[Athen] VoiceThread
Samantha Johns
samanj at pdx.edu
Thu May 11 14:30:37 PDT 2017
Thank you Dawn for sharing this.
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
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 Thu, May 11, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) <
hunziker at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
> 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 <(520)%20626-9409>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> 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>
> 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] *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>
> *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 <(520)%20626-9409>
>
> Fax: 520-626-5500 <(520)%20626-5500>
>
> hunziker at email.arizona.edu
>
> http://drc.arizona.edu
>
>
>
> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu
> <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
> *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 <(651)%20690-8160>
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> Fax: 651-690-7849 <(651)%20690-7849>
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