From lnorwich at bu.edu Thu Sep 1 16:43:15 2016 From: lnorwich at bu.edu (Norwich, Lorraine S) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Does anyone have this book Message-ID: Dear All, Thanks for everyone's help during this busy time. Does anyone have a digital version of the books below. Does anyone have any contact with any japan Times publisher. We have permissions to work with the book. I can share the information with you. Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese (workbook) Eri Banno Japan Times/Tsai Fong Books 2nd Edition 9784789014410 Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Eri Banno 2nd Edition Japan Times/Tsai Fong Books 4789014401 9784789014403 Sorry for cross posting Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Fri Sep 2 07:09:00 2016 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Does anyone have this book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Level I or Level II? I have both. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Access Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 5:43 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Cc: altmedia digest recipients Subject: [Athen] Does anyone have this book Dear All, Thanks for everyone's help during this busy time. Does anyone have a digital version of the books below. Does anyone have any contact with any japan Times publisher. We have permissions to work with the book. I can share the information with you. Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese (workbook) Eri Banno Japan Times/Tsai Fong Books 2nd Edition 9784789014410 Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Eri Banno 2nd Edition Japan Times/Tsai Fong Books 4789014401 9784789014403 Sorry for cross posting Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Mon Sep 5 14:18:04 2016 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Resources to convert captioned QT videos? Message-ID: <009b01d207ba$fded8940$f9c89bc0$@gmail.com> Hi fellow Athenites, A question came up in one of my classes about losing all the captioning in QT videos. Is there a program that converts captioned QT videos to other video formats and retains the captioning? Let me know! Thanks in advance. 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.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jjohnson at ccconlineed.org Tue Sep 6 09:39:45 2016 From: jjohnson at ccconlineed.org (Jayme Johnson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeking a few great individuals... Message-ID: Hello everyone, the California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative is looking for Alternate Media Specialists who are able to assess and remediate the accessibility of online learning materials. The work will be on a temporary contract basis, beginning in early October and lasting through December, possibly longer. If you are interested, please send an email with your resume and qualifications/expertise to Autumn Bell at abell@ccconlineed.org, and indicate how many hours you will be available per week. Additional questions can be sent to me at jjohnson@ccconlineed.org. Thank you! -- Jayme Johnson Director of Accessibility and User Experience California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative www.ccconlineed.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emily at 3playmedia.com Tue Sep 6 12:14:05 2016 From: emily at 3playmedia.com (Emily Griffin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Resources to convert captioned QT videos? Message-ID: Hi Wink, That would depend on a couple things. If the QT videos have open captions, not closed captions, then the caption data is burned into the video file. Any video conversions from QT to mp3 or other formats would retain caption information. However, if the QT video has closed captions, then you would need to download the caption file and convert that to the necessary format. Unfortunately, none of the free subtitle conversion tools I know of will convert a QT file. They usually accept more common formats like SRT. Emily > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 14:18:04 -0700 > From: "Wink Harner" > To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" > > Subject: [Athen] Resources to convert captioned QT videos? > Message-ID: <009b01d207ba$fded8940$f9c89bc0$@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi fellow Athenites, > > > > A question came up in one of my classes about losing all the captioning in > QT videos. Is there a program that converts captioned QT videos to other > video formats and retains the captioning? > > > > Let me know! > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > 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.) > > -- Emily Griffin *Content Marketing Manager* 3Play Media emily@3playmedia.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Tue Sep 6 14:09:29 2016 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Resources to convert captioned QT videos? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks, Emlike I pass along your information to the students in my Master's class assistive technology who brought the question up. I have also asked whether they have open or closed caption QT digital videos. I am aware of several resources that can convert to QT formats to other formats. Waiting to see whether my student had open or close captioned files. Thanks for your assistance. BTW, I have referred my Master's students to sign up for the 3 play media webinar next week on captioning! Wink On Sep 6, 2016 12:15 PM, "Emily Griffin" wrote: > Hi Wink, > > That would depend on a couple things. > > If the QT videos have open captions, not closed captions, then the caption > data is burned into the video file. Any video conversions from QT to mp3 or > other formats would retain caption information. > > However, if the QT video has closed captions, then you would need to > download the caption file and convert that to the necessary format. > Unfortunately, none of the free subtitle conversion tools I know of will > convert a QT file. They usually accept more common formats like SRT. > > Emily > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 14:18:04 -0700 >> From: "Wink Harner" >> To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" >> >> Subject: [Athen] Resources to convert captioned QT videos? >> Message-ID: <009b01d207ba$fded8940$f9c89bc0$@gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Hi fellow Athenites, >> >> >> >> A question came up in one of my classes about losing all the captioning in >> QT videos. Is there a program that converts captioned QT videos to other >> video formats and retains the captioning? >> >> >> >> Let me know! >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> 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.) >> >> > -- > Emily Griffin > > *Content Marketing Manager* > 3Play Media > emily@3playmedia.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Best, Jennifer Why Can?t We Make It Easier To Be Accessible - Rosenfeld Media http://rosenfeldmedia.com/a-web-for-everyone/cant-make-easier-accessible/ From chagnon at pubcom.com Tue Sep 6 21:21:01 2016 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (Chagnon | PubCom) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] =?utf-8?q?Why_Can=E2=80=99t_We_Make_It_Easier_To_Be_Acces?= =?utf-8?q?sible_-_Rosenfeld_Media?= In-Reply-To: <057afbc5-10cf-4ca8-7037-edfc2951eb66@gmail.com> References: <057afbc5-10cf-4ca8-7037-edfc2951eb66@gmail.com> Message-ID: <00c801d208bf$3ded8e00$b9c8aa00$@pubcom.com> Excellent article by Whitney Queensbery. Thanks for letting us know about it. --Bevi Chagnon ? ? ? Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | ? ? ? -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 10:25 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Why Can?t We Make It Easier To Be Accessible - Rosenfeld Media Greetings, ATHENites: Thought some of you in the accessible technology space might identify with/find this post of interest. Best, Jennifer Why Can?t We Make It Easier To Be Accessible - Rosenfeld Media http://rosenfeldmedia.com/a-web-for-everyone/cant-make-easier-accessible/ From mbohn at bergen.edu Wed Sep 7 08:21:45 2016 From: mbohn at bergen.edu (Maria Bohn) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Spanish book conversion Message-ID: <2D732208-1B39-415D-B0EF-C37223CDAE77@bergen.edu> I cannot find the below book in electronic format ? does anyone have any tips they can offer for converting this to a readable format by JAWS? It is Spanish and I do not know Spanish so I want to make sure I do this correctly. Portales Introductory Spanish 1 ISBN 9781680041965 Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College From Steven.Sullam at csi.cuny.edu Wed Sep 7 08:46:57 2016 From: Steven.Sullam at csi.cuny.edu (Steven Sullam) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Resources to convert captioned QT videos? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1172fcc1aa0043a8a98a936067fac22c@MBOX-01.FLAS.CSI.CUNY.EDU> Just testing. I just joined this list and posted something that never showed up. ? From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 5:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Resources to convert captioned QT videos? Thanks, Emlike I pass along your information to the students in my Master's class assistive technology who brought the question up. I have also asked whether they have open or closed caption QT digital videos. I am aware of several resources that can convert to QT formats to other formats. Waiting to see whether my student had open or close captioned files. Thanks for your assistance. BTW, I have referred my Master's students to sign up for the 3 play media webinar next week on captioning! Wink On Sep 6, 2016 12:15 PM, "Emily Griffin" > wrote: Hi Wink, That would depend on a couple things. If the QT videos have open captions, not closed captions, then the caption data is burned into the video file. Any video conversions from QT to mp3 or other formats would retain caption information. However, if the QT video has closed captions, then you would need to download the caption file and convert that to the necessary format. Unfortunately, none of the free subtitle conversion tools I know of will convert a QT file. They usually accept more common formats like SRT. Emily ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 14:18:04 -0700 From: "Wink Harner" > To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" > Subject: [Athen] Resources to convert captioned QT videos? Message-ID: <009b01d207ba$fded8940$f9c89bc0$@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi fellow Athenites, A question came up in one of my classes about losing all the captioning in QT videos. Is there a program that converts captioned QT videos to other video formats and retains the captioning? Let me know! Thanks in advance. 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.) -- Emily Griffin Content Marketing Manager 3Play Media emily@3playmedia.com _______________________________________________ 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... 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URL: From alpuzz at msu.edu Wed Sep 7 09:59:42 2016 From: alpuzz at msu.edu (Puzzuoli, Al) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of Silverlight Microsoft plugin In-Reply-To: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E099603D3FD50B2@h-mem1> References: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E099603D3FD50B2@h-mem1> Message-ID: Hello Adina, I do believe that in theory, you are correct in that it depends on how the developers coded the app; However, I will say that as an end user of screen readers myself, my gut reaction to any mention of systems relying heavily on Flash or Silverlight is to immediately cringe. Examples that truly work well with screen readers are few and far between. Another issue to consider is cross platform accessibility. I believe Silverlight is completely inaccessible on the Mac, and I'm not even sure if it exists for iOS or Android. Al Puzzuoli Information Technologist Michigan State University, Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 517-884-1915 http://www.rcpd.msu.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Adina Mulliken Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 12:44 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] accessibility of Silverlight Microsoft plugin Hi all, There is a database our library is considering that uses a Microsoft Plugin called Silverlight. Someone asked me to check if there are accessibility issues with it. Based on a very quick search, I guess it depends on how the developer did it. Would anyone have any general advice? Thanks Adina Mulliken Assistant Professor, Librarian Social Work and Public Health Library Hunter College, CUNY Phone: 212-396-7665 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Jennifer http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20140311/silverlight.html From am2621 at hunter.cuny.edu Wed Sep 7 12:28:32 2016 From: am2621 at hunter.cuny.edu (Adina Mulliken) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] thank you for responses about Silverlight Message-ID: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E099603D3FD5255@h-mem1> Thank you Al and Jennifer for the responses about Silverlight. Very helpful! (I'm subscribing in digest form, so if I missed anyone, that's probably why.) Adina Mulliken Assistant Professor, Librarian Social Work and Public Health Library Hunter College, CUNY Phone: 212-396-7665 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jiatyan at stanford.edu Wed Sep 7 16:27:20 2016 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] 25Live Message-ID: <1C02FA2C-0781-4281-BF85-ADBCE5D216AE@stanford.edu> Hi all, Is your institution using a room scheduling system called 25Live? It fell down flat re accessibility and their VPAT suggested that they know the minimal. Looking for other users of the same system so that we may have a louder collective voice. -- Jiatyan Chen Stanford Online Accessibility Program (SOAP) Manager From wfrankhouser at everettcc.edu Wed Sep 7 17:13:03 2016 From: wfrankhouser at everettcc.edu (William Frankhouser) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] 25Live In-Reply-To: <1C02FA2C-0781-4281-BF85-ADBCE5D216AE@stanford.edu> References: <1C02FA2C-0781-4281-BF85-ADBCE5D216AE@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Here in Washington State among the state college system (SBCTC), they are moving colleges to the 25Live system for room scheduling. At the same time, WA State CIO office just passed the Policy 188 on Accessibility https://ocio.wa.gov/policies/policy-188-accessibility I would be interested to hear more about the accessibility issues and compliance to bring forward to our state college system. *William Frankhouser* / Web Development Services *Information Technology / Advance, Equip, Serve.* ------------------------------ *Phone: 425-259-8705Email: wfrankhouser@everettcc.edu * [image: Everett CC logo] On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Jiatyan Chen wrote: > Hi all, > > Is your institution using a room scheduling system called 25Live? It fell > down flat re accessibility and their VPAT suggested that they know the > minimal. Looking for other users of the same system so that we may have a > louder collective voice. > > -- > Jiatyan Chen > Stanford Online Accessibility Program (SOAP) Manager > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 GERMAN.FERMIN at PURCHASE.EDU Thu Sep 8 09:08:03 2016 From: GERMAN.FERMIN at PURCHASE.EDU (Fermin, German) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] 25Live In-Reply-To: <1C02FA2C-0781-4281-BF85-ADBCE5D216AE@stanford.edu> References: <1C02FA2C-0781-4281-BF85-ADBCE5D216AE@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <3c82a83e4da441fcb370a9df3c12c759@VSMAILMB04.purchase.edu> It is horrible. Not accessible at all. We use it here at my school and as a screen reader user, I have to get others to make room reservations for me. If it makes you feel any better, others who can use it hate it as well. Not very user friendly prone to crashes and just sucks all the way around. German -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiatyan Chen Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 7:27 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] 25Live Hi all, Is your institution using a room scheduling system called 25Live? It fell down flat re accessibility and their VPAT suggested that they know the minimal. Looking for other users of the same system so that we may have a louder collective voice. -- Jiatyan Chen Stanford Online Accessibility Program (SOAP) Manager _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From hkramer at ahead.org Thu Sep 8 10:11:48 2016 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Office 365 Accessibility Announcement from Microsoft Message-ID: Passing along this announcement from Microsoft: Microsoft recently released an announcement about new accessibility capabilities in Office 365 (details below). Recently released accessibility enhancements showcased in this Office Blog post worth calling out for the higher education community include: 1. The ability to see data more clearly in Excel Online in High Contrast Modes 2. The ability to run accessibility checks on content in Office for Mac apps 3. The ability to get spelling suggestions in Word for PCs even when the misspelled word is very different from the intended word Microsoft will continue to make progress in enhancing the accessibility of Office 365 apps in the coming months and invites members of the higher education community to give ideas to help make all products truly usable by people of all abilities . Also, we hope to see many of you in person or virtually on Nov 17 at the Microsoft session at the AHG conference . -- 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 *. 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The Lighthouse is a private, nonprofit social enterprise which has provided employment, support, and training opportunities for people who are blind, DeafBlind, and blind with other disabilities since 1918. The Lighthouse's philosophy maintains that each employee is provided with the support necessary for success in the workplace. This includes an in-house sign language interpreting department, staff mobility instructors to teach independent travel with a white cane or guide dog, and over 100 computer workstations adapted for use by individuals who are blind. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the Lighthouse has a budget of approximately $80 million budget and a philanthropic foundation. The Lighthouse currently employs over 470 individuals, more than 260 of whom are blind, DeafBlind, or blind with other disabilities. Lighthouse employees make aerospace parts, office products, and a myriad of other machined products for customers such as The Boeing Company and the U.S. federal government. The Lighthouse operates seven Base Supply Centers which provides a retail setting for military personnel to purchase products made by people who are blind. Lighthouse employees also provide managed services like appointment setting, quality assurance, account reconciliation, and contract close out. In addition to providing employment opportunities, The Lighthouse offers a wide range of programs and services for employees who are blind and DeafBlind. Computer training classes, braille courses, the acclaimed DeafBlind Retreat, and DeafBlind community classes as well as a program to educate elementary school students about blindness are just a few of the services offered. The President and CEO reports to the Lighthouse Board of Trustees and has strategic and overall operational responsibility for the organization, ensuring positive impact in the community, financial stability, and organizational sustainability. The President and CEO will ensure that the Lighthouse's fiscal, operations, marketing and communications, human resources, technology, and program strategies are effectively implemented across all segments of the organization. The successful candidate should have leadership experience at the most senior level in the private or public sector, and be a visionary leader in developing, implementing executing and evaluating impactful strategic plans. Candidates should have a demonstrated track record in successfully building and maintaining a culture of collaboration and trust among constituencies, Board of Trustees and staff. Experience in manufacturing and product production is a plus. The successful candidate is someone who has an intimate understanding of the world of blindness/DeafBlind/vision loss and that world's day-to-day challenges, along with gravitas to personally or closely demonstrate the ability for a blind or DeafBlind person or person with vision loss to work and highly function in a seeing and hearing world. As the public face of the Lighthouse, the successful candidate will be someone with the ability to define and passionately articulate the organization's mission and work, as well as use ingenuity and critical thinking to build and strategically grow and organization with often limited resources and assistance. The Lighthouse seeks candidates who have strong business acumen and understanding of the double bottom line, and who demonstrate passion for and commitment to bettering the world through employment opportunities for people with blindness, are DeafBlind, or have vision loss with other disabilities. Click here to view the full position profile. Please feel free to share this information with your network and also feel free to call me with any questions. Many thanks, Jim James Zaniello, FASAE +1.202.210.1926 Cell +1.202.544.4749 Direct jim.zaniello@vettedsolutions.com www.vettedsolutions.com Member of Member of -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image006.png Type: image/png Size: 5933 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image007.png Type: image/png Size: 1555 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image008.png Type: image/png Size: 1435 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Carmen Schafer Business Technology Analyst-Specialist Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sharon M Trerise Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 3:15 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] 25Live We are implementing 25Live. I am interested in contributing to the collective voice. Sharon Sharon Trerise IT Analyst - Accessibility Information Technology Services Syracuse University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From samanj at pdx.edu Fri Sep 9 11:55:35 2016 From: samanj at pdx.edu (Samantha Johns) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Spanish book conversion In-Reply-To: <2D732208-1B39-415D-B0EF-C37223CDAE77@bergen.edu> References: <2D732208-1B39-415D-B0EF-C37223CDAE77@bergen.edu> Message-ID: Hello, If you chop and scan the text book, then perform optical care recognition(OCR) in Adobe Acrobat Professional you can set the *Language setting *to *Spanish *in this document. Jaws will need to be set to read Spanish also, or using NVDA set to Spanish. * * *Samantha Johns* *Accessibility & **Course Support Specialist* Portland State University 1825 SW Broadway Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezzanine 209 Portland OR 97201 (503) 725-2754 Caption Badge: Universal Design for learning 2016 "Tell me and I'll forget, Teach me and I'll remember, Involve me and I'll learn" -Ben Franklin On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Maria Bohn wrote: > I cannot find the below book in electronic format ? does anyone have any > tips they can offer for converting this to a readable format by JAWS? It is > Spanish and I do not know Spanish so I want to make sure I do this > correctly. > > > Portales > Introductory Spanish 1 > ISBN 9781680041965 > > > Maria Bohn > Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist > Assistive Technology > Office of Specialized Services > Bergen Community College > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 kkolander at stchas.edu Fri Sep 9 13:02:23 2016 From: kkolander at stchas.edu (Keith Kolander) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Cengage Applia activities Message-ID: Greetings, Have any of you used the online Applia activities (thru the Cengage MindTap) with the accompanying textbook - Introduction to Psychology, by Kalat, 11ed? 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Thanks very much and following is the link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cabrilloedu/jobs/1434345/program-spec ialist-i-accessibility-support-center-asc Beth McKinnon Director/Counselor Accessibility Support Center (formerly DSPS) Department Office: 831/479-6379 831/479-6370 Fax: 831/479-6393 Office: 831/479-6394 bemckinn@cabrillo.edu From jhori at ucdavis.edu Fri Sep 9 17:47:26 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Cengage Applia activities In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Cengage needs to join this cause: http://occupyflash.org/ Joshua From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Keith Kolander Sent: Friday, September 9, 2016 1:02 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Cengage Applia activities Greetings, Have any of you used the online Applia activities (thru the Cengage MindTap) with the accompanying textbook - Introduction to Psychology, by Kalat, 11ed? 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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Samantha Johns Sent: Friday, September 9, 2016 2:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: Alternate Media Subject: Re: [Athen] Spanish book conversion Hello, If you chop and scan the text book, then perform optical care recognition(OCR) in Adobe Acrobat Professional you can set the Language setting to Spanish in this document. Jaws will need to be set to read Spanish also, or using NVDA set to Spanish. [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/329486/OAI_SigPic.png] Samantha Johns Accessibility & Course Support Specialist Portland State University 1825 SW Broadway Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezzanine 209 Portland OR 97201 (503) 725-2754 [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5rT_cYNvyAzYWxVdDFKSGxKZDg&revid=0B5rT_cYNvyAzak42WDBqQ0lTMlFBTHJLSmpvakJteVBmMHNVPQ] Caption Badge: Universal Design for learning 2016 "Tell me and I'll forget, Teach me and I'll remember, Involve me and I'll learn" -Ben Franklin On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Maria Bohn > wrote: I cannot find the below book in electronic format ? does anyone have any tips they can offer for converting this to a readable format by JAWS? It is Spanish and I do not know Spanish so I want to make sure I do this correctly. Portales Introductory Spanish 1 ISBN 9781680041965 Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College _______________________________________________ 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 lissner.2 at osu.edu Fri Sep 9 22:38:07 2016 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility Analyst position at OSU In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD8097023D@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD8097023D@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <5BDC5983-32A1-48A4-B95A-0C3FFE35583B@osu.edu> https://www.jobsatosu.com/postings/73048 Position Information Top Message Both current Ohio State employees and the general public may apply for this unclassified professional position. Message to Applicants Number of Positions Available 1 University Title Systems Analyst Working Title OCIO Accessibility Analyst Department OCIO Enterprise Applications Department Location Columbus, Ohio Requisition Number 421504 Summary of Duties The OCIO Accessibility Analyst will promote accessibility in the OCIO as defined by the OSU ADA Coordinator; ensures new software is evaluated and necessary accommodations and/or remediation are negotiated prior to purchase; ensures that existing software is evaluated in a timely manner based on risk, and that proper accommodation and/or remediation efforts are planned and carried through; consults with OCIO departments and vendors to evaluate their products and recommend designs and development strategies to improve the accessibility of their product; ensures an appropriate audit trail is maintained for all evaluations, and that accommodation/remediation efforts are tracked and reported; plans and carries out events to raise awareness of accessibility in the Office of the CIO; offers training opportunities in how to evaluate the accessibility of products, and on best practices in accessible design and coding; participate in efforts of the OSU ADACoordinators Office when needed for the greater good of the University. Additional Information for Applicants: Pre Employment Screening Requires the successful completion of a background check. Required Qualifications Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; at least 1 year of experience creating and implementing new processes in an information technology organization; experience training information technology staff; understanding of HTML, Javascript, CSS, and XHTML; excellent verbal and written communication skills; proven ability to set and meet targets. Desired Qualifications Deep understanding of tools to aid in Accessibility evaluation; experience working with people with Disabilities; experience testing for and remediation of accessibility barriers in Web, Mobile, and Native applications; experience using assistive technologies; understanding and passion for Accessibility issues; experience working with developers to guide development of accessible user interfaces; experience in regulatory compliance; significant knowledge of current and emerging accessible development practice and assistive technology; fluency with disability law and regulation in the higher education context. L. Scott Lissner, The Ohio State University ADA Coordinator and 504 Compliance Officer Associate, John Glenn School of Public Affairs Lecturer, Knowlton School of Architecture, Moritz College of Law & Disability Studies Board, Center for Disability Empowerment & VSA Ohio Past President, AHEAD (614) 292-6207(v); (614) 688-8605(tty) (614) 688-3665(fax); Http://ada.osu.edu 154 West 12th, Columbus, Ohio. 43210 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Sat Sep 10 09:13:35 2016 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Pete) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Career Opportunity - The Ohio State University Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80970636@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> I'm writing to share a career opportunity here at OSU - a key part of our accessibility team. We hope that you will share this with any qualified and interested candidates that you may know. Not sure if this would be called a benefit or a downside, but you would get to work with me a lot! :) Columbus is a great place to live and work. The OCIO Accessibility Analyst will promote accessibility in the OCIO as defined by the OSU ADA Coordinator; ensures new software is evaluated and necessary accommodations and/or remediation are negotiated prior to purchase; ensures that existing software is evaluated in a timely manner based on risk, and that proper accommodation and/or remediation efforts are planned and carried through; consults with OCIO departments and vendors to evaluate their products and recommend designs and development strategies to improve the accessibility of their product; ensures an appropriate audit trail is maintained for all evaluations, and that accommodation/remediation efforts are tracked and reported; plans and carries out events to raise awareness of accessibility in the Office of the CIO; offers training opportunities in how to evaluate the accessibility of products, and on best practices in accessible design and coding; participate in efforts of the OSU ADA Coordinators Office when needed for the greater good of the University. 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Message-ID: PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK Call For Presentations - Save The Date The Seventeenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: Seeing Disability at School, Work & Beyond At The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus * April 11, 2017 - Student Preconference - Disability & Career * April 12, 2017 - Student Poster Competition * April 12-13, 2017 - Main Conference 2 Plenaries & 25 Concurrent Sessions Multiple Perspectives is an ongoing exploration of disability, a conversation including many voices and reflecting perspectives gained through experience and research; theory and practice, arts and sciences. This year's theme, Seeing Disability continues our dialogue Disclosure can be a personal choice or an environmental imperative this year's them focuses on how disability is seen in the environment, the individual and their interaction. Explicit and implicit assumptions from policy and design to everyday choices drive recognition and disclosure at school, work and play. Proposals exploring these choices and their consequences will be given preference in the review process. Following our tradition below are two quotes to help you think broadly about this year's theme as you prepare your proposal. A little different this year the second quote is the opening verse of a song, links to the full lyrics and a recording are provided. "Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does." Stella Young "I went for a jog in the city air I met a woman in a wheelchair I said 'I'm sorry to see you're handicapped.' She says 'What makes you think a thing like that?'" Lyrics to Talking Wheelchair Blues by Fred Small Preference will be given to proposals that reflect this year's theme; encourage discussions across the typical social, political, and disciplinary boundaries; connect individuals to local, national or international communities; or consider parallels, distinctions and intersections with race, gender and ethnicity. This year in particular graduate and undergraduate presenters a sought for a strand of sessions focused on student interests and concerns. DISABILTY & CAREER - STUDENT PRECONFERENCE: This free full day preconference will focus on students with disabilities who are or will soon be graduating and seeking full time employment. Providing information, resources, and networking opportunities sessions will include: building a resume; conducting a job search; disability disclosure; requesting accommodations; and rights and responsibilities of employees and employers under the ADA. The full day conference will include opportunities for students to network with employers during lunch and participate in resume review and mock interview sessions. A strand of sessions throughout the conference will be focused on student interests and concerns is planned. Past programs and conference updates as they become available can be found at: http://ada.osu.edu/conferences.htm. To be on the mailing list for the conference, send e-mail to ADA-OSU@osu.edu The Multiple Perspectives Conference is hosted by Ohio State University's ADA Coordinator's Office is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Ethel Louise Armstrong Endowment Fund and ongoing support from The Ohio State University. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 2016 Proposal Deadline: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3, 2016) Proposals should be submitted by e-mail as an attachment (Word, TXT, or RTF formats) to ADA-OSU@osu.edu with MP2016 and your name in the subject line Proposals must include: 1. Name of each presenter with titles, institutions, employers etc. as appropriate 2. Contact information (phone, mailing address, and e-mail) if there is more than one presenter please indicate one individual as the contact and lead presenter. 3. Title of Presentation (9 words or less) 4. Short Description 20- 35 words. 5. Description (700 words or less) Please describe the content, focus and desired outcomes for the presentation using these questions as a guide. * What is the format of the presentation (Lecture, Panel, Discussion, Performance, Other)? * Who is the intended audience (educators, employers, businesses, advocates, students, consumers, researchers, or other)? * How familiar should the audience be with the topic (beginner, intermediate, advanced)? * What are your three main goals for the presentation? Please Note: The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging. Questions contact L. Scott Lissner at Lissner.2@osu.edu. Please share with your students: ETHEL LOUISE ARMSTRONG UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER COMPETITIONS At the Seventeenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: April 12, 2017 Held on The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus Poster Submissions are due no later than March 15, 2016 The Multiple Perspectives Conference encourages students to network with professionals, the community, and scholars who share their interests in disability at its annual student poster reception. A generous gift from the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation will fund awards (Graduate Research - $500; Undergraduate Research $200, Art & Performance $200, Community Service $100, and Class Projects $200 at this year's competition. Submissions may focus on any aspect of disability and may be based on: 1. Independent & Supervised Student Research 2. Art & Performance 3. Class Projects & Papers (Award goes to department to support future projects) 4. Community Service & Applied Problem Solving from Service Learning Classes or student organizations (Award goes to organization/department to support future projects) Posters can take a variety of forms including print material mounted on poster board or display panels or arranged on a table; PowerPoint presentations, web pages or video presentations from your laptop... * Presentation materials must fit on a 3'x6' table or along 6' or less of wall space * Presentation materials should present the information in 10 minutes or less * Presenters or their designee must be present to interact with the audience * Presenters must provide their own equipment Visit these sites for tips on developing a poster presentation: * http://denman.osu.edu/resources.aspx * http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/index.cfm * http://elearningfacultymodules.org/index.php/Digital_Posters_and_Digital_Poster_Sessions#Module_Summary Students and teams of students who wish to present a poster must send the following information to ADA-OSU@osu.edu no later than March 15, 2016 1. Title 2. Short Title - 9 word maximum 3. Poster Format (Print, Model, PowerPoint, Video, ...) 4. Description of their proposed poster topic - 250 word maximum 5. E-mail address, phone number, and surface mail address of coordinating presenter 6. As appropriate, university, department, grant, course or student organization affiliation 7. A letter of support from a faculty member or organization advisor associated with the project 8. Name of individual, Department or Organization to receive cash award should the project win. Early submissions are encouraged. Submissions will be reviewed as they arrive. Conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for all accepted presenters. Please Note: The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please share this with qualified individuals The OCIO Accessibility Analyst will promote accessibility in the OCIO as defined by the OSU ADA Coordinator; ensures new software is evaluated and necessary accommodations and/or remediation are negotiated prior to purchase; ensures that existing software is evaluated in a timely manner based on risk, and that proper accommodation and/or remediation efforts are planned and carried through; consults with OCIO departments and vendors to evaluate their products and recommend designs and development strategies to improve the accessibility of their product; ensures an appropriate audit trail is maintained for all evaluations, and that accommodation/remediation efforts are tracked and reported; plans and carries out events to raise awareness of accessibility in the Office of the CIO; offers training opportunities in how to evaluate the accessibility of products, and on best practices in accessible design and coding; participate in efforts of the OSU ADA Coordinators Office when needed for the greater good of the University. For more details and the on line application go to https://www.jobsatosu.com/postings/73048 L. Scott Lissner, The Ohio State University ADA Coordinator and 504 Compliance Officer Associate, John Glenn School of Public Affairs Lecturer, Knowlton School of Architecture, Moritz College of Law & Disability Studies Board, Center for Disability Empowerment & VSA Ohio Past President, AHEAD (614) 292-6207 (v); (614) 688-8605 (tty) (614) 688-3665 (fax); Http://ada.osu.edu 154 West 12th, Columbus, Ohio. 43210 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Allison.Kidd at colostate.edu Wed Sep 14 10:27:50 2016 From: Allison.Kidd at colostate.edu (Kidd,Allison) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] 3PlayMedia Questions Message-ID: Hello All, We're involved in an RFP process for captioning services, and it would help us along significantly if we could gain access to a sample contract that 3Play has with another public university. Does anyone out there have a contract that they'd be willing to share with us? Secondly, we use Canvas, and are running into a roadblock with the interactive transcripts from 3Play. Apparently there's no LTI for Canvas that allows the interactive transcripts to display. I know some people are using Kaltura as a way around this, but I'm wondering if there's a less costly workaround. Thanks, Allison ---------------------------------------------------------------- Allison Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University 229 Occupational Therapy Building Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 970-491-0625 allison.kidd@colostate.edu http://www.atrc.colostate.edu http://accessibility.colostate.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'm honestly surprised they would post something like this. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 4:36 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] A statement on online course content and accessibility ATHENites: I imagine many of you have seen this, but in case not. Jennifer A statement on online course content and accessibility http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/09/13/a-statement-on-online-course-content-and-accessibility/ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From info at karlencommunications.com Thu Sep 15 06:23:16 2016 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI four part fee based webinar series on creating accessible PDF forms in Adobe Acrobat Starts September 20 Message-ID: <000e01d20f54$522dd2d0$f6897870$@karlencommunications.com> Hi Everyone: Thought you might be interested in this webinar series I'm doing for EASI. It is a four week overview webinar series on how to create accessible PDF forms. 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Join one of the most dynamic teams in California in providing consultation, assessment, training, and technical assistance in the implementation and integration of technology into the daily lives of students with visual impairments. > > This position will work alongside Yurika Vu, Joe Vona, and Veronica Gunn in providing technology services to students on our campus. You will have the opportunity to write and present curricula and how-to guides, plan lessons, teach small groups and one-to-one all from the comfort and supportive environment of CSB. > > There are not many positions in this field that give a candidate such an incredible opportunity to grow their career and expand their capabilities in working with our students focusing on one of their primary areas on interest; technology. Additionally you will have the opportunity to work on campus at CSB, surrounded by professionals and specialists in our field in a collaborative work environment. > > To apply for the position of Technology Teacher at the California School for the Blind, please submit a resume and faculty application (attached) to James Rudder, 510-794-3800 x250, at jrudder@csb-cde.ca.gov or by mail at 500 Walnut Avenue, Fremont, CA 94536. 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URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Thu Sep 15 10:19:16 2016 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kurzweil 3000 and Kindle book In-Reply-To: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136E0EA@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> References: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136E0EA@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: <002b01d20f75$4a097610$de1c6230$@gmail.com> Bryon et al ATHENites, Per Kurzweil, "Can I use Kindle books with firefly, Kurzweil 1000 or Kurzweil 3000? We do not support reading, viewing, or opening of the Kindle format. Kindle files will not open natively with our software as Kindle is a proprietary format meant only for Kindle supported devices from Amazon." Here's the link from the horse's mouth, so to speak: http://support.cambiumtech.com/index.php?pg=kb.page &id=1747 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 Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:12 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Kurzweil 3000 and Kindle book Hi all, Does anyone know if Kurzweil 3000 can read a Kindle copy of a textbook? Thanks. See ya'll in November at AHG! Bryon 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 fosters at sou.edu Thu Sep 15 10:27:26 2016 From: fosters at sou.edu (Shawn Foster) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kurzweil 3000 and Kindle book In-Reply-To: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136E0EA@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> References: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136E0EA@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: Natively, no. However, .azw (Kindle proprietary format) files convert to ePub pretty easily with Calibre, and Calibre is free. Hope that helps! sf *Shawn Foster* Disability Resources Coordinator | U-CAM Coordinator Southern Oregon University | 1250 Siskiyou Blvd | Ashland OR 97520 541-552-6213 Why I'm at SOU: http://youtu.be/Ski0MzPd5IM On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Kluesner, Bryon wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Does anyone know if Kurzweil 3000 can read a Kindle copy of a textbook? > > > > Thanks. See ya?ll in November at AHG! > > > > Bryon > > > > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To view topics, speakers and descriptions and to register for any of the webinars, visit the AHEAD Tech Webinar Series home page: http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_16_17 For a complete listing of webinars across all topic areas, visit the main 2016-17 AHEAD Webinars page: https://www.ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/webinars-16-17 ****** The First AHEAD Tech Webinar is on September 27th: E-Learning Accessibility: What Does an Instructor Need to Know? September 27; 3:00-4:30 Eastern Time Presenters: Sheryl Burgstahler, DO-IT University of Washington Description: Some online learning programs have faced legal challenges because of the inaccessibility of their courses to individuals with disabilities. But, what does it mean for a course to be ?accessible?? What can be learned from legal challenges regarding e-learning accessibility. What are relevant laws? What are some strategies for making online courses compliant with legal mandates specifically, but also, more generally, welcoming to, accessible to and usable by all students, including those with disabilities, who wish to engage in online learning offerings,? This presentation will answer these questions, focusing on how increasing faculty knowledge can reduce the need for accommodations to be provided to individual students with disabilities. Remember - Cost for ATHEN Members to attend this and any of the other AHEAD Webinar sessions is the same as AHEAD members. When registering for the webinar, choose the option for ?I qualify for AHEAD member rates? to get your discount! We hope you take advantage of this benefit! ATHEN Executive Committee ~~ Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant Disability Resource Center 520-626-9409 hunziker@email.arizona.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Thu Sep 15 15:16:07 2016 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Another question for you In-Reply-To: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136EC7F@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> References: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136EC7F@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: I don't know about apps, but the audible graphing calculator does what the student seems to be asking about. Wink On Sep 15, 2016 3:01 PM, "Kluesner, Bryon" wrote: > I had a student send me this message: > > ?Would you happen to know of an accessible graphing application that a > student could use for college stats? I (the student) know there?s one where > you can hear the line of the graph, but can?t remember the name of it and > not sure it would be for stats.? > > > > Anyone have any idea or comment about this? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Bryon > > > > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu Thu Sep 15 15:24:50 2016 From: lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu (Lisa Brandt) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Another question for you In-Reply-To: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136EC7F@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> References: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136EC7F@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: There's also R, of course (https://www.r-project.org/). It can do sonification with the TuneR package. Not really for computer noobs, though. On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Kluesner, Bryon wrote: > I had a student send me this message: > > ?Would you happen to know of an accessible graphing application that a > student could use for college stats? I (the student) know there?s one where > you can hear the line of the graph, but can?t remember the name of it and > not sure it would be for stats.? > > > > Anyone have any idea or comment about this? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Bryon > > > > 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 > > -- Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services Accessibility Technician Alternate Media Formats Technician SE SCOMM 112 | SY CC 260 Assistive Technology Support and Appointments: access-tech-group@pcc.edu 971-722-TECH (971-722-8324) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Thu Sep 15 21:56:30 2016 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Another question for you In-Reply-To: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136EC7F@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> References: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136EC7F@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: <313AB5E3-AC23-4D76-86F2-0BC980D2AE84@htctu.net> There is also a fun free version called MathTrax. It plays the sound and also provides a description. It is much more limited in scope, however. Gaeir Sent from my iPad > On Sep 15, 2016, at 3:00 PM, Kluesner, Bryon wrote: > > I had a student send me this message: > ?Would you happen to know of an accessible graphing application that a student could use for college stats? I (the student) know there?s one where you can hear the line of the graph, but can?t remember the name of it and not sure it would be for stats.? > > Anyone have any idea or comment about this? > > Thanks. > > Bryon > > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu Fri Sep 16 09:46:55 2016 From: lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu (Lisa Brandt) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Another question for you In-Reply-To: <313AB5E3-AC23-4D76-86F2-0BC980D2AE84@htctu.net> References: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF615136EC7F@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> <313AB5E3-AC23-4D76-86F2-0BC980D2AE84@htctu.net> Message-ID: Ooh, that one is really neat, though! And easy to use. Plus they have a cute little wagging dog astronaut icon, so that compensates for the lack of advanced features. On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Gaeir Dietrich wrote: > There is also a fun free version called MathTrax. It plays the sound and > also provides a description. It is much more limited in scope, however. > Gaeir > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 15, 2016, at 3:00 PM, Kluesner, Bryon > wrote: > > I had a student send me this message: > > ?Would you happen to know of an accessible graphing application that a > student could use for college stats? I (the student) know there?s one where > you can hear the line of the graph, but can?t remember the name of it and > not sure it would be for stats.? > > > > Anyone have any idea or comment about this? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Bryon > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services Accessibility Technician Alternate Media Formats Technician SE SCOMM 112 | SY CC 260 Assistive Technology Support and Appointments: access-tech-group@pcc.edu 971-722-TECH (971-722-8324) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Fri Sep 16 12:21:48 2016 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Emergency Alert System Accessibility Message-ID: <02b601d2104f$92730d00$b7592700$@htctu.net> FYI?and please help spread the word * * * This a e-mail from the DICAPTA group, description and close caption, scroll down for Spanish Dear friends, A test of the Emergency Alert System is going to occur at 2:20 pm EST on September 28th. The test will broadcast messages in English and Spanish and it is going to include audio and text of the alert messages for people with hearing and/or visual limitations. The FCC has asked us to spread the word about this test, so people in our community pay attention to it and send their comments in case they encounter accessibility problems. We have a short article about this in our blog http://www.dicapta.com/Blog/1/634 Please, helps us to disseminate these information. We will use our Facebook and Twitter pages to remind people prior to the test. It is important that any accessibility issues are communicated to the FCC?s Public Safety Support Center https://www.fcc.gov/general/public-safety-support-center -----Original Message----- From: ocollazos@dicapta.com Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 8:20 AM Subject: Accesibilidad sistema nacional de alertas - Accessibility of emergency alert system Queridos amigos: El pr?ximo 28 de septiembre a las 2:20 pm se har? una prueba del Sistema Nacional de Alertas. La prueba transmitir? mensajes en ingl?s y espa?ol e incluir? el texto y el audio de los mismos para que sea accesible para personas con limitaciones auditivas y visuales. La FCC nos ha pedido que ayudemos a difundir informaci?n sobre esta prueba en nuestra comunidad para que sus miembros est?n atentos y env?en sus comentarios en caso de que encuentren problemas de accesibilidad. En nuestro blog tenemos un corto art?culo sobre el tema http://www.dicapta.com/espanol/Blog/1/633 Por favor, ay?dennos a diseminar esta informaci?n. Nosotros usaremos nuestras cuentas de Facebook and Twitter para enviar recordatorios antes de la prueba. Es muy importante que cualquier problema de accesibilidad sea comunicado al Centro de Ayuda de Seguridad P?blica de la FCC https://www.fcc.gov/general/public-safety-support-center Que tengan un maravilloso resto de semana. Un saludo, Olga Collazos Cordially, Carlos Mart?nez Parent Mentor/Parent Group Coordinator Blind Children?s Center 4120 Marathon Street Los Angeles, CA 90029-3584 (323)664-2153 X 2336 Fax(323) 665-3828 http://www.blindchildrenscenter.org/BCC_Logo_rebrand_email.jpg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Vanessa Vanessa Preast, Ph.D. DVM Digital Accessibility & Instructional Specialist DES MOINES UNIVERSITY Center for Teaching and Learning 3200 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50312 515.271.1535 vanessa.preast@dmu.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susie Dunn Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network ; DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Cc: Tess McKinney Subject: [Athen] GoReact All, I was eventually included in an email exchange about GoReact. The basic question I was asked was, "are you familiar with it?" As I understand it, instructional staff have access to it free but there is a $20 charge (per class) for students Is anyone using GoReact? Thoughts? Accessibility issues come to mind for me. The email (with the link to the demo) that started it all is below. I will be evaluating GoReact, an interactive online video tool that allows for precise feedback right where you observe a good or not so good recorded behavior/response. They promote this program for ASL & Interpreter Training, Foreign Languages, Communication & Public Speaking, and corporate training, but they also indicate this can be used in other areas. A representative has been invited to do a GoToMeeting demonstration to American Sign Language instructors on Friday I also scheduled a meeting for Public Speaking, Foreign Languages and other disciplines on Friday, August 26 Here is the link for your review: www.GoReact.com Please let me know what you think, and if you see any potential ________________________________ Disclaimer: This e-mail and any attachments contain material that is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. 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Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Access Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 4:45 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Word Wrap in Word - making it accessible >From what I can tell, floating images and textboxes are not accessible in Word. We have some individuals who want to be able to wrap text around an image. However, making the image in line with the text does not seem to permit wrapping. The only way I've been able to think of to do this is to make columns surrounding the image and a block of text that would fit alongside. It seems to work somewhat but is kinda clunky. Do you have any other techniques you use to wrap text around an image and image caption in Word? Thanks, Vanessa Vanessa Preast, Ph.D. DVM Digital Accessibility & Instructional Specialist DES MOINES UNIVERSITY Center for Teaching and Learning 3200 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50312 515.271.1535 vanessa.preast@dmu.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susie Dunn Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >; DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Cc: Tess McKinney > Subject: [Athen] GoReact All, I was eventually included in an email exchange about GoReact. The basic question I was asked was, "are you familiar with it?" As I understand it, instructional staff have access to it free but there is a $20 charge (per class) for students Is anyone using GoReact? Thoughts? Accessibility issues come to mind for me. The email (with the link to the demo) that started it all is below. I will be evaluating GoReact, an interactive online video tool that allows for precise feedback right where you observe a good or not so good recorded behavior/response. They promote this program for ASL & Interpreter Training, Foreign Languages, Communication & Public Speaking, and corporate training, but they also indicate this can be used in other areas. A representative has been invited to do a GoToMeeting demonstration to American Sign Language instructors on Friday I also scheduled a meeting for Public Speaking, Foreign Languages and other disciplines on Friday, August 26 Here is the link for your review: www.GoReact.com Please let me know what you think, and if you see any potential ________________________________ Disclaimer: This e-mail and any attachments contain material that is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. 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On Disability president, Michael Stein JD, PhD, author of the UN Charter for the Rights of People with disabilities(CRPD), Professor Tom Hehir, worked with Judy Heumann on IDEA and author lecturer researcher on Disability and Inclusion and a panel of professionals with disabilities. Please pass along this info. I hope some of you will be able to come! Thanks and please pass along this info to colleagues in career, Tech, human resources and disability services offices. Warm regards, Eileen Berger HGSE and long time Athen member Please don?t hesitate to contact me for further information! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disability-and-equity-work-the-power-of-policy-myth-and-practice-from-higher-education-to-employment-tickets-27548135214 [HLS Project on Disability][cid:image004.png@01D21262.189EA1F0][cid:image006.jpg@01D21262.189EA1F0][cid:image007.png@01D21262.189EA1F0] Disability and Equity @ Work: The Power of Policy, Myth and Practice from Higher Education to Employment October 7th, 2016 Gutman Conference Center 6 Apian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138 Co-sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education Access and Disability Services, OSA, the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) Agenda 8:30 - 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast Gutman Conference Center 9:00 - 9:05 am Welcome from the conference tri-chair Committee Eileen Berger, Harvard Graduate School of Education Access and Disability Services, Michael Ashley Stein, Harvard Law School Project On Disability, and Ruth Molina, New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) 9:05 - 9:15 am Welcome Lisa Coleman, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Harvard University Disability and Equity at Work I 9:15 - 9:45 am Professor Michael Stein, Ph.D., J.D. Harvard Law School Visiting Professor Human rights and equity perspective for people with disabilities. How inclusive policies benefit diverse organizations and gain essential talents of people with disabilities. Disability and Equity at Work II 9:45 - 10:15 am Professor Thomas Hehir Harvard Graduate School of Education ?How do you get there?? Elements of academic and professional success for people with disabilities. 10:15 - 10:30 am Q&A with Stein and Hehir 10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Break and Book Signing Book Signing Books by presenters: Michael Stein, Jonathan Lazar, Thomas Hehir, Bill Henderson, Ron Suskind. Vendor Tables, Commercial and non-profit vendors 11:00 am - 12:15 pm The Power of Personal Narrative, Askwith Hall Professionals with disabilities discuss their experiences bridging education and employment. Moderators: Professor Thomas Hehir, Michael Stein, J.D., Ph.D. Panelists: Cheri Blauwat, M.D. Todd Grindal, Ed.D. Bill Henderson, Ed.D. Michael Muhue, Ex Dir. Disability Commission, Cambridge Cui Fengming, Ph.D. Eric Shed, Ph.D. 12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch Attendees return to Gutman Conference Center for a short break and box lunch. 1:00 - 1:45 pm Carol Glazer, President of the National Organization on Disability ? Keynote Speaker Strategies to support employer driven initiatives to recruit and retain employees with disabilities. The work of the National Organization on Disability. 1:45 - 2:15 pm Katherine Petkauskos, Director of Work Without Limits, UMASS Amherst Medical School Organizational highlights of WorkWithout Limits. Strategies and resources for success. 2:15 - 2:30 pm Afternoon Break 2:30 - 3:30 pm Professor Jonathan Lazar Access technologies at work. 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Also, NVDA will not read the alt text for image presented using "square", but it will read alt text for inline images. Vanessa From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 8:54 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Word Wrap in Word - making it accessible In Line is not the right choice. Choose "square" then choose your alignment - left, right, center. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Access Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 4:45 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Word Wrap in Word - making it accessible >From what I can tell, floating images and textboxes are not accessible in Word. We have some individuals who want to be able to wrap text around an image. However, making the image in line with the text does not seem to permit wrapping. The only way I've been able to think of to do this is to make columns surrounding the image and a block of text that would fit alongside. It seems to work somewhat but is kinda clunky. Do you have any other techniques you use to wrap text around an image and image caption in Word? Thanks, Vanessa Vanessa Preast, Ph.D. DVM Digital Accessibility & Instructional Specialist DES MOINES UNIVERSITY Center for Teaching and Learning 3200 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50312 515.271.1535 vanessa.preast@dmu.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susie Dunn Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >; DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Cc: Tess McKinney > Subject: [Athen] GoReact All, I was eventually included in an email exchange about GoReact. The basic question I was asked was, "are you familiar with it?" As I understand it, instructional staff have access to it free but there is a $20 charge (per class) for students Is anyone using GoReact? Thoughts? Accessibility issues come to mind for me. The email (with the link to the demo) that started it all is below. I will be evaluating GoReact, an interactive online video tool that allows for precise feedback right where you observe a good or not so good recorded behavior/response. They promote this program for ASL & Interpreter Training, Foreign Languages, Communication & Public Speaking, and corporate training, but they also indicate this can be used in other areas. A representative has been invited to do a GoToMeeting demonstration to American Sign Language instructors on Friday I also scheduled a meeting for Public Speaking, Foreign Languages and other disciplines on Friday, August 26 Here is the link for your review: www.GoReact.com Please let me know what you think, and if you see any potential ________________________________ Disclaimer: This e-mail and any attachments contain material that is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in the message are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Southeast Community College. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Mon Sep 19 08:13:36 2016 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Word Wrap in Word - making it accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001001d21288$717c9d10$5475d730$@karlencommunications.com> In order for adaptive technology to find images they must be set as Inline in Word. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa Sent: September 19, 2016 11:00 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Word Wrap in Word - making it accessible When I tell the image to be positioned as "square" with the text on one side or the other, the built-in Word Accessibility checker still has a warning about "objects not inline". Also, NVDA will not read the alt text for image presented using "square", but it will read alt text for inline images. Vanessa From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 8:54 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Word Wrap in Word - making it accessible In Line is not the right choice. Choose "square" then choose your alignment - left, right, center. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Access Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 4:45 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Word Wrap in Word - making it accessible >From what I can tell, floating images and textboxes are not accessible in Word. We have some individuals who want to be able to wrap text around an image. However, making the image in line with the text does not seem to permit wrapping. The only way I've been able to think of to do this is to make columns surrounding the image and a block of text that would fit alongside. It seems to work somewhat but is kinda clunky. Do you have any other techniques you use to wrap text around an image and image caption in Word? Thanks, Vanessa Vanessa Preast, Ph.D. DVM Digital Accessibility & Instructional Specialist DES MOINES UNIVERSITY Center for Teaching and Learning 3200 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50312 515.271.1535 vanessa.preast@dmu.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susie Dunn Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >; DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Cc: Tess McKinney > Subject: [Athen] GoReact All, I was eventually included in an email exchange about GoReact. The basic question I was asked was, "are you familiar with it?" As I understand it, instructional staff have access to it free but there is a $20 charge (per class) for students Is anyone using GoReact? Thoughts? Accessibility issues come to mind for me. The email (with the link to the demo) that started it all is below. I will be evaluating GoReact, an interactive online video tool that allows for precise feedback right where you observe a good or not so good recorded behavior/response. They promote this program for ASL & Interpreter Training, Foreign Languages, Communication & Public Speaking, and corporate training, but they also indicate this can be used in other areas. A representative has been invited to do a GoToMeeting demonstration to American Sign Language instructors on Friday I also scheduled a meeting for Public Speaking, Foreign Languages and other disciplines on Friday, August 26 Here is the link for your review: www.GoReact.com Please let me know what you think, and if you see any potential _____ Disclaimer: This e-mail and any attachments contain material that is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in the message are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Southeast Community College. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Disability president, Michael Stein JD, PhD, author of the UN Charter for the Rights of People with disabilities(CRPD), Professor Tom Hehir, worked with Judy Heumann on IDEA and author lecturer researcher on Disability and Inclusion and a panel of professionals with disabilities. Please pass along this info. I hope some of you will be able to come! Thanks and please pass along this info to colleagues in career, Tech, human resources and disability services offices. Warm regards, Eileen Berger HGSE and long time Athen member Please don?t hesitate to contact me for further information! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disability-and-equity-work-the-power-of-policy-myth-and-practice-from-higher-education-to-employment-tickets-27548135214 Disability and Equity @ Work: The Power of Policy, Myth and Practice from Higher Education to Employment October 7th, 2016 Gutman Conference Center 6 Apian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138 Co-sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education Access and Disability Services, OSA, the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) Agenda 8:30 - 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast Gutman Conference Center 9:00 - 9:05 am Welcome from the conference tri-chair Committee Eileen Berger, Harvard Graduate School of Education Access and Disability Services, Michael Ashley Stein, Harvard Law School Project On Disability, and Ruth Molina, New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) 9:05 - 9:15 am Welcome Lisa Coleman, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Harvard University Disability and Equity at Work I 9:15 - 9:45 am Professor Michael Stein, Ph.D., J.D. Harvard Law School Visiting Professor Human rights and equity perspective for people with disabilities. How inclusive policies benefit diverse organizations and gain essential talents of people with disabilities. Disability and Equity at Work II 9:45 - 10:15 am Professor Thomas Hehir Harvard Graduate School of Education ?How do you get there?? Elements of academic and professional success for people with disabilities. 10:15 - 10:30 am Q&A with Stein and Hehir 10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Break and Book Signing Book Signing Books by presenters: Michael Stein, Jonathan Lazar, Thomas Hehir, Bill Henderson, Ron Suskind. Vendor Tables, Commercial and non-profit vendors 11:00 am - 12:15 pm The Power of Personal Narrative, Askwith Hall Professionals with disabilities discuss their experiences bridging education and employment. Moderators: Professor Thomas Hehir, Michael Stein, J.D., Ph.D. Panelists: Cheri Blauwat, M.D. Todd Grindal, Ed.D. Bill Henderson, Ed.D. Michael Muhue, Ex Dir. Disability Commission, Cambridge Cui Fengming, Ph.D. Eric Shed, Ph.D. 12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch Attendees return to Gutman Conference Center for a short break and box lunch. 1:00 - 1:45 pm Carol Glazer, President of the National Organization on Disability ? Keynote Speaker Strategies to support employer driven initiatives to recruit and retain employees with disabilities. The work of the National Organization on Disability. 1:45 - 2:15 pm Katherine Petkauskos, Director of Work Without Limits, UMASS Amherst Medical School Organizational highlights of WorkWithout Limits. Strategies and resources for success. 2:15 - 2:30 pm Afternoon Break 2:30 - 3:30 pm Professor Jonathan Lazar Access technologies at work. Strategies and solutions that make work environments accessible and sustain employment for People with disabilities. 3:30 - 4:00 pm Conference Wrap up with Professors Michael Stein, HLS, and Tom Hehir, HGSE 4:00 - 5:00 pm Networking Reception (Corporate sponsors TBD) For additional information, please visit: Harvard Graduate School of Education Access and Disability Services http://www.gse.harvard.edu/osa/access-and-disability-services Harvard Law School Project on Disability http://www.hpod.org New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) http://www.newenglandherc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image008.emz Type: application/octet-stream Size: 1029 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In Internet Explorer, neither JAWS nor NVDA would recognize it as a table but did read the information. Unfortunately I could not tell what items were in which columns. Using FireFox, JAWS still did not recognize the table, but NVDA did. Is this a matter of the way the instructor created the table? Is it a matter of the LMS using non-standard code? I would like to let the instructor know how to fix this if it is possible for him to do so. Thanks. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Mon Sep 19 12:00:14 2016 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessible interactive maps with data In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4bf46eb4-5d9c-0033-42d4-32495f71351f@gmail.com> Hello, all: I don't know that these resources will answer your question specifically, Stephanie, but perhaps they'll point you and others working on interactive maps in the right directions when communicating with vendors. I look forward to hearing and capturing what very specific guidance others may have. Best, Jennifer Note that I've done my best to curate for up-to-date info, but please check, as needed: From Portland Community College: http://www.pcc.edu/resources/disability/accessible-building-features.html#sy-cc-1 from Penn State: http://accessibility.psu.edu/images/maps/ Two from Accessibility OZ: http://wiki.accessibilityoz.com.au/doku.php/checklists/maps/start and http://www.accessibilityoz.com/2014/07/someone-say-map/ A Wiki page for a Research and Development Group on the subject (I don't know the status of the work): https://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Accessible_Maps Writing text alternatives for maps: http://4syllables.com.au/articles/text-alternatives-maps/ An example of an accessible SVG map: http://examples.simplyaccessible.com/svg-maps/ Working on making Google maps accessible: http://unobfuscated.blogspot.com/2013/11/accessible-google-maps.html On 9/19/2016 11:40 AM, Stephanie Rosen wrote: > Hi All, > > I am interested in learning about any good examples of accessible > interactive maps -- in particular, maps which display/pull from public > census data. There are many products out there with totally > inaccessible map interfaces and I'm looking for the most accessible > alternative. Any information appreciated. Thank you. > > -- > Stephanie S. Rosen > Accessibility Specialist > University of Michigan Library > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Sep 19 12:07:23 2016 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA733@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA733@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <021a01d212a9$0f003310$2d009930$@htctu.net> I know in Word, you would need to mark the header row on the table for it to interact properly with a screen reader. I have been told that Canvas also allows the header row to be marked, so I would suspect that improper mark-up is the problem. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 11:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages Hey all, I had a very interesting situation. I was working in Canvas and came across a list of items. Supposedly this was a table with three columns. In Internet Explorer, neither JAWS nor NVDA would recognize it as a table but did read the information. Unfortunately I could not tell what items were in which columns. Using FireFox, JAWS still did not recognize the table, but NVDA did. Is this a matter of the way the instructor created the table? Is it a matter of the LMS using non-standard code? I would like to let the instructor know how to fix this if it is possible for him to do so. Thanks. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Mon Sep 19 12:08:18 2016 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA733@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA733@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <2f77a553-69e4-8b14-6f50-991ce4cac644@gmail.com> Robert and others: To complicate this issue is that I am seeing that different AT and browser combos are treating tables differently. As far as I can tell, it's not related to how they're coded, necessarily. It is becoming an issue of, I believe, screen readers trying to do some "intelligent guessing" about whether a table is being used for layout or data. And in my experience, it would be better if the screen readers did not do this kind of "thinking." Perhaps others can spell out the specifics; I have not done systematic testing, yet. Jennifer On 9/19/2016 11:53 AM, Robert Beach wrote: > > Hey all, > > I had a very interesting situation. I was working in Canvas and came > across a list of items. Supposedly this was a table with three > columns. In Internet Explorer, neither JAWS nor NVDA would recognize > it as a table but did read the information. Unfortunately I could not > tell what items were in which columns. Using FireFox, JAWS still did > not recognize the table, but NVDA did. > > Is this a matter of the way the instructor created the table? Is it a > matter of the LMS using non-standard code? I would like to let the > instructor know how to fix this if it is possible for him to do so. > > Thanks. > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Sep 19 12:12:33 2016 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages In-Reply-To: <021a01d212a9$0f003310$2d009930$@htctu.net> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA733@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <021a01d212a9$0f003310$2d009930$@htctu.net> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA765@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> It's more than that. The screen readers aren't even recognizing that it is a table. There are no rows or columns at all except when I use Fire Fox with NVDA. Very puzzling. 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 Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 2:07 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages I know in Word, you would need to mark the header row on the table for it to interact properly with a screen reader. I have been told that Canvas also allows the header row to be marked, so I would suspect that improper mark-up is the problem. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 11:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages Hey all, I had a very interesting situation. I was working in Canvas and came across a list of items. Supposedly this was a table with three columns. In Internet Explorer, neither JAWS nor NVDA would recognize it as a table but did read the information. Unfortunately I could not tell what items were in which columns. Using FireFox, JAWS still did not recognize the table, but NVDA did. Is this a matter of the way the instructor created the table? Is it a matter of the LMS using non-standard code? I would like to let the instructor know how to fix this if it is possible for him to do so. Thanks. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Mon Sep 19 12:20:07 2016 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA765@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA733@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <021a01d212a9$0f003310$2d009930$@htctu.net> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA765@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <9092219b-2487-260b-4f3c-c9edce41f193@gmail.com> What I've seen is that things can be marked up as tables, and the s.r. announces them as such, but you can't navigate them like that. And most often, that is because the table is really being used for presentation. Yes, it's very puzzling that screen readers are intervening/trying to interpret, and as far as I know, JFW is the one that's doing this most. Perhaps it would be beneficial to see if folks who are working on Canvas accessibility directly can explain what's going on more clearly than I have been able to do, here. Jennifer On 9/19/2016 12:12 PM, Robert Beach wrote: > > It?s more than that. The screen readers aren?t even recognizing that > it is a table. There are no rows or columns at all except when I use > Fire Fox with NVDA. > > Very puzzling. > > 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 > *Gaeir Dietrich > *Sent:* Monday, September 19, 2016 2:07 PM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages > > I know in Word, you would need to mark the header row on the table for > it to interact properly with a screen reader. I have been told that > Canvas also allows the header row to be marked, so I would suspect > that improper mark-up is the problem. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich > HTCTU Director > 408-996-6047 > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > *From:*athen-list > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of > *Robert Beach > *Sent:* Monday, September 19, 2016 11:53 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > (athen-list@u.washington.edu ) > *Subject:* [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages > > Hey all, > > I had a very interesting situation. I was working in Canvas and came > across a list of items. Supposedly this was a table with three > columns. In Internet Explorer, neither JAWS nor NVDA would recognize > it as a table but did read the information. Unfortunately I could not > tell what items were in which columns. Using FireFox, JAWS still did > not recognize the table, but NVDA did. > > Is this a matter of the way the instructor created the table? Is it a > matter of the LMS using non-standard code? I would like to let the > instructor know how to fix this if it is possible for him to do so. > > Thanks. > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mon Sep 19 12:52:43 2016 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Pete) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages In-Reply-To: <9092219b-2487-260b-4f3c-c9edce41f193@gmail.com> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA733@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <021a01d212a9$0f003310$2d009930$@htctu.net> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA765@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <9092219b-2487-260b-4f3c-c9edce41f193@gmail.com> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80979E57@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Typically where you see this issue is when the table is missing cells so that it isn't really a true table. I've noticed that JAWS and NVDA tend to assume tables that don't have a uniform number of cells and rows are being used for layout or presentation and linearize the content. It could also be that the table is marked as role=presentation but without looking at the code I couldn't say for sure. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 3:20 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages What I've seen is that things can be marked up as tables, and the s.r. announces them as such, but you can't navigate them like that. And most often, that is because the table is really being used for presentation. Yes, it's very puzzling that screen readers are intervening/trying to interpret, and as far as I know, JFW is the one that's doing this most. Perhaps it would be beneficial to see if folks who are working on Canvas accessibility directly can explain what's going on more clearly than I have been able to do, here. Jennifer On 9/19/2016 12:12 PM, Robert Beach wrote: It's more than that. The screen readers aren't even recognizing that it is a table. There are no rows or columns at all except when I use Fire Fox with NVDA. Very puzzling. 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 Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 2:07 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages I know in Word, you would need to mark the header row on the table for it to interact properly with a screen reader. I have been told that Canvas also allows the header row to be marked, so I would suspect that improper mark-up is the problem. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 11:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages Hey all, I had a very interesting situation. I was working in Canvas and came across a list of items. Supposedly this was a table with three columns. In Internet Explorer, neither JAWS nor NVDA would recognize it as a table but did read the information. Unfortunately I could not tell what items were in which columns. Using FireFox, JAWS still did not recognize the table, but NVDA did. Is this a matter of the way the instructor created the table? Is it a matter of the LMS using non-standard code? I would like to let the instructor know how to fix this if it is possible for him to do so. Thanks. 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 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Sep 19 14:06:43 2016 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80979E57@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA733@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <021a01d212a9$0f003310$2d009930$@htctu.net> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA765@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <9092219b-2487-260b-4f3c-c9edce41f193@gmail.com> <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80979E57@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CA7D3@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hmmm, this could be it. It presents as a list of names rather than three columns of names. Interestingly enough, what would be the header row gives all three items on the same line, but the rest is a list. Oh well, at least I know how to work around it now. 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 Bossley, Pete Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 2:53 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages Typically where you see this issue is when the table is missing cells so that it isn't really a true table. I've noticed that JAWS and NVDA tend to assume tables that don't have a uniform number of cells and rows are being used for layout or presentation and linearize the content. It could also be that the table is marked as role=presentation but without looking at the code I couldn't say for sure. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 3:20 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages What I've seen is that things can be marked up as tables, and the s.r. announces them as such, but you can't navigate them like that. And most often, that is because the table is really being used for presentation. Yes, it's very puzzling that screen readers are intervening/trying to interpret, and as far as I know, JFW is the one that's doing this most. Perhaps it would be beneficial to see if folks who are working on Canvas accessibility directly can explain what's going on more clearly than I have been able to do, here. Jennifer On 9/19/2016 12:12 PM, Robert Beach wrote: It's more than that. The screen readers aren't even recognizing that it is a table. There are no rows or columns at all except when I use Fire Fox with NVDA. Very puzzling. 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 Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 2:07 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages I know in Word, you would need to mark the header row on the table for it to interact properly with a screen reader. I have been told that Canvas also allows the header row to be marked, so I would suspect that improper mark-up is the problem. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 11:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] screen readers recognizing tables on webpages Hey all, I had a very interesting situation. I was working in Canvas and came across a list of items. Supposedly this was a table with three columns. In Internet Explorer, neither JAWS nor NVDA would recognize it as a table but did read the information. Unfortunately I could not tell what items were in which columns. Using FireFox, JAWS still did not recognize the table, but NVDA did. Is this a matter of the way the instructor created the table? Is it a matter of the LMS using non-standard code? I would like to let the instructor know how to fix this if it is possible for him to do so. Thanks. 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 _______________________________________________ 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 eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu Mon Sep 19 14:20:34 2016 From: eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu (Berger, Eileen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Antivirus In-Reply-To: <000501d21287$f288eb30$d79ac190$@karlencommunications.com> References: <05f601d1e225$b2391dd0$16ab5970$@gmail.com> <000501d21287$f288eb30$d79ac190$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: We are working n that! It may become a webinar following the conference. Thanks for the question! Eileen From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 11:10 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Antivirus Can we attend online? Cheers, Karen From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Berger, Eileen Sent: September 19, 2016 10:40 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Antivirus HI Athens members. WE have a significant professional development conference in Cambridge Massachusetts on October 7th? with great presenters! That will feature Jonathan Lazar, ?Ensuring Digital accessibility through process and Policy?, Carol Glazer Nat. Org. On Disability president, Michael Stein JD, PhD, author of the UN Charter for the Rights of People with disabilities(CRPD), Professor Tom Hehir, worked with Judy Heumann on IDEA and author lecturer researcher on Disability and Inclusion and a panel of professionals with disabilities. Please pass along this info. I hope some of you will be able to come! Thanks and please pass along this info to colleagues in career, Tech, human resources and disability services offices. Warm regards, Eileen Berger HGSE and long time Athen member Please don?t hesitate to contact me for further information! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disability-and-equity-work-the-power-of-policy-myth-and-practice-from-higher-education-to-employment-tickets-27548135214 [HLS Project on Disability][cid:image004.png@01D2129A.20270F60][cid:image006.jpg@01D2129A.20270F60][cid:image007.png@01D2129A.20270F60] Disability and Equity @ Work: The Power of Policy, Myth and Practice from Higher Education to Employment October 7th, 2016 Gutman Conference Center 6 Apian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138 Co-sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education Access and Disability Services, OSA, the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) Agenda 8:30 - 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast Gutman Conference Center 9:00 - 9:05 am Welcome from the conference tri-chair Committee Eileen Berger, Harvard Graduate School of Education Access and Disability Services, Michael Ashley Stein, Harvard Law School Project On Disability, and Ruth Molina, New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) 9:05 - 9:15 am Welcome Lisa Coleman, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Harvard University Disability and Equity at Work I 9:15 - 9:45 am Professor Michael Stein, Ph.D., J.D. Harvard Law School Visiting Professor Human rights and equity perspective for people with disabilities. How inclusive policies benefit diverse organizations and gain essential talents of people with disabilities. Disability and Equity at Work II 9:45 - 10:15 am Professor Thomas Hehir Harvard Graduate School of Education ?How do you get there?? Elements of academic and professional success for people with disabilities. 10:15 - 10:30 am Q&A with Stein and Hehir 10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Break and Book Signing Book Signing Books by presenters: Michael Stein, Jonathan Lazar, Thomas Hehir, Bill Henderson, Ron Suskind. Vendor Tables, Commercial and non-profit vendors 11:00 am - 12:15 pm The Power of Personal Narrative, Askwith Hall Professionals with disabilities discuss their experiences bridging education and employment. Moderators: Professor Thomas Hehir, Michael Stein, J.D., Ph.D. Panelists: Cheri Blauwat, M.D. Todd Grindal, Ed.D. Bill Henderson, Ed.D. Michael Muhue, Ex Dir. Disability Commission, Cambridge Cui Fengming, Ph.D. Eric Shed, Ph.D. 12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch Attendees return to Gutman Conference Center for a short break and box lunch. 1:00 - 1:45 pm Carol Glazer, President of the National Organization on Disability ? Keynote Speaker Strategies to support employer driven initiatives to recruit and retain employees with disabilities. The work of the National Organization on Disability. 1:45 - 2:15 pm Katherine Petkauskos, Director of Work Without Limits, UMASS Amherst Medical School Organizational highlights of WorkWithout Limits. Strategies and resources for success. 2:15 - 2:30 pm Afternoon Break 2:30 - 3:30 pm Professor Jonathan Lazar Access technologies at work. 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Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 2:00 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] accessible interactive maps with data Hello, all: I don't know that these resources will answer your question specifically, Stephanie, but perhaps they'll point you and others working on interactive maps in the right directions when communicating with vendors. I look forward to hearing and capturing what very specific guidance others may have. Best, Jennifer Note that I've done my best to curate for up-to-date info, but please check, as needed: >From Portland Community College: http://www.pcc.edu/resources/disability/accessible-building-features.html#sy-cc-1 from Penn State: http://accessibility.psu.edu/images/maps/ Two from Accessibility OZ: http://wiki.accessibilityoz.com.au/doku.php/checklists/maps/start and http://www.accessibilityoz.com/2014/07/someone-say-map/ A Wiki page for a Research and Development Group on the subject (I don't know the status of the work): https://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Accessible_Maps Writing text alternatives for maps: http://4syllables.com.au/articles/text-alternatives-maps/ An example of an accessible SVG map: http://examples.simplyaccessible.com/svg-maps/ Working on making Google maps accessible: http://unobfuscated.blogspot.com/2013/11/accessible-google-maps.html On 9/19/2016 11:40 AM, Stephanie Rosen wrote: Hi All, I am interested in learning about any good examples of accessible interactive maps -- in particular, maps which display/pull from public census data. There are many products out there with totally inaccessible map interfaces and I'm looking for the most accessible alternative. Any information appreciated. Thank you. -- Stephanie S. Rosen Accessibility Specialist University of Michigan Library _______________________________________________ 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... 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URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Mon Sep 19 22:41:38 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessible interactive maps with data In-Reply-To: <4bf46eb4-5d9c-0033-42d4-32495f71351f@gmail.com> References: , <4bf46eb4-5d9c-0033-42d4-32495f71351f@gmail.com> Message-ID: <76F043EE-6512-41C4-81A0-705319CF1008@ucdavis.edu> I'm just trying to collect money for a project tango device from google. That tablet is amazing, too bad intel bought their "computer eye" company last week. http://procrastineering.blogspot.com/2016/06/project-tango-google-io-2016-videos.html?m=1 Check out the third video. He created an precise indoor wayfinding map of a subway using nothing but his tablet. Just wonder how difficult to get on other mobile devices... Joshua Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2016, at 12:04 PM, Jennifer Sutton > wrote: Hello, all: I don't know that these resources will answer your question specifically, Stephanie, but perhaps they'll point you and others working on interactive maps in the right directions when communicating with vendors. I look forward to hearing and capturing what very specific guidance others may have. Best, Jennifer Note that I've done my best to curate for up-to-date info, but please check, as needed: >From Portland Community College: http://www.pcc.edu/resources/disability/accessible-building-features.html#sy-cc-1 from Penn State: http://accessibility.psu.edu/images/maps/ Two from Accessibility OZ: http://wiki.accessibilityoz.com.au/doku.php/checklists/maps/start and http://www.accessibilityoz.com/2014/07/someone-say-map/ A Wiki page for a Research and Development Group on the subject (I don't know the status of the work): https://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Accessible_Maps Writing text alternatives for maps: http://4syllables.com.au/articles/text-alternatives-maps/ An example of an accessible SVG map: http://examples.simplyaccessible.com/svg-maps/ Working on making Google maps accessible: http://unobfuscated.blogspot.com/2013/11/accessible-google-maps.html On 9/19/2016 11:40 AM, Stephanie Rosen wrote: Hi All, I am interested in learning about any good examples of accessible interactive maps -- in particular, maps which display/pull from public census data. There are many products out there with totally inaccessible map interfaces and I'm looking for the most accessible alternative. Any information appreciated. Thank you. -- Stephanie S. Rosen Accessibility Specialist University of Michigan Library _______________________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Sep 20 11:34:54 2016 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Free online MOOC "Digital Accessibility: Enabling Participation in the Information Society" starts Oct 17th Message-ID: <9a141272-307e-04ee-773f-22938eb79a10@gmail.com> ATHENites: In case any of you might find this helpful at your institution. Jennifer Tweet from @EADraffan E.A. Draffan @EADraffan Free online MOOC "Digital Accessibility: Enabling Participation in the Information Society" starts Oct 17th https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/digital-accessibility 20 September From gian at accessibilityoz.com Tue Sep 20 12:32:57 2016 From: gian at accessibilityoz.com (Gian Wild) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible interactive maps Message-ID: Apologies, the link to the presentation was broken (thanks Jennifer Sutton for pointing that out!). You can download the file now: https://accessibilityoz.sharefile.com/d-s67443a8eb594d519 From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Sep 20 14:30:04 2016 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Updated Video Pages: Perspectives on Web Accessibility -- Essential for Some, Useful for All In-Reply-To: <35245fd8-7f88-a8ff-f67a-8b3c61bdddbf@w3.org> References: <35245fd8-7f88-a8ff-f67a-8b3c61bdddbf@w3.org> Message-ID: ATHENites: I thought some might not be on the WAI-IG email list and would find this update about these videos of interest. Jennifer -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Updated Video Pages: Perspectives on Web Accessibility -- Essential for Some, Useful for All Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:16:44 +0000 Resent-From: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:16:26 -0500 From: Shawn Henry To: WAI Interest Group Hi WAI IG, Thank you for submitting comments on the first version of the *Web Accessibility Perspectives* pages that explore the impact of accessibility for people with disabilities and the benefits for everyone. We have addressed comments and updated the pages linked from: https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspectives/ Most pages have minor updates including: * Simplifying and clarifying the introduction sections * Editing and adding to the bullets under "Who depends on this feature" and "What are the additional benefits?" *Feedback*: We welcome additional feedback. At the bottom of each page are links to e-mail and GitHub for comments. *We would particularly like to hear how you are using these videos*, for example, in what type of conference presentation, in response to what issues (e.g., "my colleagues didn't understand the additional benefits of captions so I showed them the Video Captions page, and [their response]...") -- as well as how you and others are reacting to the videos and resource pages. We would appreciate getting such feedback to: wai-eo-editors@w3.org &/or Twitter @w3c-wai Thanks in advance for any feedback you provide! *Features*: One of the things we've heard is that some people really appreciate the video player showing the transcript along side the video with the text highlighted. We've also provided the following to facilitate using the videos in presentations and other ways: * YouTube playlist of individual videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhDEeYUfW02QndusXXtQtuMbMYhK7TMBT * Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f31oufqFSM * YouTube playlist of Audio Described Versions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhDEeYUfW02Qo4r2KlzagxZxhYcZADee- ------- The following is the same as the original announcement. *About the Resource*: This resource introduces 10 web accessibility topics with: * videos * brief descriptions * links to learn more The videos: * relate the benefits of accessibility to everyone in different situations * encourage viewers to learn more about web accessibility Short URI: http://j.mp/WAIperspectives *About W3C*: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium that develops Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth for the Web. *About WAI*: The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) brings together organizations and individuals around the world to make the Web more accessible for people with disabilities and older users. *About EOWG*: The W3C WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) develops strategies and resources to promote awareness, understanding, and implementation of web accessibility. EOWG developed this Web Accessibility Perspectives resource, and develops many of the resources in the Learn More sections, including the Accessibility Principles page, the User Stories, and: * Web Accessibility Tutorials * Tips for Getting Started with Web Accessibility * Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid cross-postings where possible. Regards, Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach Shadi Abou-Zahra, Activity Lead, WAI International Program Office Judy Brewer, WAI Director -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Nazely.Kurkjian at suny.edu Wed Sep 21 11:39:56 2016 From: Nazely.Kurkjian at suny.edu (Kurkjian, Nazely) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] A statement on online course content and accessibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Update - Article from Inside Higher Ed. University May Remove Online Content to Avoid Disability Law. For some reason I can't make a 'meaningful' hyperlink in this email so the following is the long URL: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/09/20/berkeley-may-remove-free-online-content-rather-complying-disability-law -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 4:36 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] A statement on online course content and accessibility ATHENites: I imagine many of you have seen this, but in case not. Jennifer A statement on online course content and accessibility http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/09/13/a-statement-on-online-course-content-and-accessibility/ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Wed Sep 21 12:06:11 2016 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] A statement on online course content and accessibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: What I am finding interesting in the discussions happening on Inside Higher Ed and other places is that there is almost no recognition that courses were being made accessible through the Berkeley Resource Center for Online Education (BRCOE). It was not so much an issue that course content could not be made accessible, but rather administrative decisions were made such that course content did not go through a process robust enough to address accessibility. I recognize that BRCOE has a specific role with respect to online courses at UC Berkeley and that not all faculty and departments may wish to pursue those services. That said, it was not so much a technical issue such accessibility could not be supported in these other online classes, but rather a decision-making process that allowed for the inaccessible course content to be produced and disseminated. What I see in the DOJ letter is the following message: "You had the rules, you knew the rules, but you created a situation by which you could chose to not follow the rules." Take care, Sean On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Kurkjian, Nazely wrote: > Update - Article from Inside Higher Ed. University May Remove Online > Content to Avoid Disability Law. For some reason I can't make a > 'meaningful' hyperlink in this email so the following is the long URL: > https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/09/20/berkeley- > may-remove-free-online-content-rather-complying-disability-law > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] > On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 4:36 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Subject: [Athen] A statement on online course content and accessibility > > ATHENites: > > > I imagine many of you have seen this, but in case not. > > > Jennifer > > > A statement on online course content and accessibility > > http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/09/13/a-statement-on-online- > course-content-and-accessibility/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Wed Sep 21 13:47:58 2016 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] A statement on online course content and accessibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <07f4eee9436a4dac93cca6167734795d@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Well said, Sean. Also, so much can be made accessible at the onset without additional cost or with minimal cost. Retro-fitting inaccessible material after the fact is what makes things costly. Blaming the DOJ for bad choices on the part of the university is a sad excuse, in my opinion. 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 Sean Keegan Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 1:06 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] A statement on online course content and accessibility What I am finding interesting in the discussions happening on Inside Higher Ed and other places is that there is almost no recognition that courses were being made accessible through the Berkeley Resource Center for Online Education (BRCOE). It was not so much an issue that course content could not be made accessible, but rather administrative decisions were made such that course content did not go through a process robust enough to address accessibility. I recognize that BRCOE has a specific role with respect to online courses at UC Berkeley and that not all faculty and departments may wish to pursue those services. That said, it was not so much a technical issue such accessibility could not be supported in these other online classes, but rather a decision-making process that allowed for the inaccessible course content to be produced and disseminated. What I see in the DOJ letter is the following message: "You had the rules, you knew the rules, but you created a situation by which you could chose to not follow the rules." Take care, Sean On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Kurkjian, Nazely > wrote: Update - Article from Inside Higher Ed. University May Remove Online Content to Avoid Disability Law. For some reason I can't make a 'meaningful' hyperlink in this email so the following is the long URL: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/09/20/berkeley-may-remove-free-online-content-rather-complying-disability-law -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 4:36 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] A statement on online course content and accessibility ATHENites: I imagine many of you have seen this, but in case not. Jennifer A statement on online course content and accessibility http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/09/13/a-statement-on-online-course-content-and-accessibility/ _______________________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3598 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Wed Sep 21 18:20:04 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Disability Consulting Position open in SF area In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FYI, for those interested... From: Student Disability Services in Health Sciences & Medicine [mailto:HEALTHSCI_MED@LISTSRV.UCSF.EDU] On Behalf Of Meeks, Lisa Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 10:56 AM To: HEALTHSCI_MED@LISTSRV.UCSF.EDU Subject: Disability Consulting Position open in SF area All, I am posting this as a courtesy to an old colleague who is now at Minerva. Job Description Disability Resource Specialist Minerva Schools at KGI 9/15/16 About the Minerva Schools at KGI Minerva, based in San Francisco, California, offers a unique undergraduate experience for the brightest, most motivated students in the world. Combining a reinvented and rigorous curriculum, highly selective admissions, high academic standards, cutting-edge technology, and an immersive global experience, Minerva provides an exceptional and accessible education to prepare future leaders and innovators across all disciplines. In 2013 Minerva formed an alliance with Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) to establish the Minerva Schools at KGI (MSKGI). KGI is an accredited institution offering graduate-level professional degrees in addition to the undergraduate degrees offered by the Minerva Schools. Minerva students come from all over the world to spend their first year in residence in San Francisco, and then live and study in a different major world city every semester thereafter. The first locations outside the US are Berlin and Buenos Aires, scheduled for 2016-17. These rich international experiences provide students with deep global understanding and skills. Role Minerva is seeking a seasoned disability specialist to serve as a consultant to review requests of special accommodations and make recommendations for providing those accommodations. Responsibilities Based on current best practice in the field: 1. Review the requests for accommodations and supporting documentation, interviewing students as needed 2. Determine if documentation is adequate and if not communicate with student to get required documentation 3. Determine if the accommodations requested are warranted and matched to the disability and make a recommendation for accommodations that is in keeping with current standards 4. Prepare appropriate documentation for the student denying or confirming the accommodations 5. Prepare appropriate documentation for MSKGI listing the approved accommodations Requests for accommodations ordinarily are submitted in the summer before first-year undergraduate enrollment and then renewed each succeeding summer. Most work would be done during this period with updates as required throughout the year for changes in circumstances or temporary disabilities. Requirements * Master's degree required and doctorate preferred in a relevant field of study * 5-8 years of university-level experience in working with students with disabilities * Demonstrated ability to exercise sensitivity and respect to other cultures, politics, values and modes of communication * Strong sense of discretion, confidentiality and tact * Excellent written skills and attention to detail * Comfortable using and learning new technology * Efficient and responsive; meets deadlines Skills/Personal Attributes * Problem-solver; desire to be part of something new and innovative * Passionate about international education and student development * Strong communication skills with the ability to listen and to interact well with people from all levels of internal and external organizations * Flexible and open to doing things in new ways and living with ambiguity * Empathetic * Works well remotely and with little supervision Reporting and Internal Collaboration * Reports to Chief Student Affairs and Operations Officer in San Francisco Headquarters * Works with a student services assistant who communicates requests, maintains records, and ensures that accommodations are made. 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Highlights from this year?s event: (titles link to session description) - Creating Accessible forms using Adobe Acrobat Pro , Karen McCall, Accessible Document Design Consultant, Karlen Communications - Evaluating Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) for University Procurement , James Jackson, EIT Accessibility Coordinator, Michigan State University - Alternate Format: It?s Not Just Handing a Student a Publisher PDF , Susan Kelmer, CU- Boulder & Pamela Starks, Front Range Community College - Effectively Accommodating Low Vision Students , Jenna Atkinson & Laura Loree, Utah Valley University - Generating and Using Accessible Mathematics on the Web , Volker Sorge, Peter Krautzberger, Dr, Samuel Dooley, Pearson - Getting Ahead of the Curve: Scalable, Accessible, Enterprise-class Video on the Web , John Foliot, Principal Accessibility Strategist, Deque Systems - What One School Learned from DOJ/OCR Rulings at Other Institutions , Sheryl Burgshahler & Terrill Thompson, University of Washington - Challenges of notetaking in higher education: Tools to provide effective accommodations , Darrin McCarthy, Disability Officer, University of Nevada, Reno And over 80 more View complete agenda or *register now * More Information If you have any questions, contact Howard Kramer at 303-492-8672 or at the email below. e-mail: hkramer@ahead.org Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org/ -- 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 mbohn at bergen.edu Thu Sep 22 07:17:49 2016 From: mbohn at bergen.edu (Maria Bohn) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Natural Reader Mac Message-ID: One of the students I work with has purchased Natural Reader for the Mac ? he prefers the voices to the Kurzweil 3000 voices ? however he is having issues where Natural Reader will just STOP reading after about 10-15 minutes ? has anyone had this problem and how did you resolve it? The only workaround I have had success so far with is for him to restart the entire computer which as you can imagine take forever. He has a huge workload of reading this semester. He is on a Mac using El Captain OSX ? I contacted tech support and they have not heard of this issue before. Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College From girwin2 at hccfl.edu Thu Sep 22 07:27:24 2016 From: girwin2 at hccfl.edu (Irwin, George) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Natural Reader Mac In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Quick thought is it is not registered so it is running in a demo mode. Someone may have to check for her. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 10:18 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Natural Reader Mac One of the students I work with has purchased Natural Reader for the Mac ? he prefers the voices to the Kurzweil 3000 voices ? however he is having issues where Natural Reader will just STOP reading after about 10-15 minutes ? has anyone had this problem and how did you resolve it? The only workaround I have had success so far with is for him to restart the entire computer which as you can imagine take forever. He has a huge workload of reading this semester. He is on a Mac using El Captain OSX ? I contacted tech support and they have not heard of this issue before. Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this email communication may be subject to public disclosure. This message is the property of Hillsborough Community College or its affiliates. It may be legally privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). No addressee should forward, print, copy, or otherwise reproduce this message in any manner that would allow it to be viewed by any individual not originally listed as a recipient. 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At least the students could see it in action, even if they could not "play with it" hands-on. Thanks in advance for any rescue attempts made on our/my behalf! 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.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adwershing at pstcc.edu Thu Sep 22 11:56:28 2016 From: adwershing at pstcc.edu (Wershing, Alice D.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] need link to CAR demo In-Reply-To: <002b01d214f9$240204d0$6c060e70$@gmail.com> References: <002b01d214f9$240204d0$6c060e70$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <476181b20f1d441eb68cfd8dcaeab9c1@EXMAIL01.pstcc.edu> Will you be using MathType and Mathplayer or NVDA as well? From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:46 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] need link to CAR demo Calling all ATHENites! I am teaching a masters level class on assistive tech. We are working on making math accessible as the topic for the week and I ran into two challenges: 1. The Central Access Reader for MAC is not working (installs but won't run); CWU is aware of this but does not yet have a fix. 2. Do any of you have a short video demo of the CAR tool that you could send me link for? At least the students could see it in action, even if they could not "play with it" hands-on. Thanks in advance for any rescue attempts made on our/my behalf! 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. 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On Sep 22, 2016 12:04 PM, "Wershing, Alice D." wrote: > Will you be using MathType and Mathplayer or NVDA as well? > > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] > On Behalf Of Wink Harner > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:46 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Subject: [Athen] need link to CAR demo > > Calling all ATHENites! > > I am teaching a masters level class on assistive tech. We are working on > making math accessible as the topic for the week and I ran into two > challenges: > > 1. The Central Access Reader for MAC is not working (installs but > won't run); CWU is aware of this but does not yet have a fix. > > 2. Do any of you have a short video demo of the CAR tool that you > could send me link for? At least the students could see it in action, even > if they could not "play with it" hands-on. > > Thanks in advance for any rescue attempts made on our/my behalf! > > 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.) > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 mbohn at bergen.edu Thu Sep 22 12:32:23 2016 From: mbohn at bergen.edu (Maria Bohn) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Natural Reader Mac In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4176041E-D882-400B-9F9C-5E1BC835FD65@bergen.edu> Thank you I will try that ? it didn?t occur to me but the student is not all that tech savvy so it is possible. Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College On 9/22/16, 10:27 AM, "athen-list on behalf of Irwin, George" wrote: Quick thought is it is not registered so it is running in a demo mode. Someone may have to check for her. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 10:18 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Natural Reader Mac One of the students I work with has purchased Natural Reader for the Mac ? he prefers the voices to the Kurzweil 3000 voices ? however he is having issues where Natural Reader will just STOP reading after about 10-15 minutes ? has anyone had this problem and how did you resolve it? The only workaround I have had success so far with is for him to restart the entire computer which as you can imagine take forever. He has a huge workload of reading this semester. He is on a Mac using El Captain OSX ? I contacted tech support and they have not heard of this issue before. Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this email communication may be subject to public disclosure. This message is the property of Hillsborough Community College or its affiliates. It may be legally privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). No addressee should forward, print, copy, or otherwise reproduce this message in any manner that would allow it to be viewed by any individual not originally listed as a recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this message. Thank you. _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From mbohn at bergen.edu Thu Sep 22 12:33:37 2016 From: mbohn at bergen.edu (Maria Bohn) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? Message-ID: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> If you had a choice between one or the other which would you find more valuable in terms of learning new ways to do things? Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College From jkb1200s at gmail.com Thu Sep 22 12:35:11 2016 From: jkb1200s at gmail.com (julie balassa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? In-Reply-To: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> References: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> Message-ID: AHH hands down. jkb Julie K. Balassa, MA White Feather Interpreting, LLC CI and CT, Court Certified 407-484-0429 jkb1200s@gmail.com whitefeatherinterpreting@gmail.com > On Sep 22, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Maria Bohn wrote: > > If you had a choice between one or the other which would you find more valuable in terms of learning new ways to do things? > > > Maria Bohn > Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist > Assistive Technology > Office of Specialized Services > Bergen Community College > > _______________________________________________ > 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 jongund at illinois.edu Thu Sep 22 12:39:23 2016 From: jongund at illinois.edu (Gunderson, Jon R) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? In-Reply-To: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> References: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> Message-ID: <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A1474BF3107C@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> Maria, For higher education AHG is much better option in my opinion. ATIA seems to be geared more for people primary and secondary schools. Jon -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? If you had a choice between one or the other which would you find more valuable in terms of learning new ways to do things? Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Thu Sep 22 12:57:58 2016 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? In-Reply-To: <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A1474BF3107C@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> References: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A1474BF3107C@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> Message-ID: +1 to Jon's comment. AHG is much more relevant for higher education. Sean On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Gunderson, Jon R wrote: > Maria, > > For higher education AHG is much better option in my opinion. ATIA seems > to be geared more for people primary and secondary schools. > > Jon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] > On Behalf Of Maria Bohn > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:34 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? > > If you had a choice between one or the other which would you find more > valuable in terms of learning new ways to do things? > > > Maria Bohn > Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of > Specialized Services Bergen Community College > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu Thu Sep 22 12:41:26 2016 From: Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu (Kluesner, Bryon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? In-Reply-To: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> References: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> Message-ID: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF6151377AD3@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> Accessing Higher Ground is geared toward Higher Education and is a great conference to attend. Bryon 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 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 3:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? If you had a choice between one or the other which would you find more valuable in terms of learning new ways to do things? Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From sherylb at uw.edu Thu Sep 22 13:33:07 2016 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? In-Reply-To: <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A1474BF3107C@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> References: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A1474BF3107C@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> Message-ID: Since you are from a postsecondary institution I recommend AHG. Sheryl On Sep 22, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Gunderson, Jon R wrote: > Maria, > > For higher education AHG is much better option in my opinion. ATIA seems to be geared more for people primary and secondary schools. > > Jon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:34 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? > > If you had a choice between one or the other which would you find more valuable in terms of learning new ways to do things? > > > Maria Bohn > Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College > > _______________________________________________ > 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 jsuttondc at gmail.com Thu Sep 22 13:49:40 2016 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] 5 key accessibility trends in North American education Message-ID: ATHENites: Thought you might be interested in this post from Blackboard. Jennifer 5 key accessibility trends in North American education http://blog.blackboard.com/5-key-accessibility-trends-north-american-education/ From hunziker at email.arizona.edu Thu Sep 22 15:09:49 2016 From: hunziker at email.arizona.edu (Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reminder - Announcing AHEAD's Fall tech webinar series - ATHEN Discount! Message-ID: <3b9c329dbe1a416dab30bf5324e88489@TURQUOISE.catnet.arizona.edu> Hello Everyone, A reminder about a perk you receive as an ATHEN Member! The first session is Tuesday 9/27 with Sheryl Burgstahler (see below for a description)? **** Hello ATHEN Members! Did you know that as an ATHEN Member you qualify for the member discount on any AHEAD webinars? AHEAD has announced its Fall 2016 Webinar Series, which includes a complete set of webinars focused on technology accessibility. To view topics, speakers and descriptions and to register for any of the webinars, visit the AHEAD Tech Webinar Series home page: http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_16_17 For a complete listing of webinars across all topic areas, visit the main 2016-17 AHEAD Webinars page: https://www.ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/webinars-16-17 ****** The First AHEAD Tech Webinar is on September 27th: E-Learning Accessibility: What Does an Instructor Need to Know? September 27; 3:00-4:30 Eastern Time Presenters: Sheryl Burgstahler, DO-IT University of Washington Description: Some online learning programs have faced legal challenges because of the inaccessibility of their courses to individuals with disabilities. But, what does it mean for a course to be ?accessible?? What can be learned from legal challenges regarding e-learning accessibility. What are relevant laws? What are some strategies for making online courses compliant with legal mandates specifically, but also, more generally, welcoming to, accessible to and usable by all students, including those with disabilities, who wish to engage in online learning offerings,? This presentation will answer these questions, focusing on how increasing faculty knowledge can reduce the need for accommodations to be provided to individual students with disabilities. Remember - Cost for ATHEN Members to attend this and any of the other AHEAD Webinar sessions is the same as AHEAD members. When registering for the webinar, choose the option for ?I qualify for AHEAD member rates? to get your discount! We hope you take advantage of this benefit! ATHEN Executive Committee ~~ Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant Disability Resource Center 520-626-9409 hunziker@email.arizona.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Fri Sep 23 06:50:53 2016 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? In-Reply-To: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> References: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CC55A@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Working in higher ed, I choose AHG every year over ATIA and CSUN. While I would like to attend all three, since I can only attend one, AHG wins. 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 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? If you had a choice between one or the other which would you find more valuable in terms of learning new ways to do things? Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From lissner.2 at osu.edu Thu Sep 22 15:52:39 2016 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing Disability at School, Work & Beyond; 2017 Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability Message-ID: Call For Presentations - Save The Date The Seventeenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability Seeing Disability at School, Work & Beyond At The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus * April 11, 2017 - Student Preconference - Disability & Career * April 12, 2017 - Student Poster Competition * April 12-13, 2017 - Main Conference 2 Plenaries & 25 Concurrent Sessions Multiple Perspectives is an ongoing exploration of disability, a conversation including many voices and reflecting perspectives gained through experience and research; theory and practice, arts and sciences. This year's theme, Seeing Disability continues our dialogue Disclosure can be a personal choice or an environmental imperative this year's them focuses on how disability is seen in the environment, the individual and their interaction. Explicit and implicit assumptions from policy and design to everyday choices drive recognition and disclosure at school, work and play. Proposals exploring these choices and their consequences will be given preference in the review process. Following our tradition below are two quotes to help you think broadly about this year's theme as you prepare your proposal. A little different this year the second quote is the opening verse of a song, links to the full lyrics and a recording are provided. "Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does." Stella Young "I went for a jog in the city air I met a woman in a wheelchair I said 'I'm sorry to see you're handicapped.' She says 'What makes you think a thing like that?'" Talking Wheelchair Blues by Fred Small Lyrics (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/fred+small/talking+wheelchair+blues_20318682.html) Recording (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-wMFuAUW3Q) T Preference will be given to proposals that reflect this year's theme; encourage discussions across the typical social, political, and disciplinary boundaries; connect individuals to local, national or international communities; or consider parallels, distinctions and intersections with race, gender and ethnicity. This year in particular graduate and undergraduate presenters a sought for a strand of sessions focused on student interests and concerns. DISABILTY & CAREER - STUDENT PRECONFERENCE: This free full day preconference will focus on students with disabilities who are or will soon be graduating and seeking full time employment. Providing information, resources, and networking opportunities sessions will include: building a resume; conducting a job search; disability disclosure; requesting accommodations; and rights and responsibilities of employees and employers under the ADA. The full day conference will include opportunities for students to network with employers during lunch and participate in resume review and mock interview sessions. A strand of sessions throughout the conference will be focused on student interests and concerns is planned. Past programs and conference updates as they become available can be found at: http://ada.osu.edu/conferences.htm. To be on the mailing list for the conference, send e-mail to ADA-OSU@osu.edu The Multiple Perspectives Conference is hosted by Ohio State University's ADA Coordinator's Office is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Ethel Louise Armstrong Endowment Fund and ongoing support from The Ohio State University. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 2016 Proposal Deadline: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3, 2016) Proposals should be submitted by e-mail as an attachment (Word, TXT, or RTF formats) to ADA-OSU@osu.edu with MP2016 and your name in the subject line Proposals must include: 1. Name of each presenter with titles, institutions, employers etc. as appropriate 2. Contact information (phone, mailing address, and e-mail) if there is more than one presenter please indicate one individual as the contact and lead presenter. 3. Title of Presentation (9 words or less) 4. Short Description 20- 35 words. 5. Description (700 words or less) Please describe the content, focus and desired outcomes for the presentation using these questions as a guide. * What is the format of the presentation (Lecture, Panel, Discussion, Performance, Other)? * Who is the intended audience (educators, employers, businesses, advocates, students, consumers, researchers, or other)? * How familiar should the audience be with the topic (beginner, intermediate, advanced)? * What are your three main goals for the presentation? Please Note: The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging. Questions contact L. Scott Lissner at Lissner.2@osu.edu. Please share with your students: ETHEL LOUISE ARMSTRONG UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER COMPETITIONS At the Seventeenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: April 12, 2017 Held on The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus Poster Submissions are due no later than March 15, 2017 The Multiple Perspectives Conference encourages students to network with professionals, the community, and scholars who share their interests in disability at its annual student poster reception. A generous gift from the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation will fund awards (Graduate Research - $500; Undergraduate Research $200, Art & Performance $200, Community Service $100, and Class Projects $200 at this year's competition. Submissions may focus on any aspect of disability and may be based on: 1. Independent & Supervised Student Research 2. Art & Performance 3. Class Projects & Papers (Award goes to department to support future projects) 4. Community Service & Applied Problem Solving from Service Learning Classes or student organizations (Award goes to organization/department to support future projects) Posters can take a variety of forms including print material mounted on poster board or display panels or arranged on a table; PowerPoint presentations, web pages or video presentations from your laptop... * Presentation materials must fit on a 3'x6' table or along 6' or less of wall space * Presentation materials should present the information in 10 minutes or less * Presenters or their designee must be present to interact with the audience * Presenters must provide their own equipment Visit these sites for tips on developing a poster presentation: * http://denman.osu.edu/resources.aspx * http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/index.cfm * http://elearningfacultymodules.org/index.php/Digital_Posters_and_Digital_Poster_Sessions#Module_Summary Students and teams of students who wish to present a poster must send the following information to ADA-OSU@osu.edu no later than March 15, 2017 1. Title 2. Short Title - 9 word maximum 3. Poster Format (Print, Model, PowerPoint, Video, ...) 4. Description of their proposed poster topic - 250 word maximum 5. E-mail address, phone number, and surface mail address of coordinating presenter 6. As appropriate, university, department, grant, course or student organization affiliation 7. A letter of support from a faculty member or organization advisor associated with the project 8. Name of individual, Department or Organization to receive cash award should the project win. Early submissions are encouraged. Submissions will be reviewed as they arrive. Conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for all accepted presenters. Please Note: The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 7:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? Working in higher ed, I choose AHG every year over ATIA and CSUN. While I would like to attend all three, since I can only attend one, AHG wins. 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 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? If you had a choice between one or the other which would you find more valuable in terms of learning new ways to do things? Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College _______________________________________________ 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 hkramer at ahead.org Fri Sep 23 09:38:22 2016 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? In-Reply-To: <76670eaf849b4249ac7b266fecd40564@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> References: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CC55A@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <76670eaf849b4249ac7b266fecd40564@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Message-ID: Bad choice Leyna. :-) On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Leyna Bencomo wrote: > I have attended AHG for the past five years and presented twice (or three > times?). Anyway, I find the courses are always relevant to my job and it > is a great networking opportunity. This year I am planning to attend CSUN > for the first time so my budget will not allow me to be at AHG. > > 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/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] > On Behalf Of Robert Beach > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 7:51 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? > > Working in higher ed, I choose AHG every year over ATIA and CSUN. While I > would like to attend all three, since I can only attend one, AHG wins. > > > 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 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] > On Behalf Of Maria Bohn > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:34 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? > > If you had a choice between one or the other which would you find more > valuable in terms of learning new ways to do things? > > > Maria Bohn > Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of > Specialized Services Bergen Community College > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 lbencomo at uccs.edu Fri Sep 23 10:01:20 2016 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? In-Reply-To: References: <5A787B62-C96F-41E1-8EE5-49F3E9BB8FA0@bergen.edu> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1CC55A@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <76670eaf849b4249ac7b266fecd40564@UCCS-EX1.uccs.edu> Message-ID: LOL! 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 Howard Kramer Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 10:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? Bad choice Leyna. :-) On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Leyna Bencomo > wrote: I have attended AHG for the past five years and presented twice (or three times?). Anyway, I find the courses are always relevant to my job and it is a great networking opportunity. This year I am planning to attend CSUN for the first time so my budget will not allow me to be at AHG. 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/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 7:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? Working in higher ed, I choose AHG every year over ATIA and CSUN. While I would like to attend all three, since I can only attend one, AHG wins. 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 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Accessing Higher Ground or ATIA? If you had a choice between one or the other which would you find more valuable in terms of learning new ways to do things? Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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! 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Join us in Baltimore for this first annual symposium dedicated to ICT accessibility testing. This event brings together people who are interested in testing to the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0). The event will include presentations and papers from peer reviewed submissions. The proceedings will be published. Online Registration deadline: Sunday, October 20, 2016 For registration, to view the preliminary program, and the symposium committee, visit the event website: ictaccessibilitytesting.org ------------------------------ Chris Law McLean VA chrismlaw@accessibilitytrack.com ------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kathryn.sharron at csun.edu Mon Sep 26 09:49:02 2016 From: kathryn.sharron at csun.edu (Sharron, Kathryn E) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] CSUN is hiring! Message-ID: The Universal Design Center at California State University, Northridge has two open positions: Instructional Media Accessibility Consultant (Job ID: 4721) - Help faculty and the campus community with the how and why to make digital information accessible. Universal Design Technical Consultant (Job ID: 5318) - Entry-level growth opportunity. Evaluate web and mobile applications, then collaborate with the campus community to improve campus technology for everyone. Please apply at http://www.csun.edu/careers/external-career-applicants Thank you, Kate Sharron Program Manager, Universal Design Center Department of Academic Resources and Planning California State University, Northridge kathryn.sharron@csun.edu | 818-677-3065 | Oviatt Library 5 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mthornt at uark.edu Mon Sep 26 10:32:38 2016 From: mthornt at uark.edu (Melanie P. Thornton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility Centers that Support a Consortium of Colleges Message-ID: <22551ad2a0134187812378cfa3ed862f@ex-mbx4b.uark.edu> Greetings, ATHENites. If you work for or know of an accessibility center that supports a consortium of colleges (other than the California Community College Accessibility Center), please contact me off list. Many thanks! Melanie Melanie Thornton Coordinator of Access & Equity Outreach University of Arkansas CURRENTS V/T: 501.291.3217 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ssrosen at umich.edu Mon Sep 26 11:44:26 2016 From: ssrosen at umich.edu (Stephanie Rosen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] PDF remediation, vendor solutions Message-ID: Does anyone on this resourceful list have experience with a vendor providing bulk evaluation and remediation of inaccessible PDF documents? 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Lead live production and pre-recorded video shoots, and maintain video equipment. ? Produce quality, accessible content. ? Skilled at digital storytelling. ? Manage, mentor, and develop a student team of student interns. This posting closes next Tuesday, October 4th. You can apply at https://jobs.msu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=68780 All the best, Nate Nate Evans Manager, Digital Content & Accessibility MSU Information Technology Michigan State University (517) 884.0682 tech.msu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lnorwich at bu.edu Mon Sep 26 20:00:27 2016 From: lnorwich at bu.edu (Norwich, Lorraine S) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Echo Livescribe Message-ID: Dear All, We are updating some of our training materials. Does anyone have information on using the Echo Livescribe pen that you would be happy to share with us. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. 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Today's Topics: 1. Media Production Specialist position open at MSU (Evans, Nathan) 2. Echo Livescribe (Norwich, Lorraine S) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 19:15:37 +0000 From: "Evans, Nathan" To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Media Production Specialist position open at MSU Message-ID: <14533B26-DCB9-48B2-A2BC-FDE8E1D35CCE@msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Michigan State University is looking for a talented Media Production Specialist (posting 4007) to join our Digital Content & Accessibility team to help provide great digital experiences across the institution. This role within MSU IT will help coordinate video projects, pre-recorded and live, for academic events, university meetings, and presentations. ? Build client relationships across the institution. ? Lead live production and pre-recorded video shoots, and maintain video equipment. ? Produce quality, accessible content. ? Skilled at digital storytelling. ? Manage, mentor, and develop a student team of student interns. This posting closes next Tuesday, October 4th. You can apply at https://jobs.msu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=68780 All the best, Nate Nate Evans Manager, Digital Content & Accessibility MSU Information Technology Michigan State University (517) 884.0682 tech.msu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 03:00:27 +0000 From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Echo Livescribe Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear All, We are updating some of our training materials. Does anyone have information on using the Echo Livescribe pen that you would be happy to share with us. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. 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Thornton Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 10:33 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessibility Centers that Support a Consortium of Colleges Greetings, ATHENites. If you work for or know of an accessibility center that supports a consortium of colleges (other than the California Community College Accessibility Center), please contact me off list. Many thanks! Melanie Melanie Thornton Coordinator of Access & Equity Outreach University of Arkansas CURRENTS V/T: 501.291.3217 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Tue Sep 27 13:18:03 2016 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility Centers that Support a Consortium of Colleges In-Reply-To: <005d01d218f8$49e02cb0$dda08610$@htctu.net> References: <22551ad2a0134187812378cfa3ed862f@ex-mbx4b.uark.edu> <005d01d218f8$49e02cb0$dda08610$@htctu.net> Message-ID: Hahahahaha! 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URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Sep 27 14:14:11 2016 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: DIAGRAM Digital Digest August - September 2016 In-Reply-To: <1d9f34cfc6f8747bac437fb39c4026d2baf.20160927200102@mail59.atl51.rsgsv.net> References: <1d9f34cfc6f8747bac437fb39c4026d2baf.20160927200102@mail59.atl51.rsgsv.net> Message-ID: <00ad01d21904$18411e10$48c35a30$@htctu.net> FYI: Some of you might find this newsletter of interest Subject: DIAGRAM Digital Digest August - September 2016 Table of Contents 1. Have You Heard o Year 2 Of DIAGRAM + Has Officially Begun o George Kerscher Joins Benetech o BISG 2016 Honors o The DIAGRAM Report o Speech Rule Engine Expansion work o Accessible Image Repository-Registry o Certification of an EPUB Publication for Accessibility o Reading Systems Testing o Animal watch 2. Working Group Updates o Overview o General Advisory Committee o Standards o 3D Tactiles Standards o Content o Developers 3. DIAGRAM Out And About 4. What We Are Reading 5. Community Spotlight Have You Heard Year 2 of DIAGRAM + Has Officially Begun by Amaya Webster Dear DIAGRAM Community, Welcome to the second year of the DIAGRAM Center + award. It?s hard to believe that the year has gone by so quickly, but as they say, ?time flies when you?re having fun? and it?s certainly been a fun and exciting year, during which DIAGRAM both concluded some activities from the original DIAGRAM award and worked on projects for the new award. Some highlights include: * The release of the Quick Start Guide for 3D printing in education * The release of the DIAGRAM Extended Image Description Guidelines * The Math Code Sprint which resulted in 3 working prototypes: * ?BAM? (Bundling Accessible Mathematics), a web-based tool produced by the that allows users to switch to their preferred mode of accessing math content on A photograph of DIAGRAM community members hard at work at the CSUN 2016 Math Sprint. the fly (e.g. use your AT to read MathML versus PNG with alt or SVG with alt). * A prototype that connected the open source tools and resources: NVDA, Speech Rule Engine, and the recently released ClearSpeak rule set. And by the end of the day, the team was able to demonstrate NVDA reading MathML using the ClearSpeak rule set. * a demo using MathJax and D3 * Three new DIAGRAM reports from our partners at WGBH?s National Center for Accessible Media * An update to our series on image description metadata, rounding up the latest in standards and recommendations which can be read on our website or downloaded as a word doc. * A write up of the results from an updated DIAGRAM Reading Technology Survey, identifying trends in how people who are blind and have low vision obtain and access reading materials. Available on our website, or as a word doc. * A brand new report that focuses on the existing technology currently being used to create accessible web interactives. It is available for download as a word doc. * Creation of the DIAGRAM Developers Working group which is focusing on the development and sharing of code for accessibility in education. * Creation of a new working group, the Benetech Beta Testers, which will help inform the creation and user experience of our new and upcoming tools and prototypes. A photograph of DIAGRAM team members Sue-Ann and Lisa working with Labs team member John Higgins on DIAGRAM + year 2 planning. Not to be outdone Year Two is already off to an exciting start. The Content working group is working on new resources including a top tips guide for making digital content braille conversion friendly, and the developers working group sub group is working on making drag and drop accessible. And that?s not all. This year will be chock full of new activity. A few brief highlights below: 1. The creation and publication of the DIAGRAM Report which will explore and disseminate information about a wide range of new technologies, industry standards, and best practices that specifically address multi-modal access to education for students with disabilities. 2. A prototype of the highly anticipated Accessible Image Repository and Registry (AIRR ) 3. The beginning of an open GitHub repository of reusable demonstration code for the most common interactions and modalities 4. In partnership with WGBH/NCAM, development and field testing of exemplary accessible STEM digital learning assets (including videos and activities) for young children with disabilities, based on the popular program PEEP and the Big Wide World funded by NSF and broadcast on PBS stations. So as we kick of this new year of our new award we want to take a moment to thank all of you for being a part of our community. Without you we would never have accomplished all that we did over the last year, and this upcoming year would not be as exciting as it is! A group photograph of DIAGRAM community members smiling with their arms raised. George Kerscher Joins Benetech as Senior Advisor for Global Literacy A head shot of George Kerscher. We are thrilled to announce that George Kerscher has joined Benetech as Senior Advisor for Global Literacy! An icon in the industry, having begun his IT innovations in 1987, George brings a wealth of experience and long-time leadership in the accessible information field. ?We are extremely pleased to welcome George to Benetech and Bookshare,? said Brad Turner, Vice President of Global Literacy at Benetech. ?His technology vision and deep experience will continue to advance our accessibility approach at Benetech, namely making information not only accessible, but also fully functional for persons who are blind or have a print disability.? George?s responsibilities will include strategy and planning for higher education and libraries as well as projects for the visually impaired as part of Benetech?s Bookshare and Born Accessible initiatives to make all ebooks fully accessible when they are first created. Needless to say, we here at DIAGRAM are also extremely excited to have George on board in this new capacity and are eager to see how the Born Accessible work will continue to develop with his contributions. He will of course also continue the fantastic standards work he has been shepherding for the DIAGRAM community as well. The official press release can be read on the Benetech Blog. BISG 2016 Honors: Congratulations George Kerscher and Robin Seaman by Amaya Webster George Kerscher has been nominated and is currently on the shortlist for two awards, the BISG Industry Champion Award and the BISG Industry Innovation Award. the BISG Industry Champion Award honors an individual whose efforts have gone beyond the requirements of his or her position to advance the publishing industry while embracing BISG?s mission to facilitate innovation and shared solutions for the benefit of all companies and practitioners who create, produce, and distribute published content. The BISG Industry Innovation Award salutes the company or individual who boldly reimagines what publishing is and can be. Congratulations George on these truly impressive and well earned nominations! Robin seaman, was awarded the BISG Distinguished Service Award. The award is given in recognition of an individual?s outstanding work on behalf of BISG. This year the award is being presented to the BISG Committee Chairs and BISG Working Group Chairs in recognition of all their hard work and efforts in the area of standards and best practices. Congratulations Robin Seaman, BISG Accessibility Working Group Chair, for being one of the people being honored, you deserve it! You can read the full announcement on the BISG website. DIAGRAM Report by Amaya Webster Work on the first annual DIAGRAM Report will be kicking off this month. The end product will be an annual will interactive, web based report that focuses on emerging technologies with the potential to benefit students with disabilities. Over the next few months we will be polling the DIAGRAM community at large to find what technology is out there, what people are using, and what they are interested in using. The report will be targeted at mid stage adopters such as educators and policy makers. If there are areas of exploration you would like to suggest as potential report topics please feel welcome to do so. In fact, we encourage people to send in ideas of technology we should explore. Topic suggestions can be sent to either Charles or Lisa. Speech Rule Engine Expansion work By Sue-Ann Ma In March 2016, the DIAGRAM Center hosted a one-day code sprint in efforts to work on the next generation of tools and services to support accessible digital mathematics. The event involved over 20 leading developers with technical and accessibility expertise and resulted in riveting discussions, A photograph of Mark Hakinnen, Marshall Sunnes, Daniel Marques, Murray Sargent, Volker Sorge, Neil Soiffer and Wunji Lau working together at the 2016 math sprint. brainstorms, as well as a few teams that was able to produce some preliminary prototypes. Building on the collaboration from the event, the DIAGRAM is starting new work with Volker Sorge of the MathJax Consortium, University of Birmingham, and creator of the Speech Rule Engine, to work towards broadening the reach of the technology to additional tools and mediums such as: screen readers, audio files, and braille. The proposed project involves enhancing the existing Speech Rule Engine, which is an open source math rendering engine currently used by major technology tools including: MathJax (and our MathML Cloud tool built on top of it), ChromeVox, other assistive technology including STEM Reader and TextHelp. Coupled with other resources and partners, this Speech Rule Engine work paves the way for more advanced auto-transcription for specific subject matters, user demographics, math disciplines, languages, and additional mediums (e.g. audio and braille). We are really excited about this upcoming work and look forward to kicking things off this fall. Stay tuned for more information on how we plan to work with members of the DIAGRAM Center community to develop and test this work and of course, to learn when you can check it out for yourself! Accessible Image Repository-Registry by Sue-Ann Ma This quarter, we kicked off development for the highly anticipated Accessible Image Repository-Registry. Working with Sina Bahram of Prime Access Consulting, our initial prototype aims to address some needs and answer some uncertainties when it comes to providing accessible alternatives for visual content. Our primary goal for this phase of development is to throw together a quick prototype where various DIAGRAM members can share, host, tag, and search accessible image alternatives (i.e. text-based descriptions, 2D embossed files, 3D models). We also plan to couple this iterative development work with limited user feedback tests with various DSS (Disability Student Services) offices, TVIs (teachers of the visually impaired), and Parents/Friends of End-Users to refine our requirements and goals for this tool. Look out for upcoming requests for alpha testers on this collection of shared resources. Certification of an EPUB Publication for Accessibility by George Kerscher and Charles LaPierre There is a fundamental need to be able to certify that a given EPUB book is accessible so that people who need accessible books, or are purchasing accessible material for a people who need them, can be confidence that what they are buying, is in fact accessible. A concept we have been referring to as ?buy accessible? ? or the ability to know beyond doubt that what you are purchasing will meet your accessibility needs. Benetech and DAISY have formed a partnership under the Google Impact Award to address this area of need. Once there is an approved EPUB specification, we can begin to test for accessibility. The process used for testing will document a step by step approach to certify that an EPUB publication is truly accessible. The process includes the use of human examination and special software designed to test for accessibility features and create a report on what has been found. The report will flag errors, and identify places where human judgment is needed to check a particular item, for example is the alt-text in this image meaningful. The development of the process is already underway and we are looking at the use of existing HTML accessibility checkers to build upon. We know that there are specific accessibility tests that need to be developed that go beyond HTML and WCAG, these will be built into this new accessibility checking tool. Make sure to stay tuned for updates on our progress and to learn about what the specific accessibility tests will be! DAISY Reading Systems Testing Group Parners with Benetech by George Kerscher and Amaya Webster The DAISY Reading System Testing Group was formed to test how different Reading Systems perform with different types of Assistive Technology and which functions are or are not supported. For example, the group might test how well a refreshable braille device works with Jaws to read a book using Kindle. Upon completion of the test, which examines things like ease of navigation, media overlays, etc. the reading system will be scored and that score eventually published, so that user of assistive technology can determine with ease what system would work best for their needs. Much the way DIAGRAM?s Math Support Finder works for users needing access to accessible math. We are delighted to announce that the Reading System Testing Group will be partnering with Benetech to further our goals of certification and buy accessible materials. DIAGRAM?s own Amaya Webster has just started as the community manager for the Reading System Testing group. Amaya, among other things, will help to identify volunteers to test Assistive Technology (AT) used in conjunction with reading system software on all platforms. The work, available at http://www.epubtest.org continues to identify great EPUB reading systems, and some that have real challenges. Follow the accessibility link on epubtest and you can review the scores for the fundamental testing of 28 reading systems. Yes, there are a few that have 100% accessibility scores. The VitalSource ?Bookshelf? is in the lead on all platforms. We have tested the reading systems in conjunction with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and Talkback using speech output and are currently looking to test for braille support. If you have expertise with refreshable braille and would be interested in conducting a reading system test, please contact Amaya who can help you get started. AnimalWatch Vi: Building Graphics Literacy by Amaya Webster We are excited to share a project that Lisa Wadors Verne, Benetech?s Program Manager: Education, Research & Partnerships, began working on with the University of Arizona and others on July 1, 2016. The goal of the project is to support middle school students with visual impairments in building their ability to gather information from graphics (bar graphs, maps, scatterplots etc.) as they gain skills in solving math word problems and learn about environmental science issues such as the impact of plastics on marine life. The project is collecting examples of graphics in books, apps, web sites, worksheets etc. that have been difficult for children in grades 4 and up to interpret and are interested in the experiences or community members have had both with children who are braille readers and those who are print readers. To help facilitate the collection process and gathering of experiences, there is a contest and participants will be entered to win one of two $25 Amazon gift cards. You?ll need to have a copy of the graphic (and ideally the text that surrounds it from the page or screen) in order to be eligible to win. To share your experiences and enter the contest go to https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cNNGxMovfbUH2Xr. Feel free to distribute this invitation to others who might have an examples they are willing to share. Thanks and good luck! Working Group and Committee Updates General Overview by Amaya Webster The DIAGRAM working groups are a large part of who the DIAGRAM Center is and why we?ve been so successful. They lend their expertise and experience to a wide breadth of issues and areas, and sometimes, as diverse as those areas are, they somehow manage to overlap. So in addition to the individual working group updates, we wanted to take a second to not only call attention to the amazing force of impact that are the working groups, but highlight where their efforts overlap. The Standards, 3D Tactiles Standards and Content Working groups have all been working on representations of braille. The Standards Working Group has been working on representing braille metadata, the Tactile Standards Working Group on standards for including braille on 3d objects and the Content Working Group on Top Tips for publishing content that is braille conversion friendly. This braille work is in addition to the work that the Standards group continues to make headway on with the EPUB 3.1 standard and with Diagrammar as a container for image alternatives. The Tactiles group is also working on documenting lessons learned on printing and using 3d shapes. The Content and Developers working groups are both working on digital interactives and are tasked with thinking through these areas for students with print disabilities and students with disabilities that aren?t print disabilities. The Content Working Group has been busy updating the Accessible Image Sample Book with sample interactives while the Developers Working Group is tackling the technical challenge of some of the most common functions, starting with a sub-group focused on drag and drop. We will be exploring these areas of overlap further at an upcoming Working Group Co-Chairs meeting which is in the process of being scheduled and would welcome suggestions from any of our community members on ways to take advantage of it. If you have an idea please send it to info@diagramcenter.org or to Amaya directly at amayaw@benetech.org. DIAGRAM General Adviosry Committee by Amaya Webster The Diagram general Advisory Committee held their final meeting of the year on August 17, 2016. The group was treated to an overview of the work the Working Groups are doing and where there is overlap between the groups. The Advisory committee was also introduced to the production plan for the first annual DIAGRAM Report. Work on the report will be kicking of this month and will continue through the year. The report is scheduled to be published at the end of 2017. The last meeting topic was the DIAGRAM 2017 offsite which is held at the beginning of summer usually, though not always, in the DC area. The off site is a chance for the community to come together and strategize on what is needed in the field and the best way to achieve the goals of the DIAGRAM Center. Previous off sites have been held at Airlie in near Washington, DC, and Asilomar in Pacific Grove, California. DIAGRAM Standards Working Group Update by George Kerscher and Charles LaPierre The IDPF?s EPUB Accessibility Task force has finished its second editors draft of our Conformance and Discovery Requirements for EPUB Publications which can be viewed at: http://www.idpf.org/epub/a11y/accessibility.html and its companion EPUB Accessibility Techniques document: http://www.idpf.org/epub/a11y/techniques/techniques.htm. The specification will be put to the IDPF membership for approval in Q4 of 2016. Once approved, Benetech and DAISY can begin to move forward on the accessibility testing for the certification work. Exciting news indeed, so stay tuned for updates! As an integral part of discoverability for accessible content we have a proposal into schema.org to add accessibility specific metadata. This proposal is currently on schema.org's pending webpage located at http://pending.webschemas.org. DIAGRAM 3D Tactiles Standards Working Group Update by Amaya Webster After a leave of absence, Mia Lipner will be resuming her role as chair of the 3D Tactiles Standards Working Group. The group would like to extend their thanks to Jim Allan who has been the acting chair in Mia?s absence and did a great job of keeping the group running. Thanks Jim and welcome back Mia! In other news, The DIAGRAM 3D Tactiles Standards Working Group has created a document that seeks to inform object creators about the best way to add braille to 3D objects. The group worked with braille readers from the Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and participants from our IMLS-sponsored National Forum on 3D Printing and Education to test the readability of braille created in various with many different types of printers like Makerbot, MakerGear, TypeA and Ultimaker to name a few. In the end, the group found that ?vertical braille? is the best method of printing braille with a 3D printer. The resource is available for download as a Microsoft Word Document. DIAGRAM Content Working Group Update by Amaya Webster The Content Working Group held their Q3 meeting on August 16. The group is hard at work developing a new resource for publishers that will provide the top tips for making digital content braille conversion friendly. They are also working on expanding the Accessible Image Sample Book to include a new section on accessible multimedia and a new section on accessible interactives. Stay tuned for progress updates! DIAGRAM Developers Working Group Update by Charles LaPierre The DIAGRAM Developers working group has had its second meeting since being formed earlier this year. Two noteworthy areas to mention are: 1. Formation of a new ?D&D? (Drag and Drop) subgroup who will explore the various accessible ways to make drag and drop interactives accessible. So far Sina Bahram, Charles LaPierre, Volker Sorge, and a yet to be appointed member of Mark Hakkenin?s team at ETS will participate in this subgroup, others are welcome to participate as well. 2. During the meeting a review of the IDPF?s latest EPUB 3.1 accessibility techniques document, concerning how to encode MathML with an appropriate fallback solution, it was discovered that there might be some serious accessibility concerns. Charles has already begun meeting with the IDPF accessibility task force, W3C?s ARIA 1.1 authoring practices working group and DIAGRAM Center?s Developers working group members Sina Bahram and Volker Sorge to discuss this issue and ultimately come up with a best practices on how to include MathML in an EPUB document. The developers working group is still looking for additional participants. If you or someone you know has a passion for accessible coding we would love to hear from you. For more information please contact Charles LaPierre, the Technical Lead for DIAGRAM at Charlesl[at]benetech[dot]org. DIAGRAM Out And About * DIAGRAM at Microsoft July 16, 2016 in Mountain View, CA Sue-Ann Ma and Amaya Webster presented the Poet Image Description Training Module to the Microsoft Power Point Team at their Mountain View office with the Redmond, Washington team joining remotely via video conference. The event, which was referred to as an image slam, was in actuality a combination of presentation, training and user testing. * DIAGRAM at AER International Conference July 21, 2016 in Jacksonville, FL Sue-Ann Ma joined DIAGRAM community member Steve Noble as part of a panel on Accessible math in as session titled ?Math Materials: Making Them Accessible? at this year?s AER conference. They discussed the issues faced by students with visual impairment in accessing Math and STEM curricular materials, shared what is working and what resources are available for teachers and students. * DIAGRAM at OSEP Project Directors Meeting August 3, 2016 in Washington D.C Brad Turner and Lisa Wadors presented on ?The Future of Accessible Educational Materials? at this year?s Project Directors Meeting. Their session addressed the future of educational materials and how accessible content needs to be created to eliminate barriers for people with disabilities. * DIAGRAM at Tailoring the Reading Experience to Meet Individual Needs August 10-12, 2016 in Louisville, KY Lisa Wadors presented a session on the Diagrammar tool which is a data model for image description metadata at this IFLA and APH satellite conference. * Benetech at W3C Technical Plenary / Advisory Committee Meetings September 19 ? 23, 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal George Kerscher was the moderator and Charles LaPierre a panelist for a session entitled ?Accessibility: Electronic Documents and Web Convergence? at this year?s TPAC conference. * DIAGRAM at the BISG (Book Industry Study Group) Annual Meeting of Members September 30, 2016 in New York, New York Robin Seaman will be speaking to approximately 200 of BISG?s most engaged members delivering an update on accessible publishing. What We Are Reading A big thank you to all of you who sent us articles to be included in this edition of ?What We Are Reading? Please keep them coming! You can send them to info[at]Diagramcenter[org] or to me directly at amayaw[at]benetech[dot]org. * Su Park worked with Pearson to develop new software and hardware that allows students using Braille to interact with math on a computer. Read her story in the article A blind high school senior helps make learning history * Researchers at Thammasat University in Thailand have created something that will potentially make it a lot cheaper for the blind to read. Read Thai university creates cheap, touchable ink for the blind to learn more. * Strides in special education have not caught up with technology, leaving disabled students in the digital dust as their peers type and swipe through daily lessons. Schoolchildren with disabilities face digital gap is an article that discusses the issue and what some people and agencies are doing about it. * Long-Term Training with a Brain-Machine Interface-Based Gait Protocol Induces Partial Neurological Recovery in Paraplegic Patients. Learn more at http://www.nature.com/articles/srep30383. * DIAGRAM Community member Saqib Shaikh, an engineer at Microsoft, has developed technology to help compensate for the sight he lost at a very young age. The technology leverages a range of leading-edge technologies, including visual recognition and advanced machine learning, and was featured in the article The Partnership of the Future. * Deep learning research company will use 1m anonymised eye scans to train a neural network to identify early signs of degenerative eye conditions. Read the article Google DeepMind pairs with NHS to use machine learning to fight blindness to learn more. * A clutch of entrepreneurs have set aside cash and raised funds to build apps and devices for people with disabilities. Learn more about their efforts and what they?ve built at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/trend-tracking/startups-products-for-disabilities/articleshow/53468249.cms * Tulane University has created a guide to help teachers create classroom resources that are accessible. The guide is under the creative commons license and is available at https://accessiblesyllabus.tulane.edu/text/ * A Working Draft of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.1 is available for review. It is intended to be the last Working Draft before the specification becomes a Candidate Recommendation. * Innovation in food packaging and ?use-by date? labels being tested at the University of Chester combining sustainability with tech for the print disabled. The full article can be read at https://www.chester.ac.uk/node/37608 . Community Spotlight Spotlight on Derek Riemer Derek Riemer is currently in his senior year at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he is majoring in computer science. He is interested in human centered computing, accessibility and UniversalDesign. Derek, a self-described ?baby engineer?, has already racked up a laundry list of accomplishments including being an Eagle Scout, the recipient of the Super Student award at Ralston Valley High school, a contributor to the NVDA screen reader project and most recently Benetech?s summer engineering intern which we want to call attention to because he did an outstanding job. Over the course of the eight week internship, Derek worked on a variety of projects including adding dyslexic font support to Readium?s open source reader which is scheduled to be included in their 0.25 October release. He also worked towards building out the Diagrammar content model through the addition of alternative modalities like additional text and tactile graphics files by integrating Diagrammar into an EPUB book using custom web elements. He was a joy to work with and impressed everyone on our team. Charles LaPierre, Technical Lead for DIAGRAM positively glowed about Derek saying, ?I have worked with a number of interns over the years and this by far has been the most rewarding experience.? So thank you Derek for a great summer! We enjoyed your positive energy and curious nature. We wish you the best of luck with your new school year and look forward to continuing to work with you through the DIAGRAM Center?s Developers Working Group! Spotlight on Jacob Wobbrock and Richard Ladner The University of Washington has very strong research programs in accessible computing. Jacob O. Wobbrock, professor in the Information School, leads the Mobile and Accessible Design Lab and Richard E. Ladner, professor in Computer Science and Engineering leads the Accessibility Research Group. For the past five years both have focused on mobile platforms, smart phones and tablets. Wobbrock?s primary research has been on low-level interaction with computer screens. He is the inventor of EdgeWrite, a unistroke text entry method for people with certain mobility related disabilities. He and his student Shaun Kane were the first to demonstrate that modern touchscreens could be made accessible using gestures and speech output in the seminal paper ?Slide Rule, Making Touch Screens Accessible to Blind People Using Multi-Touch Interaction Techniques.? Ladner?s primary research focuses on accessibility applications for blind, deaf, and deaf-blind people. He is the creator of the Tactile Graphics Assistant, which provides software and a workflow to quickly transform all the figures in textbooks into a tactile format. He worked with the DIAGRAM Center to extend that work to quickly translate figures to tactile/auditory format. Instead of Braille in the tactile graphic, QR codes with the same information are printed in the same location as the Braille where they can be scanned and spoken using a smartphone. He also created the ASL-STEM Forum, an online forum, for people to upload videos of American Sign Language for scientific terms. His student, Jeff Bigham, created WebAnywhere, a web-based screen reader that can be used from any computer without downloading any software. His student, Shiri Azenkot, created Perkinput, a Braille-based technique to enter text on a touch screen. Former Ph.D. students of Wobbrock and Ladner teach at Harvard, University of Colorado, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell Tech in New York City, and the University of Iowa, where they all continue to do accessibility research. Other former Ph.D. students are at Apple, Google, and Intel where they develop accessible products and services. Professor Ladner also serves on the DIAGRAM Center Advisory Committee and several Working Groups and is a recent recipient of the 2016 SIGACCESS Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility which recognizes individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to the development of computing technologies that improve the accessibility of media and services to people with disabilities. Congratulations Professor Ladner and thank you both for all that you do! IDEA's that Work logo The DIAGRAM Center is a Benetech initiative supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Cooperative Agreement #H327B100001). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education. Want to change how you receive these emails? 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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 Allison.Kidd at colostate.edu Thu Sep 29 09:31:09 2016 From: Allison.Kidd at colostate.edu (Kidd,Allison) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Echo Livescribe Message-ID: Hi Lorraine, We have a Quick Start Guide on using the Livescribe pen that you're welcome to take a look at. It's on our website under Resources: http://atrc.colostate.edu. Allison -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 1:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 128, Issue 20 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. Media Production Specialist position open at MSU (Evans, Nathan) 2. Echo Livescribe (Norwich, Lorraine S) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 19:15:37 +0000 From: "Evans, Nathan" To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Media Production Specialist position open at MSU Message-ID: <14533B26-DCB9-48B2-A2BC-FDE8E1D35CCE@msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Michigan State University is looking for a talented Media Production Specialist (posting 4007) to join our Digital Content & Accessibility team to help provide great digital experiences across the institution. This role within MSU IT will help coordinate video projects, pre-recorded and live, for academic events, university meetings, and presentations. ? Build client relationships across the institution. ? Lead live production and pre-recorded video shoots, and maintain video equipment. ? Produce quality, accessible content. ? Skilled at digital storytelling. ? Manage, mentor, and develop a student team of student interns. This posting closes next Tuesday, October 4th. You can apply at https://jobs.msu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=68780 All the best, Nate Nate Evans Manager, Digital Content & Accessibility MSU Information Technology Michigan State University (517) 884.0682 tech.msu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 03:00:27 +0000 From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Echo Livescribe Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear All, We are updating some of our training materials. Does anyone have information on using the Echo Livescribe pen that you would be happy to share with us. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. 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Topic: Globally Defining Inclusive Education: Why we need a Global Inclusive Education Standard Date: Wednesday October 5, 2016 Time: 11:00am-12:00pm (ET) Presenter: Karen McCall, M.Ed. of Karlen Communications This session will address the need for equitable access to higher education, where accessible education would be the international norm. A fascinating conversation on globally inclusive education with the Canadian delegate to several ISO committees. Description: There are three converging events that require us to start thinking about and planning for a global inclusive education standard: 1. More countries are ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 2. The UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 include Goal 4 which is Education and Goal 4.5 which identifies inclusive education. 3. 3. We live in a global community with increasingly global educational and employment opportunities. If we fail to identify a baseline of inclusive education, we fail those of us with disabilities and the global community. Login (and Recording) information available on the WAG Homepage, under WAG Monthly Meetings. Please feel free to share this announcement with others at your location. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Allison.Kidd at colostate.edu Thu Sep 29 09:35:41 2016 From: Allison.Kidd at colostate.edu (Kidd,Allison) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos Message-ID: Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions without internet access? Thanks, Allison ---------------------------------------------------------------- Allison Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University 229 Occupational Therapy Building Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 allison.kidd@colostate.edu http://atrc.colostate.edu http://accessibility.colostate.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arovner at shoreline.edu Thu Sep 29 10:40:24 2016 From: arovner at shoreline.edu (Rovner, Amy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My understanding is that the only person who can download a YouTube video is the creator/owner. That said, there are tools on the internet that enable you to download them (but are not legal to use). I'm not sure if the captions come along with it. I think you probably also need to be able to download the caption file. If we are working with a student with disabilities, we often record the captioned video in Camtasia and then you have an offline version. This is also how we caption such videos as needed for students with low/no hearing. This is also "illegal". I'm not a lawyer but I have been assured that doing this for accommodations will trump any claim made against us that we are violating someone's copyright. Hope this helps! Amy From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kidd,Allison Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:36 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions without internet access? Thanks, Allison ---------------------------------------------------------------- Allison Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University 229 Occupational Therapy Building Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 allison.kidd@colostate.edu http://atrc.colostate.edu http://accessibility.colostate.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhayman at uw.edu Thu Sep 29 10:43:49 2016 From: dhayman at uw.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Some will go with the gray-area option of downloading the youtube clip for a user with one of the various "illegal" tools out there then create a new clip with captions embedded and provide that to the user. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Rovner, Amy wrote: > My understanding is that the only person who can download a YouTube video > is the creator/owner. > > > That said, there are tools on the internet that enable you to download > them (but are not legal to use). I?m not sure if the captions come along > with it. I think you probably also need to be able to download the caption > file. > > > > If we are working with a student with disabilities, we often record the > captioned video in Camtasia and then you have an offline version. This is > also how we caption such videos as needed for students with low/no > hearing. This is also ?illegal?. I?m not a lawyer but I have been assured > that doing this for accommodations will trump any claim made against us > that we are violating someone?s copyright. > > > > Hope this helps! > > Amy > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Kidd,Allison > *Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:36 AM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos > > > > Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions > without internet access? > > > > Thanks, > > Allison > > > > > > *---------------------------------------------------------------- Allison > Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist* > > > > > *Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University* > > *229 Occupational Therapy Building* > > > > > *Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 allison.kidd@colostate.edu > http://atrc.colostate.edu > * > > *http://accessibility.colostate.edu * > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Doug Hayman Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Paul.Linh.Nguyen at gmail.com Thu Sep 29 11:00:04 2016 From: Paul.Linh.Nguyen at gmail.com (Paul Linh Nguyen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is possible to play YouTube videos + captions without Internet access...but it does require a few steps. As others have said, there are tools available to assist in downloading of YouTube videos so you can play them offline. I won't delve into the legalities vs fair use vs accommodations. For the captions there are also tools available to nab the captions from videos that have them as soft captions/subtitles (generally ones you can toggle on and off versus hard subs that are permanently on the video). I would recommend using a tool to grab them as a .SRT file. There are free video players such as VideoLAN's VLC Player that can support playing a video with its accompanying .SRT file...though will require some setting up ( http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-1892893/srt-file-vlc-player.html ). My particular use case when I had to do a one-off request was as follows (please be mindful this was a one off thing back in 2013) - Firefox addon "YouTube Caption Downloader " ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-caption-downloader/ ) [It should be noted that I'm seeing reviews indicating potential Win 10 + Firefox issues] - Firefox addon "Video DownloadHelper " ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/ ) So to recap...very much possible to do. Just have to find the tools to do it and will require some work to get it working. Best of luck! -Paul On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Kidd,Allison wrote: > Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions > without internet access? > > > > Thanks, > > Allison > > > > > > *---------------------------------------------------------------- Allison > Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist* > > > > > *Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University* > > *229 Occupational Therapy Building* > > > *Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 * > > * allison.kidd@colostate.edu > http://atrc.colostate.edu * > > *http://accessibility.colostate.edu * > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Enjie Hall Director of Campus Accessibility and Student Disability Services Office of Internal Audit and Compliance Rocket Hall 1820 2801 W. Bancroft Street, Mailstop 342 Toledo, OH 43606 Phone: 419-530-4981 Fax: 419-530-6137 Video Phone: 419-386-2189 http://www.utoledo.edu/offices/student-disability-services NOTICE: This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:47 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Has anyone worked with ANSYS Dear Colleagues, Has anyone worked with ANSYS on their campus. ANSYS is Engineering Simulation Software used by multiple Engineering disciplines. They've refuse to add any compliance language to our contracts. Is this software that needs an exemption because it's not technically feasible to make 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 hkramer at ahead.org Thu Sep 29 13:51:13 2016 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Has anyone worked with ANSYS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Enjie. That's very helpful. -Howard On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Hall, Enjie wrote: > Howard, > > > > I had a similar experience where Ansys refused to include accessibility > language. At UT, we ask the department to write a justification for > purchases for which the vender refuses to include accessibility language to > determine if an exception can be made. We asked who will be using the > software and what functionality does this software provide that is not > available with another option. I received the following response, ?This > software can do so many simulations that is impossible to do with any > other software.? I found that it is common for engineering software to not > be able to make visual aspects completely accessible but they can most > certainly make the interface accessible and offer multiple modes to enter > information to create simulations. > > > > > > Enjie Hall > > Director of Campus Accessibility and Student Disability Services > > Office of Internal Audit and Compliance > > Rocket Hall 1820 > > 2801 W. Bancroft Street, Mailstop 342 > > Toledo, OH 43606 > > Phone: 419-530-4981 > > Fax: 419-530-6137 > > Video Phone: 419-386-2189 > > http://www.utoledo.edu/offices/student-disability-services > > NOTICE: This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic > Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential, and may > be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that > any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication > is prohibited. > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:47 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Has anyone worked with ANSYS > > > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > Has anyone worked with ANSYS on their campus. ANSYS is Engineering > Simulation Software used by multiple Engineering disciplines. They've > refuse to add any compliance language to our contracts. Is this software > that needs an exemption because it's not technically feasible to make > 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 > > -- 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 Allison.Kidd at colostate.edu Thu Sep 29 14:00:41 2016 From: Allison.Kidd at colostate.edu (Kidd,Allison) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos Message-ID: Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. This is for a "semester at sea" course where there's no network access, so I'm brainstorming options. Allison -----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, September 29, 2016 1:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 128, Issue 22 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. Has anyone worked with ANSYS (Howard Kramer) 2. Re: Echo Livescribe (Kidd,Allison) 3. Globally Defining Inclusive Education - Free WAG Webinar October 5 (Karlen Communications) 4. 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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... 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Allison -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 1:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 128, Issue 20 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. Media Production Specialist position open at MSU (Evans, Nathan) 2. Echo Livescribe (Norwich, Lorraine S) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 19:15:37 +0000 From: "Evans, Nathan" To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Media Production Specialist position open at MSU Message-ID: <14533B26-DCB9-48B2-A2BC-FDE8E1D35CCE@msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Michigan State University is looking for a talented Media Production Specialist (posting 4007) to join our Digital Content & Accessibility team to help provide great digital experiences across the institution. This role within MSU IT will help coordinate video projects, pre-recorded and live, for academic events, university meetings, and presentations. ? Build client relationships across the institution. ? Lead live production and pre-recorded video shoots, and maintain video equipment. ? Produce quality, accessible content. ? Skilled at digital storytelling. ? Manage, mentor, and develop a student team of student interns. This posting closes next Tuesday, October 4th. You can apply at https://jobs.msu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=68780 All the best, Nate Nate Evans Manager, Digital Content & Accessibility MSU Information Technology Michigan State University (517) 884.0682 tech.msu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 03:00:27 +0000 From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Echo Livescribe Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear All, We are updating some of our training materials. Does anyone have information on using the Echo Livescribe pen that you would be happy to share with us. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. 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Topic: Globally Defining Inclusive Education: Why we need a Global Inclusive Education Standard Date: Wednesday October 5, 2016 Time: 11:00am-12:00pm (ET) Presenter: Karen McCall, M.Ed. of Karlen Communications This session will address the need for equitable access to higher education, where accessible education would be the international norm. A fascinating conversation on globally inclusive education with the Canadian delegate to several ISO committees. Description: There are three converging events that require us to start thinking about and planning for a global inclusive education standard: 1. More countries are ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 2. The UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 include Goal 4 which is Education and Goal 4.5 which identifies inclusive education. 3. 3. We live in a global community with increasingly global educational and employment opportunities. If we fail to identify a baseline of inclusive education, we fail those of us with disabilities and the global community. Login (and Recording) information available on the WAG Homepage, under WAG Monthly Meetings. Please feel free to share this announcement with others at your location. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:35:41 +0000 From: "Kidd,Allison" To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions without internet access? Thanks, Allison ---------------------------------------------------------------- Allison Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University 229 Occupational Therapy Building Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 allison.kidd@colostate.edu http://atrc.colostate.edu http://accessibility.colostate.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:40:24 +0000 From: "Rovner, Amy" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" My understanding is that the only person who can download a YouTube video is the creator/owner. That said, there are tools on the internet that enable you to download them (but are not legal to use). I'm not sure if the captions come along with it. I think you probably also need to be able to download the caption file. If we are working with a student with disabilities, we often record the captioned video in Camtasia and then you have an offline version. This is also how we caption such videos as needed for students with low/no hearing. This is also "illegal". I'm not a lawyer but I have been assured that doing this for accommodations will trump any claim made against us that we are violating someone's copyright. Hope this helps! Amy From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kidd,Allison Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:36 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions without internet access? Thanks, Allison ---------------------------------------------------------------- Allison Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University 229 Occupational Therapy Building Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 allison.kidd@colostate.edu http://atrc.colostate.edu http://accessibility.colostate.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 10:43:49 -0700 From: Doug Hayman To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Some will go with the gray-area option of downloading the youtube clip for a user with one of the various "illegal" tools out there then create a new clip with captions embedded and provide that to the user. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Rovner, Amy wrote: > My understanding is that the only person who can download a YouTube > video is the creator/owner. > > > That said, there are tools on the internet that enable you to download > them (but are not legal to use). I?m not sure if the captions come > along with it. I think you probably also need to be able to download > the caption file. > > > > If we are working with a student with disabilities, we often record > the captioned video in Camtasia and then you have an offline version. > This is also how we caption such videos as needed for students with > low/no hearing. This is also ?illegal?. I?m not a lawyer but I have > been assured that doing this for accommodations will trump any claim > made against us that we are violating someone?s copyright. > > > > Hope this helps! > > Amy > > > > *From:* athen-list > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of > *Kidd,Allison > *Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:36 AM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos > > > > Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions > without internet access? > > > > Thanks, > > Allison > > > > > > *---------------------------------------------------------------- > Allison Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist* > > > > > *Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University* > > *229 Occupational Therapy Building* > > > > > *Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 allison.kidd@colostate.edu > http://atrc.colostate.edu > * > > *http://accessibility.colostate.edu > * > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Doug Hayman Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:00:04 -0700 From: Paul Linh Nguyen To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" It is possible to play YouTube videos + captions without Internet access...but it does require a few steps. As others have said, there are tools available to assist in downloading of YouTube videos so you can play them offline. I won't delve into the legalities vs fair use vs accommodations. For the captions there are also tools available to nab the captions from videos that have them as soft captions/subtitles (generally ones you can toggle on and off versus hard subs that are permanently on the video). I would recommend using a tool to grab them as a .SRT file. There are free video players such as VideoLAN's VLC Player that can support playing a video with its accompanying .SRT file...though will require some setting up ( http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-1892893/srt-file-vlc-player.html ). My particular use case when I had to do a one-off request was as follows (please be mindful this was a one off thing back in 2013) - Firefox addon "YouTube Caption Downloader " ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-caption-downloader/ ) [It should be noted that I'm seeing reviews indicating potential Win 10 + Firefox issues] - Firefox addon "Video DownloadHelper " ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/ ) So to recap...very much possible to do. Just have to find the tools to do it and will require some work to get it working. Best of luck! -Paul On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Kidd,Allison wrote: > Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions > without internet access? > > > > Thanks, > > Allison > > > > > > *---------------------------------------------------------------- > Allison Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist* > > > > > *Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University* > > *229 Occupational Therapy Building* > > > *Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 * > > * allison.kidd@colostate.edu > http://atrc.colostate.edu * > > *http://accessibility.colostate.edu > * > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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You should also look into VLC as I believe it now has the ability to add SRT too (I have not played with this yet) and Adobe Premier will create this type of file as well. Our process ? download the video, get the captions, use AnyVideo Converter to create an open-caption version and provide the video via Box, Dropbox, Panopto, USB, etc. We?ve had to use this process in the past since our lecture capture software wouldn?t display captions with full-screen viewing, happily that issue has been fixed. RE: copyright ? keep the file for use for only that student/class (we typically post ours behind an authentication procedure tied to the University) and don?t republish back out on Vimeo/YouTube. And, as Amy stated in an earlier message, accessibility is our goal ? copyright/fair use belongs to the faculty/department. Feel free to contact me if you?d like more information. Dawn ~~ Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant Disability Resource Center 520-626-9409 hunziker@email.arizona.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Linh Nguyen Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 11:00 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos It is possible to play YouTube videos + captions without Internet access...but it does require a few steps. As others have said, there are tools available to assist in downloading of YouTube videos so you can play them offline. I won't delve into the legalities vs fair use vs accommodations. For the captions there are also tools available to nab the captions from videos that have them as soft captions/subtitles (generally ones you can toggle on and off versus hard subs that are permanently on the video). I would recommend using a tool to grab them as a .SRT file. There are free video players such as VideoLAN's VLC Player that can support playing a video with its accompanying .SRT file...though will require some setting up ( http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-1892893/srt-file-vlc-player.html ). My particular use case when I had to do a one-off request was as follows (please be mindful this was a one off thing back in 2013) - Firefox addon "YouTube Caption Downloader" ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-caption-downloader/ ) [It should be noted that I'm seeing reviews indicating potential Win 10 + Firefox issues] - Firefox addon "Video DownloadHelper" ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/ ) So to recap...very much possible to do. Just have to find the tools to do it and will require some work to get it working. Best of luck! -Paul On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Kidd,Allison > wrote: Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions without internet access? 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URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Thu Sep 29 15:24:01 2016 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos In-Reply-To: <0b2c8af5c17f4958b99f0cdfc16ec5d5@TURQUOISE.catnet.arizona.edu> References: <0b2c8af5c17f4958b99f0cdfc16ec5d5@TURQUOISE.catnet.arizona.edu> Message-ID: We do a similar process to the one that Dawn described - download, get captions, then post it behind a secure login. This seems to be working well for our campus. 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 Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) < hunziker@email.arizona.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > The other thing you can do is create an open-caption version of the video. > We?ve been using AnyVideo Converter to create these files. Then, it doesn?t > matter what platform is used to play the video, captions are shown ? one > caveat, text color is white so if you have a light background, you need to > be aware of that. You should also look into VLC as I believe it now has > the ability to add SRT too (I have not played with this yet) and Adobe > Premier will create this type of file as well. > > > > Our process ? download the video, get the captions, use AnyVideo Converter > to create an open-caption version and provide the video via Box, Dropbox, > Panopto, USB, etc. We?ve had to use this process in the past since our > lecture capture software wouldn?t display captions with full-screen > viewing, happily that issue has been fixed. > > > > RE: copyright ? keep the file for use for only that student/class (we > typically post ours behind an authentication procedure tied to the > University) and don?t republish back out on Vimeo/YouTube. And, as Amy > stated in an earlier message, accessibility is our goal ? copyright/fair > use belongs to the faculty/department. > > > > Feel free to contact me if you?d like more information. > > > > Dawn > > > > ~~ > > Dawn Hunziker > > IT Accessibility Consultant > > > > Disability Resource Center > > 520-626-9409 > > hunziker@email.arizona.edu > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Paul Linh Nguyen > *Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2016 11:00 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos > > > > It is possible to play YouTube videos + captions without Internet > access...but it does require a few steps. > > As others have said, there are tools available to assist in downloading of > YouTube videos so you can play them offline. I won't delve into the > legalities vs fair use vs accommodations. > > For the captions there are also tools available to nab the captions from > videos that have them as soft captions/subtitles (generally ones you can > toggle on and off versus hard subs that are permanently on the video). I > would recommend using a tool to grab them as a .SRT file. > > There are free video players such as VideoLAN's VLC Player that can > support playing a video with its accompanying .SRT file...though will > require some setting up ( http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/ > id-1892893/srt-file-vlc-player.html ). > > My particular use case when I had to do a one-off request was as follows > (please be mindful this was a one off thing back in 2013) > - Firefox addon "YouTube Caption Downloader > " > ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-caption > -downloader/ ) [It should be noted that I'm seeing reviews indicating > potential Win 10 + Firefox issues] > > - Firefox addon "Video DownloadHelper > " ( > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/ ) > > So to recap...very much possible to do. Just have to find the tools to do > it and will require some work to get it working. > > Best of luck! > > > > -Paul > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Kidd,Allison > wrote: > > Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions > without internet access? > > > > Thanks, > > Allison > > > > > > *---------------------------------------------------------------- Allison > Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist* > > > > > *Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University* > > *229 Occupational Therapy Building* > > > > > *Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 allison.kidd@colostate.edu > http://atrc.colostate.edu > * > > *http://accessibility.colostate.edu * > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ksinglet at gmu.edu Thu Sep 29 17:21:13 2016 From: ksinglet at gmu.edu (Korey J Singleton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos Message-ID: Hi Allison, I just saw this post and figured I would share how we have handled this. Like others, you?ll have to decide how concerned you are with the legality/illegality of downloading these videos. We have elected to go the route of accessibility over copyright in these situations. As for tools, we use Free YouTubeDownloader (http://download.cnet.com/Free-YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-75219434.html ) to pull the videos. I have also used a method where you simply add the word ?kiss? in the URL just before the word YouTube (e.g., https://www.kissyoutube.com/watch?v=YQ6RdOcwPFI) and press enter. This will bring up page that gives you options for how you want to extract the video and/or audio. The latter option can be hit or miss, but is really convenient when working. As for the captions file, I have had success with a tool called Google2srt (https://sourceforge.net/projects/google2srt/?source=typ_redirect). I have had issues getting the Windows version to work, but the Mac version works well. Once you have the SRT file, you could use Handbrake (https://handbrake.fr/) to create the offline version (by adding an external SRT file). The captioned video can then be viewed using VLC player. Best of luck! Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu On 9/29/16, 5:00 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Kidd,Allison" wrote: >Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. This is for a "semester at sea" >course where there's no network access, so I'm brainstorming options. > >Allison > >-----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, September 29, 2016 1:01 PM >To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 128, Issue 22 > >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. Has anyone worked with ANSYS (Howard Kramer) > 2. Re: Echo Livescribe (Kidd,Allison) > 3. Globally Defining Inclusive Education - Free WAG Webinar > October 5 (Karlen Communications) > 4. Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos (Kidd,Allison) > 5. Re: Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos (Rovner, Amy) > 6. Re: Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos (Doug Hayman) > 7. Re: Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos > (Paul Linh Nguyen) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 07:46:30 -0600 >From: Howard Kramer >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > >Subject: [Athen] Has anyone worked with ANSYS >Message-ID: > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Dear Colleagues, > >Has anyone worked with ANSYS on their campus. ANSYS is Engineering >Simulation Software used by multiple Engineering disciplines. They've >refuse to add any compliance language to our contracts. Is this software >that needs an exemption because it's not technically feasible to make >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: >29/fc6a7688/attachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:31:09 +0000 >From: "Kidd,Allison" >To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" >Subject: Re: [Athen] Echo Livescribe >Message-ID: > ok.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Hi Lorraine, > >We have a Quick Start Guide on using the Livescribe pen that you're >welcome to take a look at. It's on our website under Resources: >http://atrc.colostate.edu. > >Allison > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] >On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu >Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 1:01 PM >To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 128, Issue 20 > >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. Media Production Specialist position open at MSU (Evans, Nathan) > 2. Echo Livescribe (Norwich, Lorraine S) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 19:15:37 +0000 >From: "Evans, Nathan" >To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" >Subject: [Athen] Media Production Specialist position open at MSU >Message-ID: <14533B26-DCB9-48B2-A2BC-FDE8E1D35CCE@msu.edu> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Michigan State University is looking for a talented Media Production >Specialist (posting 4007) to join our Digital Content & Accessibility >team to help provide great digital experiences across the institution. > >This role within MSU IT will help coordinate video projects, pre-recorded >and live, for academic events, university meetings, and presentations. > >? Build client relationships across the institution. >? Lead live production and pre-recorded video shoots, and >maintain video equipment. >? Produce quality, accessible content. >? Skilled at digital storytelling. >? Manage, mentor, and develop a student team of student interns. > >This posting closes next Tuesday, October 4th. You can apply at >https://jobs.msu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=68780 > >All the best, >Nate > >Nate Evans >Manager, Digital Content & Accessibility MSU Information Technology >Michigan State University >(517) 884.0682 >tech.msu.edu >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >26/c0d216e2/attachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 03:00:27 +0000 >From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" >Subject: [Athen] Echo Livescribe >Message-ID: > ok.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Dear All, > > >We are updating some of our training materials. Does anyone have >information on using the Echo Livescribe pen that you would be happy to >share with us. > > >Thanks > > >Lorraine > > >Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS > >Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University > >19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 > >lnorwich@bu.edu (email) > >617-353-3658 (vox) > >617-353-9646 (fax) > >www.bu.edu/disability (website) >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >27/4f57a195/attachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >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 128, Issue 20 >******************************************* > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:15:29 -0400 >From: "Karlen Communications" >To: >Subject: [Athen] Globally Defining Inclusive Education - Free WAG > Webinar October 5 >Message-ID: <000c01d21a6c$b2888fd0$1799af70$@karlencommunications.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Hi Everyone, > > > >All are invited to attend an upcoming free webinar sponsored by the Web >Accessibility Group (WAG) >for Higher Education. > > > >Topic: Globally Defining Inclusive Education: Why we need a Global >Inclusive Education Standard > >Date: Wednesday October 5, 2016 > >Time: 11:00am-12:00pm (ET) > >Presenter: Karen McCall, M.Ed. of Karlen Communications > > > >This session will address the need for equitable access to higher >education, where accessible education would be the international norm. A >fascinating conversation on globally inclusive education with the >Canadian delegate to several ISO committees. > > > >Description: > >There are three converging events that require us to start thinking about >and planning for a global inclusive education standard: > > > >1. More countries are ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of >Persons with Disabilities. > >2. The UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 include Goal 4 which >is >Education and Goal 4.5 which identifies inclusive education. > >3. 3. We live in a global community with increasingly global >educational and employment opportunities. > > > >If we fail to identify a baseline of inclusive education, we fail those >of us with disabilities and the global community. > > > >Login (and Recording) information available on the WAG Homepage, under >WAG Monthly Meetings. > > > >Please feel free to share this announcement with others at your location. > > > >Cheers, Karen > > > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >29/dd9028fe/attachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:35:41 +0000 >From: "Kidd,Allison" >To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" >Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos >Message-ID: > ok.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions >without internet access? > >Thanks, >Allison > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Allison Kidd >AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist > >Assistive Technology Resource Center >Colorado State University >229 Occupational Therapy Building >Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 > >allison.kidd@colostate.edu >http://atrc.colostate.edu >http://accessibility.colostate.edu > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >29/c64cd1ff/attachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:40:24 +0000 >From: "Rovner, Amy" >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > >Subject: Re: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos >Message-ID: > ok.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >My understanding is that the only person who can download a YouTube video >is the creator/owner. > >That said, there are tools on the internet that enable you to download >them (but are not legal to use). I'm not sure if the captions come along >with it. I think you probably also need to be able to download the >caption file. > >If we are working with a student with disabilities, we often record the >captioned video in Camtasia and then you have an offline version. This >is also how we caption such videos as needed for students with low/no >hearing. This is also "illegal". I'm not a lawyer but I have been >assured that doing this for accommodations will trump any claim made >against us that we are violating someone's copyright. > >Hope this helps! >Amy > >From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] >On Behalf Of Kidd,Allison >Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:36 AM >To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >Subject: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos > >Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions >without internet access? > >Thanks, >Allison > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Allison Kidd >AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist > >Assistive Technology Resource Center >Colorado State University >229 Occupational Therapy Building >Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 > >allison.kidd@colostate.edu >http://atrc.colostate.edu >http://accessibility.colostate.edu > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >29/1f3eb181/attachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 10:43:49 -0700 >From: Doug Hayman >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > >Subject: Re: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos >Message-ID: > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Some will go with the gray-area option of downloading the youtube clip >for a user with one of the various "illegal" tools out there then create >a new clip with captions embedded and provide that to the user. > > > >On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Rovner, Amy >wrote: > >> My understanding is that the only person who can download a YouTube >> video is the creator/owner. >> >> >> That said, there are tools on the internet that enable you to download >> them (but are not legal to use). I?m not sure if the captions come >> along with it. I think you probably also need to be able to download >> the caption file. >> >> >> >> If we are working with a student with disabilities, we often record >> the captioned video in Camtasia and then you have an offline version. >> This is also how we caption such videos as needed for students with >> low/no hearing. This is also ?illegal?. I?m not a lawyer but I have >> been assured that doing this for accommodations will trump any claim >> made against us that we are violating someone?s copyright. >> >> >> >> Hope this helps! >> >> Amy >> >> >> >> *From:* athen-list >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of >> *Kidd,Allison >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:36 AM >> *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu >> *Subject:* [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos >> >> >> >> Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions >> without internet access? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Allison >> >> >> >> >> >> *---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Allison Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist* >> >> >> >> >> *Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University* >> >> *229 Occupational Therapy Building* >> >> >> >> >> *Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 allison.kidd@colostate.edu >> http://atrc.colostate.edu >> * >> >> *http://accessibility.colostate.edu >> * >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > >-- >Doug Hayman >Senior Computer Specialist >DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) >UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 >(206) 221-4165 >http://www.washington.edu/doit >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >29/9bfc5d74/attachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:00:04 -0700 >From: Paul Linh Nguyen >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > >Subject: Re: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos >Message-ID: > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >It is possible to play YouTube videos + captions without Internet >access...but it does require a few steps. > >As others have said, there are tools available to assist in downloading >of YouTube videos so you can play them offline. I won't delve into the >legalities vs fair use vs accommodations. > >For the captions there are also tools available to nab the captions from >videos that have them as soft captions/subtitles (generally ones you can >toggle on and off versus hard subs that are permanently on the video). I >would recommend using a tool to grab them as a .SRT file. > >There are free video players such as VideoLAN's VLC Player that can >support playing a video with its accompanying .SRT file...though will >require some setting up ( >http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-1892893/srt-file-vlc-player.html ). > >My particular use case when I had to do a one-off request was as follows >(please be mindful this was a one off thing back in 2013) >- Firefox addon "YouTube Caption Downloader >/>" >( >https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-caption-downloader/ >) [It should be noted that I'm seeing reviews indicating potential Win 10 >+ Firefox issues] >- Firefox addon "Video DownloadHelper >" ( >https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/ ) > >So to recap...very much possible to do. Just have to find the tools to do >it and will require some work to get it working. > >Best of luck! > >-Paul > >On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Kidd,Allison >wrote: > >> Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions >> without internet access? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Allison >> >> >> >> >> >> *---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Allison Kidd AT IT Coordinator & Accessibility Specialist* >> >> >> >> >> *Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University* >> >> *229 Occupational Therapy Building* >> >> >> *Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573 * >> >> * allison.kidd@colostate.edu >> http://atrc.colostate.edu * >> >> *http://accessibility.colostate.edu >> * >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >29/1c28d4ec/attachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >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 128, Issue 22 >******************************************* >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Thu Sep 29 18:18:03 2016 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:40 2018 Subject: [Athen] Call for Nominations - We Need Your Participation! Message-ID: Hello ATHEN members, The ATHEN Annual Meeting is coming up soon and this year there are several Executive positions that need to be filled. We are requesting nominations for the following ATHEN Executive positions: - President - Secretary - One Member-at-Large representative Further, it is with a heavy heart that I announce a special election this year for the Vice-President position. For a general overview of the job responsibilities, please see the following web page under the heading "ARTICLE V--EXECUTIVE OFFICERS": http://athenpro.org/node/3 You are welcome to nominate yourself for these positions. If you are nominating another individual, it is highly recommended that you check with that person as to their availability. These positions are members of the ATHEN Executive Council and require some participation. Please submit all nominations to Joe Humbert (joe@a11yeval.com) or Robert Beach (rbeach@kckcc.edu). 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For more information, contact Dr. Roberto Aldunate at 217-333-2131 or aldunate@illinois.edu, or go to the IADP website. From: Offenstein, Timothy L [mailto:timo@illinois.edu] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 8:59 AM To: Hadi Rangin Subject: Re: Information Accessibility Design and Policy Online Course available Hi Hadi, Your intro reads fine to me Hadi. I?ve edited the main paragraph per Roberto?s comments and also changed ?launching? to ?offering? so that it doesn?t sound so much like this is our first effort. You should be able to copy and paste this reply. Good luck attracting new candidates for the class! -Tim From: HADI RANGIN Reply-To: "Offenstein, Timothy L" Date: Friday, September 30, 2016 at 10:46 AM To: "Offenstein, Timothy L" Subject: Information Accessibility Design and Policy Online Course available Hi Tim, This is what I was thinking to send to a couple of professional lists in the area of accessibility. Hello everyone, I want to make sure you are all aware of an opportunity to gain a certification in evaluating and developing accessible information design and accessibility policy. I am teaching this certificate program with the help of my friends and colleagues from the University of Illinois, namely Tim Offenstein, Keith Hays and Marc Thompson. New Online Information Accessibility Design & Policy (IADP Professional Development Certificate at the University of Illinois) Three important questions for your organization: ? Is your website design accessible? ? Are you aware of state and federal mandates governing digital accessibility? ? Is your team trained to minimize barriers and maximize access to digital information for your clients? This fall, the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is offering a fully-online, three-course professional certificate in accessible information design and accessibility policy. The Information Accessibility Design and Policy (IADP) certificate is a hands-on, comprehensive set of courses that will provide knowledge and skills to the participants for the application of the principles of IT accessibility in the creation of accessible electronic information. From web developers and designers to compliance officers, anyone responsible for making information technology findable, usable and accessible for persons with disabilities can learn how to meet accessibility mandates and exceed end-user expectations. The IADP program is the only one of its kind in the U.S. and one of only a few in the world. View a video about the IADP program. The IADP program will cover: ? Principles of accessible information architecture and universal design of information technologies used in educational, business, healthcare, and employment settings. ? Federal and state legal requirements for providing equal access to information technologies in order to protect the civil rights of people with disabilities. ? Information technology accessibility standards, design techniques that enable adherence to those standards, and tools that support validation and evidence of compliance to those standards. Registration is now open. Class size is limited. For more information, contact Dr. Roberto Aldunate at 217-333-2131 or aldunate@illinois.edu, or go to the IADP website. Hadi Rangin IT Accessibility Specialist Mary Gates Hall 064C University of Washington Phone: (206) 685-4144, Direct: (206) 221-1532 E-mail: hadir@uw.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadir at uw.edu Fri Sep 30 16:08:19 2016 From: hadir at uw.edu (Hadi Rangin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:41 2018 Subject: [Athen] Collaboration with Microsoft Office - MS Word Message-ID: Hello everyone, As some of you are aware, we established a collaboration group with the Microsoft Office team about five months ago. Thanks to the hard work of many accessibility/usability experts, we have been able to address many accessibility issues with the Microsoft Outlook clients in both Windows and Mac, and more accessibility enhancements are still in progress. While the Microsoft Outlook team is working on the reported issues, we would like to begin working with the Microsoft Word team as well. We are looking for more energetic and enthusiastic collaborators to help us continue to improve the overall accessibility of Microsoft Word. If you are interested in helping us achieve this mission, please make sure you do not reply to the mailing list, but rather email me directly at hadir@uw.edu. Thanks, Hadi Hadi Rangin IT Accessibility Specialist Mary Gates Hall 064C University of Washington Phone: (206) 685-4144 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: