From sherylb at uw.edu Thu Dec 1 12:08:59 2016 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] Responsibility of departments linking to faculty person sites In-Reply-To: <00e501d24b5c$13c68f20$3b53ad60$@gmail.com> References: <00e501d24b5c$13c68f20$3b53ad60$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Interesting. Did faculty really comply? Who enforced the rules? I can?t imagine that they would here. Sheryl On Nov 30, 2016, at 2:49 PM, Wink Harner > wrote: Hi ATHENites, As part of the advisory committee on website accessibility at my previous college in AZ, we pushed the president to OK our mission: to examine the accessibility of every instructor?s personal web pages. We created a ?tree? of permissible links: Department pages, faculty pages, adjunct faculty pages. We created an accessibility template for instructors? webpages. Everything beyond Department/faculty/adjunct pages in the tree were eliminated (with advance warning to the faculty that the website advisory committee would be doing this). We only permitted a limited number of identified and trained people in each department to made edits to the department or faculty webpages. If you have faculty or departments which are behaving like the cats in the Herding Cats Superbowl commercial some years ago, this stricter type approach might be a good starting place to bring folks into line. The reins can be loosened up once the faculty realize it applies to everyone and that changing their website(s) ?perhaps offering training and support through your faculty support offices? serves the purpose of bringing all of the college together to the same standards of accessibility and ?look.? Simultaneously, of course, it brings every faculty member?s page into compliance. A thought to consider on a cold, rainy Wednesday in Portland OR. 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.) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Responsibility of departments linking to faculty person sites Thanks Heidi, Joseph. -Howard On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Heidi Scher > wrote: I would second Joseph's comments. It's a two-prong question. Is it on an EDU domain? Yes, then must be accessible. No, then it depends on content and use. If any information is related to student use, then the site should be accessible. That's what we preach to faculty - any sites which they include in their course information should be accessible. Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - Assistive Technology --- Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas --- 209 ARKU --- Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 ph --- 479.575.7445 fax --- 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Joseph Sherman > wrote: I?d think it depends on the content and context of the faculty site. If it is a math professor?s personal page, where the page is not under the edu domain, detailing his love of opera or hobbies, then I probably wouldn?t worry about it. However if it contains course related material or information students need to acquire for a course, the student must receive the same benefits or service as other students. Joseph From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 4:05 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Responsibility of departments linking to faculty person sites Hello All: Does anyone know what the responsibility of academic departments are when linking to faculty personal sites, which may not be accessible. What is considered the best practice and is it the department?s responsibility for ensuring external resources are accessible? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, AHEADtoYOU! And the Technology Access Series. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? We welcome you to join AHEAD now. _______________________________________________ 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 -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, AHEADtoYOU! And the Technology Access Series. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? We welcome you to join AHEAD now. _______________________________________________ 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 morabito at binghamton.edu Fri Dec 2 06:46:35 2016 From: morabito at binghamton.edu (Natalie A Morabito) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] Question of attendence Message-ID: Good morning everyone, I have a question that I wanted to bring to this group regarding attendance policies within the Disability Offices on your campuses. Does anyone have a policy set in place that works well in regards to attendance issues for students registered with the Disability office? Thank you very much, and I hope everyone has a nice weekend. -- *Natalie Morabito-Phelps, LMSW* *Adaptive Technology Specialist * *Services for Students with Disabilities* *Binghamton University* *P.O. Box 6000* *Binghamton, NY 13902* *607-777-2686- SSD Office* *607-777-6893- Office Fax* *www.binghamton.edu/ssd * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From schafercg at missouri.edu Fri Dec 2 07:46:54 2016 From: schafercg at missouri.edu (Schafer, Carmen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] VideoAnt Message-ID: <88e7a8ac1fb9418b847766bce4251109@missouri.edu> Hello everyone (and please forgive cross-posts), We have a student who is deaf, and has to view and comment on videos housed in VideoAnt for a course. The instructor is using VideoAnt but we are not familiar with it. We assume it allows students to make comments on video projects. Throughout the semester we've been captioning the videos through Amara. It has worked great until now. >From what we can tell, Amara will not recognize the VideoAnt URL... So, the student will not be able to use it to see other student's comments, or make their own comments because there is no captioning. The instructor sent us some information about captioning the videos and then uploading them to a private YouTube channel - which would be great but you have to be the owner of the video. The owners of the videos are the students in the class so we can't do anything to them. Anyone run into this before and have any suggestions? Thanks and best regards, Carmen Schafer MU Division of IT, Adaptive Computing Technology Center Email: schafercg@missouri.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karen.sorensen at pcc.edu Fri Dec 2 11:18:14 2016 From: karen.sorensen at pcc.edu (Karen Sorensen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] Cengage MindTap Message-ID: Hi Joseph and Peter, We've tested MindTap a couple times, and the screen reader users who tested it and I thought it was very accessible. There were some limitations depending on the textbook though (such as our experience with a symbolic logic text where all of the symbols were images without alt text), and embedded quizzes don't seem to be accessible. But the ebook reader itself, our screen reader testers (2 - one with JAWS a few years ago and one testing with NVDA just yesterday) thought was great. The flashcard study tool also is accessible to NVDA. The video player wasn't accessible to our testers, and we didn't do a deep dive into bookmarking or all the tools offered. But overall we felt like the reader and the flashcards were great. Peter, what did you find that wasn't accessible? Color contrast was poor. And the embedded quizzes only show the correct answer with color, so that stinks. I didn't do a keyboard only test yet. Thanks, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 Twitter: @ksorensun -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Fri Dec 2 16:22:18 2016 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] Cengage MindTap In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80A3AA2D@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> When we tested it, the tool made heavy use of inaccessible canvas objects, had labelling and focus management problems, didn?t notify screen reader users when page content changed due to user action leading to confusion as to actions being taken, had inaccessible note-taking and highlighting features (both screen reader and keyboard issues), had poor heading structure, had automatically playing audio/video content, made use of flash applet text in some places (limiting that to windows users using JAWS), etc. Things may have changed since then, though. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 2:18 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Cengage MindTap Hi Joseph and Peter, We've tested MindTap a couple times, and the screen reader users who tested it and I thought it was very accessible. There were some limitations depending on the textbook though (such as our experience with a symbolic logic text where all of the symbols were images without alt text), and embedded quizzes don't seem to be accessible. But the ebook reader itself, our screen reader testers (2 - one with JAWS a few years ago and one testing with NVDA just yesterday) thought was great. The flashcard study tool also is accessible to NVDA. The video player wasn't accessible to our testers, and we didn't do a deep dive into bookmarking or all the tools offered. But overall we felt like the reader and the flashcards were great. Peter, what did you find that wasn't accessible? Color contrast was poor. And the embedded quizzes only show the correct answer with color, so that stinks. I didn't do a keyboard only test yet. Thanks, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 Twitter: @ksorensun -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Fri Dec 2 16:24:13 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] Responsibility of departments linking to faculty person sites In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If it's linked to the course, then it has to be accessible. A professor's personal pages shouldn't be linked if they aren't making them accessible, especially since some of them like to be funny and slip some of their personal content into an exam as extra credit. For instance: Professor creates personal contact page, but he hires his neighbors best friend's cousin's recently graduated son who's pretty good in web design, but really just creates all buttons as images cause he can make flashy interactive buttons as shown in high school. He places all content in an image to prevent bots from extracting his contact details and sending spam, but also places details about office hours and offline contact details, all behind an image. If you give any leeway on this, professors will use third party web vendors to get out of providing accessible content. Joshua ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Joseph Sherman Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:21:00 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Responsibility of departments linking to faculty person sites I'd think it depends on the content and context of the faculty site. If it is a math professor's personal page, where the page is not under the edu domain, detailing his love of opera or hobbies, then I probably wouldn't worry about it. However if it contains course related material or information students need to acquire for a course, the student must receive the same benefits or service as other students. Joseph From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 4:05 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Responsibility of departments linking to faculty person sites Hello All: Does anyone know what the responsibility of academic departments are when linking to faculty personal sites, which may not be accessible. What is considered the best practice and is it the department's responsibility for ensuring external resources are accessible? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, AHEADtoYOU! And the Technology Access Series. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? We welcome you to join AHEAD now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadir at uw.edu Sun Dec 4 00:41:50 2016 From: hadir at uw.edu (Hadi Rangin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: MS WORD 2016 Compability Inquiry In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Marrinette, As the MS Office list is a closed list and under NDA, unfortunately, I can't engage the team in a conversation with non-members. However I am forwarding your question to the Athen list and I am positive someone will have answer for you. If you are not a member of this public list, you might want to consider to join it. From: Marinette Fargo [mailto:mfargo@uoguelph.ca] Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 6:22 AM To: Hadi Rangin ; msoffice@uwashington.edu Subject: MS WORD 2016 Compability Inquiry Hello Members of the Office Accessibility Working Group, I hope this message finds you all well. I was a former member of the MS Office accessibility working group and I am reaching out to you to ask for some guidance. I am wondering if anyone in the group has recently encountered issues with converting documents created in MS WORD 2016 to ACROBAT PDF? I've attached a MS WORD Doc that has been created accessible and should carry proper tags into Acrobat. However, this is not the case. The resulting PDF looks like the tags are correct in the tag tree but not according to the TURO tool. If you expand the tag tree, there are many empty containers and tags that have carried over from the WORD doc. I took this to out internal IT department to ask them to do some testing and they have notified me that it is a compatibility issue between WORD 2016 and Acrobat Pro XI. Their recommendation was for me to revert back to WORD 2013 as a solution but our campus has already upgraded everyone to WORD 2016 so this is obviously not an ideal solution. I present training workshops on document accessibility and this issue is generating quite a bit of confusion and conflicting information so I am looking for any additional info I can get to help us find a better solution or at least verify the cause of the issue. I appreciate any feedback or suggestions you are able to offer. Take Care, Marinette Library Accessibility Services, McLaughlin Library - Room 124 University of Guelph Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 58925 Office Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm (Monday - Friday) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: 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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Best, Jennifer Accessible Instructional Materials and the Siskiyou Joint Community College District Settlement http://www.trelegal.com/posts/accessible-instructional-materials-and-the-siskiyou-joint-community-college-district-settlement/ Direct link to settlement, as cited in the article (PDF): http://www.trelegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Public-Fully-Executed-Redacted-COS-Settlement-Agreement.pdf From chagnon at pubcom.com Sun Dec 4 21:09:02 2016 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (Chagnon | PubCom) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: MS WORD 2016 Compability Inquiry In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <005c01d24eb5$b1fadaa0$15f08fe0$@pubcom.com> We've found that you'll get the best, most accurate and accessible PDF if you use the most current software tools. Today, those are Word 2016 and Acrobat DC (which installs PDFMaker ver. 15.0 in MS Office). We remediate dozens of documents a week for clients. Just checked a few samples and all had the correct tags in the tag tree as well as in the Order Panel (TURO tool). I recommend that you update your Acrobat to DC and keep your Word 2016. Don't go backwards. And never assume that outdated software knows about today's standards. Remember, it takes two pieces of software to create an accessible PDF: the source application software (Word 2016) and the converting software (Acrobat PDFMaker 15.0). You won't get solid results if one of them is out of date. (Which is why we need to work with both Adobe and Microsoft to get the accessibility problems resolved.) Have attached a remake of your PDF. Took your Word document and opened it in Word 2016, exported to accessible PDF with Acrobat DC/PDF Maker 15. Open my version in Acrobat and you'll see the tags in the Order Panel/TURO are accurate and match the tag tree. FYI, you can see which versions of the source application and converting software were used to create a PDF by doing the following: 1. Open the PDF in Acrobat Pro. 2. File / Properties. 3. First tab, Description. 4. Towards the middle you see the source and convertion software. PDF Producer shows which software and version was used to convert the source to the PDF. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hadi Rangin Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2016 3:42 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Cc: Marinette Fargo (mfargo@uoguelph.ca) Subject: [Athen] FW: MS WORD 2016 Compability Inquiry Hi Marrinette, As the MS Office list is a closed list and under NDA, unfortunately, I can't engage the team in a conversation with non-members. However I am forwarding your question to the Athen list and I am positive someone will have answer for you. If you are not a member of this public list, you might want to consider to join it. From: Marinette Fargo [mailto:mfargo@uoguelph.ca] Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 6:22 AM To: Hadi Rangin >; msoffice@uwashington.edu Subject: MS WORD 2016 Compability Inquiry Hello Members of the Office Accessibility Working Group, I hope this message finds you all well. I was a former member of the MS Office accessibility working group and I am reaching out to you to ask for some guidance. I am wondering if anyone in the group has recently encountered issues with converting documents created in MS WORD 2016 to ACROBAT PDF? I've attached a MS WORD Doc that has been created accessible and should carry proper tags into Acrobat. However, this is not the case. The resulting PDF looks like the tags are correct in the tag tree but not according to the TURO tool. If you expand the tag tree, there are many empty containers and tags that have carried over from the WORD doc. I took this to out internal IT department to ask them to do some testing and they have notified me that it is a compatibility issue between WORD 2016 and Acrobat Pro XI. Their recommendation was for me to revert back to WORD 2013 as a solution but our campus has already upgraded everyone to WORD 2016 so this is obviously not an ideal solution. I present training workshops on document accessibility and this issue is generating quite a bit of confusion and conflicting information so I am looking for any additional info I can get to help us find a better solution or at least verify the cause of the issue. I appreciate any feedback or suggestions you are able to offer. 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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 9:58 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network ; Jamie Axelrod Subject: [Athen] Examples of accessible features Hello all, This posting is from Jamie Axelrod at Northern Arizona University. Please respond to him at . I am looking for examples of live websites with good examples of accessible 1. Horizontal Tabs 2. Vertical Tabs 3. Accordion Menus I am also open to any arguments for why these features are good or bad ideas related to accessibility. Thanks, Jamie Axelrod Director, Disability Resources ADA Coordinator/504 Compliance Officer Northern Arizona University President, Association on Higher Education and Disability (928)523-8773 +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 08:45:50 2016 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] Examples of accessible features In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi again, Not sure how Jamie's email address got dropped from my original email. Please respond to Jamie at Jamie.Axelrod@nau.edu THANKS! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Heidi Scher wrote: > Hello all, > > This posting is from Jamie Axelrod at Northern Arizona University. Please > respond to him at . > > I am looking for examples of live websites with good examples of accessible > > 1. Horizontal Tabs > > 2. Vertical Tabs > > 3. Accordion Menus > > I am also open to any arguments for why these features are good or bad > ideas related to accessibility. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jamie Axelrod > > Director, Disability Resources > > ADA Coordinator/504 Compliance Officer > > Northern Arizona University > > President, Association on Higher Education and Disability > > (928)523-8773 <(928)%20523-8773> > > > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 <(479)%20575-3104> > 479.575.7445 <(479)%20575-7445> fax > 479.575.3646 <(479)%20575-3646> tdd > +++++++++++++++ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 09:16:41 2016 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] Examples of accessible features In-Reply-To: <002501d24fdd$b361e630$1a25b290$@travisroth.com> References: <002501d24fdd$b361e630$1a25b290$@travisroth.com> Message-ID: <91aea2dc-3de8-e799-0ab7-41d6c3108ee7@gmail.com> A couple of other resources are: http://whatsock.com/ [provides examples, ARIA training, etc. One of the most comprehensive up-to-date sites I know of and always my first stop when addressing a question like this.] The Technical Style Guide can be especially helpful. And Heydon's recent book, Inclusive Design Patterns: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/books/#inclusive-design-patterns In my experience, it's ideal to "teach people to fish," rather than pointing them to a resource that may not be being maintained/updated. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with what's been pointed out; I'm making a general observation. Best, Jennifer From hirschma at uwm.edu Thu Dec 8 09:01:37 2016 From: hirschma at uwm.edu (Aura Mollick Hirschman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeking grants or other funding sources for upgrading assistive technology on campus Message-ID: Hello All, We are looking into upgrading our assistive technology available to students for testing, general use, and for lending out. Like many of your campuses, funds are very limited. Do you have any suggestions of what organizations, agencies, etc. might have grant funding opportunities or potential to assist? Any suggestions or ideas are welcome. Aura Aura M. Hirschman, M.S., C.R.C. 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Best, Vanessa From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 1:27 PM To: Hadi Rangin ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Training resource for D2L Hi Hadi, et al, I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from a student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any resources you could suggest? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, AHEADtoYOU! And the Technology Access Series. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? 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Jennifer On 12/8/2016 11:42 AM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: > > D2L has a document they created called Accessibility in Brightspace > Learning Environment - Learner Guide > . > Perhaps this is useful? > > We also use D2L, and I?d be very interested what other folks have to > say about making this system as accessible as possible. > > On a personal note, I?ve found that NVDA and Firefox work better for > some parts of D2L than NVDA with Chrome. I haven?t tested JAWS in D2L. > Please note that I?m an intermediate novice screen-reader user, so it > could be user error. > > Best, > > Vanessa > > *From:*athen-list > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of > *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Thursday, December 08, 2016 1:27 PM > *To:* Hadi Rangin ; Access Technology Higher Education > Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Training resource for D2L > > Hi Hadi, et al, > > I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from > a student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any > resources you could suggest? > > Thanks, > > Howard > > -- > > Howard Kramer > > Conference Coordinator > > Accessing Higher Ground > > 303-492-8672 > > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher GroundConference > * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, > 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full > line-up of webinars, */AHEADtoYOU! > /*//And the > *Technology Access Series > *. Site > capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your > earliest convenience for the largest selection. > > Not yet a member of AHEAD? *We welcome you to join AHEAD now. > * > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Thu Dec 8 12:02:07 2016 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:48 2018 Subject: [Athen] Training resource for D2L In-Reply-To: <94fcd981-6174-6ff7-6870-18a0b4f65eba@gmail.com> References: <94fcd981-6174-6ff7-6870-18a0b4f65eba@gmail.com> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80A46ACD@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> I agree totally with Jennifer. NVDA / Firefox is the combination we suggest testing with as well. [The Ohio State University] Peter Bossley Director, Digital Accessibility Center ADA Coordinator's Office | Office of University Compliance and Integrity Student Life Disability Services 098 Baker Hall, 113 W. 12th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-1760 Office bossley.5@osu.edu accessibility.osu.edu ________________________________ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 2:47 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Training resource for D2L I would say that NVDA and Firefox are always going to be a more optimal combination than NVDA with Chrome, given how closely the "NVDA guys" work with Mozilla. In fact, I'd put NVDA and Chrome as a low priority for any testing, except with Google products, specifically. Jennifer On 12/8/2016 11:42 AM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: D2L has a document they created called Accessibility in Brightspace Learning Environment - Learner Guide. Perhaps this is useful? We also use D2L, and I'd be very interested what other folks have to say about making this system as accessible as possible. On a personal note, I've found that NVDA and Firefox work better for some parts of D2L than NVDA with Chrome. I haven't tested JAWS in D2L. Please note that I'm an intermediate novice screen-reader user, so it could be user error. Best, Vanessa From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 1:27 PM To: Hadi Rangin ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Training resource for D2L Hi Hadi, et al, I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from a student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any resources you could suggest? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, AHEADtoYOU! And the Technology Access Series. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? We welcome you to join AHEAD now. _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please > note that I?m an intermediate novice screen-reader user, so it could be > user error. > > > > Best, > > Vanessa > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Thursday, December 08, 2016 1:27 PM > *To:* Hadi Rangin ; Access Technology Higher Education > Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Training resource for D2L > > > > Hi Hadi, et al, > > > > I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from a > student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any resources > you could suggest? > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > > > -- > > Howard Kramer > > Conference Coordinator > > Accessing Higher Ground > > 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> > > cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> > > > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, > 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of webinars, *AHEADtoYOU! > * And the *Technology > Access Series *. > Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your > earliest convenience for the largest selection. > > > > Not yet a member of AHEAD? *We welcome you to join AHEAD now. > * > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, *AHEADtoYOU! * And the *Technology Access Series *. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? *We welcome you to join AHEAD now. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tristenbreitenfeldt at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 13:30:26 2016 From: tristenbreitenfeldt at gmail.com (Tristen Breitenfeldt) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 7 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004b01d2519a$4b4e45c0$e1ead140$@gmail.com> Hello Howard, Vanessa, et al, I am a native screen reader user and eLearning accessibility tester. I primarily use JAWS and my testing/user experience so far has been in D2L, MediaSpace, and Google aps for education. While I have not created a training document for D2L with a screen reader, I think this is a good idea and would be very interested in making one. Please contact me off-list if this is something you would be interested in having me create. Best, Tristen Breitenfeldt tristenbreitenfeldt@gmail.com www.tristenb.com -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 12:00 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 7 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Seeking grants or other funding sources for upgrading assistive technology on campus (Aura Mollick Hirschman) 2. 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Senior Counselor B/VI & Alternative Text Program Coordinator University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Accessibility Resource Center Mitchell Hall, Room 103 3203 North Downer Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53211-3153 phone (414) 229-5660 fax (414) 229-2237 NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This email and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). If this email contains any student specific data or information, these laws apply. If you are NOT the intended recipient(s) of this email, please disregard the content, delete the email message and notify the original sender. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Vanessa From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 1:27 PM To: Hadi Rangin ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Training resource for D2L Hi Hadi, et al, I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from a student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any resources you could suggest? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, AHEADtoYOU! And the Technology Access Series. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? We welcome you to join AHEAD now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 11:46:39 -0800 From: Jennifer Sutton To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Training resource for D2L Message-ID: <94fcd981-6174-6ff7-6870-18a0b4f65eba@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" I would say that NVDA and Firefox are always going to be a more optimal combination than NVDA with Chrome, given how closely the "NVDA guys" work with Mozilla. In fact, I'd put NVDA and Chrome as a low priority for any testing, except with Google products, specifically. Jennifer On 12/8/2016 11:42 AM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: > > D2L has a document they created called Accessibility in Brightspace > Learning Environment - Learner Guide > . > Perhaps this is useful? > > We also use D2L, and I?d be very interested what other folks have to > say about making this system as accessible as possible. > > On a personal note, I?ve found that NVDA and Firefox work better for > some parts of D2L than NVDA with Chrome. I haven?t tested JAWS in D2L. > Please note that I?m an intermediate novice screen-reader user, so it > could be user error. > > Best, > > Vanessa > > *From:*athen-list > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of > *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Thursday, December 08, 2016 1:27 PM > *To:* Hadi Rangin ; Access Technology Higher Education > Network > *Subject:* [Athen] Training resource for D2L > > Hi Hadi, et al, > > I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from > a student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any > resources you could suggest? > > Thanks, > > Howard > > -- > > Howard Kramer > > Conference Coordinator > > Accessing Higher Ground > > 303-492-8672 > > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher GroundConference > * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, > 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full > line-up of webinars, */AHEADtoYOU! > /*//And the > *Technology Access Series > *. Site > capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your > earliest convenience for the largest selection. > > Not yet a member of AHEAD? *We welcome you to join AHEAD now. > * > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ End of athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 7 ****************************************** From natalie_hebshie at emerson.edu Thu Dec 8 13:36:35 2016 From: natalie_hebshie at emerson.edu (Natalie Hebshie) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] Tagging Scripts & Plays Message-ID: Hi there, I am working to make PDF's accessible for an online course in screenwriting. I'm wondering if there are any conventions when it comes to tagging a screenplay in Adobe Acrobat. Should the character names be headers? Action paragraphs? Sceen headings? Transitions? Here is an example of what that looks like in context: https://www.writersstore.com/how-to-write-a-screenplay-a-guide-to-scriptwriting/ If you haven't tagged screen plays but have tagged a literary play, I'd be interested in hearing how you do that as I would think it's somewhat comparable. Thanks in advance for any insight you might all have. - Natalie Hebshie Creative Instructional Designer Emerson College 403B Walker Building 120 Boylston Street Boston MA 02116 (617) 824-8292 From SolowoniukR at macewan.ca Thu Dec 8 14:34:11 2016 From: SolowoniukR at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] Tagging Scripts & Plays In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <58497D73020000EC0004D049@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Hi Natalie, As a screen reader user, I don't think I'd want the character names to be marked up as headings. I'm not sure about the other elements. Thanks, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> Natalie Hebshie 2016-12-08 2:36 PM >>> Hi there, I am working to make PDF's accessible for an online course in screenwriting. I'm wondering if there are any conventions when it comes to tagging a screenplay in Adobe Acrobat. Should the character names be headers? Action paragraphs? Sceen headings? Transitions? Here is an example of what that looks like in context: https://www.writersstore.com/how-to-write-a-screenplay-a-guide-to-scriptwriting/ If you haven't tagged screen plays but have tagged a literary play, I'd be interested in hearing how you do that as I would think it's somewhat comparable. Thanks in advance for any insight you might all have. - Natalie Hebshie Creative Instructional Designer Emerson College 403B Walker Building 120 Boylston Street Boston MA 02116 (617) 824-8292 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From SolowoniukR at macewan.ca Fri Dec 9 09:47:04 2016 From: SolowoniukR at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible statistics software Message-ID: <584A8BA8020000EC0004D0A8@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Hi everyone, Our university is considering moving to a freeware statistics program called PSPP in place of SPSS. Is anyone familiar with PSPP. Is it accessible with a screen reader? I confess that I've never personally used SPSS either, so can anyone comment on how accessible SPSS is with a screen reader? If you've used both PSPP and SPSS, can you compare the accessibility of both programs? Thanks for any and all help. Best regards, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. From jhori at ucdavis.edu Fri Dec 9 11:52:50 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible statistics software In-Reply-To: <584A8BA8020000EC0004D0A8@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> References: <584A8BA8020000EC0004D0A8@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Message-ID: Hello Russell, There is a blog that is tracking the accessibility of stats software by a blind stats professor, Jonathan Godfrey (from NZ). It can be accessed here: https://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/statsoftware/ I'm not sure what PSPP is and it's not listed on the blog. So that might be a fun one to deal with... Jonathan is pretty active on the NFB Blindmath listserv. Enjoy! Joshua -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 9:47 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessible statistics software Hi everyone, Our university is considering moving to a freeware statistics program called PSPP in place of SPSS. Is anyone familiar with PSPP. Is it accessible with a screen reader? I confess that I've never personally used SPSS either, so can anyone comment on how accessible SPSS is with a screen reader? If you've used both PSPP and SPSS, can you compare the accessibility of both programs? Thanks for any and all help. Best regards, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jhori at ucdavis.edu Fri Dec 9 11:57:01 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] Examples of accessible features In-Reply-To: <91aea2dc-3de8-e799-0ab7-41d6c3108ee7@gmail.com> References: <002501d24fdd$b361e630$1a25b290$@travisroth.com> <91aea2dc-3de8-e799-0ab7-41d6c3108ee7@gmail.com> Message-ID: Here's a resource which has a working group keeping the information updated: http://oaa-accessibility.org/ Joshua -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 9:17 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Examples of accessible features A couple of other resources are: http://whatsock.com/ [provides examples, ARIA training, etc. One of the most comprehensive up-to-date sites I know of and always my first stop when addressing a question like this.] The Technical Style Guide can be especially helpful. And Heydon's recent book, Inclusive Design Patterns: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/books/#inclusive-design-patterns In my experience, it's ideal to "teach people to fish," rather than pointing them to a resource that may not be being maintained/updated. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with what's been pointed out; I'm making a general observation. Best, Jennifer _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From sherylb at uw.edu Fri Dec 9 13:41:47 2016 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeking grants or other funding sources for upgrading assistive technology on campus In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3915443B-13FD-46D3-B544-A1DC69DA7A9A@uw.edu> You might check into local Rotary and other organizations, but I have found that most funding agencies do not seek to fund schools simply to meet their legal obligations for providing computing access to their own students, faculty, and staff with disabilities. Therefore, you might want to look at an internal source of funds or to consider a broader goal for the use of the equipment and software in order to appeal to an external funding source. Sheryl On Dec 8, 2016, at 9:01 AM, Aura Mollick Hirschman > wrote: Hello All, We are looking into upgrading our assistive technology available to students for testing, general use, and for lending out. Like many of your campuses, funds are very limited. Do you have any suggestions of what organizations, agencies, etc. might have grant funding opportunities or potential to assist? Any suggestions or ideas are welcome. Aura Aura M. Hirschman, M.S., C.R.C. Senior Counselor B/VI & Alternative Text Program Coordinator University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Accessibility Resource Center Mitchell Hall, Room 103 3203 North Downer Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53211-3153 phone (414) 229-5660 fax (414) 229-2237 NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This email and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). If this email contains any student specific data or information, these laws apply. 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Yes, finding information about PSPP accessibility is proving to be much fun! :) Have a great weekend! Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> Joshua Hori 2016-12-09 12:52 PM >>> Hello Russell, There is a blog that is tracking the accessibility of stats software by a blind stats professor, Jonathan Godfrey (from NZ). It can be accessed here: https://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/statsoftware/ I'm not sure what PSPP is and it's not listed on the blog. So that might be a fun one to deal with... Jonathan is pretty active on the NFB Blindmath listserv. Enjoy! Joshua -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 9:47 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessible statistics software Hi everyone, Our university is considering moving to a freeware statistics program called PSPP in place of SPSS. Is anyone familiar with PSPP. Is it accessible with a screen reader? I confess that I've never personally used SPSS either, so can anyone comment on how accessible SPSS is with a screen reader? If you've used both PSPP and SPSS, can you compare the accessibility of both programs? Thanks for any and all help. Best regards, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. _______________________________________________ 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 RJiron at roguecc.edu Fri Dec 9 15:48:49 2016 From: RJiron at roguecc.edu (Jiron, Randi) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files Message-ID: Hello, We have a new student who is blind and requested alternate format for her books. She is a JAWS user and first requested PDF files but then said JAWS wouldn't work well with the PDF and asked for Word docs. We provided the Word docs and she says her computer froze up while trying to access. She is now asking for TEXT files, one of the books is a math book. She is working with Commission for the Blind, who has provided her with the laptop and the software that she is using. I suggested that she contact her advisor at Commission to ensure the computer is working properly and to see if there is tech support through that organization. Other than that, do you have some suggestions for us on providing electronic text for this student especially the math book? Isn't there special software for converting the math portion of the math text book? Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Josephine County Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 Redwood Campus 541-471-3550 FAX 7-1-1 OTRS (Oregon Telecom Relay Service) www.roguecc.edu/DisabilityServices/ This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. This e-mail was sent in good faith to the address you provided to Rogue Community College. 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We provided the Word docs and she says her computer froze up while trying to access. She is now asking for TEXT files, one of the books is a math book. She is working with Commission for the Blind, who has provided her with the laptop and the software that she is using. I suggested that she contact her advisor at Commission to ensure the computer is working properly and to see if there is tech support through that organization. Other than that, do you have some suggestions for us on providing electronic text for this student especially the math book? Isn't there special software for converting the math portion of the math text book? Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Josephine County Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 Redwood Campus 541-471-3550 FAX 7-1-1 OTRS (Oregon Telecom Relay Service) www.roguecc.edu/DisabilityServices/ This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. This e-mail was sent in good faith to the address you provided to Rogue Community College. We trust that you have password-protected access to this e-mail account and that any transmitted confidential information is secure. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail message by mistake, and then delete this e-mail and any attachments from your system. 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Best, Jennifer Lack of College Disability Information Prompts RISE Act https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/in-the-news/2016/12/08/lack-of-college-disability-information-prompts-congress-to-introduce-the-rise-act?utm_campaign=partner&utm_source=benetech&utm_medium=twitter From chagnon at pubcom.com Fri Dec 9 16:36:27 2016 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (Chagnon | PubCom) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <009d01d2527d$71c5be20$55513a60$@pubcom.com> I'll let others address math-reading software. But in terms of giving a PDF versus a Word versus a text document, I'd go for the PDF. That is, if it is tagged correctly for full accessibility. A lousy PDF is a nightmare, but a well-tagged PDF with the correct reading order can be an excellent experience. Word has its accessibility problems: one key problem for textbooks is that text boxes that are often used for pull quotes and sidebar material are not accessible in Word. But they can be made accessible in a PDF. Text files shouldn't even be considered because that file format lacks so much: * Headings, which are critical for comprehension and understanding, as well as for navigating the book quickly. * Alt-text on graphics, which most likely will be the formulas and equations. * Hyperlinks for accessing websites, cross-references, tables of content, footnotes, indexes, and anything else that should be clickable. However, before going further, I suggest you investigate 2 things about the PDF the student was already given: 1. Is it fully accessible? That is, does it have the correct tags, reading order, alt-text, etc. 2. Does the student know how to use JAWS? A short briefing in how to access documents quickly via keyboard shortcuts could help. 3. And does her computer have software to specifically assist with reading math, science, etc.? There are plenty of us on this list who could probably test the PDF for you. Just ask. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiron, Randi Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 6:49 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files Hello, We have a new student who is blind and requested alternate format for her books. She is a JAWS user and first requested PDF files but then said JAWS wouldn't work well with the PDF and asked for Word docs. We provided the Word docs and she says her computer froze up while trying to access. She is now asking for TEXT files, one of the books is a math book. She is working with Commission for the Blind, who has provided her with the laptop and the software that she is using. I suggested that she contact her advisor at Commission to ensure the computer is working properly and to see if there is tech support through that organization. Other than that, do you have some suggestions for us on providing electronic text for this student especially the math book? Isn't there special software for converting the math portion of the math text book? Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Josephine County Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 Redwood Campus 541-471-3550 FAX 7-1-1 OTRS (Oregon Telecom Relay Service) www.roguecc.edu/DisabilityServices/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dandrews at visi.com Sat Dec 10 12:16:42 2016 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible statistics software In-Reply-To: References: <584A8BA8020000EC0004D0A8@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Message-ID: For anyone who wants to join the BlindMath list, which has many very knowledgeable users on it, you can join by going to http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org Jonathan also runs an accessibility list for R which you can join by going to: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindrug_nfbnet.org Dave At 01:52 PM 12/9/2016, you wrote: >Hello Russell, > >There is a blog that is tracking the accessibility of stats software >by a blind stats professor, Jonathan Godfrey (from NZ). It can be >accessed here: https://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/statsoftware/ > >I'm not sure what PSPP is and it's not listed on the blog. So that >might be a fun one to deal with... > >Jonathan is pretty active on the NFB Blindmath listserv. > >Enjoy! > >Joshua > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list >[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >Russell Solowoniuk >Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 9:47 AM >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >Subject: [Athen] Accessible statistics software > >Hi everyone, > >Our university is considering moving to a freeware statistics >program called PSPP in place of SPSS. Is anyone familiar with PSPP. >Is it accessible with a screen reader? I confess that I've never >personally used SPSS either, so can anyone comment on how accessible >SPSS is with a screen reader? If you've used both PSPP and SPSS, can >you compare the accessibility of both programs? > >Thanks for any and all help. > >Best regards, > >Russell > > > >Russell Solowoniuk >AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities >MacEwan University >7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. >Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 >E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca >T: 780-497-5826 >F: 780-497-4018 >macewan.ca >This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom >it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or >privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are >not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, >distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication >received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. >Please consider the environment before printing this email. From RJiron at roguecc.edu Mon Dec 12 08:30:08 2016 From: RJiron at roguecc.edu (Jiron, Randi) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:49 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files In-Reply-To: <009d01d2527d$71c5be20$55513a60$@pubcom.com> References: <009d01d2527d$71c5be20$55513a60$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: Thank you for your response, Bevi. Well, first off, we haven't worked with a student with needs like this for quite some time. No since way back when we were providing books on tape/CD. So, I'm sure I have a lot to learn about accessibility in PDF files. Also, I was just informed of this student by our coordinator last week and was expected to provide electronic files for her by the second week in January, we will be going on break soon, so unfortunately that limits my time. It would have been nice to have meet with her a month ago to get things ironed out. So, I don't know what her level of expertise is with JAWS and I don't know what software she has been provided on her laptop. That being said, where can I learn about creating accessible PDF files? We get most of the electronic files from a publishing clearinghouse, so I doubt they are already accessible, but I can send you a sample chapter. We do have access to Adobe Pro which my research tells me can be used to tag the PDF files?? I have also been asked to scan a small book that we don't have a publisher file for. Can I also tag the file I will be creating? I don't even know where to begin on the math book since I'm sure there will be special software to make the math equations accessible. Thanks again for your response, any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Redwood Campus Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chagnon | PubCom Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 4:36 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files I'll let others address math-reading software. But in terms of giving a PDF versus a Word versus a text document, I'd go for the PDF. That is, if it is tagged correctly for full accessibility. A lousy PDF is a nightmare, but a well-tagged PDF with the correct reading order can be an excellent experience. Word has its accessibility problems: one key problem for textbooks is that text boxes that are often used for pull quotes and sidebar material are not accessible in Word. But they can be made accessible in a PDF. Text files shouldn't even be considered because that file format lacks so much: n Headings, which are critical for comprehension and understanding, as well as for navigating the book quickly. n Alt-text on graphics, which most likely will be the formulas and equations. n Hyperlinks for accessing websites, cross-references, tables of content, footnotes, indexes, and anything else that should be clickable. However, before going further, I suggest you investigate 2 things about the PDF the student was already given: 1. Is it fully accessible? That is, does it have the correct tags, reading order, alt-text, etc. 2. Does the student know how to use JAWS? A short briefing in how to access documents quickly via keyboard shortcuts could help. 3. And does her computer have software to specifically assist with reading math, science, etc.? There are plenty of us on this list who could probably test the PDF for you. Just ask. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiron, Randi Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 6:49 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files Hello, We have a new student who is blind and requested alternate format for her books. She is a JAWS user and first requested PDF files but then said JAWS wouldn't work well with the PDF and asked for Word docs. We provided the Word docs and she says her computer froze up while trying to access. She is now asking for TEXT files, one of the books is a math book. She is working with Commission for the Blind, who has provided her with the laptop and the software that she is using. I suggested that she contact her advisor at Commission to ensure the computer is working properly and to see if there is tech support through that organization. Other than that, do you have some suggestions for us on providing electronic text for this student especially the math book? Isn't there special software for converting the math portion of the math text book? Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Josephine County Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 Redwood Campus 541-471-3550 FAX 7-1-1 OTRS (Oregon Telecom Relay Service) www.roguecc.edu/DisabilityServices/ This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. This e-mail was sent in good faith to the address you provided to Rogue Community College. We trust that you have password-protected access to this e-mail account and that any transmitted confidential information is secure. 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Sian) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Randi, On the topic of accessibility in PDF, as Bevi mentioned, the format can be created in such a way as to fully conform with WCAG 2.0 Level AA standards. When it comes to support for math equation there are limitations. I explored this topic on the IAAP website with a group from the state of Minnesota a couple months ago. I will share my findings in full, but the summary is this? PDF does not support the math markup language called Math ML. Math ML is the correct way to visually format, and programmatically author, math expressions in a digital format. The findings of my research my be out of the confines of your current set of constraints, but I wanted to share with you any how since you?re on the path of finding different modalities in communicating math expressions to the non-sighted. I do review specifically the interactions with PDF math content and the JAWS screen reader. Here is the name of a vendor who can remediate PDF content for you if you?re in a time crunch: https://brailleworks.com You may be interested in the work being done by Central Washington State in the field of tactile representations as well: https://www.cwu.edu/central-access/tactile-graphics Online training: https://www.lynda.com/Acrobat-tutorials/Creating-Accessible-PDFs-2014/147579-2.html https://www.lynda.com/Acrobat-tutorials/Creating-Accessible-PDFs-Acrobat-DC/372675-2.html Here are my findings from my research and investigation: ================================================= Definitions Accessible: When we say make a PDF accessible, I interpret that to mean WCAG 2.0 Level AA and functioning with best user experience for a screen reader. Conversely, I am not referring to Section 508. Screen Reader: The screen reader testing and validation used was JAWS version 15 from Freedom Scientific. There are others, but I have not tested or investigated for them. Semantics: When we tag content in a PDF we are giving it a semantic structure that the screen reader will interact with. There are limitations to this in the PDF space that greatly influence the approach for PDF versus Web. Syntax: In terms of presenting Math equations to a user, there are decisions to be made in expression. For example, would you say ?One Half,? ?One over two,? or ?Fraction one over two.? Each statement conveys the same meaning and my research did not yield a single standard to adhere to. For purposes of this development and testing, I have used the speech output feature MathMagic?s Personal Edition that comes with Adobe Captivate to provide the syntax for math expressions. I would recommend doing research on this and using a consistent delivery throughout your documents. MathML: This is a markup language that will provide accessible, semantically accurate math equations in a Web presentation. The syntax is also governed through this method. This solution requires having a JavaScript library called MathJax on the Web server to accomplish the correct rendering of the math expressions and interactions with screen reader. Freedom Scientific on MathML Per Freedom Scientific, they do support Math ML, but only in Internet Explorer Web presentations. You can turn on JAWS and listen to the math expressions via the link below. They have coded the pages with MathML and are using MathJax to render the expressions. The math expressions are fully accessible semantic markup. http://doccenter.freedomscientific.com/doccenter/doccenter/rs25c51746a0cc/2014-11-05_mathml/02_MathMLWithJAWS.htm Limitations in PDF I have done some research into whether the PDF format offers this same level of integration and, regrettably, I do not see the same level of support offered as for Web. If you?re looking for a workflow or tool that will allow you easily code math equations in MS Word and have them come out as semantically meaningful tags in the PDF. I was able to find information pointing towards people developing customized scripts to achieve this, but I could not even find samples where this was proven to be effective. The Formula Tag in PDF Tagging a math expression in Adobe Acrobat as Formula offers no semantic understanding to the screen reader. For example, tagging content as Table, Figure, or Link will provide a level of interaction for the non-sighted user by announcing those elements as Table, Graphic, and Link (respectively). My research indicates that tagging an equation as Formula offers no such interaction for the screen reader in the PDF format at this time. So, adding this tag offers no value other than making your QA easier during development and testing of your PDF documents. Coding MathML in PDF I tried coding MathML into the PDF to see if the semantic tagging made any difference to the screen reader. It did not. The example equation below that expresses adding two fractions together simply read as one two plus one two equals one. See attached PDF titled ?MathML in PDF.pdf" and review the tags tree. Whereas all of the text is tagged in MathMl semantic markup, it offers no semantic understanding of an equation and the syntax is not correct for fractions. Here is a sample of the tags tree with MathML markup applied. The screen reader simply, and incorrectly reads: One two plus one two equals one. This demonstrates that the MathMl semantic markup is not natively supported by Adobe and JAWS to provide the correct experience for the non-sighted. Achieving Proper Semantic Structure For the sample in the attached PDF ?Simple Equation Test.pdf? I first deleted the tags that came from MS Word as it created a single tag with the whole string of text in it. I then used the Touch Up Reading Order tool to manually create P tags for each element with exception of the divider lines. This will allow the screen reader user to move through each element of the equation rather than hearing the whole string at once. Not a big deal for a simple equation, but it would be a real value for a large equation so the non-sighted could step their way through the equation back and forth. NOTE: I did wrap the whole thing up in a Formula tag, but that has no interaction or value for the screen reader. I just like keeping my tags organized for when I do my QA tasks. Achieving Proper Syntax In order to get Adobe Acrobat to announce the equation in proper syntax, I recommend using the ?Actual Text? feature for each P tag. I used a tool called MathMagic to output a speech file to get a syntax that worked. You may do whatever you choose as there are no WCAG requirements surrounding this that I was able to find. I would either attempt to find out how it would read in a MathML Web presentation, or use a tool like I have mentioned. The personal license for MathMagic is only $69 per seat, so it would be affordable. Example Equation In the file ?Simple Equation Test.pdf? the screen reader now reads: Fraction 1 over 2, plus fraction 1 over 2, equals 1 In addition, the non-sighed user can move from one element in the equation to the other using the up and down arrows. What the solution lacks is a mechanism to announce the user is in a Math equation like the Web presentation offers and a way for a user to navigate from equation to equation like they could with other semantic markup like Tables, Figures, or Links. Using Images I do want add a note here about the approach of using images of equations. Using images of text should be avoided when possible per SC 1.4.5. Tagging text as P and using the Actual Text feature will negate the need for presenting math as images. Defining an Approach Ultimately you will have to decide whether tag the whole equation and add Actual Text, or tag each element and add Actual Text. But I don't see a way to automate this process in Acrobat, or through any tools like Common Look, by simply tagging an equation as Formula <-- CommonLook team please correct me if I'm wrong. The process to provide full understanding would have to be more manual in order to really convey the equation to the non-sighted. Your approach to either tag the whole string or to create individual tags really depends on: ? How many equations you have to do in a document, or portfolio of documents and what resources you have to allocate to this task ? How much time you have to do them (i.e., are these docs updated weekly, quarterly, yearly) ? How important you feel the equation is to the context of the purpose of the piece Those factors will help determine an approach for your workflow that makes sense. I do advocate for tagging individual elements rather than the whole equation at once in order to provide the best experience for the non-sighted. And as I have expressed already, I do not advocate for placing equations as images and providing alt text. Conclusions Whereas I do not see a streamlined and automated path to compliance here, I do see a path to providing accessible math equations in PDF format using the actual text feature. As the topic of presenting math equations is closely tied to education, and education is an area that receives great attention for accessibility, I would expect that this topic will have to be addressed by Adobe and Freedom Scientific sooner than later. From my research, I do see some movement on this topic in the PDF U/A space which is pointing in the right direction. The avenue of creating scripts to automate the process is certainly possible, but when you start talking about coding customized solutions, most things are possible (but not always feasible/likely to occur in a given organization). What I have presented here is a practical, albeit time consuming, solution with "off the shelf" technology and processes. ================================================= I hope this is helpful in your pursuit of finding inclusive formats for your content. -- Damian Sian Senior Web Accessibility Advisor Princeton University Office: (609) 258-6288 Mobile: (908) 938-8220 On 12/12/16, 11:31 AM, "athen-list on behalf of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu" wrote: Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files (Jiron, Randi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:30:08 +0000 From: "Jiron, Randi" To: "chagnon@pubcom.com" , "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Subject: Re: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thank you for your response, Bevi. Well, first off, we haven't worked with a student with needs like this for quite some time. No since way back when we were providing books on tape/CD. So, I'm sure I have a lot to learn about accessibility in PDF files. Also, I was just informed of this student by our coordinator last week and was expected to provide electronic files for her by the second week in January, we will be going on break soon, so unfortunately that limits my time. It would have been nice to have meet with her a month ago to get things ironed out. So, I don't know what her level of expertise is with JAWS and I don't know what software she has been provided on her laptop. That being said, where can I learn about creating accessible PDF files? We get most of the electronic files from a publishing clearinghouse, so I doubt they are already accessible, but I can send you a sample chapter. We do have access to Adobe Pro which my research tells me can be used to tag the PDF files?? I have also been asked to scan a small book that we don't have a publisher file for. Can I also tag the file I will be creating? I don't even know where to begin on the math book since I'm sure there will be special software to make the math equations accessible. Thanks again for your response, any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Redwood Campus Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chagnon | PubCom Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 4:36 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files I'll let others address math-reading software. But in terms of giving a PDF versus a Word versus a text document, I'd go for the PDF. That is, if it is tagged correctly for full accessibility. A lousy PDF is a nightmare, but a well-tagged PDF with the correct reading order can be an excellent experience. Word has its accessibility problems: one key problem for textbooks is that text boxes that are often used for pull quotes and sidebar material are not accessible in Word. But they can be made accessible in a PDF. Text files shouldn't even be considered because that file format lacks so much: n Headings, which are critical for comprehension and understanding, as well as for navigating the book quickly. n Alt-text on graphics, which most likely will be the formulas and equations. n Hyperlinks for accessing websites, cross-references, tables of content, footnotes, indexes, and anything else that should be clickable. However, before going further, I suggest you investigate 2 things about the PDF the student was already given: 1. Is it fully accessible? That is, does it have the correct tags, reading order, alt-text, etc. 2. Does the student know how to use JAWS? A short briefing in how to access documents quickly via keyboard shortcuts could help. 3. And does her computer have software to specifically assist with reading math, science, etc.? There are plenty of us on this list who could probably test the PDF for you. Just ask. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiron, Randi Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 6:49 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files Hello, We have a new student who is blind and requested alternate format for her books. She is a JAWS user and first requested PDF files but then said JAWS wouldn't work well with the PDF and asked for Word docs. We provided the Word docs and she says her computer froze up while trying to access. She is now asking for TEXT files, one of the books is a math book. She is working with Commission for the Blind, who has provided her with the laptop and the software that she is using. I suggested that she contact her advisor at Commission to ensure the computer is working properly and to see if there is tech support through that organization. Other than that, do you have some suggestions for us on providing electronic text for this student especially the math book? Isn't there special software for converting the math portion of the math text book? Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Josephine County Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 Redwood Campus 541-471-3550 FAX 7-1-1 OTRS (Oregon Telecom Relay Service) www.roguecc.edu/DisabilityServices/ This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. This e-mail was sent in good faith to the address you provided to Rogue Community College. We trust that you have password-protected access to this e-mail account and that any transmitted confidential information is secure. 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What we have found is that it is most effective to produce well edited word documents using MathType for math equations, if it is a low vision student than they can take it in this format and use our Central Access Reader (CAR-free download from our website) to read all of it effectively. If they are blind we will convert this to an HTML file which can then be read by JAWS. This link might also be helpful. http://doccenter.freedomscientific.com/doccenter/doccenter/rs25c51746a0cc/2014-11-05_mathml/02? Hopefully this helps get you on your way. However, if you have any other questions or would even like to talk to us about producing any of your math material let me know. Best of luck! Maria Watters Central Access Administrator Central Washington University maria.watters@cwu.edu ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Jiron, Randi Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 8:30 AM To: chagnon@pubcom.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files ***WARNING: Please be cautious clicking on links to external sites from email.*** NEVER provide your CWU login information to a third party website. CWU Information Services cares about your privacy and security. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the CWU Service Desk at 509-963-2001. Thank you for your response, Bevi. Well, first off, we haven?t worked with a student with needs like this for quite some time. No since way back when we were providing books on tape/CD. So, I?m sure I have a lot to learn about accessibility in PDF files. Also, I was just informed of this student by our coordinator last week and was expected to provide electronic files for her by the second week in January, we will be going on break soon, so unfortunately that limits my time. It would have been nice to have meet with her a month ago to get things ironed out. So, I don?t know what her level of expertise is with JAWS and I don?t know what software she has been provided on her laptop. That being said, where can I learn about creating accessible PDF files? We get most of the electronic files from a publishing clearinghouse, so I doubt they are already accessible, but I can send you a sample chapter. We do have access to Adobe Pro which my research tells me can be used to tag the PDF files?? I have also been asked to scan a small book that we don?t have a publisher file for. Can I also tag the file I will be creating? I don?t even know where to begin on the math book since I?m sure there will be special software to make the math equations accessible. Thanks again for your response, any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Redwood Campus Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chagnon | PubCom Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 4:36 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files I?ll let others address math-reading software. But in terms of giving a PDF versus a Word versus a text document, I?d go for the PDF. That is, if it is tagged correctly for full accessibility. A lousy PDF is a nightmare, but a well-tagged PDF with the correct reading order can be an excellent experience. Word has its accessibility problems: one key problem for textbooks is that text boxes that are often used for pull quotes and sidebar material are not accessible in Word. But they can be made accessible in a PDF. Text files shouldn?t even be considered because that file format lacks so much: n Headings, which are critical for comprehension and understanding, as well as for navigating the book quickly. n Alt-text on graphics, which most likely will be the formulas and equations. n Hyperlinks for accessing websites, cross-references, tables of content, footnotes, indexes, and anything else that should be clickable. However, before going further, I suggest you investigate 2 things about the PDF the student was already given: 1. Is it fully accessible? That is, does it have the correct tags, reading order, alt-text, etc. 2. Does the student know how to use JAWS? A short briefing in how to access documents quickly via keyboard shortcuts could help. 3. And does her computer have software to specifically assist with reading math, science, etc.? There are plenty of us on this list who could probably test the PDF for you. Just ask. --Bevi Chagnon ? ? ? Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | ? ? ? From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiron, Randi Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 6:49 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files Hello, We have a new student who is blind and requested alternate format for her books. She is a JAWS user and first requested PDF files but then said JAWS wouldn?t work well with the PDF and asked for Word docs. We provided the Word docs and she says her computer froze up while trying to access. She is now asking for TEXT files, one of the books is a math book. She is working with Commission for the Blind, who has provided her with the laptop and the software that she is using. I suggested that she contact her advisor at Commission to ensure the computer is working properly and to see if there is tech support through that organization. Other than that, do you have some suggestions for us on providing electronic text for this student especially the math book? Isn?t there special software for converting the math portion of the math text book? Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Josephine County Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 Redwood Campus 541-471-3550 FAX 7-1-1 OTRS (Oregon Telecom Relay Service) www.roguecc.edu/DisabilityServices/ This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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URL: From Maria.Watters at cwu.edu Mon Dec 12 10:13:12 2016 From: Maria.Watters at cwu.edu (Maria Watters) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 11 In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <1481566392655.85262@cwu.edu> Hello Randi, I attempted to respond to this once and am not sure what happened so I will try one more time, I apologize if that means anything shows up double. At Central Washington University we have a lab where we provide accessible materials for our students and students from other institutions as well. What we do for math texts is we create an edited word document using MathType, students with low vision can plug that directly into the Central Access Reader (CAR-text to speeceh software available for free on our website) and it will read all of the math effectively. If a student is blind and uses JAWS then we simply convert the edited word doc into an HTML file, which can then be used in JAWS. You may also find this link useful: http://doccenter.freedomscientific.com/doccenter/doccenter/rs25c51746a0cc/2014-11-05_mathml/02_MathMLWithJAWS.htm This process has worked very well for us and for our students. If we can do anything to help or support you or if you would like us to take a look at any materials please let me know. Best of luck! Maria Watters Central Access Administrator Central Washington University centralaccess@cwu.edu maria.watters@cwu.edu ________________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Damian A. Sian Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 8:57 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 11 Hello Randi, On the topic of accessibility in PDF, as Bevi mentioned, the format can be created in such a way as to fully conform with WCAG 2.0 Level AA standards. When it comes to support for math equation there are limitations. I explored this topic on the IAAP website with a group from the state of Minnesota a couple months ago. I will share my findings in full, but the summary is this? PDF does not support the math markup language called Math ML. Math ML is the correct way to visually format, and programmatically author, math expressions in a digital format. The findings of my research my be out of the confines of your current set of constraints, but I wanted to share with you any how since you?re on the path of finding different modalities in communicating math expressions to the non-sighted. I do review specifically the interactions with PDF math content and the JAWS screen reader. Here is the name of a vendor who can remediate PDF content for you if you?re in a time crunch: https://brailleworks.com You may be interested in the work being done by Central Washington State in the field of tactile representations as well: https://www.cwu.edu/central-access/tactile-graphics Online training: https://www.lynda.com/Acrobat-tutorials/Creating-Accessible-PDFs-2014/147579-2.html https://www.lynda.com/Acrobat-tutorials/Creating-Accessible-PDFs-Acrobat-DC/372675-2.html Here are my findings from my research and investigation: ================================================= Definitions Accessible: When we say make a PDF accessible, I interpret that to mean WCAG 2.0 Level AA and functioning with best user experience for a screen reader. Conversely, I am not referring to Section 508. Screen Reader: The screen reader testing and validation used was JAWS version 15 from Freedom Scientific. There are others, but I have not tested or investigated for them. Semantics: When we tag content in a PDF we are giving it a semantic structure that the screen reader will interact with. There are limitations to this in the PDF space that greatly influence the approach for PDF versus Web. Syntax: In terms of presenting Math equations to a user, there are decisions to be made in expression. For example, would you say ?One Half,? ?One over two,? or ?Fraction one over two.? Each statement conveys the same meaning and my research did not yield a single standard to adhere to. For purposes of this development and testing, I have used the speech output feature MathMagic?s Personal Edition that comes with Adobe Captivate to provide the syntax for math expressions. I would recommend doing research on this and using a consistent delivery throughout your documents. MathML: This is a markup language that will provide accessible, semantically accurate math equations in a Web presentation. The syntax is also governed through this method. This solution requires having a JavaScript library called MathJax on the Web server to accomplish the correct rendering of the math expressions and interactions with screen reader. Freedom Scientific on MathML Per Freedom Scientific, they do support Math ML, but only in Internet Explorer Web presentations. You can turn on JAWS and listen to the math expressions via the link below. They have coded the pages with MathML and are using MathJax to render the expressions. The math expressions are fully accessible semantic markup. http://doccenter.freedomscientific.com/doccenter/doccenter/rs25c51746a0cc/2014-11-05_mathml/02_MathMLWithJAWS.htm Limitations in PDF I have done some research into whether the PDF format offers this same level of integration and, regrettably, I do not see the same level of support offered as for Web. If you?re looking for a workflow or tool that will allow you easily code math equations in MS Word and have them come out as semantically meaningful tags in the PDF. I was able to find information pointing towards people developing customized scripts to achieve this, but I could not even find samples where this was proven to be effective. The Formula Tag in PDF Tagging a math expression in Adobe Acrobat as Formula offers no semantic understanding to the screen reader. For example, tagging content as Table, Figure, or Link will provide a level of interaction for the non-sighted user by announcing those elements as Table, Graphic, and Link (respectively). My research indicates that tagging an equation as Formula offers no such interaction for the screen reader in the PDF format at this time. So, adding this tag offers no value other than making your QA easier during development and testing of your PDF documents. Coding MathML in PDF I tried coding MathML into the PDF to see if the semantic tagging made any difference to the screen reader. It did not. The example equation below that expresses adding two fractions together simply read as one two plus one two equals one. See attached PDF titled ?MathML in PDF.pdf" and review the tags tree. Whereas all of the text is tagged in MathMl semantic markup, it offers no semantic understanding of an equation and the syntax is not correct for fractions. Here is a sample of the tags tree with MathML markup applied. The screen reader simply, and incorrectly reads: One two plus one two equals one. This demonstrates that the MathMl semantic markup is not natively supported by Adobe and JAWS to provide the correct experience for the non-sighted. Achieving Proper Semantic Structure For the sample in the attached PDF ?Simple Equation Test.pdf? I first deleted the tags that came from MS Word as it created a single tag with the whole string of text in it. I then used the Touch Up Reading Order tool to manually create P tags for each element with exception of the divider lines. This will allow the screen reader user to move through each element of the equation rather than hearing the whole string at once. Not a big deal for a simple equation, but it would be a real value for a large equation so the non-sighted could step their way through the equation back and forth. NOTE: I did wrap the whole thing up in a Formula tag, but that has no interaction or value for the screen reader. I just like keeping my tags organized for when I do my QA tasks. Achieving Proper Syntax In order to get Adobe Acrobat to announce the equation in proper syntax, I recommend using the ?Actual Text? feature for each P tag. I used a tool called MathMagic to output a speech file to get a syntax that worked. You may do whatever you choose as there are no WCAG requirements surrounding this that I was able to find. I would either attempt to find out how it would read in a MathML Web presentation, or use a tool like I have mentioned. The personal license for MathMagic is only $69 per seat, so it would be affordable. Example Equation In the file ?Simple Equation Test.pdf? the screen reader now reads: Fraction 1 over 2, plus fraction 1 over 2, equals 1 In addition, the non-sighed user can move from one element in the equation to the other using the up and down arrows. What the solution lacks is a mechanism to announce the user is in a Math equation like the Web presentation offers and a way for a user to navigate from equation to equation like they could with other semantic markup like Tables, Figures, or Links. Using Images I do want add a note here about the approach of using images of equations. Using images of text should be avoided when possible per SC 1.4.5. Tagging text as P and using the Actual Text feature will negate the need for presenting math as images. Defining an Approach Ultimately you will have to decide whether tag the whole equation and add Actual Text, or tag each element and add Actual Text. But I don't see a way to automate this process in Acrobat, or through any tools like Common Look, by simply tagging an equation as Formula <-- CommonLook team please correct me if I'm wrong. The process to provide full understanding would have to be more manual in order to really convey the equation to the non-sighted. Your approach to either tag the whole string or to create individual tags really depends on: ? How many equations you have to do in a document, or portfolio of documents and what resources you have to allocate to this task ? How much time you have to do them (i.e., are these docs updated weekly, quarterly, yearly) ? How important you feel the equation is to the context of the purpose of the piece Those factors will help determine an approach for your workflow that makes sense. I do advocate for tagging individual elements rather than the whole equation at once in order to provide the best experience for the non-sighted. And as I have expressed already, I do not advocate for placing equations as images and providing alt text. Conclusions Whereas I do not see a streamlined and automated path to compliance here, I do see a path to providing accessible math equations in PDF format using the actual text feature. As the topic of presenting math equations is closely tied to education, and education is an area that receives great attention for accessibility, I would expect that this topic will have to be addressed by Adobe and Freedom Scientific sooner than later. From my research, I do see some movement on this topic in the PDF U/A space which is pointing in the right direction. The avenue of creating scripts to automate the process is certainly possible, but when you start talking about coding customized solutions, most things are possible (but not always feasible/likely to occur in a given organization). What I have presented here is a practical, albeit time consuming, solution with "off the shelf" technology and processes. ================================================= I hope this is helpful in your pursuit of finding inclusive formats for your content. -- Damian Sian Senior Web Accessibility Advisor Princeton University Office: (609) 258-6288 Mobile: (908) 938-8220 On 12/12/16, 11:31 AM, "athen-list on behalf of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu" wrote: Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files (Jiron, Randi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:30:08 +0000 From: "Jiron, Randi" To: "chagnon@pubcom.com" , "Access Technology Higher Education Network" Subject: Re: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thank you for your response, Bevi. Well, first off, we haven't worked with a student with needs like this for quite some time. No since way back when we were providing books on tape/CD. So, I'm sure I have a lot to learn about accessibility in PDF files. Also, I was just informed of this student by our coordinator last week and was expected to provide electronic files for her by the second week in January, we will be going on break soon, so unfortunately that limits my time. It would have been nice to have meet with her a month ago to get things ironed out. So, I don't know what her level of expertise is with JAWS and I don't know what software she has been provided on her laptop. That being said, where can I learn about creating accessible PDF files? We get most of the electronic files from a publishing clearinghouse, so I doubt they are already accessible, but I can send you a sample chapter. We do have access to Adobe Pro which my research tells me can be used to tag the PDF files?? I have also been asked to scan a small book that we don't have a publisher file for. Can I also tag the file I will be creating? I don't even know where to begin on the math book since I'm sure there will be special software to make the math equations accessible. Thanks again for your response, any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Redwood Campus Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chagnon | PubCom Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 4:36 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files I'll let others address math-reading software. But in terms of giving a PDF versus a Word versus a text document, I'd go for the PDF. That is, if it is tagged correctly for full accessibility. A lousy PDF is a nightmare, but a well-tagged PDF with the correct reading order can be an excellent experience. Word has its accessibility problems: one key problem for textbooks is that text boxes that are often used for pull quotes and sidebar material are not accessible in Word. But they can be made accessible in a PDF. Text files shouldn't even be considered because that file format lacks so much: n Headings, which are critical for comprehension and understanding, as well as for navigating the book quickly. n Alt-text on graphics, which most likely will be the formulas and equations. n Hyperlinks for accessing websites, cross-references, tables of content, footnotes, indexes, and anything else that should be clickable. However, before going further, I suggest you investigate 2 things about the PDF the student was already given: 1. Is it fully accessible? That is, does it have the correct tags, reading order, alt-text, etc. 2. Does the student know how to use JAWS? A short briefing in how to access documents quickly via keyboard shortcuts could help. 3. And does her computer have software to specifically assist with reading math, science, etc.? There are plenty of us on this list who could probably test the PDF for you. Just ask. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiron, Randi Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 6:49 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files Hello, We have a new student who is blind and requested alternate format for her books. She is a JAWS user and first requested PDF files but then said JAWS wouldn't work well with the PDF and asked for Word docs. We provided the Word docs and she says her computer froze up while trying to access. She is now asking for TEXT files, one of the books is a math book. She is working with Commission for the Blind, who has provided her with the laptop and the software that she is using. I suggested that she contact her advisor at Commission to ensure the computer is working properly and to see if there is tech support through that organization. Other than that, do you have some suggestions for us on providing electronic text for this student especially the math book? Isn't there special software for converting the math portion of the math text book? Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Randi Jiron, MBA/TM Disability Services Specialist Josephine County Rogue Community College 541-956-7214 Redwood Campus 541-471-3550 FAX 7-1-1 OTRS (Oregon Telecom Relay Service) www.roguecc.edu/DisabilityServices/ This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. This e-mail was sent in good faith to the address you provided to Rogue Community College. We trust that you have password-protected access to this e-mail account and that any transmitted confidential information is secure. 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Your options will be either MS Word or HTML if using a screen-reader. I can't say I would turn to PDF - I agree with Bevi that the file format has much going for it, but the issues I experienced with students had more to do with integration between the screen-reader and the Adobe Reader/Acrobat software that made reading PDF documents problematic, particularly for larger documents. Perhaps the functionality has improved in the past year. In terms of doing alt media production, I have found MS Word to be the most flexible environment as it provides sufficient editing tools and allows for a variety of output formats. For blind students who needed documents with math content, we would do our authoring in MS Word and use MathType for the equations (http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/). This allowed for output to: Nemeth if the student wanted braille; HTML+MathJax for a browser; or remaining in MS Word. If the student is a JAWS user (ver. 17+), then the HTML+MathJax output should be something to try with the student. You create the document and equations in MS Word using MathType. From the MathType ribbon, you can then choose to Export to MathPage with the output setting specifying the MathJax output. The student can then read the HTML file in either IE or Firefox with JAWS (I have had much better success with JAWS 17+ with Firefox). The CAR application may be another tool for you to use in exporting out an HTML file (https://www.cwu.edu/central-access/reader) that works with a screen-reader. When creating/editing the MS Word document, I recommend you follow proper semantics for headings and lists, text descriptions for images, etc. Take care, Sean On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Jiron, Randi wrote: > Thank you for your response, Bevi. > > > > Well, first off, we haven?t worked with a student with needs like this for > quite some time. No since way back when we were providing books on tape/CD. > So, I?m sure I have a lot to learn about accessibility in PDF files. Also, > I was just informed of this student by our coordinator last week and was > expected to provide electronic files for her by the second week in January, > we will be going on break soon, so unfortunately that limits my time. It > would have been nice to have meet with her a month ago to get things ironed > out. So, I don?t know what her level of expertise is with JAWS and I don?t > know what software she has been provided on her laptop. > > > > That being said, where can I learn about creating accessible PDF files? We > get most of the electronic files from a publishing clearinghouse, so I > doubt they are already accessible, but I can send you a sample chapter. We > do have access to Adobe Pro which my research tells me can be used to tag > the PDF files?? I have also been asked to scan a small book that we don?t > have a publisher file for. Can I also tag the file I will be creating? I > don?t even know where to begin on the math book since I?m sure there will > be special software to make the math equations accessible. > > > > Thanks again for your response, any other suggestions would be greatly > appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > *Randi Jiron, *MBA/TM > > Disability Services Specialist > > Redwood Campus > > Rogue Community College > > 541-956-7214 > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Chagnon | PubCom > *Sent:* Friday, December 9, 2016 4:36 PM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files > > > > I?ll let others address math-reading software. > > > > But in terms of giving a PDF versus a Word versus a text document, I?d go > for the PDF. That is, if it is tagged correctly for full accessibility. > > > > A lousy PDF is a nightmare, but a well-tagged PDF with the correct reading > order can be an excellent experience. > > > > Word has its accessibility problems: one key problem for textbooks is that > text boxes that are often used for pull quotes and sidebar material are not > accessible in Word. But they can be made accessible in a PDF. > > > > Text files shouldn?t even be considered because that file format lacks so > much: > > n Headings, which are critical for comprehension and understanding, as > well as for navigating the book quickly. > > n Alt-text on graphics, which most likely will be the formulas and > equations. > > n Hyperlinks for accessing websites, cross-references, tables of > content, footnotes, indexes, and anything else that should be clickable. > > > > However, before going further, I suggest you investigate 2 things about > the PDF the student was already given: > > 1. Is it fully accessible? That is, does it have the correct > tags, reading order, alt-text, etc. > > 2. Does the student know how to use JAWS? A short briefing in > how to access documents quickly via keyboard shortcuts could help. > > 3. And does her computer have software to specifically assist > with reading math, science, etc.? > > > > There are plenty of us on this list who could probably test the PDF for > you. Just ask. > > > > --Bevi Chagnon > > > > ? ? ? > > *Bevi Chagnon *| www.*PubCom*.com > > *Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers* > > *for publishing & communication* > > | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | > > ? ? ? > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu > ] *On Behalf Of *Jiron, > Randi > *Sent:* Friday, December 9, 2016 6:49 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network ( > athen-list@u.washington.edu) > *Subject:* [Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files > > > > Hello, > > > > We have a new student who is blind and requested alternate format for her > books. She is a JAWS user and first requested PDF files but then said JAWS > wouldn?t work well with the PDF and asked for Word docs. We provided the > Word docs and she says her computer froze up while trying to access. She is > now asking for TEXT files, one of the books is a math book. She is working > with Commission for the Blind, who has provided her with the laptop and the > software that she is using. I suggested that she contact her advisor at > Commission to ensure the computer is working properly and to see if there > is tech support through that organization. Other than that, do you have > some suggestions for us on providing electronic text for this student > especially the math book? Isn?t there special software for converting the > math portion of the math text book? > > > > Thank you for your time. > > > > Sincerely, > > *Randi Jiron**,* *MBA/TM* > > Disability Services Specialist > > Josephine County > > Rogue Community College > > > > 541-956-7214 Redwood Campus > > 541-471-3550 FAX > > 7-1-1 OTRS (Oregon Telecom Relay Service) > > www.roguecc.edu/DisabilityServices/ > > This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or > otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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I?d like to investigate what is failing so that either 1) I can give you suggestions on how to correct the PDF, or 2) give feedback to Adobe, Microsoft, and the screen reader manufacturers on what?s failing so that it can be fixed. Our team members work closely with all the key stakeholders so that we can eventually have a seamless, easy method of making accessible documents from the source Word, PowerPoint, and InDesign files to the exported PDFs. We?re getting there, slowly but surely! And yes, you should start seeing incremental improvements everywhere, software by software, feature by feature over the next year or so. To email a sample to me, send it to Bevi@PubCom.com If it?s too large for email, contact me and I?ll set you up with a secure FTP upload page. --Bevi Chagnon ? ? ? 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Dave At 03:34 PM 12/12/2016, you wrote: >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_009F_01D25495.9D9F2A80" >Content-Language: en-us > >Sean wrote: >???I can't say I would turn to PDF - I agree >with Bevi that the file format has much going >for it, but the issues I experienced with >students had more to do with integration between >the screen-reader and the Adobe Reader/Acrobat >software that made reading PDF documents >problematic, particularly for larger documents.??? > >We produce extremely large PDF documents for >academia and government every day. When made >correctly, your students shouldn???t be having these problems. > >Is there a chance you can send me a sample PDF >that didn???t work well enough for your >students? I???d like to investigate what is >failing so that either 1) I can give you >suggestions on how to correct the PDF, or 2) >give feedback to Adobe, Microsoft, and the >screen reader manufacturers on what???s failing so that it can be fixed. > >Our team members work closely with all the key >stakeholders so that we can eventually have a >seamless, easy method of making accessible >documents from the source Word, PowerPoint, and >InDesign files to the exported PDFs. We???re getting there, slowly but surely! > >And yes, you should start seeing incremental >improvements everywhere, software by software, >feature by feature over the next year or so. > >To email a sample to me, send it to >Bevi@PubCom.com ? ? If >it???s too large for email, contact me and >I???ll set you up with a secure FTP upload page. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From SolowoniukR at macewan.ca Tue Dec 13 09:56:51 2016 From: SolowoniukR at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <584FD3F3020000EC0004D28F@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Hi Andrea, Have you tried to get this title in PDF format from Cengage Learning? I see it shows up on their site when I searched for the ISBN. Thanks, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> Andrea J Engle 2016-12-13 10:19 AM >>> Hi all, We have a student taking a French class using the book listed below. We are having problems obtaining a PDF copy and need to scan it. It is about 1000 pages long. Would anyone have a copy of this book digitally so we can avoid scanning 1000 pages? Thank you for any help in advance. https://www.amazon.com/Litterature-Francaise-Textes-Contextes-France/dp/0030398495/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481649532&sr=8-1&keywords=9780030398490 Sincerely, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Office of Disability Services Cleveland State University 2121 Euclid Ave., MC 147 Cleveland Ohio, 44115 Phone: 216.687.2377 Fax: 216.687.2343 From clbarnes3 at pima.edu Tue Dec 13 10:39:28 2016 From: clbarnes3 at pima.edu (Carol Barnes) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] job posting- Advanced Program Coordinator- Assistive Technology Message-ID: <0c73d1cc54d3bff084c2a9a0562df50b@mail.gmail.com> Pima Community College, Access and Disability Resources(ADR) has a position opening for someone with experience with access technology and who can work as a team with ADR staff, Faculty, Students and IT staff. We are located in Tucson, AZ.. For more information see the linked page below. Below is the link to the job posting for the Advanced Program Coordinator- Assistive Technology for Access and Disability Resources (ADR) https://pima.peopleadmin.com/postings/7264 *Carol Barnes, MSW* *Lead Program Specialist* *Pima Community College, West & Community Campuses* *520-206-3132* *520-206-3139 (fax)carol.barnes@pima.edu * *Follow us on Twitter: @PimaADR * *At ADR we strive for excellence in everything we do. Please let us know how we are doing.* Complete an ADR comment card -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu Tue Dec 13 14:03:16 2016 From: Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu (Kluesner, Bryon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media In-Reply-To: <584FD3F3020000EC0004D28F@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> References: <584FD3F3020000EC0004D28F@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Message-ID: HI Andrea, This title is also available from AccessText. If you are not a member, you should check into it. It has been a great resource. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga? 108 University Center? 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc A member of the Division of Student Development -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:57 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media Hi Andrea, Have you tried to get this title in PDF format from Cengage Learning? I see it shows up on their site when I searched for the ISBN. Thanks, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> Andrea J Engle 2016-12-13 10:19 AM >>> Hi all, We have a student taking a French class using the book listed below. We are having problems obtaining a PDF copy and need to scan it. It is about 1000 pages long. Would anyone have a copy of this book digitally so we can avoid scanning 1000 pages? Thank you for any help in advance. https://www.amazon.com/Litterature-Francaise-Textes-Contextes-France/dp/0030398495/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481649532&sr=8-1&keywords=9780030398490 Sincerely, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Office of Disability Services Cleveland State University 2121 Euclid Ave., MC 147 Cleveland Ohio, 44115 Phone: 216.687.2377 Fax: 216.687.2343 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Tue Dec 13 15:18:58 2016 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job Posting: Stanford University - Alternate Format Manager - 73445 Message-ID: Hello, Forwarding for a colleague. Take care, Sean ******** Job Description Alternate Format Manager - 73445 Description Vice Provost for Student Affairs Business Title: Alternate Format Manager Job Title: Academic Technology Specialist 3 Unit: Office of Accessible Education https://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search?jobId=73445 JOB PURPOSE: The Alternate Media/Format Manager oversees a team of specialists in the conversion of academic materials into alternate media; offers expertise in alternate format production and assistive technology for the continued benefit of students with disabilities; provides leadership in the area of access technology to faculty and staff for progress towards universal design and access in higher education. For more information, visit: https://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search?jobId=73445 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From justinr at disability.tamu.edu Wed Dec 14 10:00:47 2016 From: justinr at disability.tamu.edu (Justin Romack) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance In-Reply-To: <12A38F78D98E5C48A12D354F053457287CCACAC7@TOPAZE.lee.edu> References: <12A38F78D98E5C48A12D354F053457287CCACAC7@TOPAZE.lee.edu> Message-ID: Howdy K-Leigh! I was thinking about you a couple weeks back - I hope you're well (and that our paths cross again in the near future.) A couple of thoughts that jump out at me... * Is the instructor aware that the student is using JAWS - and that a paper copy is an altogether different process for the way other exams have been administered thus far? o They may be willing to offer the exam at a later point - to give you time to properly convert and prepare it. * Can they not generate another exam through the Pearson tool? I did some work with Pearson last summer, and they (to help institutions stay ADA+508 compliant) have alt format options for many of their assignments, quizzes and assessments. It may just take a phone call to Pearson by the instructor (or their sales rep) to make it happen. * Do you all have an alt. format person on staff? o We ended up enacting a loose policy (hopefully gaining a bit more muscle moving forward) that all instructors must send their exam to us 48 hours ahead of time (in case we need to process it.) I tell instructors that if they don't meet this deadline, I can't guarantee we'll have an exam ready for the student. I hope some of this sparks an idea that makes your day just a teensy bit less stressful. Feel free to reply or call if you have other questions. Take care - and hopefully we'll talk soon. --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services, Division of Student Affairs | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | fax: 979.458.1214 | mailto:justinr@disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMU Division of Student Affairs | One Division. One Mission From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Villanueva, K-leigh Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance HI Everyone, We have a low vision student that has been using mymathlab all semester for exams. The instructor placed a paper pencil copy in the exam center for her and we have no way to convert this as we do not have an electronic copy and can only scan in as a pdf. The student wants to use JAWS. Any quick solutions that can be offered to me? 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K-leigh From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 12:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Howdy K-Leigh! I was thinking about you a couple weeks back - I hope you're well (and that our paths cross again in the near future.) A couple of thoughts that jump out at me... * Is the instructor aware that the student is using JAWS - and that a paper copy is an altogether different process for the way other exams have been administered thus far? o They may be willing to offer the exam at a later point - to give you time to properly convert and prepare it. * Can they not generate another exam through the Pearson tool? I did some work with Pearson last summer, and they (to help institutions stay ADA+508 compliant) have alt format options for many of their assignments, quizzes and assessments. It may just take a phone call to Pearson by the instructor (or their sales rep) to make it happen. * Do you all have an alt. format person on staff? o We ended up enacting a loose policy (hopefully gaining a bit more muscle moving forward) that all instructors must send their exam to us 48 hours ahead of time (in case we need to process it.) I tell instructors that if they don't meet this deadline, I can't guarantee we'll have an exam ready for the student. I hope some of this sparks an idea that makes your day just a teensy bit less stressful. Feel free to reply or call if you have other questions. Take care - and hopefully we'll talk soon. --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services, Division of Student Affairs | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | fax: 979.458.1214 | mailto:justinr@disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMU Division of Student Affairs | One Division. 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URL: From a.engle at csuohio.edu Wed Dec 14 12:07:12 2016 From: a.engle at csuohio.edu (Andrea J Engle) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media Message-ID: Access text only gives permission to scan for this title they do not have the file. But I do love their service. Sincerely, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Office of Disability Services Cleveland State University 2121 Euclid Ave., MC 147 Cleveland Ohio, 44115 Phone: 216.687.2377 Fax: 216.687.2343 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 3:00 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 14 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media (Kluesner, Bryon) 2. Job Posting: Stanford University - Alternate Format Manager - 73445 (Sean Keegan) 3. Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance (Villanueva, K-leigh) 4. Re: Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance (Justin Romack) 5. Re: Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance (Villanueva, K-leigh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:03:16 +0000 From: "Kluesner, Bryon" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" HI Andrea, This title is also available from AccessText. If you are not a member, you should check into it. It has been a great resource. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga? 108 University Center? 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc A member of the Division of Student Development -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:57 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media Hi Andrea, Have you tried to get this title in PDF format from Cengage Learning? I see it shows up on their site when I searched for the ISBN. Thanks, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> Andrea J Engle 2016-12-13 10:19 AM >>> Hi all, We have a student taking a French class using the book listed below. We are having problems obtaining a PDF copy and need to scan it. It is about 1000 pages long. Would anyone have a copy of this book digitally so we can avoid scanning 1000 pages? Thank you for any help in advance. https://www.amazon.com/Litterature-Francaise-Textes-Contextes-France/dp/0030398495/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481649532&sr=8-1&keywords=9780030398490 Sincerely, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Office of Disability Services Cleveland State University 2121 Euclid Ave., MC 147 Cleveland Ohio, 44115 Phone: 216.687.2377 Fax: 216.687.2343 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:18:58 -0800 From: Sean Keegan To: Access Technology Higher Education Network , Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] Job Posting: Stanford University - Alternate Format Manager - 73445 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hello, Forwarding for a colleague. Take care, Sean ******** Job Description Alternate Format Manager - 73445 Description Vice Provost for Student Affairs Business Title: Alternate Format Manager Job Title: Academic Technology Specialist 3 Unit: Office of Accessible Education https://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search?jobId=73445 JOB PURPOSE: The Alternate Media/Format Manager oversees a team of specialists in the conversion of academic materials into alternate media; offers expertise in alternate format production and assistive technology for the continued benefit of students with disabilities; provides leadership in the area of access technology to faculty and staff for progress towards universal design and access in higher education. For more information, visit: https://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search?jobId=73445 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:00:47 +0000 From: Justin Romack To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Howdy K-Leigh! I was thinking about you a couple weeks back - I hope you're well (and that our paths cross again in the near future.) A couple of thoughts that jump out at me... * Is the instructor aware that the student is using JAWS - and that a paper copy is an altogether different process for the way other exams have been administered thus far? o They may be willing to offer the exam at a later point - to give you time to properly convert and prepare it. * Can they not generate another exam through the Pearson tool? I did some work with Pearson last summer, and they (to help institutions stay ADA+508 compliant) have alt format options for many of their assignments, quizzes and assessments. It may just take a phone call to Pearson by the instructor (or their sales rep) to make it happen. * Do you all have an alt. format person on staff? o We ended up enacting a loose policy (hopefully gaining a bit more muscle moving forward) that all instructors must send their exam to us 48 hours ahead of time (in case we need to process it.) I tell instructors that if they don't meet this deadline, I can't guarantee we'll have an exam ready for the student. I hope some of this sparks an idea that makes your day just a teensy bit less stressful. Feel free to reply or call if you have other questions. Take care - and hopefully we'll talk soon. --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services, Division of Student Affairs | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | fax: 979.458.1214 | mailto:justinr@disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMU Division of Student Affairs | One Division. One Mission From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Villanueva, K-leigh Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance HI Everyone, We have a low vision student that has been using mymathlab all semester for exams. The instructor placed a paper pencil copy in the exam center for her and we have no way to convert this as we do not have an electronic copy and can only scan in as a pdf. The student wants to use JAWS. Any quick solutions that can be offered to me? I am still in a state of shock and can't think of an option right now. Thanks much. K-leigh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:17:37 +0000 From: "Villanueva, K-leigh" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Message-ID: <12A38F78D98E5C48A12D354F053457287CCACC33@TOPAZE.lee.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Justin, Thank you. Yes the instructor is aware and had been setting up exams in MathLab specifically for this student until this final exam which has caught us off guard. These are all great ideas and I am typically the person who handles the accessibility formatting issues. Adhering to having the exams to us is a whole other problem even for general testing. K-leigh From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 12:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Howdy K-Leigh! I was thinking about you a couple weeks back - I hope you're well (and that our paths cross again in the near future.) A couple of thoughts that jump out at me... * Is the instructor aware that the student is using JAWS - and that a paper copy is an altogether different process for the way other exams have been administered thus far? o They may be willing to offer the exam at a later point - to give you time to properly convert and prepare it. * Can they not generate another exam through the Pearson tool? I did some work with Pearson last summer, and they (to help institutions stay ADA+508 compliant) have alt format options for many of their assignments, quizzes and assessments. It may just take a phone call to Pearson by the instructor (or their sales rep) to make it happen. * Do you all have an alt. format person on staff? o We ended up enacting a loose policy (hopefully gaining a bit more muscle moving forward) that all instructors must send their exam to us 48 hours ahead of time (in case we need to process it.) I tell instructors that if they don't meet this deadline, I can't guarantee we'll have an exam ready for the student. I hope some of this sparks an idea that makes your day just a teensy bit less stressful. Feel free to reply or call if you have other questions. Take care - and hopefully we'll talk soon. --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services, Division of Student Affairs | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | fax: 979.458.1214 | mailto:justinr@disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMU Division of Student Affairs | One Division. One Mission From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Villanueva, K-leigh Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance HI Everyone, We have a low vision student that has been using mymathlab all semester for exams. The instructor placed a paper pencil copy in the exam center for her and we have no way to convert this as we do not have an electronic copy and can only scan in as a pdf. The student wants to use JAWS. Any quick solutions that can be offered to me? I am still in a state of shock and can't think of an option right now. Thanks much. K-leigh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ End of athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 14 ******************************************* From Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu Wed Dec 14 12:15:21 2016 From: Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu (Kluesner, Bryon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Have you tried requesting directly from Cengage directly? http://permission.cengage.com/permissions/action/step1 Try the above link. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga? 108 University Center? 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc A member of the Division of Student Development -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Andrea J Engle Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 3:07 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media Access text only gives permission to scan for this title they do not have the file. But I do love their service. Sincerely, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Office of Disability Services Cleveland State University 2121 Euclid Ave., MC 147 Cleveland Ohio, 44115 Phone: 216.687.2377 Fax: 216.687.2343 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 3:00 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 14 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media (Kluesner, Bryon) 2. Job Posting: Stanford University - Alternate Format Manager - 73445 (Sean Keegan) 3. Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance (Villanueva, K-leigh) 4. Re: Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance (Justin Romack) 5. Re: Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance (Villanueva, K-leigh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:03:16 +0000 From: "Kluesner, Bryon" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" HI Andrea, This title is also available from AccessText. If you are not a member, you should check into it. It has been a great resource. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga? 108 University Center? 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc A member of the Division of Student Development -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:57 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media Hi Andrea, Have you tried to get this title in PDF format from Cengage Learning? I see it shows up on their site when I searched for the ISBN. Thanks, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> Andrea J Engle 2016-12-13 10:19 AM >>> Hi all, We have a student taking a French class using the book listed below. We are having problems obtaining a PDF copy and need to scan it. It is about 1000 pages long. Would anyone have a copy of this book digitally so we can avoid scanning 1000 pages? Thank you for any help in advance. https://www.amazon.com/Litterature-Francaise-Textes-Contextes-France/dp/0030398495/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481649532&sr=8-1&keywords=9780030398490 Sincerely, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Office of Disability Services Cleveland State University 2121 Euclid Ave., MC 147 Cleveland Ohio, 44115 Phone: 216.687.2377 Fax: 216.687.2343 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:18:58 -0800 From: Sean Keegan To: Access Technology Higher Education Network , Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] Job Posting: Stanford University - Alternate Format Manager - 73445 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hello, Forwarding for a colleague. Take care, Sean ******** Job Description Alternate Format Manager - 73445 Description Vice Provost for Student Affairs Business Title: Alternate Format Manager Job Title: Academic Technology Specialist 3 Unit: Office of Accessible Education https://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search?jobId=73445 JOB PURPOSE: The Alternate Media/Format Manager oversees a team of specialists in the conversion of academic materials into alternate media; offers expertise in alternate format production and assistive technology for the continued benefit of students with disabilities; provides leadership in the area of access technology to faculty and staff for progress towards universal design and access in higher education. For more information, visit: https://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search?jobId=73445 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:00:47 +0000 From: Justin Romack To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Howdy K-Leigh! I was thinking about you a couple weeks back - I hope you're well (and that our paths cross again in the near future.) A couple of thoughts that jump out at me... * Is the instructor aware that the student is using JAWS - and that a paper copy is an altogether different process for the way other exams have been administered thus far? o They may be willing to offer the exam at a later point - to give you time to properly convert and prepare it. * Can they not generate another exam through the Pearson tool? I did some work with Pearson last summer, and they (to help institutions stay ADA+508 compliant) have alt format options for many of their assignments, quizzes and assessments. It may just take a phone call to Pearson by the instructor (or their sales rep) to make it happen. * Do you all have an alt. format person on staff? o We ended up enacting a loose policy (hopefully gaining a bit more muscle moving forward) that all instructors must send their exam to us 48 hours ahead of time (in case we need to process it.) I tell instructors that if they don't meet this deadline, I can't guarantee we'll have an exam ready for the student. I hope some of this sparks an idea that makes your day just a teensy bit less stressful. Feel free to reply or call if you have other questions. Take care - and hopefully we'll talk soon. --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services, Division of Student Affairs | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | fax: 979.458.1214 | mailto:justinr@disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMU Division of Student Affairs | One Division. One Mission From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Villanueva, K-leigh Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance HI Everyone, We have a low vision student that has been using mymathlab all semester for exams. The instructor placed a paper pencil copy in the exam center for her and we have no way to convert this as we do not have an electronic copy and can only scan in as a pdf. The student wants to use JAWS. Any quick solutions that can be offered to me? I am still in a state of shock and can't think of an option right now. Thanks much. K-leigh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:17:37 +0000 From: "Villanueva, K-leigh" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Message-ID: <12A38F78D98E5C48A12D354F053457287CCACC33@TOPAZE.lee.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Justin, Thank you. Yes the instructor is aware and had been setting up exams in MathLab specifically for this student until this final exam which has caught us off guard. These are all great ideas and I am typically the person who handles the accessibility formatting issues. Adhering to having the exams to us is a whole other problem even for general testing. K-leigh From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 12:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Howdy K-Leigh! I was thinking about you a couple weeks back - I hope you're well (and that our paths cross again in the near future.) A couple of thoughts that jump out at me... * Is the instructor aware that the student is using JAWS - and that a paper copy is an altogether different process for the way other exams have been administered thus far? o They may be willing to offer the exam at a later point - to give you time to properly convert and prepare it. * Can they not generate another exam through the Pearson tool? I did some work with Pearson last summer, and they (to help institutions stay ADA+508 compliant) have alt format options for many of their assignments, quizzes and assessments. It may just take a phone call to Pearson by the instructor (or their sales rep) to make it happen. * Do you all have an alt. format person on staff? o We ended up enacting a loose policy (hopefully gaining a bit more muscle moving forward) that all instructors must send their exam to us 48 hours ahead of time (in case we need to process it.) I tell instructors that if they don't meet this deadline, I can't guarantee we'll have an exam ready for the student. I hope some of this sparks an idea that makes your day just a teensy bit less stressful. Feel free to reply or call if you have other questions. Take care - and hopefully we'll talk soon. --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services, Division of Student Affairs | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | fax: 979.458.1214 | mailto:justinr@disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMU Division of Student Affairs | One Division. One Mission From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Villanueva, K-leigh Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance HI Everyone, We have a low vision student that has been using mymathlab all semester for exams. The instructor placed a paper pencil copy in the exam center for her and we have no way to convert this as we do not have an electronic copy and can only scan in as a pdf. The student wants to use JAWS. Any quick solutions that can be offered to me? I am still in a state of shock and can't think of an option right now. Thanks much. K-leigh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ End of athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 14 ******************************************* _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From karen.sorensen at pcc.edu Wed Dec 14 13:50:49 2016 From: karen.sorensen at pcc.edu (Karen Sorensen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] training resource for D2L Message-ID: Hi Howard, For instructor - how to make D2L content accessible , I humbly refer you to our website. There are step by step instructions and 2 minute videos. For student - here is a student orientation to D2L Brightspace for JAWS screen reader users that was originally created by at Stephen F. Austin State University. We have modified it (with their permission) for PCC's use: - Optimal Account Settings for JAWS users - Navigating D2L Course Content with JAWS - Navigating Quizzes with JAWS Unfortunately I think this orientation will need to completely change when they introduce their new Daylight interface this Spring. Until then, I hope this helps. Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 Twitter: @ksorensun -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Today's Topics: 1. Re: Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media (Kluesner, Bryon) 2. Job Posting: Stanford University - Alternate Format Manager - 73445 (Sean Keegan) 3. Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance (Villanueva, K-leigh) 4. Re: Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance (Justin Romack) 5. Re: Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance (Villanueva, K-leigh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:03:16 +0000 From: "Kluesner, Bryon" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" HI Andrea, This title is also available from AccessText. If you are not a member, you should check into it. It has been a great resource. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga? 108 University Center? 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc A member of the Division of Student Development Hello, If the publisher and AccessText do not work out for obtaining the file, another option is to order the PDF or Word version from AMAC. They have a book repository where you can search for titles or ISBN's to see if they've previously converted a text that you can order, or you can submit a new, custom-order for it: http://www.amacusg.org/dbsearch.php. It is free to become a Basic AMAC Member, and the file orders are fee-based: http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Accessible_Products_%26_Services Good luck! -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:57 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Litterature Francaise Textes et contextes Alt media Hi Andrea, Have you tried to get this title in PDF format from Cengage Learning? I see it shows up on their site when I searched for the ISBN. Thanks, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> Andrea J Engle 2016-12-13 10:19 AM >>> Hi all, We have a student taking a French class using the book listed below. We are having problems obtaining a PDF copy and need to scan it. It is about 1000 pages long. Would anyone have a copy of this book digitally so we can avoid scanning 1000 pages? Thank you for any help in advance. https://www.amazon.com/Litterature-Francaise-Textes-Contextes-France/dp/0030398495/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481649532&sr=8-1&keywords=9780030398490 Sincerely, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Office of Disability Services Cleveland State University 2121 Euclid Ave., MC 147 Cleveland Ohio, 44115 Phone: 216.687.2377 Fax: 216.687.2343 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:18:58 -0800 From: Sean Keegan To: Access Technology Higher Education Network , Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] Job Posting: Stanford University - Alternate Format Manager - 73445 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hello, Forwarding for a colleague. Take care, Sean ******** Job Description Alternate Format Manager - 73445 Description Vice Provost for Student Affairs Business Title: Alternate Format Manager Job Title: Academic Technology Specialist 3 Unit: Office of Accessible Education https://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search?jobId=73445 JOB PURPOSE: The Alternate Media/Format Manager oversees a team of specialists in the conversion of academic materials into alternate media; offers expertise in alternate format production and assistive technology for the continued benefit of students with disabilities; provides leadership in the area of access technology to faculty and staff for progress towards universal design and access in higher education. For more information, visit: https://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search?jobId=73445 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:00:47 +0000 From: Justin Romack To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Howdy K-Leigh! I was thinking about you a couple weeks back - I hope you're well (and that our paths cross again in the near future.) A couple of thoughts that jump out at me... * Is the instructor aware that the student is using JAWS - and that a paper copy is an altogether different process for the way other exams have been administered thus far? o They may be willing to offer the exam at a later point - to give you time to properly convert and prepare it. * Can they not generate another exam through the Pearson tool? I did some work with Pearson last summer, and they (to help institutions stay ADA+508 compliant) have alt format options for many of their assignments, quizzes and assessments. It may just take a phone call to Pearson by the instructor (or their sales rep) to make it happen. * Do you all have an alt. format person on staff? o We ended up enacting a loose policy (hopefully gaining a bit more muscle moving forward) that all instructors must send their exam to us 48 hours ahead of time (in case we need to process it.) I tell instructors that if they don't meet this deadline, I can't guarantee we'll have an exam ready for the student. I hope some of this sparks an idea that makes your day just a teensy bit less stressful. Feel free to reply or call if you have other questions. Take care - and hopefully we'll talk soon. --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services, Division of Student Affairs | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | fax: 979.458.1214 | mailto:justinr@disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMU Division of Student Affairs | One Division. One Mission From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Villanueva, K-leigh Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance HI Everyone, We have a low vision student that has been using mymathlab all semester for exams. The instructor placed a paper pencil copy in the exam center for her and we have no way to convert this as we do not have an electronic copy and can only scan in as a pdf. The student wants to use JAWS. Any quick solutions that can be offered to me? I am still in a state of shock and can't think of an option right now. Thanks much. K-leigh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:17:37 +0000 From: "Villanueva, K-leigh" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Message-ID: <12A38F78D98E5C48A12D354F053457287CCACC33@TOPAZE.lee.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Justin, Thank you. Yes the instructor is aware and had been setting up exams in MathLab specifically for this student until this final exam which has caught us off guard. These are all great ideas and I am typically the person who handles the accessibility formatting issues. Adhering to having the exams to us is a whole other problem even for general testing. K-leigh From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 12:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Howdy K-Leigh! I was thinking about you a couple weeks back - I hope you're well (and that our paths cross again in the near future.) A couple of thoughts that jump out at me... * Is the instructor aware that the student is using JAWS - and that a paper copy is an altogether different process for the way other exams have been administered thus far? o They may be willing to offer the exam at a later point - to give you time to properly convert and prepare it. * Can they not generate another exam through the Pearson tool? I did some work with Pearson last summer, and they (to help institutions stay ADA+508 compliant) have alt format options for many of their assignments, quizzes and assessments. It may just take a phone call to Pearson by the instructor (or their sales rep) to make it happen. * Do you all have an alt. format person on staff? o We ended up enacting a loose policy (hopefully gaining a bit more muscle moving forward) that all instructors must send their exam to us 48 hours ahead of time (in case we need to process it.) I tell instructors that if they don't meet this deadline, I can't guarantee we'll have an exam ready for the student. I hope some of this sparks an idea that makes your day just a teensy bit less stressful. Feel free to reply or call if you have other questions. Take care - and hopefully we'll talk soon. --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services, Division of Student Affairs | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | fax: 979.458.1214 | mailto:justinr@disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMU Division of Student Affairs | One Division. One Mission From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Villanueva, K-leigh Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance HI Everyone, We have a low vision student that has been using mymathlab all semester for exams. The instructor placed a paper pencil copy in the exam center for her and we have no way to convert this as we do not have an electronic copy and can only scan in as a pdf. The student wants to use JAWS. Any quick solutions that can be offered to me? I am still in a state of shock and can't think of an option right now. Thanks much. K-leigh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ End of athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 14 ******************************************* Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. From hkramer at ahead.org Wed Dec 14 15:57:33 2016 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Training resource for D2L In-Reply-To: <22810546-E750-416E-B0A5-35A078394C09@desire2learn.com> References: <22810546-E750-416E-B0A5-35A078394C09@desire2learn.com> Message-ID: FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Janna Cameron Date: Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 11:44 AM Subject: Re: Training resource for D2L To: Howard Kramer Cc: Sandra Earl Hey Howard, The listserv is not letting me post a reply. Is there any way you could direct this individual to me? You can tell the listserv they can write accessibility@d2l.com Janna *From:* hkramer.atsol@gmail.com [mailto:hkramer.atsol@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Howard Kramer *Sent:* Thursday, December 8, 2016 11:27 AM *To:* Hadi Rangin ; Access Technology Higher Education Network *Subject:* Training resource for D2L Hi Hadi, et al, I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from a student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any resources you could suggest? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, *AHEADtoYOU! * And the *Technology Access Series *. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? *We welcome you to join AHEAD now. * -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, *AHEADtoYOU! * And the *Technology Access Series *. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? *We welcome you to join AHEAD now. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From chagnon at pubcom.com Wed Dec 14 17:25:56 2016 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (Chagnon | PubCom) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Alt tag question Message-ID: <00dc01d25672$2fb112c0$8f133840$@pubcom.com> @Bryon, I'm sure you'll get some differing opinions from this list. We recommend that the document author look at the entire document and its intent before deciding. Alt-text isn't as cut and dried as some like to think. The body text that is before and/or after the screen capture or graphic can affect how much, if any, alt-text is needed on the graphic itself. If the screen capture is of, let's say, a software program and shows a menu with some options to select, you might not need much Alt-text if those steps are written in accessible body text before the screen capture. Example: Body Text: Step 1, select the File menu, then Open. Graphic: Screen capture showing how to open a file with the File menu, and Open selected. Alt-text: Either minimal, such as "screen capture of how to open a file," or artifact the graphic entirely because all the information that's in the graphic is already in the accessible body text. The graphic doesn't add any additional information for someone using a screen reader. Suggestion: It sounds like your colleague is creating a document to explain how to use Taleo. I'd take the tactic of putting as much information as possible in live, accessible body text and use the screen captures to merely illustrate those actions for those who are sighted (who tend to look at pictures first, and read body text second). --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - > On 12/14/2016 7:10:49 PM, Kluesner, Bryon (Bryon-Kluesner@utc.edu) wrote: > > Wise ones. > A Human Resources rep contacted me and asked what the steps were to add an alt tag on a photo in Power Point that would be screen reader accessible. She took a screen shot of something in Taleo (the U.T system's employment system to post jobs, and allow access to a search committee member to view applicant information). She wanted to know how to adequately describe the screenshot. Any suggestions? > Thanks. > Bryon Kluesner, RhD > Adaptive Technology Coordinator > Disability Resource Center > Adjunct Professor > College of Health, Education -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Thu Dec 15 06:28:42 2016 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Alt tag question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8C4DD7@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> If you are wanting the steps, here you go: 1) Right click on the graphic 2) Select the Size and Position option. 3) You'll find the Alt Text option here. The two fields are title and description. HTH. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 913-288-7671 Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 6:11 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Alt tag question Wise ones. A Human Resources rep contacted me and asked what the steps were to add an alt tag on a photo in Power Point that would be screen reader accessible. She took a screen shot of something in Taleo (the U.T system's employment system to post jobs, and allow access to a search committee member to view applicant information). She wanted to know how to adequately describe the screenshot. Any suggestions? Thanks. Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 642 E. 5th St. University Center, Suite 108 Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Thu Dec 15 08:29:07 2016 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance In-Reply-To: <12A38F78D98E5C48A12D354F053457287CCACC33@TOPAZE.lee.edu> References: <12A38F78D98E5C48A12D354F053457287CCACAC7@TOPAZE.lee.edu> <12A38F78D98E5C48A12D354F053457287CCACC33@TOPAZE.lee.edu> Message-ID: <25386c294f724b5ca7fb5b2bc0a42c16@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Hi K-leigh, You say the student is low vision, not blind. Do you have an old CCTV sitting around? One of my low vision students actually can work on pencil and paper if she watches the magnified screen as she is writing on the page. Good luck to you. Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 215 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ [uccs-signature-email] From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Villanueva, K-leigh Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:18 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Hi Justin, Thank you. Yes the instructor is aware and had been setting up exams in MathLab specifically for this student until this final exam which has caught us off guard. These are all great ideas and I am typically the person who handles the accessibility formatting issues. Adhering to having the exams to us is a whole other problem even for general testing. K-leigh From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 12:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance Howdy K-Leigh! I was thinking about you a couple weeks back - I hope you're well (and that our paths cross again in the near future.) A couple of thoughts that jump out at me... * Is the instructor aware that the student is using JAWS - and that a paper copy is an altogether different process for the way other exams have been administered thus far? o They may be willing to offer the exam at a later point - to give you time to properly convert and prepare it. * Can they not generate another exam through the Pearson tool? I did some work with Pearson last summer, and they (to help institutions stay ADA+508 compliant) have alt format options for many of their assignments, quizzes and assessments. It may just take a phone call to Pearson by the instructor (or their sales rep) to make it happen. * Do you all have an alt. format person on staff? o We ended up enacting a loose policy (hopefully gaining a bit more muscle moving forward) that all instructors must send their exam to us 48 hours ahead of time (in case we need to process it.) I tell instructors that if they don't meet this deadline, I can't guarantee we'll have an exam ready for the student. I hope some of this sparks an idea that makes your day just a teensy bit less stressful. Feel free to reply or call if you have other questions. Take care - and hopefully we'll talk soon. --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services, Division of Student Affairs | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | fax: 979.458.1214 | mailto:justinr@disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMU Division of Student Affairs | One Division. One Mission From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Villanueva, K-leigh Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:38 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Final Statistics Exam.. need some assistance HI Everyone, We have a low vision student that has been using mymathlab all semester for exams. The instructor placed a paper pencil copy in the exam center for her and we have no way to convert this as we do not have an electronic copy and can only scan in as a pdf. The student wants to use JAWS. Any quick solutions that can be offered to me? 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URL: From jiatyan at stanford.edu Thu Dec 15 09:35:01 2016 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Alt tag question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7B2B5447-C40D-47DD-BE5A-21FA8E7CA0A2@stanford.edu> Hi Byron, Instructions to add an alt text in Powerpoint: http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/#msppt As for writing appropriate description, both WAI and WebAIM have good articles: https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/ http://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/ If all that Taleo screenshot does is to supplement her written instructions, she might not need alt text at all, since the equivalent information is already available in text. -- Jiatyan Chen > On 2016 Dec 14, at 16:10, Kluesner, Bryon wrote: > > Wise ones. > > A Human Resources rep contacted me and asked what the steps were to add an alt tag on a photo in Power Point that would be screen reader accessible. She took a screen shot of something in Taleo (the U.T system's employment system to post jobs, and allow access to a search committee member to view applicant information). She wanted to know how to adequately describe the screenshot. Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > Bryon Kluesner, RhD > Adaptive Technology Coordinator > Disability Resource Center > Adjunct Professor > College of Health, Education & Professional Studies > University of Tennessee at Chattanooga > 642 E. 5th St. University Center, Suite 108 > Chattanooga, TN 37403 > 423-425-5251 > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From vanessa.preast at dmu.edu Fri Dec 16 05:56:21 2016 From: vanessa.preast at dmu.edu (Preast, Vanessa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Syllabus management software? Message-ID: Hello, I'm researching systems that can help manage accessible syllabi across campus. Ideally, I'd like to see some software that allows us to pull in as much data automatically from existing sources (e.g. course information from the catalog) A colleague told me about a system called Concourse (http://www.intellidemia.com/). Are there any additional systems we should be looking at? Best, Vanessa From todd.schwanke at wisc.edu Fri Dec 16 16:34:28 2016 From: todd.schwanke at wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS (or other text to speech) and NBME medical school "shelf exams" Message-ID: ATHEN: Have you worked with a student recently who has used JAWS (or other text to speech software) with the NBME "shelf exams" for medical students? If so, could you contact me off-line to compare notes on navigation options? Thanks, Todd Schwanke UW-Madison (608) 263-2741 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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My computer science student knows what he is looking at when he sees it, but I am wondering if there is a different way I should be formatting it, that notes that it is "computer programming code" instead of just plain text. I also need to know if this same formatting should be used in a PowerPoint slide. Thanks for your help! I have a meeting with this other department on Tuesday, and would like to have something to report then. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Access Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aswans15 at msudenver.edu Mon Dec 19 09:05:52 2016 From: aswans15 at msudenver.edu (aswans15) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] brailler/embosser Message-ID: Hello all, We are looking to upgrade our brailler/embosser. I wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations. Currently we are using a ViewPlus Tiger Pro gen 2. Thanks, Andy Andrew S.J. Swanson Accessibility Technology Specialist Access Center Plaza 122 Metropolitan State University of Denver aswans15@msudenver.edu Phone#303-556-8387 Fax#303-556-6852 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dandrews at visi.com Mon Dec 19 09:40:23 2016 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] brailler/embosser In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We would need to know more, your budget, how much you Braille, and whether you do graphics, or text Braille or both. Dave At 11:05 AM 12/19/2016, you wrote: >Content-Language: en-US >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > >boundary="_000_BY1PR0301MB120629219029348CB90FF963D8910BY1PR0301MB1206_" > >Hello all, > >We are looking to upgrade our brailler/embosser. I wanted to see if >anyone had any recommendations. Currently we are using a ViewPlus >Tiger Pro gen 2. > >Thanks, >Andy > >Andrew S.J. Swanson >Accessibility Technology Specialist >Access Center >Plaza 122 >Metropolitan State University of Denver >aswans15@msudenver.edu >Phone#303-556-8387 >Fax#303-556-6852 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Mon Dec 19 16:47:14 2016 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] DoJ Reaches Agreement with Princeton University to Resolve ADA Compliance Review Message-ID: Fyi, ATHENites. Best, Jennifer Tweet from @CivilRights DOJ Civil Rights @CivilRights .@TheJusticeDept Reaches Agreement with Princeton University to Resolve ADA Compliance Review http://go.usa.gov/x9xcQ 19 December From mheid at unr.edu Tue Dec 20 16:20:34 2016 From: mheid at unr.edu (Mary Heid) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Web accessibility audit RFP resources Message-ID: <293173B764217147A37AF259509B51595FD7AE26@UBOX1.unr.edu> Good afternoon, Please forgive the cross-posts. I need to write an RFP for a web accessibility audit. I'm looking to hear from other schools who have recently written or issued an RFP for a web accessibility audit. Specifically, if you have an RFP template or sample that you can share with me for reference, please do so on- or off-list at your very earliest convenience. Additionally, I'm interested to know of any established organizations that audit web content and functionality with whom you have had experience. This is a call for references; not a call for solicitations. Thank you. Mary Heid System Administrator, Enrollment Services Coordinator, Assistive Technology University of Nevada, Reno (775) 682-8038 http://www.unr.edu/general-information/accessibility -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mantle.doug at gmail.com Tue Dec 20 18:36:12 2016 From: mantle.doug at gmail.com (Doug Mantle) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Call for proposals - 2017 Assistive Technology Conference - March 9th - Network of Ontario Assistive Technologists In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Forgive the cross-postings please. We are trying to spread the word as far and wide as possible for this upcoming virtual AT conference. Please see the announcement below - The call for proposals is now open for the 2017 Network of Ontario Assistive Technologists Virtual Assistive Technology conference being held March 9th. Participation is open to Assistive Technologists and related professions no matter your geographic location. Take care and have a very Merry Christmas and a happy and safe holiday! Doug ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Assistive Technology Conference 2017 - Network of Ontario Assistive Technologists Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 9:29 AM Subject: Call for proposals - 2017 Assistive Technology Conference - March 9th - Network of Ontario Assistive Technologists Call for presentations - Deadline January 20, 2017 View this email in your browser [image: N.O.A.T. logo 2017 Assistive Technology Virtual Conference Thursday, March 9, 2017 - Pushing The AT Envelope - Beyond The Basics - Click image to go to website] Request for presentation proposals* NOW OPEN* Click here for more details Deadline January 20, 2017 *The Network of Ontario Assistive Technologists (N.O.A.T.)* *Presents?* *Pushing the AT Envelope - Beyond the Basics* *?Peeling the layers of who we are and the tools we use?* *Thursday, March 9, 2017 * *Ready to move beyond AT 101? * Join other Assistive Technologists and related professionals as we examine a day in the life of an Assistive Technologist and explore ways of pushing the limits of AT. 100% Online - Attend from the comfort of your computer *Exhibitor space* in the Virtual Vendor Mall is being prepared and will be available soon. More details can be found on the Vendors page Details about conference *sponsorship opportunities* can be found on the Sponsors page Registration will be open very soon - plan to register early and take advantage of the early bird rate of $75 Looking forward to seeing you online Thursday, March, 9th. *Copyright ? 2016 Network of Ontario Assistive Technologists, All rights reserved.* Thank you for your continued interest in the Assistive Technology Conference and the Network of Ontario Assistive Technologists. Visit us at www.OntarioAT.ca *Our mailing address is:* Network of Ontario Assistive Technologists PO Box 22109 St. Thomas, On N5R 6A1 Canada -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kcahill at mit.edu Wed Dec 21 06:57:05 2016 From: kcahill at mit.edu (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] Web accessibility audit RFP resources Message-ID: I would love to find out this information as well. Thanks Kathy Kathy Cahill Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability MIT Dept. of Undergraduate Education 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 kcahill@mit.edu http://ux.mit.edu/ From: athen-list > on behalf of Mary Heid > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 7:20 PM To: WebAIM Discussion List >, "aheadmembers@listserve.com" >, Access Network > Subject: [Athen] Web accessibility audit RFP resources Good afternoon, Please forgive the cross-posts. I need to write an RFP for a web accessibility audit. I?m looking to hear from other schools who have recently written or issued an RFP for a web accessibility audit. Specifically, if you have an RFP template or sample that you can share with me for reference, please do so on- or off-list at your very earliest convenience. Additionally, I?m interested to know of any established organizations that audit web content and functionality with whom you have had experience. This is a call for references; not a call for solicitations. Thank you. Mary Heid System Administrator, Enrollment Services Coordinator, Assistive Technology University of Nevada, Reno (775) 682-8038 http://www.unr.edu/general-information/accessibility -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Dec 21 13:25:31 2016 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:50 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: SDCCD Employment Opportunity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <162401d25bd0$c2c48570$484d9050$@htctu.net> Subject: SDCCD Employment Opportunity Hello All, I just wanted to be sure to spread the word that SDCCD is currently actively recruiting for a full-time Counselor/LD Specialist to support the Cal WORKs Learning Disability contract. I was fortunate to serve as the contract Counselor/LD Specialist for the past 7 years and can attest to how rewarding this work has been. Please consider applying for this position as we are looking to hire a great new addition to the SDCCD Team. Full Time posting: https://www.sdccdjobs.com/postings/7998 ?Under the supervision of the DSPS Director, the Learning Disability Specialist (?LD Specialist?) will provide learning disability assessments for all referred clients; will develop workshops for staff and clients on the issues related to learning disabilities and the accommodations that can support employment. The candidate will coordinate with the seven CalWORKs offices in the San Diego area to provide assessment on a rotating basis to all offices during each month of operation. The LD Specialist will establish and maintain confidential records of client?s assessments and report activity to the director for proper invoicing.? SDCCD Employment: https://www.sdccdjobs.com/ Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions. Thanks, Rebekah Corrales, MS, CRC DSPS Counselor, LD Specialist San Diego Mesa College From info at karlencommunications.com Thu Dec 29 06:17:02 2016 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:51 2018 Subject: [Athen] Unlinking Field Codes in Word Documents Message-ID: <002201d261de$3a7b9fa0$af72dee0$@karlencommunications.com> Hi Everyone! As we get ready for the new year and continue our lifelong learning paths, I found something new I thought I'd share. Although it has been around since Word 95/97. I needed to unlink field codes in an article before publishing and.who knew.there is actually a tool in Word for doing this! I put this tool on my Quick Access Toolbar so that I don't have to look for it again as there is no keyboard command for it. Here are the steps: 1. Press Alt + F, T for the File/Backstage area, Word Options. 2. In the Word Options dialog, press Q for Quick Access Toolbar. 3. Tab into the settings for the Quick Access Toolbar and in the list of commands, choose All commands. 4. Press Tab to move to the actual list of all commands. 5. Press U for Unlink Fields or Unlink Field Codes.forget the exact words but you'll know it when you land on it. 6. Press Alt + A to Add it to your Quick Access Toolbar. 7. Tab to the OK button and press Enter. When you need to unlink things like links, citations, tables of content, bibliography, tables of figures and so forth, select them and then go to the Quick Access toolbar and activate the Unlink Fields/Unlink Field Codes. If you need to make sure that all linked items in your document are unlinked, select all of the document (Ctrl + A) and then activate the Unlink Fields/Unlink Field Codes from the Quick Access Toolbar. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Wink Harner On Dec 29, 2016 6:18 AM, "Karlen Communications" < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > > > As we get ready for the new year and continue our lifelong learning paths, > I found something new I thought I?d share. Although it has been around > since Word 95/97. > > > > I needed to unlink field codes in an article before publishing and?who > knew?there is actually a tool in Word for doing this! > > > > I put this tool on my Quick Access Toolbar so that I don?t have to look > for it again as there is no keyboard command for it. > > > > Here are the steps: > > > > 1. Press Alt + F, T for the File/Backstage area, Word Options. > 2. In the Word Options dialog, press Q for Quick Access Toolbar. > 3. Tab into the settings for the Quick Access Toolbar and in the list > of commands, choose All commands. > 4. Press Tab to move to the actual list of all commands. > 5. Press U for Unlink Fields or Unlink Field Codes?forget the exact > words but you?ll know it when you land on it. > 6. Press Alt + A to Add it to your Quick Access Toolbar. > 7. Tab to the OK button and press Enter. > > > > When you need to unlink things like links, citations, tables of content, > bibliography, tables of figures and so forth, select them and then go to > the Quick Access toolbar and activate the Unlink Fields/Unlink Field Codes. > > > > If you need to make sure that all linked items in your document are > unlinked, select all of the document (Ctrl + A) and then activate the > Unlink Fields/Unlink Field Codes from the Quick Access Toolbar. > > > > Cheers, Karen > > _______________________________________________ > 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: