[Athen] BeeLine Reader

[Moore, Corinna]

I actually added this to my browser a couple of months ago just to see what
it was like.  I have to say, I like it.  I don't have any know reading
issues other than I don't like to, but I can say that I feel like it keeps
me tracking what I'm reading better than a plain white page.  Maybe that's
just me but it doesn't seem to hurt anything so I've just left it
installed.  It doesn't work on every website I go to but when it does, I do
notice.  Initially I do a double take and then remember what the color
gradient is.  I think it is fairly new so I'm not sure many students are
aware of it.

*Corinna *




On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Gaeir Dietrich <gdietrich at htctu.net> wrote:


> LOL, as it happens, Jennifer, apparently I am not their intended audience,

> either. Different reason; same issue--it doesn't work for either or us!

> <wink>

>

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> -----Original Message-----

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

> Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton

> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 1:32 PM

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

> Education Network'

> Subject: Re: [Athen] BeeLine Reader

>

> Gaeir, Ron, and all:

>

> I don't have further details about this tool in any official capacity, so

> I'd recommend following up with these folks directly with your questions.

> Perhaps if someone does, they can share more official info here.

>

> Ron, rather than assuming the worst (and a trajecotry for which I, at

> least,

> don't have evidence), as perhaps you are, I'd rather suggest that they

> *did*

> get constructive feedback from what you imagine to be their target

> audience,

> but which they did not initially imagine to be who the productwould serve.

>

> As it happens, Gaeir, they're here in the Bay Area (maybe Palo Alto

> -- not sure)

>

> I just happened to meet one of the staff at a local Meetup last night. And

> apparently, they did attend CSUN.

>

> As for their intended audience, what I understood is that their intended

> audience is actually everyone, not necessarily people with print-reading

> disabilities. They're exploring the wide range of folks that'd fall into

> that group as more of a secondary audience, based on positive responses

> from

> some folks with print-reading disabilities who indicated that they found

> the

> product of help.

>

> That's all I've got -- just sharing info.

> I'm certainly *not* their intended audience.

>

> Best,

> Jennifer

>

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