[Athen] Product evaluation database

[Ron]

For the most part the demand is for Applications and their functionality
with common AT. For most LTI is geek speach.

Ron

On Thursday, March 26, 2015, Joshua Hori <jhori at ucdavis.edu> wrote:


>  Are we talking about application accessibility, LTI accessibility, or

> available assistive technology?

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> I’ve started an AT database

> <https://trello.com/b/rirGA3kZ/accessible-technology-software> and I’ve

> been asking around about LTI information, but there’s nothing being done at

> the moment. I had documented some applications such as R, MatLab, and

> Stata, but lost it during a computer crash. Sure wish I had my cloud

> services available back then…

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> Yes, the AT database is accessible. A little wonky with screenreaders but

> it’s navigable.

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> Best,

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> Joshua Hori

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> Accessible Technology Analyst

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> Student Disability Center

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> 54 Cowell Building

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> Davis, CA 95616

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> 530-752-3184

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu

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> *On Behalf Of *Ron Stewart

> *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:06 AM

> *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Product evaluation database

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> and that is something that we have talked about for years within ATHEN.

> Talk is cheap how about some action?

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu

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> *On Behalf Of *Humbert, Joseph A

> *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:54 AM

> *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Product evaluation database

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> Sounds like a valuable ATHEN membership benefit if it was created and

> maintained by ATHEN ;-) ;-)

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> Thankx,

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>   Joe

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu]

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> Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer

> *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2015 10:46 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Product evaluation database

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> I agree.  It would be really great to have this available to all of us.

> We get the same questions over and over about products, and if there were a

> database to access, those questions would certainly lessen.

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> Two concerns:

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> 1.       Who is going to make the database and keep it maintained?

> Should this be a paid position, or at least something of a stipend given

> for keeping it going?

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> 2.       I am actually uncomfortable with keeping this locked away – yes,

> I understand liability, but we are asking basic questions here about

> accessibility of software/apps/programs/websites, and that information

> should be available to anyone looking for it.  I am making the assumption

> that people would be looking at the information as part of their planning

> and investigation of a product that is being recommended for use by

> administration, etc., so any and all information is going to be useful as

> part of that investigation.  I think keeping us liability-free is more a

> matter of writing effective content that is not filled with opinion, but

> instead informative and descriptive.  VPATs could be included as part of

> the entry on a product, but should not be the only content.

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> *Susan Kelmer*

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> *Alternate Format Access Coordinator*

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> *Disability Services*

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> *University of Colorado Boulder*

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> *303-735-4836*

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu

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> *On Behalf Of *Ron Stewart

> *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2015 8:39 AM

> *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network';

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> *Subject:* [Athen] Product evaluation database

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> Good morning all,

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> Once again an extreme need has surfaced and that is a need for a database

> of educational product accessibility evaluations that are readily

> available.  This does not need to be a totally open resource, due to

> liability issues a subscription or closed membership system would be find.

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> I am not talking about VPATS, in most instances they have shown to be not

> worth the time it took to write them. What I am looking for are real

> evaluations, that also include what was used for the evaluation.  We have

> talked about this a lot but nothing ever seems to come of it. Any insights

> would be greatly appreciated.

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> Ron Stewart

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