[Athen] Has anyone worked with ANSYS

[Howard Kramer]

Thanks Enjie. That's very helpful.

-Howard

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Hall, Enjie <Enjie.Hall at utoledo.edu> wrote:


> Howard,

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> 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.

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> Enjie Hall

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

> Behalf Of *Howard Kramer

> *Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:47 AM

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> *Subject:* [Athen] Has anyone worked with ANSYS

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> Dear Colleagues,

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> 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?

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> Thanks,

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> Howard

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