[Athen] VoiceThread

[Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)]

Hi Samantha,

You are correct – VoiceThread is not fully accessible for a screenreader. They do have an “Universal” Version which you get to by going to http://voicethread.com/universal/. However, during my last review, it definitely didn’t have all of the functionality present in the “Standard” VoiceThread site. More information is at http://voicethread.com/howto/voicethread-universal/

Dawn

~~
Dawn Hunziker
IT Accessibility Consultant

Disability Resource Center
University of Arizona
520-626-9409
hunziker at email.arizona.edu<mailto:hunziker at email.arizona.edu>

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Samantha Johns
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 12:20 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] VoiceThread

Hello,

My experience with Voice Thread is that it is very difficult to navigate with a screenreader and is pretty much not accessible for those using a screenreader because the navigation is not spoken at all by screenreader software.




Warm Regards,





Samantha Johns

(Pronouns: she, her, hers)



Accessible Media Coordinator

Office of Academic Innovation



Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway
Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezzanine 209
Portland OR 97201
(503) 725-2754

[https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5rT_cYNvyAzYWxVdDFKSGxKZDg&revid=0B5rT_cYNvyAzak42WDBqQ0lTMlFBTHJLSmpvakJteVBmMHNVPQ]
Caption Badge: Universal Design for learning 2016

“The one argument for accessibility that doesn’t get made nearly often enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people’s lives. How many opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people’s lives just by doing our job a little better?”  ― Steve Krug




On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Villanueva, K-leigh <kvillanueva at lee.edu<mailto:kvillanueva at lee.edu>> wrote:
HI Dawn,

We would be interested in this as well.  I miss the U of A.  K-leigh

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu>] On Behalf Of Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 1:25 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>>
Subject: Re: [Athen] VoiceThread

Hi Joan,

We are successfully captioning VoiceThread here at the UA. We’re happy to provide insight in our process if you’re interested.

Dawn
~~
Dawn Hunziker
IT Accessibility Consultant

Disability Resource Center
University of Arizona
1224 E. Lowell St.
Tucson, AZ 85721

Phone: 520-626-9409<tel:(520)%20626-9409>
Fax: 520-626-5500<tel:(520)%20626-5500>
hunziker at email.arizona.edu<mailto:hunziker at email.arizona.edu>
http://drc.arizona.edu

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Joan Robson
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 11:13 AM
To: athen-list at mailman13.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at mailman13.u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Athen] VoiceThread

Does anyone have experience with Voice Thread captioning?


Joan Robson, MEd
Access Consultant
Disability Resources
St. Catherine University
601 25th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Education Building #369
Ph: 651-690-8160<tel:(651)%20690-8160>
Fax: 651-690-7849<tel:(651)%20690-7849>

_______________________________________________
athen-list mailing list
athen-list at mailman13.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at mailman13.u.washington.edu>
http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20170511/58625e5b/attachment.html>