From deb.castiglione at cengage.com Mon Apr 2 06:24:39 2018 From: deb.castiglione at cengage.com (Castiglione, Deb A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Message-ID: <8F3E6317-3ADD-4ACC-A1D2-FE2F6D76FE29@cengage.com> Hello Everyone! I?ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and accessible learning experiences in higher ed. I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some long-term partnerships. I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners better and create more universally designed and accessible learning experiences. Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text for higher education that they would be willing to share? Thanks much. Deb What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, and Gordon, 2014). Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies Learning Center of Excellence Cengage 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 513-229-1654 / 513-309-6262 deb.castiglione@cengage.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kcahill at mit.edu Mon Apr 2 07:01:12 2018 From: kcahill at mit.edu (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Message-ID: <15B938C0-7C05-4469-970E-1A536A7A7A30@mit.edu> Hi Deb, Are you familiar with the Image Description guidelines put out by the Diagram Center and NCAM (National Center for Accessible Media)? They are available at http://diagramcenter.org/table-of-contents-2.html Good luck ? such a challenge with complex higher ed subjects! Kathy Kathy Cahill Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability MIT Office of Undergraduate Education 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 kcahill@mit.edu (617) 253-5111 From: athen-list on behalf of "Castiglione, Deb A" Reply-To: Access Network Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 9:24 AM To: "athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hello Everyone! I?ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and accessible learning experiences in higher ed. I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some long-term partnerships. I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners better and create more universally designed and accessible learning experiences. Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text for higher education that they would be willing to share? Thanks much. Deb What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, and Gordon, 2014). Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies Learning Center of Excellence Cengage 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 513-229-1654 / 513-309-6262 deb.castiglione@cengage.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From deb.castiglione at cengage.com Mon Apr 2 07:30:13 2018 From: deb.castiglione at cengage.com (Castiglione, Deb A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text In-Reply-To: <15B938C0-7C05-4469-970E-1A536A7A7A30@mit.edu> References: <15B938C0-7C05-4469-970E-1A536A7A7A30@mit.edu> Message-ID: Thanks Kathy! I am familiar with them, but had not thought to bring them to the attention of my colleagues. Thank you for the reminder! We are in the process of drafting guidelines, but I know you all on this list are actually in the field writing alt text and know best what the students want/need. Deb From: athen-list on behalf of Kathleen Cahill Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 10:04 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hi Deb, Are you familiar with the Image Description guidelines put out by the Diagram Center and NCAM (National Center for Accessible Media)? They are available at http://diagramcenter.org/table-of-contents-2.html Good luck ? such a challenge with complex higher ed subjects! Kathy Kathy Cahill Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability MIT Office of Undergraduate Education 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 kcahill@mit.edu (617) 253-5111 From: athen-list on behalf of "Castiglione, Deb A" Reply-To: Access Network Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 9:24 AM To: "athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hello Everyone! I?ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and accessible learning experiences in higher ed. I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some long-term partnerships. I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners better and create more universally designed and accessible learning experiences. Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text for higher education that they would be willing to share? Thanks much. Deb What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, and Gordon, 2014). Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies Learning Center of Excellence Cengage 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 513-229-1654 / 513-309-6262 deb.castiglione@cengage.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From accessonline at clemson.edu Mon Apr 2 07:44:56 2018 From: accessonline at clemson.edu (Clemson Online Coor. of Access. and UDL) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] Excel Accessibility Message-ID: Hello all, I'm trying to create an Excel accessibility guide for my university and I'm very unfamiliar with Excel accessibility. Based on my research, the topics I need to cover are: - Document Properties (document title and language) - alt text - links with descriptive text - Sensory characteristics (don't rely on color, size, shape, or location alone to convey info) - color contrast - Tabs have unique names - Simple table structure and Creating tables - Table header cells - Table alt text - Cell Styles - Do heading styles need to be placed on header cells? - Is this more for forms built in Excel? - Caption table (put title in A1) - *Naming Cell Sections (same as adding a caption/alt text to a table???) Other directions * - Video and Audio - Add end of table message below table Is this correct? Do I need to include all of these and/or are there other topics I need to add? Also, I know that forms and documents shouldn't really be built in Excel, but if they are, what can I encourage to make them more accessible or better prepared for PDF conversion? ?? ?Thanks for your help. ? 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Sensory characteristics (don't rely on color, size, shape, or location alone to convey info) ? color contrast ? Tabs have unique names ? Simple table structure and Creating tables ? Table header cells ? Table alt text ? Cell Styles o Do heading styles need to be placed on header cells? o Is this more for forms built in Excel? ? Caption table (put title in A1) ? Naming Cell Sections (same as adding a caption/alt text to a table???) Other directions ? Video and Audio ? Add end of table message below table Is this correct? Do I need to include all of these and/or are there other topics I need to add? Also, I know that forms and documents shouldn't really be built in Excel, but if they are, what can I encourage to make them more accessible or better prepared for PDF conversion? ?? ?Thanks for your help. ? Have a wonderful day! Michelle Tuten Accessibility Coordinator ?Clemson Online? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Mon Apr 2 09:00:09 2018 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text In-Reply-To: References: <15B938C0-7C05-4469-970E-1A536A7A7A30@mit.edu> Message-ID: Hi Deb, Congrats on the new role! In addition to NCAM's guidelines, I also like to refer to this decision tree for text alternatives: http://4syllables.com.au/articles/text-alternatives-decision-tree/ What I like is that it walks the content author through a process by which to decide the importance of the image and appropriate text equivalent. Take care, Sean On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 7:30 AM, Castiglione, Deb A < deb.castiglione@cengage.com> wrote: > Thanks Kathy! > > > > I am familiar with them, but had not thought to bring them to the > attention of my colleagues. Thank you for the reminder! > > > > We are in the process of drafting guidelines, but I know you all on this > list are actually in the field writing alt text and know best what the > students want/need. > > > > Deb > > > > *From: *athen-list on > behalf of Kathleen Cahill > *Reply-To: *Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Date: *Monday, April 2, 2018 at 10:04 AM > *To: *Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject: *Re: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text > > > > Hi Deb, > > > Are you familiar with the Image Description guidelines put out by the > Diagram Center and NCAM (National Center for Accessible Media)? They are > available at http://diagramcenter.org/table-of-contents-2.html > > > > Good luck ? such a challenge with complex higher ed subjects! > > > > Kathy > > > > > > Kathy Cahill > > Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability > > MIT Office of Undergraduate Education > > 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 > > Cambridge MA 02139 > > kcahill@mit.edu > > (617) 253-5111 > > > > > > > > *From: *athen-list on > behalf of "Castiglione, Deb A" > *Reply-To: *Access Network > *Date: *Monday, April 2, 2018 at 9:24 AM > *To: *"athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu" washington.edu> > *Subject: *[Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text > > > > Hello Everyone! > > > > I?ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer > has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and > accessible learning experiences in higher ed. > > > > I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill > learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some > long-term partnerships. > > > > I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with > thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners > better and create more universally designed and accessible learning > experiences. > > > > Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text > for higher education that they would be willing to share? > > > > Thanks much. > > Deb > > > > > > What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, > and Gordon, 2014). > > > > Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP > > Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies > > Learning Center of Excellence > > Cengage > > 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 > > 513-229-1654 <(513)%20229-1654> / 513-309-6262 <(513)%20309-6262> > > deb.castiglione@cengage.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 crobinson at ggc.edu Mon Apr 2 09:49:47 2018 From: crobinson at ggc.edu (Christine Robinson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text In-Reply-To: References: <15B938C0-7C05-4469-970E-1A536A7A7A30@mit.edu> Message-ID: Hi all ? The image description guidelines from the Diagram Center are wonderful. As someone who tries to guide busy faculty and staff in creating alt text, however ? it?s a tough sell to try to get people to read that much. Here?s what I?ve been telling people (my attempt at the bottom line): Alt text should briefly convey (1) the purpose for which the image was included, and (2) a description of any relevant visual elements. Comments? Criticism? Anybody got a better summary? All ears, Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Castiglione, Deb A Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 10:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Thanks Kathy! I am familiar with them, but had not thought to bring them to the attention of my colleagues. Thank you for the reminder! We are in the process of drafting guidelines, but I know you all on this list are actually in the field writing alt text and know best what the students want/need. Deb From: athen-list > on behalf of Kathleen Cahill > Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 10:04 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hi Deb, Are you familiar with the Image Description guidelines put out by the Diagram Center and NCAM (National Center for Accessible Media)? They are available at http://diagramcenter.org/table-of-contents-2.html Good luck ? such a challenge with complex higher ed subjects! Kathy Kathy Cahill Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability MIT Office of Undergraduate Education 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 kcahill@mit.edu (617) 253-5111 From: athen-list > on behalf of "Castiglione, Deb A" > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 9:24 AM To: "athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hello Everyone! I?ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and accessible learning experiences in higher ed. I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some long-term partnerships. I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners better and create more universally designed and accessible learning experiences. Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text for higher education that they would be willing to share? Thanks much. Deb What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, and Gordon, 2014). Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies Learning Center of Excellence Cengage 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 513-229-1654 / 513-309-6262 deb.castiglione@cengage.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amgolden at uw.edu Mon Apr 2 10:29:56 2018 From: amgolden at uw.edu (Anna Marie Golden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility of Google's Invisible CAPTCHA Message-ID: I'm wondering about Google's Invisible CAPTCHA. It sounds good in theory because it should be seamless to users. My thought is it is still highly inaccessible because some users will still be challenged, and if they are challenged, the same accessibility issues will exist for users to prove they are not robots. If you have used the Invisible CAPTCHA, how seamless is the experience for various types of users? I wonder because my experience with reCAPTCHA has not been a good one- I almost always get challenged and end up annoyed with how many attempts I have to make before Google finally gets that I'm a human. --Anna Marie (First name = "Anna Marie") -- *Anna Marie Golden, MHCID* *?Master of Human-Computer Interaction + Design, Class of 2014?* *IT Accessibility Specialist* *Accessible Technology Services, UW-IT(206) 221-4164* *Mailing Address:Box 354842University of Washington* *Seattle, WA 98195-4842* *Street Address:* *4545 Building* *4545 - 15th Avenue NE, Suite 100* *Seattle, Washington 98105http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/ * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Mon Apr 2 11:11:15 2018 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:55 2018 Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text In-Reply-To: References: <15B938C0-7C05-4469-970E-1A536A7A7A30@mit.edu> Message-ID: <000001d3caad$fe0575c0$fa106140$@karlencommunications.com> This isn?t available any more on the CSUN website, but it is something that I use in workshops to get people started thinking about how to describe images. I caution participants that ideally their images will relate to content unlike the artwork descriptions in this project. However, it is a good start toward thinking about Alt text. I also caution them that Alt Text should not be 300 words! It should be short and concise. Here is how I use the attached document in a workshop: 1. I have pages from a small calendar, the ones that are about 6X6 inches ? not the really large ones. 2. I divide the participants into groups and give them one picture from the calendar. I find the classic artists like Monet really good for this. Don?t choose seasonal pictures or anything too abstract. 3. The pictures are also chosen from an angle where they can?t see what picture they or other groups are choosing. 4. I given them 20-30 minutes to write down their descriptions of the images. None of the other groups see the picture until the end. 5. At the end of time, I ask each group to read their description without revealing their picture. I then give the rest of the participants a minute to get the image into their minds. 6. I then ask the group who has just presented to reveal their picture so we can se if the picture is representative of the description. We then discuss for a minute or two what might be missing, what would have helped with understanding the picture if anything. The guidelines for this project are for art and are designed to be objective to not suggest something that is a form of bias or supposition. This creates great discussion about what is important, how to describe something without adding your personal bias?I find it is a great exercise and something not computer based for the topic of accessible document design. The document is linked to from the Karlen Communications website. It is called ?A Picture is Worth 300 Words? in case it doesn?t manage to travel with this post. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 12:50 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hi all ? The image description guidelines from the Diagram Center are wonderful. As someone who tries to guide busy faculty and staff in creating alt text, however ? it?s a tough sell to try to get people to read that much. Here?s what I?ve been telling people (my attempt at the bottom line): Alt text should briefly convey (1) the purpose for which the image was included, and (2) a description of any relevant visual elements. Comments? Criticism? Anybody got a better summary? All ears, Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane | Lawrenceville, GA 30043 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Castiglione, Deb A Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 10:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Thanks Kathy! I am familiar with them, but had not thought to bring them to the attention of my colleagues. Thank you for the reminder! We are in the process of drafting guidelines, but I know you all on this list are actually in the field writing alt text and know best what the students want/need. Deb From: athen-list > on behalf of Kathleen Cahill > Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 10:04 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hi Deb, Are you familiar with the Image Description guidelines put out by the Diagram Center and NCAM (National Center for Accessible Media)? They are available at http://diagramcenter.org/table-of-contents-2.html Good luck ? such a challenge with complex higher ed subjects! Kathy Kathy Cahill Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability MIT Office of Undergraduate Education 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 kcahill@mit.edu (617) 253-5111 From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu> on behalf of "Castiglione, Deb A" < deb.castiglione@cengage.com> Reply-To: Access Network < athen-list@u.washington.edu> Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 9:24 AM To: " athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu" < athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu> Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hello Everyone! I?ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and accessible learning experiences in higher ed. I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some long-term partnerships. I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners better and create more universally designed and accessible learning experiences. Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text for higher education that they would be willing to share? Thanks much. Deb What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, and Gordon, 2014). Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies Learning Center of Excellence Cengage 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 513-229-1654 / 513-309-6262 deb.castiglione@cengage.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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My employer > has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and > accessible learning experiences in higher ed. > > > > I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill > learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some > long-term partnerships. > > > > I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with > thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners > better and create more universally designed and accessible learning > experiences. > > > > Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text > for higher education that they would be willing to share? > > > > Thanks much. > > Deb > > > > > > What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, > and Gordon, 2014). > > > > Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP > > Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies > > Learning Center of Excellence > > Cengage > > 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 > > 513-229-1654 <(513)%20229-1654> / 513-309-6262 <(513)%20309-6262> > > deb.castiglione@cengage.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 12-16, 2018. Request for proposals will be announced mid-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 jhori at ucdavis.edu Mon Apr 2 16:01:38 2018 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text In-Reply-To: <8F3E6317-3ADD-4ACC-A1D2-FE2F6D76FE29@cengage.com> References: <8F3E6317-3ADD-4ACC-A1D2-FE2F6D76FE29@cengage.com> Message-ID: Hello Deb, They?re a little old, but here?s some training materials to get you started: http://htctu.net/trainings/manuals/tutmain.htm Last updated 2014, but still relevant for your needs. If you?re willing, I ALWAYS need help updating my Trello board of diverse accessible technologies. Let me know if you?re willing to contribute and I can add you to the board. https://trello.com/b/rirGA3kZ/accessible-technology-software I?m not sure if there?s an ATHENPro Slack channel?The free slack usage works until 10k messages are created and then locks you out. Or we can go the old school route and do IRC (Slack no longer supports IRC). ~Joshua From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Castiglione, Deb A Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 6:25 AM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hello Everyone! I?ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and accessible learning experiences in higher ed. I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some long-term partnerships. I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners better and create more universally designed and accessible learning experiences. Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text for higher education that they would be willing to share? Thanks much. Deb What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, and Gordon, 2014). Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies Learning Center of Excellence Cengage 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 513-229-1654 / 513-309-6262 deb.castiglione@cengage.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Mon Apr 2 16:01:38 2018 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text In-Reply-To: <8F3E6317-3ADD-4ACC-A1D2-FE2F6D76FE29@cengage.com> References: <8F3E6317-3ADD-4ACC-A1D2-FE2F6D76FE29@cengage.com> Message-ID: Hello Deb, They?re a little old, but here?s some training materials to get you started: http://htctu.net/trainings/manuals/tutmain.htm Last updated 2014, but still relevant for your needs. If you?re willing, I ALWAYS need help updating my Trello board of diverse accessible technologies. Let me know if you?re willing to contribute and I can add you to the board. https://trello.com/b/rirGA3kZ/accessible-technology-software I?m not sure if there?s an ATHENPro Slack channel?The free slack usage works until 10k messages are created and then locks you out. Or we can go the old school route and do IRC (Slack no longer supports IRC). ~Joshua From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Castiglione, Deb A Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 6:25 AM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hello Everyone! I?ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and accessible learning experiences in higher ed. I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some long-term partnerships. I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners better and create more universally designed and accessible learning experiences. Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text for higher education that they would be willing to share? Thanks much. Deb What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, and Gordon, 2014). Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies Learning Center of Excellence Cengage 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 513-229-1654 / 513-309-6262 deb.castiglione@cengage.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rspangler1 at udayton.edu Tue Apr 3 05:57:33 2018 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessibility of Google's Invisible CAPTCHA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'm not sure exactly which one it is, but Google has one where I just check a box that says I'm not a human and it verifies without having to do anything else. I feel like this is the reCAPTCHA one and I've had success with it thus far. I only encounter it every so often, with the traditional graphic being more common still. On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Marie Golden wrote: > I'm wondering about Google's Invisible CAPTCHA. It sounds good in theory > because it should be seamless to users. My thought is it is still highly > inaccessible because some users will still be challenged, and if they are > challenged, the same accessibility issues will exist for users to prove > they are not robots. > > If you have used the Invisible CAPTCHA, how seamless is the experience for > various types of users? I wonder because my experience with reCAPTCHA has > not been a good one- I almost always get challenged and end up annoyed with > how many attempts I have to make before Google finally gets that I'm a > human. > > --Anna Marie > (First name = "Anna Marie") > -- > > *Anna Marie Golden, MHCID* > > > *?Master of Human-Computer Interaction + Design, Class of 2014?* > > *IT Accessibility Specialist* > > > *Accessible Technology Services, UW-IT(206) 221-4164 <(206)%20221-4164>* > > > > > *Mailing Address:Box 354842University of Washington* > > > *Seattle, WA 98195-4842* > > *Street Address:* > > *4545 Building* > > *4545 - 15th Avenue NE, Suite 100* > > > > *Seattle, Washington 98105http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/ > * > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Robert Spangler Disability Services Technical Support Specialist rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 Phone: 937-229-2066 Fax: 937-229-3270 Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From deb.castiglione at cengage.com Tue Apr 3 06:15:28 2018 From: deb.castiglione at cengage.com (Castiglione, Deb A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Message-ID: <0F52B955-E5BC-490B-96FA-7CC4EB14A7CC@cengage.com> Thanks everyone for all of the alt text resources. They are greatly appreciated and will be helpful as we increase our understanding and capabilities in the creation and evaluation of alt text. I will be getting back with some of you off the list. Deb From: athen-list on behalf of Joshua Hori Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 7:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network , "athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu" Subject: Re: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hello Deb, They?re a little old, but here?s some training materials to get you started: http://htctu.net/trainings/manuals/tutmain.htm Last updated 2014, but still relevant for your needs. If you?re willing, I ALWAYS need help updating my Trello board of diverse accessible technologies. Let me know if you?re willing to contribute and I can add you to the board. https://trello.com/b/rirGA3kZ/accessible-technology-software I?m not sure if there?s an ATHENPro Slack channel?The free slack usage works until 10k messages are created and then locks you out. Or we can go the old school route and do IRC (Slack no longer supports IRC). ~Joshua From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Castiglione, Deb A Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 6:25 AM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hello Everyone! I?ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and accessible learning experiences in higher ed. I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some long-term partnerships. I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners better and create more universally designed and accessible learning experiences. Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text for higher education that they would be willing to share? Thanks much. Deb What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, and Gordon, 2014). Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies Learning Center of Excellence Cengage 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 513-229-1654 / 513-309-6262 deb.castiglione@cengage.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From deb.castiglione at cengage.com Tue Apr 3 06:15:28 2018 From: deb.castiglione at cengage.com (Castiglione, Deb A) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Message-ID: <0F52B955-E5BC-490B-96FA-7CC4EB14A7CC@cengage.com> Thanks everyone for all of the alt text resources. They are greatly appreciated and will be helpful as we increase our understanding and capabilities in the creation and evaluation of alt text. I will be getting back with some of you off the list. Deb From: athen-list on behalf of Joshua Hori Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 7:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network , "athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu" Subject: Re: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hello Deb, They?re a little old, but here?s some training materials to get you started: http://htctu.net/trainings/manuals/tutmain.htm Last updated 2014, but still relevant for your needs. If you?re willing, I ALWAYS need help updating my Trello board of diverse accessible technologies. Let me know if you?re willing to contribute and I can add you to the board. https://trello.com/b/rirGA3kZ/accessible-technology-software I?m not sure if there?s an ATHENPro Slack channel?The free slack usage works until 10k messages are created and then locks you out. Or we can go the old school route and do IRC (Slack no longer supports IRC). ~Joshua From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Castiglione, Deb A Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 6:25 AM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Guide to Writing Alt Text Hello Everyone! I?ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer has changed, but not my basic role ? striving for universally designed and accessible learning experiences in higher ed. I?d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill learners? needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some long-term partnerships. I don?t want to tie up the listserv, so please email me off list with thoughts and information that you feel would help to serve your learners better and create more universally designed and accessible learning experiences. Speaking of? does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text for higher education that they would be willing to share? Thanks much. Deb What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, and Gordon, 2014). Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP Director, Universal Design & Accessible Technologies Learning Center of Excellence Cengage 5191 Natorp Boulevard, Mason, OH 45040 513-229-1654 / 513-309-6262 deb.castiglione@cengage.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Joseph.Sherman at cuny.edu Thu Apr 5 07:09:06 2018 From: Joseph.Sherman at cuny.edu (Joseph Sherman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Permanent A11Y Opportunity in New York City Message-ID: <18df3ac73527489cb1cbb68527985be1@EXCPM5701.enterpriseapps.cuny.adlan> Good afternoon: A new full time position is currently available at City University of New York. Please circulate to any colleagues / networks that you feel may benefit. The IT Accessibility Program Manager position has just been posted: https://cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/it-accessibility-program-manager/01FBD1D5AECC46418D7E359D438B9897/job/ Please feel free to share widely with those you think may be interested. From Maureen.Bourbeau at unh.edu Thu Apr 5 10:03:17 2018 From: Maureen.Bourbeau at unh.edu (Bourbeau, Maureen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Kaltura Interactive Video Quiz Accessibility Message-ID: <833c7859fd084994adab12175cb39cad@groot.ad.unh.edu> Not sure what campuses out on the list are utilizing Kaltura as their media server for LMS video content. But, if you are using Kaltura, is your campus (or any faculty) using the Interactive Video Quiz Module for course content? And if so, how are you advising its use regarding accessibility issues. While we are able to ensure the video portion is accurately captioned (either manually or fee based), my concern is the use of on screen quiz questions and other "textual" content displayed within the video that is not accessible to screen or text readers. Not to mention the ability of the user to "interact" with the content to select answers and advance via buttons, etc. While adding narration of the text on screen would help, it's not a complete solution. I understand Kaltura is working on making this tool and it's player accessible, but in the current state, it is not. Just would like feedback on if it's being used "anyway" or if your campus has made a decision to NOT use it until it is accessible. Maureen Bourbeau Assistive Technology Specialist Student Accessibility Services (SAS) 201 Smith Hall, 3 Garrison Avenue Durham, NH 03824 P: 603.862.2400 | F: 603.862.4043 maureen.bourbeau@unh.edu www.unh.edu/studentaccessibility [cid:image001.png@01D3CCDE.1FB72A60] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 15467 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From rspangler1 at udayton.edu Fri Apr 6 13:59:18 2018 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Phrase Express Message-ID: Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs to be typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, phrase suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not accessible to blind users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does anyone know if Phrase Express is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone aware of a similar program that is accessible? Thanks, Robert -- Robert Spangler Disability Services Technical Support Specialist rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 Phone: 937-229-2066 Fax: 937-229-3270 Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Is anyone aware of a similar program that is > accessible? > > Thanks, > Robert > > > -- > Robert Spangler > Disability Services Technical Support Specialist > rspangler1@udayton.edu > Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 > Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) > University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 > Phone: 937-229-2066 > Fax: 937-229-3270 > Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) > Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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] From: athen-list On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 3:02 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express I've not looked into its accessibility, but in years past, Macro Express has been a useful timesaver. https://www.macros.com/ On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Robert Spangler > wrote: Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs to be typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, phrase suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not accessible to blind users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does anyone know if Phrase Express is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone aware of a similar program that is accessible? Thanks, Robert -- Robert Spangler Disability Services Technical Support Specialist rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 Phone: 937-229-2066 Fax: 937-229-3270 Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From matt_spinneberg1 at vcccd.edu Mon Apr 9 08:10:11 2018 From: matt_spinneberg1 at vcccd.edu (Matthew Spinneberg) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Phrase Express (Dan Comden) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <397AD23C-DBB5-4B8D-95E0-AE0D533190C5@vcccd.edu> Try TextExpander. > On Apr 7, 2018, at 12:00 PM, athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu wrote: > > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Phrase Express (Robert Spangler) > 2. Re: Phrase Express (Dan Comden) > 3. Re: Phrase Express (Leyna Bencomo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 16:59:18 -0400 > From: Robert Spangler > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] Phrase Express > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase > Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system > replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs to be > typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. > Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, phrase > suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not accessible to blind > users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does anyone know if Phrase Express > is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone aware of a similar program that is > accessible? > > Thanks, > Robert > > > -- > Robert Spangler > Disability Services Technical Support Specialist > rspangler1@udayton.edu > Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 > Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) > University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 > Phone: 937-229-2066 > Fax: 937-229-3270 > Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) > Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 14:02:24 -0700 > From: Dan Comden > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I've not looked into its accessibility, but in years past, Macro Express > has been a useful timesaver. > https://www.macros.com/ > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Robert Spangler > wrote: > >> Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase >> Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system >> replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs to be >> typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. >> Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, phrase >> suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not accessible to blind >> users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does anyone know if Phrase Express >> is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone aware of a similar program that is >> accessible? >> >> Thanks, >> Robert >> >> >> -- >> Robert Spangler >> Disability Services Technical Support Specialist >> rspangler1@udayton.edu >> Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 >> Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) >> University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 >> Phone: 937-229-2066 >> Fax: 937-229-3270 >> Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) >> Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 21:57:10 +0000 > From: Leyna Bencomo > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > You may already know that you can program macros like those into Dragon Naturally Speaking very easily. Dragon and JAWS work together with a program called J-Say. It is expensive but it would save a lot of time. > > 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] > > From: athen-list On Behalf Of Dan Comden > Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 3:02 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express > > I've not looked into its accessibility, but in years past, Macro Express has been a useful timesaver. > https://www.macros.com/ > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Robert Spangler > wrote: > Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs to be typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, phrase suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not accessible to blind users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does anyone know if Phrase Express is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone aware of a similar program that is accessible? > > Thanks, > Robert > > > -- > Robert Spangler > Disability Services Technical Support Specialist > rspangler1@udayton.edu > Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 > Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) > University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 > Phone: 937-229-2066 > Fax: 937-229-3270 > Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) > Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image001.png > Type: image/png > Size: 15239 bytes > Desc: image001.png > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of athen-list Digest, Vol 147, Issue 4 > ****************************************** From adietrich at cornell.edu Mon Apr 9 08:55:30 2018 From: adietrich at cornell.edu (Andrea L. Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Phrase Express (Dan Comden) In-Reply-To: <397AD23C-DBB5-4B8D-95E0-AE0D533190C5@vcccd.edu> References: <397AD23C-DBB5-4B8D-95E0-AE0D533190C5@vcccd.edu> Message-ID: Try Autohotkey, for Windows. There's a TON more to it than just phrase replacement, but it will do that. At its base, it's a macro writing program, but the .ahk files are just plain text so they should be easily accessible. https://autohotkey.com/ -Andi :) -------------------------- Andrea Dietrich Cornell University Student Disability Services Cornell Health, Level 5 110 Ho Plaza Ithaca, NY 14853 http://sds.cornell.edu Tel. 607.254.4545 Fax. 607.255.1562 Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:15AM-4:45PM Friday 8:15AM-4:00PM -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of Matthew Spinneberg Sent: Monday, April 09, 2018 11:10 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express (Dan Comden) Try TextExpander. > On Apr 7, 2018, at 12:00 PM, athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu wrote: > > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Phrase Express (Robert Spangler) > 2. Re: Phrase Express (Dan Comden) > 3. Re: Phrase Express (Leyna Bencomo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 16:59:18 -0400 > From: Robert Spangler > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] Phrase Express > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase > Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system > replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs > to be typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. > Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, > phrase suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not > accessible to blind users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does > anyone know if Phrase Express is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone > aware of a similar program that is accessible? > > Thanks, > Robert > > > -- > Robert Spangler > Disability Services Technical Support Specialist > rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 > Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton > | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 > Phone: 937-229-2066 > Fax: 937-229-3270 > Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of > hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > 180406/31b91488/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 14:02:24 -0700 > From: Dan Comden > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I've not looked into its accessibility, but in years past, Macro > Express has been a useful timesaver. > https://www.macros.com/ > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Robert Spangler > > wrote: > >> Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase >> Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system >> replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs >> to be typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. >> Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, >> phrase suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not >> accessible to blind users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does >> anyone know if Phrase Express is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone >> aware of a similar program that is accessible? >> >> Thanks, >> Robert >> >> >> -- >> Robert Spangler >> Disability Services Technical Support Specialist >> rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 >> Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton >> | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 >> Phone: 937-229-2066 >> Fax: 937-229-3270 >> Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of >> hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > 180406/d0fc07d0/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 21:57:10 +0000 > From: Leyna Bencomo > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express > Message-ID: > > tlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > You may already know that you can program macros like those into Dragon Naturally Speaking very easily. Dragon and JAWS work together with a program called J-Say. It is expensive but it would save a lot of time. > > 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] > > From: athen-list On > Behalf Of Dan Comden > Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 3:02 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express > > I've not looked into its accessibility, but in years past, Macro Express has been a useful timesaver. > https://www.macros.com/ ?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.macros.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Clbencomo%40uccs.ed > u%7Ccfe9c85a314649860d4c08d59c021935%7C529343fae8c8419fab2ea70c1003881 > 0%7C1%7C0%7C636586455183760854&sdata=YiI0stBofyDIKHlwjUBjgf71jlbEJhplg > z2SQK%2FRSRw%3D&reserved=0> > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Robert Spangler > wrote: > Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs to be typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, phrase suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not accessible to blind users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does anyone know if Phrase Express is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone aware of a similar program that is accessible? > > Thanks, > Robert > > > -- > Robert Spangler > Disability Services Technical Support Specialist > rspangler1@udayton.edu > Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. Harris Learning & > Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton | 300 College Park | > Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 > Phone: 937-229-2066 > Fax: 937-229-3270 > Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of > hearing) Web Site: > http://go.udayton.edu/learning ok.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.udayton.edu%2Flearning&data=02%7C01%7Clben > como%40uccs.edu%7Ccfe9c85a314649860d4c08d59c021935%7C529343fae8c8419fa > b2ea70c10038810%7C1%7C0%7C636586455183760854&sdata=nctIFCFfttuIEqkLINe > Xwh%2FLbFE%2FjAluZ1skN8sNZes%3D&reserved=0> > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu shington.edu> > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman13.u.wa > shington.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fathen-list&data=02%7C01%7Clbencomo > %40uccs.edu%7Ccfe9c85a314649860d4c08d59c021935%7C529343fae8c8419fab2ea > 70c10038810%7C1%7C0%7C636586455183760854&sdata=Ek15KuJxh25HWjfDXdofDfM > Y51GSJCKbirFpSs5pMaM%3D&reserved=0> > > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > 180406/b7349e5d/attachment-0001.html> > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was > scrubbed... > Name: image001.png > Type: image/png > Size: 15239 bytes > Desc: image001.png > URL: > 180406/b7349e5d/attachment-0001.png> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of athen-list Digest, Vol 147, Issue 4 > ****************************************** _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From info at karlencommunications.com Mon Apr 9 09:36:45 2018 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Phrase Express (Dan Comden) In-Reply-To: References: <397AD23C-DBB5-4B8D-95E0-AE0D533190C5@vcccd.edu> Message-ID: <004001d3d020$f36e7670$da4b6350$@karlencommunications.com> Has anyone suggested using the AutoCorrect feature in Word yet? I use it to add phrases I type regularly. For example, when I type ]ada and press the Spacebar, it expands to Americans with Disabilities Act. I preface the phrases with the ] so that if they are in a web address or I do want to use the Acronym, I can. Cheers, Karen -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of Andrea L. Dietrich Sent: Monday, April 9, 2018 11:56 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express (Dan Comden) Try Autohotkey, for Windows. There's a TON more to it than just phrase replacement, but it will do that. At its base, it's a macro writing program, but the .ahk files are just plain text so they should be easily accessible. https://autohotkey.com/ -Andi :) -------------------------- Andrea Dietrich Cornell University Student Disability Services Cornell Health, Level 5 110 Ho Plaza Ithaca, NY 14853 http://sds.cornell.edu Tel. 607.254.4545 Fax. 607.255.1562 Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:15AM-4:45PM Friday 8:15AM-4:00PM -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of Matthew Spinneberg Sent: Monday, April 09, 2018 11:10 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express (Dan Comden) Try TextExpander. > On Apr 7, 2018, at 12:00 PM, athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu wrote: > > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Phrase Express (Robert Spangler) > 2. Re: Phrase Express (Dan Comden) > 3. Re: Phrase Express (Leyna Bencomo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 16:59:18 -0400 > From: Robert Spangler > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] Phrase Express > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase > Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system > replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs > to be typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. > Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, > phrase suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not > accessible to blind users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does > anyone know if Phrase Express is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone > aware of a similar program that is accessible? > > Thanks, > Robert > > > -- > Robert Spangler > Disability Services Technical Support Specialist > rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 > Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton > | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 > Phone: 937-229-2066 > Fax: 937-229-3270 > Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of > hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > 180406/31b91488/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 14:02:24 -0700 > From: Dan Comden > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I've not looked into its accessibility, but in years past, Macro > Express has been a useful timesaver. > https://www.macros.com/ > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Robert Spangler > > wrote: > >> Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase >> Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system >> replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs >> to be typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. >> Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, >> phrase suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not >> accessible to blind users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does >> anyone know if Phrase Express is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone >> aware of a similar program that is accessible? >> >> Thanks, >> Robert >> >> >> -- >> Robert Spangler >> Disability Services Technical Support Specialist >> rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 >> Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton >> | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 >> Phone: 937-229-2066 >> Fax: 937-229-3270 >> Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of >> hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > 180406/d0fc07d0/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 21:57:10 +0000 > From: Leyna Bencomo > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express > Message-ID: > > tlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > You may already know that you can program macros like those into Dragon Naturally Speaking very easily. Dragon and JAWS work together with a program called J-Say. It is expensive but it would save a lot of time. > > 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] > > From: athen-list On > Behalf Of Dan Comden > Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 3:02 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] Phrase Express > > I've not looked into its accessibility, but in years past, Macro Express has been a useful timesaver. > https://www.macros.com/ ?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.macros.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Clbencomo%40uccs.ed > u%7Ccfe9c85a314649860d4c08d59c021935%7C529343fae8c8419fab2ea70c1003881 > 0%7C1%7C0%7C636586455183760854&sdata=YiI0stBofyDIKHlwjUBjgf71jlbEJhplg > z2SQK%2FRSRw%3D&reserved=0> > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Robert Spangler > wrote: > Hello, a few staff in our office are using a program called Phrase Express. This program allows one to type a word and have the system replace it with something else. This is helpful for text that needs to be typed often. It is much more convenient to have a shortcut to type. Additionally, the program contains features such as auto correct, phrase suggestion, etc. Problem is that this program is not accessible to blind users, at least not for me using NVDA. Does anyone know if Phrase Express is accessible with JAWS? Is anyone aware of a similar program that is accessible? > > Thanks, > Robert > > > -- > Robert Spangler > Disability Services Technical Support Specialist > rspangler1@udayton.edu > Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. Harris Learning & > Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton | 300 College Park | > Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 > Phone: 937-229-2066 > Fax: 937-229-3270 > Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of > hearing) Web Site: > http://go.udayton.edu/learning ok.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.udayton.edu%2Flearning&data=02%7C01%7Clben > como%40uccs.edu%7Ccfe9c85a314649860d4c08d59c021935%7C529343fae8c8419fa > b2ea70c10038810%7C1%7C0%7C636586455183760854&sdata=nctIFCFfttuIEqkLINe > Xwh%2FLbFE%2FjAluZ1skN8sNZes%3D&reserved=0> > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu shington.edu> > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman13.u.wa > shington.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fathen-list&data=02%7C01%7Clbencomo > %40uccs.edu%7Ccfe9c85a314649860d4c08d59c021935%7C529343fae8c8419fab2ea > 70c10038810%7C1%7C0%7C636586455183760854&sdata=Ek15KuJxh25HWjfDXdofDfM > Y51GSJCKbirFpSs5pMaM%3D&reserved=0> > > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > 180406/b7349e5d/attachment-0001.html> > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was > scrubbed... > Name: image001.png > Type: image/png > Size: 15239 bytes > Desc: image001.png > URL: > 180406/b7349e5d/attachment-0001.png> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of athen-list Digest, Vol 147, Issue 4 > ****************************************** _______________________________________________ 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 lbencomo at uccs.edu Mon Apr 9 15:55:43 2018 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Embosser Message-ID: Hi all, We are looking at purchasing a new embosser to replace our 13 year old Tiger Cub. We need it to print Braille as well as tactile graphics. Suggestions? 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/ From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Apr 9 17:26:25 2018 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: National University Statewide Proctor Job Openings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <033801d3d062$91185620$b3490260$@htctu.net> FYI Subject: National University Statewide Proctor Job Openings Good Afternoon, I was asked to share this announcement of Job Openings with you all. National University is forming a pool of test proctors with a pay rate of $25 per hour. The flyer includes all the hire information and point of contact for submission of resumes. Please share this with potential applicants and appropriate officesJ Patricia Flores-Charter, MA Bilingual Learning Disability Specialist Director, Disability Support Services Southwestern College From: Nicole Locker [mailto:nlocker@nu.edu] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 8:56 AM To: Patricia Flores-Charter Cc: James Robinson Subject: Proctor Job Opening Good morning Patty, I hope your day is going well. Here is the job description for the W 9 Proctor openings with National University. Can you please send this to the DSPS Director Listserv? Thank you so much! Have a great day! Nicole Locker Assistant Manager, Student Accessibility Services 16875 West Bernardo Drive, Ste 110 San Diego, CA 92127 P: (858) 521-3967 | F: (858) 521-3996 | E: nlocker@nu.edu Visit us at: www.nu.edu/sas Hello fellow Accessibility Professionals, My name is Joanna Barankiewicz, and I'm the Academic Accommodations Coordinator at National University. 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We use it primarily for tactiles, but it does Braille too. We have a separate embosser for Braille (Enabling Trident) because we need to be able to Interpoint, and the ViewPlus unit won't do that. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From john.gardner at viewplus.com Tue Apr 10 07:56:32 2018 From: john.gardner at viewplus.com (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Embosser In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Susan, I am surprised that you said the Premier didn't do interpoint. ViewPlus doesn't recommend putting graphics on both sides, but interpoint braille is fine. The Premier and other ViewPlus Tiger embossers make decent braille, but they are designed first and foremost to produce excellent graphics. people who primarily emboss braille should consider the new ViewPlus Columbia 100 cps interpoint embosser that is still on introductory sale for about half price, but not for much longer. The Columbia is one of the new Tiger-Plus embossers geared to make excellent braille. Its graphics are also really very good but the dots are bigger than Tiger dots. Columbia uses tractor paper and has a new twin (Delta) that has a sheet feeder instead. John -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 6:42 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Embosser ViewPlus would still be my go-to, most of the time. We are running a 9 year old Tiger Premier 100 and had it repaired once about 18 months ago. We use it primarily for tactiles, but it does Braille too. We have a separate embosser for Braille (Enabling Trident) because we need to be able to Interpoint, and the ViewPlus unit won't do that. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From vplace at columbiabasin.edu Tue Apr 10 09:28:44 2018 From: vplace at columbiabasin.edu (Place, Vicki) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together Message-ID: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F40128776BD2@FIRIEN.arda.cbc> So, we are up for renewal of our JAWS software. We have tried Fusion in the 40 minute mode. We would really appreciate any feedback on the dual software, any troubles or concerns? Thanks much!! ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We have tried Fusion in the 40 minute mode. We would really appreciate any feedback on the dual software, any troubles or concerns? Thanks much!! ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 15239 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 10114 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From jpolizzotto at htctu.net Tue Apr 10 10:47:52 2018 From: jpolizzotto at htctu.net (Joseph Polizzotto) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together In-Reply-To: References: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F40128776BD2@FIRIEN.arda.cbc> Message-ID: <00ae01d3d0f4$0cdb4290$2691c7b0$@htctu.net> Here are a few reasons why I recommend upgrading: * Single installation * Single activation code * Ease of transition from magnifier use to screen reading use * ZoomText users can access JAWS speech features for all screen reading, which means an enhanced method of navigation * ZoomText users can use a JAWS voice profile with synthesizers in multiple languages to read multi-lingual documents One negative of upgrading to fusion might be the following: * Less creativity in implementation across campuses (1 ZoomText license + 1 JAWS license = 1 Fusion license). Whereas before your JAWS license and ZoomText license may have been activated on separate computers, the upgrade will force you to have JAWS + ZoomText + Fusion on the same computer. HTH, --- Joseph Polizzotto HTCTU Instructor 408-996-6044 www.htctu.net From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:49 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together We are up for renewal with Jaws and Zoomtext. Please share any insights. 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/ From: athen-list On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:29 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together So, we are up for renewal of our JAWS software. We have tried Fusion in the 40 minute mode. We would really appreciate any feedback on the dual software, any troubles or concerns? Thanks much!! ============================= Vicki Place Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 15239 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 10114 bytes Desc: not available URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Wed Apr 11 08:22:41 2018 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:56 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together In-Reply-To: <00ae01d3d0f4$0cdb4290$2691c7b0$@htctu.net> References: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F40128776BD2@FIRIEN.arda.cbc> <00ae01d3d0f4$0cdb4290$2691c7b0$@htctu.net> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDD34071E8@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Also worth noting that you don't have to run fusion, each product is also installed and can be run as each part's stand alone version. E.G. if a student just needs JAWS, you can disable fusion auto-start and just set JAWS to load. We have a network server that we use to serve licenses to the entire campus. It works very well for all of our campus computers, for example in the computer labs. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Joseph Polizzotto Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 1:48 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together Here are a few reasons why I recommend upgrading: * Single installation * Single activation code * Ease of transition from magnifier use to screen reading use * ZoomText users can access JAWS speech features for all screen reading, which means an enhanced method of navigation * ZoomText users can use a JAWS voice profile with synthesizers in multiple languages to read multi-lingual documents One negative of upgrading to fusion might be the following: * Less creativity in implementation across campuses (1 ZoomText license + 1 JAWS license = 1 Fusion license). Whereas before your JAWS license and ZoomText license may have been activated on separate computers, the upgrade will force you to have JAWS + ZoomText + Fusion on the same computer. HTH, --- Joseph Polizzotto HTCTU Instructor 408-996-6044 www.htctu.net From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:49 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together We are up for renewal with Jaws and Zoomtext. Please share any insights. 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] From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:29 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together So, we are up for renewal of our JAWS software. We have tried Fusion in the 40 minute mode. We would really appreciate any feedback on the dual software, any troubles or concerns? Thanks much!! ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 15239 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It has been very helpful. ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bossley, Peter A. Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 8:23 AM To: jpolizzotto@htctu.net; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together Also worth noting that you don't have to run fusion, each product is also installed and can be run as each part's stand alone version. E.G. if a student just needs JAWS, you can disable fusion auto-start and just set JAWS to load. We have a network server that we use to serve licenses to the entire campus. It works very well for all of our campus computers, for example in the computer labs. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Joseph Polizzotto Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 1:48 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together Here are a few reasons why I recommend upgrading: * Single installation * Single activation code * Ease of transition from magnifier use to screen reading use * ZoomText users can access JAWS speech features for all screen reading, which means an enhanced method of navigation * ZoomText users can use a JAWS voice profile with synthesizers in multiple languages to read multi-lingual documents One negative of upgrading to fusion might be the following: * Less creativity in implementation across campuses (1 ZoomText license + 1 JAWS license = 1 Fusion license). Whereas before your JAWS license and ZoomText license may have been activated on separate computers, the upgrade will force you to have JAWS + ZoomText + Fusion on the same computer. HTH, --- Joseph Polizzotto HTCTU Instructor 408-996-6044 www.htctu.net From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:49 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together We are up for renewal with Jaws and Zoomtext. Please share any insights. 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] From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:29 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together So, we are up for renewal of our JAWS software. We have tried Fusion in the 40 minute mode. We would really appreciate any feedback on the dual software, any troubles or concerns? Thanks much!! ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image005.png Type: image/png Size: 15239 bytes Desc: image005.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image006.png Type: image/png Size: 10114 bytes Desc: image006.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 10118 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Wed Apr 11 09:14:03 2018 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together In-Reply-To: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F4012877CA99@FIRIEN.arda.cbc> References: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F40128776BD2@FIRIEN.arda.cbc> <00ae01d3d0f4$0cdb4290$2691c7b0$@htctu.net> <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDD34071E8@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F4012877CA99@FIRIEN.arda.cbc> Message-ID: Yes, thank you. Insightful comments as usual from this group. 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] From: athen-list On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 9:35 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together Thank you, Peter and Joseph for your input. It has been very helpful. ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bossley, Peter A. Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 8:23 AM To: jpolizzotto@htctu.net; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together Also worth noting that you don't have to run fusion, each product is also installed and can be run as each part's stand alone version. E.G. if a student just needs JAWS, you can disable fusion auto-start and just set JAWS to load. We have a network server that we use to serve licenses to the entire campus. It works very well for all of our campus computers, for example in the computer labs. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Joseph Polizzotto Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 1:48 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together Here are a few reasons why I recommend upgrading: * Single installation * Single activation code * Ease of transition from magnifier use to screen reading use * ZoomText users can access JAWS speech features for all screen reading, which means an enhanced method of navigation * ZoomText users can use a JAWS voice profile with synthesizers in multiple languages to read multi-lingual documents One negative of upgrading to fusion might be the following: * Less creativity in implementation across campuses (1 ZoomText license + 1 JAWS license = 1 Fusion license). Whereas before your JAWS license and ZoomText license may have been activated on separate computers, the upgrade will force you to have JAWS + ZoomText + Fusion on the same computer. HTH, --- Joseph Polizzotto HTCTU Instructor 408-996-6044 www.htctu.net From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:49 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together We are up for renewal with Jaws and Zoomtext. Please share any insights. 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] From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:29 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Fusion- ZoomText and JAWS together So, we are up for renewal of our JAWS software. We have tried Fusion in the 40 minute mode. We would really appreciate any feedback on the dual software, any troubles or concerns? Thanks much!! ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 15239 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.png Type: image/png Size: 10118 bytes Desc: image003.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Furthermore, as a Chrome plugin, EquatIO seems to be limited to integration with Google Sheets\Docs. It remains to be seen how a student might use it with something like MyMathLab. I'm also curious how accessible EquatIO might be to a keyboard-only user. If anyone has done any testing or had a chance to get this into the hands of students, I'd love to know what feedback\first impressions you might have. Thanks! Joseph M. Nast, ATAC Assistive Technology Specialist Lone Star College Cy Fair, Disability Services Office Phone: (281) 290-3207 Website URL: http://www.lonestar.edu/19287.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsthompson2 at ua.edu Thu Apr 12 09:13:05 2018 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] QS Unisolution? Message-ID: Hi, all. An area on our campus is looking at QS Unisolution MoveON to handle some international student services needs. Have you examined this for accessibility-related issues? Would you be willing to share your thoughts? Feel free to get in touch at rsthompson2@ua.edu. Thanks, Rachel P.S. Please excuse cross postings. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net Thu Apr 12 11:53:24 2018 From: ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Anyone testing out EquatIO? In-Reply-To: <5cc879044c574da0a5cc81729abd8d4b@sovmwexmbx2.LSCS.prv> References: <5cc879044c574da0a5cc81729abd8d4b@sovmwexmbx2.LSCS.prv> Message-ID: <48EAD51A-A77F-4D40-A588-B1685C7BC9D6@techpotential.net> Hi, Joseph! I?ve used EquatIO with some students since back when it was g(Math), prior to being acquired by TextHelp. The video you reference is about a year old, and the current version of the product incorporates various new features ? take a look at TextHelp?s EquatIO webpage: https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/equatio/ For example, EquatIO now has both Mac and Windows versions for insertion of equations and formulae into Word, including use of both math and chemistry prediction. The Chrome extension now works with Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings. Also, the latest version of EquatIO incorporates Desmos Graphing Calculator and a web-based collaborative application called EquatIO Mathspace. Math created with the product can also be read aloud with Read&Write. On a side note, I understand that TextHelp has moved to an 8-week development cycle for their Read&Write and EquatIO products, meaning that the development team reviews customer inputs for new and improved features, then makes decisions and provides regular updates every 8 weeks (often minor, occasionally major). Hope this helps, Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant www.TechPotential.net > On Apr 12, 2018, at 7:26 AM, Nast, Joseph wrote: > > The demo video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1mLUgF-gFs showcases features that look promising for a number of reasons, including: > > - Predictive math & formulae creation > - Math-to-speech (via R&W plugin) > - Math-to-LaTex editor > - Handwriting-to-math recognition > - Speech-to-Math creation > > The above features alone would easily place it on my short list of ?Essential AT?. HOWEVER, EquatIO is, in many ways, still being developed. John McGowan mentions in the video a number of features (e.g. chemistry formulae content, improved ?math only? speech recognition) that TextHelp plans to roll out in the near future, but isn?t in the current version. > > Furthermore, as a Chrome plugin, EquatIO seems to be limited to integration with Google Sheets\Docs. It remains to be seen how a student might use it with something like MyMathLab. I?m also curious how accessible EquatIO might be to a keyboard-only user. > > If anyone has done any testing or had a chance to get this into the hands of students, I?d love to know what feedback\first impressions you might have. > > Thanks! > > > Joseph M. Nast, ATAC > Assistive Technology Specialist > Lone Star College Cy Fair, Disability Services > Office Phone: (281) 290-3207 > Website URL: http://www.lonestar.edu/19287.htm > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Joseph.M.Nast at lonestar.edu Thu Apr 12 12:47:31 2018 From: Joseph.M.Nast at lonestar.edu (Nast, Joseph) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Anyone testing out EquatIO? In-Reply-To: <48EAD51A-A77F-4D40-A588-B1685C7BC9D6@techpotential.net> References: <5cc879044c574da0a5cc81729abd8d4b@sovmwexmbx2.LSCS.prv> <48EAD51A-A77F-4D40-A588-B1685C7BC9D6@techpotential.net> Message-ID: Thanks Shelley! That helps a lot. Appreciate it! Joe From: athen-list On Behalf Of Shelley Haven Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 1:53 PM To: ATHEN Subject: Re: [Athen] Anyone testing out EquatIO? Hi, Joseph! I?ve used EquatIO with some students since back when it was g(Math), prior to being acquired by TextHelp. The video you reference is about a year old, and the current version of the product incorporates various new features ? take a look at TextHelp?s EquatIO webpage: https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/equatio/ For example, EquatIO now has both Mac and Windows versions for insertion of equations and formulae into Word, including use of both math and chemistry prediction. The Chrome extension now works with Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings. Also, the latest version of EquatIO incorporates Desmos Graphing Calculator and a web-based collaborative application called EquatIO Mathspace. Math created with the product can also be read aloud with Read&Write. On a side note, I understand that TextHelp has moved to an 8-week development cycle for their Read&Write and EquatIO products, meaning that the development team reviews customer inputs for new and improved features, then makes decisions and provides regular updates every 8 weeks (often minor, occasionally major). Hope this helps, Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant www.TechPotential.net On Apr 12, 2018, at 7:26 AM, Nast, Joseph > wrote: The demo video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1mLUgF-gFs showcases features that look promising for a number of reasons, including: - Predictive math & formulae creation - Math-to-speech (via R&W plugin) - Math-to-LaTex editor - Handwriting-to-math recognition - Speech-to-Math creation The above features alone would easily place it on my short list of ?Essential AT?. HOWEVER, EquatIO is, in many ways, still being developed. John McGowan mentions in the video a number of features (e.g. chemistry formulae content, improved ?math only? speech recognition) that TextHelp plans to roll out in the near future, but isn?t in the current version. Furthermore, as a Chrome plugin, EquatIO seems to be limited to integration with Google Sheets\Docs. It remains to be seen how a student might use it with something like MyMathLab. I?m also curious how accessible EquatIO might be to a keyboard-only user. If anyone has done any testing or had a chance to get this into the hands of students, I?d love to know what feedback\first impressions you might have. Thanks! Joseph M. Nast, ATAC Assistive Technology Specialist Lone Star College Cy Fair, Disability Services Office Phone: (281) 290-3207 Website URL: http://www.lonestar.edu/19287.htm _______________________________________________ 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 kruzel at augsburg.edu Thu Apr 12 18:14:19 2018 From: kruzel at augsburg.edu (Kruzel, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Time to Convert STEM Book for B/LV Message-ID: Hello, How long, on average, does it takes you/your office to convert a STEM textbook for a student who is blind/low vision? Of course, each textbook is different, as well as the needs of a student. But, for an average sized textbook, with average difficulty of content, and an average number of symbols, graphs, charts, and pictures, approximately how many hours would it take to do the following: a. Convert and make the text portion of the textbook accessible and b. How long would it take to make the pictures, charts, graphs accessible using descriptions, tactiles, or other media to make it accessible? Obviously, many schools send this work out to be done due to complexity, time, expertise, etc. I'm only looking approximate numbers for one book if it's done in-house on your campus. I?m writing on behalf of a colleague doing research on a new accessible math software program called EquatIO. Thanks in advance! Rachel *Rachel Kruzel, ATP **| Assistive Technology & Accommodations Specialist* *Assistive Technology Practitioner, RESNA Certified* CLASS Office (Disability Resources) | Augsburg University Direct: (612) 330-1353 | Appointments: (612) 330-1053 2211 Riverside Ave CB 57 | Minneapolis, MN 55454 Website: http://www.augsburg.edu/class/ *Pronouns: She/Her/Hers* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kcahill at mit.edu Fri Apr 13 05:59:22 2018 From: kcahill at mit.edu (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Tableau visualizations In-Reply-To: References: <029963B1-6E41-4625-8DCB-DA6135F9968C@mit.edu> Message-ID: Hi Colleagues, I said that I would post my findings on Tableau data visualizations and accessibility once our staff met with one of our IT Staff who works on Tableau. Some of the details are code-related but here is his feedback below, prefaced by my comments. I think what we?re realizing is that it?s important to include descriptions of what the visualizations are representing, that is, to include text that describes trends that the data visualizations are showing since a screen reader user will not be able to intuit the graphs or visualizations via screen reader. Info from our Tableau programmer: I read through the Accessibility guide for Tableau: https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/accessibility_create_view.html I learned several things: 1. Dashboards that contain less than 1000 ?marks? or dashboards created with ?render=true are client-side rendered. Those are supposed to be WCAG-conformant, versus server side-rendered dashboards. Therefore, I suggest you tell IR to put ?render=true on the urls they are using for their visualizations. 2. Tableau has a set of keyboard controls. They are described here:https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/access_keyboard_navigation.html. I suggest web accessibility staff read them and tell us if they make any sense to them. If so, you may want to have that link put in as accessible help. 3. According to Tableau: "The view toolbar is not currently supported for conformance, so you need to hide it in the embedded view. To hide the view toolbar, set the toolbar parameter in the embed code to no. For example: " 4. They have a color blindness palette. Customer might want to use it. 5. Other than these recommendations, their basic advice is to make dashboards simpler, clearer, with more aggregation, more explanation text and clearer options. In other words, basic usability. In conclusion, I saw no magic bullet but we should test if anything changes when IR uses ??render=true? in their URLs and we might want to test the keyboard controls. I hope this helps, Kathy Kathy Cahill Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability MIT Office of the Vice Chancellor 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 kcahill@mit.edu (617) 253-5111 From: athen-list on behalf of Lucy Greco Reply-To: Access Network Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 2:36 PM To: Access Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Tableau visualizations hello: i would also love to see what you find thanks Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 8:17 AM, Kathleen Cahill > wrote: Hi Sharon, We are evaluating accessibility of some Tableau visualizations currently with one of our departments. We?d be happy to share some information. We?re meeting with a developer in our IT department who works on Tableau and can follow up with information after that. Kathy Kathy Cahill Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability MIT Office of Undergraduate Education 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 kcahill@mit.edu (617) 253-5111 From: athen-list > on behalf of Sharon M Trerise > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 9:15 AM To: Access Network > Subject: [Athen] Tableau visualizations The last discussion I can find in the ATHEN archives is from 2015. My understanding is that the latest version of Tableau implemented some significant accessibility improvements. Does anyone have recommendations for creating accessible visualizations with Tableau? I?ve found significant issues with screen reader access when trying to read data visualizations. Even though the data points appear in text on mouseover, they don?t seem to be available to the screen reader. Does anyone have experience with Narratives for Tableau (https://narrativescience.com/Partners/Business-Intelligence/Tableau) which claims to create automated explanations of the visualizations? Thanks. 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We have spent as much as 800 hours converting a computer science book on algorithms (book was 600 pages, there were 15-20 equations on every single page). We?ve spent as little as 100 hours on a small calculus book. It really does depend on the content and how much of that content there is to convert. It also depends on what the final output is. If it has to go to Braille, you have to consider the time needed to emboss. The same for any tactile images. And who is going to write your content, aka, the image descriptions? That should not be done by anyone but a content expert. We refer those to faculty ? they are content experts, we are only formatting experts. We do everything in-house, we do not send out anything to be done. Sometimes the work is just done all through the semester, with a goal to keep about two weeks ahead of the student?s needs for material. And we definitely work with the instructor to pick out which parts of the book they are actually going to use, and which images are absolutely critical, and which are just eye candy and don?t need to be created in a different format. The last thing we did for a student here was a calculus book. We did about 2/3 of it (based on what the professor was going to be using) and that included MathML and some tactile images. We finished the material about 6 weeks into the semester and the combined hours for the MathML/Word formatting and he graphics production was about 150 hours. Most of that work was done by my student staff although I produced the final output (BRF and MathML files). Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Kruzel, Rachel Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 7:14 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Time to Convert STEM Book for B/LV Hello, How long, on average, does it takes you/your office to convert a STEM textbook for a student who is blind/low vision? Of course, each textbook is different, as well as the needs of a student. But, for an average sized textbook, with average difficulty of content, and an average number of symbols, graphs, charts, and pictures, approximately how many hours would it take to do the following: a. Convert and make the text portion of the textbook accessible and b. How long would it take to make the pictures, charts, graphs accessible using descriptions, tactiles, or other media to make it accessible? Obviously, many schools send this work out to be done due to complexity, time, expertise, etc. I'm only looking approximate numbers for one book if it's done in-house on your campus. I?m writing on behalf of a colleague doing research on a new accessible math software program called EquatIO. Thanks in advance! Rachel Rachel Kruzel, ATP | Assistive Technology & Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Practitioner, RESNA Certified CLASS Office (Disability Resources) | Augsburg University Direct: (612) 330-1353 | Appointments: (612) 330-1053 2211 Riverside Ave CB 57 | Minneapolis, MN 55454 Website: http://www.augsburg.edu/class/ Pronouns: She/Her/Hers [https://docs.google.com/a/augsburg.edu/uc?id=0B-DwRtkSq6UudFZyMnVkM3h0WFE&export=download] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kruzel at augsburg.edu Fri Apr 13 07:27:59 2018 From: kruzel at augsburg.edu (Kruzel, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Time to Convert STEM Book for B/LV In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Susan, Yes! I completely agree this is a loaded question. I knew going into asking it that it was. I do conversion work for books so I completely understand the work that goes it and how student dependent it all is as well as it is based on the textbook too. I figured getting good numbers was going to be hard, but hearing your response with numbers just reinforces the ideas I had when talking to my colleague when he posed the question to me last night. I gave him essentially the same answer but said I'd ask peers to reinforce my response. Thanks for your response! Rachel *Rachel Kruzel, ATP **| Assistive Technology & Accommodations Specialist* *Assistive Technology Practitioner, RESNA Certified* CLASS Office (Disability Resources) | Augsburg University Direct: (612) 330-1353 | Appointments: (612) 330-1053 2211 Riverside Ave CB 57 | Minneapolis, MN 55454 Website: http://www.augsburg.edu/class/ *Pronouns: She/Her/Hers* On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 9:08 AM, Susan Kelmer wrote: > That is a very loaded question, Rachel. > > > > Much depends on what kind of material it is. How many STEM things need to > be converted? Is it all math? Or are there graphs and images that need to > be tactiles or described/alt-texted? > > > > We have spent as much as 800 hours converting a computer science book on > algorithms (book was 600 pages, there were 15-20 equations on every single > page). We?ve spent as little as 100 hours on a small calculus book. It > really does depend on the content and how much of that content there is to > convert. It also depends on what the final output is. If it has to go to > Braille, you have to consider the time needed to emboss. The same for any > tactile images. And who is going to write your content, aka, the image > descriptions? That should not be done by anyone but a content expert. We > refer those to faculty ? they are content experts, we are only formatting > experts. > > > > We do everything in-house, we do not send out anything to be done. > Sometimes the work is just done all through the semester, with a goal to > keep about two weeks ahead of the student?s needs for material. And we > definitely work with the instructor to pick out which parts of the book > they are actually going to use, and which images are absolutely critical, > and which are just eye candy and don?t need to be created in a different > format. > > > > The last thing we did for a student here was a calculus book. We did > about 2/3 of it (based on what the professor was going to be using) and > that included MathML and some tactile images. We finished the material > about 6 weeks into the semester and the combined hours for the MathML/Word > formatting and he graphics production was about 150 hours. Most of that > work was done by my student staff although I produced the final output (BRF > and MathML files). > > > > *Susan Kelmer* > > *Alternate Format Production Program Manager* > > *Disability Services* > > *University of Colorado Boulder* > > *303-735-4836* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Kruzel, Rachel > *Sent:* Thursday, April 12, 2018 7:14 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Time to Convert STEM Book for B/LV > > > > Hello, > > How long, on average, does it takes you/your office to convert a STEM > textbook for a student who is blind/low vision? Of course, each textbook is > different, as well as the needs of a student. But, for an average sized > textbook, with average difficulty of content, and an average number of > symbols, graphs, charts, and pictures, approximately how many hours would > it take to do the following: > > > > a. Convert and make the text portion of the textbook accessible and > > > > b. How long would it take to make the pictures, charts, graphs accessible > using descriptions, tactiles, or other media to make it accessible? > > > > Obviously, many schools send this work out to be done due to complexity, > time, expertise, etc. I'm only looking approximate numbers for one book if > it's done in-house on your campus. > > I?m writing on behalf of a colleague doing research on a new accessible > math software program called EquatIO. > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Rachel > > > > > *Rachel Kruzel, ATP **| Assistive Technology & Accommodations Specialist* > > *Assistive Technology Practitioner, RESNA Certified* > > > > CLASS Office (Disability Resources) | Augsburg University > > Direct: (612) 330-1353 | Appointments: (612) 330-1053 > > 2211 Riverside Ave CB 57 | Minneapolis, MN 55454 > > Website: http://www.augsburg.edu/class/ > > *Pronouns: She/Her/Hers* > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From solowoniukr at macewan.ca Mon Apr 16 09:59:38 2018 From: solowoniukr at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Ally and Kaltura Reach Message-ID: Hi everyone, Last week I watched an online webinar on "Automating accessibility within the learning management system". CSU Chico did a pilot project and used Blackboard Ally and Kaltura Reach in the project. >From what I understand, Blackboard Ally will take materials that instructors upload into the LMS and create several alternate formats of the materials (HTML, ePub, audio, electronic Braille), and make these formats available to students. It will also send an accessibility report to the instructor showing where accessibility issues within their original document were found. In addition to this, I think it also creates an institutional accessibility report. CSU Chico also used Kaltura Reach to help caption videos. Again, from my understanding, Kaltura Reach will automatically caption videos that are uploaded into the LMS. Depending on the quality of the videos, the accuracy rate can be as high as 75% or higher. Some of this sounds too good to be true, so I just thought I'd check with all of you to see if anyone is using either of these products, and, if so, how well are they working for your institution. Thanks for any feedback. Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca [MacEwan Logo] This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. 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It also provides visible feedback to faculty in the form of a small gauge that is colored red, yellow or green to flag their uploaded content. When faculty click on the gauge, it opens an Ally page that highlights the most important improvement a faculty can make (as well as a link to all the flagged issues). There are instructions and, for alt text, a box where the faculty can add the alt text right away. The colored gauges are a bit of a shock to the faculty when they first open their course and see red gauges. However once reassured that students cannot see it, they relax a bit and start to engage to make their course more accessible. We have been very happy with it. You are welcome to contact me if you have further questions. 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 [elearning logo email] Caption: eLearning Services Logo From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 10:00 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Ally and Kaltura Reach Hi everyone, Last week I watched an online webinar on "Automating accessibility within the learning management system". CSU Chico did a pilot project and used Blackboard Ally and Kaltura Reach in the project. >From what I understand, Blackboard Ally will take materials that instructors upload into the LMS and create several alternate formats of the materials (HTML, ePub, audio, electronic Braille), and make these formats available to students. It will also send an accessibility report to the instructor showing where accessibility issues within their original document were found. In addition to this, I think it also creates an institutional accessibility report. CSU Chico also used Kaltura Reach to help caption videos. Again, from my understanding, Kaltura Reach will automatically caption videos that are uploaded into the LMS. Depending on the quality of the videos, the accuracy rate can be as high as 75% or higher. Some of this sounds too good to be true, so I just thought I'd check with all of you to see if anyone is using either of these products, and, if so, how well are they working for your institution. Thanks for any feedback. Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca [MacEwan Logo] This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. 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Message-ID: Finally, Pearson seems to be listening. I received the following email from them yesterday: Dear Bryon Kluesner, Thank you for contacting Pearson Support. Your case number is 04293533. Success for all learners, including those with disabilities, is a priority for Pearson. Our accessible digital textbooks are designed as an accessibility solution that can address many needs. We also understand that this solution does not currently encompass all potential access needs of learners with print disabilities, and your feedback and expertise in this area is always welcome. I received a book I initially request and was approved as their VitalSource option. I replied back and said that was not the format I requested, that my student already uses a type of technology (Kurzweil) as their accommodation for alt texts. I also replied to a request from Doug Hacker, the new Pearson's accessibility product manager with my concerns, and finally received the text I request, albeit in 3 separate email attachments. I think if we keep pushing back, they will continue to listen to the "experts in this area." Just wanted to share. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Tue Apr 17 07:56:02 2018 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Pearson cont. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'm getting similar responses now, but they sure do take a looooooong time. One book took 7 weeks to finally get the format I requested. We really don't have seven weeks to wait... Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 8:37 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Pearson cont. Finally, Pearson seems to be listening. I received the following email from them yesterday: Dear Bryon Kluesner, Thank you for contacting Pearson Support. Your case number is 04293533. Success for all learners, including those with disabilities, is a priority for Pearson. Our accessible digital textbooks are designed as an accessibility solution that can address many needs. We also understand that this solution does not currently encompass all potential access needs of learners with print disabilities, and your feedback and expertise in this area is always welcome. I received a book I initially request and was approved as their VitalSource option. I replied back and said that was not the format I requested, that my student already uses a type of technology (Kurzweil) as their accommodation for alt texts. I also replied to a request from Doug Hacker, the new Pearson's accessibility product manager with my concerns, and finally received the text I request, albeit in 3 separate email attachments. I think if we keep pushing back, they will continue to listen to the "experts in this area." Just wanted to share. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Smith Access Specialist Disabilities Resource Center 352-395-4429 (voice) 352-395-4100 (fax) sfcollege.edu/drc/ Santa Fe College Building S, Suite 229 3000 NW 83rd St. Gainesville, FL 32606 [Santa Fe College] sfcollege.edu ________________________________ Please note that Florida has a broad public records law, and that all correspondence to or from College employees via email may be subject to disclosure. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 11548 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From chagnon at pubcom.com Tue Apr 17 09:42:44 2018 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (chagnon@pubcom.com) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Pearson cont. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <019f01d3d66b$1c84db30$558e9190$@pubcom.com> I've heard that Pearson has ramped up its staff for alternative book formats. That's great news for us. Hopefully, they'll get up to speed quickly and shorten the lag time. If they're using Adobe InDesign for the print versions of their textbooks, it's just a matter of minutes to export out a basic accessible PDF from the same file that is used for the printed textbook, and an accessible EPUB is about an hour more to convert the file. However, that does require that the designers learn how to make one central layout that can be exported to these accessible formats quickly. It's not the ordinary InDesign training, that's for sure! And not the ordinary graphic designer, either FYI, I'm hoping to offer my 1-day crash workshop in accessible InDesign layouts at AHG in November (the proposal is in). I'm presenting it at other conferences around the country throughout the year. -Bevi - - - Bevi Chagnon, founder/CEO | Bevi@PubCom.com - - - PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing consulting . training . development . design . sec. 508 services Upcoming classes at www.PubCom.com/classes - - - From: athen-list On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:56 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Pearson cont. I'm getting similar responses now, but they sure do take a looooooong time. One book took 7 weeks to finally get the format I requested. We really don't have seven weeks to wait. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 8:37 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Pearson cont. Finally, Pearson seems to be listening. I received the following email from them yesterday: Dear Bryon Kluesner, Thank you for contacting Pearson Support. Your case number is 04293533. Success for all learners, including those with disabilities, is a priority for Pearson. Our accessible digital textbooks are designed as an accessibility solution that can address many needs. We also understand that this solution does not currently encompass all potential access needs of learners with print disabilities, and your feedback and expertise in this area is always welcome. I received a book I initially request and was approved as their VitalSource option. I replied back and said that was not the format I requested, that my student already uses a type of technology (Kurzweil) as their accommodation for alt texts. I also replied to a request from Doug Hacker, the new Pearson's accessibility product manager with my concerns, and finally received the text I request, albeit in 3 separate email attachments. I think if we keep pushing back, they will continue to listen to the "experts in this area." Just wanted to share. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chagnon at pubcom.com Tue Apr 17 10:13:40 2018 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (chagnon@pubcom.com) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Anyone having problems scanning with newer Adobe Acrobat Pro? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c801d3d66f$6ed8c410$4c8a4c30$@pubcom.com> I assume that when you say you're using "Adobe" you really mean you're using Adobe Acrobat software, correct? If so, what version of Adobe Acrobat is that? FYI, Adobe is a software company that has around 100 different software technologies. Adobe is also a mud brick used in native southwest architecture. Several possible solutions: It sounds like there might be a problem with the drivers that communicate between the scanner and Acrobat. So to diagnose this, you can do the following: 1. Get the manual or set up instructions for that new shiny scanner. 2. Read them. 3. Reinstall the scanner's software as directed in the instructions. 4. You might need to update the scanner drivers, too. Visit the scanner manufacturer's website and download/install any updates. 5. Check which version of Adobe Acrobat is being used. If it's the copy that came with the scanner, it could be a "lite" version or be out of date. If your college has a full license of Acrobat Pro DC you can use, I recommend using that instead of what came free with the scanner. 6. To reinstall a fresh copy of Adobe Acrobat, you first have to uninstall the previous version, and then shut down and reboot your computer. Make this a real shut-down (called a cold boot) rather than just restarting the computer. Hope this helps, -Bevi - - - Bevi Chagnon, founder/CEO | Bevi@PubCom.com - - - PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing consulting . training . development . design . sec. 508 services Upcoming classes at www.PubCom.com/classes - - - From: athen-list On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:08 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Anyone having problems scanning with newer Adobe Acrobat Pro? We just got a shiny new scanner. It worked initially, scanning one page, but now it crashes Adobe every time. I am creating a new document from scanner in Adobe, and Adobe crashes.file never gets saved. I'm so frustrated I could scream. This is not a scanner issue, it is definitely an Adobe issue. Anyone else having problems and found a fix? Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Tue Apr 17 11:45:08 2018 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Anyone having problems scanning with newer Adobe Acrobat Pro? In-Reply-To: <01c801d3d66f$6ed8c410$4c8a4c30$@pubcom.com> References: <01c801d3d66f$6ed8c410$4c8a4c30$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: Thanks, Bevi. All of these steps have been tried already. The sheer volume of support requests on this issue via my searches on Google is eye-opening. Anyone using the newer DC versions of Acrobat Pro are running into this regardless of scanner type used (reports are showing up with Panasonics, Dells, Canons, and others). This is an Acrobat issue, not a scanner/scanner driver issue. And there is apparently no fix. I did find a workaround, wherein I can scan if I already have a PDF open in Acrobat Pro (any PDF will do). I just have to remember to uncheck the "append to current document" checkbox. I am already missing my ancient, slow, prone-to-jamming Canon with Capture Perfect...it did a better job than Adobe Acrobat ever will, it appears. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list On Behalf Of chagnon@pubcom.com Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:14 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Anyone having problems scanning with newer Adobe Acrobat Pro? I assume that when you say you're using "Adobe" you really mean you're using Adobe Acrobat software, correct? If so, what version of Adobe Acrobat is that? FYI, Adobe is a software company that has around 100 different software technologies. Adobe is also a mud brick used in native southwest architecture. Several possible solutions: It sounds like there might be a problem with the drivers that communicate between the scanner and Acrobat. So to diagnose this, you can do the following: 1. Get the manual or set up instructions for that new shiny scanner. 2. Read them. 3. Reinstall the scanner's software as directed in the instructions. 4. You might need to update the scanner drivers, too. Visit the scanner manufacturer's website and download/install any updates. 5. Check which version of Adobe Acrobat is being used. If it's the copy that came with the scanner, it could be a "lite" version or be out of date. If your college has a full license of Acrobat Pro DC you can use, I recommend using that instead of what came free with the scanner. 6. To reinstall a fresh copy of Adobe Acrobat, you first have to uninstall the previous version, and then shut down and reboot your computer. Make this a real shut-down (called a cold boot) rather than just restarting the computer. Hope this helps, -Bevi - - - Bevi Chagnon, founder/CEO | Bevi@PubCom.com - - - PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing consulting * training * development * design * sec. 508 services Upcoming classes at www.PubCom.com/classes - - - From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:08 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Anyone having problems scanning with newer Adobe Acrobat Pro? We just got a shiny new scanner. It worked initially, scanning one page, but now it crashes Adobe every time. I am creating a new document from scanner in Adobe, and Adobe crashes...file never gets saved. I'm so frustrated I could scream. This is not a scanner issue, it is definitely an Adobe issue. Anyone else having problems and found a fix? 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Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages In-Reply-To: <1aa4338aef614d2f992bca6da65eac04@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> References: <1aa4338aef614d2f992bca6da65eac04@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: <38546385-8F62-4285-BCC1-DDB3FD16D87D@uw.edu> We state that individuals campus wide are responsible for accessible IT under their control, including those who create web pages. Having said that, we, in a very distributed environment, do not employ an accessible IT ?police department.? Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu > On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey wrote: > > > Hello All, > If your school has advanced and campus-wide ICT accessibility policies, how do you handle faculty and/or student created pages? Please excuse duplicate posts. > > Thanks, > > James > > James Bailey M.S. > Associate Director > Accessible Education Center > University of Oregon > _______________________________________________ > 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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Reading CART and etc. to take notes, stay tuned into classes, view PowerPOints and projected materials up close or enlarged etc. How do we influence our faculty to reconsider rigid no laptop in class policies? They seem to be influenced by several articles and some limited research about how notetaking on laptops diminishes learning and long term memory. Have you encountered this and how did you deal with it? Thanks for any info! Eileen Eileen Connell Berger Access and Disability Services Administrator Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs Harvard Graduate School of Education From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages We state that individuals campus wide are responsible for accessible IT under their control, including those who create web pages. Having said that, we, in a very distributed environment, do not employ an accessible IT ?police department.? Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey > wrote: Hello All, If your school has advanced and campus-wide ICT accessibility policies, how do you handle faculty and/or student created pages? Please excuse duplicate posts. Thanks, James James Bailey M.S. Associate Director Accessible Education Center University of Oregon _______________________________________________ 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 rsthompson2 at ua.edu Wed Apr 18 06:07:27 2018 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages In-Reply-To: <38546385-8F62-4285-BCC1-DDB3FD16D87D@uw.edu> References: <1aa4338aef614d2f992bca6da65eac04@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> <38546385-8F62-4285-BCC1-DDB3FD16D87D@uw.edu> Message-ID: Sheryl, We are adopting a similar model. Is training about ?accessible IT? required at UW? If so, could you share what you teach? Thanks, 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 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 3:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages We state that individuals campus wide are responsible for accessible IT under their control, including those who create web pages. Having said that, we, in a very distributed environment, do not employ an accessible IT ?police department.? Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey > wrote: Hello All, If your school has advanced and campus-wide ICT accessibility policies, how do you handle faculty and/or student created pages? Please excuse duplicate posts. Thanks, James James Bailey M.S. 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Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 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: From Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Wed Apr 18 09:31:57 2018 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Pearson - one step forward 2 steps back In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You will have to do this every time, as far as I can tell. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 10:13 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Pearson - one step forward 2 steps back Hi all, Well, after I received the email granting my request for PDF files, not VitalSource files, I received notice today that the 2 requests I made yesterday were denied and they are pushing the Vitalsource ePub file. So, I replied and again requested the PDF file. UGH! Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 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: From hunziker at email.arizona.edu Wed Apr 18 09:36:03 2018 From: hunziker at email.arizona.edu (Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] IT Accessibility Analyst Position at the 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/28201 Expected hiring date for this position is July 1, 2018. 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. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. 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 sherylb at uw.edu Wed Apr 18 10:26:15 2018 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages In-Reply-To: References: <1aa4338aef614d2f992bca6da65eac04@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> <38546385-8F62-4285-BCC1-DDB3FD16D87D@uw.edu> Message-ID: <7794C65F-6466-4E98-B41D-EB2932155B4B@uw.edu> I think many faculty are influenced by the tendency of students to be distracted with email, web surfing, etc., when they are allowed to use laptops in class. Sheryl > On Apr 18, 2018, at 5:43 AM, Berger, Eileen wrote: > > Hi All, > I have a question about use of laptops in courses. Automaticity allows some students with cognitive differences, those with RSI, vision impairments, Hearing imp. Reading CART and etc. to take notes, stay tuned into classes, view PowerPOints and projected materials up close or enlarged etc. How do we influence our faculty to reconsider rigid no laptop in class policies? They seem to be influenced by several articles and some limited research about how notetaking on laptops diminishes learning and long term memory. > Have you encountered this and how did you deal with it? > Thanks for any info! > Eileen > > Eileen Connell Berger > Access and Disability Services Administrator > Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs > Harvard Graduate School of Education > > From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:37 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages > > We state that individuals campus wide are responsible for accessible IT under their control, including those who create web pages. Having said that, we, in a very distributed environment, do not employ an accessible IT ?police department.? > > Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. > Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT > Affiliate Professor, Education > University of Washington, Box 354842 > Seattle, WA 98195 > 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 > http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb > sherylb@uw.edu > > On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey > wrote: > > > Hello All, > If your school has advanced and campus-wide ICT accessibility policies, how do you handle faculty and/or student created pages? Please excuse duplicate posts. > > Thanks, > > James > > James Bailey M.S. > Associate Director > Accessible Education Center > University of Oregon > _______________________________________________ > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsthompson2 at ua.edu Wed Apr 18 10:35:48 2018 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages In-Reply-To: <7794C65F-6466-4E98-B41D-EB2932155B4B@uw.edu> References: <1aa4338aef614d2f992bca6da65eac04@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> <38546385-8F62-4285-BCC1-DDB3FD16D87D@uw.edu> <7794C65F-6466-4E98-B41D-EB2932155B4B@uw.edu> Message-ID: If use of a laptop in class is part of a student?s accommodations, the instructor would have to make a strong case against it, right? I cannot imagine an instructor?s justification being sufficient to prevent the student having the tech they need. When I teach face-to-face courses and students use laptops, I inform them (and include in the syllabus) that doing non-class activities while in my class will result in them being counted absent and losing all daily points. The same is true for phone use. An aside - the last time I taught face-to-face first-year writing (75 minute classes, twice a week), I had so many issues with students sneaking to text/snapchat on their phones that I started giving a 2-minute break in the middle of the course when they could check their messages. It really helped them stay focused for the rest of the time. 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 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages I think many faculty are influenced by the tendency of students to be distracted with email, web surfing, etc., when they are allowed to use laptops in class. Sheryl On Apr 18, 2018, at 5:43 AM, Berger, Eileen > wrote: Hi All, I have a question about use of laptops in courses. Automaticity allows some students with cognitive differences, those with RSI, vision impairments, Hearing imp. Reading CART and etc. to take notes, stay tuned into classes, view PowerPOints and projected materials up close or enlarged etc. How do we influence our faculty to reconsider rigid no laptop in class policies? They seem to be influenced by several articles and some limited research about how notetaking on laptops diminishes learning and long term memory. Have you encountered this and how did you deal with it? Thanks for any info! Eileen Eileen Connell Berger Access and Disability Services Administrator Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs Harvard Graduate School of Education From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages We state that individuals campus wide are responsible for accessible IT under their control, including those who create web pages. Having said that, we, in a very distributed environment, do not employ an accessible IT ?police department.? Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey > wrote: Hello All, If your school has advanced and campus-wide ICT accessibility policies, how do you handle faculty and/or student created pages? Please excuse duplicate posts. Thanks, James James Bailey M.S. Associate Director Accessible Education Center University of Oregon _______________________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 12:16:11 2018 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:57 2018 Subject: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages In-Reply-To: References: <1aa4338aef614d2f992bca6da65eac04@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> <38546385-8F62-4285-BCC1-DDB3FD16D87D@uw.edu> <7794C65F-6466-4E98-B41D-EB2932155B4B@uw.edu> Message-ID: Hi Eileen, I have also read many of those studies on note taking - pencil vs tech. But none that I have seen take into account the barrier that pen/pencil/paper may create for some students. In other words, the studies and reports don't address equitable access for students with disabilities. I would agree with Rachel that a faculty member would have to make a case as to whether use of a laptop fundamental alters the course before a laptop isn't allowed. I don't see how these studies could be applied in such a manner as to deem the laptop to fundamental alter the course. At our institution, within the Faculty Notification Letter each faculty member receives (and each student receives their own copy), the accommodation is listed as "Use of laptop in class - Intenet disabled". 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, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Thompson, Rachel wrote: > If use of a laptop in class is part of a student?s accommodations, the > instructor would have to make a strong case against it, right? I cannot > imagine an instructor?s justification being sufficient to prevent the > student having the tech they need. > > > > When I teach face-to-face courses and students use laptops, I inform them > (and include in the syllabus) that doing non-class activities while in my > class will result in them being counted absent and losing all daily points. > The same is true for phone use. > > > > An aside - the last time I taught face-to-face first-year writing (75 > minute classes, twice a week), I had so many issues with students sneaking > to text/snapchat on their phones that I started giving a 2-minute break in > the middle of the course when they could check their messages. It really > helped them stay focused for the rest of the time. > > > > 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 > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Sheryl E. Burgstahler > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:26 PM > > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty > Pages > > > > I think many faculty are influenced by the tendency of students to be > distracted with email, web surfing, etc., when they are allowed to use > laptops in class. > > > > Sheryl > > On Apr 18, 2018, at 5:43 AM, Berger, Eileen > wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > I have a question about use of laptops in courses. Automaticity allows > some students with cognitive differences, those with RSI, vision > impairments, Hearing imp. Reading CART and etc. to take notes, stay tuned > into classes, view PowerPOints and projected materials up close or enlarged > etc. How do we influence our faculty to reconsider rigid no laptop in class > policies? They seem to be influenced by several articles and some limited > research about how notetaking on laptops diminishes learning and long term > memory. > > Have you encountered this and how did you deal with it? > Thanks for any info! > > Eileen > > > > Eileen Connell Berger > > Access and Disability Services Administrator > > Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs > > Harvard Graduate School of Education > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Sheryl E. Burgstahler > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:37 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty > Pages > > > > We state that individuals campus wide are responsible for accessible IT > under their control, including those who create web pages. Having said > that, we, in a very distributed environment, do not employ an accessible IT > ?police department.? > > > > Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. > Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT > Affiliate Professor, Education > University of Washington, Box 354842 > Seattle, WA 98195 > 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 > http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb > > sherylb@uw.edu > > > > On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey wrote: > > > > > > Hello All, > > If your school has advanced and campus-wide ICT accessibility policies, > how do you handle faculty and/or student created pages? 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URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Wed Apr 18 12:25:20 2018 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages In-Reply-To: References: <1aa4338aef614d2f992bca6da65eac04@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> <38546385-8F62-4285-BCC1-DDB3FD16D87D@uw.edu> <7794C65F-6466-4E98-B41D-EB2932155B4B@uw.edu> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E26BC04@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Is it better for a student to have notes that are (in some oppinions) less than hand written notes, or not to have notes at all? What about the students who look at other books or magazines instead of looking at their textbook? What about students who look out the window instead of listening to the lecture? Are we going to band all other materials except course specific materials from a class? Are we going to take out all of the windows in classrooms? There comes a point when you have to let students suffer the consequences of their actions. If they are going to use their laptops to brouse the web instead of paying attention in class, then they will do poorly on the test and not be able to answer the in class questions, which should cause their points to go down. Okay, just this grumpy old man?s off-the-cuff ramblings. I start vacation tomorrow and I can?t wait. 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 On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 2:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages Hi Eileen, I have also read many of those studies on note taking - pencil vs tech. But none that I have seen take into account the barrier that pen/pencil/paper may create for some students. In other words, the studies and reports don't address equitable access for students with disabilities. I would agree with Rachel that a faculty member would have to make a case as to whether use of a laptop fundamental alters the course before a laptop isn't allowed. I don't see how these studies could be applied in such a manner as to deem the laptop to fundamental alter the course. At our institution, within the Faculty Notification Letter each faculty member receives (and each student receives their own copy), the accommodation is listed as "Use of laptop in class - Intenet disabled". 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, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Thompson, Rachel > wrote: If use of a laptop in class is part of a student?s accommodations, the instructor would have to make a strong case against it, right? I cannot imagine an instructor?s justification being sufficient to prevent the student having the tech they need. When I teach face-to-face courses and students use laptops, I inform them (and include in the syllabus) that doing non-class activities while in my class will result in them being counted absent and losing all daily points. The same is true for phone use. An aside - the last time I taught face-to-face first-year writing (75 minute classes, twice a week), I had so many issues with students sneaking to text/snapchat on their phones that I started giving a 2-minute break in the middle of the course when they could check their messages. It really helped them stay focused for the rest of the time. 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 From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages I think many faculty are influenced by the tendency of students to be distracted with email, web surfing, etc., when they are allowed to use laptops in class. Sheryl On Apr 18, 2018, at 5:43 AM, Berger, Eileen > wrote: Hi All, I have a question about use of laptops in courses. Automaticity allows some students with cognitive differences, those with RSI, vision impairments, Hearing imp. Reading CART and etc. to take notes, stay tuned into classes, view PowerPOints and projected materials up close or enlarged etc. How do we influence our faculty to reconsider rigid no laptop in class policies? They seem to be influenced by several articles and some limited research about how notetaking on laptops diminishes learning and long term memory. Have you encountered this and how did you deal with it? Thanks for any info! Eileen Eileen Connell Berger Access and Disability Services Administrator Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs Harvard Graduate School of Education From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages We state that individuals campus wide are responsible for accessible IT under their control, including those who create web pages. Having said that, we, in a very distributed environment, do not employ an accessible IT ?police department.? Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey > wrote: Hello All, If your school has advanced and campus-wide ICT accessibility policies, how do you handle faculty and/or student created pages? Please excuse duplicate posts. Thanks, James James Bailey M.S. 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I have an instructor inquiring about its accessibility? I would appreciate any info anyone may have. Thanks, Laura Loree, M.A.Ed., CPACC, CTFL EIT Accessibility Coordinator Utah Valley University Email: laura.loree@uvu.edu Phone: 801-863-6788 Room: FL-111-F -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dslab at cpcc.edu Wed Apr 18 13:16:23 2018 From: dslab at cpcc.edu (dslab) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] [ATHEN] Alternative Assignment for Online Instructor Message-ID: <87449fbdd95546449ceef59458c80756@mbx9.cpcc.edu> Hello, I have an instructor that is building an online course and the students need to know how to identify countries on a continent with a visual map. How would we make something like this accessible to an online only student with visual impairment? The map is below: [cid:image001.jpg@01D3D730.975DDF30] Thanks, Alysia Leak, MA, LMFTA Assistive Technology Specialists, Disability Services Central Campus, Terrell 201 PO Box 35009 Charlotte, NC 28235 704.330.2722 ext 3462 www.cpcc.edu [cid:image001.png@01CCCA1C.75B56920] We value your feedback. How is our service at CPCC? ________________________________ This e-mail, including any attachments, is intended only for the addressee's use and may contain confidential and proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, reproduction, or use of the information contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail by error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Thank you for your cooperation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Hope that helps :) Smile 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, Apr 18, 2018 at 1:16 PM, dslab wrote: > Hello, > > > > I have an instructor that is building an online course and the students > need to know how to identify countries on a continent with a visual map. > How would we make something like this accessible to an online only student > with visual impairment? The map is below: > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Alysia Leak, MA, LMFTA > > Assistive Technology Specialists, Disability Services > > Central Campus, Terrell 201 > > PO Box 35009 Charlotte, NC 28235 > > 704.330.2722 ext 3462 > > www.cpcc.edu > > [image: cid:image001.png@01CCCA1C.75B56920] > > We value your feedback. How is our service > at CPCC? > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is intended only for the > addressee's use and may contain confidential and proprietary information. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > retention, dissemination, reproduction, or use of the information contained > in this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail by > error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. 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Message-ID: Anyone else see this article? https://gizmodo.com/pearson-embedded-a-social-psychological-experiment-in-s-1825367784 Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k.weberhottleman at uconn.edu Thu Apr 19 12:26:43 2018 From: k.weberhottleman at uconn.edu (Weber-Hottleman, Kathryn) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Alternative Assignment for Online Instructor Message-ID: W3C has a great tutorial on image maps--basically, it's possible to add an alt tag for hotspots. The tutorial is here: https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/imagemap/ The alt tag could be something descriptive, like "This country borders Portugal and the Mediterranean Sea". Hope this helps! Kathryn Weber-Hottleman IT Accessibility Coordinator Information Technology Services University of Connecticut| Temporary Administration Building 25 Gampel Service Drive, Unit 1138 | Storrs, CT 06269-1138 (P) 860.486.9193 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 3:00 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 147, Issue 13 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages (Heidi Scher) 2. Re: Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages (Robert Beach) 3. Accessibility of Google Classroom (Laura Loree) 4. [ATHEN] Alternative Assignment for Online Instructor (dslab) 5. Re: [ATHEN] Alternative Assignment for Online Instructor (Samantha Johns) 6. Pearson has something else to be ashamed of... (Susan Kelmer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:16:11 -0500 From: Heidi Scher To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Eileen, I have also read many of those studies on note taking - pencil vs tech. But none that I have seen take into account the barrier that pen/pencil/paper may create for some students. In other words, the studies and reports don't address equitable access for students with disabilities. I would agree with Rachel that a faculty member would have to make a case as to whether use of a laptop fundamental alters the course before a laptop isn't allowed. I don't see how these studies could be applied in such a manner as to deem the laptop to fundamental alter the course. At our institution, within the Faculty Notification Letter each faculty member receives (and each student receives their own copy), the accommodation is listed as "Use of laptop in class - Intenet disabled". 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, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Thompson, Rachel wrote: > If use of a laptop in class is part of a student?s accommodations, the > instructor would have to make a strong case against it, right? I > cannot imagine an instructor?s justification being sufficient to > prevent the student having the tech they need. > > > > When I teach face-to-face courses and students use laptops, I inform > them (and include in the syllabus) that doing non-class activities > while in my class will result in them being counted absent and losing all daily points. > The same is true for phone use. > > > > An aside - the last time I taught face-to-face first-year writing (75 > minute classes, twice a week), I had so many issues with students > sneaking to text/snapchat on their phones that I started giving a > 2-minute break in the middle of the course when they could check their > messages. It really helped them stay focused for the rest of the time. > > > > 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 > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Sheryl E. Burgstahler > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:26 PM > > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and > Faculty Pages > > > > I think many faculty are influenced by the tendency of students to be > distracted with email, web surfing, etc., when they are allowed to use > laptops in class. > > > > Sheryl > > On Apr 18, 2018, at 5:43 AM, Berger, Eileen > > wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > I have a question about use of laptops in courses. Automaticity allows > some students with cognitive differences, those with RSI, vision > impairments, Hearing imp. Reading CART and etc. to take notes, stay > tuned into classes, view PowerPOints and projected materials up close > or enlarged etc. How do we influence our faculty to reconsider rigid > no laptop in class policies? They seem to be influenced by several > articles and some limited research about how notetaking on laptops > diminishes learning and long term memory. > > Have you encountered this and how did you deal with it? > Thanks for any info! > > Eileen > > > > Eileen Connell Berger > > Access and Disability Services Administrator > > Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs > > Harvard Graduate School of Education > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Sheryl E. Burgstahler > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:37 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and > Faculty Pages > > > > We state that individuals campus wide are responsible for accessible > IT under their control, including those who create web pages. Having > said that, we, in a very distributed environment, do not employ an > accessible IT ?police department.? > > > > Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. > Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, > Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 > 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 > http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb > edu_sherylb&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=Sz6dAHAoKeAryPQD5_Ko_I > zc4tmf_fYUtRihmbbbk_g&m=ipBG2fSzue_Ztnnzu0ez5nADDafToe93miek-Lb6GuU&s= > A7ucHkG_ajoT8hPPL2sh_MycNRdxbkF2e4pHjeo7HjE&e=> > sherylb@uw.edu > > > > On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey wrote: > > > > > > Hello All, > > If your school has advanced and campus-wide ICT accessibility > policies, how do you handle faculty and/or student created pages? > Please excuse duplicate posts. > > > > Thanks, > > > > James > > > > James Bailey M.S. > > Associate Director > > Accessible Education Center > > University of Oregon > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > ngton.edu_mailman_listinfo_athen-2Dlist&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL8 > 5hQ&r=Sz6dAHAoKeAryPQD5_Ko_Izc4tmf_fYUtRihmbbbk_g&m=ipBG2fSzue_Ztnnzu0 > ez5nADDafToe93miek-Lb6GuU&s=bggpWHZEITIKSa5jeXsjwRbKiC4u3WudvJdqmmdYgY > 8&e=> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:25:20 +0000 From: Robert Beach To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E26BC04@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Is it better for a student to have notes that are (in some oppinions) less than hand written notes, or not to have notes at all? What about the students who look at other books or magazines instead of looking at their textbook? What about students who look out the window instead of listening to the lecture? Are we going to band all other materials except course specific materials from a class? Are we going to take out all of the windows in classrooms? There comes a point when you have to let students suffer the consequences of their actions. If they are going to use their laptops to brouse the web instead of paying attention in class, then they will do poorly on the test and not be able to answer the in class questions, which should cause their points to go down. Okay, just this grumpy old man?s off-the-cuff ramblings. I start vacation tomorrow and I can?t wait. 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 On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 2:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages Hi Eileen, I have also read many of those studies on note taking - pencil vs tech. But none that I have seen take into account the barrier that pen/pencil/paper may create for some students. In other words, the studies and reports don't address equitable access for students with disabilities. I would agree with Rachel that a faculty member would have to make a case as to whether use of a laptop fundamental alters the course before a laptop isn't allowed. I don't see how these studies could be applied in such a manner as to deem the laptop to fundamental alter the course. At our institution, within the Faculty Notification Letter each faculty member receives (and each student receives their own copy), the accommodation is listed as "Use of laptop in class - Intenet disabled". 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, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Thompson, Rachel > wrote: If use of a laptop in class is part of a student?s accommodations, the instructor would have to make a strong case against it, right? I cannot imagine an instructor?s justification being sufficient to prevent the student having the tech they need. When I teach face-to-face courses and students use laptops, I inform them (and include in the syllabus) that doing non-class activities while in my class will result in them being counted absent and losing all daily points. The same is true for phone use. An aside - the last time I taught face-to-face first-year writing (75 minute classes, twice a week), I had so many issues with students sneaking to text/snapchat on their phones that I started giving a 2-minute break in the middle of the course when they could check their messages. It really helped them stay focused for the rest of the time. 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 From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages I think many faculty are influenced by the tendency of students to be distracted with email, web surfing, etc., when they are allowed to use laptops in class. Sheryl On Apr 18, 2018, at 5:43 AM, Berger, Eileen > wrote: Hi All, I have a question about use of laptops in courses. Automaticity allows some students with cognitive differences, those with RSI, vision impairments, Hearing imp. Reading CART and etc. to take notes, stay tuned into classes, view PowerPOints and projected materials up close or enlarged etc. How do we influence our faculty to reconsider rigid no laptop in class policies? They seem to be influenced by several articles and some limited research about how notetaking on laptops diminishes learning and long term memory. Have you encountered this and how did you deal with it? Thanks for any info! Eileen Eileen Connell Berger Access and Disability Services Administrator Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs Harvard Graduate School of Education From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages We state that individuals campus wide are responsible for accessible IT under their control, including those who create web pages. Having said that, we, in a very distributed environment, do not employ an accessible IT ?police department.? Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey > wrote: Hello All, If your school has advanced and campus-wide ICT accessibility policies, how do you handle faculty and/or student created pages? Please excuse duplicate posts. Thanks, James James Bailey M.S. 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Hope that helps :) Smile 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, Apr 18, 2018 at 1:16 PM, dslab wrote: > Hello, > > > > I have an instructor that is building an online course and the > students need to know how to identify countries on a continent with a visual map. > How would we make something like this accessible to an online only > student with visual impairment? The map is below: > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Alysia Leak, MA, LMFTA > > Assistive Technology Specialists, Disability Services > > Central Campus, Terrell 201 > > PO Box 35009 Charlotte, NC 28235 > > 704.330.2722 ext 3462 > > www.cpcc.edu > > [image: cid:image001.png@01CCCA1C.75B56920] > > We value your feedback. How is our service > at CPCC? > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is intended only for the > addressee's use and may contain confidential and proprietary information. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any retention, dissemination, reproduction, or use of the information > contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this e-mail by error, please delete it and immediately notify the > sender. 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Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Anyone else see this article? https://gizmodo.com/pearson-embedded-a-social-psychological-experiment-in-s-1825367784 Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ End of athen-list Digest, Vol 147, Issue 13 ******************************************* From Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu Fri Apr 20 07:59:59 2018 From: Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu (Kluesner, Bryon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher Message-ID: Yesterday, I received EPUB3 files from Macmillan instead of PDF files. The problem with the EPUB3 files, is each individual page of a chapter is a separate xhtml file and there are no page numbers. When I sent a request through Access Text for the PDF version of the file, I received the following response: We are no longer producing accessible PDFs of textbooks because we have transitioned to EPUB3 format, which is more accessible by nature and also reduces the risk of piracy. Best, Christine My reply: Hi Christine, while the EPUB3 may more accessible by nature, there are no page numbers and the individual files are more difficult to navigate for students rather than individual chapter PDF files. I think you need to reconsider not producing accessible PDF files. I expect other Disability Services providers will most likely have the same opinion as I do. While I understand the reasoning behind Pearson and Macmillan wanting to use EPUB files, the format they are providing is making it more work for me, and there are no page numbers! Just my Friday rant. Have a good weekend everyone. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc Division of Student Development -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adietrich at cornell.edu Fri Apr 20 08:44:03 2018 From: adietrich at cornell.edu (Andrea L. Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I've encountered the same thing with some files. The lack of page numbers is the biggest problem, in my opinion. It's not too hard to convert an epub to a PDF, if that's what the student needs -- many would probably be fine using the epub directly, and there are actually some things I personally PREFER about epubs, but not having page numbers that correspond to the original text is a big deal breaker, IMO. Does anyone know if there's a way to easily add page numbers to an epub file? BTW, for conversion, I use Calibre. I think I've seen others mention it on here, so you probably already know about it, but it's a great program for converting ebooks between unusual file formats. -Andi :) ------- Andrea Dietrich Accommodations Specialist Cornell Health, Level 5 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-3101 t. 607-254-4545 f. 607.255.1562 ald88@cornell.edu For more information about Student Disability Services, sds.cornell.edu [Title: Facebook Logo] Follow us on Facebook From: athen-list On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 11:00 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher Yesterday, I received EPUB3 files from Macmillan instead of PDF files. The problem with the EPUB3 files, is each individual page of a chapter is a separate xhtml file and there are no page numbers. When I sent a request through Access Text for the PDF version of the file, I received the following response: We are no longer producing accessible PDFs of textbooks because we have transitioned to EPUB3 format, which is more accessible by nature and also reduces the risk of piracy. Best, Christine My reply: Hi Christine, while the EPUB3 may more accessible by nature, there are no page numbers and the individual files are more difficult to navigate for students rather than individual chapter PDF files. I think you need to reconsider not producing accessible PDF files. I expect other Disability Services providers will most likely have the same opinion as I do. While I understand the reasoning behind Pearson and Macmillan wanting to use EPUB files, the format they are providing is making it more work for me, and there are no page numbers! Just my Friday rant. Have a good weekend everyone. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc Division of Student Development -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Jenny Jennifer McDowell Alternative Text Specialist, Disability Services 978.542.6217 // fax: 978.542.2064 tty: 978.542.7146 // vp: 978.910.0167 SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY 352 Lafayette Street Salem, MA 01970 salemstate.edu On Apr 20, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: I've encountered the same thing with some files. The lack of page numbers is the biggest problem, in my opinion. It's not too hard to convert an epub to a PDF, if that's what the student needs -- many would probably be fine using the epub directly, and there are actually some things I personally PREFER about epubs, but not having page numbers that correspond to the original text is a big deal breaker, IMO. Does anyone know if there's a way to easily add page numbers to an epub file? BTW, for conversion, I use Calibre. I think I've seen others mention it on here, so you probably already know about it, but it's a great program for converting ebooks between unusual file formats. -Andi :) ------- Andrea Dietrich Accommodations Specialist Cornell Health, Level 5 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-3101 t. 607-254-4545 f. 607.255.1562 ald88@cornell.edu For more information about Student Disability Services, sds.cornell.edu Follow us on Facebook From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 11:00 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher Yesterday, I received EPUB3 files from Macmillan instead of PDF files. The problem with the EPUB3 files, is each individual page of a chapter is a separate xhtml file and there are no page numbers. When I sent a request through Access Text for the PDF version of the file, I received the following response: We are no longer producing accessible PDFs of textbooks because we have transitioned to EPUB3 format, which is more accessible by nature and also reduces the risk of piracy. Best, Christine My reply: Hi Christine, while the EPUB3 may more accessible by nature, there are no page numbers and the individual files are more difficult to navigate for students rather than individual chapter PDF files. I think you need to reconsider not producing accessible PDF files. I expect other Disability Services providers will most likely have the same opinion as I do. While I understand the reasoning behind Pearson and Macmillan wanting to use EPUB files, the format they are providing is making it more work for me, and there are no page numbers! Just my Friday rant. Have a good weekend everyone. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc Division of Student Development _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman13.u.washington.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fathen-list&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca8009953741e44566c9308d5a6d60997%7C70d32b73b45749d1950c4f78aeffc21b%7C0%7C0%7C636598360579196799&sdata=f5FmrHckO0n%2FR6hVjj3Fx87EEDrC7IIVDR6PJg0%2BqkA%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From solowoniukr at macewan.ca Fri Apr 20 12:14:01 2018 From: solowoniukr at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher In-Reply-To: <76E75ECC-4886-4A53-80B2-8B1D70FB8F56@salemstate.edu> References: <76E75ECC-4886-4A53-80B2-8B1D70FB8F56@salemstate.edu> Message-ID: We just ran into the same issue with Macmillan. When I explained to Christine that the student in question uses Read and Write Gold, and that RWG does not work well with ePub files in Adobe Digital Editions, Christine sent me a PDF. Unfortunately, the PDF had issues with ligatures. We often have this with PDFs, but this one was especially bad. Christine is going to see if they have a better quality PDF. Have a great weekend everyone. Russell From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer McDowell Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 10:26 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Macmillan publisher I have also run into this problem with Macmillan, though I have actually had success in getting PDFs from Christine (though it took a little while and some follow up on my part). My argument/concern was that we have a Read&Write site license on our campus that a majority of students use for text-to-speech, and as of now, Read&Write does not read EPUBs. That worked (though I had to forward the email from TextHelp support proving what I said was true), and she sent the PDFs to me (through Dropbox I think). So it is possible, the PDFs do still exist, there are just some extra hoops to jump through. ;) Good luck, and happy Friday all! Jenny Jennifer McDowell Alternative Text Specialist, Disability Services 978.542.6217 // fax: 978.542.2064 tty: 978.542.7146 // vp: 978.910.0167 SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY 352 Lafayette Street Salem, MA 01970 salemstate.edu On Apr 20, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: I've encountered the same thing with some files. The lack of page numbers is the biggest problem, in my opinion. It's not too hard to convert an epub to a PDF, if that's what the student needs -- many would probably be fine using the epub directly, and there are actually some things I personally PREFER about epubs, but not having page numbers that correspond to the original text is a big deal breaker, IMO. Does anyone know if there's a way to easily add page numbers to an epub file? BTW, for conversion, I use Calibre. I think I've seen others mention it on here, so you probably already know about it, but it's a great program for converting ebooks between unusual file formats. -Andi :) ------- Andrea Dietrich Accommodations Specialist Cornell Health, Level 5 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-3101 t. 607-254-4545 f. 607.255.1562 ald88@cornell.edu For more information about Student Disability Services, sds.cornell.edu Follow us on Facebook From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 11:00 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher Yesterday, I received EPUB3 files from Macmillan instead of PDF files. The problem with the EPUB3 files, is each individual page of a chapter is a separate xhtml file and there are no page numbers. When I sent a request through Access Text for the PDF version of the file, I received the following response: We are no longer producing accessible PDFs of textbooks because we have transitioned to EPUB3 format, which is more accessible by nature and also reduces the risk of piracy. Best, Christine My reply: Hi Christine, while the EPUB3 may more accessible by nature, there are no page numbers and the individual files are more difficult to navigate for students rather than individual chapter PDF files. I think you need to reconsider not producing accessible PDF files. I expect other Disability Services providers will most likely have the same opinion as I do. While I understand the reasoning behind Pearson and Macmillan wanting to use EPUB files, the format they are providing is making it more work for me, and there are no page numbers! Just my Friday rant. Have a good weekend everyone. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc Division of Student Development _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman13.u.washington.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fathen-list&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca8009953741e44566c9308d5a6d60997%7C70d32b73b45749d1950c4f78aeffc21b%7C0%7C0%7C636598360579196799&sdata=f5FmrHckO0n%2FR6hVjj3Fx87EEDrC7IIVDR6PJg0%2BqkA%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chagnon at pubcom.com Fri Apr 20 12:45:11 2018 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (chagnon@pubcom.com) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher In-Reply-To: References: <76E75ECC-4886-4A53-80B2-8B1D70FB8F56@salemstate.edu> Message-ID: <052601d3d8e0$18d718a0$4a8549e0$@pubcom.com> For those who use Adobe InDesign, ligatures can be a problem for some A T. They're beautiful (most times) for printed documents so I advise my clients and students to build their use into their stylesheets for the printed versions of their publications, aka for the exported press-quality PDFs. But for those InDesigners who also must also make accessible PDFs and EPUBs, adjust your stylesheets to not use ligatures before exporting your accessible PDFs and EPUB versions. This isn't tough to do. Hopefully you can catch one of my Sec. 508 + InDesign classes (at AHG, OK AbleTech, other conferences, and online through my company) and learn how to do this quickly and efficiently. Not rocket science, but you do need to learn the tricks. For those in student assistance offices, when students have problems with ligatures, most can be rectified by updating their A T. Older versions can stumble on recognizing ligatures and other Unicode glyphs (such as for math, science, and foreign languages). But the latest versions of screen readers now recognize most of the commonly used glyphs, including the common Unicode ligatures. In time, all stakeholders will catch up and this won't be a problem anymore. Well, hopefully! -Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon, founder/CEO | Bevi@PubCom.com - - - PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing consulting . training . development . design . sec. 508 services Upcoming classes at www.PubCom.com/classes - - - From: athen-list On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 3:14 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Macmillan publisher We just ran into the same issue with Macmillan. When I explained to Christine that the student in question uses Read and Write Gold, and that RWG does not work well with ePub files in Adobe Digital Editions, Christine sent me a PDF. Unfortunately, the PDF had issues with ligatures. We often have this with PDFs, but this one was especially bad. Christine is going to see if they have a better quality PDF. Have a great weekend everyone. Russell From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer McDowell Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 10:26 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Macmillan publisher I have also run into this problem with Macmillan, though I have actually had success in getting PDFs from Christine (though it took a little while and some follow up on my part). My argument/concern was that we have a Read&Write site license on our campus that a majority of students use for text-to-speech, and as of now, Read&Write does not read EPUBs. That worked (though I had to forward the email from TextHelp support proving what I said was true), and she sent the PDFs to me (through Dropbox I think). So it is possible, the PDFs do still exist, there are just some extra hoops to jump through. ;) Good luck, and happy Friday all! Jenny Jennifer McDowell Alternative Text Specialist, Disability Services 978.542.6217 // fax: 978.542.2064 tty: 978.542.7146 // vp: 978.910.0167 SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY 352 Lafayette Street Salem, MA 01970 salemstate.edu On Apr 20, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: I've encountered the same thing with some files. The lack of page numbers is the biggest problem, in my opinion. It's not too hard to convert an epub to a PDF, if that's what the student needs -- many would probably be fine using the epub directly, and there are actually some things I personally PREFER about epubs, but not having page numbers that correspond to the original text is a big deal breaker, IMO. Does anyone know if there's a way to easily add page numbers to an epub file? BTW, for conversion, I use Calibre. I think I've seen others mention it on here, so you probably already know about it, but it's a great program for converting ebooks between unusual file formats. -Andi :) ------- Andrea Dietrich Accommodations Specialist Cornell Health, Level 5 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-3101 t. 607-254-4545 f. 607.255.1562 ald88@cornell.edu For more information about Student Disability Services, sds.cornell.edu Follow us on Facebook From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 11:00 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher Yesterday, I received EPUB3 files from Macmillan instead of PDF files. The problem with the EPUB3 files, is each individual page of a chapter is a separate xhtml file and there are no page numbers. When I sent a request through Access Text for the PDF version of the file, I received the following response: We are no longer producing accessible PDFs of textbooks because we have transitioned to EPUB3 format, which is more accessible by nature and also reduces the risk of piracy. Best, Christine My reply: Hi Christine, while the EPUB3 may more accessible by nature, there are no page numbers and the individual files are more difficult to navigate for students rather than individual chapter PDF files. I think you need to reconsider not producing accessible PDF files. I expect other Disability Services providers will most likely have the same opinion as I do. While I understand the reasoning behind Pearson and Macmillan wanting to use EPUB files, the format they are providing is making it more work for me, and there are no page numbers! Just my Friday rant. Have a good weekend everyone. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc Division of Student Development _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman13.u. washington.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fathen-list&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca80099537 41e44566c9308d5a6d60997%7C70d32b73b45749d1950c4f78aeffc21b%7C0%7C0%7C6365983 60579196799&sdata=f5FmrHckO0n%2FR6hVjj3Fx87EEDrC7IIVDR6PJg0%2BqkA%3D&reserve d=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu Fri Apr 20 13:11:10 2018 From: Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu (Kluesner, Bryon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher In-Reply-To: <76E75ECC-4886-4A53-80B2-8B1D70FB8F56@salemstate.edu> References: <76E75ECC-4886-4A53-80B2-8B1D70FB8F56@salemstate.edu> Message-ID: After a couple of conversations via Access Text Network message to publisher portal, Christine admitted that Kurzweil actually does have some problems with EPUB files. She is going to set me up with a printer-ready PDF. We'll see if this will occur again with Macmillan. Hopefully with enough of us going back and forth with the publishers, they will distribute the format we request and not the one they want to give us. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc A member of the Division of Student Development From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer McDowell Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 12:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Macmillan publisher I have also run into this problem with Macmillan, though I have actually had success in getting PDFs from Christine (though it took a little while and some follow up on my part). My argument/concern was that we have a Read&Write site license on our campus that a majority of students use for text-to-speech, and as of now, Read&Write does not read EPUBs. That worked (though I had to forward the email from TextHelp support proving what I said was true), and she sent the PDFs to me (through Dropbox I think). So it is possible, the PDFs do still exist, there are just some extra hoops to jump through. ;) Good luck, and happy Friday all! Jenny Jennifer McDowell Alternative Text Specialist, Disability Services 978.542.6217 // fax: 978.542.2064 tty: 978.542.7146 // vp: 978.910.0167 SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY 352 Lafayette Street Salem, MA 01970 salemstate.edu On Apr 20, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: I've encountered the same thing with some files. The lack of page numbers is the biggest problem, in my opinion. It's not too hard to convert an epub to a PDF, if that's what the student needs -- many would probably be fine using the epub directly, and there are actually some things I personally PREFER about epubs, but not having page numbers that correspond to the original text is a big deal breaker, IMO. Does anyone know if there's a way to easily add page numbers to an epub file? BTW, for conversion, I use Calibre. I think I've seen others mention it on here, so you probably already know about it, but it's a great program for converting ebooks between unusual file formats. -Andi :) ------- Andrea Dietrich Accommodations Specialist Cornell Health, Level 5 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-3101 t. 607-254-4545 f. 607.255.1562 ald88@cornell.edu For more information about Student Disability Services, sds.cornell.edu Follow us on Facebook From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 11:00 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher Yesterday, I received EPUB3 files from Macmillan instead of PDF files. The problem with the EPUB3 files, is each individual page of a chapter is a separate xhtml file and there are no page numbers. When I sent a request through Access Text for the PDF version of the file, I received the following response: We are no longer producing accessible PDFs of textbooks because we have transitioned to EPUB3 format, which is more accessible by nature and also reduces the risk of piracy. Best, Christine My reply: Hi Christine, while the EPUB3 may more accessible by nature, there are no page numbers and the individual files are more difficult to navigate for students rather than individual chapter PDF files. I think you need to reconsider not producing accessible PDF files. I expect other Disability Services providers will most likely have the same opinion as I do. While I understand the reasoning behind Pearson and Macmillan wanting to use EPUB files, the format they are providing is making it more work for me, and there are no page numbers! Just my Friday rant. Have a good weekend everyone. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc Division of Student Development _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman13.u.washington.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fathen-list&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca8009953741e44566c9308d5a6d60997%7C70d32b73b45749d1950c4f78aeffc21b%7C0%7C0%7C636598360579196799&sdata=f5FmrHckO0n%2FR6hVjj3Fx87EEDrC7IIVDR6PJg0%2BqkA%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From solowoniukr at macewan.ca Fri Apr 20 13:13:49 2018 From: solowoniukr at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher In-Reply-To: <052601d3d8e0$18d718a0$4a8549e0$@pubcom.com> References: <76E75ECC-4886-4A53-80B2-8B1D70FB8F56@salemstate.edu> <052601d3d8e0$18d718a0$4a8549e0$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: Hi Bevi, It's not been my experience that the latest versions of AT are able to deal well with ligatures. I use the latest version of Jaws, 2018, and we still encounter many PDFs where ligatures cause major reading issues. A lot of our students use Read and Write Gold, again, the latest edition, and still have issues with ligatures. What happens is, for example, words containing the letters "fi" read as if there were a space after the "fi". So, the word "office" reads "offi" "ce". Some PDFs are worse than others, and I'm not sure why. Any ideas? Thanks, Russell From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of chagnon@pubcom.com Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 1:45 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Macmillan publisher For those who use Adobe InDesign, ligatures can be a problem for some A T. They're beautiful (most times) for printed documents so I advise my clients and students to build their use into their stylesheets for the printed versions of their publications, aka for the exported press-quality PDFs. But for those InDesigners who also must also make accessible PDFs and EPUBs, adjust your stylesheets to not use ligatures before exporting your accessible PDFs and EPUB versions. This isn't tough to do. Hopefully you can catch one of my Sec. 508 + InDesign classes (at AHG, OK AbleTech, other conferences, and online through my company) and learn how to do this quickly and efficiently. Not rocket science, but you do need to learn the tricks. For those in student assistance offices, when students have problems with ligatures, most can be rectified by updating their A T. Older versions can stumble on recognizing ligatures and other Unicode glyphs (such as for math, science, and foreign languages). But the latest versions of screen readers now recognize most of the commonly used glyphs, including the common Unicode ligatures. In time, all stakeholders will catch up and this won't be a problem anymore. Well, hopefully! -Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon, founder/CEO | Bevi@PubCom.com - - - PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing consulting * training * development * design * sec. 508 services Upcoming classes at www.PubCom.com/classes - - - From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 3:14 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Macmillan publisher We just ran into the same issue with Macmillan. When I explained to Christine that the student in question uses Read and Write Gold, and that RWG does not work well with ePub files in Adobe Digital Editions, Christine sent me a PDF. Unfortunately, the PDF had issues with ligatures. We often have this with PDFs, but this one was especially bad. Christine is going to see if they have a better quality PDF. Have a great weekend everyone. Russell From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer McDowell Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 10:26 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Macmillan publisher I have also run into this problem with Macmillan, though I have actually had success in getting PDFs from Christine (though it took a little while and some follow up on my part). My argument/concern was that we have a Read&Write site license on our campus that a majority of students use for text-to-speech, and as of now, Read&Write does not read EPUBs. That worked (though I had to forward the email from TextHelp support proving what I said was true), and she sent the PDFs to me (through Dropbox I think). So it is possible, the PDFs do still exist, there are just some extra hoops to jump through. ;) Good luck, and happy Friday all! Jenny Jennifer McDowell Alternative Text Specialist, Disability Services 978.542.6217 // fax: 978.542.2064 tty: 978.542.7146 // vp: 978.910.0167 SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY 352 Lafayette Street Salem, MA 01970 salemstate.edu On Apr 20, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: I've encountered the same thing with some files. The lack of page numbers is the biggest problem, in my opinion. It's not too hard to convert an epub to a PDF, if that's what the student needs -- many would probably be fine using the epub directly, and there are actually some things I personally PREFER about epubs, but not having page numbers that correspond to the original text is a big deal breaker, IMO. Does anyone know if there's a way to easily add page numbers to an epub file? BTW, for conversion, I use Calibre. I think I've seen others mention it on here, so you probably already know about it, but it's a great program for converting ebooks between unusual file formats. -Andi :) ------- Andrea Dietrich Accommodations Specialist Cornell Health, Level 5 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-3101 t. 607-254-4545 f. 607.255.1562 ald88@cornell.edu For more information about Student Disability Services, sds.cornell.edu Follow us on Facebook From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 11:00 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher Yesterday, I received EPUB3 files from Macmillan instead of PDF files. The problem with the EPUB3 files, is each individual page of a chapter is a separate xhtml file and there are no page numbers. When I sent a request through Access Text for the PDF version of the file, I received the following response: We are no longer producing accessible PDFs of textbooks because we have transitioned to EPUB3 format, which is more accessible by nature and also reduces the risk of piracy. Best, Christine My reply: Hi Christine, while the EPUB3 may more accessible by nature, there are no page numbers and the individual files are more difficult to navigate for students rather than individual chapter PDF files. I think you need to reconsider not producing accessible PDF files. I expect other Disability Services providers will most likely have the same opinion as I do. While I understand the reasoning behind Pearson and Macmillan wanting to use EPUB files, the format they are providing is making it more work for me, and there are no page numbers! Just my Friday rant. Have a good weekend everyone. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 425-4006 | utc.edu/drc Division of Student Development _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman13.u.washington.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fathen-list&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca8009953741e44566c9308d5a6d60997%7C70d32b73b45749d1950c4f78aeffc21b%7C0%7C0%7C636598360579196799&sdata=f5FmrHckO0n%2FR6hVjj3Fx87EEDrC7IIVDR6PJg0%2BqkA%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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View last year?s sessions to get a sense of the typical agenda and range of topics. If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact Howard Kramer at 303-492-8672 or at the email below. e-mail: ahg@ahead.org Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org/ * *If needed, a second round RFP will be announced shortly after the April 20 first-round deadline. If you cannot submit your proposal by today you do not have to wait for the second round to be announced. Simply submit your proposal asap. Proposals we receive by early next week (4-23-18) will have a good chance of being considered for the first round.* -- 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 12-16, 2018. Request for proposals will be announced mid-March. 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URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Sat Apr 21 06:49:19 2018 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher In-Reply-To: <052601d3d8e0$18d718a0$4a8549e0$@pubcom.com> References: <76E75ECC-4886-4A53-80B2-8B1D70FB8F56@salemstate.edu> <052601d3d8e0$18d718a0$4a8549e0$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: <003a01d3d977$8cb6eb50$a624c1f0$@karlencommunications.com> Acknowledging that sans-serif fonts are the ones promoted for accessibility, I'm one of those people with a visual disability that depend on the ligatures of a serif font to be able to read. Without the ligatures on fonts, I can't tell if dl is a single letter or two. I understand that some conversion tools might have problems with serif fonts. I wanted to chime in for those of us who have problems reading fonts without ligatures. I don't think that ligatures on fonts are the entire problem. I didn't intend this to be the start of serif versus sans-serif fonts but rather just a pointing out that for some of us ligatures do help us read at a normal pace. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list On Behalf Of chagnon@pubcom.com Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 3:45 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Macmillan publisher For those who use Adobe InDesign, ligatures can be a problem for some A T. They're beautiful (most times) for printed documents so I advise my clients and students to build their use into their stylesheets for the printed versions of their publications, aka for the exported press-quality PDFs. But for those InDesigners who also must also make accessible PDFs and EPUBs, adjust your stylesheets to not use ligatures before exporting your accessible PDFs and EPUB versions. This isn't tough to do. Hopefully you can catch one of my Sec. 508 + InDesign classes (at AHG, OK AbleTech, other conferences, and online through my company) and learn how to do this quickly and efficiently. Not rocket science, but you do need to learn the tricks. For those in student assistance offices, when students have problems with ligatures, most can be rectified by updating their A T. Older versions can stumble on recognizing ligatures and other Unicode glyphs (such as for math, science, and foreign languages). But the latest versions of screen readers now recognize most of the commonly used glyphs, including the common Unicode ligatures. In time, all stakeholders will catch up and this won't be a problem anymore. Well, hopefully! -Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon, founder/CEO | Bevi@PubCom.com - - - PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing consulting . training . development . design . sec. 508 services Upcoming classes at www.PubCom.com/classes - - - From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 3:14 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Macmillan publisher We just ran into the same issue with Macmillan. When I explained to Christine that the student in question uses Read and Write Gold, and that RWG does not work well with ePub files in Adobe Digital Editions, Christine sent me a PDF. Unfortunately, the PDF had issues with ligatures. We often have this with PDFs, but this one was especially bad. Christine is going to see if they have a better quality PDF. Have a great weekend everyone. Russell From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer McDowell Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 10:26 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Macmillan publisher I have also run into this problem with Macmillan, though I have actually had success in getting PDFs from Christine (though it took a little while and some follow up on my part). My argument/concern was that we have a Read&Write site license on our campus that a majority of students use for text-to-speech, and as of now, Read&Write does not read EPUBs. That worked (though I had to forward the email from TextHelp support proving what I said was true), and she sent the PDFs to me (through Dropbox I think). So it is possible, the PDFs do still exist, there are just some extra hoops to jump through. ;) Good luck, and happy Friday all! Jenny Jennifer McDowell Alternative Text Specialist, Disability Services 978.542.6217 // fax: 978.542.2064 tty: 978.542.7146 // vp: 978.910.0167 SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY 352 Lafayette Street Salem, MA 01970 salemstate.edu On Apr 20, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: I've encountered the same thing with some files. The lack of page numbers is the biggest problem, in my opinion. It's not too hard to convert an epub to a PDF, if that's what the student needs -- many would probably be fine using the epub directly, and there are actually some things I personally PREFER about epubs, but not having page numbers that correspond to the original text is a big deal breaker, IMO. Does anyone know if there's a way to easily add page numbers to an epub file? BTW, for conversion, I use Calibre. I think I've seen others mention it on here, so you probably already know about it, but it's a great program for converting ebooks between unusual file formats. -Andi :) ------- Andrea Dietrich Accommodations Specialist Cornell Health, Level 5 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-3101 t. 607-254-4545 f. 607.255.1562 ald88@cornell.edu For more information about Student Disability Services, sds.cornell.edu Follow us on Facebook From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 11:00 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher Yesterday, I received EPUB3 files from Macmillan instead of PDF files. The problem with the EPUB3 files, is each individual page of a chapter is a separate xhtml file and there are no page numbers. When I sent a request through Access Text for the PDF version of the file, I received the following response: We are no longer producing accessible PDFs of textbooks because we have transitioned to EPUB3 format, which is more accessible by nature and also reduces the risk of piracy. Best, Christine My reply: Hi Christine, while the EPUB3 may more accessible by nature, there are no page numbers and the individual files are more difficult to navigate for students rather than individual chapter PDF files. I think you need to reconsider not producing accessible PDF files. I expect other Disability Services providers will most likely have the same opinion as I do. While I understand the reasoning behind Pearson and Macmillan wanting to use EPUB files, the format they are providing is making it more work for me, and there are no page numbers! Just my Friday rant. Have a good weekend everyone. 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URL: From jpolizzotto at htctu.net Mon Apr 23 07:40:09 2018 From: jpolizzotto at htctu.net (Joseph Polizzotto) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Macmillan publisher In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <119C7A19-05C5-41C6-BC87-079CB1BE1E69@htctu.net> > Does anyone know if there?s a way to easily add page numbers to an epub file? Not sure if it qualifies as ?easy?, but If the EPUB contains separate XHTML files for each page of the print book, you could try the following: 1. Open the EPUB in Sigil and rename the the XHTML files - (check print equivalent to verify proper page order and that each XHTML file is equivalent to one page number) - Select the XHTML files (beginning with the file containing page 1) - Right Click > Rename - Begin renaming at "page0001" - (Sigil will automatically adjust the OPF document to reflect the new naming structure of the XHTML files) 2. Use Find and Replace to add Page Number markup to the XTHML files - Select the XHTML files (e.g., page0001, page 0002 etc.) - Use Regex Find and Replace - Find what: - Replace: \n

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- EPUB reading systems that support page list navigation: - Vital Source Bookshelf - Adobe Digital Editions - Azardi Reader - check EPUBTest.org for more information: http://epubtest.org/testsuite/epub3/feature/page-list-nav/ HTH, Joseph -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Page-List Nav.xhtml Type: application/xhtml+xml Size: 35813 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaun.Hegney at sfcc.spokane.edu Mon Apr 23 10:48:54 2018 From: Shaun.Hegney at sfcc.spokane.edu (Hegney, Shaun) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] Looking for a textbook Message-ID: Hello all, one of our students is in the addiction studies program and I have not been able to find the following book. I have contacted the publisher but they are not responding. Does anyone have the following textbook in PDF or Word? Thanks, BASICS OF ADDICT REVISED MODULE 2 By NAADAC PUBLISHER: NAADAC ISBN: 2818440016592 Also listed as, THE BASICS OFADDICTION COUNSELING: DESK REFERENCE MODULE II: ADDICTION COUNSELING THEORIES, PRACTICES AND SKILLS- Eleventh Edition -January 2017 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: From vplace at columbiabasin.edu Tue Apr 24 11:10:50 2018 From: vplace at columbiabasin.edu (Place, Vicki) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] VRI services Message-ID: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F401287955AD@FIRIEN.arda.cbc> We are having to decide what to do for a VRI service that is for a night class. At this point, we use an iPad with software from the company that we use. One of my colleagues sets it up for the 1 1/2 hours then another one comes and moves it for the second class. We don't want to have to come at 9 o'clock at night to grab the iPad to keep it from being stolen even though we lock it down. We are wondering what hardware might be able to be used, locked down, and still benefit the student and make it so we don't have to come at 9 at night to pick it up. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.png Type: image/png Size: 10114 bytes Desc: image003.png URL: From adietrich at cornell.edu Tue Apr 24 11:30:09 2018 From: adietrich at cornell.edu (Andrea L. Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] VRI services In-Reply-To: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F401287955AD@FIRIEN.arda.cbc> References: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F401287955AD@FIRIEN.arda.cbc> Message-ID: What about getting something like this, https://www.maclocks.com/universal-tablet-lock-ipad-lock-ipad-pro-lock-galaxy-lock.html, and physically locking the iPad down somewhere in the room overnight? -Andi :) From: athen-list On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 2:11 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] VRI services We are having to decide what to do for a VRI service that is for a night class. At this point, we use an iPad with software from the company that we use. One of my colleagues sets it up for the 1 1/2 hours then another one comes and moves it for the second class. We don't want to have to come at 9 o'clock at night to grab the iPad to keep it from being stolen even though we lock it down. We are wondering what hardware might be able to be used, locked down, and still benefit the student and make it so we don't have to come at 9 at night to pick it up. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 10114 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From fosters at sou.edu Tue Apr 24 13:14:16 2018 From: fosters at sou.edu (Shawn Foster) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:58 2018 Subject: [Athen] VRI services In-Reply-To: References: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F401287955AD@FIRIEN.arda.cbc> Message-ID: We just check the equipment out to the student for the term. If they don't return it by a specified date, we charge their account replacement cost plus a small handling fee (shipping, staff time). Way easier. *Shawn Foster* Disability Resources Coordinator Southern Oregon University | 1250 Siskiyou Blvd | Ashland OR 97520 541-552-6213, ext.2 On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Andrea L. Dietrich wrote: > What about getting something like this, https://www.maclocks.com/ > universal-tablet-lock-ipad-lock-ipad-pro-lock-galaxy-lock.html, and > physically locking the iPad down somewhere in the room overnight? > > > > -Andi :) > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Place, Vicki > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 24, 2018 2:11 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] VRI services > > > > We are having to decide what to do for a VRI service that is for a night > class. At this point, we use an iPad with software from the company that > we use. One of my colleagues sets it up for the 1 1/2 hours then another > one comes and moves it for the second class. We don't want to have to come > at 9 o'clock at night to grab the iPad to keep it from being stolen even > though we lock it down. > > > > We are wondering what hardware might be able to be used, locked down, and > still benefit the student and make it so we don?t have to come at 9 at > night to pick it up. > > > > Any ideas are greatly appreciated. > > > > ============================= > > *Vicki Place* > > > > *[image: cbc logo for email]* > > > > *Assistive Technology Center* > > *Program Support Supervisor II* > > > > Phone: (509) 542-4428 > > On-Campus Ext.: 2428 > > Location: T422 > Mail Stop: MS-T6 > > > > Hours: > > 7:00 am ? 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs > > 7:00 am- Noon; Friday > > > > *California State University, Northridge * > > Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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That is why it is s struggle. ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 11:11 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] VRI services We are having to decide what to do for a VRI service that is for a night class. At this point, we use an iPad with software from the company that we use. One of my colleagues sets it up for the 1 1/2 hours then another one comes and moves it for the second class. We don't want to have to come at 9 o'clock at night to grab the iPad to keep it from being stolen even though we lock it down. We are wondering what hardware might be able to be used, locked down, and still benefit the student and make it so we don't have to come at 9 at night to pick it up. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This has worked well for us with remote captioning when we use an iPad. The staff are knowledgeable of technology, trustworthy and they have staff available at all hours of the day/night during class meeting times. ********************** Shannon R. Aylesworth Accessibility Resource Center University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee aylessr@uwm.edu | 414-229-4564 | MIT 113B From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 3:28 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] VRI services Just another addition: This is for last minute VRI. Not every day. That is why it is s struggle. ============================= Vicki Place [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422 Mail Stop: MS-T6 Hours: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 11:11 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] VRI services We are having to decide what to do for a VRI service that is for a night class. At this point, we use an iPad with software from the company that we use. One of my colleagues sets it up for the 1 1/2 hours then another one comes and moves it for the second class. 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Peace, Steven cid:5e1906d1-43d7-49a2-9de4-87ebd6f93367 Estifanos (Steven) Baissa, MBA Pronouns: He/Him/They/Them Dean Division of Student Equity & Engagement Phone (916) 660-7540 Email: selam@sierracollege.edu Web: www.sierracollege.edu/equity.php cid:image002.png@01D23456.34BD2AD0 _____ To unsubscribe from the STUDENTEQUITY list, click the following link: http://listserv.cccnext.net/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=STUDENTEQUITY &A=1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pastedImage.png Type: image/png Size: 435500 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 27611 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator/Instructor California State University - Sacramento AIRC 2010 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6042 T (916) 278-3606 T(916) 278-7915 F (916) 278-3660 houstonc@csus.edu Please go to the following link to apply: https://csus.peopleadmin.com/postings/3011 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Departmental Overview The Disabled Students Program (DSP) provides a wide array of legally mandated services to students with disabilities and consists of approximately 38 FTE, serves over 2600 students, and hires over 400 service providers and student volunteers to provide educational support to this growing population. The unit has an annual operating budget of approximately $3.1 million in state and permanent funding, while gifts and endowments add to that total. DSP also has responsibility for fiscally managing a Department of Education TRIO Student Support Services federal grant. This TRIO position involves planning, developing, and implementing programs, processes, and activities for 250 DSP SSS students with disabilities in accordance with federal and state law, to assure their access to the academic and campus environment. The DSP SSS Coordinator works in an interdisciplinary team to provide coordination of Department of Education grant-required services to students with disabilities, providing direct services to a caseload of DSP/SSS students. *Position is posted at jobs.berkeley.edu . Job ID # 24869* Please feel free to contact me with questions. Thank you, Karen Karen E. Nielson, JD/MSW Executive Director, Disabled Students' Program Director, DSP TRIO SSS Program UC Berkeley, Division of Equity and Inclusion knielson@berkeley.edu (510) 642-8783 -- *Associate Director* Disabled Students' Program University of California, Berkeley https://dsp.berkeley.edu/ (510) 642-8755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[University of Nevada, Reno] Mary Heid, CPACC Coordinator, Assistive Technology System Administrator Enrollment Services University of Nevada, Reno office: FSSB 219 work-phone: 775-682-8038 website: https://www.unr.edu/accessibility From: athen-list On Behalf Of Castiglione, Deb A Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 6:25 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Screen Reader & Browser Combination Versions Hi All: Does anyone know of a matrix of suggested screen reader and browser combinations with versions for accessibility testing or could anyone provide screen reader and browser combination versions suggested for testing? Thanks much. Deb What is ?essential for some? is almost always ?good for all? (Meyer, Rose, and Gordon, 2014). 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I think many screen reader users learned to either stop using Firefox altogether, or they downgraded to the ESR (Extended Support Release). I am not aware of whether or not screen readers are working better with Firefox Quantum yet. I hope this is helpful. Sincerely, Tristen Breitenfeldt Accessibility Tester -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rspangler1 at udayton.edu Thu Apr 26 05:48:34 2018 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] Screen Reader & Browser Combination Versions In-Reply-To: <001c01d3dcfd$44af6ba0$ce0e42e0$@gmail.com> References: <001c01d3dcfd$44af6ba0$ce0e42e0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: I have heard that the version of Firefox coming in May should resolve most if not all screen reader performance issues. On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Tristen Breitenfeldt < tristenbreitenfeldt@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Deb, > > I can answer this question. The screen reader/browser combinations you > should use for testing are as follows: > > Edge + Narrator > > Internet Explorer + JAWS > > Google Chrome + NVDA > > Google Chrome + JAWS > > Firefox + JAWS > > Firefox + NVDA > > Safari (Mac OS X and iOS) + Voice Over > > > > Please Note: Firefox went through a significant update to Firefox Quantum > a few months ago and screen reader performance has been unreliable on this > browser since the update. I think many screen reader users learned to > either stop using Firefox altogether, or they downgraded to the ESR > (Extended Support Release). I am not aware of whether or not screen > readers are working better with Firefox Quantum yet? > > > > I hope this is helpful. > > > > Sincerely, > > Tristen Breitenfeldt > > Accessibility Tester > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Robert Spangler Disability Services Technical Support Specialist rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 Phone: 937-229-2066 Fax: 937-229-3270 Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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These two are browser/SR combinations for code specific testing: https://www.powermapper.com/tests/screen-readers/aria/index.html http://www.html5accessibility.com/ -- Jiatyan Chen +1 650-721-6380 From hkramer at ahead.org Thu Apr 26 13:14:39 2018 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of survey software Message-ID: Hello All: I know that SurveyGizmo has a number of tools to promote accessibility, including a warning when a question format is inaccessible. Does anyone know how Qualtrics compares. Is it generally accessible. How does it compare to SurveyGizmo (if you've used both)? 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 12-16, 2018. Request for proposals will be announced mid-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... 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URL: From lgreco at berkeley.edu Thu Apr 26 16:30:30 2018 From: lgreco at berkeley.edu (Lucy Greco) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of survey software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: hi: sadly Qualtrics does not do vary well at all. in the past they had done better but recently there has been a distinct lake of access in the simplest form of queston types. i would not use it if you have a choice. even simple yes no types seem to not bee working in some of the forms i have seen from them lately lucy Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 1:14 PM, Howard Kramer wrote: > Hello All: > > I know that SurveyGizmo has a number of tools to promote accessibility, > including a warning when a question format is inaccessible. > > Does anyone know how Qualtrics compares. Is it generally accessible. How > does it compare to SurveyGizmo (if you've used both)? > > 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 12-16, 2018. > Request for proposals will be announced mid-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. > * > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 howard.kramer at colorado.edu Thu Apr 26 16:33:44 2018 From: howard.kramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of survey software In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Thanks Lucy. -Howard ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Lucy Greco Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 5:30:30 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] accessibility of survey software hi: sadly Qualtrics does not do vary well at all. in the past they had done better but recently there has been a distinct lake of access in the simplest form of queston types. i would not use it if you have a choice. even simple yes no types seem to not bee working in some of the forms i have seen from them lately lucy Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 1:14 PM, Howard Kramer > wrote: Hello All: I know that SurveyGizmo has a number of tools to promote accessibility, including a warning when a question format is inaccessible. Does anyone know how Qualtrics compares. Is it generally accessible. How does it compare to SurveyGizmo (if you've used both)? 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 12-16, 2018. Request for proposals will be announced mid-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. _______________________________________________ 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 jongund at illinois.edu Fri Apr 27 10:30:46 2018 From: jongund at illinois.edu (Gunderson, Jon R) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of survey software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A1476F7208EA@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> Howard, In my past experience looking at Qualtrics has a separate, but unequal model for supporting accessibility. They have parallel version of the survey only for screen reader users, which uses a hidden link, and only SOME of their questions question types have accessible alternatives. Poor keyboard support and focus styling, the last time I checked a few years ago. Unless something has changed recently, I would avoid Qualtrics Jon From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 3:15 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] accessibility of survey software Hello All: I know that SurveyGizmo has a number of tools to promote accessibility, including a warning when a question format is inaccessible. Does anyone know how Qualtrics compares. Is it generally accessible. How does it compare to SurveyGizmo (if you've used both)? 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 12-16, 2018. Request for proposals will be announced mid-March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, AHEADtoYOU! And the Technology Access Series. 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Maria *Maria Ortado* Interpreter Coordinator Disability Support Services Office: U216 Cape Fear Community College mortado@cfcc.edu Phone: (910) 362-7098 Dial 7-1-1 for Telecommunications Relay Service Fax: (910) 362-7113 -- E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Mon Apr 30 10:33:06 2018 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] Word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning captioning In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In my experiences, students have preferred the meaning-for-meaning most of the time. Verbatim can be difficult when following a discussion flow due to the volume. However, depending on the course (such as very technical courses), verbatim is sometimes a better option. We've not had any students requesting verbatim for several years. When it comes to receiving transcripts (for notes), verbatim captioning are often too much information for students to wade through and M4M are most popular. Kind regards, 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 Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 12:17 PM, Maria Ortado wrote: > Does anyone have an opinion about word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning > captioning? Have you had students request one over the other? > > Any experiences you can share with me would be greatly appreciated. > Maria > > *Maria Ortado* > > Interpreter Coordinator > Disability Support Services > Office: U216 > Cape Fear Community College > mortado@cfcc.edu > > Phone: (910) 362-7098 > Dial 7-1-1 for Telecommunications Relay Service > > Fax: (910) 362-7113 > > E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North > Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an > authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) > _______________________________________________ > 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 adietrich at cornell.edu Mon Apr 30 13:04:58 2018 From: adietrich at cornell.edu (Andrea L. Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] Word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning captioning In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: IMO, it depends on the quality of the captioning more than the verbatim/non-verbatim status. I do C-Print, and although I?m definitely not verbatim, and some times miss more than others, I feel like I capture the same amount of information, generally speaking, as a verbatim captionist would. Just in a more condensed form. I think a really skilled meaning-for-meaning captionist would probably better serve most students than a mediocre verbatim captionist, but also vice versa. -Andi :) -------------------------- Andrea Dietrich Cornell University Student Disability Services Cornell Health, Level 5 110 Ho Plaza Ithaca, NY 14853 http://sds.cornell.edu Tel. 607.254.4545 Fax. 607.255.1562 Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:15AM-4:45PM Friday 8:15AM-4:00PM From: athen-list On Behalf Of Maria Ortado Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 1:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning captioning Does anyone have an opinion about word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning captioning? Have you had students request one over the other? Any experiences you can share with me would be greatly appreciated. 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