From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Jul 3 11:56:47 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac Zoom and Black Board Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F92DEE0@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hello all, I'm trying to help a student using a Mac and Zoom with Black Board. Her issue is when trying to submit an assignment or send an email, she cannot get the buttons at the bottom of the window to magnify. She knows where the send button for email is so she can kind of work around that one. However, since some of the screen is not being magnified, she is worried that she may be missing something. For example, she missed getting some assignments turned in on time because she did not see the submit button and thought she had it done when she uploaded the file. We have tried both Fire Fox and Safari browsers with the same results. Any ideas? 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 matt_spinneberg1 at vcccd.edu Mon Jul 3 14:06:55 2017 From: matt_spinneberg1 at vcccd.edu (Matthew Spinneberg) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac Zoom and Black Board (Robert Beach) Message-ID: Try using Command + (+) or Command + (-) to minimize the webpage content. That may help From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Jul 3 15:49:56 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac Zoom and Black Board (Robert Beach) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F92E016@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> I'll pass this on to her. Thanks for the reply. ________________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Matthew Spinneberg [matt_spinneberg1@vcccd.edu] Sent: Monday, July 03, 2017 4:06 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Mac Zoom and Black Board (Robert Beach) Try using Command + (+) or Command + (-) to minimize the webpage content. That may help _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From norm.coombs at gmail.com Tue Jul 4 15:48:13 2017 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (norm coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] EASI Free Webinar: Improvements to Kindle for PC With Accessability Message-ID: EASI Free Webinar: Improvements to Kindle for PC With Accessability Thursday July 13 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern Presenter: Norman Coombs, Ph.D. CEO of EASI Amazon has been taking accessibility more seriously in recent years. Amazon had provided a free tool to read Kindle books on a computer. Kindle for PC with accessability enabled a blind person to read a Kindle book on a computer, but it was not very satisfactory. A screen reader could navigate some of the menus, but the actual text was read by Kindle's own text-to-speach program. This read the text aloud, there was no way to navigate that text. This webinar will cover: Previous versions of Kindle for PC New enhanced version of Kindle for PC Setting up and registering Kindle for PC Navigating the interface for Kindle for PC Getting books for Kindle for PC Using the library on Kindle for pc Reading enhanced text books with a screen reader Register for this free webinar scheduled for July 13 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnV1kTT5wiDhRZw_Iu8j6MMfSArr4L1Hqft0MPVLOl9NW0tw/viewform?usp=sf_link"> You can read more and register from: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm and look under July. Norm Coombs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our commonly-used technology. Feel free to ask me for help! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Wed Jul 5 06:59:46 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F92EB5C@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Also, using justified text will cause unusual spacing between letters and words which can be problematic for individuals with low vision and/or learning disabilities. 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 Susan Kelmer Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Just say no to justified text. If it has to be converted to something else (say, PDF to Word), the result is disastrous. Left-justified should be your go to. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 7:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Hi - Can anybody tell me, for certain, whether there are accessibility standards regarding making text left-aligned instead of justified, in both web pages and electronic documents such as Word and PDF? thanks! Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our commonly-used technology. Feel free to ask me for help! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Wed Jul 5 07:30:23 2017 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001901d2f59b$3d36c020$b7a44060$@karlencommunications.com> Full justification of text also creates accessibility barriers for those with visual, learning or cognitive disabilities in that it creates those white rivers between words that are visually distracting. Left alignment should be the default for any digital content. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: July 5, 2017 9:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Just say no to justified text. If it has to be converted to something else (say, PDF to Word), the result is disastrous. Left-justified should be your go to. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 7:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Hi - Can anybody tell me, for certain, whether there are accessibility standards regarding making text left-aligned instead of justified, in both web pages and electronic documents such as Word and PDF? thanks! Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our commonly-used technology. Feel free to ask me for help! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lsnider at gmail.com Wed Jul 5 07:31:49 2017 From: lsnider at gmail.com (L Snider) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F92EB5C@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F92EB5C@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Hello Chris, Technically documents don?t strictly fall under WCAG 2.0, but many people use it on them. Some people say they can fall under WCAG2ICT, but that is non-web information and software, and personally I never saw the link to documents that were available on the web. If you say WCAG 2.0 can be applied to documents, then this may apply and it relates to 1.4.8 Visual Presentation (at the AAA level): https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G169.html Here they use it as an ?add on? and not as required: https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/meaning.html Hope that helps! Cheers Lisa Lisa Snider Senior Consultant and Owner Access Changes Everything www.AccessChangesEverything.com (800) 208-1936 or local (204) 430-5180 On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Robert Beach wrote: > Also, using justified text will cause unusual spacing between letters and > words which can be problematic for individuals with low vision and/or > learning disabilities. > > > > > > Robert Lee Beach > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Kansas City Kansas Community College > > 7250 State Avenue > > Kansas City, KS 66112 > > Phone: 913-288-7671 <(913)%20288-7671> > > Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:53 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text > > > > Just say no to justified text. If it has to be converted to something > else (say, PDF to Word), the result is disastrous. Left-justified should > be your go to. > > > > *Susan Kelmer* > > *Alternate Format Production Program Manager* > > *Disability Services* > > *University of Colorado Boulder* > > *303-735-4836 <(303)%20735-4836>* > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu > ] *On Behalf Of *Christine > Robinson > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 05, 2017 7:24 AM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text > > > > Hi ? > > > > Can anybody tell me, for certain, whether there are accessibility > standards regarding making text left-aligned instead of justified, in both > web pages and electronic documents such as Word and PDF? > > > > thanks! > > Chris > > > > *Christine Robinson* | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching > Excellence > > *Georgia Gwinnett College* | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | > Lawrenceville, GA 30043 > > 678-407-*5193* > > > > *My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our > commonly-used technology. * > > *Feel free to ask me for help!* > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 chagnon at pubcom.com Wed Jul 5 07:34:13 2017 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (Chagnon | PubCom) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00e901d2f59b$c6022110$52066330$@pubcom.com> RE: accessibility, I don't see anything in the current WCAG or PDF/UA requiring justified or ragged text. If it was there, it would most likely be under Guideline 3.1 Readable: Make text content readable and understandable. I do recall that something was in one of them a while back, but it was inaccurate and I never paid any attention to it. Long discussion with summary at the end: Speaking as a professional graphic designer with substantial research into design, human behavior, and technology. In the graphic design world, countless studies have been done to determine whether ragged right (or left aligned) text is more readable than justified. So far neither has been proven to be better than the other. The most critical factors in both settings is how well the text is controlled (or in design-speak, "set") by the designer and by the technology. I've conducted a lot of research on typography during my career and use these guidelines for my own work as well as in my classes for designers and developers: * In HTML-based digital technologies (websites and EPUBs), left aligned (ragged right) is best. HTML technologies do not yet have H & J algorithms (hyphenation and justification) so you can end up with huge gaps of white space between words and letters when the document is reflowed for responsive designs, such as on mobile devices. * In documents such as Word and PDFs, it depends upon how well the designer controlled the H & J settings (most don't even know what they are), the software, the font size, and the line length. There are a lot of variables! * For example, if the designer used Adobe InDesign, most likely either left aligned or justified will look and behave well because InDesign has the best H & J algorithms developed for the graphic design industry. * But the ratio between font size and line length is critical; too large a font on too short a line length and will create terrible text with white gaps, even from InDesign. * Word's H & J is mediocre; you can end up with horrible text with huge gaps of white space when it's justified, unless the author knows how to set type. * In any technology, if the designer/developer/author "hardwires" the justification settings into the file (that is, they did not use CSS or formatting styles to control the appearance), any technology that needs to grab the content and alter the presentation to the user will have a difficult time, regardless of whether justified or left aligned was used. We really have to train authors and designers to use styles, and never use manual formatting. It kills responsiveness and adaptability for AT. And of course, whatever the designer or author does in InDesign or Word is built into the PDF which gets published. Summary: 1. If presented via HTML technologies, use ragged right/left justified text. 2. If manually formatted into the content, AT will have some problems adapting it for the end user. Ragged right would be better, but should still never be manually formatted or hardwired into the content. 3. If the PDF's source document was created in Adobe InDesign, either will be fine for most documents, unless larger fonts are used on narrow columns. 4. If the PDF's source document was created in MS Word, it's dicey. Use ragged right/left justified. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 9:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Hi - Can anybody tell me, for certain, whether there are accessibility standards regarding making text left-aligned instead of justified, in both web pages and electronic documents such as Word and PDF? thanks! Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our commonly-used technology. Feel free to ask me for help! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Wed Jul 5 07:46:49 2017 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text In-Reply-To: <00e901d2f59b$c6022110$52066330$@pubcom.com> References: <00e901d2f59b$c6022110$52066330$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: Thanks for that thorough explanation. I am a font-nerd at heart (albeit an extreme novice) and you speak the language of my gods! ;) 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] (Please excuse typos, I am using dictation software temporarily) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chagnon | PubCom Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:34 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text RE: accessibility, I don't see anything in the current WCAG or PDF/UA requiring justified or ragged text. If it was there, it would most likely be under Guideline 3.1 Readable: Make text content readable and understandable. I do recall that something was in one of them a while back, but it was inaccurate and I never paid any attention to it. Long discussion with summary at the end: Speaking as a professional graphic designer with substantial research into design, human behavior, and technology... In the graphic design world, countless studies have been done to determine whether ragged right (or left aligned) text is more readable than justified. So far neither has been proven to be better than the other. The most critical factors in both settings is how well the text is controlled (or in design-speak, "set") by the designer and by the technology. I've conducted a lot of research on typography during my career and use these guidelines for my own work as well as in my classes for designers and developers: * In HTML-based digital technologies (websites and EPUBs), left aligned (ragged right) is best. HTML technologies do not yet have H & J algorithms (hyphenation and justification) so you can end up with huge gaps of white space between words and letters when the document is reflowed for responsive designs, such as on mobile devices. * In documents such as Word and PDFs, it depends upon how well the designer controlled the H & J settings (most don't even know what they are), the software, the font size, and the line length. There are a lot of variables! * For example, if the designer used Adobe InDesign, most likely either left aligned or justified will look and behave well because InDesign has the best H & J algorithms developed for the graphic design industry. * But the ratio between font size and line length is critical; too large a font on too short a line length and will create terrible text with white gaps, even from InDesign. * Word's H & J is mediocre; you can end up with horrible text with huge gaps of white space when it's justified, unless the author knows how to set type. * In any technology, if the designer/developer/author "hardwires" the justification settings into the file (that is, they did not use CSS or formatting styles to control the appearance), any technology that needs to grab the content and alter the presentation to the user will have a difficult time, regardless of whether justified or left aligned was used. We really have to train authors and designers to use styles, and never use manual formatting. It kills responsiveness and adaptability for AT. And of course, whatever the designer or author does in InDesign or Word is built into the PDF which gets published. Summary: 1. If presented via HTML technologies, use ragged right/left justified text. 2. If manually formatted into the content, AT will have some problems adapting it for the end user. Ragged right would be better, but should still never be manually formatted or hardwired into the content. 3. If the PDF's source document was created in Adobe InDesign, either will be fine for most documents, unless larger fonts are used on narrow columns. 4. If the PDF's source document was created in MS Word, it's dicey. Use ragged right/left justified. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 9:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Hi - Can anybody tell me, for certain, whether there are accessibility standards regarding making text left-aligned instead of justified, in both web pages and electronic documents such as Word and PDF? thanks! Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our commonly-used technology. Feel free to ask me for help! -------------- 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 crobinson at ggc.edu Wed Jul 5 09:15:18 2017 From: crobinson at ggc.edu (Christine Robinson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F92EB5C@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F92EB5C@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Thanks, everybody! Ragged-edge/left-aligned makes more sense to me intuitively, for accessibility/readability, but I started to question myself after a chemistry professor complained that it looks "messy." He posited that since justified text is always used in books, it must not be a problem for accessibility. Thanks for all your help. :) Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 office | 770-856-2022 mobile From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 10:00 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Also, using justified text will cause unusual spacing between letters and words which can be problematic for individuals with low vision and/or learning disabilities. 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 Susan Kelmer Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Just say no to justified text. If it has to be converted to something else (say, PDF to Word), the result is disastrous. Left-justified should be your go to. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 7:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Hi - Can anybody tell me, for certain, whether there are accessibility standards regarding making text left-aligned instead of justified, in both web pages and electronic documents such as Word and PDF? thanks! Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our commonly-used technology. Feel free to ask me for help! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greeark at uw.edu Wed Jul 5 09:34:11 2017 From: greeark at uw.edu (Krista Greear) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F92EB5C@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: The professor's quote, "since justified text is always used in books, it must not be a problem for accessibility", both amuses and exasperates me. ...Just because we have always done something a certain way does not mean it was actually accessible then, nor does it mean it is accessible now. This is a great reflection of an outdated, widespread philosophy that we are trying to change. KRISTA GREEAR Assistant Director Disability Resources for Students 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.4136 / Main: 206.543.8924 greeark@uw.edu/ http://disability.uw.edu [cid:image001.gif@01D2F571.DA0F21A0] From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 9:15 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Thanks, everybody! Ragged-edge/left-aligned makes more sense to me intuitively, for accessibility/readability, but I started to question myself after a chemistry professor complained that it looks "messy." He posited that since justified text is always used in books, it must not be a problem for accessibility. Thanks for all your help. :) Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 office | 770-856-2022 mobile From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 10:00 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Also, using justified text will cause unusual spacing between letters and words which can be problematic for individuals with low vision and/or learning disabilities. 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 Susan Kelmer Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Just say no to justified text. If it has to be converted to something else (say, PDF to Word), the result is disastrous. Left-justified should be your go to. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 7:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Hi - Can anybody tell me, for certain, whether there are accessibility standards regarding making text left-aligned instead of justified, in both web pages and electronic documents such as Word and PDF? thanks! Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our commonly-used technology. Feel free to ask me for help! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 Krista Greear Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 11:34 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text The professor's quote, "since justified text is always used in books, it must not be a problem for accessibility", both amuses and exasperates me. ...Just because we have always done something a certain way does not mean it was actually accessible then, nor does it mean it is accessible now. This is a great reflection of an outdated, widespread philosophy that we are trying to change. KRISTA GREEAR Assistant Director Disability Resources for Students 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.4136 / Main: 206.543.8924 greeark@uw.edu/ http://disability.uw.edu [cid:image001.gif@01D2F583.7B60FB80] From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 9:15 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Thanks, everybody! Ragged-edge/left-aligned makes more sense to me intuitively, for accessibility/readability, but I started to question myself after a chemistry professor complained that it looks "messy." He posited that since justified text is always used in books, it must not be a problem for accessibility. Thanks for all your help. :) Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 office | 770-856-2022 mobile From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 10:00 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Also, using justified text will cause unusual spacing between letters and words which can be problematic for individuals with low vision and/or learning disabilities. 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 Susan Kelmer Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Just say no to justified text. If it has to be converted to something else (say, PDF to Word), the result is disastrous. Left-justified should be your go to. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 7:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Hi - Can anybody tell me, for certain, whether there are accessibility standards regarding making text left-aligned instead of justified, in both web pages and electronic documents such as Word and PDF? thanks! Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our commonly-used technology. Feel free to ask me for help! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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LOL Cheers, Karen From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Krista Greear Sent: July 5, 2017 12:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text The professor's quote, "since justified text is always used in books, it must not be a problem for accessibility", both amuses and exasperates me. .Just because we have always done something a certain way does not mean it was actually accessible then, nor does it mean it is accessible now. This is a great reflection of an outdated, widespread philosophy that we are trying to change. KRISTA GREEAR Assistant Director Disability Resources for Students 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.4136 / Main: 206.543.8924 greeark@uw.edu/ http://disability.uw.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 9:15 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Thanks, everybody! Ragged-edge/left-aligned makes more sense to me intuitively, for accessibility/readability, but I started to question myself after a chemistry professor complained that it looks "messy." He posited that since justified text is always used in books, it must not be a problem for accessibility. Thanks for all your help. :) Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 office | 770-856-2022 mobile From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 10:00 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Also, using justified text will cause unusual spacing between letters and words which can be problematic for individuals with low vision and/or learning disabilities. 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 Susan Kelmer Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Just say no to justified text. If it has to be converted to something else (say, PDF to Word), the result is disastrous. Left-justified should be your go to. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 7:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Hi - Can anybody tell me, for certain, whether there are accessibility standards regarding making text left-aligned instead of justified, in both web pages and electronic documents such as Word and PDF? thanks! Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our commonly-used technology. Feel free to ask me for help! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Associate Director Accessible Education Center University of Oregon From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 6:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Left-aligned vs justified text Hi - Can anybody tell me, for certain, whether there are accessibility standards regarding making text left-aligned instead of justified, in both web pages and electronic documents such as Word and PDF? thanks! Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane, Suite A-1020 | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 678-407-5193 My job is about helping the GGC community make better use of our commonly-used technology. Feel free to ask me for help! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Yes, academic textbooks and journals have justified text, but that too has changed over the past 25 years. It's definitely not accurate to state that "justified text is always used in books." NO! That just isn't true at all. I'd estimate that about 40% of today's textbooks are not justified and wouldn't be surprised if the numbers were 50/50. And lastly, the comment about accessibility is, well, outdated. We must build our content for the type of technology used to communicate with our audience. What was acceptable decades ago when the professor was in college doesn't necessarily work in today's learning environments. --Bevi Chagnon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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CMCCD's motto is "Take the Next Step" and if you are interested in "taking the next step" for your future, CMCCD encourages you to apply. *Unofficial Transcripts, Resume and Cover Letter are REQUIRED or your application may not be considered. The link to the application is: https://www.cmccd.edu/community-and-friends/job-opportunities/ Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you! Seal Tranparent color high res2 Bonnie Bilger Chief Human Resources Officer Copper Mountain College (760) 366-3791 x5285 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4024 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Audio description is a brief description of visual elements in the video. For videos created by instructors, I recommend that they describe what they are doing, as they are doing it, and verbalize anything that is being written. In commercial films, description of the ?action? and any purely visual elements is also required. Audio description is primarily for individuals with visual impairments. So when do you need captioning and when do you need audio description? As an accommodation, you would provide whichever is needed by the individual. For full access, both are preferred, but when we are talking about ?after-market? accessibility, captioning is by far the easier of the two. For those of us who are required to comply with the Section 508 standards, both are required?although you can provide a text description back-up in lieu of the audio description in those cases where audio description is not feasible. What we generally expect in our system is captioning of videos with a text back-up for the audio description. Hope this helps. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Corrine Schoeb Sent: Monday, May 08, 2017 6:47 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Guidane on Audio Description Trying to wrap my head around when we need to provide Audio Descriptions and when Captioning is sufficient. Do you have any guidelines about questions you ask yourself when trying to determine this? -- Corrine Schoeb Technology Accessibility Coordinator, ITS 610-957-6208 *** Swarthmore College ITS will never ask you for your password, including by email. Please keep your passwords private to protect yourself and the security of our network. 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I would highly recommend getting the Swell Touch paper from American Thermoform. http://www.americanthermoform.com/product/swell-touch-paper/ Good luck! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Corrine Schoeb Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 5:10 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Resource for math & science images A colleague shared this resource with me - http://www.benetech.org Looks like they do BookShare and DIAGRAM (http://diagramcenter.org/) I'm familiar with BookShare and wonder if anyone has worked with DIAGRAM. -- Corrine Schoeb Technology Accessibility Coordinator, ITS 610-957-6208 *** Swarthmore College ITS will never ask you for your password, including by email. Please keep your passwords private to protect yourself and the security of our network. 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Undergraduate Disability and Diversity (DIS 380) Accessible Learning Technology (DIS 382) Disability Culture and History (DIS 383) Graduate Introduction to Disability and Diversity Studies (DIS 683) Multicultural Issues and Disability (DIS 681) Special Topics: Technology to Support Literacy for English Language Learners (DIS 682 411) (Extension Only) Special Topics: Science for English Language Learners (DIS 682 412) (Extension Only) The University of Hawaii at Manoa offers the Interdisciplinary Certificate in Disability and Diversity Studies , a 15 credit graduate level (master's, doctoral, and post-doctoral) program sponsored by the Center on Disability Studies (CDS) in the College of Education. CDS also offers both graduate and undergraduate level Disability Studies Courses that can be taken as electives. For questions about our certificate or courses, please check out the FAQ page or contact program coordinator Megan Conway at mconway@hawaii.edu or visit our full site at www.cds.hawaii.edu/certificates Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Fri Jul 7 10:58:19 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Report: Faculty Support Lacking for Wide Adoption of Digital Learning Message-ID: ATHENites: This isn't particularly accessibility-centric, but since this topic of online education is frequently discussed here, I thought some might miss this post and be interested. Jennifer Report: Faculty Support Lacking for Wide Adoption of Digital Learning: https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/06/19/faculty-support-lacking-for-wide-adoption-of-digital-learning.aspx From info at karlencommunications.com Fri Jul 7 11:16:49 2017 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Report: Faculty Support Lacking for Wide Adoption of Digital Learning In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000a01d2f74d$33fe6c20$9bfb4460$@karlencommunications.com> There is a link called "Time for Class 2017" but when I activate it, JAWS just starts at the top of the page. Does anyone know how to actually get the report? Cheers, Karen -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: July 7, 2017 1:58 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Report: Faculty Support Lacking for Wide Adoption of Digital Learning ATHENites: This isn't particularly accessibility-centric, but since this topic of online education is frequently discussed here, I thought some might miss this post and be interested. Jennifer Report: Faculty Support Lacking for Wide Adoption of Digital Learning: https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/06/19/faculty-support-lacking-for -wide-adoption-of-digital-learning.aspx _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jsuttondc at gmail.com Fri Jul 7 11:22:04 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe Message-ID: <79d87838-ec01-9f94-0f3f-8629cd655d4a@gmail.com> Greetings, ATHENites and others: Interesting. I had thought I'd read her focus was on K -- 12 schools, but perhaps I was mis-remembering, or her focus is on both. I'll spare us all further commentary, except to say that I wish things were headed in a different kind of direction, on the legal front. Tweet from @chronicle The Chronicle @chronicle How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe: http://chroni.cl/2sUcls3 7 July From bossley.5 at osu.edu Fri Jul 7 12:01:57 2017 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe In-Reply-To: <79d87838-ec01-9f94-0f3f-8629cd655d4a@gmail.com> References: <79d87838-ec01-9f94-0f3f-8629cd655d4a@gmail.com> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDCD9DCB54@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> A nice quote from my boss in that article. What I would urge folks who get these to do is to see this as a chance to improve the landscape at your institution. This may be one of the only times you have the ear of the senior leaders on your campus so use that to ask for the things you need to do it right. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 2:22 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe Greetings, ATHENites and others: Interesting. I had thought I'd read her focus was on K -- 12 schools, but perhaps I was mis-remembering, or her focus is on both. I'll spare us all further commentary, except to say that I wish things were headed in a different kind of direction, on the legal front. Tweet from @chronicle The Chronicle @chronicle How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe: http://chroni.cl/2sUcls3 7 July _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From rsthompson2 at ua.edu Fri Jul 7 12:13:34 2017 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDCD9DCB54@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <79d87838-ec01-9f94-0f3f-8629cd655d4a@gmail.com> <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDCD9DCB54@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: This article has been making the rounds at my campus today. I've had no fewer than 5 messages related to it and several areas where I've been trying to get meetings are now on my calendar. Whoohoo!! I know that we need campus-wide training and ways to make sure it happens and we need a larger role in procurement (both of which will require more staff). What are YOU asking for or what do YOU need to help move your institution toward greater inclusion and accessibility? I'm always looking for ideas that can help further our progress and I would love to know what my colleagues in ATHEN see as important priorities when requesting resources. Hope you are having a good Friday, Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson? Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility? The Office of Information Technology The University of Alabama A207 Gordon Palmer Hall Box 870248? Tuscaloosa, AL 35487? Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bossley, Peter A. Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 2:02 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe A nice quote from my boss in that article. What I would urge folks who get these to do is to see this as a chance to improve the landscape at your institution. This may be one of the only times you have the ear of the senior leaders on your campus so use that to ask for the things you need to do it right. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 2:22 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe Greetings, ATHENites and others: Interesting. I had thought I'd read her focus was on K -- 12 schools, but perhaps I was mis-remembering, or her focus is on both. I'll spare us all further commentary, except to say that I wish things were headed in a different kind of direction, on the legal front. Tweet from @chronicle The Chronicle @chronicle How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe: http://chroni.cl/2sUcls3 7 July _______________________________________________ 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 sarah.bourne at mass.gov Fri Jul 7 12:42:22 2017 From: sarah.bourne at mass.gov (Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Report: Faculty Support Lacking for Wide Adoption of Digital Learning In-Reply-To: <000a01d2f74d$33fe6c20$9bfb4460$@karlencommunications.com> References: <000a01d2f74d$33fe6c20$9bfb4460$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: The link on the Campus Technology page takes you to a Tyton Partners page with the title "Time for Class 2017 - Tyton Partners". On that page, there's another link "Time for Class" that is styled to look like a button. When you select it, a pop-up appears requesting your name, email, job title, etc. I'm not sure which link is causing you problems, Karen, but I suspect it's the last one. When I try to navigate with keyboard only, the focus is still on the main page and I can't get to the pop-up. There doesn't seem to be a way to get the report on the website without completing and submitting the form on the pop-up. (This is a significant barrier to task completion!) sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT From info at karlencommunications.com Fri Jul 7 13:01:54 2017 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Report: Faculty Support Lacking for Wide Adoption of Digital Learning In-Reply-To: References: <000a01d2f74d$33fe6c20$9bfb4460$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <9A557541-B336-4B2A-B64B-FAB5F94EC91D@karlencommunications.com> OK, if anyone does download the report, can you e-mail it to me? It's probably not accessible, but I'll see what I can do with it. Cheers, Karen Sent from my iPad > On Jul 7, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) wrote: > > The link on the Campus Technology page takes you to a Tyton Partners page with the title "Time for Class 2017 - Tyton Partners". On that page, there's another link "Time for Class" that is styled to look like a button. When you select it, a pop-up appears requesting your name, email, job title, etc. > > I'm not sure which link is causing you problems, Karen, but I suspect it's the last one. When I try to navigate with keyboard only, the focus is still on the main page and I can't get to the pop-up. There doesn't seem to be a way to get the report on the website without completing and submitting the form on the pop-up. (This is a significant barrier to task completion!) > > sb > Sarah E. Bourne > Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT > Commonwealth of Massachusetts > 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 > 617-626-4502 > sarah.bourne@mass.gov > http://www.mass.gov/MassIT > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From rsthompson2 at ua.edu Fri Jul 7 13:42:57 2017 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] Report: Faculty Support Lacking for Wide Adoption of Digital Learning In-Reply-To: <000a01d2f74d$33fe6c20$9bfb4460$@karlencommunications.com> References: <000a01d2f74d$33fe6c20$9bfb4460$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <5efcee43eed74142a87e69ece9d12f69@ua.edu> The report is attached. I have not examined its accessibility. If the list doesn't allow attachments, let me know your direct email and I'll share with you. Dr. Rachel S. Thompson? Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility? The Office of Information Technology The University of Alabama A207 Gordon Palmer Hall Box 870248? Tuscaloosa, AL 35487? Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 1:17 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Report: Faculty Support Lacking for Wide Adoption of Digital Learning There is a link called "Time for Class 2017" but when I activate it, JAWS just starts at the top of the page. Does anyone know how to actually get the report? Cheers, Karen -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: July 7, 2017 1:58 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Report: Faculty Support Lacking for Wide Adoption of Digital Learning ATHENites: This isn't particularly accessibility-centric, but since this topic of online education is frequently discussed here, I thought some might miss this post and be interested. 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Your Accessibility Partner (WCAG 2.0-508 audits, VPAT, usab https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2017/07/new-book-chapter-accessible-online-learning/ From lissner.2 at osu.edu Fri Jul 7 18:31:12 2017 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDCD9DCB54@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <79d87838-ec01-9f94-0f3f-8629cd655d4a@gmail.com>, <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDCD9DCB54@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <171465DD-17D7-4E78-9FF9-E38F82062628@osu.edu> She started with k-12 then moved up 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 Chair, Public Policy Committee, AHEAD (614) 292-6207(v); (614) 688-8605(tty) (614) 688-3665(fax); Http://ada.osu.edu 21 East 11th Ave., Columbus, Ohio. 43210 On Jul 7, 2017, at 3:04 PM, Bossley, Peter A. > wrote: A nice quote from my boss in that article. What I would urge folks who get these to do is to see this as a chance to improve the landscape at your institution. This may be one of the only times you have the ear of the senior leaders on your campus so use that to ask for the things you need to do it right. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 2:22 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] How Marcie Lipsitt, an advocate for people with disabilities, is "really kicking up some dust" in academe Greetings, ATHENites and others: Interesting. I had thought I'd read her focus was on K -- 12 schools, but perhaps I was mis-remembering, or her focus is on both. I'll spare us all further commentary, except to say that I wish things were headed in a different kind of direction, on the legal front. 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Your > Accessibility Partner (WCAG 2.0-508 audits, VPAT, usab > > https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2017/07/new-book-chapter- > accessible-online-learning/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Carly Gerard (360) 319-1319 carlygerard@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Nazely.Kurkjian at suny.edu Mon Jul 10 08:59:19 2017 From: Nazely.Kurkjian at suny.edu (Kurkjian, Nazely) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:19 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility demonstration for rfp Message-ID: Hi all, Found this helpful Demonstrations page with actions: CSU Teaching Commons Demonstrations. My question is how you request the vendor to demonstrate in real time, like how would they demonstrate "remove style sheets"? Or "well defined keyboard visual focus throughout"? What if they don't have a screenreader? Does that mean they fail? New to this...If anyone has used this list of actions in an rfp, please message me. Thank you, Nazely [circle] Nazely Kurkjian (she, her, hers) Coordinator of Disability, Diversity, and Nontraditional Student Services The State University of New York State University Plaza - Albany, New York 12246 Tel: 518.445.4078 Fax: 518.320.1557 Be a part of Generation SUNY: Facebook - Twitter - YouTube -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Examples of Duties/ Essential Job Functions Coordinates interpreting services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, including administration of all interpreting services. Coordinates and schedules the interpreting services for deaf and hard of hearing students for classes, meetings, and student activities. Maintains daily, weekly and monthly work schedule for interpreters and identifies on-call interpreters as necessary. Resolves problems and provides interventions or solutions when interpreting problems arise within the assignment. Assists with the testing, interviewing, and recommends selection of interpreter staff. Provides oversight for sign language interpreters and interns, including providing hands-on training and feedback, conducting on-going observation of employees in various settings, and assigning work. Assesses the needs of deaf and hard of hearing students and level of difficulty in course content and assigns appropriate interpreters. Interprets and translates classroom lectures simultaneously, facilitates communication between deaf and hard-of-hearing students and faculty, staff and students in classrooms at all levels, meetings, activities, and emergencies on campus. Provides interpreting support to students with disabilities, orients students to policies and procedures for obtaining interpreting services, and follows counselor approved accommodations. Assigns and coordinates sign language interpreters, real-time captioners, and c-print captionists to deaf and hard of hearing students as approved by the counselor. Interviews deaf and hard of hearing students who utilize sign language as a primary mode of communication to obtain information required to develop appropriate interpreting service delivery plans to accommodate individual student needs as approved by counselor. Assists counselor with outreach efforts to potential and current deaf and hard of hearing students. Works closely with the administration, faculty and staff to coordinate activities and services for deaf and hard of hearing students. Maintains current working knowledge of a variety of complex regulations, requirements, and policies related to the Sign Language Interpreter profession and Disabled Student Programs and Services. Maintains awareness of new developments in the field of interpreting services and implements changes as appropriate. Maintains accurate and confidential records of students served, documents services provided and provides continuous updates to the counselor as appropriate. Develops forms, handbooks, manuals, and other written materials related to interpreting services. Maintains files and materials on technical sign vocabulary to assist interpreters working in specialized subject areas. Extracts, organizes, and analyzes data from computer system, troubleshoots and corrects errors, researches and organizes information to produce technical reports in compliance with applicable laws and district procedures. Assists with planning and monitoring budgets. Performs other duties as assigned. Auxiliary Job Functions The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this classification. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 200585 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It helps to test in a few different browsers. > What if they don?t have a screenreader? Does that mean they fail? I think that is a decision you have to make for your specific circumstances. In my opinion, if a product was to be used with students and the vendor was claiming the product was accessible, but had never tested with a screen-reader, I would be concerned. Also, it is important to note that NVDA for Windows is available at no cost and VoiceOver is part of macOS. Cost should not be a reason for not testing. I have asked vendors to demonstrate similar actions and have not had too much of an issue. Just a note - I don't "surprise" them in a demo and give them plenty of advance notice along with a use case scenario (e.g., "I am a student using a screen-reader and want to register for a course"). What this has usually done is create a larger conversation about the accessibility of the product and how the vendor should be conducting accessibility tests. I would also refer you to Mike Gifford's GitHub repo - "Building Accessibility Best Practices into Contracting" ( https://github.com/mgifford/a11y-contracting/). Many of the questions in that repo may help the vendor thinking about accessibility in a proactive fashion before you even get to a demo of the product. If the vendor can't answer any of those questions in a semi-knowledgable manner, then the demo is the least of your concern. Take care, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Nazely.Kurkjian at suny.edu Tue Jul 11 06:41:42 2017 From: Nazely.Kurkjian at suny.edu (Kurkjian, Nazely) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility demonstration for rfp In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Sean, Thank you for explaining. This is incredibly helpful. We ended up writing that the vendor may download NVDA, JAWS (demo) or use VoiceOver to demonstrate screenreader accessibility/navigability. We are trying to purchase a travel management software, for employees. I decided to focus on the accessibility of critical features of the product ? capturing expenses and voucher creation. I?m not familiar with travel management software industry so I?m interested to see if accessibility is on their radar! I?ve shared your response with our procurement folks so I may come back with questions. I?m not quite sure yet how to assess the color contrast?I know there?s free contrast checking tools. Perhaps we can share these with them too. That resource!! My goodness, I could?ve used this some time ago. Will definitely use some of these questions in an upcoming RFI. Many thanks, Nazely From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 5:41 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] accessibility demonstration for rfp Hi Nazely, > My question is how you request the vendor to demonstrate in real time, > like how would they demonstrate ?remove style sheets?? If the product is viewable in the browser, they could use the Web Developer Toolbar (Firefox or Chrome plugin) to turn off CSS. That said, that's probably not a requirement I would focus on. > Or ?well defined keyboard visual focus throughout?? The simplest method is to use the tab-key to navigate around the web page. Is there a visual focus ring around the interactive elements? The default focus indicator for Safari and Chrome is a blue outline, but for Firefox, it is a thin, dotted outline that is more difficult to perceive. It helps to test in a few different browsers. > What if they don?t have a screenreader? Does that mean they fail? I think that is a decision you have to make for your specific circumstances. In my opinion, if a product was to be used with students and the vendor was claiming the product was accessible, but had never tested with a screen-reader, I would be concerned. Also, it is important to note that NVDA for Windows is available at no cost and VoiceOver is part of macOS. Cost should not be a reason for not testing. I have asked vendors to demonstrate similar actions and have not had too much of an issue. Just a note - I don't "surprise" them in a demo and give them plenty of advance notice along with a use case scenario (e.g., "I am a student using a screen-reader and want to register for a course"). What this has usually done is create a larger conversation about the accessibility of the product and how the vendor should be conducting accessibility tests. I would also refer you to Mike Gifford's GitHub repo - "Building Accessibility Best Practices into Contracting" (https://github.com/mgifford/a11y-contracting/). Many of the questions in that repo may help the vendor thinking about accessibility in a proactive fashion before you even get to a demo of the product. If the vendor can't answer any of those questions in a semi-knowledgable manner, then the demo is the least of your concern. Take care, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jmcdowell at salemstate.edu Tue Jul 11 10:59:42 2017 From: jmcdowell at salemstate.edu (Jennifer McDowell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible Message-ID: Hello everyone! We have a student who is blind taking a French Cinema class this coming fall semester. We just received the video list from the professor and have been looking them up to see what we are looking at as far as accessibility goes. Clearly, the outlook is bleak. ;) There are 11 films total, all are in French with English subtitles available. Two are available dubbed in English, and one, by Sony, MAY have AD, but probably not. ;) Our office is working with the student and professor, trying to brainstorm the best way to provide access to the student. I have reached out to all of the US production companies to see if they have anything (transcripts, dubbing, AD) available. We are also leaning toward making MP3 recordings of us reading the subtitles that the student can listen to [more or less] in time while the class is watching the movie. Does anyone else have any ideas? Or have you had a similar situation and had success with a certain method? Any magic software I don?t know about that will do all of this for me? ;) Honestly, any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc. would be MUCH appreciated. Thank you! Jenny Jennifer McDowell _____________________ Disability Services at Salem State University Berry Library Learning Commons Room G020 jmcdowell@salemstate.edu 978.542.6217 (tel) 978.542.2064 (fax) 978.542.7146 (tty) 978.910.0167 (vp) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Jul 11 11:09:41 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No magic, but honestly sometimes the easy button is someone sitting next to the student reading subtitles and providing audio description. You might check the video description web site hosted by Smith Kettlewell: http://www.vdrdc.org/resources Unfortunately, I believe the YouDescribe tool might still be down. Gaeir Sent from my iPad > On Jul 11, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Jennifer McDowell wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > We have a student who is blind taking a French Cinema class this coming fall semester. We just received the video list from the professor and have been looking them up to see what we are looking at as far as accessibility goes. Clearly, the outlook is bleak. ;) There are 11 films total, all are in French with English subtitles available. Two are available dubbed in English, and one, by Sony, MAY have AD, but probably not. ;) > > Our office is working with the student and professor, trying to brainstorm the best way to provide access to the student. I have reached out to all of the US production companies to see if they have anything (transcripts, dubbing, AD) available. We are also leaning toward making MP3 recordings of us reading the subtitles that the student can listen to [more or less] in time while the class is watching the movie. > > Does anyone else have any ideas? Or have you had a similar situation and had success with a certain method? Any magic software I don?t know about that will do all of this for me? ;) > > Honestly, any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc. would be MUCH appreciated. Thank you! > > Jenny > > > Jennifer McDowell > _____________________ > Disability Services at > Salem State University > Berry Library Learning Commons > Room G020 > > jmcdowell@salemstate.edu > 978.542.6217 (tel) > 978.542.2064 (fax) > 978.542.7146 (tty) > 978.910.0167 (vp) > > _______________________________________________ > 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 arovner at shoreline.edu Tue Jul 11 11:50:26 2017 From: arovner at shoreline.edu (Rovner, Amy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 3Play Media has a newly launched Audio Description service. I?m afraid I don?t know any more about it ? such as cost, quality, etc. but if you have funding this might be the fastest way to accommodate the student. Best, Amy Amy Rovner, MPH RD Instructional Designer Accessible IT Coordinator eLearning Services Shoreline Community College (206) 546-6937 arovner@shoreline.edu eLearning Service Help Center Canvas 24/7 Help via Chat Canvas 24/7 Phone Help: 1-888-672-2040 Drop in help with basic computing From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 11:10 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible No magic, but honestly sometimes the easy button is someone sitting next to the student reading subtitles and providing audio description. You might check the video description web site hosted by Smith Kettlewell: http://www.vdrdc.org/resources Unfortunately, I believe the YouDescribe tool might still be down. Gaeir Sent from my iPad On Jul 11, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Jennifer McDowell > wrote: Hello everyone! We have a student who is blind taking a French Cinema class this coming fall semester. We just received the video list from the professor and have been looking them up to see what we are looking at as far as accessibility goes. Clearly, the outlook is bleak. ;) There are 11 films total, all are in French with English subtitles available. Two are available dubbed in English, and one, by Sony, MAY have AD, but probably not. ;) Our office is working with the student and professor, trying to brainstorm the best way to provide access to the student. I have reached out to all of the US production companies to see if they have anything (transcripts, dubbing, AD) available. We are also leaning toward making MP3 recordings of us reading the subtitles that the student can listen to [more or less] in time while the class is watching the movie. Does anyone else have any ideas? Or have you had a similar situation and had success with a certain method? Any magic software I don?t know about that will do all of this for me? ;) Honestly, any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc. would be MUCH appreciated. Thank you! Jenny Jennifer McDowell _____________________ Disability Services at Salem State University Berry Library Learning Commons Room G020 jmcdowell@salemstate.edu 978.542.6217 (tel) 978.542.2064 (fax) 978.542.7146 (tty) 978.910.0167 (vp) _______________________________________________ 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 KRasul at columbiabasin.edu Tue Jul 11 13:25:05 2017 From: KRasul at columbiabasin.edu (Rasul, Kamran) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am not sure if audio description would accomplish this since this feature only narrates actions and physical, expressions and events of the characters and objects. I might be wrong, but it will not narrate what is actually being spoken. Source: Netflix?s new narration feature describes what?s happening for the visually impaired Here is another resource I found which may accomplish what you are seeking? ?Okay, I hope I remember this correctly... on my old laptop once I was watching a Japanese Anime movie with English subtitles using KMPlayer (http://www.kmpmedia.net/) and in the application settings I was able to turn on Read Subtitles Out Loud. I had some AT&T voices installed and the media player voiced the sub-titles natively over the film dialog without any third-party TTS software. I am nearly 100% sure it was KMP although at the time I was also sometimes using VLC player (http://www.videolan.org/) for movies. Both of these media players are freeware. I liked KMP because it came with all the esoteric codex for different video formats built-in. My vision has further deteriorated so I don't have either software installed on my new larger screened laptop to check this out for you but I am pretty certain of my recollection.? Top Source: http://nextup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3142 Lastly and might work (fingers crossed). Keep in mind, I haven?t tried it myself? ?A free and open-source tool that reads movie subtitles aloud? Source: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2392856 Kamran Rasul, M.Ed Director of Assistive Technology Columbia Basin College, TD 422 2600 N 20th Ave, Pasco, WA 99301 krasul@columbiabasin.edu | 509.543.1448 ext.2048 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Rovner, Amy Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 11:50 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible 3Play Media has a newly launched Audio Description service. I?m afraid I don?t know any more about it ? such as cost, quality, etc. but if you have funding this might be the fastest way to accommodate the student. Best, Amy Amy Rovner, MPH RD Instructional Designer Accessible IT Coordinator eLearning Services Shoreline Community College (206) 546-6937 arovner@shoreline.edu eLearning Service Help Center Canvas 24/7 Help via Chat Canvas 24/7 Phone Help: 1-888-672-2040 Drop in help with basic computing From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 11:10 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible No magic, but honestly sometimes the easy button is someone sitting next to the student reading subtitles and providing audio description. You might check the video description web site hosted by Smith Kettlewell: http://www.vdrdc.org/resources Unfortunately, I believe the YouDescribe tool might still be down. Gaeir Sent from my iPad On Jul 11, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Jennifer McDowell > wrote: Hello everyone! We have a student who is blind taking a French Cinema class this coming fall semester. We just received the video list from the professor and have been looking them up to see what we are looking at as far as accessibility goes. Clearly, the outlook is bleak. ;) There are 11 films total, all are in French with English subtitles available. Two are available dubbed in English, and one, by Sony, MAY have AD, but probably not. ;) Our office is working with the student and professor, trying to brainstorm the best way to provide access to the student. I have reached out to all of the US production companies to see if they have anything (transcripts, dubbing, AD) available. We are also leaning toward making MP3 recordings of us reading the subtitles that the student can listen to [more or less] in time while the class is watching the movie. Does anyone else have any ideas? Or have you had a similar situation and had success with a certain method? Any magic software I don?t know about that will do all of this for me? ;) Honestly, any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc. would be MUCH appreciated. Thank you! Jenny Jennifer McDowell _____________________ Disability Services at Salem State University Berry Library Learning Commons Room G020 jmcdowell@salemstate.edu 978.542.6217 (tel) 978.542.2064 (fax) 978.542.7146 (tty) 978.910.0167 (vp) _______________________________________________ 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 Tue Jul 11 14:52:17 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <02a101d2fa8f$f7581d20$e6085760$@htctu.net> Audio description would not repeat the dialogue, but any text that appears on the screen and is meant to be read should be included in the audio description?and the subtitles would fall into that category. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Rasul, Kamran Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:25 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible I am not sure if audio description would accomplish this since this feature only narrates actions and physical, expressions and events of the characters and objects. I might be wrong, but it will not narrate what is actually being spoken. Source: Netflix?s new narration feature describes what?s happening for the visually impaired Here is another resource I found which may accomplish what you are seeking? ?Okay, I hope I remember this correctly... on my old laptop once I was watching a Japanese Anime movie with English subtitles using KMPlayer ( http://www.kmpmedia.net/) and in the application settings I was able to turn on Read Subtitles Out Loud. I had some AT&T voices installed and the media player voiced the sub-titles natively over the film dialog without any third-party TTS software. I am nearly 100% sure it was KMP although at the time I was also sometimes using VLC player ( http://www.videolan.org/) for movies. Both of these media players are freeware. I liked KMP because it came with all the esoteric codex for different video formats built-in. My vision has further deteriorated so I don't have either software installed on my new larger screened laptop to check this out for you but I am pretty certain of my recollection.? Top Source: http://nextup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3142 Lastly and might work (fingers crossed). Keep in mind, I haven?t tried it myself? ?A free and open-source tool that reads movie subtitles aloud? Source: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2392856 Kamran Rasul, M.Ed Director of Assistive Technology Columbia Basin College, TD 422 2600 N 20th Ave, Pasco, WA 99301 krasul@columbiabasin.edu | 509.543.1448 ext.2048 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Rovner, Amy Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 11:50 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible 3Play Media has a newly launched Audio Description service. I?m afraid I don?t know any more about it ? such as cost, quality, etc. but if you have funding this might be the fastest way to accommodate the student. Best, Amy Amy Rovner, MPH RD Instructional Designer Accessible IT Coordinator eLearning Services Shoreline Community College (206) 546-6937 arovner@shoreline.edu eLearning Service Help Center Canvas 24/7 Help via Chat Canvas 24/7 Phone Help: 1-888-672-2040 Drop in help with basic computing From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 11:10 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Making Foreign Films Accessible No magic, but honestly sometimes the easy button is someone sitting next to the student reading subtitles and providing audio description. You might check the video description web site hosted by Smith Kettlewell: http://www.vdrdc.org/resources Unfortunately, I believe the YouDescribe tool might still be down. Gaeir Sent from my iPad On Jul 11, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Jennifer McDowell wrote: Hello everyone! We have a student who is blind taking a French Cinema class this coming fall semester. We just received the video list from the professor and have been looking them up to see what we are looking at as far as accessibility goes. Clearly, the outlook is bleak. ;) There are 11 films total, all are in French with English subtitles available. Two are available dubbed in English, and one, by Sony, MAY have AD, but probably not. ;) Our office is working with the student and professor, trying to brainstorm the best way to provide access to the student. I have reached out to all of the US production companies to see if they have anything (transcripts, dubbing, AD) available. We are also leaning toward making MP3 recordings of us reading the subtitles that the student can listen to [more or less] in time while the class is watching the movie. Does anyone else have any ideas? Or have you had a similar situation and had success with a certain method? Any magic software I don?t know about that will do all of this for me? ;) Honestly, any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc. would be MUCH appreciated. Thank you! Jenny Jennifer McDowell _____________________ Disability Services at Salem State University Berry Library Learning Commons Room G020 jmcdowell@salemstate.edu 978.542.6217 (tel) 978.542.2064 (fax) 978.542.7146 (tty) 978.910.0167 (vp) _______________________________________________ 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 hkramer at ahead.org Wed Jul 12 13:44:50 2017 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Rich Text Editor best practices Message-ID: Not sure if anyone has a good answer to this. Are there any best practices or standard hot-keys for formatting text for rich-text editors? We're advising a maker of a rich-text editor on best practices for accessibility and are seeking resources and widgets that could be recommended. 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 13-17, 2017. 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 jsuttondc at gmail.com Wed Jul 12 14:18:37 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Introduction to accessibility free course starts July 20 Message-ID: For those of you on the ATHEN list (and elsewhere) who are tracking training courses, here's one that's new to me. There are so many of these nowadays that I begin to wonder what differentiators are among all of them, and as I always do, I think about cost and time related to course content repetition (not to mention maintenance). Best, Jennifer Upcoming edX course on web accessibility fundamentals: https://www.edx.org/course/web-accessibility-fundamentals-microsoft-dev240x I think I've posted this, but in case you've missed this collection of courses: https://github.com/mgifford/a11y-courses From jsuttondc at gmail.com Wed Jul 12 14:33:56 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Improving Access to Higher Ed. bill Message-ID: Greetings, ATHEN: OI just saw these links in the AFB newsletter. Thought some might be interested in this bill. Best, Jennifer : Today, Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) and Democrats on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce are announcing the introduction of a comprehensive higher education reform bill aimed at the interests of the cross-disability community. The bill explicitly calls for the development and promulgation of guidelines to assist colleges and universities with their current legal obligations to ensure an accessible instructional experience. Read a press release about the bill at the following link: http://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/media/press-releases/democrats-unveil- legislation-to-expand-access-to-higher-ed-for-students-with-disabilities- A PDF of the bill is available at the following link: http://democrats- edworkforce.house.gov/imo/media/doc/ACCESS%20Bill.pdf The legislation being introduced today, the Improving Access to Higher Education Act, among many other important provisions for college students with disabilities, includes the best elements of the stand-alone bills for which the blindness community has been advocating, namely the call for the development of accessibility guidelines which should offer greater clarity to colleges and universities in their purchasing and use of materials and technologies. However, the bill being introduced today does not include provisions with which many groups both within and outside the vision loss community have had grave concerns. These troubling provisions would essentially trade a university's claim of voluntary compliance with accessibility guidelines for the setting aside of certain disability civil rights enforcement mechanisms available today. The establishment of such a so-called safe harbor and the apparent taking of even some current civil rights protections off the table has been a major point of contention among advocates for students who are blind or visually impaired and has led to a number of groups in the vision loss community witholding their endorsement of such proposals. For more detail, see: http://www.afb.org/info/programs-and-services/public- policy-center/directconnect-newsletter/described-tv-and-accessible-higher-ed-materials-gaining- ground/1235 From skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Wed Jul 12 14:52:38 2017 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Rich Text Editor best practices In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Howard, > Are there any best practices or standard hot-keys for formatting text for rich-text editors? One option may be to start with what is already used today with rich-text editors. Here is a list of the shortcut keys that are used for the CK Editor and TinyMCE. There looks to be overlap with many of the more commonly used shortcut commands. CKEditor: http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/guide/dev_shortcuts TinyMCE: https://www.tinymce.com/docs/advanced/keyboard-shortcuts/ Take care, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadir at uw.edu Wed Jul 12 15:10:19 2017 From: hadir at uw.edu (Hadi Rangin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Rich Text Editor best practices In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ditto. We definitely don?t want to overwhelm users with new sets of shortcut keys. Preferably we want that end-user has the option to change the shortcut keys as needed. Hadi From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 2:53 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessible Rich Text Editor best practices Hi Howard, > Are there any best practices or standard hot-keys for formatting text for rich-text editors? One option may be to start with what is already used today with rich-text editors. Here is a list of the shortcut keys that are used for the CK Editor and TinyMCE. There looks to be overlap with many of the more commonly used shortcut commands. CKEditor: http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/guide/dev_shortcuts TinyMCE: https://www.tinymce.com/docs/advanced/keyboard-shortcuts/ Take care, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Wed Jul 12 15:36:24 2017 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Rich Text Editor best practices In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Sean, Hadi. -Howard On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Hadi Rangin wrote: > Ditto. We definitely don?t want to overwhelm users with new sets of > shortcut keys. > > Preferably we want that end-user has the option to change the shortcut > keys as needed. > > > > Hadi > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Sean Keegan > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 12, 2017 2:53 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Accessible Rich Text Editor best practices > > > > Hi Howard, > > > > > Are there any best practices or standard hot-keys for formatting text > for rich-text editors? > > > > One option may be to start with what is already used today with rich-text > editors. Here is a list of the shortcut keys that are used for the CK > Editor and TinyMCE. There looks to be overlap with many of the more > commonly used shortcut commands. > > > > CKEditor: http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/guide/dev_shortcuts > > > > TinyMCE: https://www.tinymce.com/docs/advanced/keyboard-shortcuts/ > > > > > > Take care, > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > 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 13-17, 2017. 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. 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Sharon Sharon Trerise | IT Analyst - Accessibility Information Technology Services 1-205 CST Syracuse University Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.2143 e smtreris@syr.edu w its.syr.edu SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY syr.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GERMAN.FERMIN at PURCHASE.EDU Thu Jul 13 08:49:29 2017 From: GERMAN.FERMIN at PURCHASE.EDU (Fermin, German) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] staffing for technology accessibility In-Reply-To: <7f3df38318674f2ba238a2353fe3e733@EX13-MBX-04.ad.syr.edu> References: <7f3df38318674f2ba238a2353fe3e733@EX13-MBX-04.ad.syr.edu> Message-ID: <64ca752cda844468a234689052f55489@VSMAILMB02.purchase.edu> So at Purchase College we have one Assistive Technology full-time person that works at the Office of Disabilities. Then you have me who works at the Campus Technology Services who serves as the unofficial AT person when they need help. German From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sharon M Trerise Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 11:24 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] staffing for technology accessibility Last month the question was raised about how many staff members on your campus are focused on technology accessibility. I only saw one response. I am interested in the answer to this question also so would appreciate any information you can provide regarding staffing. We currently have one full-time staff member and one 30% FTE. Thank you. Sharon Sharon Trerise | IT Analyst - Accessibility Information Technology Services 1-205 CST Syracuse University Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.2143 e smtreris@syr.edu w its.syr.edu SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY syr.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaun.Hegney at sfcc.spokane.edu Thu Jul 13 08:51:23 2017 From: Shaun.Hegney at sfcc.spokane.edu (Hegney, Shaun) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Zoomtext 10.1 Network error / Zoomtext 10.1 refuses to start Message-ID: <9d07baa68e734633818aac3541b5a143@CCS-MBX2.ccs.spokane.cc.wa.us> Hello all, We seem to have a recurring problem and I'm not sure what to do about it. Zoomtext (our district has a network license of Zoomtext Magnifier / Reader) has been throwing network license related errors seemly on and off for the last several months. Here is the error read out we keep getting. One of the following licenses is required: ? CodeMeterAct 5000198:2001101 Failure reason: The CmActLicense has to be activated again, Error 263. Our IT department has had to reinstall the network license several times so far because this keeps happening. Does anyone have any idea on how to keep this from happening. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Shaun Hegney Program Specialist 2 Disability Support Services Spokane Falls Community College (509)-533-3544 Shaun.Hegney@sfcc.spokane.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arovner at shoreline.edu Thu Jul 13 09:09:27 2017 From: arovner at shoreline.edu (Rovner, Amy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] staffing for technology accessibility In-Reply-To: <64ca752cda844468a234689052f55489@VSMAILMB02.purchase.edu> References: <7f3df38318674f2ba238a2353fe3e733@EX13-MBX-04.ad.syr.edu> <64ca752cda844468a234689052f55489@VSMAILMB02.purchase.edu> Message-ID: We are a community college in NW Washington state. We have about 5000FTE's per year. I am an eLearning instructional designer who has taken on the additional role of Accessible IT Coordinator this year. In this role, I'm leading an AT workgroup to bring our campus into compliance. We are hoping to be able to hire some part time staff to help with our software testing, etc. One of our goals for next fiscal year is to fund a 50% or 100% AT Specialist to take b/c we just don't have those skills between eLearning, DSS and IT. Best, Amy Amy Rovner, MPH RD Instructional Designer Accessible IT Coordinator eLearning Services Shoreline Community College (206) 546-6937 arovner@shoreline.edu eLearning Service Help Center Canvas 24/7 Help via Chat Canvas 24/7 Phone Help: 1-888-672-2040 Drop in help with basic computing From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Fermin, German Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 8:49 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] staffing for technology accessibility So at Purchase College we have one Assistive Technology full-time person that works at the Office of Disabilities. Then you have me who works at the Campus Technology Services who serves as the unofficial AT person when they need help. German From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sharon M Trerise Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 11:24 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: [Athen] staffing for technology accessibility Last month the question was raised about how many staff members on your campus are focused on technology accessibility. I only saw one response. I am interested in the answer to this question also so would appreciate any information you can provide regarding staffing. We currently have one full-time staff member and one 30% FTE. Thank you. Sharon Sharon Trerise | IT Analyst - Accessibility Information Technology Services 1-205 CST Syracuse University Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.2143 e smtreris@syr.edu w its.syr.edu SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY syr.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Thu Jul 13 09:13:42 2017 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] staffing for technology accessibility In-Reply-To: <64ca752cda844468a234689052f55489@VSMAILMB02.purchase.edu> References: <7f3df38318674f2ba238a2353fe3e733@EX13-MBX-04.ad.syr.edu> <64ca752cda844468a234689052f55489@VSMAILMB02.purchase.edu> Message-ID: We have one AT specialist (me) on our campus. Although our web development team and faculty development team are very conscientious about including accessibility, there is no one else on campus that is focused on technology accessibility. As you might imagine, there needs to be at least one more full-time person, in my opinion. Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Office of 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/ [sig logo small] (Please excuse typos, I am using dictation software temporarily) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Fermin, German Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 9:49 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] staffing for technology accessibility So at Purchase College we have one Assistive Technology full-time person that works at the Office of Disabilities. Then you have me who works at the Campus Technology Services who serves as the unofficial AT person when they need help. German From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sharon M Trerise Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 11:24 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: [Athen] staffing for technology accessibility Last month the question was raised about how many staff members on your campus are focused on technology accessibility. I only saw one response. I am interested in the answer to this question also so would appreciate any information you can provide regarding staffing. We currently have one full-time staff member and one 30% FTE. Thank you. Sharon Sharon Trerise | IT Analyst - Accessibility Information Technology Services 1-205 CST Syracuse University Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.2143 e smtreris@syr.edu w its.syr.edu SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY syr.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Feel free to disregard if you've already tried the tips from the document. http://accessinghigherground.org/handouts/zoomtext/ZoomText%20Troubleshooting%20Tips.pdf On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:52 AM Hegney, Shaun wrote: > Hello all, > > > > We seem to have a recurring problem and I?m not sure what to do about it. > Zoomtext (our district has a network license of Zoomtext Magnifier / > Reader) has been throwing network license related errors seemly on and off > for the last several months. > > > > Here is the error read out we keep getting. > > > > One of the following licenses is required: > > ? CodeMeterAct 5000198:2001101 > > Failure reason: The CmActLicense has to be activated again, Error 263. > > > > > > Our IT department has had to reinstall the network license several times > so far because this keeps happening. Does anyone have any idea on how to > keep this from happening. > > > > > > Any input would be greatly appreciated. > > > > *Shaun Hegney* > > *Program Specialist 2* > > Disability Support Services > > Spokane Falls Community College > > (509)-533-3544 > > Shaun.Hegney@sfcc.spokane.edu > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Carly Gerard Phone: (360) 319-1319 Email: carlygerard@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaun.Hegney at sfcc.spokane.edu Thu Jul 13 09:50:07 2017 From: Shaun.Hegney at sfcc.spokane.edu (Hegney, Shaun) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Zoomtext 10.1 Network error / Zoomtext 10.1 refuses to start Message-ID: Carly thank you, I?m going to look that over now to see if we can find any insights. Shaun Hegney Program Specialist 2 Disability Support Services Spokane Falls Community College (509)-533-3544 Shaun.Hegney@sfcc.spokane.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Carly Gerard Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 9:28 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Zoomtext 10.1 Network error / Zoomtext 10.1 refuses to start I don't know if you or your IT department have seen this Zoomtext troubleshooting PDF from Accessing Higher Ground, but it looks like there might be some known installation issues that could be resolved. Feel free to disregard if you've already tried the tips from the document. http://accessinghigherground.org/handouts/zoomtext/ZoomText%20Troubleshooting%20Tips.pdf On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:52 AM Hegney, Shaun > wrote: Hello all, We seem to have a recurring problem and I?m not sure what to do about it. Zoomtext (our district has a network license of Zoomtext Magnifier / Reader) has been throwing network license related errors seemly on and off for the last several months. Here is the error read out we keep getting. One of the following licenses is required: ? CodeMeterAct 5000198:2001101 Failure reason: The CmActLicense has to be activated again, Error 263. Our IT department has had to reinstall the network license several times so far because this keeps happening. Does anyone have any idea on how to keep this from happening. Any input would be greatly appreciated. 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URL: From lissner.2 at osu.edu Wed Jul 12 15:00:35 2017 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] Democrats Unveil Legislation to Expand Access to Higher Ed for Students With Disabilities Message-ID: 07.12.17 http://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/media/press-releases/democrats-unveil-legislation-to-expand-access-to-higher-ed-for-students-with-disabilities- Democrats Unveil Legislation to Expand Access to Higher Ed for Students With Disabilities WASHINGTON - TODAY, Representative Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) joined Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development Ranking Member Susan Davis (CA-53), Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD-05), and Representatives James Langevin (RI-02) and Jared Huffman (CA-02) to introduce the Improving Access to Higher Education Act. This bill would amend the Higher Education Act (HEA) to improve college access and completion for students with disabilities. This legislation is part of House Democrats' #AimHigher initiative. Democrats want every American to have access to a meaningful degree that costs less money and leads to a good-paying job. "This first of its kind legislation, takes a comprehensive approach to providing students and institutions with improved training, greater resources, and expanded services-bringing us one step closer to ensuring all Americans have the opportunity to earn a degree, find a job, and achieve the American Dream," said Rep. DeSaulnier. "I am honored to join Ranking Member Scott and my colleagues in spearheading this important effort." The Improving Access to Higher Education Act is the first-ever comprehensive legislation that specifically addresses the needs of students with disabilities in higher education. "Since the passing of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - federal law has been clear that individuals with disabilities must have equitable access to education," said Ranking Member Scott. "Thanks to the IDEA and the ADA, we have more students with disabilities graduating from high school than ever before. Students in K-12 receive accommodations and individualized supports to help them access the curriculum and receive a meaningful educational benefit, but those accommodations are not guaranteed in higher education. This bill will ensure the HEA is living up to the promise of the ADA and allowing all students to have equal access to higher education so they can fully participate in society." In 2005, just 46 percent of students with disabilities who graduated from high school enrolled in postsecondary education, with only 40 percent of those students going on to finish a degree or receive a work certificate within eight years. For students with disabilities who enroll in a four year institution, odds of completing a degree fall to just 34 percent. "Students with disabilities already face tremendous challenges inside and outside of the classroom, but gaining access to a quality postsecondary education shouldn't be one of them," Rep. Langevin said. "This bill will provide students with disabilities greater educational opportunities in preparation for a bright future in the workforce. The doors to higher education should be open for all students, and I'm proud to join my colleagues in leading a bill that will foster more inclusive curricula and learning environments." "Every student has the right to a quality education," said Rep. Huffman. "For students with disabilities in college, a quality education means providing an environment that fosters academic growth and gives them the individualized tools that they need to succeed. Unfortunately, college administrators and faculty face many challenges in providing these essential accommodations and instructional supports. The Improving Access to Higher Education Act will help level the playing field for students with disabilities, allowing every student to access the education and skills needed to live a meaningful and independent life." Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, a longtime advocate for Americans with disabilities, was a co-lead on the bill. "I thank Reps. DeSaulnier, Scott, Langevin, and Huffman for introducing the Improving Access to Higher Education Act to make higher education more accessible for students with differing abilities," said Whip Hoyer. "As the lead House sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act, I am strongly committed to ensuring that all of our people can live up to their full potential. This bill will help more of our students do so by addressing affordability, accessibility, and completion of higher education degrees that will prepare them for well-paying jobs and opportunities." Organizations supporting the Improving Access to Higher Education Act: Teacher Education Division of CEC, Association of University Centers on Disability, American Foundation for the Blind, Higher Education Consortium for Special Education, National Council for Learning Disabilities, National Down Syndrome Congress, The Arc, National Association of State Directors of Special Education, National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Council of Parent Attorney and Advocates, Association of People Supporting EmploymentFirst, National Disability Rights Network, Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination, The Advocacy Institute BILL TEXT: Improving Access to Higher Education Act FACT SHEET: Improving Access to Higher Education Act SECTION-BY-SECTION: Improving Access to Higher Education Act ### L. Scott Lissner, The Ohio State University Office of Compliance & Institutional Integrity ADA Coordinator & 504 Compliance Officer, Associate, John Glenn School of Public Policy, Lecturer Disability Studies, Knowlton School of Architecture & Moritz College of Law Chair, Public Policy Committee & Past President, Association on Higher Education & Disability Advisory Board, National Clearinghouse for College Students with Disabilities Board of Directors, Center for Disability Empowerment Board of Directors, VSA Ohio Advisory Board, Access Ohio (614) 292-6207(v); (614) 688-8605(tty) (614) 688-3665(fax); Http://ada.osu.edu 21 East 11th Ave, Columbus Ohio, 43210 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Thu Jul 13 20:30:40 2017 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:20 2018 Subject: [Athen] staffing for technology accessibility In-Reply-To: <7f3df38318674f2ba238a2353fe3e733@EX13-MBX-04.ad.syr.edu> References: <7f3df38318674f2ba238a2353fe3e733@EX13-MBX-04.ad.syr.edu> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDCD9E5132@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> At Ohio State we have: 1 Assistive Technology Director in our ADA Coordinator's office who handles staff AT needs. 1 FTE Digital Accessibility Director (me) (split 50% with Disability Services and the ADA Coordinator's Office) 50% Graduate Admin Associate on my team 1 Accessibility Analyst within our CIO's Office. 50%FTE Sr. Instructional Designer in our Distance Education team 1 client Engineer serving as our AT Coordinator in Disability Services I think that is light, and we are hoping to add 2 FTEs over the next 2-3 months. Staffing is only one part of the picture, though; we have a very strong ADA Coordinator / compliance officer who has the ability to make things stick and that is key. Our CIO has also been very supportive, and that has made his teams supportive as well. Individual people usually want to do the right thing but real, sustainable change has to be supported from the top down. You can only get so much done via grassroots methods. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sharon M Trerise Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 11:24 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] staffing for technology accessibility Last month the question was raised about how many staff members on your campus are focused on technology accessibility. I only saw one response. I am interested in the answer to this question also so would appreciate any information you can provide regarding staffing. We currently have one full-time staff member and one 30% FTE. 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HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE ON UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING OCTOBER 30 & 31 NASHVILLE AIRPORT HOTEL NASHVILLE, TN CALL FOR PROPOSALS DUE JULY 31 Conference Information www.tbr.edu/academics/studentaffairs/udl-conference REGISTRATION OPENS AUGUST 14 Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Universal Design & Instructional Technology Specialist Center for the Enhancement of Learning & Teaching (CELT) University of Kentucky 518M King Library Lexington, KY 40506 859-257-9685 deb.castiglione@uky.edu http://www.uky.edu/celt http://www.uky.edu/udl ?What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all.?? (Meyer, Rose, & Gordon, 2014) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: UDL_flyer .doc Type: application/msword Size: 111104 bytes Desc: UDL_flyer .doc URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We have an online advent calendar with each day being a link to new content. Each of these pages has varying degrees of accessibility (being worked on), but one of the days is a game where the school's mascot uses a jetpack to fly through gaps in candy cane walls with points for length of survival (well....that is probably the strangest thing I have typed in a while...). Clearly this is not accessible to an individual who is blind, how would you address this? Thank you! JASON VARNADO Associate Director, Disability Access Center for Student Academic Success PHONE (509) 313-4034 FAX (509) 313-5523 www.gonzaga.edu/disabilityaccess Center for Student Academic Success - "Empowering Students to become Active and Independent learners in their own academic success." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lorik at virginia.edu Tue Jul 18 08:41:08 2017 From: lorik at virginia.edu (Kressin, Lori L. 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Hours are Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Davidson County Community College P.O. Box 1287 | Lexington, NC 27293-1287 336.224.4518 www.davidsonccc.edu *Storm Toward Success* -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed to third parties when required by the statutes. (NCGS.Ch.132) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From schafercg at missouri.edu Thu Jul 20 06:38:18 2017 From: schafercg at missouri.edu (Schafer, Carmen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] aug com advice In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933B05@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933B05@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <82c058913cf94fa29c2e3cf72bdd84ae@missouri.edu> Hi Robert, I remember Proloquo2Go. Unfortunately I don't have any experience actually using it. Best regards, Carmen Schafer Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] aug com advice Hello all, It has been at least 15 years since I've had any dealings with any kind of augmentative communication systems. I have a student with some speech delay issues and is looking for an aug com system to supplement his speech. He uses Mac and IOS devices. I'd like to find something he could use on his iPhone if possible. Does anybody have any recommendations? Are there any questions I should be asking him that I haven't thought of? Thanks for any feedback. 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 lnorwich at bu.edu Thu Jul 20 07:33:27 2017 From: lnorwich at bu.edu (Norwich, Lorraine S) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Publisher and Book Message-ID: Dear All, I have a student who needs the book below in PDF format. We tried to find out who the publisher of this book is but am not sure how to request it. We went to one of the publishers - Columbia University and have not heard anything back. Has anyone else had to work with this book and do you have any ideas on how to request it in alternative format? Does anyone have this book for us in PDF format as we can provide a proof of purchase? Information on the book The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation 9780692400197 Jointly Published By: Harvard Law Review Columbia Law Review UPenn Law Review Yale Law Review 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... 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Has anyone else had to work with this book and do you have any ideas on how to request it in alternative format? Does anyone have this book for us in PDF format as we can provide a proof of purchase? Information on the book The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation 9780692400197 Jointly Published By: Harvard Law Review Columbia Law Review UPenn Law Review Yale Law Review 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 Brenda.Miller at mso.umt.edu Thu Jul 20 07:43:43 2017 From: Brenda.Miller at mso.umt.edu (Miller, Brenda) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Publisher and Book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <92E2940BBB1238488191D771450E572E01BFA436A0@UMMAIL03.gs.umt.edu> I have this book!! :) I'll email you privately in a moment. Brenda Miller University of Montana ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Norwich, Lorraine S [lnorwich@bu.edu] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:33 AM To: athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Publisher and Book Dear All, I have a student who needs the book below in PDF format. We tried to find out who the publisher of this book is but am not sure how to request it. We went to one of the publishers ? Columbia University and have not heard anything back. Has anyone else had to work with this book and do you have any ideas on how to request it in alternative format? Does anyone have this book for us in PDF format as we can provide a proof of purchase? Information on the book The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation 9780692400197 Jointly Published By: Harvard Law Review Columbia Law Review UPenn Law Review Yale Law Review 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) From Brenda.Miller at mso.umt.edu Thu Jul 20 07:43:43 2017 From: Brenda.Miller at mso.umt.edu (Miller, Brenda) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Publisher and Book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <92E2940BBB1238488191D771450E572E01BFA436A0@UMMAIL03.gs.umt.edu> I have this book!! :) I'll email you privately in a moment. Brenda Miller University of Montana ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Norwich, Lorraine S [lnorwich@bu.edu] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:33 AM To: athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Publisher and Book Dear All, I have a student who needs the book below in PDF format. We tried to find out who the publisher of this book is but am not sure how to request it. We went to one of the publishers ? Columbia University and have not heard anything back. Has anyone else had to work with this book and do you have any ideas on how to request it in alternative format? Does anyone have this book for us in PDF format as we can provide a proof of purchase? Information on the book The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation 9780692400197 Jointly Published By: Harvard Law Review Columbia Law Review UPenn Law Review Yale Law Review 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) From zm290 at msstate.edu Thu Jul 20 09:26:24 2017 From: zm290 at msstate.edu (Zach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Conference Mobile Scheduler App Message-ID: <00ce01d30174$ee68dc40$cb3a94c0$@msstate.edu> Hello: I'm filling out a survey for the 2017 American Dairy Science Association annual meeting. I want one of my recommendations to be that modifications to the web mobile scheduler be accessible for phone and computer users with disabilities. I was wondering if I could get feedback for the following verbiage? . Ensure any changes to the mobile web scheduler comply with ADA, WCAG 2.0, and Section 508. Thoughts are appreciated. Zac Zachary Mason M.S. Student Animal and Dairy Sciences Mississippi State University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kneuber at gmu.edu Thu Jul 20 10:17:42 2017 From: kneuber at gmu.edu (Kristine S. Neuber) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] aug com advice In-Reply-To: <82c058913cf94fa29c2e3cf72bdd84ae@missouri.edu> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933B05@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <82c058913cf94fa29c2e3cf72bdd84ae@missouri.edu> Message-ID: Hi Robert, I would ask if the user is looking for a picture or word based system. We have a professor here at Mason that uses her iPad as an AugComm device to supplement her speech in meetings. She likes word-based systems. I believe she uses Verbally, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally/id418671377?mt=8# but I am checking with her. This system allows her to save commonly used phrases, questions, in a format she prefers. However, it looks like it is only for the iPad. I am sure she will have other options to share. Perhaps I can connect the two of you? I hope this helps. ~Kristine Kristine S. Neuber, Ph.D. IT Accessibility Coordinator Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-9815 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I remember Proloquo2Go. Unfortunately I don't have any experience actually using it. Best regards, Carmen Schafer Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] aug com advice Hello all, It has been at least 15 years since I've had any dealings with any kind of augmentative communication systems. I have a student with some speech delay issues and is looking for an aug com system to supplement his speech. He uses Mac and IOS devices. I'd like to find something he could use on his iPhone if possible. Does anybody have any recommendations? Are there any questions I should be asking him that I haven't thought of? Thanks for any feedback. 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 sarah.bourne at mass.gov Thu Jul 20 10:28:53 2017 From: sarah.bourne at mass.gov (Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Conference Mobile Scheduler App In-Reply-To: <00ce01d30174$ee68dc40$cb3a94c0$@msstate.edu> References: <00ce01d30174$ee68dc40$cb3a94c0$@msstate.edu> Message-ID: <67c8231a4d5d49279fe62050e4b8dbbd@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> Zach, I would just stick with WCAG, and specify version 2, levels A and AA (or WCAG2 AA for short.) They have not yet issued specific regulations for IT accessibility under the ADA, and Section 508 was just updated to use WCAG2 AA. You could suggest they refer to the W3C's "Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile" draft Working Group Note for helpful guidance (https://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-accessibility-mapping/) If they are building "native" apps rather than a web-based one, they should follow platform developers' guidance: * Apple (https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/AccessibilityMacOSX/) * Android (https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/accessibility/index.html) sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Thu Jul 20 10:31:05 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] aug com advice In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933B05@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <82c058913cf94fa29c2e3cf72bdd84ae@missouri.edu> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933CB4@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hello, Thank you for your reply. I didn't even think to ask if he wants word or picture based, but I'm guessing word based. If you could connect the instructor and I, that would be great. I can get her feedback on the app and see if I can apply it to his specific situation. 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 Kristine S. Neuber Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I would ask if the user is looking for a picture or word based system. We have a professor here at Mason that uses her iPad as an AugComm device to supplement her speech in meetings. She likes word-based systems. I believe she uses Verbally, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally/id418671377?mt=8# but I am checking with her. This system allows her to save commonly used phrases, questions, in a format she prefers. However, it looks like it is only for the iPad. I am sure she will have other options to share. Perhaps I can connect the two of you? I hope this helps. ~Kristine Kristine S. Neuber, Ph.D. IT Accessibility Coordinator Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-9815 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I remember Proloquo2Go. Unfortunately I don't have any experience actually using it. Best regards, Carmen Schafer Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] aug com advice Hello all, It has been at least 15 years since I've had any dealings with any kind of augmentative communication systems. I have a student with some speech delay issues and is looking for an aug com system to supplement his speech. He uses Mac and IOS devices. I'd like to find something he could use on his iPhone if possible. Does anybody have any recommendations? Are there any questions I should be asking him that I haven't thought of? Thanks for any feedback. 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Works in basically any app. Macs also have a similar feature built in. No third-party apps needed. Alex Sent from my iPhone On Jul 20, 2017, at 1:31 PM, Robert Beach wrote: Hello, Thank you for your reply. I didn?t even think to ask if he wants word or picture based, but I?m guessing word based. If you could connect the instructor and I, that would be great. I can get her feedback on the app and see if I can apply it to his specific situation. 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 Kristine S. Neuber Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I would ask if the user is looking for a picture or word based system. We have a professor here at Mason that uses her iPad as an AugComm device to supplement her speech in meetings. She likes word-based systems. I believe she uses Verbally, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally/id418671377?mt=8# but I am checking with her. This system allows her to save commonly used phrases, questions, in a format she prefers. However, it looks like it is only for the iPad. I am sure she will have other options to share. Perhaps I can connect the two of you? I hope this helps. ~Kristine Kristine S. Neuber, Ph.D. IT Accessibility Coordinator Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-9815 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I remember Proloquo2Go. Unfortunately I don?t have any experience actually using it. Best regards, Carmen Schafer Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] aug com advice Hello all, It has been at least 15 years since I?ve had any dealings with any kind of augmentative communication systems. I have a student with some speech delay issues and is looking for an aug com system to supplement his speech. He uses Mac and IOS devices. I?d like to find something he could use on his iPhone if possible. Does anybody have any recommendations? Are there any questions I should be asking him that I haven?t thought of? Thanks for any feedback. 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Thanks for the idea. ________________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Alex Umstead [awumstead@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 5:58 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice If the student is just looking for a way to have text they type read aloud: iOS actually has a feature called Speak Selection, which allows you to select text and have your device speak it. Works in basically any app. Macs also have a similar feature built in. No third-party apps needed. Alex Sent from my iPhone On Jul 20, 2017, at 1:31 PM, Robert Beach > wrote: Hello, Thank you for your reply. I didn?t even think to ask if he wants word or picture based, but I?m guessing word based. If you could connect the instructor and I, that would be great. I can get her feedback on the app and see if I can apply it to his specific situation. 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 Kristine S. Neuber Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I would ask if the user is looking for a picture or word based system. We have a professor here at Mason that uses her iPad as an AugComm device to supplement her speech in meetings. She likes word-based systems. I believe she uses Verbally, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally/id418671377?mt=8# but I am checking with her. This system allows her to save commonly used phrases, questions, in a format she prefers. However, it looks like it is only for the iPad. I am sure she will have other options to share. Perhaps I can connect the two of you? I hope this helps. ~Kristine Kristine S. Neuber, Ph.D. IT Accessibility Coordinator Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-9815 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I remember Proloquo2Go. Unfortunately I don?t have any experience actually using it. Best regards, Carmen Schafer Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] aug com advice Hello all, It has been at least 15 years since I?ve had any dealings with any kind of augmentative communication systems. I have a student with some speech delay issues and is looking for an aug com system to supplement his speech. He uses Mac and IOS devices. I?d like to find something he could use on his iPhone if possible. Does anybody have any recommendations? Are there any questions I should be asking him that I haven?t thought of? Thanks for any feedback. 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 From ea at emptech.info Thu Jul 20 22:12:29 2017 From: ea at emptech.info (E.A. Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] aug com advice In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933CB4@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933B05@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <82c058913cf94fa29c2e3cf72bdd84ae@missouri.edu> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933CB4@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <002c01d301df$ffdaa3d0$ff8feb70$@emptech.info> If it is for an iPhone and only sentences that he wishes to use in a speedy manner then I have shown people how to use ClaroCom and there is a free version that can be trialled. It offers the user a chance to build up a bank of favourite words, phrases and sentences. Provides word and phrase prediction etc. and has American voices. There is also Proloquo4Text (which is a text version of Proloquo2Go) which has a different interface is rather more expensive but offers multitasking and switching between social media etc. Best wishes E.A. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: 20 July 2017 18:31 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hello, Thank you for your reply. I didn't even think to ask if he wants word or picture based, but I'm guessing word based. If you could connect the instructor and I, that would be great. I can get her feedback on the app and see if I can apply it to his specific situation. 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 Kristine S. Neuber Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I would ask if the user is looking for a picture or word based system. We have a professor here at Mason that uses her iPad as an AugComm device to supplement her speech in meetings. She likes word-based systems. I believe she uses Verbally, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally/id418671377?mt=8# but I am checking with her. This system allows her to save commonly used phrases, questions, in a format she prefers. However, it looks like it is only for the iPad. I am sure she will have other options to share. Perhaps I can connect the two of you? I hope this helps. ~Kristine Kristine S. Neuber, Ph.D. IT Accessibility Coordinator Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-9815 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I remember Proloquo2Go . Unfortunately I don't have any experience actually using it. Best regards, Carmen Schafer Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu ) > Subject: [Athen] aug com advice Hello all, It has been at least 15 years since I've had any dealings with any kind of augmentative communication systems. I have a student with some speech delay issues and is looking for an aug com system to supplement his speech. He uses Mac and IOS devices. I'd like to find something he could use on his iPhone if possible. Does anybody have any recommendations? Are there any questions I should be asking him that I haven't thought of? Thanks for any feedback. 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I'll be asking this on a couple of list serves - apologies if you see the question in a few places.? -- Corrine Schoeb Technology Accessibility Coordinator, ITS 610-957-6208 *** Swarthmore College ITS will never ask you for your password, including by email. Please keep your passwords private to protect yourself and the security of our network. To learn more about web security visit http://www.swarthmore.edu/its/security -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Fri Jul 21 09:53:25 2017 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Conference Mobile Scheduler App In-Reply-To: <67c8231a4d5d49279fe62050e4b8dbbd@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> References: <00ce01d30174$ee68dc40$cb3a94c0$@msstate.edu> <67c8231a4d5d49279fe62050e4b8dbbd@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> Message-ID: Agreed. If this is a web-based UI, then I would specify WCAG 2.0, Level A and AA. My experience with developers is that they are (usually) willing to meet accessibility requirements, but don't really know what to do and don't have time to sift through various statues, laws, FAQs, etc., that may or may not apply. Specifying WCAG 2.0 simplifies that process for developers. Take care, Sean On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) < sarah.bourne@mass.gov> wrote: > Zach, > > > > I would just stick with WCAG, and specify version 2, levels A and AA (or > WCAG2 AA for short.) They have not yet issued specific regulations for IT > accessibility under the ADA, and Section 508 was just updated to use WCAG2 > AA. You could suggest they refer to the W3C?s ?Mobile Accessibility: How > WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile? draft Working > Group Note for helpful guidance (https://www.w3.org/TR/mobile- > accessibility-mapping/) > > > > If they are building ?native? apps rather than a web-based one, they > should follow platform developers? guidance: > > ? Apple (https://developer.apple.com/ > library/content/documentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/ > AccessibilityMacOSX/) > > ? Android (https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/ > accessibility/index.html) > > > > sb > > Sarah E. Bourne > Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT > Commonwealth of Massachusetts > 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 > 617-626-4502 <(617)%20626-4502> > sarah.bourne@mass.gov > http://www.mass.gov/MassIT > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Fri Jul 21 10:57:38 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] New NCD study on mental health services on college campuses Message-ID: Greetings, ATHENites: The following may be a bit off-topic, but I thought some might miss it and want to be aware. Best, Jennifer Tweet from @NatCounDis NCD.gov @NatCounDis New NCD study on mental health services on college campuses: https://go.usa.gov/xRDgM http://prn.to/2vImTMx 21 July From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Fri Jul 21 12:10:41 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] aug com advice In-Reply-To: <002c01d301df$ffdaa3d0$ff8feb70$@emptech.info> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933B05@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <82c058913cf94fa29c2e3cf72bdd84ae@missouri.edu> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933CB4@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL>, <002c01d301df$ffdaa3d0$ff8feb70$@emptech.info> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F934116@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Thanks! I'll add this to the options to look at. ________________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of E.A. Draffan [ea@emptech.info] Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 12:12 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice If it is for an iPhone and only sentences that he wishes to use in a speedy manner then I have shown people how to use ClaroCom and there is a free version that can be trialled. It offers the user a chance to build up a bank of favourite words, phrases and sentences. Provides word and phrase prediction etc. and has American voices. There is also Proloquo4Text (which is a text version of Proloquo2Go) which has a different interface is rather more expensive but offers multitasking and switching between social media etc. Best wishes E.A. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: 20 July 2017 18:31 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hello, Thank you for your reply. I didn?t even think to ask if he wants word or picture based, but I?m guessing word based. If you could connect the instructor and I, that would be great. I can get her feedback on the app and see if I can apply it to his specific situation. 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 Kristine S. Neuber Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I would ask if the user is looking for a picture or word based system. We have a professor here at Mason that uses her iPad as an AugComm device to supplement her speech in meetings. She likes word-based systems. I believe she uses Verbally, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally/id418671377?mt=8# but I am checking with her. This system allows her to save commonly used phrases, questions, in a format she prefers. However, it looks like it is only for the iPad. I am sure she will have other options to share. Perhaps I can connect the two of you? I hope this helps. ~Kristine Kristine S. Neuber, Ph.D. IT Accessibility Coordinator Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-9815 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I remember Proloquo2Go. Unfortunately I don?t have any experience actually using it. Best regards, Carmen Schafer Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] aug com advice Hello all, It has been at least 15 years since I?ve had any dealings with any kind of augmentative communication systems. I have a student with some speech delay issues and is looking for an aug com system to supplement his speech. He uses Mac and IOS devices. I?d like to find something he could use on his iPhone if possible. Does anybody have any recommendations? Are there any questions I should be asking him that I haven?t thought of? Thanks for any feedback. 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 jsuttondc at gmail.com Sat Jul 22 11:57:14 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Textbook Options for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired Message-ID: <5f82ff2f-dbfb-8212-b5c2-8779a2c14c6d@gmail.com> ATHENites and others: This is no news to most, if not all, on the ATHEN list, but I thought I'd share here in case you want to share with others. It's a pretty good summary while, I believe, being mostly U.S.-centric. Jennifer Accessible Textbook Options for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired - AccessWorld? - July 2017 http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pubnew.asp?DocID=aw180702 From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Jul 24 05:40:27 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] aug com advice In-Reply-To: <002c01d301df$ffdaa3d0$ff8feb70$@emptech.info> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933B05@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <82c058913cf94fa29c2e3cf72bdd84ae@missouri.edu> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933CB4@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <002c01d301df$ffdaa3d0$ff8feb70$@emptech.info> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F934491@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Thanks so much. I'll give both of these a look and share them with the student. 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 E.A. Draffan Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 12:12 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice If it is for an iPhone and only sentences that he wishes to use in a speedy manner then I have shown people how to use ClaroCom and there is a free version that can be trialled. It offers the user a chance to build up a bank of favourite words, phrases and sentences. Provides word and phrase prediction etc. and has American voices. There is also Proloquo4Text (which is a text version of Proloquo2Go) which has a different interface is rather more expensive but offers multitasking and switching between social media etc. Best wishes E.A. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: 20 July 2017 18:31 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hello, Thank you for your reply. I didn't even think to ask if he wants word or picture based, but I'm guessing word based. If you could connect the instructor and I, that would be great. I can get her feedback on the app and see if I can apply it to his specific situation. 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 Kristine S. Neuber Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I would ask if the user is looking for a picture or word based system. We have a professor here at Mason that uses her iPad as an AugComm device to supplement her speech in meetings. She likes word-based systems. I believe she uses Verbally, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally/id418671377?mt=8# but I am checking with her. This system allows her to save commonly used phrases, questions, in a format she prefers. However, it looks like it is only for the iPad. I am sure she will have other options to share. Perhaps I can connect the two of you? I hope this helps. ~Kristine Kristine S. Neuber, Ph.D. IT Accessibility Coordinator Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-9815 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I remember Proloquo2Go. Unfortunately I don't have any experience actually using it. Best regards, Carmen Schafer Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] aug com advice Hello all, It has been at least 15 years since I've had any dealings with any kind of augmentative communication systems. I have a student with some speech delay issues and is looking for an aug com system to supplement his speech. He uses Mac and IOS devices. I'd like to find something he could use on his iPhone if possible. Does anybody have any recommendations? Are there any questions I should be asking him that I haven't thought of? Thanks for any feedback. 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My previous job was at an AT center that was a part of a national network funded by Apple, before the tech act. You may want to contact your local ATA center, so that the student can try things out before purchase. I did a google search and found the Assistive Technology Center at the University of Kansas, if you aren't already connected. Alice D. Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P. Disability Services, Technology Specialist Pellissippi State Community College 865-694-6751 865-539-7699 (fax) Save the Date: Higher Education Conference on Universal Design for Learning October 30-31, 2017 Nashville Airport Hotel, Nashville TN East TN Region Accessibility Specialist Tenessee Board of Regents-TN eCampus PSCC Access for All Blog PSCC Accessible Format Facebook Page (PSCC-Disability Services) PSCC Access4All Twitter Feed (@Access4allPSCC) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 8:40 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Thanks so much. I'll give both of these a look and share them with the student. 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 E.A. Draffan Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 12:12 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice If it is for an iPhone and only sentences that he wishes to use in a speedy manner then I have shown people how to use ClaroCom and there is a free version that can be trialled. It offers the user a chance to build up a bank of favourite words, phrases and sentences. Provides word and phrase prediction etc. and has American voices. There is also Proloquo4Text (which is a text version of Proloquo2Go) which has a different interface is rather more expensive but offers multitasking and switching between social media etc. Best wishes E.A. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: 20 July 2017 18:31 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hello, Thank you for your reply. I didn't even think to ask if he wants word or picture based, but I'm guessing word based. If you could connect the instructor and I, that would be great. I can get her feedback on the app and see if I can apply it to his specific situation. 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 Kristine S. Neuber Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I would ask if the user is looking for a picture or word based system. We have a professor here at Mason that uses her iPad as an AugComm device to supplement her speech in meetings. She likes word-based systems. I believe she uses Verbally, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally/id418671377?mt=8# but I am checking with her. This system allows her to save commonly used phrases, questions, in a format she prefers. However, it looks like it is only for the iPad. I am sure she will have other options to share. Perhaps I can connect the two of you? I hope this helps. ~Kristine Kristine S. Neuber, Ph.D. IT Accessibility Coordinator Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-9815 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I remember Proloquo2Go. Unfortunately I don't have any experience actually using it. Best regards, Carmen Schafer Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] aug com advice Hello all, It has been at least 15 years since I've had any dealings with any kind of augmentative communication systems. I have a student with some speech delay issues and is looking for an aug com system to supplement his speech. He uses Mac and IOS devices. I'd like to find something he could use on his iPhone if possible. Does anybody have any recommendations? Are there any questions I should be asking him that I haven't thought of? Thanks for any feedback. 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I would connect him with the Assistive Technology for Kansans Project, but he actually lives in Missouri. I'm also working to get him connected with them. I'll also check out Jane too. I appreciate your response! 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 Wershing, Alice D. Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 11:22 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Jane Farrell is a good resource for apps for AAC. My previous job was at an AT center that was a part of a national network funded by Apple, before the tech act. You may want to contact your local ATA center, so that the student can try things out before purchase. I did a google search and found the Assistive Technology Center at the University of Kansas, if you aren't already connected. Alice D. Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P. Disability Services, Technology Specialist Pellissippi State Community College 865-694-6751 865-539-7699 (fax) Save the Date: Higher Education Conference on Universal Design for Learning October 30-31, 2017 Nashville Airport Hotel, Nashville TN East TN Region Accessibility Specialist Tenessee Board of Regents-TN eCampus PSCC Access for All Blog PSCC Accessible Format Facebook Page (PSCC-Disability Services) PSCC Access4All Twitter Feed (@Access4allPSCC) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 8:40 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Thanks so much. I'll give both of these a look and share them with the student. 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 E.A. Draffan Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 12:12 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice If it is for an iPhone and only sentences that he wishes to use in a speedy manner then I have shown people how to use ClaroCom and there is a free version that can be trialled. It offers the user a chance to build up a bank of favourite words, phrases and sentences. Provides word and phrase prediction etc. and has American voices. There is also Proloquo4Text (which is a text version of Proloquo2Go) which has a different interface is rather more expensive but offers multitasking and switching between social media etc. Best wishes E.A. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: 20 July 2017 18:31 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hello, Thank you for your reply. I didn't even think to ask if he wants word or picture based, but I'm guessing word based. If you could connect the instructor and I, that would be great. I can get her feedback on the app and see if I can apply it to his specific situation. 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 Kristine S. Neuber Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I would ask if the user is looking for a picture or word based system. We have a professor here at Mason that uses her iPad as an AugComm device to supplement her speech in meetings. She likes word-based systems. I believe she uses Verbally, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally/id418671377?mt=8# but I am checking with her. This system allows her to save commonly used phrases, questions, in a format she prefers. However, it looks like it is only for the iPad. I am sure she will have other options to share. Perhaps I can connect the two of you? I hope this helps. ~Kristine Kristine S. Neuber, Ph.D. IT Accessibility Coordinator Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-9815 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice Hi Robert, I remember Proloquo2Go. Unfortunately I don't have any experience actually using it. Best regards, Carmen Schafer Division of IT, Adaptive Computing University of Missouri From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] aug com advice Hello all, It has been at least 15 years since I've had any dealings with any kind of augmentative communication systems. I have a student with some speech delay issues and is looking for an aug com system to supplement his speech. He uses Mac and IOS devices. I'd like to find something he could use on his iPhone if possible. Does anybody have any recommendations? Are there any questions I should be asking him that I haven't thought of? Thanks for any feedback. 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But perhaps it will help. I post it, especially, in case some of you may not be aware of the blog, generally. I see a lot of AT mentioned via their posts that I don't see elsewhere. When searching for AT, Google often sends us to databases that may not always be up-to-date, but the posts on this blog seem to be pretty current. Best, Jennifer 3 Text-To-Speech Apps.: http://www.eastersealstech.com/2017/07/19/3-text-speech-apps/ From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Jul 24 11:53:50 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] aug com advice In-Reply-To: <6a4b5799-7204-ab36-8f7a-c03483c8c670@gmail.com> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933B05@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <82c058913cf94fa29c2e3cf72bdd84ae@missouri.edu> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F933CB4@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <002c01d301df$ffdaa3d0$ff8feb70$@emptech.info> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F934491@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <6a4b5799-7204-ab36-8f7a-c03483c8c670@gmail.com> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F934725@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Thanks! I'll get my reading hat on and check it out. 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 Jennifer Sutton Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 1:20 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] aug com advice ATHENites: I haven't been following this thread closely, so what's in the article below may be repetitive. But perhaps it will help. I post it, especially, in case some of you may not be aware of the blog, generally. I see a lot of AT mentioned via their posts that I don't see elsewhere. When searching for AT, Google often sends us to databases that may not always be up-to-date, but the posts on this blog seem to be pretty current. Best, Jennifer 3 Text-To-Speech Apps.: http://www.eastersealstech.com/2017/07/19/3-text-speech-apps/ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From sarah.bourne at mass.gov Mon Jul 24 13:28:22 2017 From: sarah.bourne at mass.gov (Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Font family and size, and paper color for printed material In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8c968a962e6e4605b2a3e31cb6a41279@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> The most recently updated guide to print accessibility I know of is from EBU, http://www.euroblind.org/ : EBU clear print guidelines (PDF) sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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When I type "ro" it takes me to the first file that starts with "r" but will not accept the "o" and find "Robert". I have to keep typing "r" until it gets through all of the "r" files that preceed "Robert". If I load JAWS 17 or NVDA, I do not have this problem. It just started when I upgraded my version of JAWS 18 to the latest version. 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 hascherdss at gmail.com Wed Jul 26 11:42:19 2017 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] issues with latest release of JAWS In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84012F4F3973@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84012F4F3973@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Robert, Isn't that typical for new or updated technology - to throw curve balls at us? When JAWS 18 first came out it was having major problems crashing if used with Microsoft Edge. Wonder if this is a similar type issue? 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 +++++++++++++++ StrengthQuest Talent Themes: Learner, Input, Maximizer, Intellection, Arranger This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Your cooperation is appreciated. +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Robert Beach wrote: > Hey all, > > > > Is it just me or have others been having issues with the latest release of > JAWS? I?m running version 18.0.4104 and it is giving me problems when > working with File Explorer to access drives and folders/files. For example, > I go to a flash drive and open a file. When I close the file, the flash > drive is still open, but it says unavailable. I cannot access any other > file there nor can I close the window. I can open another copy of File > Explorer and get to the drive again, but the original window stays open. > > > > Also, first letter navigation doesn?t work correctly. For example, I go to > a folder and want to move to a file named ?Robert?. When I type ?ro? it > takes me to the first file that starts with ?r? but will not accept the ?o? > and find ?Robert?. I have to keep typing ?r? until it gets through all of > the ?r? files that preceed ?Robert?. > > > > If I load JAWS 17 or NVDA, I do not have this problem. It just started > when I upgraded my version of JAWS 18 to the latest version. > > > > > > > > Robert Lee Beach > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Kansas City Kansas Community College > > 7250 State Avenue > > Kansas City, KS 66112 > > Phone: 913-288-7671 <(913)%20288-7671> > > 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 ndogbo at gmail.com Wed Jul 26 12:23:25 2017 From: ndogbo at gmail.com (N. Dogbo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] issues with latest release of JAWS In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84012F4F3973@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: JAWS with MS Edge is not recommended at this time. Please use Narrator with Edge instead. Thanks Nicaise On 7/26/17, Heidi Scher wrote: > Robert, > > Isn't that typical for new or updated technology - to throw curve balls at > us? When JAWS 18 first came out it was having major problems crashing if > used with Microsoft Edge. Wonder if this is a similar type issue? > > 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 > +++++++++++++++ > > StrengthQuest Talent Themes: Learner, Input, Maximizer, Intellection, > Arranger > > This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which > it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Your cooperation > is appreciated. > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director > Center for Educational Access > University of Arkansas > ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 > 479.575.7445 fax > 479.575.3646 tdd > +++++++++++++++ > > On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Robert Beach wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> >> >> Is it just me or have others been having issues with the latest release >> of >> JAWS? I?m running version 18.0.4104 and it is giving me problems when >> working with File Explorer to access drives and folders/files. For >> example, >> I go to a flash drive and open a file. When I close the file, the flash >> drive is still open, but it says unavailable. I cannot access any other >> file there nor can I close the window. I can open another copy of File >> Explorer and get to the drive again, but the original window stays open. >> >> >> >> Also, first letter navigation doesn?t work correctly. For example, I go >> to >> a folder and want to move to a file named ?Robert?. When I type ?ro? it >> takes me to the first file that starts with ?r? but will not accept the >> ?o? >> and find ?Robert?. I have to keep typing ?r? until it gets through all of >> the ?r? files that preceed ?Robert?. >> >> >> >> If I load JAWS 17 or NVDA, I do not have this problem. It just started >> when I upgraded my version of JAWS 18 to the latest version. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Robert Lee Beach >> >> Assistive Technology Specialist >> >> Kansas City Kansas Community College >> >> 7250 State Avenue >> >> Kansas City, KS 66112 >> >> Phone: 913-288-7671 <(913)%20288-7671> >> >> Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > -- ----- Think not with your EYES and you shall have a perfect VISION! --- From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Wed Jul 26 13:05:09 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] issues with latest release of JAWS In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84012F4F3973@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84012F4F3AC0@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> I?m not sure. I did get a voice message from VFO support so hopefully I?ll know something soon. 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 Heidi Scher Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 1:42 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] issues with latest release of JAWS Robert, Isn't that typical for new or updated technology - to throw curve balls at us? When JAWS 18 first came out it was having major problems crashing if used with Microsoft Edge. Wonder if this is a similar type issue? 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 +++++++++++++++ StrengthQuest Talent Themes: Learner, Input, Maximizer, Intellection, Arranger This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Your cooperation is appreciated. +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Robert Beach > wrote: Hey all, Is it just me or have others been having issues with the latest release of JAWS? I?m running version 18.0.4104 and it is giving me problems when working with File Explorer to access drives and folders/files. For example, I go to a flash drive and open a file. When I close the file, the flash drive is still open, but it says unavailable. I cannot access any other file there nor can I close the window. I can open another copy of File Explorer and get to the drive again, but the original window stays open. Also, first letter navigation doesn?t work correctly. For example, I go to a folder and want to move to a file named ?Robert?. When I type ?ro? it takes me to the first file that starts with ?r? but will not accept the ?o? and find ?Robert?. I have to keep typing ?r? until it gets through all of the ?r? files that preceed ?Robert?. If I load JAWS 17 or NVDA, I do not have this problem. It just started when I upgraded my version of JAWS 18 to the latest version. 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... 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This position is part of our DRS Counseling Coordinator team who meet and set accommodations for students (currently 3 professional staff out of a staff total of 9.5) with a few lead responsibilities in the operations of the office. It will primarily work with students in our Health Sciences programs and thus we are looking for a great leader and collaborator to fit into our DRS team and role. The UW Hires job # 147326 or view the direct posting with this link: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&jobhistory=1&szOrderID=147326 It is an exciting time at the University of Washington right now with the DRS office continuing to grow and evolve as a unit while the campus is actively evaluating ways to create an inclusive culture on campus. As I celebrate 5 years at the UW this October, I can say that this is an institution moving in a great direction. The leadership is great (love our President) and partnership opportunities abound with the variety and level of accessibility experts on campus. In the last 5 years, our department has experienced tremendous growth, and in our last Provost's Town Hall, Provost Jerry Baldasty, identified that accessibility is a second goal for this upcoming year (YouTube link watch 31:38-32:31). Please feel free to share this open position widely with peers and colleagues. If you have questions you are welcome to reach and ask me directly via email or phone below. Thanks! KRISTA GREEAR Assistant Director Disability Resources for Students 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.4136 / Main: 206.543.8924 greeark@uw.edu/ http://disability.uw.edu [cid:image001.gif@01D30635.92001A70] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Wonder if this is a similar type issue? > >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 >+++++++++++++++ > >StrengthQuest Talent Themes: Learner, Input, Maximizer, Intellection, Arranger > >This message is intended for the use of the >individual or entity to which it is addressed >and may contain information that is >confidential, privileged and exempt from >disclosure under applicable law. If the reader >of this message is not the intended recipient, >you are hereby notified that any dissemination, >distribution or copying of this communication is >strictly prohibited.? If you have received this >message in error, please advise the sender by >reply email and delete the message.? Your cooperation is appreciated. > >+++++++++++++++ >Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >Associate Director >Center for Educational Access >University of Arkansas >ARKU 209 >Fayetteville, AR 72701 >479.575.3104 >479.575.7445 fax >479.575.3646 tdd >+++++++++++++++ > >On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Robert Beach ><rbeach@kckcc.edu> wrote: > >Hey all, > >? > >Is it just me or have others been having issues >with the latest release of JAWS? I???m running >version 18.0.4104 and it is giving me problems >when working with File Explorer to access drives >and folders/files. For example, I go to a flash >drive and open a file. When I close the file, >the flash drive is still open, but it says >unavailable. I cannot access any other file >there nor can I close the window. I can open >another copy of File Explorer and get to the >drive again, but the original window stays open. > >? > >Also, first letter navigation doesn???t work >correctly. For example, I go to a folder and >want to move to a file named ???Robert???. When >I type ???ro??? it takes me to the first file >that starts with ???r??? but will not accept the >???o??? and find ???Robert???. I have to keep >typing ???r??? until it gets through all of the >???r??? files that preceed ???Robert???. > >? > >If I load JAWS 17 or NVDA, I do not have this >problem. It just started when I upgraded my >version of JAWS 18 to the latest version. > >? > >? > >? > >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... 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They will work with me and our wonderful High Tech Center staff tooJ Patricia Flores-Charter, MA Bilingual Learning Disability Specialist Director, Disability Support Services Southwestern College From: Viviana Govea Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 2:42 PM Subject: SWC Vacancy - Technology Specialist for Access and Compliance SWC is currently recruiting for the following position. Technology Specialist for Access and Compliance 12-months, Full-Time, Classified Position Range 38 Monthly Salary: $5,944.00-$7,235.00 Position is open until filled with a first screening deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Friday, August 4, 2017 EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Any combination equivalent to: Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field AND three years of experience in that includes researching and implementing new technologies and providing training to end users. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Experience with access technology that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of accessibility and regulatory compliance issues is highly desirable. For consideration, please visit the college website at https://jobs.swccd.edu/postings/2386 to view and apply for this position. If you have any questions please contact the Human Resources Office at ext. 6395. Thank you. The Southwestern Community College District shall not discriminate against any person in employment or in any program affiliated with the District on the basis of age, ancestry, color, ethnic group identification, national origin, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Position Description: The Associate Director provides leadership and direction for management of day-to-day services provided by Disabled Student Services (DSS), including some supervision of Support Services, Stephen Benson Learning Disability Program, AIM Center, Autism Spectrum Services, and WorkAbility IV Program. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Thorough knowledge of ADA, Section 504, 508, and laws and regulations pertaining to students with disabilities. Understanding of the practice of providing reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. Ability to demonstrate a vision for effective and creative DSS program development. Excellent leadership skills to lead and manage a complex department. Excellent time management skills. Excellent public speaking and presentation skills. Excellent organizational, administrative, and communication skills with the ability to effectively handle a broad range of interpersonal contacts with individuals or groups from different socioeconomic and diverse backgrounds, including parents, staff, peers, administrators, Campus personnel, clients, state/school officials, various agencies, and the public. Ability to take initiative and independently plan, organize, coordinate, and perform work in various situations where numerous and diverse demands are involved. Strong time and project management skills. Proven ability to learn, interpret, apply, and develop a wide variety of university policies and procedures relating to field administration standards, policies, and issues. Skill in interpreting, developing, implementing, and assuring compliance with office and University policies and procedures while maintaining good working relationships with staff at all levels within and external to the University. Excellent grammar, writing, and editing skills to compose and proofread professional level copy of letters, proposals, reports, meeting notes, and announcements. Demonstrated skill in conducting research, developing reports, and presenting findings. Ability to maintain confidentiality. Skill in working independently with minimal direction, in setting priorities and schedules, and in identifying and adhering to departmental objectives. Strong problem solving skills. Ability to provide excellent customer service. Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community. Ability to follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines including but not limited to safety, civility, information security, and non-discrimination policies and procedures. Ability to contribute to a positive university experience for each and every student, and assist in achieving the university's commitment to a "vision of excellence." Education and Experience: Equivalent to a bachelor's degree in a related field and minimum of three years' experience in related field required. Master's Degree preferred, preferably in Counseling, Special Education or Higher Education Administration. Minimum of three to five years of experience working with college students with disabilities. Doctorate degree highly preferred. Experience working in a multicultural environment. Experience supervising professional staff preferred. Application Deadline: August 8, 2017 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From schwarte at purdue.edu Thu Jul 27 05:15:55 2017 From: schwarte at purdue.edu (Schwarte, David M.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] issues with latest release of JAWS In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84012F4F3973@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84012F4F3973@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Hello Robert, I have not noticed the behavior that you have mentioned with the latest version of JAWS 18. Of course, that does not mean that there is not a problem with JAWS or that your issues are not common. David Schwarte From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 9:39 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] issues with latest release of JAWS Hey all, Is it just me or have others been having issues with the latest release of JAWS? I'm running version 18.0.4104 and it is giving me problems when working with File Explorer to access drives and folders/files. For example, I go to a flash drive and open a file. When I close the file, the flash drive is still open, but it says unavailable. I cannot access any other file there nor can I close the window. I can open another copy of File Explorer and get to the drive again, but the original window stays open. Also, first letter navigation doesn't work correctly. For example, I go to a folder and want to move to a file named "Robert". When I type "ro" it takes me to the first file that starts with "r" but will not accept the "o" and find "Robert". I have to keep typing "r" until it gets through all of the "r" files that preceed "Robert". If I load JAWS 17 or NVDA, I do not have this problem. It just started when I upgraded my version of JAWS 18 to the latest version. 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Thanks, Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies [cid:image001.png@01D244AB.C1DE6680] The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 108 University Center 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc A member of the Division of Student Development -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 7:16 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] issues with latest release of JAWS Hello Robert, I have not noticed the behavior that you have mentioned with the latest version of JAWS 18. Of course, that does not mean that there is not a problem with JAWS or that your issues are not common. David Schwarte From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 9:39 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] issues with latest release of JAWS Hey all, Is it just me or have others been having issues with the latest release of JAWS? I'm running version 18.0.4104 and it is giving me problems when working with File Explorer to access drives and folders/files. For example, I go to a flash drive and open a file. When I close the file, the flash drive is still open, but it says unavailable. I cannot access any other file there nor can I close the window. I can open another copy of File Explorer and get to the drive again, but the original window stays open. Also, first letter navigation doesn't work correctly. For example, I go to a folder and want to move to a file named "Robert". When I type "ro" it takes me to the first file that starts with "r" but will not accept the "o" and find "Robert". I have to keep typing "r" until it gets through all of the "r" files that preceed "Robert". If I load JAWS 17 or NVDA, I do not have this problem. It just started when I upgraded my version of JAWS 18 to the latest version. 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... 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Connie Hackett Assistive Technology Specialist Springfield Technology Community College 413.755.4082 cmhackett@stcc.edu On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Kluesner, Bryon wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Does anyone have a form (contract) students sign that states they will not > share, , copy, sell, etc? alternate text materials provided by publisher > they would be willing to share? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bryon > > > > *Bryon Kluesner, RhD* > > *Adaptive Technology Coordinator* > > *Disability Resource Center* > > *Adjunct Professor* > > *College of Health, Education & Professional Studies* > > [image: cid:image001.png@01D244AB.C1DE6680] > > *The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga* > 108 University Center > 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 > > Chattanooga, TN 37403 > > > > (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc > > > *A member of the **Division of Student Development* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Connie Hackett Assistive Technology Technician Springfield Technical Community College 413.755.4082 cmhackett@stcc.edu -- *SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE* *IMPORTANT: The information contained in this e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged material. 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Best, Jennifer Refreshed content in tutorial for creating accessible online courses with Canvas LMS: https://ccconlineed.instructure.com/courses/297 From michaelnakai at weber.edu Thu Jul 27 14:51:35 2017 From: michaelnakai at weber.edu (Michael Nakai) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] VoiceOver and PDFs Message-ID: <00f001d30722$851a4450$8f4eccf0$@weber.edu> Hello, I just recently joined this list after hearing about it attending last week's AHEAD Conference. So I assume that this question has been asked in the past. But I was wondering if people have encountered issues with Apple's VoiceOver treatment of reading order tags that are embedded in a PDF. To me it seems that it's ignoring the tags and reading order information that I have embedded in a file of mine. I've ran it through a few options options and here are my results Programs that have read this correctly: Acrobat for Windows Read Out Loud Foxit Reader for Windows NVDA reading the same document loaded in Acrobat Kurzweil 3000 for Windows Acrobat for iOS in VoiceOver ClaroPDF for iOS, (Works with VoiceOver, also has a built-in speech reader that recognizes the read order) Programs that have not read this correctly: Previewing this file in macOS, and iOS (Ignored specified reading order) iBooks in iOS (Ignored specified reading order) PDF Connoisseur for iOS, (VoiceOver will not read the document) PDF Expert for iOS (VoiceOver will not read the document) Programs that have mixed success: Foxit Reader for iOS (VoiceOver will not read the document, but the app has a built-in speech reader that recognizes the read order) So I was just wondering if other institutions have had similar frustrations in getting an accessible document to be read (if at all) consistently across different applications and platforms? If so, is there something that I can use in the PDF creation process to ensure the text flow is observed in Preview and iBooks? Michael Nakai Adaptive Technology WSU Disability Services michaelnakai@weber.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Thu Jul 27 15:11:43 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Accessibility Job - Accessible Technology Coordinator, Miami University, Ohio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01f301d30725$54e207c0$fea61740$@htctu.net> From: uniaccess-request@lists.ala.org [mailto:uniaccess-request@lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Zirkle, Kara Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 10:52 AM Subject: Accessibility Job - Accessible Technology Coordinator, Miami University, Ohio Do you enjoy working in assistive technology? Are you looking to do more than just AT, accessible text or captioning? We are seeking a motivated individual who can develop, document and implement policies, procedures and best practices relating to services and delivery of accessible text production and alternative media for our new AccessMU Center. The direct link to the specific public posting is:https://miamioh.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=4536 &job=accessible-technology-coordinator Please share and I apologize in advance for duplicate posts via listservs. Kara Zirkle Accessible Technology Specialist Information Technology Services Hoyt Hall, 312V Oxford, OH 45056 Phone: 513-529-9006 Email: zirklek@miamioh.edu Twitter: @AccessMU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Thu Jul 27 15:22:37 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job opening Technology Specialist for Accessibility and Compliance Southwestern College Message-ID: <021501d30726$db064810$9112d830$@htctu.net> Southwestern College is looking for a Technology Specialist for Accessibility and Compliance (If you have seen this job announcement before, it's because they are going out again.) This position is 12-month, classified, working in Institutional Technology. Posting number 0600727 RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the direction of the Chief Information Systems Officer, perform a variety of specialized duties involved in identifying and recommending potential solutions for accessibility barriers based on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA standards as well as compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508, and other accessibility related laws for Electronic and Information Technology (EIT). Please see the link below for more information: https://jobs.swccd.edu/postings/2386 Daniel J Borges | Chief Information Systems Officer SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE | Institutional Technology 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista CA 91910 | www.swccd.edu 619-482-6336 | dborges@swccd.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarah.bourne at mass.gov Fri Jul 28 08:48:52 2017 From: sarah.bourne at mass.gov (Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] VoiceOver and PDFs In-Reply-To: <00f001d30722$851a4450$8f4eccf0$@weber.edu> References: <00f001d30722$851a4450$8f4eccf0$@weber.edu> Message-ID: Michael, There was a recent thread on the WebAIM mailing list that you may find helpful: http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=8178 And also this slightly older thread: http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=7518 sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Nakai Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 5:52 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] VoiceOver and PDFs Hello, I just recently joined this list after hearing about it attending last week's AHEAD Conference. So I assume that this question has been asked in the past. But I was wondering if people have encountered issues with Apple's VoiceOver treatment of reading order tags that are embedded in a PDF. To me it seems that it's ignoring the tags and reading order information that I have embedded in a file of mine. I've ran it through a few options options and here are my results Programs that have read this correctly: Acrobat for Windows Read Out Loud Foxit Reader for Windows NVDA reading the same document loaded in Acrobat Kurzweil 3000 for Windows Acrobat for iOS in VoiceOver ClaroPDF for iOS, (Works with VoiceOver, also has a built-in speech reader that recognizes the read order) Programs that have not read this correctly: Previewing this file in macOS, and iOS (Ignored specified reading order) iBooks in iOS (Ignored specified reading order) PDF Connoisseur for iOS, (VoiceOver will not read the document) PDF Expert for iOS (VoiceOver will not read the document) Programs that have mixed success: Foxit Reader for iOS (VoiceOver will not read the document, but the app has a built-in speech reader that recognizes the read order) So I was just wondering if other institutions have had similar frustrations in getting an accessible document to be read (if at all) consistently across different applications and platforms? If so, is there something that I can use in the PDF creation process to ensure the text flow is observed in Preview and iBooks? Michael Nakai Adaptive Technology WSU Disability Services michaelnakai@weber.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zirklek at miamioh.edu Tue Jul 25 10:52:18 2017 From: zirklek at miamioh.edu (Zirkle, Kara) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility Job - Accessible Technology Coordinator, Miami University, Ohio Message-ID: Do you enjoy working in assistive technology? Are you looking to do more than just AT, accessible text or captioning? We are seeking a motivated individual who can develop, document and implement policies, procedures and best practices relating to services and delivery of accessible text production and alternative media for our new AccessMU Center. The direct link to the specific public posting is: https://miamioh.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=4536&job=accessible-technology-coordinator Please share and I apologize in advance for duplicate posts via listservs. Kara Zirkle Accessible Technology Specialist Information Technology Services Hoyt Hall, 312V Oxford, OH 45056 Phone: 513-529-9006 Email: zirklek@miamioh.edu Twitter: @AccessMU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hunziker at email.arizona.edu Fri Jul 28 11:06:08 2017 From: hunziker at email.arizona.edu (Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job Opening - IT Accessibility Analyst, University of Arizona Message-ID: Hello everyone, We have a full time position open at the University of Arizona for an IT Accessibility Analyst. https://uacareers.com/postings/20680 The IT Accessibility Analyst is a member of the IT Accessibility Team in the University of Arizona's (UA) Disability Resource Center. The focus of this position is to ensure that all UA technology-based tools and resources are accessible to and usable by any individual who participates in University programs, services and activities. To achieve the goal of an accessible IT environment, the IT Accessibility Analyst: collaborates across campus to resolve technological access barriers in the curricular, information and employment environments; conducts system and user need analysis and plans, designs, analyzes, tests and implements accessibility solutions; consults on the development and implementation of accessible websites, enterprise level systems, online instruction platforms, and other information technology; develops and implements training opportunities. Have a great day! Dawn ~~ Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant Disability Resource Center University of Arizona 520-626-9409 hunziker@email.arizona.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Fri Jul 28 12:30:05 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility Tips and Tricks in Lectora Inspire and Lectora Online Trivantis Message-ID: <014ff4cc-2f7f-740e-a15a-908a87618274@gmail.com> ATHENites: For those of you who're using Lectora and might find some of this to be new: Accessibility Tips and Tricks in Lectora Inspire and Lectora Online Trivantis https://www.trivantis.com/blog/luc-2017-recap-accessibility-tips-tricks-lectora-inspire-lectora-online/ Best, Jennifer From haldric2 at lesley.edu Fri Jul 28 18:05:03 2017 From: haldric2 at lesley.edu (haldric2@lesley.edu) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] =?utf-8?q?Datatel_Colleague_-_JAWS_-_WebAdvisor_Course_Re?= =?utf-8?q?gistration?= Message-ID: <1501290303.58248489@f1.my.com> Hi all, Who uses Datatel Colleague by Ellucian? What do you know about the WebAdvisor feature and JAWS? Our students have always had trouble using JAWS to register for courses with this feature. Any input is much appreciated! Right now, JAWS does not seem to work at all with WebAdvisor for student course registration. JAWS users are una?ble to access this interface without ass?istance from a sight?ed user. Reports of the issue to Ellucian get ?We?re aware of the problem? as a response. Unfortunat?ely, I could not find any viable workaro?unds or fixes for th?is issue, although I did query other pro?fessionals. Reports of this issue have come in from blind st?udents who are unable to regis?ter for courses in our course catalog using JAWS. This means that they must log in and authorize an advis?or or friend to regi?ster as a proxy. It is true that info?rmation about WebAdvisor accessib?ility with JAWS and compl?iance with Section 508 and W3C guidelines is available on co?llege websites (https://webadvisor.yccd.edu/WebAdvisor/html/accessibility.html). Using Internet Explorer is supposed to help. Howe?ver, anecdotes from blind users on lists?ervs tell a different story. Even when following this inform?ation, users report that JAWS does not ?talk? to WebAdvisor and they cannot hear anything when attem?pting to navigate th?rough the page using the specified comma?nds. From what I und?erstand, JAWS works much more effectively with Web?Advisor Administrati?ve Forms? as long as the browser is Inte?rnet Explorer. This interface is separate from the student view. It is only for facu?lty and administrato?rs. So, that is my take right now. Thanks for any ideas! Holly -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Jul 31 06:56:31 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] Datatel Colleague - JAWS - WebAdvisor Course Registration In-Reply-To: <1501290303.58248489@f1.my.com> References: <1501290303.58248489@f1.my.com> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84012F4F834A@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> I haven?t actually registered with JAWS, but I have used many other features of Web Advisor including searching for classes to find openings and instructor names. Some of the fields do not read as you TAB across them. This seems to be the biggest issue in that process. I can use other features such as the employee leave system, purchasing, getting pay advices, etc. without issues. 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 haldric2@lesley.edu Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 8:05 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Datatel Colleague - JAWS - WebAdvisor Course Registration Hi all, Who uses Datatel Colleague by Ellucian? What do you know about the WebAdvisor feature and JAWS? Our students have always had trouble using JAWS to register for courses with this feature. Any input is much appreciated! Right now, JAWS does not seem to work at all with WebAdvisor for student course registration. JAWS users are una?ble to access this interface without ass?istance from a sight?ed user. Reports of the issue to Ellucian get ?We?re aware of the problem? as a response. Unfortunat?ely, I could not find any viable workaro?unds or fixes for th?is issue, although I did query other pro?fessionals. Reports of this issue have come in from blind st?udents who are unable to regis?ter for courses in our course catalog using JAWS. This means that they must log in and authorize an advis?or or friend to regi?ster as a proxy. It is true that info?rmation about WebAdvisor accessib?ility with JAWS and compl?iance with Section 508 and W3C guidelines is available on co?llege websites (https://webadvisor.yccd.edu/WebAdvisor/html/accessibility.html). Using Internet Explorer is supposed to help. Howe?ver, anecdotes from blind users on lists?ervs tell a different story. Even when following this inform?ation, users report that JAWS does not ?talk? to WebAdvisor and they cannot hear anything when attem?pting to navigate th?rough the page using the specified comma?nds. From what I und?erstand, JAWS works much more effectively with Web?Advisor Administrati?ve Forms as long as the browser is Inte?rnet Explorer. This interface is separate from the student view. It is only for facu?lty and administrato?rs. So, that is my take right now. Thanks for any ideas! Holly -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From haldric2 at lesley.edu Mon Jul 31 07:44:50 2017 From: haldric2 at lesley.edu (Aldrich, Holly) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] Datatel Colleague - JAWS - WebAdvisor Course Registration In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84012F4F834A@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <1501290303.58248489@f1.my.com> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84012F4F834A@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Hi Robert, Thank you! This is helpful. I have heard the same thing about fields not reading as you TAB across them. It is good to know that the employee leave system and pay advance system work for you. However, I am wondering if there is a difference between administrative and student views here. Maybe there is still an issue with registering for courses because the student view forms still have accessibility issues? Is this a possibility? Anyway, thanks. Best, Holly Holly Aldrich, M.S., CRC Disability Access Specialist Disability & Access Services Lesley University 11 Mellen Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.349.8655 voice 617.349.8558 fax haldric2@lesley.edu she ? her ? hers From: Robert Beach [mailto:rbeach@KCKCC.EDU] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 9:57 AM To: Aldrich, Holly ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] Datatel Colleague - JAWS - WebAdvisor Course Registration I haven?t actually registered with JAWS, but I have used many other features of Web Advisor including searching for classes to find openings and instructor names. Some of the fields do not read as you TAB across them. This seems to be the biggest issue in that process. I can use other features such as the employee leave system, purchasing, getting pay advices, etc. without issues. 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 haldric2@lesley.edu Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 8:05 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Datatel Colleague - JAWS - WebAdvisor Course Registration Hi all, Who uses Datatel Colleague by Ellucian? What do you know about the WebAdvisor feature and JAWS? Our students have always had trouble using JAWS to register for courses with this feature. Any input is much appreciated! Right now, JAWS does not seem to work at all with WebAdvisor for student course registration. JAWS users are una?ble to access this interface without ass?istance from a sight?ed user. Reports of the issue to Ellucian get ?We?re aware of the problem? as a response. Unfortunat?ely, I could not find any viable workaro?unds or fixes for th?is issue, although I did query other pro?fessionals. Reports of this issue have come in from blind st?udents who are unable to regis?ter for courses in our course catalog using JAWS. This means that they must log in and authorize an advis?or or friend to regi?ster as a proxy. It is true that info?rmation about WebAdvisor accessib?ility with JAWS and compl?iance with Section 508 and W3C guidelines is available on co?llege websites (https://webadvisor.yccd.edu/WebAdvisor/html/accessibility.html). Using Internet Explorer is supposed to help. Howe?ver, anecdotes from blind users on lists?ervs tell a different story. Even when following this inform?ation, users report that JAWS does not ?talk? to WebAdvisor and they cannot hear anything when attem?pting to navigate th?rough the page using the specified comma?nds. From what I und?erstand, JAWS works much more effectively with Web?Advisor Administrati?ve Forms as long as the browser is Inte?rnet Explorer. This interface is separate from the student view. It is only for facu?lty and administrato?rs. So, that is my take right now. Thanks for any ideas! Holly -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jpolizzotto at htctu.net Mon Jul 31 08:39:17 2017 From: jpolizzotto at htctu.net (Joseph Polizzotto) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] textAV Notes - Tools for Captioning Message-ID: All: I recently participated in textAV, which was a three-day working group focused on new developments in online video and audio. The event drew many developers from around the world who are doing interesting work that could potentially benefit our field. Here is a link to the YouTube playlist where many of the videos from the event can be found: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6cU2oc6p-II1H4ZdYbx5Tg Here is a link to the gitbook where the project notes from the workgroups can be found: https://pietropassarelli.gitbooks.io/textav/ My interest was primarily in the development of an open-source tool that can speed up a typical DIY captioning workflow. For instance, why not create an application that incorporates speech recognition to generate a "raw" transcript of a video, natural language processing (NLP) to segment a transcript into quality caption chunks, and forced alignment to automatically synchronize a segmented transcript with a video? You can find my presentation here: https://pietropassarelli.gitbooks.io/textav/remote-presentations/captioning-workflow.html I was pleased that some developers were interested in these ideas and have already begun work on a prototype of a free to low-cost application that will include these useful tools for speeding up the captioning process. So far, their work looks promising and I wanted to inform you all about it. If you are interested in following this work and would like to try it out, you can fill out the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfu_fr2kQtAfBz5UFiHhVvOcJNmu2UwyKcSwuu7TvJxT0k9vA/viewform Thanks for letting me share some of the details about this event with you. Best, Joseph Polizzotto jpolizzotto@htctu.net 408-996-6044 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Jul 31 13:22:01 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:22 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Alternate Media Specialist position announcement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <010601d30a3a$ab913ec0$02b3bc40$@htctu.net> From: Richards, Virginia [mailto:VRichards@losmedanos.edu] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 12:55 PM Subject: Alternate Media Specialist position announcement Hello, Los Medanos College and Contra Costa College are seeking applicants for an alternate Media Specialist position. Here's our link to apply: https://www.4cdcareers.net/postings/4548 Thank you Ginny Richards Virginia Richards, M.A. Manager of Disability Support Services Los Medanos College 2700 E. Leland Rd. Pittsburg, CA 94565 925 473-7470 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'm looking for the following features as of right now * compatible with windows 10 * Duplex scanning * Flatbed with Automatic Document Feeder * At legal size or larger scan area * At least 600dpi As I mentioned I'm using Windows 10 and I use Abby Fine 14, and Adobe DC Pro often to work on documents. Any brand, model, or feature suggestions would very helpful. Thanks, Shaun Hegney Program Specialist 2 Disability Support Services Spokane Falls Community College (509)-533-3544 Shaun.Hegney@sfcc.spokane.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: