monday, October 06, 2014 2:04 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Audio Eye > > > > They seem to be making a big push into higher ed?or trying to, at any rate. > > We?d also be interested in the results of any testing that anyone else has > performed. > > Best, > > > > [image: 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 *Ron > Stewart > *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2014 11:02 AM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > *Subject:* [Athen] Audio Eye > > > > Good morning all, seems there may be a new player in the web site > verbalize game and they are making claims of having some good adoption in > California. Any feedback you can provide on this vendor would be greatly > appreciated. > > > > https://audioeye.egnyte.com/h-s/20140501/ktSyx7xD81 > > > > To me it appears to be another Browse Aloud type product. > > > > Ron Stewart > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Ron Stewart > > Managing Consultant > > Altformat Solutions LLC > > > > 8300 West Weller St > > Yorktown, IN 47396 > > Mobile: 609 213-2190 > > Fax: 765 405-1484 > > > > ron@altformatsolutions.com > > www.altformatsolutions.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Office of Disability Services [cid:image003.png@01CFE2E8.1D3A16F0]Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Lucy Stone Hall, Livingston Campus 54 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Suite A145 Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 Phone # (848) 445-6800 Fax # (732) 445-3388 Office Hours Monday- Friday 8:30am-5:00pm Website: https://ods.rutgers.edu Making a Key Difference [cid:image001.jpg@01CD85B7.41799990] From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 6:55 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] remote proctoring software accessibility Hi All, Please reply to the list as UA is also looking at some of these solutions. Thanks! Dawn ~~ Dawn Hunziker Technology Access Coordinator Disability Resource Center 520-626-9409 hunziker@email.arizona.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Petri, Kenneth Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 1:11 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] remote proctoring software accessibility OSU is doing some very preliminary research into remote proctoring software. We would appreciate any feedback you could give on the accessibility of such systems. In particular, we are poking around at: * ProctorU (www.proctoru.com) * Examity (www.examity.com) * Kryterion (www.kryteriononline.com) * Software Secure (www.softwaresecure.com) * Bvirtual (www.bvirtualinc.com) * Voice Proctor (www.voiceproctor.com) If you have had experience with these (or others), good or bad, your assessment would be very helpful. 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While we were working with them, we made sure that they don't lock certain features of OS that assistive technology users depend on and I hope it is still the case. They have a new web developer who is not very familiar with accessibility and accessible design but he is learning more about it. I briefly talked with them at Educause and they welcome any accessibility/usability feedback. If you end up with their product, I will be glad to connect you to them. Thanks, Hadi Hadi Rangin IT Accessibility Specialist Mary Gates Hall 064C University of Washington Phone: (206) 685-4144 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Petri, Kenneth Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 1:11 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] remote proctoring software accessibility OSU is doing some very preliminary research into remote proctoring software. We would appreciate any feedback you could give on the accessibility of such systems. In particular, we are poking around at: * ProctorU (www.proctoru.com) * Examity (www.examity.com) * Kryterion (www.kryteriononline.com) * Software Secure (www.softwaresecure.com) * Bvirtual (www.bvirtualinc.com) * Voice Proctor (www.voiceproctor.com) If you have had experience with these (or others), good or bad, your assessment would be very helpful. Thanks! 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Wed Oct 8 10:13:12 2014 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Adobe tracks your e-book reading habits--and sends logs in plain text In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6EFE0C20@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Whatever your position on Adobe gathering this information, (personally I find this practice to be pretty terrible) it is unarguably incredibly bad that they transmit the data unencrypted. How any company thinks that is acceptable in any way in this day and age is frankly beyond me. [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 Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 2:20 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Adobe tracks your e-book reading habits--and sends logs in plain text For those of you using Digital Editions, either personally or providing to your students, you may want to know about the giant privacy hole inherent in using this Adobe product. Thanks to Lauren Weinstein for the forward. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: PRIVACY Forum mailing list > Date: Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:22 AM Subject: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Adobe tracks your e-book reading habits--and sends logs in plain text To: privacy-list@vortex.com Adobe tracks your e-book reading habits--and sends logs in plain text (Ars): http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/ "Adobe's Digital Editions e-book and PDF reader--an application used by thousands of libraries to give patrons access to electronic lending libraries--actively logs and reports every document readers add to their local "library" along with what users do with those files. Even worse, the logs are transmitted over the Internet in the clear, allowing anyone who can monitor network traffic (such as the National Security Agency, Internet service providers and cable companies, or others sharing a public Wi-Fi network) to follow along over readers' shoulders. Ars has independently verified the logging of e-reader activity with the use of a packet capture tool. The exposure of data was first discovered by Nate Hoffelder of The Digital Reader, who reported the issue to Adobe but received no reply. Ars has also reached out to Adobe for comment with no response." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren -- -*- 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Read the article online at: http://www.informationweek.com/software/productivity-collaboration-apps/microsoft-wants-to-kill-email-attachments/d/d-id/1316487 Thanks, Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology From petri.1 at osu.edu Thu Oct 9 12:31:29 2014 From: petri.1 at osu.edu (Petri, Kenneth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] remote proctoring software accessibility In-Reply-To: <54014c27c3854efa8b2f131cf163b13f@CY1PR0801MB0938.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> References: <54014c27c3854efa8b2f131cf163b13f@CY1PR0801MB0938.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: Thanks Hadi and Keith Kolander for the helpful information. [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 Hadi Rangin Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 1:00 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] remote proctoring software accessibility Hi Ken, University of Illinois has been using ProctorU for the past years (I guess at least for the past 4-5 years). While I was with the University of Illinois Marc Thompson and I collaborated with ProctorU and were able to improve the accessibility of their web application. Their application is technically accessible but it had some usability issues last time I looked into it. The company is well aware about the accessibility and very good with accommodating users with disabilities. While we were working with them, we made sure that they don't lock certain features of OS that assistive technology users depend on and I hope it is still the case. They have a new web developer who is not very familiar with accessibility and accessible design but he is learning more about it. I briefly talked with them at Educause and they welcome any accessibility/usability feedback. If you end up with their product, I will be glad to connect you to them. Thanks, Hadi Hadi Rangin IT Accessibility Specialist Mary Gates Hall 064C University of Washington Phone: (206) 685-4144 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Petri, Kenneth Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 1:11 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] remote proctoring software accessibility OSU is doing some very preliminary research into remote proctoring software. We would appreciate any feedback you could give on the accessibility of such systems. In particular, we are poking around at: * ProctorU (www.proctoru.com) * Examity (www.examity.com) * Kryterion (www.kryteriononline.com) * Software Secure (www.softwaresecure.com) * Bvirtual (www.bvirtualinc.com) * Voice Proctor (www.voiceproctor.com) If you have had experience with these (or others), good or bad, your assessment would be very helpful. Thanks! 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Fri Oct 10 06:03:17 2014 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Customizing keyboard commands or shortcuts in Word Message-ID: <002b01cfe48a$905d3100$b1179300$@karlencommunications.com> I've added a new resource on the Karlen Communications web site. It is the same process for Word 2007, 2010 and 2013.done from the Word Options dialog. 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What tools are other institutions/groups/companies using to accomplish these tasks? What is the accessibility level of the tool that you are using? I look forward to any feedback, experience, or recommendations this group can provide. Thank you. Sincerely, Joe Joe Humbert Principal Accessibility Analyst Assistive Technology and Accessibility Centers Indiana University University Information Technology Services 535 W Michigan Street, IT 210 F Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-274-4378 johumber@iu.edu http://atac.iu.edu [Indiana University] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email message, including all attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipients and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you may NOT use, disclose, copy, or disseminate this information. Please contact the sender by reply email immediately and destroy all copies of the original message including all attachments. 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I suggest you make that a part of the purchasing decision. -Madeleine -- Madeleine Rothberg Project Director Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH http://ncam.wgbh.org madeleine_rothberg@wgbh.org From: , "Dean A." > Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Date: Friday, October 10, 2014 9:47 AM To: ATHEN mailing list > Subject: [Athen] captioning of video streaming events Hi, I will be involved in a meeting later today concerning captioning of video streaming events. The meeting organizer asks what needs to be done to ensure ADA compliance. I?m prepared to say that captioning of streaming events is required to ensure equally effective communication. Is there something more specific that I could or should also mention? Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean Brusnighan Assistive Technology Specialist Purdue University, Young Hall 155 S. 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Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persona or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 6:03 AM, Karlen Communications wrote: > I?ve added a new resource on the Karlen Communications web site. It is the > same process for Word 2007, 2010 and 2013?done from the Word Options dialog. > > > > Feedback welcome! > > > > http://www.karlencommunications.com/MicrosoftOfficeAccessibility2013.html > > > > There is a link on each of my Microsoft Office pages to the same document. > > > > Cheers, Karen > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From Teresa.Haven at nau.edu Fri Oct 10 07:51:55 2014 From: Teresa.Haven at nau.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Customizing keyboard commands or shortcuts in Word In-Reply-To: <002b01cfe48a$905d3100$b1179300$@karlencommunications.com> References: <002b01cfe48a$905d3100$b1179300$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDAA1492@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> Thanks, Karen, your work is always valuable and appreciated. Cheers, Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 6:03 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Customizing keyboard commands or shortcuts in Word I've added a new resource on the Karlen Communications web site. It is the same process for Word 2007, 2010 and 2013...done from the Word Options dialog. Feedback welcome! http://www.karlencommunications.com/MicrosoftOfficeAccessibility2013.html There is a link on each of my Microsoft Office pages to the same document. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is your opportunity to get what you want on the agenda! I will be posting the agenda and Annual Meeting location information soon, so get those submissions in now. Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University President - Access Technology Higher Education Network (ATHEN) From JAsuncion at dawsoncollege.qc.ca Mon Oct 13 18:58:40 2014 From: JAsuncion at dawsoncollege.qc.ca (Jennison Asuncion) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick history question Message-ID: Hi there, In what years were ATHEN and EDUCAUSE's IT Accessibility Constituent Group born? Jennison Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org From skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Oct 13 22:14:31 2014 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick history question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Jennison, I believe the EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Group started in early to mid-2007. Greg Kraus or Terry Thompson may have additional details as they have been the main liaisons between ATHEN and the EDUCAUSE group. Take care, Sean Sean Keegan > On Oct 13, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Jennison Asuncion wrote: > > Hi there, > > In what years were ATHEN and EDUCAUSE's IT Accessibility Constituent Group born? > > Jennison > > > Jennison Mark Asuncion > Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From vasquez at sbcc.edu Mon Oct 13 23:22:02 2014 From: vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick history question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I was the first secretary. I may have that info somewhere. When I return from CAPED I will look. Laurie On Monday, October 13, 2014, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Hi Jennison, > > I believe the EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Group started in early to > mid-2007. Greg Kraus or Terry Thompson may have additional details as they > have been the main liaisons between ATHEN and the EDUCAUSE group. > > Take care,l > Sean > > Sean Keegan > > > On Oct 13, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Jennison Asuncion < > JAsuncion@dawsoncollege.qc.ca > wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > In what years were ATHEN and EDUCAUSE's IT Accessibility Constituent > Group born? > > > > Jennison > > > > > > Jennison Mark Asuncion > > Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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URL: From ea at emptech.info Tue Oct 14 02:46:02 2014 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A.Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reminder: Nominations and Agenda for ATHEN Meeting at AHG In-Reply-To: <1387430363.2366284.1413251797500.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> References: <728123129.2363118.1413251462484.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> <1387430363.2366284.1413251797500.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <002801cfe793$aade5520$009aff60$@emptech.info> I am so sorry I will be unable to attend, but I will be with you all in spirit and Howard is certainly keeping some of us busy on his Canvas Course! Have a wonderful conference and meeting. Off to send Dan a vote! Take care. Best wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan WAIS, ECS , University of Southampton Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246 Mobile +44 (0)7976 289103 http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.emptech.info -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: 14 October 2014 02:57 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Reminder: Nominations and Agenda for ATHEN Meeting at AHG Hello all, Just a reminder to submit nominations for ATHEN Executive Council members. If you missed the original message, you can view Dan Comden's post at: http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/2014-September/008780 .html Second, please submit items for the Annual Meeting Agenda. Thank you to those who have submitted topics or have agreed to lead discussions. This is your opportunity to get what you want on the agenda! I will be posting the agenda and Annual Meeting location information soon, so get those submissions in now. Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University President - Access Technology Higher Education Network (ATHEN) _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From ronrstewart at gmail.com Tue Oct 14 03:57:41 2014 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick history question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <03fb01cfe79d$ad81a430$0884ec90$@gmail.com> Discussions went on for a couple of years with them prior to the group being formed, we even invited them to attend AHG since their offices and the conference were both near Boulder at the time. I think 2007-08 is probably about right. I am sure I have it as well if needed. Ron From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Vasquez Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 1:22 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] quick history question I was the first secretary. I may have that info somewhere. When I return from CAPED I will look. Laurie On Monday, October 13, 2014, Sean J Keegan wrote: Hi Jennison, I believe the EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Group started in early to mid-2007. Greg Kraus or Terry Thompson may have additional details as they have been the main liaisons between ATHEN and the EDUCAUSE group. Take care,l Sean Sean Keegan > On Oct 13, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Jennison Asuncion > wrote: > > Hi there, > > In what years were ATHEN and EDUCAUSE's IT Accessibility Constituent Group born? > > Jennison > > > Jennison Mark Asuncion > Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org > _______________________________________________ > 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 sherylb at uw.edu Tue Oct 14 05:40:46 2014 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick history question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CAD2F2E-A8F1-477F-AF7A-1B6605653630@uw.edu> The original IT accessibility special interest group for EDUCAUSE (when it was EDUCOM) was EASI. I wrote a history about EASI in the ITD journal in 2004. http://itd.athenpro.org/volume10/number1/burgst.html Back then we worked with EDUCOM, which was focused on academic computing in higher education. It became EDUCAUSE when it joined with the similar group focused on administrative computing. Wow! I just realized how old I am! Sheryl ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Oct 13, 2014, at 10:14 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Hi Jennison, > > I believe the EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Group started in early to mid-2007. Greg Kraus or Terry Thompson may have additional details as they have been the main liaisons between ATHEN and the EDUCAUSE group. > > Take care, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > >> On Oct 13, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Jennison Asuncion wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> >> In what years were ATHEN and EDUCAUSE's IT Accessibility Constituent Group born? >> >> Jennison >> >> >> Jennison Mark Asuncion >> Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 ronrstewart at gmail.com Tue Oct 14 06:00:39 2014 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] quick history question In-Reply-To: <8CAD2F2E-A8F1-477F-AF7A-1B6605653630@uw.edu> References: <8CAD2F2E-A8F1-477F-AF7A-1B6605653630@uw.edu> Message-ID: There is actually a very interesting and convoluted history behind the current situation. On Oct 14, 2014 8:41 AM, "Sheryl Burgstahler" wrote: > The original IT accessibility special interest group for EDUCAUSE (when it > was EDUCOM) was EASI. I wrote a history about EASI in the ITD journal in > 2004. > http://itd.athenpro.org/volume10/number1/burgst.html > > Back then we worked with EDUCOM, which was focused on academic computing > in higher education. It became EDUCAUSE when it joined with the similar > group focused on administrative computing. > > Wow! I just realized how old I am! > > Sheryl > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. > Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT > Affiliate Professor, Education > University of Washington, Box 354842 > Seattle, WA 98195 > 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 > http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb > sherylb@uw.edu > > > > On Oct 13, 2014, at 10:14 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > > > Hi Jennison, > > > > I believe the EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Group started in early to > mid-2007. Greg Kraus or Terry Thompson may have additional details as they > have been the main liaisons between ATHEN and the EDUCAUSE group. > > > > Take care, > > Sean > > > > Sean Keegan > > > >> On Oct 13, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Jennison Asuncion < > JAsuncion@dawsoncollege.qc.ca> wrote: > >> > >> Hi there, > >> > >> In what years were ATHEN and EDUCAUSE's IT Accessibility Constituent > Group born? > >> > >> Jennison > >> > >> > >> Jennison Mark Asuncion > >> Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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... 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As the focus will be on web accessibility, familiarity with HTML is desired but not required. Participants should also have familiarity with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF programs. This is an ION (Illinois Online Network) course delivered asynchronously through MVCR.org, a Moodle environment (www.moodle.org). Course Objectives * Develop an understanding of universal design principles for online learning. * Understand how people with disabilities access the web and other formats. * Understand potential accessibility/usability issues that need to be considered in course design and instruction. * Understand accessibility issues with multimedia content and potential solutions for them. * Create more accessible/usable HTML-based course content. * Create more accessible/usable Microsoft Word documents. * Create more accessible/usable Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. * Create more accessible/usable Adobe PDF documents. 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In the summer of 2005 we received a thanks but no thanks communication from EDUCAUSE direct to AHEAD despite the intervention of a CA CIO's attempts to broker a formal relationships. In the fall of 2006 a roundtable session on IT accessibility was held at the annual EDUCAUSE conference in Dallas but no formal Constituent group existed at this time. In late November 2006 a teleconference was held between key folks in ATHEN and the EDUCAUSE Executive Staff. Promises of follow-up were made by the various EDUCAUSE VP's that participated but my notes indicated that there was actually now concrete follow through on the part of EDUCAUSE. In early October of 2007 Terry Thompson was given 30 minutes to talk about accessibility at the CIO meeting at the EDUCAUS annual conference in later in the month. At the AHG annual meeting in 2007 it was announced by Terry (Terrill today) that the IT Accessibility constituent meeting had been formed. In March of 2009 a bridge session was held at AHG during interval between the annual EDUCAUSE conference in Denver and the AHG conference. Very little attendance was there from folks from the EDUCAUSE group but there were a few. So after all of this we have the answer, and this brought up to me a lot of memories that I would like to forget since for almost a decade we have been attempting to make progress with EDUCAUSE and at this point we have a group. This reflects a lot of hard work on the part of a few folks but also does not come as a surprise given the recent formal EDUCAUSE position statement on the TEACH Act. Ron Stewart From: Ron [mailto:ronrstewart@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 8:01 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] quick history question There is actually a very interesting and convoluted history behind the current situation. On Oct 14, 2014 8:41 AM, "Sheryl Burgstahler" wrote: The original IT accessibility special interest group for EDUCAUSE (when it was EDUCOM) was EASI. I wrote a history about EASI in the ITD journal in 2004. http://itd.athenpro.org/volume10/number1/burgst.html Back then we worked with EDUCOM, which was focused on academic computing in higher education. It became EDUCAUSE when it joined with the similar group focused on administrative computing. Wow! I just realized how old I am! Sheryl ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Oct 13, 2014, at 10:14 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Hi Jennison, > > I believe the EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Group started in early to mid-2007. Greg Kraus or Terry Thompson may have additional details as they have been the main liaisons between ATHEN and the EDUCAUSE group. > > Take care, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > >> On Oct 13, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Jennison Asuncion wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> >> In what years were ATHEN and EDUCAUSE's IT Accessibility Constituent Group born? >> >> Jennison >> >> >> Jennison Mark Asuncion >> Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Matt.McCubbin at umb.edu Thu Oct 16 06:20:43 2014 From: Matt.McCubbin at umb.edu (Matt McCubbin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Audio Eye In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6EFDF930@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <0c0701cfdf1a$f61c5770$e2550650$@altformatsolutions.com> <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6EFDF930@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <14405a099f4f4c9ca22a594845d6e018@DM2PR0101MB0893.prod.exchangelabs.com> I haven't been able to locate any reviews of the service from organizations that have implemented the service. Would also be interested in your findings Pratik. Thanks much. Best regards, Matt -- Matt McCubbin Adaptive Technology Specialist University of Massachusetts Boston (617) 287-5243 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bossley, Peter A. (Pete) Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 5:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Audio Eye They seem to be making a big push into higher ed-or trying to, at any rate. We'd also be interested in the results of any testing that anyone else has performed. 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 Ron Stewart Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:02 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Audio Eye Good morning all, seems there may be a new player in the web site verbalize game and they are making claims of having some good adoption in California. Any feedback you can provide on this vendor would be greatly appreciated. https://audioeye.egnyte.com/h-s/20140501/ktSyx7xD81 To me it appears to be another Browse Aloud type product. Ron Stewart ******************************************************************************* Ron Stewart Managing Consultant Altformat Solutions LLC 8300 West Weller St Yorktown, IN 47396 Mobile: 609 213-2190 Fax: 765 405-1484 ron@altformatsolutions.com www.altformatsolutions.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Do you simply go over how the pen works, or do you provide any additional training on the process of note taking? 2. Do you provide additional note taking support? Do you have any requirements (such as note taking training) prior to loaning out a Smartpen? 3. Do you do any check-ins during the semester to ensure your students are taking quality notes? 4. Do many students return their pen mid-semester saying that they are either not using the pen, or that it is not useful in the classes they are taking? Thanks so much for any information/insight you can provide. Evan Hale assistivetech@qcc.mass.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lcarlson at d.umn.edu Thu Oct 16 10:52:41 2014 From: lcarlson at d.umn.edu (Laura Carlson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS with Mathematica Message-ID: Hi All, We are working with a student who is blind that is enrolled in a Calculus 3 class. Part of this class requires students to use the program Mathematica to input and manipulate equations. I found Mathematica's Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) at: http://www.wolfram.com/legal/accessibility/wolfram-mathematica.html It has the following links: Accessibility http://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/Accessibility.html Keyboard Shortcut Listing http://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/KeyboardShortcutListing.html Does anyone have experience with JAWS with Mathematica to share? Thank you. Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ From mdimac at kent.edu Thu Oct 16 11:08:26 2014 From: mdimac at kent.edu (Dimac, Marcie) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS with Mathematica In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Laura, I am sorry to say I have no info on Mathematica, but when working with JAWS and SPSS, I did have to download and install a specific script file which rendered it accessible. Don't know if this is helpful, but thought I would pass along. Thanks! 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 10/16/14, 1:52 PM, "Laura Carlson" wrote: >Hi All, > >We are working with a student who is blind that is enrolled in a >Calculus 3 class. Part of this class requires students to use the >program Mathematica to input and manipulate equations. > >I found Mathematica's Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility >Template (VPAT) at: >http://www.wolfram.com/legal/accessibility/wolfram-mathematica.html > >It has the following links: > >Accessibility >http://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/Accessibility.html > >Keyboard Shortcut Listing >http://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/KeyboardShortcutListing.htm >l > >Does anyone have experience with JAWS with Mathematica to share? > >Thank you. > >Best Regards, >Laura > >-- >Laura L. Carlson >Information Technology Systems and Services >University of Minnesota Duluth >Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 >http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From vasquez at sbcc.edu Thu Oct 16 11:58:42 2014 From: vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] In the NEWS - Dueling LMS lawsuits Message-ID: Dueling LMS Lawsuits October 16, 2014 By Carl Straumsheim A learning management system provider is suing one of its clients for breach of contract, alleging the university let more students use the system than previously agreed. The university, meanwhile, has responded with its own lawsuit, saying the company is charging ?exorbitant fees? for a ?malfunctioning product.? The University of the Incarnate Word, a private Catholic institution in San Antonio, Tex., in December 2004 hired Learning Technology Partners to provide its learning management system, called Izio. The two parties agreed to a pay-per-student model, where the university paid a flat fee (in 2014, $24) for each student who accessed the system. Their partnership expanded in 2009 and 2011. First, the university asked the company to let students in its adult degree completion program use the system to download ebooks. That agreement, priced at $2 per student, did not come with access to Izio. Then, the university introduced blended programs, and negotiated a price of $12 per student for five to eight weeks of access to the system. Yet in 2011, the company began to experience ?severe usage and capacity issues,? and asked its contacts at the university to figure out where the additional traffic was coming from. According to the complaint , which was filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court, the university ?repeatedly denied? that students in the degree completion programs were the source of the traffic. While the company spent the next three years diagnosing and upgrading its system, the university made plans to end the agreement. When the university announced its intentions in October 2013, ?the relationship of the parties changed,? according to the counterclaim . The company said it found the source of the congestion: Students who were only supposed to download their ebooks had access to Izio, and students in the blended programs were accessing Izio for twice as long a period as they had paid for. After an audit of the past three academic years, the company charged the university more than $1 million in fees for ?unauthorized usage.? In its counterclaim, however, the university says the company conducted a similar audit in 2013, and although it found irregularities, it ?agreed as part of an accord that no retroactive fees be assessed.? The company includes quotes from a handful of emails suggesting the university knew about the additional traffic. In an email to Reda Athanasios, president of Learning Technology Partners, Cyndi W. Porter, the university?s vice president for extended academic programs, acknowledged the ?rogue courses,? saying the institution would pay for them. The complaint also states the university experimented with other learning management systems, including Blackboard Learn, even though its agreement with Learning Technology Partners named the company the ?sole and exclusive provider for all distance education? systems. In the letter announcing that Incarnate Word would terminate the agreement, Douglas B. Endsley, vice president for business and finance, also said the institution would replace Izio with ?other products that are paid for and currently in service in the greater part of the university.? The university?s final one-year extension with the company, which came with higher fees to support the upgrades, was scheduled to end this December. Instead, the university ended the agreement before the fall semester, six months after it notified the company that Izio was ?malfunctioning.? According to the contract, the university was free to do so if Izio was unavailable for more than 10 percent of any two weeks during a three-week period. The university paid the company an early termination fee of $120,144, which it is now saying should be reimbursed. In an email, Athanasios declined to elaborate on the complaint, saying, "We feel very strongly about our case, but because the lawsuit is pending, we don?t have any further comment at this time." 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I have them all do a test recording to make sure they are comfortable using it. I talk to them a little about taking notes, and leaving some gaps in the notes to fill in later if needed. I go over taking care of the pen, including stressing the importance of keeping it charged up. I go over a bit of the Livescribe Desktop software with them. I give them a CD which includes the full documentation, my quick reference guide, and a couple of videos from Livescribe on using the pen and taking notes, which are pretty good: http://www.livescribe.com/blog/education/2012/10/24/webinar-recordings/ I check on the students during the semester to make sure they don't have any questions or problems with the pens. I don't check on the quality of their notetaking. So far the students using them really enjoy it. Keith Kolander kkolander@stchas.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Evan Hale Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 10:52 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] LiveScribe Smartpen Hi Everyone, I work for the Assistive Technology department at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, MA, and we have been loaning out Smartpens to students with disabilities for almost 2 years now. Recently, it has come to our attention that our students are not really utilizing the pen effectively due to their inability to take quality notes. I'm sending this message to find out how other institutions are handling the Smartpen, how they are training students, and how you are supporting students with the note taking process. So here are a few specific questions related to the Smartpen and notetaking: 1. What is the process you are using when training a student on the Smartpen? Do you simply go over how the pen works, or do you provide any additional training on the process of note taking? 2. Do you provide additional note taking support? Do you have any requirements (such as note taking training) prior to loaning out a Smartpen? 3. Do you do any check-ins during the semester to ensure your students are taking quality notes? 4. Do many students return their pen mid-semester saying that they are either not using the pen, or that it is not useful in the classes they are taking? Thanks so much for any information/insight you can provide. Evan Hale assistivetech@qcc.mass.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ronrstewart at gmail.com Thu Oct 16 12:10:04 2014 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] In the NEWS - Dueling LMS lawsuits In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just the beginning of a lot of this kind of thing. I have some very unhappy clients with the usability and accessibility of the products they have acquired. This came up this week with some students who totally cannot use systems after mandatory upgrades. Ron Stewart On Thursday, October 16, 2014, Laurie Vasquez wrote: > Dueling LMS Lawsuits > October 16, 2014 > By > Carl Straumsheim > > A learning management system provider is suing one of its clients for > breach of contract, alleging the university let more students use the > system than previously agreed. The university, meanwhile, has responded > with its own lawsuit, saying the company is charging ?exorbitant fees? for > a ?malfunctioning product.? > > The University of the Incarnate Word, a private Catholic institution in > San Antonio, Tex., in December 2004 hired Learning Technology Partners > to > provide its learning management system, called Izio. The two parties agreed > to a pay-per-student model, where the university paid a flat fee (in 2014, > $24) for each student who accessed the system. > > Their partnership expanded in 2009 and 2011. First, the university asked > the company to let students in its adult degree completion program use the > system to download ebooks. That agreement, priced at $2 per student, did > not come with access to Izio. Then, the university introduced blended > programs, and negotiated a price of $12 per student for five to eight weeks > of access to the system. > > Yet in 2011, the company began to experience ?severe usage and capacity > issues,? and asked its contacts at the university to figure out where the > additional traffic was coming from. According to the complaint > , > which was filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court, the university > ?repeatedly denied? that students in the degree completion programs were > the source of the traffic. > > While the company spent the next three years diagnosing and upgrading its > system, the university made plans to end the agreement. When the university > announced its intentions in October 2013, ?the relationship of the parties > changed,? according to the counterclaim > > . > > The company said it found the source of the congestion: Students who were > only supposed to download their ebooks had access to Izio, and students in > the blended programs were accessing Izio for twice as long a period as they > had paid for. After an audit of the past three academic years, the company > charged the university more than $1 million in fees for ?unauthorized > usage.? > > In its counterclaim, however, the university says the company conducted a > similar audit in 2013, and although it found irregularities, it ?agreed as > part of an accord that no retroactive fees be assessed.? > > The company includes quotes from a handful of emails suggesting the > university knew about the additional traffic. In an email to Reda > Athanasios, president of Learning Technology Partners, Cyndi W. Porter, the > university?s vice president for extended academic programs, acknowledged > the ?rogue courses,? saying the institution would pay for them. > > The complaint also states the university experimented with other learning > management systems, including Blackboard Learn, even though its agreement > with Learning Technology Partners named the company the ?sole and exclusive > provider for all distance education? systems. > > In the letter announcing that Incarnate Word would terminate the > agreement, Douglas B. Endsley, vice president for business and finance, > also said the institution would replace Izio with ?other products that are > paid for and currently in service in the greater part of the university.? > > The university?s final one-year extension with the company, which came > with higher fees to support the upgrades, was scheduled to end this > December. Instead, the university ended the agreement before the fall > semester, six months after it notified the company that Izio was > ?malfunctioning.? According to the contract, the university was free to do > so if Izio was unavailable for more than 10 percent of any two weeks during > a three-week period. > > The university paid the company an early termination fee of $120,144, > which it is now saying should be reimbursed. > > In an email, Athanasios declined to elaborate on the complaint, saying, > "We feel very strongly about our case, but because the lawsuit is pending, > we don?t have any further comment at this time." The university did not > respond to a request for comment. > > The cases are awaiting action from the U.S. District Court for the > Northern District of California. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Box 5190 > Kent, Ohio 44242 Phone: 330-672-3391 Fax: 330-672-3763 Email: mdimac at kent.edu www.kent.edu/sas On 10/16/14, Laura Carlson wrote: > Hi All, > > We are working with a student who is blind that is enrolled in a > Calculus 3 class. Part of this class requires students to use the > program Mathematica to input and manipulate equations. > > I found Mathematica's Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility > Template (VPAT) at: > http://www.wolfram.com/legal/accessibility/wolfram-mathematica.html > > It has the following links: > > Accessibility > http://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/Accessibility.html > > Keyboard Shortcut Listing > http://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/KeyboardShortcutListing.html > > Does anyone have experience with JAWS with Mathematica to share? > > Thank you. > > Best Regards, > Laura > > -- > Laura L. Carlson > Information Technology Systems and Services > University of Minnesota Duluth > Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 > http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ > -- Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ From Matt.McCubbin at umb.edu Fri Oct 17 07:19:24 2014 From: Matt.McCubbin at umb.edu (Matt McCubbin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Job Posting--Transition Resource Coordinator, University of Massachusetts Boston Message-ID: <9167910cb70c4fb6b7b9a592c6e02f21@DM2PR0101MB0893.prod.exchangelabs.com> Good morning, Please see the attached job position here at UMass Boston. Feel free to forward to anyone who may be interested. All the best, Matt -- Matt McCubbin Adaptive Technology Specialist University of Massachusetts Boston (617) 287-5243 From: Dana R Roth Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 9:59 AM To: Matt McCubbin Subject: FW: Job Posting--University of Massachusetts Boston Good morning! The Ross Center for Disability Services at the University of Massachusetts Boston has an opening for our Transition Resource Coordinator position. We encourage any interested individuals to apply by November 17, 2014, using the following link: http://umb.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=53988&CNTRNO=3&TSTMP=1413487037495. Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great weekend, Dana Roth Dana Rose Roth, Assistant Director Ross Center for Disability Services University of Massachusetts Boston Campus Center, Upper Level 0211 (617) 287-3916 dana.roth@umb.edu www.rosscenter.umb.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From MeganShadrick at MissouriState.edu Fri Oct 17 12:17:22 2014 From: MeganShadrick at MissouriState.edu (Shadrick, Megan E) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] cart CONNECTION ISSUES Message-ID: <15393BAE3B8F114496030F94072D508301C1A5C84046@ex07-ms3.EDUBEAR.NET> Hello All With students using and connecting with phones, tablets, and watches our wireless isn?t reliable enough to run remote CART services through. We have only been using wireless if there isn?t a hard data port connection in the room. Since the number of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students continues to increase here I am trying to find a solid plan for the future. I am finding a lot of classrooms without extra data ports that students can access. When you add the number of students we have using CART and the number of classrooms without data ports it is starting to become overwhelming. Very long story short adding new data ports into the classrooms as needed isn?t a feasible option. The only other options I can come up with are relocating classes to different rooms or using a CART provider in the room. We are down to 2 local CART providers and we keep their schedules full so this isn?t really an option. I am curious how you are handling this problem on yor campuses? Thank you! Megan Shadrick M.S., M.A., COMS Associate Director, Disability Resource Center?Access Technology Center Missouri State University meganshadrick@missouristate.edu http://missouristate.edu/atc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Fri Oct 17 12:19:18 2014 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Using Voice to Input LaTex In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Alexa, Have you looked at MathTalk from Metroplex Computing? There are some demos on the website: http://metroplexvoice.com/ MathTalk is (essentially) a set of macros that act to convert spoken math information into the Scientific Notebook application. Scientific Notebook is a LaTeX editor and so you can open the SN file in a standard text editor and view the code. So, you would not be working with LaTeX code, specifically, but rather using Scientific Notebook in conjunction with Dragon to author equations. Then, you would open the Scientific Notebook file using a text editor to gain access to the underlying LaTeX code if you need to do further editing. I have also had students who trained their own vocabulary in Dragon to input LaTeX code. It did take time, but they preferred to work in the code directly rather than use Scientific Notebook. Take care, Sean Sean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University On Oct 17, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Alexa Schriempf wrote: > Hi All, > > I have an engineering graduate student with limited mobility who uses Dragon and PC. LaTex is how his field authors math. > > He is trying very hard but unsucessfully to implement the method described in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQlY2XNCLU > > I am looking for two things: 1) Any tips on how to recreate the method in the video successfully? and/or 2) Anyone know of math speech recognition that will take spoken math and render it in LaTex -- for example, one would voice in MathSpeak (http://www.gh-mathspeak.com/), and speech recognition engine would produce LaTex? (Or even the graphic math). > > Thanks in advance, > Alexa > > -- > 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 ats169 at psu.edu Fri Oct 17 12:24:15 2014 From: ats169 at psu.edu (Alexa Schriempf) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] cart CONNECTION ISSUES In-Reply-To: <15393BAE3B8F114496030F94072D508301C1A5C84046@ex07-ms3.EDUBEAR.NET> References: <15393BAE3B8F114496030F94072D508301C1A5C84046@ex07-ms3.EDUBEAR.NET> Message-ID: Not yet handling this issue on my campus, but it seems to me the solution is for a campus's IT to establish a dedicated, Deaf and HOH remote CART bandwidth service. The idea is similar to the "guest" bandwith available to non-campus persons, and then a password protected wifi available to those with the log in credentials. Why not create a third one and lock it down for remote CART purposes? On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Shadrick, Megan E < MeganShadrick@missouristate.edu> wrote: > Hello All > > With students using and connecting with phones, tablets, and watches our > wireless isn?t reliable enough to run remote CART services through. We have > only been using wireless if there isn?t a hard data port connection in the > room. Since the number of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students continues to > increase here I am trying to find a solid plan for the future. I am finding > a lot of classrooms without extra data ports that students can access. When > you add the number of students we have using CART and the number of > classrooms without data ports it is starting to become overwhelming. Very > long story short adding new data ports into the classrooms as needed isn?t > a feasible option. The only other options I can come up with are relocating > classes to different rooms or using a CART provider in the room. We are > down to 2 local CART providers and we keep their schedules full so this > isn?t really an option. I am curious how you are handling this problem on > yor campuses? > > Thank you! > > > > Megan Shadrick M.S., M.A., COMS > > Associate Director, Disability Resource Center?Access Technology Center > > Missouri State University > > meganshadrick@missouristate.edu > > http://missouristate.edu/atc > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Fri Oct 17 12:26:57 2014 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] cart CONNECTION ISSUES In-Reply-To: <15393BAE3B8F114496030F94072D508301C1A5C84046@ex07-ms3.EDUBEAR.NET> References: <15393BAE3B8F114496030F94072D508301C1A5C84046@ex07-ms3.EDUBEAR.NET> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6EFE7DCA@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Megan, Wireless capacity can be managed with the installation of robust wireless access points. However, the enterprise grade hardware is sometimes too expensive. One possible solution would be to use Ethernet switches to add temporary data connection capacity to a room. However, this could present problems if classroom networks aren?t designed to deal with the additional traffic or IP address usage, so you would want to engage your network infrastructure staff if you went that direction. I haven?t heard of us having these kinds of issues here at OSU, but we are fortunate to have a fairly well supported wireless infrastructure in most classroom spaces. 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 Shadrick, Megan E Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 3:17 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] cart CONNECTION ISSUES Hello All With students using and connecting with phones, tablets, and watches our wireless isn?t reliable enough to run remote CART services through. We have only been using wireless if there isn?t a hard data port connection in the room. Since the number of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students continues to increase here I am trying to find a solid plan for the future. I am finding a lot of classrooms without extra data ports that students can access. When you add the number of students we have using CART and the number of classrooms without data ports it is starting to become overwhelming. Very long story short adding new data ports into the classrooms as needed isn?t a feasible option. The only other options I can come up with are relocating classes to different rooms or using a CART provider in the room. We are down to 2 local CART providers and we keep their schedules full so this isn?t really an option. I am curious how you are handling this problem on yor campuses? Thank you! 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Wink Harner foreigntype@gmail.com On Oct 17, 2014 12:19 PM, "Sean Keegan" wrote: > Hi Alexa, > > Have you looked at MathTalk from Metroplex Computing? There are some demos > on the website: http://metroplexvoice.com/ > > MathTalk is (essentially) a set of macros that act to convert spoken math > information into the Scientific Notebook application. Scientific Notebook > is a LaTeX editor and so you can open the SN file in a standard text editor > and view the code. > > So, you would not be working with LaTeX code, specifically, but rather > using Scientific Notebook in conjunction with Dragon to author equations. > Then, you would open the Scientific Notebook file using a text editor to > gain access to the underlying LaTeX code if you need to do further editing. > > I have also had students who trained their own vocabulary in Dragon to > input LaTeX code. It did take time, but they preferred to work in the code > directly rather than use Scientific Notebook. > > Take care, > Sean > > Sean Keegan > Associate Director, Assistive Technology > Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University > > > > > On Oct 17, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Alexa Schriempf wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have an engineering graduate student with limited mobility who uses > Dragon and PC. LaTex is how his field authors math. > > He is trying very hard but unsucessfully to implement the method described > in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQlY2XNCLU > > I am looking for two things: 1) Any tips on how to recreate the method in > the video successfully? and/or 2) Anyone know of math speech recognition > that will take spoken math and render it in LaTex -- for example, one would > voice in MathSpeak (http://www.gh-mathspeak.com/), and speech recognition > engine would produce LaTex? (Or even the graphic math). > > Thanks in advance, > Alexa > > -- > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 paire at temple.edu Fri Oct 17 14:36:30 2014 From: paire at temple.edu (Paul E. Paire) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] cart CONNECTION ISSUES In-Reply-To: <15393BAE3B8F114496030F94072D508301C1A5C84046@ex07-ms3.EDUBEAR.NET> References: <15393BAE3B8F114496030F94072D508301C1A5C84046@ex07-ms3.EDUBEAR.NET> Message-ID: <3BDAB0D17C965648940B90D4B59685C7C8C0A6CC@EXCH14-MB4.tu.temple.edu> One of our DRS staff members submitted (and got) a Technology Fee grant for a number of MiFi devices. The students that need CART services are loaned the MiFi devices while on campus and then they leverage remote CART services. My understanding is that this has been working well. The person who wrote the grant and who is administering the MiFi devices is Allen Sheffield (allen.sheffield@temple.edu) -Paul From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Shadrick, Megan E Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 3:17 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] cart CONNECTION ISSUES Hello All With students using and connecting with phones, tablets, and watches our wireless isn?t reliable enough to run remote CART services through. We have only been using wireless if there isn?t a hard data port connection in the room. Since the number of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students continues to increase here I am trying to find a solid plan for the future. I am finding a lot of classrooms without extra data ports that students can access. When you add the number of students we have using CART and the number of classrooms without data ports it is starting to become overwhelming. 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(Scott )) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Save The Date - Call For Proposals: Multiple Perspectives 2015 In-Reply-To: <1FF608C13B1A8E469F73359CA443985EFAFF3E@CIO-TNC-D2MBX07.osuad.osu.edu> References: <1FF608C13B1A8E469F73359CA443985EFAFF3E@CIO-TNC-D2MBX07.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: PLEASE DISTRIBUTE: Celebrate Our Progress And Write Our Future History In 1990 Congress introduced the ADA with eight findings: 1. physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with physical or mental disabilities have been precluded from doing so because of discrimination; others who have a record of a disability or are regarded as having a disability also have been subjected to discrimination; 2. historically, society has tended to isolate and segregate individuals with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such forms of discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue to be a serious and pervasive social problem; 3. discrimination against individuals with disabilities persists in such critical areas as employment, housing, public accommodations, education, transportation, communication, recreation, institutionalization, health services, voting, and access to public services; 4. unlike individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, or age, individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of disability have often had no legal recourse to redress such discrimination; 5. individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and communication barriers, overprotective rules and policies, failure to make modifications to existing facilities and practices, exclusionary qualification standards and criteria, segregation, and relegation to lesser services, programs, activities, benefits, jobs, or other opportunities; 6. census data, national polls, and other studies have documented that people with disabilities, as a group, occupy an inferior status in our society, and are severely disadvantaged socially, vocationally, economically, and educationally; 7. the Nation's proper goals regarding individuals with disabilities are to assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for such individuals; and 8. the continuing existence of unfair and unnecessary discrimination and prejudice denies people with disabilities the opportunity to compete on an equal basis and to pursue those opportunities for which our free society is justifiably famous, and costs the United States billions of dollars in unnecessary expenses resulting from dependency and nonproductivity. What would they find today? What do you seek for the next twenty-five years? CALL FOR PAPERS The Fifteenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: April 13 - 14, 2015 The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus This year's conference will celebrate the progress we have made and the journey still ahead. What have we learned? Where are we going? What are the important questions for the next 25 years? Multiple Perspectives is an ongoing exploration of disability as a reflection of the human condition seen through multiple lenses (theory, discipline, social constructs, personal experience, shared experience...). Preference will be given to presentations that encourage conversations across the typical divisions (medical and social, education and employment, research and practice, business and government, rights and charity ...) Proposers are encouraged to consider parallels, distinctions and intersections with race, gender and ethnicity. Past programs and conference updates as they become available can be found at: http://ada.osu.edu/conferences.htm. To be on the mailing list for the conference, send e-mail to ADA-OSU@osu.edu The Multiple Perspectives Conference is hosted by Ohio State University's ADA Coordinator's Office is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Endowment Fund and ongoing support from The Ohio State University's Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Center for Disability Empowerment. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 2014 Proposals are due January 5th, 2015 Proposals should be submitted by e-mail as an attachment (Word, Word Perfect, TXT, or RTF formats) to ADA-OSU@osu.edu with Multiple Perspectives 2015 in the subject line. Proposals must include: 1. Name of each presenter with titles, institutions, employers etc. as appropriate 2. Contact information (phone, mailing address, and e-mail) if there is more than one presenter please indicate one individual as the contact and lead presenter. 3. Title of Presentation (12 words or less) 4. Description (700 words or less) Please describe the content, focus and desired outcomes for the presentation using these questions as a guide. * What is the format of the presentation (Lecture, Panel, Discussion, Performance, Other)? * Who is the intended audience (educators, employers, businesses, advocates, students, consumers, researchers, or other)? * How familiar should the audience be with the topic (beginner, intermediate, advanced)? * What are your three main goals for the presentation? Please Note: The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging. Please share with your students: UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER COMPETITIONS At the Fifteenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: Intersections and Independence April 13 - 14, 2015 Held on The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus Poster Submissions are Due no later than March 11, 2015 The Multiple Perspectives Conference encourages students to network with professionals, the community, and scholars who share their interests in disability at its annual student poster reception. A generous gift from the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation will fund awards (Graduate Research - $500; Undergraduate Research $200, Art & Performance $200 and Community Service $100, Class Projects $200 at this year's competition. Submissions may be based on: 1. Class Projects & Papers (Award goes to Department to support future projects) 2. Independent & Supervised Student Research 3. Community Service & Applied Problem Solving from Service Learning Classes or student organizations 4. Art & Performance Posters can take a variety of forms including print material mounted on poster board or display panels or arranged on a table; PowerPoint presentations, web pages or video presentations from your laptop ... * Presentation materials must fit on a 3'x6' table or along 6' or less of wall space * Presentation materials should present the information in 10 minutes or less * Presenters or their designee must be present to interact with the audience * Presenters must provide their own equipment Visit these sites for tips on developing a poster presentation: * http://denman.osu.edu/resources.aspx * http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/index.cfm * http://www.plu.edu/~libr/workshops/multimedia/posters.html Students and teams of students who wish to present a poster must send the following information to ADA-OSU@osu.edu no later than March 11, 2015 1. Title 2. Short Title - 12 word maximum 3. Poster Format (Print, Model, PowerPoint, Video, ...) 4. Description of their proposed poster topic - 250 word maximum 5. E-mail address, phone number, and surface mail address of coordinating presenter 6. As appropriate, university, department, grant, course or student organization affiliation 7. A letter of support from a faculty member or organization advisor associated with the project 8. Name of individual, Department or Organization to receive cash award should the project win. Early submissions are encouraged. Submissions will be reviewed as they arrive. Conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for all accepted presenters. Please Note: The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(Scott ) Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 03:52 PM Subject: FW: Save The Date - Call For Proposals: Multiple Perspectives 2015 PLEASE DISTRIBUTE: Celebrate Our Progress And Write Our Future History In 1990 Congress introduced the ADA with eight findings: 1. physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with physical or mental disabilities have been precluded from doing so because of discrimination; others who have a record of a disability or are regarded as having a disability also have been subjected to discrimination; 2. historically, society has tended to isolate and segregate individuals with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such forms of discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue to be a serious and pervasive social problem; 3. discrimination against individuals with disabilities persists in such critical areas as employment, housing, public accommodations, education, transportation, communication, recreation, institutionalization, health services, voting, and access to public services; 4. unlike individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, or age, individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of disability have often had no legal recourse to redress such discrimination; 5. individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and communication barriers, overprotective rules and policies, failure to make modifications to existing facilities and practices, exclusionary qualification standards and criteria, segregation, and relegation to lesser services, programs, activities, benefits, jobs, or other opportunities; 6. census data, national polls, and other studies have documented that people with disabilities, as a group, occupy an inferior status in our society, and are severely disadvantaged socially, vocationally, economically, and educationally; 7. the Nation's proper goals regarding individuals with disabilities are to assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for such individuals; and 8. the continuing existence of unfair and unnecessary discrimination and prejudice denies people with disabilities the opportunity to compete on an equal basis and to pursue those opportunities for which our free society is justifiably famous, and costs the United States billions of dollars in unnecessary expenses resulting from dependency and nonproductivity. What would they find today? What do you seek for the next twenty-five years? CALL FOR PAPERS The Fifteenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: April 13 - 14, 2015 The Ohio State University?s Columbus Campus This year?s conference will celebrate the progress we have made and the journey still ahead. What have we learned? Where are we going? What are the important questions for the next 25 years? Multiple Perspectives is an ongoing exploration of disability as a reflection of the human condition seen through multiple lenses (theory, discipline, social constructs, personal experience, shared experience?). Preference will be given to presentations that encourage conversations across the typical divisions (medical and social, education and employment, research and practice, business and government, rights and charity ?) Proposers are encouraged to consider parallels, distinctions and intersections with race, gender and ethnicity. Past programs and conference updates as they become available can be found at: http://ada.osu.edu/conferences.htm. To be on the mailing list for the conference, send e-mail to ADA-OSU@osu.edu The Multiple Perspectives Conference is hosted by Ohio State University?s ADA Coordinator?s Office is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Endowment Fund and ongoing support from The Ohio State University?s Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Center for Disability Empowerment. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 2014 Proposals are due January 5th, 2015 Proposals should be submitted by e-mail as an attachment (Word, Word Perfect, TXT, or RTF formats) to ADA-OSU@osu.edu with Multiple Perspectives 2015 in the subject line. Proposals must include: 1. Name of each presenter with titles, institutions, employers etc. as appropriate 2. Contact information (phone, mailing address, and e-mail) if there is more than one presenter please indicate one individual as the contact and lead presenter. 3. Title of Presentation (12 words or less) 4. Description (700 words or less) Please describe the content, focus and desired outcomes for the presentation using these questions as a guide. ? What is the format of the presentation (Lecture, Panel, Discussion, Performance, Other)? ? Who is the intended audience (educators, employers, businesses, advocates, students, consumers, researchers, or other)? ? How familiar should the audience be with the topic (beginner, intermediate, advanced)? ? What are your three main goals for the presentation? Please Note: The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging. Please share with your students: UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER COMPETITIONS At the Fifteenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: Intersections and Independence April 13 - 14, 2015 Held on The Ohio State University?s Columbus Campus Poster Submissions are Due no later than March 11, 2015 The Multiple Perspectives Conference encourages students to network with professionals, the community, and scholars who share their interests in disability at its annual student poster reception. A generous gift from the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation will fund awards (Graduate Research - $500; Undergraduate Research $200, Art & Performance $200 and Community Service $100, Class Projects $200 at this year?s competition. Submissions may be based on: 1. Class Projects & Papers (Award goes to Department to support future projects) 2. Independent & Supervised Student Research 3. Community Service & Applied Problem Solving from Service Learning Classes or student organizations 4. Art & Performance Posters can take a variety of forms including print material mounted on poster board or display panels or arranged on a table; PowerPoint presentations, web pages or video presentations from your laptop ? ? Presentation materials must fit on a 3?x6? table or along 6? or less of wall space ? Presentation materials should present the information in 10 minutes or less ? Presenters or their designee must be present to interact with the audience ? Presenters must provide their own equipment Visit these sites for tips on developing a poster presentation: ? http://denman.osu.edu/resources.aspx ? http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/index.cfm ? http://www.plu.edu/~libr/workshops/multimedia/posters.html Students and teams of students who wish to present a poster must send the following information to ADA-OSU@osu.edu no later than March 11, 2015 1. Title 2. Short Title - 12 word maximum 3. Poster Format (Print, Model, PowerPoint, Video, ?) 4. Description of their proposed poster topic ? 250 word maximum 5. E-mail address, phone number, and surface mail address of coordinating presenter 6. As appropriate, university, department, grant, course or student organization affiliation 7. A letter of support from a faculty member or organization advisor associated with the project 8. Name of individual, Department or Organization to receive cash award should the project win. Early submissions are encouraged. Submissions will be reviewed as they arrive. Conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for all accepted presenters. Please Note: The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The cut-off date for hotel reservations at the lower rate is October 30! For more information, please see the Lodging and Transportation information: http://accessinghigherground.org/lt_overview2014.html Take care, Sean ******** ATHEN 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 ******** -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Hello ATHEN Members, > > This is a notice for the upcoming ATHEN Annual Meeting at the Accessing > Higher Ground Conference in Westminster, Colorado. Included below (and > attached) is the proposed agenda for the meeting. If you wish to see > additional topics added to the agenda, contact me immediately. > > The meeting is planned for Wednesday, November 19 at 6:30PM. As the final > room location is still being organized, notifications will be sent out to > the ATHEN list in advance of the meeting date. > > If you have not yet made travel or room reservations, please remember that > November will be here very soon. The cut-off date for hotel reservations at > the lower rate is October 30! For more information, please see the Lodging > and Transportation information: > http://accessinghigherground.org/lt_overview2014.html > > Take care, > Sean > > > ******** > ATHEN 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 > ******** > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hi Sean, I'm not (yet) a paying dues member of any of the professional orgs for AT; can I still attend this ATHEN annual meeting? One of my goals for attending the higher ground conf is to get a better handle on which professional orgs I should ask my boss to support me in. Thanks! On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Sean J Keegan < skeegan@stanford.edu > wrote: Hello ATHEN Members, This is a notice for the upcoming ATHEN Annual Meeting at the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Westminster, Colorado. Included below (and attached) is the proposed agenda for the meeting. If you wish to see additional topics added to the agenda, contact me immediately. The meeting is planned for Wednesday, November 19 at 6:30PM. As the final room location is still being organized, notifications will be sent out to the ATHEN list in advance of the meeting date. If you have not yet made travel or room reservations, please remember that November will be here very soon. The cut-off date for hotel reservations at the lower rate is October 30! For more information, please see the Lodging and Transportation information: http://accessinghigherground.org/lt_overview2014.html Take care, Sean ******** ATHEN 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 ******** _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- 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 From deb.castiglione at uky.edu Tue Oct 21 07:11:47 2014 From: deb.castiglione at uky.edu (Castiglione, Deborah A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] DRC Director Opening Message-ID: Director of the University of Kentucky Disability Resource Center This position is responsible for University compliance to state and federal mandates, as well as working with students with disabilities to ensure a conducive learning environment at the University of Kentucky. Duties include policy and planning for effective management; budget oversight for efficient and appropriate use of funds; supervision of staff for program accountability; student services for recruitment and retention of students; academic services for more effective faculty teaching support and student learning satisfaction/effectiveness; and compliance to federal regulations. Minimum qualifications are Master?s Degree and five years of experience. Strongly preferred are experience with federal and state regulations required of the University concerning disabled students; ability to supervise a diverse staff, manage budgets, knowledge of current disability issues in higher education; must be sensitive to the unique needs of college students with disabilities; and must work effectively across the institution with various administrative levels. Founded in 1865 as a land-grant institution adjacent to downtown Lexington, UK is nestled in the scenic heart of the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. Recently ranked as one of the safest, most creative, and the brainiest cities in the nation, Lexington is an ideal location to experience the work-life integration that the University strives to provide its employees. See for yourself what makes UK one great place to work. To apply for Posting Requisition Number RE01224, submit a UK Online Application at https://ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/44541 If you have any questions, contact HR/Employment, phone (859) 257-9555, press 2. Application deadline is midnight November 9, 2014. The University of Kentucky is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from minorities and women. 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I'm waiting for the original electronic version to get to me so I can see how it was created, but in the meantime, I wanted to get some ideas about how to create this in an accessible format for her. THANKS! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Tue Oct 21 08:11:10 2014 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! In-Reply-To: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8BA@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> References: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8BA@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: Hi Susan, My first thought would be to create the organizational hierarchy in a more linear format, perhaps using headings and lists to group the different parts of the organization together. For example, heading 1 could be the top of the organization, with heading 2 being the next level down. Lists could then be used to include additional details under each heading. I have seen some org charts done as a series of ordered lists, each indented as appropriate to represent a sub-list. However, this can get REALLY crazy depending on how deep the organization is structured. If the individual is also familiar with tactile graphics, another option may be to create a tactile representation of the hierarchy with a separate document providing additional details of the tactile. Just some quick thoughts. Take care, Sean Sent from my iPad > On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:58 AM, Susan Kelmer wrote: > > We are doing a symposium this week, and we have an org chart that needs to be shared with one of the participants, and she is a screen reader user. > > Help! I?ve never thought of this before or been asked to do one, so how would you go about creating an org chart for this person to use (or alt text description if that is the case)? I?m waiting for the original electronic version to get to me so I can see how it was created, but in the meantime, I wanted to get some ideas about how to create this in an accessible format for her. > > THANKS! > > Susan Kelmer > Alternate Format Coordinator > Disability Services > University of Colorado > 303-735-4836 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Teresa.Haven at nau.edu Tue Oct 21 08:16:16 2014 From: Teresa.Haven at nau.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! In-Reply-To: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8BA@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> References: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8BA@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDAAC077@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> Hi, Susan. The method I used in the past was to create an outline, so that the various levels of the outline corresponded to the nodes and hierarchies in the org chart. It basically turns the org chart on its side and makes it text. And/or use Styles in a list so that you are tagging each level of information: a single H1 for the top node of the chart, H2s for the next level down, and so forth. Remember that charts are generally visual representations of data; just go back to the raw data and work with it in a non-visual modality. Hope this helps, Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 7:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu); Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! We are doing a symposium this week, and we have an org chart that needs to be shared with one of the participants, and she is a screen reader user. Help! I've never thought of this before or been asked to do one, so how would you go about creating an org chart for this person to use (or alt text description if that is the case)? I'm waiting for the original electronic version to get to me so I can see how it was created, but in the meantime, I wanted to get some ideas about how to create this in an accessible format for her. THANKS! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Tue Oct 21 08:34:07 2014 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! In-Reply-To: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDAAC077@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> References: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8BA@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDAAC077@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> Message-ID: For some org charts I've found that a textual description becomes necessary. One of our IT org charts has so many sideways relationships and dual reporting structures that an outline won't do it. In this case, we just describe all of the entities and their relationships with each other. Greg On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Teresa Haven wrote: > Hi, Susan. The method I used in the past was to create an outline, so that > the various levels of the outline corresponded to the nodes and hierarchies > in the org chart. It basically turns the org chart on its side and makes it > text. And/or use Styles in a list so that you are tagging each level of > information: a single H1 for the top node of the chart, H2s for the next > level down, and so forth. Remember that charts are generally visual > representations of data; just go back to the raw data and work with it in a > non-visual modality. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Teresa > > > > Teresa Haven, Ph.D. > > Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University > > Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology > > > > > > > > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On > Behalf Of Susan Kelmer > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 7:53 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > (athen-list@u.washington.edu); Alternate Media > Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! > > > > We are doing a symposium this week, and we have an org chart that needs to > be shared with one of the participants, and she is a screen reader user. > > > > Help! I?ve never thought of this before or been asked to do one, so how > would you go about creating an org chart for this person to use (or alt text > description if that is the case)? I?m waiting for the original electronic > version to get to me so I can see how it was created, but in the meantime, I > wanted to get some ideas about how to create this in an accessible format > for her. > > > > THANKS! > > > > Susan Kelmer > > Alternate Format Coordinator > > Disability Services > > University of Colorado > > 303-735-4836 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From hadir at uw.edu Tue Oct 21 08:54:23 2014 From: hadir at uw.edu (Hadi Rangin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! In-Reply-To: References: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8BA@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDAAC077@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> Message-ID: <93f7f2ab98204aca891db19aa92a7612@CY1PR0801MB0938.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> Another method would be to use nested ordered lists. Yes, it can get big and messy but you can limit the level of nesting by organizing the the major nodes in separate lists. Example: My organization: 1. College1 2. College2 3. College3 ... College1: 1. Dept1 1.1. unit1 1.1.1. sub-unit1 1.1.2. sub-unit2 1.1.3. sub-unit3 1.2. Unit2 ... 2. Dept2 ... This will give a unique hierarchy of the org chart. Hope it helps. Hadi -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Kraus Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 8:34 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! For some org charts I've found that a textual description becomes necessary. One of our IT org charts has so many sideways relationships and dual reporting structures that an outline won't do it. In this case, we just describe all of the entities and their relationships with each other. Greg On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Teresa Haven wrote: > Hi, Susan. The method I used in the past was to create an outline, so > that the various levels of the outline corresponded to the nodes and > hierarchies in the org chart. It basically turns the org chart on its > side and makes it text. And/or use Styles in a list so that you are > tagging each level of > information: a single H1 for the top node of the chart, H2s for the > next level down, and so forth. Remember that charts are generally > visual representations of data; just go back to the raw data and work > with it in a non-visual modality. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Teresa > > > > Teresa Haven, Ph.D. > > Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University > > Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology > > > > > > > > From: athen-list > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > Susan Kelmer > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 7:53 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > (athen-list@u.washington.edu); Alternate Media > Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! > > > > We are doing a symposium this week, and we have an org chart that > needs to be shared with one of the participants, and she is a screen reader user. > > > > Help! I?ve never thought of this before or been asked to do one, so > how would you go about creating an org chart for this person to use > (or alt text description if that is the case)? I?m waiting for the > original electronic version to get to me so I can see how it was > created, but in the meantime, I wanted to get some ideas about how to > create this in an accessible format for her. > > > > THANKS! > > > > Susan Kelmer > > Alternate Format Coordinator > > Disability Services > > University of Colorado > > 303-735-4836 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU Tue Oct 21 08:57:49 2014 From: Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! In-Reply-To: <93f7f2ab98204aca891db19aa92a7612@CY1PR0801MB0938.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> References: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8BA@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDAAC077@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> <93f7f2ab98204aca891db19aa92a7612@CY1PR0801MB0938.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8D9@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Thank you for all the suggestions. Nested list is probably the way to go. Fortunately, this org chart is not overly complicated, only three levels, and pretty straight forward. So glad to have this group to bounce stuff off of so I know I'm going the right direction. Is it really only Tuesday? Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado 303-735-4836 From justinr at disability.tamu.edu Tue Oct 21 09:11:20 2014 From: justinr at disability.tamu.edu (Romack, Justin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! In-Reply-To: <93f7f2ab98204aca891db19aa92a7612@CY1PR0801MB0938.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> References: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8BA@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDAAC077@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> <93f7f2ab98204aca891db19aa92a7612@CY1PR0801MB0938.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <4A272E6CF526BA4FB86A52D608E43007F7D2FB31EB@EXMAIL.dsa.reldom.tamu.edu> As a screen reader user myself, I give another nod to the nested list idea. It will be clean and easy to follow--and if your organization/department structure isn't too complex, it won't require too much to bring it all together. ----- Justin Romack?| Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services | Texas A&M University ? 1224 TAMU?| Cain Hall, B112 College Station, TX 77843-1224 Tel.?979.845.1637? |? Fax. 979.458.1214 http://disability.tamu.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hadi Rangin Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 10:54 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! Another method would be to use nested ordered lists. Yes, it can get big and messy but you can limit the level of nesting by organizing the the major nodes in separate lists. Example: My organization: 1. College1 2. College2 3. College3 ... College1: 1. Dept1 1.1. unit1 1.1.1. sub-unit1 1.1.2. sub-unit2 1.1.3. sub-unit3 1.2. Unit2 ... 2. Dept2 ... This will give a unique hierarchy of the org chart. Hope it helps. Hadi -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Kraus Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 8:34 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! For some org charts I've found that a textual description becomes necessary. One of our IT org charts has so many sideways relationships and dual reporting structures that an outline won't do it. In this case, we just describe all of the entities and their relationships with each other. Greg On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Teresa Haven wrote: > Hi, Susan. The method I used in the past was to create an outline, so > that the various levels of the outline corresponded to the nodes and > hierarchies in the org chart. It basically turns the org chart on its > side and makes it text. And/or use Styles in a list so that you are > tagging each level of > information: a single H1 for the top node of the chart, H2s for the > next level down, and so forth. Remember that charts are generally > visual representations of data; just go back to the raw data and work > with it in a non-visual modality. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Teresa > > > > Teresa Haven, Ph.D. > > Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University > > Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology > > > > > > > > From: athen-list > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > Susan Kelmer > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 7:53 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > (athen-list@u.washington.edu); Alternate Media > Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! > > > > We are doing a symposium this week, and we have an org chart that > needs to be shared with one of the participants, and she is a screen reader user. > > > > Help! I?ve never thought of this before or been asked to do one, so > how would you go about creating an org chart for this person to use > (or alt text description if that is the case)? I?m waiting for the > original electronic version to get to me so I can see how it was > created, but in the meantime, I wanted to get some ideas about how to > create this in an accessible format for her. > > > > THANKS! > > > > Susan Kelmer > > Alternate Format Coordinator > > Disability Services > > University of Colorado > > 303-735-4836 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ats169 at psu.edu Tue Oct 21 09:29:58 2014 From: ats169 at psu.edu (Alexa Schriempf) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Annual Meeting Agenda and AHG Reminders! In-Reply-To: <920619812.1911685.1413848850473.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> References: <877296732.1628413.1413841086818.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> <781821389.1645016.1413841595456.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> <920619812.1911685.1413848850473.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Great!!! See you there! On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Hi Alexa, > > Yes, please! Even if you are not an ATHEN member, you are welcome to > attend the Annual Meeting. The only caveat is that you would not be able to > vote on any specific issue. That said, we welcome anyone who is interested > in attending the meeting to attend. > > Hope to see you at the meeting (and the conference!). > > Take care, > Sean > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alexa Schriempf" > To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 2:52:42 PM > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Annual Meeting Agenda and AHG Reminders! > > Hi Sean, > > I'm not (yet) a paying dues member of any of the professional orgs for AT; > can I still attend this ATHEN annual meeting? One of my goals for attending > the higher ground conf is to get a better handle on which professional orgs > I should ask my boss to support me in. > > Thanks! > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Sean J Keegan < skeegan@stanford.edu > > wrote: > > > Hello ATHEN Members, > > This is a notice for the upcoming ATHEN Annual Meeting at the Accessing > Higher Ground Conference in Westminster, Colorado. Included below (and > attached) is the proposed agenda for the meeting. If you wish to see > additional topics added to the agenda, contact me immediately. > > The meeting is planned for Wednesday, November 19 at 6:30PM. As the final > room location is still being organized, notifications will be sent out to > the ATHEN list in advance of the meeting date. > > If you have not yet made travel or room reservations, please remember that > November will be here very soon. The cut-off date for hotel reservations at > the lower rate is October 30! For more information, please see the Lodging > and Transportation information: > http://accessinghigherground.org/lt_overview2014.html > > Take care, > Sean > > > ******** > ATHEN 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 ? 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Any assistance you can provide in disseminating the announcement to your networks is greatly appreciated. Best, Sarah Triano Executive Officer California Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities 721 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 558-5698 striano@dor.ca.gov http://www.dor.ca.gov/ccepd 'Like' Us on Facebook ! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication. Vacancy Notice Posted: 10/14/14 Classification Title: Staff Services Manager I Location: Sacramento Position Number: 813-093-4800-XXX Time Base: Full-Time Tenure: Permanent Salary: $ 5,079.00 - $6,127.00 Final Filing Date: October 28, 2014 Contact: Neva Fairrington 721 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone Number: 916-558-5813 Job Description: The California Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (CCEPD) is a statewide committee charged in statute with: (1) consulting and advising the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) and Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) on all issues related to full inclusion in the workforce of persons with disabilities, including development of a comprehensive strategy; and (2) coordination and leadership of efforts to increase inclusion in the workforce of persons with disabilities including, but not limited to, one annual event for youth with disabilities. Staff Services Manager I Under the general direction of the CCEPD Executive Officer, the Staff Services Manager I is responsible for direct supervision of Committee staff to ensure effective implementation of the Committee's financial, operations, and administrative functions, including, but not limited to:. . Development, management, and monitoring of Committee policies and procedures, budget, contracts, billing and invoices as well as other support and administrative activities in accordance with California's Workforce Inclusion Act, Assembly Bill 925 and amended in Assembly Bill 119; . Committee meeting planning and logistics, including implementation of workgroups, data analysis, preparation of materials, and compliance with Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requirements; and . Coordination and leadership of the Committee's annual event for youth with disabilities, the California Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities (YLF). Desired Qualifications: Ability to: Direct, motivate, and manage the work of Committee staff; plan, execute, monitor, and close Committee-related projects; establish and maintain positive and productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including members of the Committee and disability community; and excellent oral and written communication and decision making skills. Knowledge of: budgeting, financial, contract, procurement, and project management; methods of administrative problem solving; disability employment policy at the national, state, and local levels; the organization and functions of California State Government; principles and practices of policy formulation and development; the Department's mission and goals; and the organization and operation of the model California Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities (YLF). Special Personal Characteristics: . Personal experience with disability preferred; . Experience working with Boards and Committees and the disability community preferred; and . Willingness to travel. Who May Apply: Individuals who have eligibility for appointment to the above class (e.g., transfer, list, reinstatement). Employment provisions as outlined by the Department of Personnel Administration's State Restriction of Appointments (SROA) policy will prevail. Applications may be screened based upon skill set and only the most competitive applicants will be interviewed. Application Instructions: To apply, complete the following steps: If you would like to apply, you must complete the following steps. 1. Create a profile on the jobs.ca.gov website. 2. You will need to complete the profile information and a Standard State Application (STD678) in printed format to mail in. STD678 is available at www.calhr.ca.gov 3. Note: You will need to take and pass the Staff Services Manager I online examination located at https://exams.spb.ca.gov/exams/ssm1/ in order to be eligible for application and potential interview. (Please note that the login information for the examination is the same as for your profile located at jobs.ca.gov) 4. Mail your Standard Application (STD678), Resume, and Statement of Qualifications to: Department of Rehabilitation ATTN: Neva Fairrington, 3rd Floor 721 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA 95814 *Be sure to indicate on your statement of qualifications that you are applying for the SSMI position with CCEPD. PAS#130485 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The position closes on Friday October 31st. Thank You, Kimberly Gross Coordinator, Workability III/ Assistive Technology From hascherdss at gmail.com Tue Oct 21 17:32:32 2014 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] math content management systems Message-ID: Hello fellow ATHENians! Our math department is currently shopping for a new math content managemnet system. Currently they are using Pearson's MyLabsPlus. But before I jump for joy, I'd like to find out if anyone can give me accessibility feedback on these systems: Hawkes Learning Systems Cengage WebAssign McGraw Hill Alek NROC If anyone has any suggestions regarding other systems that should be considered, PLEASE send me the information as to the system and reasons it should be considered. THANKS one and all! Hope to see you at Accessing Higher Ground next month! 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Hope this helps! Kaela -- Kaela Parks, Director Disability Services Portland Community College 971-722-4868 kaela.parks@pcc.edu www.pcc.edu/resources/disability On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Heidi Scher wrote: > Hello fellow ATHENians! > > Our math department is currently shopping for a new math content > managemnet system. Currently they are using Pearson's MyLabsPlus. But > before I jump for joy, I'd like to find out if anyone can give me > accessibility feedback on these systems: > > Hawkes Learning Systems > Cengage WebAssign > McGraw Hill Alek > NROC > > If anyone has any suggestions regarding other systems that should be > considered, PLEASE send me the information as to the system and reasons it > should be considered. > > THANKS one and all! > > Hope to see you at Accessing Higher Ground next month! > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 104 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Fax # (732) 445-3388 Office Hours Monday- Friday 8:30am-5:00pm Website: https://ods.rutgers.edu Making a Key Difference -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Kraus Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:34 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! For some org charts I've found that a textual description becomes necessary. One of our IT org charts has so many sideways relationships and dual reporting structures that an outline won't do it. In this case, we just describe all of the entities and their relationships with each other. Greg On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Teresa Haven wrote: > Hi, Susan. The method I used in the past was to create an outline, so > that the various levels of the outline corresponded to the nodes and > hierarchies in the org chart. It basically turns the org chart on its > side and makes it text. And/or use Styles in a list so that you are > tagging each level of > information: a single H1 for the top node of the chart, H2s for the > next level down, and so forth. Remember that charts are generally > visual representations of data; just go back to the raw data and work > with it in a non-visual modality. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Teresa > > > > Teresa Haven, Ph.D. > > Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University > > Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology > > > > > > > > From: athen-list > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of > Susan Kelmer > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 7:53 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > (athen-list@u.washington.edu); Alternate Media > Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! > > > > We are doing a symposium this week, and we have an org chart that > needs to be shared with one of the participants, and she is a screen reader user. > > > > Help! I?ve never thought of this before or been asked to do one, so > how would you go about creating an org chart for this person to use > (or alt text description if that is the case)? I?m waiting for the > original electronic version to get to me so I can see how it was > created, but in the meantime, I wanted to get some ideas about how to > create this in an accessible format for her. > > > > THANKS! > > > > Susan Kelmer > > Alternate Format Coordinator > > Disability Services > > University of Colorado > > 303-735-4836 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 shahidak at echo.rutgers.edu Wed Oct 22 07:22:26 2014 From: shahidak at echo.rutgers.edu (Shahida Khaliq) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! In-Reply-To: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8D9@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> References: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8BA@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDAAC077@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> <93f7f2ab98204aca891db19aa92a7612@CY1PR0801MB0938.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CE00A8D9@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Message-ID: <459a86f79f9f445bbd04d2a78df298a8@ITS46.ad-its.rutgers.edu> Sorry Susan, I was out a couple of days and catching up with email so saw you had your answer a little late. Best Regards Shahida Khaliq Coordinator for Alternate Format Text & Adaptive Tech. Office of Disability Services Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Lucy Stone Hall, Livingston Campus 54 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Suite A145 Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 Phone # (848) 445-6800? Fax # (732) 445-3388 Office Hours Monday- Friday 8:30am-5:00pm Website: https://ods.rutgers.edu Making a Key Difference -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:58 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Creating and accessible organization chart! Thank you for all the suggestions. Nested list is probably the way to go. Fortunately, this org chart is not overly complicated, only three levels, and pretty straight forward. So glad to have this group to bounce stuff off of so I know I'm going the right direction. Is it really only Tuesday? Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado 303-735-4836 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From dabrus at purdue.edu Thu Oct 23 06:30:10 2014 From: dabrus at purdue.edu (Brusnighan, Dean A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader Message-ID: <6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE4856922A@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl> 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! 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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. 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URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Thu Oct 23 06:43:39 2014 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] math content management systems In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks so much for the information and the link, Kaela! I've passed it along to the math department for them to review. Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 104 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Kaela Parks wrote: > Hello Heidi, > I'd encourage you to consider WeBWorK as well. Here is a 17 minute video > we put together to share the AHEAD > conference this last summer. It provides an overview of the features we > have found really important - I think the video does a pretty good job, but > I'll be happy to expand if there are questions. > > Also, I should mention that the faculty member who created the video is > Alex Jordan from here at PCC, and he will be presenting on WeBWorK at > Higher Ground as well. > > Hope this helps! > Kaela > > -- > Kaela Parks, Director > Disability Services > Portland Community College > 971-722-4868 kaela.parks@pcc.edu > www.pcc.edu/resources/disability > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Heidi Scher wrote: > >> Hello fellow ATHENians! >> >> Our math department is currently shopping for a new math content >> managemnet system. Currently they are using Pearson's MyLabsPlus. But >> before I jump for joy, I'd like to find out if anyone can give me >> accessibility feedback on these systems: >> >> Hawkes Learning Systems >> Cengage WebAssign >> McGraw Hill Alek >> NROC >> >> If anyone has any suggestions regarding other systems that should be >> considered, PLEASE send me the information as to the system and reasons it >> should be considered. >> >> THANKS one and all! >> >> Hope to see you at Accessing Higher Ground next month! >> >> Heidi >> >> +++++++++++++++ >> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >> Associate Director >> Center for Educational Access >> University of Arkansas >> ARKU 104 >> Fayetteville, AR 72701 >> 479.575.3104 >> 479.575.7445 fax >> 479.575.3646 tdd >> +++++++++++++++ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@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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URL: From kerscher at montana.com Thu Oct 23 07:59:35 2014 From: kerscher at montana.com (George Kerscher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00a701cfeed1$f74259d0$e5c70d70$@montana.com> Hello Higher Ed folks, It would be wonderful if the Higher Ed community in the USA (or the world) would come out vocally against webinar systems that are not accessible. There are many systems out there, and I do not know of a cross platform system that works. If there is one, I sure would like to know about it; and then we all should use it. Best George George Kerscher Ph.D. -In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right. Secretary General, DAISY Consortium http://www.daisy.org Senior Officer, Accessible Technology Learning Ally Together It's Possible http://www.LearningAlly.org President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) http://www.idpf.org Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board (IMLS) http://www.imls.gov Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the W3C http://www.w3c.org/wai Phone: +1 406/549-4687 Cell:+1 406/544-2466 Email: kerscher@montana.com From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dimac, Marcie Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 7:42 AM To: ATHEN mailing list 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." Reply-To: ATHEN mailing list Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:30 AM To: ATHEN mailing list 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. 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URL: From Matt.McCubbin at umb.edu Thu Oct 23 08:48:44 2014 From: Matt.McCubbin at umb.edu (Matt McCubbin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] PhotoMath App In-Reply-To: <39ac01cfeed2$cfd7c140$6f8743c0$@gmail.com> References: <39ac01cfeed2$cfd7c140$6f8743c0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <571ef42055b946a4a955280e04347197@BY2PR0101MB0886.prod.exchangelabs.com> Hi all, Just downloaded this app for iOS, here are my impressions so far. I see two major issues with this app so far. First, the app doesn?t give any type of audible feedback about the positioning of the camera. It makes a sound when an answer appears on screen, but does not offer features for those who may have trouble lining up the equation in the viewfinder. More importantly, this app doesn?t present the math content, including the answer and the steps to solve the equation in an accessible manner to VoiceOver. Looking forward to improvements. All the Best, Matt -- Matt McCubbin Adaptive Technology Specialist University of Massachusetts Boston (617) 287-5243 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:06 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] PhotoMath App For me this falls into marketing hype. My experience so far with these kinds of tools is that they really do not do what they need to do in a way that is effective in the educational space. If anyone has actually played with this I would love to hear about your experiences. 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Our campus uses Blackboard Collaborate and have a few groups who still use GoToMeeting. Bb Collaborate has worked for many of our students. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama http://accessibility.ua.edu From: George Kerscher > Reply-To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:59 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: Re: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader Hello Higher Ed folks, It would be wonderful if the Higher Ed community in the USA (or the world) would come out vocally against webinar systems that are not accessible. There are many systems out there, and I do not know of a cross platform system that works. If there is one, I sure would like to know about it; and then we all should use it. Best George George Kerscher Ph.D. -In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right. Secretary General, DAISY Consortium http://www.daisy.org Senior Officer, Accessible Technology Learning Ally Together It?s Possible http://www.LearningAlly.org President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) http://www.idpf.org Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board (IMLS) http://www.imls.gov Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the W3C http://www.w3c.org/wai Phone: +1 406/549-4687 Cell:+1 406/544-2466 Email: kerscher@montana.com From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dimac, Marcie Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 7:42 AM To: ATHEN mailing list 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." > Reply-To: ATHEN mailing list > Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:30 AM To: ATHEN mailing list > 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 ronrstewart at gmail.com Thu Oct 23 08:57:09 2014 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader In-Reply-To: References: <00a701cfeed1$f74259d0$e5c70d70$@montana.com> Message-ID: <3a8d01cfeeda$00e91430$02bb3c90$@gmail.com> Based on the research that was done for AHEAD when we moved to our new platform we selected Adobe Connect for webinars. Though we did limit it to 100 seats due to the cost constraints. The synchronous environment is pretty good. It is the archive that presents the biggest issues. Though WebEx is somewhat a different product, and I would not put it in the same realm. I did a training recently using Zoom, which more and more campuses are going to but I have not evaluated it for its accessibility. It was the tool that I had to use. Ron Stewart -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader Which webinar systems do you consider most accessible out of the box? Our campus uses Blackboard Collaborate and have a few groups who still use GoToMeeting. Bb Collaborate has worked for many of our students. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama http://accessibility.ua.edu From: George Kerscher > Reply-To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:59 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: Re: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader Hello Higher Ed folks, It would be wonderful if the Higher Ed community in the USA (or the world) would come out vocally against webinar systems that are not accessible. There are many systems out there, and I do not know of a cross platform system that works. If there is one, I sure would like to know about it; and then we all should use it. Best George George Kerscher Ph.D. -In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right. Secretary General, DAISY Consortium http://www.daisy.org Senior Officer, Accessible Technology Learning Ally Together It's Possible http://www.LearningAlly.org President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) http://www.idpf.org Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board (IMLS) http://www.imls.gov Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the W3C http://www.w3c.org/wai Phone: +1 406/549-4687 Cell:+1 406/544-2466 Email: kerscher@montana.com From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dimac, Marcie Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 7:42 AM To: ATHEN mailing list 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." > Reply-To: ATHEN mailing list > Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:30 AM To: ATHEN mailing list > 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 skeegan at stanford.edu Thu Oct 23 09:57:31 2014 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1906077047.7840927.1414083451861.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jsuttondc at gmail.com Thu Oct 23 10:32:56 2014 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader In-Reply-To: <00a701cfeed1$f74259d0$e5c70d70$@montana.com> References: <00a701cfeed1$f74259d0$e5c70d70$@montana.com> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20141023101956.05d20980@gmail.com> ATHENites: While I can't say I've tested it exhaustively, the service, Blue Jeans, is amazingly accessible (in comparison to other services I've tried that are similar to it). See links below my name. I have been able to do most of the tasks (if not all) as a host. I've recorded myself, and I've successfully shared my screen with a sighted person, using IE 11 and JFW15. When JFW was in play (via screen sharing), the service lagged a bit, but it wasn't intolerable to me. I've also tried the IOS app., and it seems okay, but again, I can't say I've tested it exhaustively. As far as I know, yearly licenses for the enterprise are currently the only option. But I think you can have a free trial. If others try this and find it suits them, I'd encourage you to specifically mention the value of the accessibility work to you, so they'll know it's a market-worthy selling point. It may not be perfect, but I'm pretty excited about its potential. Jennifer Accessibility Features on Blue Jeans Blue Jeans http://bluejeans.com/features/accessibility [page doesn't say much, but at least it exists. ] Press Release: Bl ue Jeans Network Adds Key Features To Enhance Video Conferencing Accessibility to Customers with Disabilities https://bluejeans.com/press-releases/blue-jeans-network-adds-key-features-to-enhance-video-conferencing From foreigntype at gmail.com Thu Oct 23 11:58:23 2014 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Languages Message-ID: <192A1D93-D602-47C5-BD00-1F6E7A3F41F3@gmail.com> Hi all, Wanted to let you all know about today's adventure in languages. I'm working on an alt text file in Cree, Inuit, French, qu?b?cois, Ojibway and English. I'll let you know how it goes. Abbyy Fine Reader did a superb job in the OCR, BTW, and only English has misrecognitions. Wink Wink Harner foreigntype@gmail.com From foreigntype at gmail.com Thu Oct 23 12:11:31 2014 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Languages In-Reply-To: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDAAE95F@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> References: <192A1D93-D602-47C5-BD00-1F6E7A3F41F3@gmail.com> <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDAAE95F@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> Message-ID: <01d301cfeef5$27befd20$773cf760$@gmail.com> Just wanted to add that I love my job. Wink -----Original Message----- From: Teresa Haven [mailto:Teresa.Haven@nau.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 12:02 PM To: Wink Harner (foreigntype@gmail.com) Subject: RE: [Athen] Languages I love it! :D Thanks for sharing, Teresa -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:58 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Languages Hi all, Wanted to let you all know about today's adventure in languages. I'm working on an alt text file in Cree, Inuit, French, qu?b?cois, Ojibway and English. I'll let you know how it goes. Abbyy Fine Reader did a superb job in the OCR, BTW, and only English has misrecognitions. Wink Wink Harner foreigntype@gmail.com _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From michele.bromley at pdx.edu Thu Oct 23 12:28:41 2014 From: michele.bromley at pdx.edu (Michele Bromley) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Using VoiceOver with Mac/IOS Word Processing Applications Message-ID: I have a student looking for a quality word processing application that syncs between Mac and IOS devices and works well with VoiceOver. Any suggestions? Best, Michele *Michele Joy Bromley* Inclusive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Portland State University Office: 116A SMSU Phone: (503) 725-8395 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu Website: www.pdx.edu/drc Facebook: www.facebook.com/pdxdrc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at stanford.edu Thu Oct 23 13:09:40 2014 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Using VoiceOver with Mac/IOS Word Processing Applications In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <822B1E2B-E9C0-4EAB-9981-9C9879BA3C4B@stanford.edu> Hi Michele, I think the student is limited to using Pages as part of the iWorks suite. I have tried using MS Word 2011 and it does not seem to work with VoiceOver at all. So, if you are looking for a word processing application that works with VoiceOver for both OS X and iOS, then I think Pages is your best option. The upside is that Pages will open and save out MS Word files, so that may be the best option for the student. Take care, Sean On Oct 23, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Michele Bromley wrote: > I have a student looking for a quality word processing application that syncs between Mac and IOS devices and works well with VoiceOver. Any suggestions? > > Best, > > Michele > > Michele Joy Bromley > Inclusive Technology Coordinator > Disability Resource Center > Portland State University > > Office: 116A SMSU > Phone: (503) 725-8395 > Fax: (503) 725-4103 > Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu > Website: www.pdx.edu/drc > Facebook: www.facebook.com/pdxdrc > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 bossley.5 at osu.edu Thu Oct 23 19:53:49 2014 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20141023101956.05d20980@gmail.com> References: <00a701cfeed1$f74259d0$e5c70d70$@montana.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20141023101956.05d20980@gmail.com> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6EFEABAB@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> There used to be an option for auto-signin but Webex in general was pretty difficult for screen readers to use. Some things were flat out impossible. Serotek has an accessible meeting room solution, but the feature set is somewhat limited. (www.accessibleevent.com) 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 / (614) 562-9077 Mobile bossley.5@osu.edu ocio.osu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 1:33 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] unable to enter WebEx meeting room using screen reader ATHENites: While I can't say I've tested it exhaustively, the service, Blue Jeans, is amazingly accessible (in comparison to other services I've tried that are similar to it). See links below my name. I have been able to do most of the tasks (if not all) as a host. I've recorded myself, and I've successfully shared my screen with a sighted person, using IE 11 and JFW15. When JFW was in play (via screen sharing), the service lagged a bit, but it wasn't intolerable to me. I've also tried the IOS app., and it seems okay, but again, I can't say I've tested it exhaustively. As far as I know, yearly licenses for the enterprise are currently the only option. But I think you can have a free trial. If others try this and find it suits them, I'd encourage you to specifically mention the value of the accessibility work to you, so they'll know it's a market-worthy selling point. It may not be perfect, but I'm pretty excited about its potential. Jennifer Accessibility Features on Blue Jeans Blue Jeans http://bluejeans.com/features/accessibility [page doesn't say much, but at least it exists. ] Press Release: Bl ue Jeans Network Adds Key Features To Enhance Video Conferencing Accessibility to Customers with Disabilities https://bluejeans.com/press-releases/blue-jeans-network-adds-key-features-to-enhance-video-conferencing _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From hkramer at colorado.edu Thu Oct 23 22:25:25 2014 From: hkramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Final program for AHG 2014 Virtual Conference Announced Message-ID: November 17 - 21, 2014 Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference AHG will be streaming 1 live track of sessions during the pre-conference (November 17-18) and 2 tracks of sessions during the main conference (Nov. 19-21). Virtual Program Highlights (select title links for more information) ? *Lab: Responsive Design and Accessibility , Derek Featherstone, Simply Accessible* ? *Lecture/Demonstration: 360 Degrees: Approaching Accessibility in Math from All Sides , Wink Harner, Southern Oregon University, Sean Keegan, Stanford, et al.* ? *Implementing Universal Design Principles and Accessibility to Online Courses at a Large University , Nancy Swenson, UCF* ? *Web Accessibility Lipstick on a Usability Pig , Jared Smith, WebAIM* ? *Paying for and Implementing Captioning, Both Proactively and Reactively , Greg Kraus, NC State University, Gaeir Dietrich, HTCTU, Dawn Hunziker, University of Arizona, et al* ? *Open Source Tools for Evaluating Web Accessibility , Jon Gunderson, University of Illinois* And over 20 more! Registration Register at: http://www.cvent.com/d/z4qt0l/4W More Info If you have any questions contact Howard Kramer at email: hkramer@ahead.org Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org -- Howard Kramer CO-PI - UDUC *Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula* (UDUC) Lecturer, Cont. Ed - Evening & Cred Admin 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU Fri Oct 24 09:17:39 2014 From: Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Omnipage Ultimate Text Editor HELP! Message-ID: <3E04A2F7AAD0E345B673D732D9A53807B5CEBBA631@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> The dumb text editor is ruining my Friday work-flow chi! We upgraded last spring, but this is an annoyance that has finally made me try to look for a cure. Our workflow process is to load a file, edit zones, then re-recognize, and save the file. 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URL: From norm.coombs at gmail.com Sat Oct 25 10:40:26 2014 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Two EASI Webinars in November Message-ID: <544be08a.01f9b60a.328f.2355@mx.google.com> EASI has 2 free Webinars in earlly november One on Balabolka, the accessible e-reader, and the other on NVDA, the free screen reader Free EASI Webinar: Balabolka the flexible E-reader Presenter: Michael Micallef Dip IT, from the Foundation Information Technology Accessibility (FITA) Malta Tuesday 6: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern standard time This accessible, free e-reader can read many file types including: txt, doc, docs, PDF and OpenOffice documents. It interfaces with screen reader and screen magnification applications. It permits copying and pasting. It permits interactive editing of any document, but it will only permit saving in plain text formats as well as converting a document into MP3 sound formats. EASI Free Webinar: Recent NVDA Developments for Education and Work Presenter: James Teh, Executive Director, NV Access Limited Wednesday Nov. 12 at 1 Pacific, 2 Mountain, 3 Central and 4 PM Eastern 9 PM GMT (which is Thursday 13 November 7am Brisbane Australia) In the past few years, there have been significant enhancements to NVDA for use in education and at work, including support for Microsoft PowerPoint and major improvements to support for other Microsoft Office applications. This presentation will provide an overview of these enhancements and discuss what's next for NVDA in the near future. It will also outline current options and future plans for the provision of technical support and training. Free registration is available from the EASI Webinar page under Webinars in November http://easi.cc/clinic.htm#november Norm From bossley.5 at osu.edu Mon Oct 27 06:26:47 2014 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] LiveScribe Smartpen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6F7B7822@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Evan, Please see responses to your questions below from our disability services tech coordinator. 1. What is the process you are using when training a student on the Smartpen? Do you simply go over how the pen works, or do you provide any additional training on the process of note taking? - The training process entails going over the pen's uses, the dot paper, the pen's apps and transferring the notes to a computer using Livescribe Connect/Desktop. We do not provide training on note taking 2. Do you provide additional note taking support? Do you have any requirements (such as note taking training) prior to loaning out a Smartpen? - No, we do not provide additional note taking support; the only requirement to loaning out a smartpen is that a student must be registered for classes 3. Do you do any check-ins during the semester to ensure your students are taking quality notes? - Yes, we check in with the student 1-2 times per semester 4. Do many students return their pen mid-semester saying that they are either not using the pen, or that it is not useful in the classes they are taking? - We seldom have students return their smartpen 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 / (614) 562-9077 Mobile bossley.5@osu.edu ocio.osu.edu ________________________________ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Evan Hale Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 11:52 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] LiveScribe Smartpen Hi Everyone, I work for the Assistive Technology department at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, MA, and we have been loaning out Smartpens to students with disabilities for almost 2 years now. Recently, it has come to our attention that our students are not really utilizing the pen effectively due to their inability to take quality notes. I'm sending this message to find out how other institutions are handling the Smartpen, how they are training students, and how you are supporting students with the note taking process. So here are a few specific questions related to the Smartpen and notetaking: 1. What is the process you are using when training a student on the Smartpen? Do you simply go over how the pen works, or do you provide any additional training on the process of note taking? 2. Do you provide additional note taking support? Do you have any requirements (such as note taking training) prior to loaning out a Smartpen? 3. Do you do any check-ins during the semester to ensure your students are taking quality notes? 4. Do many students return their pen mid-semester saying that they are either not using the pen, or that it is not useful in the classes they are taking? 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Please forward this to anyone interested and qualified. thank you, Jeff hrjobs.csuohio.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=53473 Job Details table with 1 columns and 2 rows Posting Details table with 2 columns and 32 rows nesting level 1 Category: Administrative & Professional Start Date Salary Grade: 3 Title: Alternative Media Specialist Department: Disability Services Position Location: Main Campus Title of Immediate Supervisor: Assistant Director FLSA: Non-Exempt FTE: 1 Function: Coordinates the production of accessible media for students with disabilities in accordance with state and federal law. Coordinates and assists in the conversion of textbooks, other text documents, visual and audio materials to accessible formats based on student needs. Assists in training student employees in accessible media production. Interacts professionally with all internal and external customers using strong interpersonal skills. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and experience in production of accessible media, OR an Associate's degree and two years experience in production of accessible media. Knowledge and understanding of alternate media methods and strategies. Knowledge of OCR, document scanning and alternative format conversion processes. Experience using cloud storage products (e.g., Dropbox Google Drive). Knowledge of mathematical symbols used in algebra and statistics. PC proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software. Effective written and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to work independently, with strong organizational and time management skills. Detail-oriented. Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen. Hearing capacity for verifying transcripts and captions. Arm strength to manipulate physical objects of at least 15 pounds. Preferred Qualifications: Experience utilizing OCR applications (e.g. Abby FineReader, Nuance OmniPage, and Adobe Acrobat Professional). Experience utilizing Math Type or Scientific Notebook for production of accessible math. Experience in production of DAISY formatted books. Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite applications (Illustrator/Photoshop). Experience producing accessible media for educational institutions. Posting Open To: All Applicants (External & Internal) Position Funding: Regular Date grant, position or appointment expires (For Funds Available, Temporary and Waiver of Posting): Special Notes: Hours Per Week: 40 Work Schedule: Variable Shift: First Hiring Range/Pay Rate: Grade 3 max $44,444 Bargaining Unit: Yes Full-time/Part-time: Full-Time Posting Date: 10-21-2014 Application Deadline: Open Until Filled Required Applicant Documents: Resume Cover Letter Instructions to Applicants: Applications will be exclusively accepted online From smartin at necc.mass.edu Tue Oct 28 10:12:48 2014 From: smartin at necc.mass.edu (Martin, Susan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] purchasing accessible resources Message-ID: <8F2C78F75C81C44EA9D31E0B880D700C8D767E20@havex10.necc.mass.edu> Hi Everyone, We are working on revising our Software and Materials Purchase Policy to include accessibility requirements. 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Martin M.Ed- Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One-Stop Student Services Center SC-111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kzirkle1 at gmu.edu Wed Oct 29 11:10:59 2014 From: kzirkle1 at gmu.edu (Kara Zirkle) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] purchasing accessible resources In-Reply-To: <8F2C78F75C81C44EA9D31E0B880D700C8D767E20@havex10.necc.mass.edu> References: <8F2C78F75C81C44EA9D31E0B880D700C8D767E20@havex10.necc.mass.edu> Message-ID: <96a20bb52138481a82e8ac2601f55808@DM2PR0501MB810.namprd05.prod.outlook.com> Hello Susan, We have a Purchase Policy that refers to a committee that accessibility is a part of. We also have an accessibility policy that include procurement. Finally, we have a lot of information to help vendors know the necessary steps to provide the information needed to help make a speedy purchase. * Policy 1307: Procurement and/or Development of Administrative Systems/Applications * http://ati.gmu.edu/policy/procurement/ * Policy 1308: University Information Technology Accessibility http://ati.gmu.edu/web-accessibility/roles-and-responsibilities/purchasing-and-procurement/ http://ati.gmu.edu/policy/vpats-voluntary-product-accessibility-templates/ Kara Zirkle IT Accessibility Coordinator Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Direct Line Phone: 703-993-9815 Main Office Phone: 703-993-4329 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 1:13 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] purchasing accessible resources Hi Everyone, We are working on revising our Software and Materials Purchase Policy to include accessibility requirements. Does anyone have a accessibility checklist that they can share to help us get started on this? Thank you, Susan Susan J. Martin M.Ed- Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One-Stop Student Services Center SC-111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Wed Oct 29 14:32:41 2014 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] purchasing accessible resources In-Reply-To: References: <8F2C78F75C81C44EA9D31E0B880D700C8D767E20@havex10.necc.mass.edu> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6F7BE884@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Specifically the language under RFP language and the compliance table. We include this on our bid template for software and systems purchased through the Office of the CIO. As you are all probably aware, though, venders responses can vary greatly in their accuracy. Nothing replaces an expert evaluation, and we attempt to perform one for every purchase that we feel may be high risk to the University. 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 / (614) 562-9077 Mobile bossley.5@osu.edu ocio.osu.edu ________________________________ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lissner, L S. (Scott ) Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 5:41 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: Re: [Athen] purchasing accessible resources Try http://www.osu.edu/resources/web/accessibility/ From: Martin, Susan [mailto:smartin@necc.mass.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 01:12 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] purchasing accessible resources Hi Everyone, We are working on revising our Software and Materials Purchase Policy to include accessibility requirements. 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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 ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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My team will do more reviewing of this and other applications in the future and will share these reviews as we can thanks Lucy Lucia Greco Web Access Analyst IST-Campus Technology Services University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. From deb.castiglione at uky.edu Thu Oct 30 09:57:10 2014 From: deb.castiglione at uky.edu (Castiglione, Deborah A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] UDL in HE Research Message-ID: I have been trying to find evidence that applying UDL in higher education instruction leads to benefits for students, and faculty (if possible). I know the basic theories and obviously believe in UDL (my title), but am needing data to back up the claims/need for implementation. 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URL: From jeffbis at email.arizona.edu Thu Oct 30 10:10:47 2014 From: jeffbis at email.arizona.edu (Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Jira accessibility In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6F7BFC15@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6F7BFC15@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <9D8D3F65EADC0844939399EC1C6F42D556078214@BigThunder.catnet.arizona.edu> We use JIRA here for project tracking and I would strongly agree. Its accessibility is not the best. For example, they use lots of dropdowns that are not that accessible when filling out forms. This is where you tend to memorize things and type them as exact matches to resolve that issue. We have tried to communicate with them about improving accessibility for JIRA but haven't gotten much of a response. Jeff From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bossley, Peter A. (Pete) Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 6:52 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Jira accessibility Good morning, OSU is currently in the process of purchasing Jira on demand for tracking our test cases and other issues. Our initial accessibility assessment is not promising. Does anyone on this list have a more full evaluation result we can pull from to give us a little more information of Jira's accessibility (or lack thereof)? Your responses would be appreciated. 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 ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From ndogbo at gmail.com Thu Oct 30 10:17:58 2014 From: ndogbo at gmail.com (N. Dogbo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Jira accessibility In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6F7BFC15@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6F7BFC15@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: Hi Peter, I am not familiar with Jira on demand or how it compares or not to the Atlassian Jira I used and worked with for 2 years as recently as last September 2014. The company I worked for used Atlassian Jira alongside HP Application Lifecycle Management to track and manage production, QA and other related development issues. I haven't found anything which prevented me from productively using Jira with JAWS 14 / 15. Thought I would share this in case it might help. BTw: I am a regular/fulltime screen reader user and not an occasional one. Thx, Nicaise On 10/30/14, Bossley, Peter A. (Pete) wrote: > Good morning, > OSU is currently in the process of purchasing Jira on demand for tracking > our test cases and other issues. Our initial accessibility assessment is not > promising. Does anyone on this list have a more full evaluation result we > can pull from to give us a little more information of Jira's accessibility > (or lack thereof)? > Your responses would be appreciated. > 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 > ________________________________ > > -- ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- From maryz at mit.edu Thu Oct 30 11:03:18 2014 From: maryz at mit.edu (Mary J Ziegler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] UDL in HE Research In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Deb, I would highly recommend looking at the CAST guide to Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education: http://udloncampus.cast.org and their list of campuses with UDL initiatives at http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/policy_udl_initiatives Mary Mary J. Ziegler, Manager of Accessibility and Usability | MIT IS&T Room 7-143 maryz@mit.edu | 617-258-9328 | http://ux.mit.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Castiglione, Deborah A Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:57 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] UDL in HE Research I have been trying to find evidence that applying UDL in higher education instruction leads to benefits for students, and faculty (if possible). I know the basic theories and obviously believe in UDL (my title), but am needing data to back up the claims/need for implementation. I have been looking at databases and the Internet and am not finding anything very convincing for a nonbeliever. Also seems like all the research is K-12. Can anyone point me to anything that might help? Thanks much! 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Ron Stewart On Thursday, October 30, 2014, Mary J Ziegler wrote: > Hi Deb, > > > > I would highly recommend looking at the CAST guide to Universal Design for > Learning in Higher Education: > > http://udloncampus.cast.org and their list of campuses with UDL > initiatives at http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/policy_udl_initiatives > > > > Mary > > > > Mary J. Ziegler, Manager of Accessibility and Usability | MIT IS&T Room > 7-143 > > maryz@mit.edu | > 617-258-9328 | http://ux.mit.edu > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu > ] > *On Behalf Of *Castiglione, Deborah A > *Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:57 PM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > > *Subject:* [Athen] UDL in HE Research > > > > I have been trying to find evidence that applying UDL in higher education > instruction leads to benefits for students, and faculty (if possible). I > know the basic theories and obviously believe in UDL (my title), but am > needing data to back up the claims/need for implementation. I have been > looking at databases and the Internet and am not finding anything very > convincing for a nonbeliever. Also seems like all the research is K-12. Can > anyone point me to anything that might help? > > > > Thanks much! > > Deb > > > > Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP > > Universal Design & Instructional Technology Specialist > > Center for the Enhancement of Learning & Teaching (CELT) > > University of Kentucky > > 518 King (Science) Library > > Lexington, KY 40506 > > 859-257-9685 > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From PBuchmiller at columbiabasin.edu Thu Oct 30 12:16:47 2014 From: PBuchmiller at columbiabasin.edu (Buchmiller, Peggy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] UDL in HE Research In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Another good resource for this is on the DO-IT website at the University of Washington Peggy Buchmiller, M.Ed Assistant Dean, Student Programs and Support Services Director, Resource Center Columbia Basin College 509-542-4444 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Mary J Ziegler Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:03 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] UDL in HE Research Hi Deb, I would highly recommend looking at the CAST guide to Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education: http://udloncampus.cast.org and their list of campuses with UDL initiatives at http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/policy_udl_initiatives Mary Mary J. Ziegler, Manager of Accessibility and Usability | MIT IS&T Room 7-143 maryz@mit.edu | 617-258-9328 | http://ux.mit.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Castiglione, Deborah A Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:57 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] UDL in HE Research I have been trying to find evidence that applying UDL in higher education instruction leads to benefits for students, and faculty (if possible). I know the basic theories and obviously believe in UDL (my title), but am needing data to back up the claims/need for implementation. I have been looking at databases and the Internet and am not finding anything very convincing for a nonbeliever. Also seems like all the research is K-12. Can anyone point me to anything that might help? Thanks much! Deb Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Universal Design & Instructional Technology Specialist Center for the Enhancement of Learning & Teaching (CELT) University of Kentucky 518 King (Science) Library Lexington, KY 40506 859-257-9685 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sherylb at uw.edu Thu Oct 30 13:14:26 2014 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] UDL in HE Research In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <12E089BE-006E-4C66-A4FB-A197A54EE4DB@uw.edu> That is a good idea. We at DO-IT maintain a collection of research and practice articles published in the literature related to the application of universal design in higher education settings. You might find some research there. http://www.washington.edu/doit/CUDE/udhe_articles_books.html Anyone who knows of others articles that would fit into this collection, please send them to me so that we can add them. Sheryl ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Oct 30, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Mary J Ziegler wrote: > Hi Deb, > > I would highly recommend looking at the CAST guide to Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education: > http://udloncampus.cast.org and their list of campuses with UDL initiatives at http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/policy_udl_initiatives > > Mary > > Mary J. Ziegler, Manager of Accessibility and Usability | MIT IS&T Room 7-143 > maryz@mit.edu | 617-258-9328 | http://ux.mit.edu > > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Castiglione, Deborah A > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:57 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Athen] UDL in HE Research > > I have been trying to find evidence that applying UDL in higher education instruction leads to benefits for students, and faculty (if possible). I know the basic theories and obviously believe in UDL (my title), but am needing data to back up the claims/need for implementation. I have been looking at databases and the Internet and am not finding anything very convincing for a nonbeliever. Also seems like all the research is K-12. Can anyone point me to anything that might help? > > Thanks much! > Deb > > Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP > Universal Design & Instructional Technology Specialist > Center for the Enhancement of Learning & Teaching (CELT) > University of Kentucky > 518 King (Science) Library > Lexington, KY 40506 > 859-257-9685 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 norm.coombs at gmail.com Fri Oct 31 09:36:46 2014 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Prof Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] free screen magnification Message-ID: <5453ba9f.847db60a.1fb0.ffff905f@mx.google.com> 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 From ats169 at psu.edu Fri Oct 31 09:46:07 2014 From: ats169 at psu.edu (Alexa Schriempf) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] VitalSource Message-ID: 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. Thanks! -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kerscher at montana.com Fri Oct 31 10:06:46 2014 From: kerscher at montana.com (George Kerscher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] VitalSource In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <003001cff52d$0f7a9920$2e6fcb60$@montana.com> 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? I've got a request for a stat book published by Wiley, which is using VitalSource as its eBook platform. Thanks! -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Fri Oct 31 10:12:03 2014 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)) 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: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD6F7C04B6@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> The screen magnification in Windows 7 and above underwent a significant facelift. Many users will find they can get along with that featureset but I would say that some will not. Best advice would be for them to try it out before they go spend money. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 12:37 PM To: athen-list-u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] free screen magnification 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 kerscher at montana.com Fri Oct 31 10:36:55 2014 From: kerscher at montana.com (George Kerscher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] VitalSource In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006101cff531$454b0220$cfe10660$@montana.com> 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? I've got a request for a stat book published by Wiley, which is using VitalSource as its eBook platform. Thanks! -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alipkin at brandeis.edu Fri Oct 31 11:53:00 2014 From: alipkin at brandeis.edu (Adam Lipkin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] TurnItIn and accessibility? Message-ID: Hi, folks -- We're looking at TurnItIn, and I'm a little stunned at their lack of information about accessibility. An initial search shows pages (like http://accessibility.psu.edu/turnitin and http://www.colorado.edu/oit/services/teaching-learning-tools/desire2learn-d2l/help/instructor-support/dropbox/turnitin-accessibility) that make me more than a little dubious about this product, but I can't imagine that a product aimed specifically at higher ed hasn't encountered this before. Anyone have any more info on how accessible TurnItIn is (and how they've handled requests from customers here)? Thanks, Adam -- Adam Lipkin Associate Director for Academic Technology alipkin@brandeis.edu 781-736-4795 Brandeis University Library and Technology Services Mailstop 045 Waltham, MA 02454 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greg_kraus at ncsu.edu Fri Oct 31 12:07:06 2014 From: greg_kraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] TurnItIn and accessibility? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It's been about 18 months since I looked at it, but here is what I remember. Perhaps it is still relevant. 1. Getting your overall score/grade back was fairly accessible. 2. Going in to the document to see what was actually marked as potentially plagiarized will be impossible for some user groups, like people with visual impairments. (There might have been keyboard access problems too - I can't quite remember) 3. They also have some features where instructors can mark up assignments with comments within the TurnItIn system. These will also be very inaccessible to some user groups. What I remember sounds very similar to what Penn State states online. We are not currently using the product. Our campus is leery of plagiarism software in general. Back when we were looking at it the company did not seem receptive to any of my input. I hope this helps. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 gdkraus@ncsu.edu http://go.ncsu.edu/itaccess On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Adam Lipkin wrote: > Hi, folks -- > > We're looking at TurnItIn, and I'm a little stunned at their lack of > information about accessibility. An initial search shows pages (like > http://accessibility.psu.edu/turnitin and > http://www.colorado.edu/oit/services/teaching-learning-tools/desire2learn-d2l/help/instructor-support/dropbox/turnitin-accessibility) > that make me more than a little dubious about this product, but I can't > imagine that a product aimed specifically at higher ed hasn't encountered > this before. Anyone have any more info on how accessible TurnItIn is (and > how they've handled requests from customers here)? > > Thanks, > Adam > > -- > Adam Lipkin > Associate Director for Academic Technology > alipkin@brandeis.edu > 781-736-4795 > Brandeis University Library and Technology Services > Mailstop 045 > Waltham, MA 02454 > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Fri Oct 31 12:44:12 2014 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] TurnItIn and accessibility? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA846C159F9F@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> It has been a while, but my findings were the same as Gregg's. Not a good product in my opinion, but our college is still using it. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Kraus Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 2:07 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] TurnItIn and accessibility? It's been about 18 months since I looked at it, but here is what I remember. Perhaps it is still relevant. 1. Getting your overall score/grade back was fairly accessible. 2. Going in to the document to see what was actually marked as potentially plagiarized will be impossible for some user groups, like people with visual impairments. (There might have been keyboard access problems too - I can't quite remember) 3. They also have some features where instructors can mark up assignments with comments within the TurnItIn system. These will also be very inaccessible to some user groups. What I remember sounds very similar to what Penn State states online. We are not currently using the product. Our campus is leery of plagiarism software in general. Back when we were looking at it the company did not seem receptive to any of my input. I hope this helps. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 gdkraus@ncsu.edu http://go.ncsu.edu/itaccess On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Adam Lipkin wrote: > Hi, folks -- > > We're looking at TurnItIn, and I'm a little stunned at their lack of > information about accessibility. An initial search shows pages (like > http://accessibility.psu.edu/turnitin and > http://www.colorado.edu/oit/services/teaching-learning-tools/desire2le > arn-d2l/help/instructor-support/dropbox/turnitin-accessibility) > that make me more than a little dubious about this product, but I > can't imagine that a product aimed specifically at higher ed hasn't > encountered this before. Anyone have any more info on how accessible > TurnItIn is (and how they've handled requests from customers here)? > > Thanks, > Adam > > -- > Adam Lipkin > Associate Director for Academic Technology alipkin@brandeis.edu > 781-736-4795 > Brandeis University Library and Technology Services Mailstop 045 > Waltham, MA 02454 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu Fri Oct 31 13:57:25 2014 From: Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu (Prickett, Elizabeth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Transcription Services Message-ID: Good afternoon! Does anyone have a recommendation for a quality transcription service for lectures? I've been doing a lot of research online and would like to narrow it down with some personal recommendations from people who have actually used (and like!) their services. (I'm not necessarily researching captioning services but services that can provide text and/or time-stamped transcripts. I already have plenty of information on more full-service captioning services.) Thanks so much! Have an excellent weekend! Liz Prickett Alternative Media Specialist Center for Academic & Professional Excellence (CAPE) Victoria College 2200 E. Red River Street Victoria, TX 77901 Elizabeth.Prickett@VictoriaCollege.edu (361) 573-3291, ext. 3243 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: