From CUTLER_ELLEN at smc.edu Sun Nov 1 16:50:06 2015 From: CUTLER_ELLEN at smc.edu (CUTLER_ELLEN) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Annual Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5364E0CD2CC8434AB1232CDD7E702962014B7560B9@SRI.smc.edu> Hello Sean, First I want to thank you for you post-CAPED email. And with respect to the ATHEN meeting, is discussing the challenges related to adopting accessible instructional resources an appropriate topic? Best, Ellen ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Sean Keegan [skeegan@ccctechcenter.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 8:13 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Annual Meeting Hello all, The ATHEN Annual Meeting is next month at the 2015 Accessing Higher Ground Conference. The Annual Meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 18 at 6:30PM in the Westin Westminster hotel. We will know the exact location as we move closer to the conference date and send out notifications via email. We will also post notices regarding the specific location of the Annual Meeting. I am still open to topics for the agenda. Please contact me if you would like to have a specific topic addressed at the meeting - http://athenpro.org/content/athen-annual-meeting-2015 Take care, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Nov 2 16:26:30 2015 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] HTCTU Hiring Two Training Positions Message-ID: <025901d115ce$49f64e60$dde2eb20$@htctu.net> Hello all (and please forgive cross-posts)! I am pleased to announce that the High Tech Center Training Unit (www.htctu.net), a professional development grant through Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) for the California Community Colleges focusing on access to technology for students with disabilities, is looking to fill two faculty positions: (1) assistive technology/alternate media and (2) Web accessibility/digital media. Applications can be found online on the FHDA District Web site: 15-072: Access Tech Specialist -- http://chc.tbe.taleo.net/chc06/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=FHDA &cws=1&rid=1591 15-073: Web & Media -- http://chc.tbe.taleo.net/chc06/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=FHDA&cws=1&ri d=1592 Please note: These are 11-month, non-tenure track, grant-funded faculty positions. Trainers will work a standard faculty quarter-system calendar with August and much of September off. During the regular year, travel to site visits and conferences will be required. Since these are faculty positions, degree requirements are VERY specific. For those of you whose qualifications are based more on job experience than a relevant degree, please make sure to claim "equivalency." (In other words, your specific degree may not be listed in the job announcement as a qualifying degree, but you can claim that your years of experience in the field make up for the lack of those specific degrees.) Equivalency cannot be assumed; you must make a proactive case for it. Specific instructions for equivalency, including how many years' work experience are required for claiming equivalency, are found in the online application package. All required elements of the application, including transcripts, must be provided in order for an application to be considered. More information can be found in the online instructions. Please feel free to repost as appropriate and share this information with any qualified person who you think might be interested. Thank you!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich Director High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges De Anza College, Cupertino, CA www.htctu.net 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you would like to schedule a site visit, training, or phone consultation, please contact HTCTU Network Administrator, Dale Kan at dkan@htctu.net or 408-996-4636; to ensure that priority e-mails are seen, please copy Dale on important and time-sensitive matters.Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WHITEPH15 at ECU.EDU Wed Nov 4 12:57:13 2015 From: WHITEPH15 at ECU.EDU (White, Phillip Burton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Message-ID: <2D1029A7F746CB45A999537EA3E1913304EB04@Curly.intra.ecu.edu> I'm familiar with Site Improves and Compliance Sheriff as enterprise solutions for checking web site accessibility. I'm looking for comparable products. What tools have been deployed at your institutions? Phillip White ITCS Accessibility Coordinator East Carolina University Phone: 252-737-5258 Whiteph15@ecu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Joseph.Sherman at cuny.edu Wed Nov 4 13:10:27 2015 From: Joseph.Sherman at cuny.edu (Joseph Sherman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA In-Reply-To: <2D1029A7F746CB45A999537EA3E1913304EB04@Curly.intra.ecu.edu> References: <2D1029A7F746CB45A999537EA3E1913304EB04@Curly.intra.ecu.edu> Message-ID: <50DD5F0CC3F534468FB20D832102EBA93167067B@EXPM5721.enterpriseapps.cuny.adlan> As we know, they are at most about 30% effective. Choosing an Automated Accessibility Testing Tool: 13 Questions you should ask Ones I am aware of include: Accessibility Management Platform from SSB Bart Group TPG Accessibility Solution The Paciello Group Siteimprove, Inc. Worldspace from Deque http://www.deque.com/products/worldspace/ http://www.deque.com/products/axe/ A11Y Compliance Platform by Bureau of Internet Accessibility HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff http://tenon.io/ http://www.tanaguru.com/en/ Powermapper SortSite Joseph From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of White, Phillip Burton Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 3:57 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA I'm familiar with Site Improves and Compliance Sheriff as enterprise solutions for checking web site accessibility. I'm looking for comparable products. What tools have been deployed at your institutions? 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Padilla Web Accessibility Coordinator, Information Security & Emerging Technologies Disclaimer: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of White, Phillip Burton Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 12:57 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA I'm familiar with Site Improves and Compliance Sheriff as enterprise solutions for checking web site accessibility. I'm looking for comparable products. What tools have been deployed at your institutions? Phillip White ITCS Accessibility Coordinator East Carolina University Phone: 252-737-5258 Whiteph15@ecu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jiatyan at stanford.edu Wed Nov 4 14:19:14 2015 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA In-Reply-To: References: <2D1029A7F746CB45A999537EA3E1913304EB04@Curly.intra.ecu.edu> Message-ID: <7D2D136A-D68A-49C9-9282-E27F37925A04@stanford.edu> Rosa, Would you mind sharing (privately, if preferred) what SiteImprove was lacking for you? I am experiencing a similar problem. I came onboard with SiteImprove already in place, but I'm struggling with both the debugging view and with longitudinal tracking. Not sure if it is me or the tool. -- Jiatyan Chen Online Accessibility Program Manager Office of Public Affairs Stanford University On 2015 Nov 04, at 13:36, Rosa Padilla > wrote: We made a huge mistake and purchased a license of SiteImprove and I am very disappointed that I was not given what I was promised. I would not recommend SiteImprove. Rosa -- Rosa E. Padilla Rosa E. 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Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiatyan Chen Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 3:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Rosa, Would you mind sharing (privately, if preferred) what SiteImprove was lacking for you? I am experiencing a similar problem. I came onboard with SiteImprove already in place, but I'm struggling with both the debugging view and with longitudinal tracking. Not sure if it is me or the tool. -- Jiatyan Chen Online Accessibility Program Manager Office of Public Affairs Stanford University On 2015 Nov 04, at 13:36, Rosa Padilla > wrote: We made a huge mistake and purchased a license of SiteImprove and I am very disappointed that I was not given what I was promised. I would not recommend SiteImprove. Rosa -- Rosa E. Padilla Rosa E. Padilla Web Accessibility Coordinator, Information Security & Emerging Technologies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wag at 3playmedia.com Thu Nov 5 12:06:57 2015 From: wag at 3playmedia.com (Emily Griffin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 118, Issue 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We recently hosted a webinar with a11y expert David Berman, who recommended a whole slew of free and effective accessibility testing tools. Watch the whole webinar here or Read the summary of recommended tools On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 3:01 PM, < athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 20:57:13 +0000 > From: "White, Phillip Burton" > To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 > level AA > Message-ID: > <2D1029A7F746CB45A999537EA3E1913304EB04@Curly.intra.ecu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I'm familiar with Site Improves and Compliance Sheriff as enterprise > solutions for checking web site accessibility. I'm looking for comparable > products. What tools have been deployed at your institutions? > > Phillip White > ITCS Accessibility Coordinator > East Carolina University > Phone: 252-737-5258 > Whiteph15@ecu.edu > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20151104/07791c6e/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 21:10:27 +0000 > From: Joseph Sherman > To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" > > Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag > 2.0 level AA > Message-ID: > > <50DD5F0CC3F534468FB20D832102EBA93167067B@EXPM5721.enterpriseapps.cuny.adlan > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > As we know, they are at most about 30% effective. Choosing an Automated > Accessibility Testing Tool: 13 Questions you should ask< > http://www.karlgroves.com/2013/06/28/choosing-an-automated-accessibility-testing-tool-13-questions-you-should-ask/ > > > > Ones I am aware of include: > > Accessibility Management Platform from SSB Bart Group< > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/amp/> > TPG Accessibility Solution The Paciello Group< > https://www.paciellogroup.com/services/> > Siteimprove, Inc. > Worldspace from Deque http://www.deque.com/products/worldspace/ > http://www.deque.com/products/axe/ > A11Y Compliance Platform by Bureau of Internet > Accessibility > HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff< > http://www.hisoftware.com/products/hisoftware-compliance-sheriff-overview/hisoftware-compliance-sheriff/accessibility-compliance.aspx > > > http://tenon.io/ > http://www.tanaguru.com/en/ > Powermapper SortSite< > http://www.powermapper.com/products/sortsite/checks/accessibility-checks.htm > > > > Joseph > > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] > On Behalf Of White, Phillip Burton > Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 3:57 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level > AA > > I'm familiar with Site Improves and Compliance Sheriff as enterprise > solutions for checking web site accessibility. 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URL: From Rosa.Padilla at csusb.edu Thu Nov 5 16:11:11 2015 From: Rosa.Padilla at csusb.edu (Rosa Padilla) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA In-Reply-To: <7D2D136A-D68A-49C9-9282-E27F37925A04@stanford.edu> References: <2D1029A7F746CB45A999537EA3E1913304EB04@Curly.intra.ecu.edu> <7D2D136A-D68A-49C9-9282-E27F37925A04@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Hi Jiatyan The sales rep created a custom rule set to match the CSU Chancellor's office ruleset during the sales presentation. We were reassured during the sales presentation that additional custom rule sets could be implemented. It was very difficult dealing with the Customer Success Manager, her email stated that the Support team and VP of Customer Success would not implement any custom rules. Crypztone (Compliance Sheriff) is proactive and easy to work with. They take customer service seriously. -- Rosa E. Padilla Rosa E. Padilla Web Accessibility Coordinator, Information Security & Emerging Technologies Disclaimer: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiatyan Chen Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 2:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Rosa, Would you mind sharing (privately, if preferred) what SiteImprove was lacking for you? I am experiencing a similar problem. I came onboard with SiteImprove already in place, but I'm struggling with both the debugging view and with longitudinal tracking. Not sure if it is me or the tool. -- Jiatyan Chen Online Accessibility Program Manager Office of Public Affairs Stanford University On 2015 Nov 04, at 13:36, Rosa Padilla > wrote: We made a huge mistake and purchased a license of SiteImprove and I am very disappointed that I was not given what I was promised. I would not recommend SiteImprove. Rosa -- Rosa E. Padilla Rosa E. 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To: Cc: Bryan Rodrigues posted: "Smartpen Maker to Operate as Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and Complement Anoto?s Vision for Multi-surface Digital Writing and Drawing Lund, Sweden & Oakland, Calif. - November 6, 2015 - Anoto Group AB today announced an agreement to acquire Livescribe Inc." New post on *Noteworthy Blog* Anoto Group to Acquire Livescribe Inc. by Bryan Rodrigues Smartpen Maker to Operate as Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and Complement Anoto?s Vision for Multi-surface Digital Writing and Drawing Lund, Sweden & Oakland, Calif. - November 6, 2015 - Anoto Group AB today announced an agreement to acquire Livescribe Inc. Livescribe will be fully integrated with Anoto as a wholly-owned subsidiary, with the deal expected to close [?] Read more of this post *Bryan Rodrigues * | November 6, 2015 at 12:02 am | Categories: Noteworthy Blog | URL: http://wp.me/p4JHs0-1fbv Comment See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Noteworthy Blog. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions . *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.livescribe.com/blog/noteworthy2/2015/11/anoto-group-to-acquire-livescribe-inc/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.gardner at viewplus.com Fri Nov 6 08:27:51 2015 From: john.gardner at viewplus.com (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Anoto Group to Acquire Livescribe Inc. In-Reply-To: References: <69997132.296701.0@wordpress.com> Message-ID: Having negotiated unsuccessfully with Anoto in the past, I predict only that things will get a lot more expensive. John From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Brandt Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 8:05 AM To: ATHEN Mailing List Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Anoto Group to Acquire Livescribe Inc. Any predictions? I couldn't find anything about accessibility on the Anoto site. -- Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services Accessibility Technician Alternate Media Formats Technician 971-722-4366 SE SCOMM 112, SY CC 260 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Noteworthy Blog" > Date: Nov 6, 2015 12:02 AM Subject: [New post] Anoto Group to Acquire Livescribe Inc. To: > Cc: Bryan Rodrigues posted: "Smartpen Maker to Operate as Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and Complement Anoto?s Vision for Multi-surface Digital Writing and Drawing Lund, Sweden & Oakland, Calif. - November 6, 2015 - Anoto Group AB today announced an agreement to acquire Livescribe Inc." New post on Noteworthy Blog [http://s0.wp.com/i/emails/blavatar.png] [http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/8a56eeb70e59220149be73cbea671bd5?s=50&d=identicon&r=G] Anoto Group to Acquire Livescribe Inc. by Bryan Rodrigues Smartpen Maker to Operate as Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and Complement Anoto?s Vision for Multi-surface Digital Writing and Drawing Lund, Sweden & Oakland, Calif. - November 6, 2015 - Anoto Group AB today announced an agreement to acquire Livescribe Inc. Livescribe will be fully integrated with Anoto as a wholly-owned subsidiary, with the deal expected to close [?] Read more of this post Bryan Rodrigues | November 6, 2015 at 12:02 am | Categories: Noteworthy Blog | URL: http://wp.me/p4JHs0-1fbv Comment See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Noteworthy Blog. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? 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Thank you, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kzirkle1 at gmu.edu Fri Nov 6 10:11:47 2015 From: kzirkle1 at gmu.edu (Kara Zirkle) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA In-Reply-To: References: <2D1029A7F746CB45A999537EA3E1913304EB04@Curly.intra.ecu.edu> <7D2D136A-D68A-49C9-9282-E27F37925A04@stanford.edu>, Message-ID: Accessibilityoz.com also has OzArt Kara Zirkle IT Accessibility Coordinator Direct Phone: 703-993-9815 Office Phone: 703-993-4329 @AccessibleMason Ati.gmu.edu -------- Original message -------- From: Rosa Padilla Date: 11/05/2015 7:19 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Hi Jiatyan The sales rep created a custom rule set to match the CSU Chancellor's office ruleset during the sales presentation. We were reassured during the sales presentation that additional custom rule sets could be implemented. It was very difficult dealing with the Customer Success Manager, her email stated that the Support team and VP of Customer Success would not implement any custom rules. Crypztone (Compliance Sheriff) is proactive and easy to work with. They take customer service seriously. -- Rosa E. Padilla Rosa E. Padilla Web Accessibility Coordinator, Information Security & Emerging Technologies Disclaimer: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiatyan Chen Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 2:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Rosa, Would you mind sharing (privately, if preferred) what SiteImprove was lacking for you? I am experiencing a similar problem. I came onboard with SiteImprove already in place, but I'm struggling with both the debugging view and with longitudinal tracking. Not sure if it is me or the tool. -- Jiatyan Chen Online Accessibility Program Manager Office of Public Affairs Stanford University On 2015 Nov 04, at 13:36, Rosa Padilla > wrote: We made a huge mistake and purchased a license of SiteImprove and I am very disappointed that I was not given what I was promised. I would not recommend SiteImprove. Rosa -- Rosa E. Padilla Rosa E. Padilla Web Accessibility Coordinator, Information Security & Emerging Technologies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jiatyan at stanford.edu Fri Nov 6 14:09:59 2015 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reminder - ATHEN Annual Meeting Participation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <27258363-1A83-4E8C-8F44-2C4FF544E459@stanford.edu> Hi Sean, Do you know if Stanford is an institutional member for ATHEN? -- Jiatyan Chen On 6 Nov 2015, at 10:16, Sean Keegan > wrote: Just a reminder - The ATHEN Annual Meeting will take place Wednesday, November 18 at 6:30PM (MST) at the Westin Westminster hotel. This is held in conjunction with the Accessing Higher Ground Conference. This year a phone connection will be available for those who are unable to attend the conference in person. Connection details will be forthcoming. If you plan to attend remotely and require transcription services, please send an email request to: services@athenpro.org We *must* have all requests by Monday, November 9 at 5PM (Pacific)! Thank you, Sean _______________________________________________ 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 pratikp1 at gmail.com Sat Nov 7 11:41:54 2015 From: pratikp1 at gmail.com (Pratik Patel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA In-Reply-To: References: <2D1029A7F746CB45A999537EA3E1913304EB04@Curly.intra.ecu.edu> <7D2D136A-D68A-49C9-9282-E27F37925A04@stanford.edu>, Message-ID: <007801d11994$5bb88a90$13299fb0$@gmail.com> Hello all, I would highly encourage all of you to consider the latest but highly flexible enterprise testing solution, Tenon. More information at http://www.tenon.io. You'll find that it is the most developer-friendly tool out there. In our experience, it also doesn't promise you what an enterprise level testing solution cannot deliver. With Tenon's plugins for various environments and transparent pricing, and support, your developers will love you. In addition to the pricing listed, you can also find integration assistance with an enterprise plan. Here is a page that describes what Tenon tests: https://tenon.io/documentation/what-tenon-tests.php Here is a page that discusses pricing: https://tenon.io/pricing.php Here's Tenon's documentation: https://tenon.io/documentation/ Hope this helps. Regards, Pratik Pratik Patel Founder and CEO, EZFire 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 Kara Zirkle Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 1:12 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Accessibilityoz.com also has OzArt Kara Zirkle IT Accessibility Coordinator Direct Phone: 703-993-9815 Office Phone: 703-993-4329 @AccessibleMason Ati.gmu.edu -------- Original message -------- From: Rosa Padilla > Date: 11/05/2015 7:19 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Hi Jiatyan The sales rep created a custom rule set to match the CSU Chancellor's office ruleset during the sales presentation. We were reassured during the sales presentation that additional custom rule sets could be implemented. It was very difficult dealing with the Customer Success Manager, her email stated that the Support team and VP of Customer Success would not implement any custom rules. Crypztone (Compliance Sheriff) is proactive and easy to work with. They take customer service seriously. -- Rosa E. Padilla Rosa E. Padilla Web Accessibility Coordinator, Information Security & Emerging Technologies Disclaimer: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiatyan Chen Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 2:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Rosa, Would you mind sharing (privately, if preferred) what SiteImprove was lacking for you? I am experiencing a similar problem. I came onboard with SiteImprove already in place, but I'm struggling with both the debugging view and with longitudinal tracking. Not sure if it is me or the tool. -- Jiatyan Chen Online Accessibility Program Manager Office of Public Affairs Stanford University On 2015 Nov 04, at 13:36, Rosa Padilla > wrote: We made a huge mistake and purchased a license of SiteImprove and I am very disappointed that I was not given what I was promised. 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Users can select the depth of spidering and a ruleset that represents the technologies they are using to make the website accessible. http://fae20.cita.illinois.edu AInspector Sidebar for Firefox AInspector Sidebar is a Firefox add-on that evaluates the current web page using the document object model (DOM) which contains the result of dynamically generated content and styling. Users can view page summary and element level results. Firefox DOM inspector can be opened directly from an element level result. http://ainspector.github.io Please contact me directly if you have any additional questions, Jon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Leslie Kanes Weisman Multiple Perspectives is an ongoing exploration of disability, a conversation including many voices and reflecting perspectives gained through experience and research; theory and practice, arts and sciences. Preference will be given to presentations that encourage discussions across the typical social, political, and disciplinary boundaries; connect the individual to local, national and international approaches; or 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. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 2014 Proposals are due January 18th, 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 2016 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 Sixteenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: April 13 - 14, 2016 Held on The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus Poster Submissions are Due no later than March 15, 2016 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 focus on any aspect of disability and may be based on: 1. Independent & Supervised Student Research 2. Art & Performance 3. Class Projects & Papers (Award goes to department to support future projects) 4. Community Service & Applied Problem Solving from Service Learning Classes or student organizations (Award goes to organization/department to support future projects) 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 15, 2016 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... URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Tue Nov 10 15:26:31 2015 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] graphic novels Message-ID: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Hi all, Has anyone had to work with graphic novels? We have a required textbook that is a graphic novel and a blind student who needs to read it. I've asked the publisher and they say there is not even a separate pdf, it's all drawn. I hate to rewrite the entire book but it looks like that is what its coming down to. Bookshare says they don't have the resources. Suggestions anyone? Has anyone done this already? The book, by the way, is THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi ISBN: 9780375714832 Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gunderson, Jon R Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 9:12 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Phillip, The University of Illinois is developing Open Source Tools for WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA evaluation using the OpenAjax Evaluation Library and has two rulesets: 1. HTML5 and ARIA Techniques to meet WCAG requirements 2. HTML4 legacy techniques to meet WCAG requirements Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) 2.0 FAE 2.0 is a free service of the University of Illinois that allows you to spider a website for W3C WCAG 2.0 requirements and generate summary reports to use for accessibility auditing, planning and training. Users can select the depth of spidering and a ruleset that represents the technologies they are using to make the website accessible. http://fae20.cita.illinois.edu AInspector Sidebar for Firefox AInspector Sidebar is a Firefox add-on that evaluates the current web page using the document object model (DOM) which contains the result of dynamically generated content and styling. Users can view page summary and element level results. Firefox DOM inspector can be opened directly from an element level result. http://ainspector.github.io Please contact me directly if you have any additional questions, Jon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nettiet at gmail.com Tue Nov 10 15:51:48 2015 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] graphic novels In-Reply-To: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> References: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Message-ID: To transcribe the book, I wonder if a student needs to complete community service or, someone at the senior center who wants to support students? If you will be the transcriber, would suggest using speech to text to dictate into a talking word document or, (thinking while typing); how about dictating into Natural Reader (Educational version with good voice options) and transcribing it into an mp3 file. That would provide two options; document with voice output and/or mp3 player. Nettie's nickel On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Leyna Bencomo wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Has anyone had to work with graphic novels? We have a required textbook > that is a graphic novel and a blind student who needs to read it. I?ve > asked the publisher and they say there is not even a separate pdf, it?s all > drawn. I hate to rewrite the entire book but it looks like that is what > its coming down to. Bookshare says they don?t have the resources. > Suggestions anyone? Has anyone done this already? The book, by the way, > is THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi ISBN: 9780375714832 > > > > Leyna Bencomo > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Information Technology > > *University of Colorado Colorado Springs* > > 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 > > Colorado Springs, CO 80918 > > (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu > > http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Gunderson, Jon R > *Sent:* Monday, November 09, 2015 9:12 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag > 2.0 level AA > > > > Phillip, > > > > The University of Illinois is developing Open Source Tools for WCAG 2.0 > Level A and AA evaluation using the OpenAjax Evaluation Library and has two > rulesets: > > > > 1. HTML5 and ARIA Techniques to meet WCAG requirements > > 2. HTML4 legacy techniques to meet WCAG requirements > > > > *Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) 2.0* > > FAE 2.0 is a free service of the University of Illinois that allows you to > spider a website for W3C WCAG 2.0 requirements and generate summary reports > to use for accessibility auditing, planning and training. Users can select > the depth of spidering and a ruleset that represents the technologies they > are using to make the website accessible. > > > > http://fae20.cita.illinois.edu > > > > *AInspector Sidebar for Firefox* > > AInspector Sidebar is a Firefox add-on that evaluates the current web page > using the document object model (DOM) which contains the result of > dynamically generated content and styling. Users can view page summary and > element level results. Firefox DOM inspector can be opened directly from > an element level result. > > > > http://ainspector.github.io > > > > Please contact me directly if you have any additional questions, > > Jon > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- *Nettie T. Fischer, ATPAssistive Technology Professional* *NettieT, ATP Consultants* *RESNA Certified* *California Certified NPA * *Phone: [916] 704-1456* *Fax: [916] 686-1860* * www.nettietatpconsultants.com * NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed; the contents of this message may constitute a privileged communication and may be protected by law. If you receive this in error, any review, use, dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender by return e-mail or by contacting Nettie Fischer at (916) 704-1456 <%28530%29%20406-3166> and delete this communication and any attached documents from your system. *Thank You* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jiatyan at stanford.edu Tue Nov 10 15:57:50 2015 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] graphic novels In-Reply-To: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> References: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Message-ID: <17E768CD-13F0-45B1-92D2-5422E24A991C@stanford.edu> Leyna, I'd suggest engaging the faculty about the purpose of this required reading. Perhaps an alternative book may be assigned to achieve the same learning objectives. If the learning objective is to examine the layout of a graphic novel, you might have to put it through a tactile printer rather than transcribing the words. -- Jiatyan Chen Online Accessibility Program Manager Office of Public Affairs Stanford University On 2015 Nov 10, at 15:26, Leyna Bencomo > wrote: Hi all, Has anyone had to work with graphic novels? We have a required textbook that is a graphic novel and a blind student who needs to read it. I?ve asked the publisher and they say there is not even a separate pdf, it?s all drawn. I hate to rewrite the entire book but it looks like that is what its coming down to. Bookshare says they don?t have the resources. Suggestions anyone? Has anyone done this already? The book, by the way, is THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi ISBN: 9780375714832 Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/\ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jpolizzotto at taftcollege.edu Tue Nov 10 16:08:05 2015 From: jpolizzotto at taftcollege.edu (Joseph Polizzotto) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] graphic novels In-Reply-To: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> References: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Message-ID: In addition to what others have mentioned, I would explore possibly hiring English students to read portions of the text, to which you could add some descriptive audio content. This could be compiled as a classic-audio DAISY book, which would provide the best navigation tools for the students. The open-source OBI tool by the DAISY consortium might be used for this purpose. I know this may not be feasible but it would be excellent to have more resources like this. I think the student would benefit from it a lot, too. Joseph Polizzotto Associate Professor, Learning Skills High Tech Center Access Specialist Taft College 29 Cougar Court Taft CA 93268 661-763-7977 (work) 408-504-7404 (cell) 661-763-7758 (fax) jpolizzotto@taftcollege.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:27 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] graphic novels Has anyone had to work with graphic novels? We have a required textbook that is a graphic novel and a blind student who needs to read it. I've asked the publisher and they say there is not even a separate pdf, it's all drawn. I hate to rewrite the entire book but it looks like that is what its coming down to. Bookshare says they don't have the resources. Suggestions anyone? Has anyone done this already? The book, by the way, is THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi ISBN: 9780375714832 Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gunderson, Jon R Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 9:12 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Phillip, The University of Illinois is developing Open Source Tools for WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA evaluation using the OpenAjax Evaluation Library and has two rulesets: 1. HTML5 and ARIA Techniques to meet WCAG requirements 2. HTML4 legacy techniques to meet WCAG requirements Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) 2.0 FAE 2.0 is a free service of the University of Illinois that allows you to spider a website for W3C WCAG 2.0 requirements and generate summary reports to use for accessibility auditing, planning and training. Users can select the depth of spidering and a ruleset that represents the technologies they are using to make the website accessible. http://fae20.cita.illinois.edu AInspector Sidebar for Firefox AInspector Sidebar is a Firefox add-on that evaluates the current web page using the document object model (DOM) which contains the result of dynamically generated content and styling. Users can view page summary and element level results. Firefox DOM inspector can be opened directly from an element level result. http://ainspector.github.io Please contact me directly if you have any additional questions, Jon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KRasul at columbiabasin.edu Tue Nov 10 16:18:06 2015 From: KRasul at columbiabasin.edu (Rasul, Kamran) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] graphic novels In-Reply-To: References: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Message-ID: At my previous place of work, we hired a wonderful kind lady that was already volunteer reader for her local library. We provided her with a digital mic and a timesheet she filled out. When she completed a few chapters, we transferred it over to the student and continued to do this until she had completed the entire book. Kamran Rasul, M.Ed Director of Assistive Technology Columbia Basin College, TD 422 2600 N 20th Ave, Pasco, WA 99301 krasul@columbiabasin.edu | 509.543.1448 ext.2048 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Polizzotto Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 4:08 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] graphic novels In addition to what others have mentioned, I would explore possibly hiring English students to read portions of the text, to which you could add some descriptive audio content. This could be compiled as a classic-audio DAISY book, which would provide the best navigation tools for the students. The open-source OBI tool by the DAISY consortium might be used for this purpose. I know this may not be feasible but it would be excellent to have more resources like this. I think the student would benefit from it a lot, too. Joseph Polizzotto Associate Professor, Learning Skills High Tech Center Access Specialist Taft College 29 Cougar Court Taft CA 93268 661-763-7977 (work) 408-504-7404 (cell) 661-763-7758 (fax) jpolizzotto@taftcollege.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:27 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] graphic novels Has anyone had to work with graphic novels? We have a required textbook that is a graphic novel and a blind student who needs to read it. I've asked the publisher and they say there is not even a separate pdf, it's all drawn. I hate to rewrite the entire book but it looks like that is what its coming down to. Bookshare says they don't have the resources. Suggestions anyone? Has anyone done this already? The book, by the way, is THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi ISBN: 9780375714832 Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gunderson, Jon R Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 9:12 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Phillip, The University of Illinois is developing Open Source Tools for WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA evaluation using the OpenAjax Evaluation Library and has two rulesets: 1. HTML5 and ARIA Techniques to meet WCAG requirements 2. HTML4 legacy techniques to meet WCAG requirements Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) 2.0 FAE 2.0 is a free service of the University of Illinois that allows you to spider a website for W3C WCAG 2.0 requirements and generate summary reports to use for accessibility auditing, planning and training. Users can select the depth of spidering and a ruleset that represents the technologies they are using to make the website accessible. http://fae20.cita.illinois.edu AInspector Sidebar for Firefox AInspector Sidebar is a Firefox add-on that evaluates the current web page using the document object model (DOM) which contains the result of dynamically generated content and styling. Users can view page summary and element level results. Firefox DOM inspector can be opened directly from an element level result. http://ainspector.github.io Please contact me directly if you have any additional questions, Jon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Tue Nov 10 16:31:08 2015 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] graphic novels In-Reply-To: References: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Message-ID: <3efa793bae2b4b0d8c0592555fca0f27@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Thank you all for the suggestions! I think I will have one of my student workers record the audio for it. I have never heard of the OBI tool. I will look into it. Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Rasul, Kamran Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 5:18 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] graphic novels At my previous place of work, we hired a wonderful kind lady that was already volunteer reader for her local library. We provided her with a digital mic and a timesheet she filled out. When she completed a few chapters, we transferred it over to the student and continued to do this until she had completed the entire book. Kamran Rasul, M.Ed Director of Assistive Technology Columbia Basin College, TD 422 2600 N 20th Ave, Pasco, WA 99301 krasul@columbiabasin.edu | 509.543.1448 ext.2048 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Polizzotto Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 4:08 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] graphic novels In addition to what others have mentioned, I would explore possibly hiring English students to read portions of the text, to which you could add some descriptive audio content. This could be compiled as a classic-audio DAISY book, which would provide the best navigation tools for the students. The open-source OBI tool by the DAISY consortium might be used for this purpose. I know this may not be feasible but it would be excellent to have more resources like this. I think the student would benefit from it a lot, too. Joseph Polizzotto Associate Professor, Learning Skills High Tech Center Access Specialist Taft College 29 Cougar Court Taft CA 93268 661-763-7977 (work) 408-504-7404 (cell) 661-763-7758 (fax) jpolizzotto@taftcollege.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:27 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] graphic novels Has anyone had to work with graphic novels? We have a required textbook that is a graphic novel and a blind student who needs to read it. I've asked the publisher and they say there is not even a separate pdf, it's all drawn. I hate to rewrite the entire book but it looks like that is what its coming down to. Bookshare says they don't have the resources. Suggestions anyone? Has anyone done this already? The book, by the way, is THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi ISBN: 9780375714832 Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fosters at sou.edu Tue Nov 10 16:32:41 2015 From: fosters at sou.edu (Shawn Foster) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] graphic novels In-Reply-To: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> References: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Message-ID: Learning Ally has Persepolis in an audio format with described images. I would suggest at least having the student give that a try. Best, Shawn *Shawn Foster* Disability Resources Coordinator | U-CAM Coordinator Southern Oregon University | 1250 Siskiyou Blvd | Ashland OR 97520 541-552-6213 Why I'm at SOU: http://youtu.be/Ski0MzPd5IM On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Leyna Bencomo wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Has anyone had to work with graphic novels? We have a required textbook > that is a graphic novel and a blind student who needs to read it. I?ve > asked the publisher and they say there is not even a separate pdf, it?s all > drawn. I hate to rewrite the entire book but it looks like that is what > its coming down to. Bookshare says they don?t have the resources. > Suggestions anyone? Has anyone done this already? The book, by the way, > is THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi ISBN: 9780375714832 > > > > Leyna Bencomo > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Information Technology > > *University of Colorado Colorado Springs* > > 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 > > Colorado Springs, CO 80918 > > (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu > > http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Gunderson, Jon R > *Sent:* Monday, November 09, 2015 9:12 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag > 2.0 level AA > > > > Phillip, > > > > The University of Illinois is developing Open Source Tools for WCAG 2.0 > Level A and AA evaluation using the OpenAjax Evaluation Library and has two > rulesets: > > > > 1. HTML5 and ARIA Techniques to meet WCAG requirements > > 2. HTML4 legacy techniques to meet WCAG requirements > > > > *Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) 2.0* > > FAE 2.0 is a free service of the University of Illinois that allows you to > spider a website for W3C WCAG 2.0 requirements and generate summary reports > to use for accessibility auditing, planning and training. Users can select > the depth of spidering and a ruleset that represents the technologies they > are using to make the website accessible. > > > > http://fae20.cita.illinois.edu > > > > *AInspector Sidebar for Firefox* > > AInspector Sidebar is a Firefox add-on that evaluates the current web page > using the document object model (DOM) which contains the result of > dynamically generated content and styling. Users can view page summary and > element level results. Firefox DOM inspector can be opened directly from > an element level result. > > > > http://ainspector.github.io > > > > Please contact me directly if you have any additional questions, > > Jon > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 lbencomo at uccs.edu Wed Nov 11 06:57:36 2015 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] graphic novels In-Reply-To: References: <5e0152be75904400b73530c2230a61d6@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Message-ID: Thanks Shawn, I was looking for The Complete Persepolis and it looks like Learning Ally DOES have it in separate volumes. Duh! Thanks for finding it. I can breathe now. Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Shawn Foster Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 5:33 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] graphic novels Learning Ally has Persepolis in an audio format with described images. I would suggest at least having the student give that a try. Best, Shawn Shawn Foster Disability Resources Coordinator | U-CAM Coordinator Southern Oregon University | 1250 Siskiyou Blvd | Ashland OR 97520 541-552-6213 [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B1lLvtD6xSEiY1N6V0JrN19lOHc&revid=0B1lLvtD6xSEidUp6ZlZ1TkVkSklDYVJWVWVWdUFsSEt1TUo0PQ] Why I'm at SOU: http://youtu.be/Ski0MzPd5IM On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Leyna Bencomo > wrote: Hi all, Has anyone had to work with graphic novels? We have a required textbook that is a graphic novel and a blind student who needs to read it. I?ve asked the publisher and they say there is not even a separate pdf, it?s all drawn. I hate to rewrite the entire book but it looks like that is what its coming down to. Bookshare says they don?t have the resources. Suggestions anyone? Has anyone done this already? The book, by the way, is THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi ISBN: 9780375714832 Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 240 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gunderson, Jon R Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 9:12 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] enterprise level apps for checking 508 and wcag 2.0 level AA Phillip, The University of Illinois is developing Open Source Tools for WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA evaluation using the OpenAjax Evaluation Library and has two rulesets: 1. HTML5 and ARIA Techniques to meet WCAG requirements 2. HTML4 legacy techniques to meet WCAG requirements Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) 2.0 FAE 2.0 is a free service of the University of Illinois that allows you to spider a website for W3C WCAG 2.0 requirements and generate summary reports to use for accessibility auditing, planning and training. Users can select the depth of spidering and a ruleset that represents the technologies they are using to make the website accessible. http://fae20.cita.illinois.edu AInspector Sidebar for Firefox AInspector Sidebar is a Firefox add-on that evaluates the current web page using the document object model (DOM) which contains the result of dynamically generated content and styling. Users can view page summary and element level results. Firefox DOM inspector can be opened directly from an element level result. http://ainspector.github.io Please contact me directly if you have any additional questions, Jon _______________________________________________ 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 rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Wed Nov 11 07:38:27 2015 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] book recommendations Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84F21E96ED@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hello all, I'm doing some research into the state of disability services in higher education. Does anybody have good books that they would recommend on this topic? Thanks. 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I believe past issues are archived on their Web site for AHEAD members. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 7:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] book recommendations Hello all, I'm doing some research into the state of disability services in higher education. Does anybody have good books that they would recommend on this topic? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu Thu Nov 12 09:10:36 2015 From: eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu (Berger, Eileen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] book recommendations In-Reply-To: <01b401d11cc1$3ba63830$b2f2a890$@htctu.net> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84F21E96ED@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <01b401d11cc1$3ba63830$b2f2a890$@htctu.net> Message-ID: "Beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act : Inclusive Policy and Practice for Higher Education" 2014 NASPA Thanks! Eileen From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 3:41 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] book recommendations Not a book, but I would recommend looking at issues of the AHEAD journal (JPED). I believe past issues are archived on their Web site for AHEAD members. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 7:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] book recommendations Hello all, I'm doing some research into the state of disability services in higher education. Does anybody have good books that they would recommend on this topic? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Eileen From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 3:41 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] book recommendations Not a book, but I would recommend looking at issues of the AHEAD journal (JPED). I believe past issues are archived on their Web site for AHEAD members. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 7:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] book recommendations Hello all, I'm doing some research into the state of disability services in higher education. Does anybody have good books that they would recommend on this topic? Thanks. 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Some topics we will address include discussing accessibility with publishers (and asking my team to evaluate the responses), making sure web content, PDFs, and office docs are accessible (via NCDAE cheatsheets and workshops and assistance we offer), and keeping communications lines with students open. We will also include info about working with our campus disability services team. Any ideas you have would e much appreciated, Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama From johumber at iu.edu Thu Nov 12 10:21:36 2015 From: johumber at iu.edu (Humbert, Joe) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Elections 2015 Message-ID: Hello ATHEN list, For those members who are eligible (professional and institutional members who are current on their membership), you should have received an email this morning from "survey-noreply@smo.surveymonkey.com; on behalf of; membership@athenpro.org via surveymonkey.com " with the subject of "ATHEN Elections 2015". I have been informed by a few members that this email may have been marked as spam. It is not spam and your vote is important. Please check you junk folders. If you have questions about the voting or did not receive and email and think you should have, please contact Dan Comden (danc@uw.edu) with the subject line "ATHEN Elections 2015 Support". Please vote by November 18th at noon so that we may announce the new executive office at the ATHEN annual meeting at AHG. Thank you. Sincerely, Joe Joe Humbert Membership Coordinator Access Technologist Higher Education Network (ATHEN) membership@athenpro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From johumber at iu.edu Thu Nov 12 10:30:35 2015 From: johumber at iu.edu (Humbert, Joe) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty In-Reply-To: <65A65CE1-F383-416B-BC25-870B278C48D9@ua.edu> References: <65A65CE1-F383-416B-BC25-870B278C48D9@ua.edu> Message-ID: <869fc2d2229b4a12a29362acd50b9d01@bl-cci-exch04.ads.iu.edu> Hi Rachel, * Make sure the primary/default human language for each document, website, etc. is specified (WCAG 2.0 Understanding SC 3.1.1) * Make sure changes in languages for parts of "documents" are specified. (WCAG 2.0 Understanding SC 3.1.2) The links I have provided have links to techniques for both websites and other types of documents. I assume specifying the language of parts of a document would be extremely important as there are bound to be multilingual documents (e.g., English and Spanish mixed). Thankx, Joe Joe Humbert Principal Accessibility Analyst Assistive Technology and Accessibility Centers University Information Technology Services Indiana University, IUPUI IT 210F (317) 274-4378 johumber@iu.edu http://atac.iu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:42 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty Hi, all. Our area is soon meeting with a group of faculty from the modern languages and classics department regarding ways to make their course materials more accessibility from the outset. Do you have any foreign language specific suggestions? Some topics we will address include discussing accessibility with publishers (and asking my team to evaluate the responses), making sure web content, PDFs, and office docs are accessible (via NCDAE cheatsheets and workshops and assistance we offer), and keeping communications lines with students open. We will also include info about working with our campus disability services team. Any ideas you have would e much appreciated, Rachel Dr. Rachel S. 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URL: From lissner.2 at osu.edu Tue Nov 10 17:09:33 2015 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: April 13 - 14, 2016 Multiple Perspectives Call for Proposals In-Reply-To: <5DFD73D75A087C49A0313626DC1F0C7F353718@CIO-KRC-D2MBX10.osuad.osu.edu> References: , <5DFD73D75A087C49A0313626DC1F0C7F353718@CIO-KRC-D2MBX10.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <49A0AB7D-F817-40E7-931F-31DB5593C347@osu.edu> The Sixteenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability April 13 - 14, 2016 The Ohio State University?s Columbus Campus This past July marked the 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act; November the 20th Anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act in Brittan; and December, 2016, will be the 10th anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. ?It is time to move beyond the letter of the law to the spirit of the law; to shift our focus from redressing human and environmental problems through remedial design to preventing problems through holistic design.? Leslie Kanes Weisman Multiple Perspectives is an ongoing exploration of disability, a conversation including many voices and reflecting perspectives gained through experience and research; theory and practice, arts and sciences. Preference will be given to presentations that encourage discussions across the typical social, political, and disciplinary boundaries; connect the individual to local, national and international approaches; or 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. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 2014 Proposals are due January 18th, 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 2016 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 Sixteenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: April 13 - 14, 2016 Held on The Ohio State University?s Columbus Campus Poster Submissions are due no later than March 15, 2016 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, Community Service $100, and Class Projects $200 at this year?s competition. Submissions may focus on any aspect of disability and may be based on: 1. Independent & Supervised Student Research 2. Art & Performance 3. Class Projects & Papers (Award goes to department to support future projects) 4. Community Service & Applied Problem Solving from Service Learning Classes or student organizations (Award goes to organization/department to support future projects) 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 15, 2016 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. 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URL: From Teresa.Haven at nau.edu Thu Nov 12 10:34:34 2015 From: Teresa.Haven at nau.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty In-Reply-To: <65A65CE1-F383-416B-BC25-870B278C48D9@ua.edu> References: <65A65CE1-F383-416B-BC25-870B278C48D9@ua.edu> Message-ID: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDCE6CA2@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> Hi, Rachel. Although it isn't listed in the details for the workshop, this will be one of the topics in the pre-conference workshop at AHG next Monday titled "Hot Trends and Topics in Curriculum Accessibility" . All the resources you mention are great for general English-language accessibility, but often won't go far enough for foreign-language materials. If you or one of your team members will be at AHG and can participate in the session, that would be great, and otherwise, please feel free to contact me directly after the conference. This is an area of particular interest and specialization for me. Thanks, Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 10:42 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty Hi, all. Our area is soon meeting with a group of faculty from the modern languages and classics department regarding ways to make their course materials more accessibility from the outset. Do you have any foreign language specific suggestions? Some topics we will address include discussing accessibility with publishers (and asking my team to evaluate the responses), making sure web content, PDFs, and office docs are accessible (via NCDAE cheatsheets and workshops and assistance we offer), and keeping communications lines with students open. We will also include info about working with our campus disability services team. Any ideas you have would e much appreciated, Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From foreigntype at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 11:00:58 2015 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty In-Reply-To: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDCE6CA2@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> References: <65A65CE1-F383-416B-BC25-870B278C48D9@ua.edu> <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDCE6CA2@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> Message-ID: <028d01d11d7c$77891dc0$669b5940$@gmail.com> Rachel, Teresa et al ATHENites, I'll be there for your session Teresa, and perhaps can provide some insight on the foreign language accessibility aspect. Wink -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Teresa Haven Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 10:35 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty Hi, Rachel. Although it isn't listed in the details for the workshop, this will be one of the topics in the pre-conference workshop at AHG next Monday titled "Hot Trends and Topics in Curriculum Accessibility" . All the resources you mention are great for general English-language accessibility, but often won't go far enough for foreign-language materials. If you or one of your team members will be at AHG and can participate in the session, that would be great, and otherwise, please feel free to contact me directly after the conference. This is an area of particular interest and specialization for me. Thanks, Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 10:42 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty Hi, all. Our area is soon meeting with a group of faculty from the modern languages and classics department regarding ways to make their course materials more accessibility from the outset. Do you have any foreign language specific suggestions? Some topics we will address include discussing accessibility with publishers (and asking my team to evaluate the responses), making sure web content, PDFs, and office docs are accessible (via NCDAE cheatsheets and workshops and assistance we offer), and keeping communications lines with students open. We will also include info about working with our campus disability services team. Any ideas you have would e much appreciated, Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama _______________________________________________ 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 jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Fri Nov 13 05:15:52 2015 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty In-Reply-To: <869fc2d2229b4a12a29362acd50b9d01@bl-cci-exch04.ads.iu.edu> References: <65A65CE1-F383-416B-BC25-870B278C48D9@ua.edu> <869fc2d2229b4a12a29362acd50b9d01@bl-cci-exch04.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: I agree with Joe that having the prooffing language and the language set in the code for the web pages is critical. One problem that I have noticed with online modules for foreign language materials is very colorful graphics with text embedded in them. Usually the color schemes are very low contrast. If it is just colors specified in the coding then student can change browser settings to compensate. Materials that come from the publisher in PDF usually do not have the language set to anything but English or had not been run through OCR engines to recognize multiple languages contained in the documents. In those cases the screen reader or TTS just reads gibberish. For multiple language documents PDF documents are much harder to remediate than Word. Many of the professors in our classes create their own handouts or their own PowerPoints and use the IME keyboards in Windows to type the content. This creates the basics of a great document for the student to read. The key is for professors to keep the original document and to give access to it for the student. The second part of that last sentence would seem to be obvious but some professors do not like giving their documents to anyone electronically. That causes some unnecessary arguments. Jeff On 11/12/15, Humbert, Joe wrote: > Hi Rachel, > > > * Make sure the primary/default human language for each document, > website, etc. is specified (WCAG 2.0 Understanding SC > 3.1.1) > > * Make sure changes in languages for parts of "documents" are > specified. (WCAG 2.0 Understanding SC > 3.1.2) > > > > The links I have provided have links to techniques for both websites and > other types of documents. > > > > I assume specifying the language of parts of a document would be extremely > important as there are bound to be multilingual documents (e.g., English and > Spanish mixed). > > > Thankx, > Joe > > Joe Humbert > Principal Accessibility Analyst > Assistive Technology and Accessibility Centers > University Information Technology Services > Indiana University, IUPUI IT 210F > (317) 274-4378 > johumber@iu.edu > http://atac.iu.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On > Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:42 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty > > > > Hi, all. > > > > Our area is soon meeting with a group of faculty from the modern languages > and classics department regarding ways to make their course materials more > accessibility from the outset. Do you have any foreign language specific > suggestions? > > > > Some topics we will address include discussing accessibility with publishers > (and asking my team to evaluate the responses), making sure web content, > PDFs, and office docs are accessible (via NCDAE cheatsheets and workshops > and assistance we offer), and keeping communications lines with students > open. We will also include info about working with our campus disability > services team. > > > > Any ideas you have would e much appreciated, Rachel > > > > Dr. Rachel S. Thompson > > Director, Emerging Technology > > Center for Instructional Technology > > University of Alabama > > _______________________________________________ > > athen-list mailing list > > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From rsthompson2 at ua.edu Fri Nov 13 07:11:34 2015 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty In-Reply-To: References: <65A65CE1-F383-416B-BC25-870B278C48D9@ua.edu> <869fc2d2229b4a12a29362acd50b9d01@bl-cci-exch04.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: Thanks for all the suggestions! I will incorporate them into out materials for the meeting and will post them online, sharing the link once it is live. See you in Westminster, I hope. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama > On Nov 13, 2015, at 7:17, "Jeffrey Dell" wrote: > > I agree with Joe that having the prooffing language and the language > set in the code for the web pages is critical. > One problem that I have noticed with online modules for foreign > language materials is very colorful graphics with text embedded in > them. Usually the color schemes are very low contrast. If it is just > colors specified in the coding then student can change browser > settings to compensate. > Materials that come from the publisher in PDF usually do not have the > language set to anything but English or had not been run through OCR > engines to recognize multiple languages contained in the documents. > In those cases the screen reader or TTS just reads gibberish. For > multiple language documents PDF documents are much harder to remediate > than Word. > Many of the professors in our classes create their own handouts or > their own PowerPoints and use the IME keyboards in Windows to type the > content. This creates the basics of a great document for the student > to read. The key is for professors to keep the original document and > to give access to it for the student. The second part of that last > sentence would seem to be obvious but some professors do not like > giving their documents to anyone electronically. That causes some > unnecessary arguments. > Jeff > > >> On 11/12/15, Humbert, Joe wrote: >> Hi Rachel, >> >> >> * Make sure the primary/default human language for each document, >> website, etc. is specified (WCAG 2.0 Understanding SC >> 3.1.1) >> >> * Make sure changes in languages for parts of "documents" are >> specified. (WCAG 2.0 Understanding SC >> 3.1.2) >> >> >> >> The links I have provided have links to techniques for both websites and >> other types of documents. >> >> >> >> I assume specifying the language of parts of a document would be extremely >> important as there are bound to be multilingual documents (e.g., English and >> Spanish mixed). >> >> >> Thankx, >> Joe >> >> Joe Humbert >> Principal Accessibility Analyst >> Assistive Technology and Accessibility Centers >> University Information Technology Services >> Indiana University, IUPUI IT 210F >> (317) 274-4378 >> johumber@iu.edu >> http://atac.iu.edu >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On >> Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel >> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:42 PM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> >> Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty >> >> >> >> Hi, all. >> >> >> >> Our area is soon meeting with a group of faculty from the modern languages >> and classics department regarding ways to make their course materials more >> accessibility from the outset. Do you have any foreign language specific >> suggestions? >> >> >> >> Some topics we will address include discussing accessibility with publishers >> (and asking my team to evaluate the responses), making sure web content, >> PDFs, and office docs are accessible (via NCDAE cheatsheets and workshops >> and assistance we offer), and keeping communications lines with students >> open. We will also include info about working with our campus disability >> services team. >> >> >> >> Any ideas you have would e much appreciated, Rachel >> >> >> >> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson >> >> Director, Emerging Technology >> >> Center for Instructional Technology >> >> University of Alabama >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 Fri Nov 13 07:55:13 2015 From: ats169 at psu.edu (Alexa Schriempf) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Looking for a Psychology book Message-ID: Listers, Any chance any of you have encountered and worked with this text in the past? 9781412905442 Psychological Testing: A Practical Approach to Design and Evaluation Kline, Theresa J.B 2005 Sage Publications, Inc. Thanks! -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jiatyan at stanford.edu Fri Nov 13 10:40:17 2015 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty In-Reply-To: <65A65CE1-F383-416B-BC25-870B278C48D9@ua.edu> References: <65A65CE1-F383-416B-BC25-870B278C48D9@ua.edu> Message-ID: <483852B9-B557-47D5-A79F-0256BDDE863C@stanford.edu> Rachel, It seems too simple for us who already have command of a language. It had to be pointed out to me that a major part of learning a foreign language is reading and listening comprehension. And alternatives are particularly challenging when your students know next to nothing about the language and had to rely on various senses and body language in class. Visual: For introduction courses, teachers use a lot of pictures as a 'universal language' to prompt students about the context and objects. This is particularly challenging for assessment. E.g., If you want the student to answer the vocabulary for a "green apple", you can't use alt-text because that would be a hint. Describing the colour and the object with simpler-than-basic-vocabulary is next to impossible because the students might not yet know "unripe, vegetable, foliage" nor "round, ball, fruit, smooth skin". Alternatives suggested by our blind student is to assign them an exercise to go feel/smell/eat an apple, and test them on translation of the vocabulary they used. E.g., Often used techniques are picture stories, which the student have to describe the objects and sequence of events by looking through 8-12 frames of a storyboard. Providing an audio description for the storyboard would be defeating the purpose of the test. Audio: Students are tested for listening comprehension. If they can't hear, they'd need an alternatives test to show that they have a way to communicate in the foreign language. Alternatives we've explored with the language faculty are (i) giving the students advanced level written tests to balance the points they can't score for listening tests (ii) drop credits for students who are do not need to be tested on one of the senses. Please share more assessment solutions if you do broach that topic. -- Jiatyan Chen Online Accessibility Program Manager Office of Public Affairs Stanford University > On 2015 Nov 12, at 09:41, Thompson, Rachel wrote: > > Hi, all. > > Our area is soon meeting with a group of faculty from the modern languages and classics department regarding ways to make their course materials more accessibility from the outset. Do you have any foreign language specific suggestions? > > Some topics we will address include discussing accessibility with publishers (and asking my team to evaluate the responses), making sure web content, PDFs, and office docs are accessible (via NCDAE cheatsheets and workshops and assistance we offer), and keeping communications lines with students open. We will also include info about working with our campus disability services team. > > Any ideas you have would e much appreciated, > Rachel > > Dr. Rachel S. Thompson > Director, Emerging Technology > Center for Instructional Technology > University of Alabama > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From linda.petty at utoronto.ca Fri Nov 13 12:26:25 2015 From: linda.petty at utoronto.ca (Linda Petty) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] question on grammar supports Message-ID: Hi I am working with an English Language learner who has a great deal of difficulty with writing, and in particular with English Grammar. While most Univ. level students are fine with the MS Word grammar supports, he was looking for additional support. I'm aware of the Grammarly product, but have not tried it. A major drawback is that it is $29.95/ month, presumably in USD. There is an educational version of the product, but it requires a site license purchase. Has anyone tried this product- can you give me feedback on it? Any other products, particularly those that would work with MS Word? Thanks Linda Petty, O.T. Reg. (Ont.) Assistive Technology Consultant AccessAbility Services a division of Student Affairs UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH Science Wing, Room SW302G 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4 Direct Line: 416-208-5144 Tel/TTY (appointments): 416-287-7560 Fax: 416-287-7334 www.utsc.utoronto.ca/ability Tomorrow is created here. This electronic message and all contents contain information that may be privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited. 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Thank you, Shannon ---------------------------------------------------- Shannon Lavey, MS, OTR Service Provider and Coordinator, Assistive Technology Resource Center 307 Occupational Therapy Building Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 970-491-4241 shannon.lavey@colostate.edu www.atrc.colostate.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Petty Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 1:26 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu; can-altform@linux-speakup.org Subject: [Athen] question on grammar supports Hi I am working with an English Language learner who has a great deal of difficulty with writing, and in particular with English Grammar. While most Univ. level students are fine with the MS Word grammar supports, he was looking for additional support. I'm aware of the Grammarly product, but have not tried it. A major drawback is that it is $29.95/ month, presumably in USD. There is an educational version of the product, but it requires a site license purchase. Has anyone tried this product- can you give me feedback on it? Any other products, particularly those that would work with MS Word? Thanks Linda Petty, O.T. Reg. (Ont.) Assistive Technology Consultant AccessAbility Services a division of Student Affairs UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH Science Wing, Room SW302G 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4 Direct Line: 416-208-5144 Tel/TTY (appointments): 416-287-7560 Fax: 416-287-7334 www.utsc.utoronto.ca/ability Tomorrow is created here. This electronic message and all contents contain information that may be privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy the original message and all copies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Fri Nov 13 13:39:28 2015 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty In-Reply-To: <483852B9-B557-47D5-A79F-0256BDDE863C@stanford.edu> References: <65A65CE1-F383-416B-BC25-870B278C48D9@ua.edu> <483852B9-B557-47D5-A79F-0256BDDE863C@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <003901d11e5b$c6b23500$54169f00$@gmail.com> Also useful in these circumstances, dear ATHENITES, is to consider using activated learning techniques. We know this now as universal design. The activated learning techniques include activities that engage all of the senses, and so comprehension can be learned through a variety of input: hearing, seeing, speaking, touching, moving, etc. which engage the visual learners, auditory learners, vocal learners, tactile learners, & kinesthetic learners. I have used this in the foreign language classrooms for years, not just for classroom activities, but adapted them for testing. If any of you are interested, contact me off-line and I will provide some links. Happy Friday! Wink Wink Harner Adaptive Technology Consulting & Training Alternative Text & Media Production The Foreigntype foreigntype@gmail.com winkharner1113@gmail.com (Disclaimer: this email was dictated with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive any quirks, mis-recognitions, or omissions.) -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiatyan Chen Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 10:40 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty Rachel, It seems too simple for us who already have command of a language. It had to be pointed out to me that a major part of learning a foreign language is reading and listening comprehension. And alternatives are particularly challenging when your students know next to nothing about the language and had to rely on various senses and body language in class. Visual: For introduction courses, teachers use a lot of pictures as a 'universal language' to prompt students about the context and objects. This is particularly challenging for assessment. E.g., If you want the student to answer the vocabulary for a "green apple", you can't use alt-text because that would be a hint. Describing the colour and the object with simpler-than-basic-vocabulary is next to impossible because the students might not yet know "unripe, vegetable, foliage" nor "round, ball, fruit, smooth skin". Alternatives suggested by our blind student is to assign them an exercise to go feel/smell/eat an apple, and test them on translation of the vocabulary they used. E.g., Often used techniques are picture stories, which the student have to describe the objects and sequence of events by looking through 8-12 frames of a storyboard. Providing an audio description for the storyboard would be defeating the purpose of the test. Audio: Students are tested for listening comprehension. If they can't hear, they'd need an alternatives test to show that they have a way to communicate in the foreign language. Alternatives we've explored with the language faculty are (i) giving the students advanced level written tests to balance the points they can't score for listening tests (ii) drop credits for students who are do not need to be tested on one of the senses. Please share more assessment solutions if you do broach that topic. -- Jiatyan Chen Online Accessibility Program Manager Office of Public Affairs Stanford University > On 2015 Nov 12, at 09:41, Thompson, Rachel wrote: > > Hi, all. > > Our area is soon meeting with a group of faculty from the modern languages and classics department regarding ways to make their course materials more accessibility from the outset. Do you have any foreign language specific suggestions? > > Some topics we will address include discussing accessibility with publishers (and asking my team to evaluate the responses), making sure web content, PDFs, and office docs are accessible (via NCDAE cheatsheets and workshops and assistance we offer), and keeping communications lines with students open. We will also include info about working with our campus disability services team. > > Any ideas you have would e much appreciated, Rachel > > Dr. Rachel S. Thompson > Director, Emerging Technology > Center for Instructional Technology > University of Alabama > _______________________________________________ > 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 Fri Nov 13 13:56:15 2015 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: [Aheadmembers] UCSF Tetrad Graduate Program In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Interesting opportunity. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Ozi, Selim* Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 Subject: [Aheadmembers] UCSF Tetrad Graduate Program To: "aheadmembers@listserve.com (aheadmembers@listserve.com)" < aheadmembers@listserve.com> Posting this , on behalf of Tim. 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URL: From adwershing at pstcc.edu Mon Nov 16 07:09:42 2015 From: adwershing at pstcc.edu (Wershing, Alice D.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] question on grammar supports In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is a free Grammarly add-in for Chrome<.%20%20https:/chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/grammarly-spell-checker-g/kbfnbcaeplbcioakkpcpgfkobkghlhen?hl=en>. Direct link is https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/grammarly-spell-checker-g/kbfnbcaeplbcioakkpcpgfkobkghlhen?hl=en Alice Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P. Technology Specialist Disability Services Pellissippi State Community College 10915 Hardin Valley Road Knoxville TN 37933-0990 (865) 694-6751 East TN Region Accessibility Specialist Tennessee Board of Regents-ROCC/RODP Access for All Blog http://blogs.pstcc.edu/access4all/ Accessible Format Facebook Page https://m.facebook.com/psccdisabilityservices?refid=46&sld=eyJzZWFyY2hfc2lkIjoiNzhjYzY3MmVkNDg2ODkyMjVhY2ViMjUyOGQwNWJiYzUiLCJxdWVyeSI6InBzY2MiLCJzZWFyY2hfdHlwZSI6IlNlYXJjaCIsInNlcXVlbmNlX2lkIjoxOTU4NzAyNDk1LCJwYWdlX251bWJlciI6MSwiZmlsdGVyX3R5cGUiOiJTZWFyY2giLCJlbnRfaWQiOjczNDM1NjkxOTkzOTUxNywicG9zaXRpb24iOjAsInJlc3VsdF90eXBlIjo2NX0%3D From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lavey,Shannon Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 3:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network ; can-altform@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: [Athen] question on grammar supports Hi Linda, Our center has had good luck with Ginger spell check software - http://www.gingersoftware.com/. There is a free version available. It works well with MS Word on Windows, Chrome and Safari on Mac, and there are iOS and Android apps available. Thank you, Shannon ---------------------------------------------------- Shannon Lavey, MS, OTR Service Provider and Coordinator, Assistive Technology Resource Center 307 Occupational Therapy Building Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 970-491-4241 shannon.lavey@colostate.edu www.atrc.colostate.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Petty Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 1:26 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu; can-altform@linux-speakup.org Subject: [Athen] question on grammar supports Hi I am working with an English Language learner who has a great deal of difficulty with writing, and in particular with English Grammar. While most Univ. level students are fine with the MS Word grammar supports, he was looking for additional support. I'm aware of the Grammarly product, but have not tried it. A major drawback is that it is $29.95/ month, presumably in USD. There is an educational version of the product, but it requires a site license purchase. Has anyone tried this product- can you give me feedback on it? Any other products, particularly those that would work with MS Word? Thanks Linda Petty, O.T. Reg. (Ont.) Assistive Technology Consultant AccessAbility Services a division of Student Affairs UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH Science Wing, Room SW302G 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4 Direct Line: 416-208-5144 Tel/TTY (appointments): 416-287-7560 Fax: 416-287-7334 www.utsc.utoronto.ca/ability Tomorrow is created here. This electronic message and all contents contain information that may be privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is intended for the addressee(s) only. 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On Nov 13, 2015 12:27 PM, "Linda Petty" > wrote: Hi I am working with an English Language learner who has a great deal of difficulty with writing, and in particular with English Grammar. While most Univ. level students are fine with the MS Word grammar supports, he was looking for additional support. I?m aware of the Grammarly product, but have not tried it. A major drawback is that it is $29.95/ month, presumably in USD. There is an educational version of the product, but it requires a site license purchase. Has anyone tried this product- can you give me feedback on it? Any other products, particularly those that would work with MS Word? Thanks Linda Petty, O.T. Reg. (Ont.) Assistive Technology Consultant AccessAbility Services a division of Student Affairs UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH Science Wing, Room SW302G 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4 Direct Line: 416-208-5144 Tel/TTY (appointments): 416-287-7560 Fax: 416-287-7334 www.utsc.utoronto.ca/ability Tomorrow is created here. This electronic message and all contents contain information that may be privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited. 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Contact our office on the main line to get more details: 703-993-4329. Most of our office is traveling this week for AHG. Regards, Kara Zirkle IT Accessibility Coordinator http://ati.gmu.edu @AccessibleMason 703-993-9815 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 10:12 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty Thanks for all the suggestions! I will incorporate them into out materials for the meeting and will post them online, sharing the link once it is live. See you in Westminster, I hope. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama > On Nov 13, 2015, at 7:17, "Jeffrey Dell" wrote: > > I agree with Joe that having the prooffing language and the language > set in the code for the web pages is critical. > One problem that I have noticed with online modules for foreign > language materials is very colorful graphics with text embedded in > them. Usually the color schemes are very low contrast. If it is just > colors specified in the coding then student can change browser > settings to compensate. > Materials that come from the publisher in PDF usually do not have the > language set to anything but English or had not been run through OCR > engines to recognize multiple languages contained in the documents. > In those cases the screen reader or TTS just reads gibberish. For > multiple language documents PDF documents are much harder to remediate > than Word. > Many of the professors in our classes create their own handouts or > their own PowerPoints and use the IME keyboards in Windows to type the > content. This creates the basics of a great document for the student > to read. The key is for professors to keep the original document and > to give access to it for the student. The second part of that last > sentence would seem to be obvious but some professors do not like > giving their documents to anyone electronically. That causes some > unnecessary arguments. > Jeff > > >> On 11/12/15, Humbert, Joe wrote: >> Hi Rachel, >> >> >> * Make sure the primary/default human language for each document, >> website, etc. is specified (WCAG 2.0 Understanding SC >> 3.1.1> tml>) >> >> * Make sure changes in languages for parts of "documents" are >> specified. (WCAG 2.0 Understanding SC >> 3.1.2> .html>) >> >> >> >> The links I have provided have links to techniques for both websites >> and other types of documents. >> >> >> >> I assume specifying the language of parts of a document would be >> extremely important as there are bound to be multilingual documents >> (e.g., English and Spanish mixed). >> >> >> Thankx, >> Joe >> >> Joe Humbert >> Principal Accessibility Analyst >> Assistive Technology and Accessibility Centers University Information >> Technology Services Indiana University, IUPUI IT 210F >> (317) 274-4378 >> johumber@iu.edu >> http://atac.iu.edu >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: athen-list >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >> Thompson, Rachel >> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:42 PM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> >> Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty >> >> >> >> Hi, all. >> >> >> >> Our area is soon meeting with a group of faculty from the modern >> languages and classics department regarding ways to make their course >> materials more accessibility from the outset. Do you have any >> foreign language specific suggestions? >> >> >> >> Some topics we will address include discussing accessibility with >> publishers (and asking my team to evaluate the responses), making >> sure web content, PDFs, and office docs are accessible (via NCDAE >> cheatsheets and workshops and assistance we offer), and keeping >> communications lines with students open. We will also include info >> about working with our campus disability services team. >> >> >> >> Any ideas you have would e much appreciated, Rachel >> >> >> >> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson >> >> Director, Emerging Technology >> >> Center for Instructional Technology >> >> University of Alabama >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> athen-list mailing list >> >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu> ashington.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 acorsi at email.arizona.edu Mon Nov 16 14:03:24 2015 From: acorsi at email.arizona.edu (Corsi, Annissa G - (acorsi)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Foot pedals and transcription software Message-ID: <5df40a2330eb45dca68822a7a42af628@COBALT.catnet.arizona.edu> Hi all, Apologies for the cross post... We are looking into different transcription solutions here at the U of A and I'm wondering if anyone has used the following, either by themselves or together. Transcribe (transcribe.wreally.com) Infinity foot pedals Any kind of feedback is welcome! Thanks so much! Annissa Corsi Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Resource Center University of Arizona -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emmth9 at mail.missouri.edu Tue Nov 17 07:06:39 2015 From: emmth9 at mail.missouri.edu (McInnish, Evalyne M. (MU-Student)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Could anyone speak to the current status of compatibility between Macintosh computers running VoiceOver and accessible PDFs? Our team has been requested to test a PDF for accessibility and were specifically requested to test on both Windows and Mac with screen reader software. The PDF was created by an outside company who claim the PDF is accessible, but we had a great deal of trouble when we tested it with VoiceOver, both in Preview and Adobe Reader. Any and all information about the current compatibility between Macs and accessible PDFs is greatly appreciated. If you prefer, you may contact me directly at emmth9@mail.missouri.edu. Thank you for your assistance. Best Wishes, Evalyne McInnish M.A. Student-Library Sciences Graduate Research Assistant, ACT Center University of Missouri email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From judy.bagley at furman.edu Tue Nov 17 07:10:55 2015 From: judy.bagley at furman.edu (Judy Bagley) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: please post to list! Judy Bagley, M.A.T. Director Student Office for Accessibility Resources Furman University Phone: (864) 294-2320 FAX: (864) 294-3044 CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information in this communication is intended to be confidential to the individual(s) and/or entity to whom it is addressed. It may contain information of a privileged and/or confidential nature, which is subject to federal and/or state privacy regulations. In the event that you are not the intended recipient or agent of the intended recipient, do not copy or use the information contained within this communication, or allow it to be read, copied or utilized in any manner, by any other person(s). Should this communication be received in error, please notify the sender immediately either by response email or by telephone at 864-294-2320, and permanently delete the original email, attachment(s), and any copies. ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of McInnish, Evalyne M. (MU-Student) Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 10:06 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility Dear colleagues, Could anyone speak to the current status of compatibility between Macintosh computers running VoiceOver and accessible PDFs? Our team has been requested to test a PDF for accessibility and were specifically requested to test on both Windows and Mac with screen reader software. The PDF was created by an outside company who claim the PDF is accessible, but we had a great deal of trouble when we tested it with VoiceOver, both in Preview and Adobe Reader. Any and all information about the current compatibility between Macs and accessible PDFs is greatly appreciated. If you prefer, you may contact me directly at emmth9@mail.missouri.edu. Thank you for your assistance. Best Wishes, Evalyne McInnish M.A. Student-Library Sciences Graduate Research Assistant, ACT Center University of Missouri email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From madeleine_rothberg at wgbh.org Tue Nov 17 07:37:46 2015 From: madeleine_rothberg at wgbh.org (Madeleine Rothberg) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility Message-ID: Evalyne and everyone, Accessibility of PDFs on the Mac varies. We've noticed that VO now does a fair job with PDFs in Acrobat Pro DC (which is the newest version). It isn't great, but it's better than previous versions. VO with Adobe *Reader* is terrible: it won't read much if any text. VO will usually read PDF text in Preview, but it won't convey structure. For some purposes, that might be fine. What some people do with PDFs on the Mac is open in Reader and save as text, then read that with VO, as a workaround. So it is possible that the vendor created an accessible PDF, which will work well on Windows but not on Mac. -Madeleine ----- Madeleine Rothberg Senior Subject Matter Expert National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH http://ncam.wgbh.org madeleine_rothberg@wgbh.org From: , "Evalyne M. (MU-Student)" > Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:06 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility Dear colleagues, Could anyone speak to the current status of compatibility between Macintosh computers running VoiceOver and accessible PDFs? Our team has been requested to test a PDF for accessibility and were specifically requested to test on both Windows and Mac with screen reader software. The PDF was created by an outside company who claim the PDF is accessible, but we had a great deal of trouble when we tested it with VoiceOver, both in Preview and Adobe Reader. Any and all information about the current compatibility between Macs and accessible PDFs is greatly appreciated. If you prefer, you may contact me directly at emmth9@mail.missouri.edu. Thank you for your assistance. Best Wishes, Evalyne McInnish M.A. Student-Library Sciences Graduate Research Assistant, ACT Center University of Missouri email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Tue Nov 17 12:29:02 2015 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Foot pedals and transcription software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Annissa, I haven't used transcribe, so I can't comment on that. 1/3 of my CART team uses the Infinity foot pedals, but 2/3 use VLC and slow down the recording to a more comfortable speed using the + and - keys. We usually only use our CART team for course materials and live events, with me ripping the audio from the multimedia file(s) and providing it to the CART team to be transcribed. The rest of the campus uses Kaltura, a video hosting service, and our Academic Technology department worked with cielo24.com to implement a 2 button click within Kaltura to provide captions for any and all videos uploaded by instructors. I believe that we're paying anywhere from $1 per minute up to $1.50 per minute. A 5 unit course (Quarter system) would be about ~50 hours of potential recordings, which would amount to about $3k max in total costs at $1 per minute. A 5 unit course (Semester system) would be about ~80 hours of potential recordings, which would amount to about $4,800 max in total costs at $1 per minute. Best, Joshua From: Corsi, Annissa G - (acorsi) [mailto:acorsi@email.arizona.edu] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 2:03 PM To: Alternate Media Subject: Foot pedals and transcription software Hi all, Apologies for the cross post... We are looking into different transcription solutions here at the U of A and I'm wondering if anyone has used the following, either by themselves or together. Transcribe (transcribe.wreally.com) Infinity foot pedals Any kind of feedback is welcome! Thanks so much! Annissa Corsi Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Resource Center University of Arizona -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Tue Nov 17 23:25:40 2015 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Annual Meeting Location Message-ID: Hello everyone, Just a reminder that the ATHEN Annual Meeting at the Accessing Higher Ground conference will be Wednesday. Details below: Time: 6:30PM (MST) Location: Westminster III/IV ballrooms Agenda: http://athenpro.org/content/athen-annual-meeting-2015 For those who are planning to attend via phone bridge, the number is: Phone: 1-800-761-6704 Code: 59574128 We will connect the phone line approximately 10 minutes prior to the meeting. For those attending the conference, enjoy the sessions! Take care, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu Wed Nov 18 09:31:27 2015 From: lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu (Lisa Brandt) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Workshop Automated Handwritten Text Recognition Transkribus In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is primarily for archivists and computer scientists, but I thought there might be some overlap of interest for those of us working in accessibility. Transkribus is a suite of software and services hosted by the University of Innsbruck that provides handwritten text recognition (HTR) and other features. ABBYY Fine Reader is included for OCR of printed documents. It is free but not open source. ------- Forwarded message ------- From: "Joris van Zundert" To: TEI-L@listserv.brown.edu Cc: Subject: Fwd: Workshop Automated Handwritten Text Recognition Transkribus Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 06:07:54 -0800 Dear list members, Apologies for possible cross posting. I'd thought colleagues in the field might be interested in the following workshop announcement. All the best --Joris van Zundert ==== WORKSHOP AUTOMATED HANDWRITTEN TEXT RECOGNITION TRANSKRIBUS AND THE ?RESOLUTIONS OF THE DUTCH STATES-GENERAL? (Den Haag, Netherlands, 25 November 2015) The workshop introduces Transkribus and is organized by Huygens ING, INL and the tranScriptorium project. Transkribus is developed in the EU funded project tranScriptorium, a research infrastructure for transcribing and automated text recognition of historical documents. Automated recognition of handwritten documents (HTR) is no longer wishful thinking but a real option. Whether it concerns medieval codices or modern archival documents, HTR is not only able to create an automated transcription, it also offers significantly improved search capabilities through new search methods (?keyword spotting?). Until recently, intensive efforts by specialized researchers have been the only way to make the content of the resolutions accessible. In the new project, alternative ways to make the content of the resolutions accessible for researchers and other users are explored. Huygens-ING carries out a number of pilot projects to clarify to which extent advanced ICT techniques and tools can reduce the dependency on manual labor. Working with HTR is one of these pilots. The workshop shows preliminary results of a training set of the 17th century resolutions of the Dutch Staten-Generaal (Estates General), of automated structuring of printed 18th century resolutions. Moreover, it also offers a hands-on Transkribus session for the participants. The transcripts of the Resolutions of the States-General consist of 200.000 pages of handwritten text that not only reflect the invention and early development of the new Dutch State, but also are a witness of the daily political activities of the ?Hoogmogende Heren?. Programme Automated Handwritten Text Recognition ? Transkribus and the project ?Resolutions of the Dutch States-General?. Friday, 27 November 2015 The Hague. 10.30-12.15 Lectures ? This session offers an insight into the technology behind Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), introduces the Transkribus platform and will reveal the results of HTR applied to the resolutions of the Dutch Staten-Generaal. In addition, it shows the results automated structuring and interpretation of printed 18th century resolutions. 10.00 Walk in, coffee and tea 10.30 Introduction by Lex Heerma van Voss, director of the Huygens ING 10.40 V?ronica Romero (Universitat Polit?cnica de Val?ncia) ? Interactive Handwritten Text Recognition and indexing of historical documents: the tranScriptorum Project 11.00 Ronald Sluijter (Huygens ING) ? Introduction to the Resolutions of the Staten-Generaal 11.10 Jesse de Does (Institute for Dutch Lexicology) ? HTR on the hand-written Resolutions of the Staten-Generaal 11.30 Walter Ravenek (Huygens ING)? Structure and interpretation of the printed Resolutions of the Staten-Generaal 1725 11.50 G?nter M?hlberger (University of Innsbruck)- Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents ? the READ Project. e-Infrastructure for Humanities Scholars, Archives, Computer Scientists and the Public. 12.15 Lunch 13.30 Hands-on session Transkribus During the second part the participants get the opportunity to try out Transkribus on their own laptops to get a sense of the stage the technology is in and what it can mean for their own work. For this goal we ask participants to install Transkribus beforehand. Instructions for this will be send to you prior to the meeting. 16.00 Drinks Place Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, The Hague (the Netherlands) Links EU FP7 Projekt tranScriptorium: http://transcriptorium.eu/ TRANSKRIBUS Plattform: http://transkribus.eu/ Registration Register via: congres@huygens.knaw.nl. Please indicate whether you intend to attend just the morning program or the hands-on session as well. The workshop is aimed at scholars who are involved in the transcription and editing of historical documents. The number of participants is limited, registrations will be accepted in the order of arrival. Registration deadline is 20 November 2015. Please bring your own laptop to the Workshop! ==== -- Drs. Joris J. van Zundert Researcher & Developer Digital and Computational Humanities Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences http://www.huygens.knaw.nl/vanzundert/ ------- Jack Sparrow: I thought you were supposed to keep to the code. Mr. Gibbs: We figured they were more actual guidelines. -- Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services Accessibility Technician Alternate Media Formats Technician 971-722-4366 SE SCOMM 112 | SY CC 260 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alpuzz at msu.edu Wed Nov 18 11:23:03 2015 From: alpuzz at msu.edu (Al Puzzuoli) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Unable to Save Some Finereader 12 Documents as Other Formats? Message-ID: Hi all, Just wondering whether anyone else has seen this issue? We are finding that we are unable to save some Finereader documents into other formats such as Microsoft Word. If we select save as Microsoft Word, Finereader 12 crashes with the message that Finereader has stopped working. The odd thing is this only seems to be happening with particular documents; for example, it may happen with a specific section of a book, while all other sections of the book export to Word just fine. We're not sure if there are certain characteristics of these pages that are breaking the save as process or what. We are using the latest build of Finereader Corporate, 12.0.101.467, on Windows 8.1 machines with I7 Quad core Processors and 16 gigs of ram. We have a lab with several machines all using the same image, and this occurs on all of them. Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thanks! Al Puzzuoli Information Technologist Michigan State University, Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 517-884-1915 http://www.rcpd.msu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Wed Nov 18 11:24:08 2015 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Pete) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD7D7DF4E5@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Very accessible PDF with structure is really only most usable on Windows with Adobe Acrobat or Reader. The landscape on the Mac as stated below is not very good. [The Ohio State University] Peter Bossley Accessibility Analyst Office of the CIO 017 Telecommunications Network Center, 320 W. 8th Ave, Columbus, OH 43201 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 Madeleine Rothberg Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 10:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility Evalyne and everyone, Accessibility of PDFs on the Mac varies. We've noticed that VO now does a fair job with PDFs in Acrobat Pro DC (which is the newest version). It isn't great, but it's better than previous versions. VO with Adobe *Reader* is terrible: it won't read much if any text. VO will usually read PDF text in Preview, but it won't convey structure. For some purposes, that might be fine. What some people do with PDFs on the Mac is open in Reader and save as text, then read that with VO, as a workaround. So it is possible that the vendor created an accessible PDF, which will work well on Windows but not on Mac. -Madeleine ----- Madeleine Rothberg Senior Subject Matter Expert National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH http://ncam.wgbh.org madeleine_rothberg@wgbh.org From: , "Evalyne M. (MU-Student)" > Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:06 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility Dear colleagues, Could anyone speak to the current status of compatibility between Macintosh computers running VoiceOver and accessible PDFs? Our team has been requested to test a PDF for accessibility and were specifically requested to test on both Windows and Mac with screen reader software. The PDF was created by an outside company who claim the PDF is accessible, but we had a great deal of trouble when we tested it with VoiceOver, both in Preview and Adobe Reader. Any and all information about the current compatibility between Macs and accessible PDFs is greatly appreciated. If you prefer, you may contact me directly at emmth9@mail.missouri.edu. Thank you for your assistance. Best Wishes, Evalyne McInnish M.A. Student-Library Sciences Graduate Research Assistant, ACT Center University of Missouri email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Kindest 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 Joseph.Sherman at cuny.edu Thu Nov 19 08:34:47 2015 From: Joseph.Sherman at cuny.edu (Joseph Sherman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD7D7DF4E5@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD7D7DF4E5@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <50DD5F0CC3F534468FB20D832102EBA93169DF2E@EXPM5721.enterpriseapps.cuny.adlan> I could spend all of my time plus an army making our thousands of PDFs comply with the Matterhorn Protocol. I wish I could get folks to use html or Word docs instead. Joseph From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bossley, Pete Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:24 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility Very accessible PDF with structure is really only most usable on Windows with Adobe Acrobat or Reader. The landscape on the Mac as stated below is not very good. [The Ohio State University] Peter Bossley Accessibility Analyst Office of the CIO 017 Telecommunications Network Center, 320 W. 8th Ave, Columbus, OH 43201 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 Madeleine Rothberg Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 10:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility Evalyne and everyone, Accessibility of PDFs on the Mac varies. We've noticed that VO now does a fair job with PDFs in Acrobat Pro DC (which is the newest version). It isn't great, but it's better than previous versions. VO with Adobe *Reader* is terrible: it won't read much if any text. VO will usually read PDF text in Preview, but it won't convey structure. For some purposes, that might be fine. What some people do with PDFs on the Mac is open in Reader and save as text, then read that with VO, as a workaround. So it is possible that the vendor created an accessible PDF, which will work well on Windows but not on Mac. -Madeleine ----- Madeleine Rothberg Senior Subject Matter Expert National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH http://ncam.wgbh.org madeleine_rothberg@wgbh.org From: , "Evalyne M. (MU-Student)" > Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:06 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility Dear colleagues, Could anyone speak to the current status of compatibility between Macintosh computers running VoiceOver and accessible PDFs? Our team has been requested to test a PDF for accessibility and were specifically requested to test on both Windows and Mac with screen reader software. The PDF was created by an outside company who claim the PDF is accessible, but we had a great deal of trouble when we tested it with VoiceOver, both in Preview and Adobe Reader. Any and all information about the current compatibility between Macs and accessible PDFs is greatly appreciated. If you prefer, you may contact me directly at emmth9@mail.missouri.edu. Thank you for your assistance. Best Wishes, Evalyne McInnish M.A. Student-Library Sciences Graduate Research Assistant, ACT Center University of Missouri email -------------- 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 jhori at ucdavis.edu Fri Nov 13 12:50:29 2015 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Recruiting Graduate students in PhD science. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please forward to interested parties. From: Student Disability Services in Health Sciences & Medicine Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 12:17 PM Subject: Recruiting Graduate students in PhD science. Hi everyone, I've been working with one of our graduate programs in an effort to openly and proactively target and recruit students with disabilities into their molecular and cell biology program. If you could please share this notice (below) with your students in health sciences as well as other staff/faculty who are science department(s) disability champions, undergrad/graduate advisors, etc. on your campuses to get the word out to students with disabilities, I/we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much and contact me if you have any questions. Be well. Tim The UCSF Tetrad Graduate Program, one of the nation's premier PhD programs in molecular and cell biology, seeks to recruit talented science undergraduates with disabilities. The program will work closely with the UCSF office of Student Disability Services (https://sds.ucsf.edu) to provide any accommodations necessary to help give disabled students the opportunity to thrive in the program. For more information about the Tetrad program, please visit the website (http://tetrad.ucsf.edu). Timothy Montgomery Director Student Disability Services University of California, San Francisco 530 Parnassus Ave., CL111 San Francisco, CA 94143 (tel) - 415-502-2768 sds.ucsf.edu "One of the greatest gifts you can give a disabled person is time" - Richard Lavoie ________________________________ Use this link to unsubscribe from this mailing list. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From coco.napolis at csueastbay.edu Thu Nov 19 09:36:40 2015 From: coco.napolis at csueastbay.edu (Corazon Napolis) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Connecting eighth notes in SharpEye? Message-ID: Does anyone have any experience connecting eighth notes in SharpEye? Is this something I can do in Lime instead? I've shot a message over to Dancing Dots as well, hoping someone on the list may have a quicker response. Thanks! -- *Corazon (Coco) Napolis* Accessible Media Coordinator Accessibility Services California State University, East Bay Accessibility Services, Rm. LI 2400 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, Hayward CA 94542-3057 TEL | 510-885-3831 FAX | 510-885-7633 *"To receive much, Is to give much."* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve.noble at louisville.edu Thu Nov 19 09:50:48 2015 From: steve.noble at louisville.edu (steve.noble@louisville.edu) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Connecting eighth notes in SharpEye? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have always just imported the SharpEye output into a more standard music editor and done the editing there. I think Lime should work fine, but I never tried that one. --Steve Noble steve.noble@louisville.edu 502-969-3088 http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Corazon Napolis [coco.napolis@csueastbay.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 12:36 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Connecting eighth notes in SharpEye? Does anyone have any experience connecting eighth notes in SharpEye? Is this something I can do in Lime instead? I've shot a message over to Dancing Dots as well, hoping someone on the list may have a quicker response. Thanks! -- Corazon (Coco) Napolis Accessible Media Coordinator Accessibility Services California State University, East Bay Accessibility Services, Rm. 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Message-ID: Athens Friends, I'm excited to announce Bellevue College's Disability Resource Center has been approved for a permanent, full-time Deaf Services Specialist! The position is open now and will close at 11:59PM on Sun, Dec. 13th. General description below with a link to the job posting containing full details and instructions to apply. Anyone with questions is welcome to contact me. Thank you for any assistance in spreading the word! General Position Description Under the general direction of the Assistant Director of the Disability Resource Center (DRC), the Deaf Services Specialist (DSS) will evaluate student documentation for eligibility of accommodation, focusing on Deaf and Hard of Hearing students but including students with other disabilities as well. The DSS will conduct intake meetings and facilitate and develop the accommodation plan, and assist in on-going student support and advocacy. This position works closes with the Assistive Technology Staff to ensure accessibility for all students. The DSS will also assist the DRC team to provide quality, student centered services as part of the team that delivers welcoming and inclusive services according to the Bellevue College and DRC mission statements. Link for Job Posting http://agency.governmentjobs.com/bellevuecollege/default.cfm?action=viewjob&JobID=1294392&headerfooter=1&promo=0&transfer=0&WDDXJobSearchParams=%3CwddxPacket%20version%3D%271%2E0%27%3E%3Cheader%2F%3E%3Cdata%3E%3Cstruct%3E%3Cvar%20name%3D%27CATEGORYID%27%3E%3Cstring%3E-1%3C%2Fstring%3E%3C%2Fvar%3E%3Cvar%20name%3D%27PROMOTIONALJOBS%27%3E%3Cstring%3E0%3C%2Fstring%3E%3C%2Fvar%3E%3Cvar%20name%3D%27TRANSFER%27%3E%3Cstring%3E0%3C%2Fstring%3E%3C%2Fvar%3E%3Cvar%20name%3D%27FIND_KEYWORD%27%3E%3Cstring%3E%3C%2Fstring%3E%3C%2Fvar%3E%3C%2Fstruct%3E%3C%2Fdata%3E%3C%2FwddxPacket%3E AJ Duxbury Assistant Director Disability Resource Center (DRC) 425-564-2658 Bellevue College, B132 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E. Bellevue, WA., 98007 Phone: (425) 564-2658/TTY: (425) 564-4110/FAX: (425) 564-4138 drc@bellevuecollege.edu www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc "When we do not check facts, dispel stereotypes, learn about difference, and appreciate new perspectives, we are teaching powerful negative lessons to the students we serve." - Dr. Margaret J. Barr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lnorwich at bu.edu Sat Nov 21 05:26:51 2015 From: lnorwich at bu.edu (Norwich, Lorraine S) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] VPAT Message-ID: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ED939CEEA@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Dear All, We are evaluating Skillsoft and Open Sesame/Saba on campus for a Human resources LMS software I have been given VPAT?s for both of them. After seeing a demonstration and looking at the VPAT?s I have some questions and help you can give me would be appreciated: 1. Does anyone have experience with either of the above software?s and accessibility a. If you do have experience can you share the information with me 2. THE VPAT?s are very different and I have questions about them. Can anyone share experiences that they have had with VPAT?s and reviewing them 3. When accessing a software products has it helped to talk with the dedicated person who works in the access ability of products. Any tips on questions to ask and how to follow up would also be helpful Thanks in advance for your help Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Does anyone have experience with either of the above software?s and accessibility a. If you do have experience can you share the information with me 2. THE VPAT?s are very different and I have questions about them. Can anyone share experiences that they have had with VPAT?s and reviewing them 3. When accessing a software products has it helped to talk with the dedicated person who works in the access ability of products. Any tips on questions to ask and how to follow up would also be helpful Thanks in advance for your help Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ronrstewart at gmail.com Sat Nov 21 14:10:11 2015 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] IE versions Message-ID: Good afternoon fellow ATHENians. Well the time has come come to say goodbye to IE 9, and I need to upgrade IE only, suggestions. I need IE for a lot of the AT I have installed. Ron Stewart -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you https://wvm.peopleadmin.com/postings/3188 From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Nov 24 13:00:15 2015 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: DSPS Director's Position Napa In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <020901d126fb$1ec5a090$5c50e1b0$@htctu.net> Still time to apply and work in wine country. Subject: DSPS Director's Position Napa Hello, We have extended the filing deadline for the Director, Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) position to Wednesday, November 25, 2015, 5:00 p.m. The vacancy announcement, supplemental questionnaire, verification of minimum qualifications worksheet, and application are available from the "Job Opportunities" link on our website at www.napavalley.edu/hr. Please pass this on to anyone you think may be interested in working at Napa Valley College. Napa is a great place to live and work! 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