[Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 104, Issue 10

[Schneider, Karen]

Thanks all for the information about screenreaders and Accuplacer!

Have a good weekend,

Karen

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Placement Test and Screen Reader Software
      (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete))
   2. Google announces accessibility improvements for Drive and
      Docs editors (Laura Carlson)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:35:18 +0000
From: "Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)" <bossley.5 at osu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Placement Test and Screen Reader Software
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Nope, RW Gold really doesn't work for blind students.



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 at osu.edu ocio.osu.edu 




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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Erin Lauridsen
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:06 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Placement Test and Screen Reader Software

Hi Carol,
Curious if this solution works for blind students? In my experience Read and Write must be operated with a mouse, would love to know if there is a work around.

Thanks,
Erin

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Erin Lauridsen
Screen Reader Specialist
University of Michigan
erinlau at umich.edu
(734) 764-7825



On 9/10/14, Carol Raymundo <raymundo at linnbenton.edu> wrote:

> We did a huge study of this very thing this summer. As of last week I 

> am so happy to say we are no longer using human readers with 

> Accuplacer. We found that the only screen reading software that works 

> with Accuplacer is Read and Write Gold. We decided to purchase 2 

> licenses that are on USB's so they can be moved around in the testing 

> center. Feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss this some more.

>

> Regards,

>

> Carol Raymundo, MS

> Coordinator, Center for Accessibility Resources & Student Assessment 

> Linn-Benton Community College

>

> raymundo at linnbenton.edu

> 541-917-4832

>

>

> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:18 AM, Schneider, Karen < 

> karen.schneider at sinclair.edu> wrote:

>

>>   Hello: In an effort to eliminate/reduce use of human readers on 

>> Placement Tests, I wanted to know if any of your schools use the 

>> Accuplacer test. If so, what screen reader software have you found to 

>> be compatible with it?

>>

>>

>>

>> Thank you in advance,

>>

>>

>>

>> Karen

>>

>>

>>

>> *Karen L. Schneider, MRC, CRC*

>>

>> Adaptive Equipment Specialist

>>

>> Sinclair Community College

>>

>> 444 West Third Street

>>

>> Dayton OH 45402

>>

>> (937) 512-2136

>>

>>

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> Regards,

>

> Carol Raymundo, MS

> Coordinator, Center for Accessibility Resources & Student Assessment 

> Linn-Benton Community College

>

> raymundo at linnbenton.edu

> 541-917-4832

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:50:01 -0500
From: Laura Carlson <lcarlson at d.umn.edu>
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Subject: [Athen] Google announces accessibility improvements for Drive
	and	Docs editors
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Hi all,

Posted today on Google's Blog:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/google-drive-and-docs-editors-designed.html

Best Regards,
Laura
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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/


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