[Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 136, Issue 8

Corrine Schoeb kschoeb1 at swarthmore.edu
Mon May 8 12:50:52 PDT 2017


Regarding Audio Descriptions -

Thanks Zach - no, not specifically. You question definitely seems to be
one that should go on the list.

My question is, in part, prompted by a video we have on our campaign site,
http://lifechanging.swarthmore.edu/.

The video is essentially aerial beauty shots of different locations on
campus. There is no signage, no music, no spoken word.


>From a usability perspective, I'm not sure adding Audio Description would

add anything to the experience of a visually impaired person. On the other
hand the video is obviously important and does convey information (e.g. the
magnificence of the arboretum, popular locations on campus).




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> 1. Two accessible PDF surveys - have your voice heard

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> 2. Guidane on Audio Description (Corrine Schoeb)

> 3. Ellucian Degree Works (Joseph Sherman)

> 4. Re: Guidance on Audio Description (Zach)

> 5. Re: reading aloud mathematics (Zach)

> 6. Inclusion of accessibility & UD content in university

> curriculum (Howard Kramer)

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> Message: 1

> Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 08:25:21 -0400

> From: "Karlen Communications" <info at karlencommunications.com>

> To: <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Athen] Two accessible PDF surveys - have your voice heard

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> Hi Everyone:

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> I have two new surveys, open from now until June 10, 2017 at 9:00 EST.

> Please share the links below with anyone who might be interested in taking

> them.

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>

> PDF remediators survey

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> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PDF-RemediatorsSurvey2017

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> Accessible PDF Forms survey

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> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PDF-FormsAccessibility

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> The results of these surveys and the PDF and the User Experience Surveys

> can

> be found on the Karlen Communications website:

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> http://www.karlencommunications.com/PDFsurvey.html

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> Cheers, Karen

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> From: Corrine Schoeb <kschoeb1 at swarthmore.edu>

> To: athen-list at u.washington.edu

> Subject: [Athen] Guidane on Audio Description

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> Trying to wrap my head around when we need to provide Audio Descriptions

> and when Captioning is sufficient.

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> Do you have any guidelines about questions you ask yourself when trying to

> determine this?

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> Corrine Schoeb

> Technology Accessibility Coordinator, ITS

> 610-957-6208

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> Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 14:45:31 +0000

> From: Joseph Sherman <Joseph.Sherman at cuny.edu>

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Athen] Ellucian Degree Works

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> Does anyone have accessibility information about Degree Works? I have a

> vague VPAT from December 2014 but I couldn't find anything more recent or

> relating to newer versions.

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> We will be upgrading to the latest version shortly.

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> Thanks,

> Joseph Sherman

> Accessibility Specialist

> CUNY Computing & Information Services

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> Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 10:04:42 -0500

> From: "Zach" <zm290 at msstate.edu>

> To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'"

> <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Guidance on Audio Description

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> Are you making media accessible for a vision impaired or hearing impaired

> audience?

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>

>

> Zachary Mason

>

> M.S. Student

>

> Animal and Dairy Sciences

>

> Mississippi State University

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

> On Behalf Of Corrine Schoeb

> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2017 8:47 AM

> To: athen-list at 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?

>

>

>

> --

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> Corrine Schoeb

> Technology Accessibility Coordinator, ITS

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> 610-957-6208

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> From: "Zach" <zm290 at msstate.edu>

> To: <jpolizzotto at htctu.net>, "'Access Technology Higher Education

> Network'" <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] reading aloud mathematics

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> Just thought I?d also throw in my $0.02. As a blind graduate student in

> animal science, I am having my statistics text book recorded by human

> readers. My DSS office and I worked out an arrangement whereby student

> employees read the book, one page at a time, in accordance with Abraham

> Nemeth?s ?MATHSPEAK? standards. Each page is recorded as its own MP3 file

> in a shared drop box folder. Regrettably I fear this may not be the least

> expensive option when you consider the time it takes to read a page of text

> and math notation, my MP3 files average 0.093 hr/printed page, times ~1000

> pages, 93.2 hr of active reading, I expect there is some time needed to

> practice reading so we?ll call it 100 hr, and that multiplied by the going

> salary of student workers ($10/hr), so probably in the $1,000-1,200 range.

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> FYI.

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> Zac

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> Zachary Mason

>

> M.S. Student

>

> Animal and Dairy Sciences

>

> Mississippi State University

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>

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

> On Behalf Of Joseph Polizzotto

> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 9:03 PM

> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] reading aloud mathematics

>

>

>

> Hi Kevin:

>

>

>

> I would first try converting a few pages of the material from DOCX into

> DAISY format.

>

>

>

> I recommend using MathDAISY by Design Science ($179), MathType, and the

> free Save As DAISY plug-in for MS Word (PC version only) for this purpose.

> Consider using the Custom Speech Text feature in MathType (from the Edit

> menu) to improve the way that some equations are pronounced. It?s a good

> idea to produce the DAISY book on a machine that has a high-quality TTS

> voice, as well. :)

>

>

>

> For playback of DAISY books, the student has a choice of apps. For

> Android, I recommend Darwin Reader; for iOS, I recommend Voice of DAISY. A

> lite version of Voice of DAISY is available.

>

>

>

> Another option is simply creating audio files of some equations or an

> entire document using Central Access Reader?s Export as MP3 option. Be sure

> to play the document back first and adjust the math library in CAR, if

> necessary. Also, make sure to have a higher quality TTS voice available on

> the computer. Press CTRL + M to save as MP3 in CAR. You can then transfer

> the MP3 of the Math document to a student?s mobile device. I recommend

> using VoiceDream Reader for iOS or Android when playing back an MP3, since

> the student can make bookmarks and adjust the speed of playback very easily.

>

>

>

> Another option with CAR is to save the DOCX file as HTML with PNG images

> (CTRL + SHIFT + P), which have alternate text descriptions of the math

> content. The student could open the HTML file on an iOS device and use the

> two finger swipe down method to launch Apple?s text to speech feature.

> Apple?s TTS will voice the alternate text in the images of the HTML file.

>

>

>

> A final possibility involves using a screen reader on a mobile device. If

> you want to explore that route, VoiceOver for iOS can read and interact

> with math in iBooks (EPUB) and Safari (HTML +MathML). On an Android device,

> the HTML file plus alternate text versions of the math could be read by

> TalkBack.

>

>

>

> HTH,

>

>

>

> Joseph

>

>

>

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

> On Behalf Of Kevin Andrews

> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 4:40 PM

> To: athen-list at u.washington.edu

> Subject: [Athen] reading aloud mathematics

>

>

>

> HI fellow pros! I have a student who is gradually losing their sight, and

> as a result, is asking for an an e-reader of some type that could read

> aloud equations for calculus and physics such as derivatives, integrals,

> and Greek letter (which are used constantly). I don't even know if it

> exists because the math is quite complex. Is this something we could

> accomplish with something like Math ML and Math Type? I am not a

> math-minded person myself, but rather I'm inquiring as our office's AT

> Coordinator and am admittedly very rocky in this specific area. Any

> insights is greatly appreciated!

>

> Thanks.

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> Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 12:51:20 -0600

> From: Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org>

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

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> Subject: [Athen] Inclusion of accessibility & UD content in university

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> Dear Colleagues:

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> Can any of you tell me if your campus is including curriculum on

> accessibility and UD in tech and design courses - for example, CSCI,

> webdesign, etc.?

>

> I'm doing a presentation at AccessU next week on:

>

> *Teaching Accessibility and Universal Design in Higher Education

> Curriculum: Benefits, Approaches and Resources *

>

>

> I'd like to talk about what other campuses are doing in this area. If your

> campus is addressing this, I'd be interested in hearing if it's systematic

> - a campus or department policy - or simply an effort of certain faculty.

>

> Also, CU-Boulder recently received (re)funding for a grant on *Promoting

> the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC)*. If

> any of you would like to be on the email list for this project, let me

> know. I'm also looking for faculty and accessibility specialists who are in

> interested in collaborating on this project. Let me know if you or any of

> your colleagues are interested. Activities of the group would include

> providing input on what might be the best resources to provide to encourage

> inclusion of a11y and UD in tech/design curriculum.

>

> Thanks in advance,

> Howard

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>

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