From Derek.Chaves at umassmed.edu Tue May 1 06:27:31 2018 From: Derek.Chaves at umassmed.edu (Chaves, Derek) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessibility of survey software In-Reply-To: <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A1476F7208EA@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> References: <46739F12637CC94E82F75FF874E4A1476F7208EA@CITESMBX6.ad.uillinois.edu> Message-ID: We made an accessible survey through Qualtrics, but we had to manually add tabindex attributes, along with a bunch of inline CSS using the html editor. If you are looking for a lightweight survey authoring tool, Qualtrics isn?t it. Derek From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gunderson, Jon R Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 1:31 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] accessibility of survey software 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)? 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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 < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning captioning > > > > Does anyone have an opinion about word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning > captioning? 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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 From: athen-list on behalf of Robert Spangler Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Date: Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 8:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Screen Reader & Browser Combination Versions 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 > 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. 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I know that Humanware makes a Piaf tactile graphics machine and that American Thermoform make something comparable. Does anyone have any strong feelings about either of these one way or another? Do you recommend anything else? The price on both brands looks to be about $1400. Thanks for any recommendations. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] Adding a voice to Win 7 In-Reply-To: <32f1902662ae42218c4a3744ae277cb2@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> References: <32f1902662ae42218c4a3744ae277cb2@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: Hello James, The voices added with the language packs are not listed as 32-bit voices. I do not understand much of what I read about this, but I had to go into the registry and make some changes for them to appear as voices I could select in most software. There is also a 32-bit Speech console, that is different than the Windows default console. The programs I usually use with the non-english voices do not recognize voices that are not 32-bit 5 so I had to jump through the extra hoops. I assume that is what is happening to you as well. Here are my notes on the topic: 1. Extract the registry tokens a. Open Regedit b. Under - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech Server\v11.0\Voices - right click the "Tokens" folder and export. Save this file to your desktop as voices1.reg so it will be easy to find later. c. Under - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Speech Server\v11.0\Voices - right click "Tokens" and again export it, again to the desktop. Call it voices2.reg. 2. Edit the voices1/2 files a. open Voices1.reg in Notepad. b. press "cntrl + H" c. enter \Speech Server\v11.0\ into the "Find What" field d. enter \Speech\ into the "Replace With" field e. click "Replace All" f. Save File g. Repeat a-f with the Voices2.reg file 3. Merge the new Registry files into your registry a. double click to "run" both Voices1.reg and Voices2.reg b. Click "Yes" when it prompts You should now have access to the new voices in Voice Attack, and in the Windows TTS options menu. The 32-bit Speech Console is at: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Speech\SpeechUX\sapi.cpl This seems to work in Windows 10 as well. David Schwarte From: athen-list On Behalf Of James Bailey Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 7:05 PM To: ATHENPRO (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Adding a voice to Win 7 Hello All, My IT person is struggling with getting French working as a speech option on Win 7. It is Windows Enterprise Edition, so it should take the language packs. I can see the folders on the hard drive, but it is not showing up as an option in programs that let you pick the tts language. Any thoughts or help? Thanks, James James Bailey M.S. Associate Director Accessible Education Center University of Oregon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Do you recommend anything else? The price on both brands looks to be about $1400. Thanks for any recommendations. 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 -------------- 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: From hascherdss at gmail.com Wed May 2 07:04:51 2018 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control Message-ID: Hi all, Since I'm not at all a Mac user, I'm reaching out to beg for you to share some of your collective knowledge. Have a student whose is losing manual dexterity. He is working on dual doctoral degrees (physics & mathematics). As such, he works a lot with LaTeX and some other coding software. He has been using Dragon, but is finding it cumbersome. He has investigated VoiceCode software which works along with Dragon as well as the SmartNav software and hardware. If anyone has used these, would you share your experience? Are there other suggestions we should investigate? TIA! Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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 +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Wink From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 7:05 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control Hi all, Since I'm not at all a Mac user, I'm reaching out to beg for you to share some of your collective knowledge. Have a student whose is losing manual dexterity. He is working on dual doctoral degrees (physics & mathematics). As such, he works a lot with LaTeX and some other coding software. He has been using Dragon, but is finding it cumbersome. He has investigated VoiceCode software which works along with Dragon as well as the SmartNav software and hardware. If anyone has used these, would you share your experience? Are there other suggestions we should investigate? TIA! Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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 +++++++++++++++ Virus-free. www.avg.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danc at uw.edu Wed May 2 09:11:31 2018 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It will be a difficult conversation if this person is a serious Mac user but ... he needs to switch to Windows. I have gone through this with a couple of students over the years -- they fight and fight with the Mac product and either grudgingly switch to Windows or give up. Nuance's speech product for MacOS isn't nearly as polished and capable as NaturuallySpeaking in Windows. I have poked around the edges of VoiceCode but it's a risky bet. If there's a way to give it a trial test, that'd be the way to go but last I checked, that was not an option. As Wink noted, the Windows-based solution of MathTalk + NaturallySpeaking in Windows is the way to go for spoken math. -*- Dan On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 7:04 AM, Heidi Scher wrote: > Hi all, > > Since I'm not at all a Mac user, I'm reaching out to beg for you to share > some of your collective knowledge. Have a student whose is losing > manual dexterity. He is working on dual doctoral degrees (physics & > mathematics). As such, he works a lot with LaTeX and some other coding > software. He has been using Dragon, but is finding it cumbersome. > > He has investigated VoiceCode software which works along with Dragon as > well as the SmartNav software and hardware. > > If anyone has used these, would you share your experience? Are there other > suggestions we should investigate? > > TIA! > > Heidi > +++++++++++++++ > 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 > +++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > 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: From hascherdss at gmail.com Wed May 2 09:59:20 2018 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks, Wink & Dan! I don't know that switching to Windows is an option for him, but it's certainly one of the options to consider. It does sound like this is an area that is not supported well on Apple OS. I appreciate you both!! Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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, May 2, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Dan Comden wrote: > It will be a difficult conversation if this person is a serious Mac user > but ... he needs to switch to Windows. I have gone through this with a > couple of students over the years -- they fight and fight with the Mac > product and either grudgingly switch to Windows or give up. Nuance's speech > product for MacOS isn't nearly as polished and capable as > NaturuallySpeaking in Windows. I have poked around the edges of VoiceCode > but it's a risky bet. If there's a way to give it a trial test, that'd be > the way to go but last I checked, that was not an option. > > As Wink noted, the Windows-based solution of MathTalk + NaturallySpeaking > in Windows is the way to go for spoken math. > > -*- Dan > > On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 7:04 AM, Heidi Scher wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Since I'm not at all a Mac user, I'm reaching out to beg for you to share >> some of your collective knowledge. Have a student whose is losing >> manual dexterity. He is working on dual doctoral degrees (physics & >> mathematics). As such, he works a lot with LaTeX and some other coding >> software. He has been using Dragon, but is finding it cumbersome. >> >> He has investigated VoiceCode software which works along with Dragon as >> well as the SmartNav software and hardware. >> >> If anyone has used these, would you share your experience? Are there >> other suggestions we should investigate? >> >> TIA! >> >> Heidi >> +++++++++++++++ >> 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 >> +++++++++++++++ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 foreigntype at gmail.com Wed May 2 10:29:03 2018 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Heidi, I'm going to reinforce one of my suggestions about importing vocabulary into DNS. It doesn't matter which OS you use. If there are repeated code strings or commands, specialized vocabulary specific to a topic can be imported to DNS and trained. Dragon can mine the hard drive for vocabulary, it can extract vocabulary from imported or stored documents, from text copied and saved from web pages, and more. If I can teach Dragon to dictate chemistry or Braille code, I would claim with some degree of authority that it can be trained to recognize LaTeX. On a side note, as good as DNS is and as far as Apple & Nuance have worked on improving this app for the IDevices, the harsh reality is that the math & science dictation works better, at a more refined and sophisticated level in Windows than it does (yet) in the iOS. There is no version of Math Talk & scientific notebook package for the iOS yet. Is it possible for your student to run Windows on his Mac? My thought is that he might be able to set up a partitioned drive, do the dictation in the Windows OS with the math talk + scientific notebook + DNS and use his iOS for everything else he needs to do. Just a few extra thoughts for consideration. Wink On Wed, May 2, 2018, 7:05 AM Heidi Scher wrote: > Hi all, > > Since I'm not at all a Mac user, I'm reaching out to beg for you to share > some of your collective knowledge. Have a student whose is losing > manual dexterity. He is working on dual doctoral degrees (physics & > mathematics). As such, he works a lot with LaTeX and some other coding > software. He has been using Dragon, but is finding it cumbersome. > > He has investigated VoiceCode software which works along with Dragon as > well as the SmartNav software and hardware. > > If anyone has used these, would you share your experience? Are there other > suggestions we should investigate? > > TIA! > > Heidi > +++++++++++++++ > 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 > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > 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 May 2 11:47:54 2018 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks, Wink! Your thoughts and ideas are always appreciated! He has already been using Dragon and imported quite a bit of his vocabulary. Unfortunately, there are a lot of "manual" entries (i.e. not strings) that have to be made - especially in the coding. Thanks again!!!! Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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, May 2, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Wink Harner wrote: > Heidi, > > I'm going to reinforce one of my suggestions about importing vocabulary > into DNS. It doesn't matter which OS you use. If there are repeated code > strings or commands, specialized vocabulary specific to a topic can be > imported to DNS and trained. Dragon can mine the hard drive for vocabulary, > it can extract vocabulary from imported or stored documents, from text > copied and saved from web pages, and more. If I can teach Dragon to dictate > chemistry or Braille code, I would claim with some degree of authority that > it can be trained to recognize LaTeX. > > On a side note, as good as DNS is and as far as Apple & Nuance have worked > on improving this app for the IDevices, the harsh reality is that the math > & science dictation works better, at a more refined and sophisticated level > in Windows than it does (yet) in the iOS. There is no version of Math Talk > & scientific notebook package for the iOS yet. > > Is it possible for your student to run Windows on his Mac? My thought is > that he might be able to set up a partitioned drive, do the dictation in > the Windows OS with the math talk + scientific notebook + DNS and use his > iOS for everything else he needs to do. > > Just a few extra thoughts for consideration. > > Wink > > On Wed, May 2, 2018, 7:05 AM Heidi Scher wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Since I'm not at all a Mac user, I'm reaching out to beg for you to share >> some of your collective knowledge. Have a student whose is losing >> manual dexterity. He is working on dual doctoral degrees (physics & >> mathematics). As such, he works a lot with LaTeX and some other coding >> software. He has been using Dragon, but is finding it cumbersome. >> >> He has investigated VoiceCode software which works along with Dragon as >> well as the SmartNav software and hardware. >> >> If anyone has used these, would you share your experience? Are there >> other suggestions we should investigate? >> >> TIA! >> >> Heidi >> +++++++++++++++ >> 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 >> +++++++++++++++ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... 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Unfortunately, there are a lot of "manual" entries (i.e. not strings) that have to be made - especially in the coding. Thanks again!!!! Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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, May 2, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Wink Harner wrote: Heidi, I'm going to reinforce one of my suggestions about importing vocabulary into DNS. It doesn't matter which OS you use. If there are repeated code strings or commands, specialized vocabulary specific to a topic can be imported to DNS and trained. Dragon can mine the hard drive for vocabulary, it can extract vocabulary from imported or stored documents, from text copied and saved from web pages, and more. If I can teach Dragon to dictate chemistry or Braille code, I would claim with some degree of authority that it can be trained to recognize LaTeX. On a side note, as good as DNS is and as far as Apple & Nuance have worked on improving this app for the IDevices, the harsh reality is that the math & science dictation works better, at a more refined and sophisticated level in Windows than it does (yet) in the iOS. There is no version of Math Talk & scientific notebook package for the iOS yet. Is it possible for your student to run Windows on his Mac? My thought is that he might be able to set up a partitioned drive, do the dictation in the Windows OS with the math talk + scientific notebook + DNS and use his iOS for everything else he needs to do. Just a few extra thoughts for consideration. Wink On Wed, May 2, 2018, 7:05 AM Heidi Scher wrote: Hi all, Since I'm not at all a Mac user, I'm reaching out to beg for you to share some of your collective knowledge. Have a student whose is losing manual dexterity. He is working on dual doctoral degrees (physics & mathematics). As such, he works a lot with LaTeX and some other coding software. He has been using Dragon, but is finding it cumbersome. He has investigated VoiceCode software which works along with Dragon as well as the SmartNav software and hardware. If anyone has used these, would you share your experience? Are there other suggestions we should investigate? TIA! 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URL: From help at nationaldeafcenter.org Wed May 2 11:54:30 2018 From: help at nationaldeafcenter.org (NDC Nav Team) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning captioning In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *Greetings Maria,The NDC| nav team saw your posting on the ATHEN listserv and wanted to contribute to the discussion on various formats of Speech-to-Text Services (STTS). We hope you find the following information useful.NDC?s Speech-to-Text Services: An Introduction (1), provides a general overview of these services and offers the following considerations when addressing the question of which format of STTS to provide:Selecting the most appropriate system will depend on the specific situation and the individual requesting the service. Some individuals will prefer [Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)] because they want to see every word. Other individuals may prefer a meaning-for-meaning system because they become overwhelmed with too much text and want more visual formatting. Some individuals will prefer different services for different settings. For example, a student may request verbatim captioning for a history class, meaning-for-meaning captioning for a sociology class, and interpreting for a math class. There is no ?best? system for all situations and all people. (p. 2)STTS are provided in real-time by a Speech-to-Text Professional (STTP) that converts spoken and auditory information into text. It is important to note that meaning-for-meaning services have additional features that are more reader-friendly such as the ability to incorporate symbols and equations for basic math or even physics classes. CART services do have the ability to incorporate some symbols but you would need to seek an STTP who is trained in doing so. Some deaf individuals may find the meaning-for-meaning format more accessible for them in such cases. Deaf individuals may use STTS alone or in addition to another accommodation to have full communication access. There are several factors that can influence this decision such as in the following scenarios: - A deaf individual who does not know sign language and may use English to communicate but requires STTS to understand what others are saying. - A deaf individual who uses a sign language interpreter to communicate but needs to access highly technical vocabulary such as for STEM and legal coursework through STTS.- A deaf individual who may use an Assistive Listening Device (ALD), such as an FM system, to understand what others are saying but may still utilize STTS when environments are not ideal to rely on an ALD alone (e.g. large event venues, highly interactive settings, or other interference in the environment). An important standard for you to be aware of is ?effective communication?. Effective Communication is the standard set by the U.S. Department of Justice to help determine appropriate accommodations. The U.S. Department of Justice (2010) (2) defines effective communication as: ?... communication which affords the individual the ability to give or receive information in a manner that is best for them, and which will ensure their full participation in the programs offered by the institution.? This standard offers insight to an individual?s choice for a specific speech-to-text service. Student input and the standard together are key factors in ensuring equal access in the classroom. NDC?s Equitable Access Guide: Understanding Legal Responsibilities for Institutions (3) provides the following information in regards to honoring a student?s preference: Public post-secondary institutions: ??must provide an opportunity for individuals with disabilities to request the auxiliary aids and services of their choice and must give primary consideration to the choice expressed by the individual. ?Primary consideration? means that the public entity must honor the choice, unless it can demonstrate that another equally effective means of communication is available, or that use of the means chosen would result in a fundamental alteration in the service, program, or activity or in undue financial and administrative burdens (p.10 ).? From the same guide we also learn of cases where it was determined that institutions did not consider the individual?s perspective on effective communication: - In Argenyi v. Creighton University, the court provided some further guidance that highlights an additional requirement of the process. ??it is especially important to consider the complainant's [student?s] testimony carefully because ?the individual with a disability is most familiar with his or her disability and is in the best position to determine what type of aid or service will be effective.? This statement reflects not just the facts of the one case but the court?s broader understanding that the regulations and existing case law give deference to the auxiliary aid or service requested by deaf and hard of hearing individuals. (p. 9 ) We?ve seen in other rulings like the Santa Ana case where the student?s subjective experience is key in determining appropriate accommodations. The student is in the best position to determine what type will be effective: - The college violated the ADA and Section 504 by failing to give primary consideration to the student?s request and to take into adequate consideration the student?s subjective experience with the interpreter, especially in light of the significance of the message. Prevailing law grants deference to the student, not the institution, as to the adequacy of auxiliary aids. (p.19 ) Since there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to accommodations, it is best to work with the student to determine what will be most effective for them. There may be specific reasons for a student to request meaning-for-meaning over verbatim STTS, careful evaluation must be made when substituting one for the other. The follow case highlights the need for careful evaluation to the subjective experience of the student and the request for a specific speech-to-text service format: As another example, in some instances students have requested word-for-word real-time captioning, but an institution has inappropriately substituted transcription based on a meaning-to-meaning system, such as C-Print. In one case, the Department of Education?s (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found that the substitute was not effective for a student who was deaf or hard of hearing in a paralegal class because she missed details of the lecture or information was inaccurately interpreted. The student had supported her request with medical information showing the need for word-for-word real-time captioning, and after five weeks of classes reiterated that request because she did not think the service provided was adequate. Comparing the transcripts given to the student with audio tapes offered by another student, OCR found that the transcripts did not include important legal terminology that was discussed in class, examples used by the instructor to illustrate legal concepts, and questions and answers that would have assisted the student in comprehending the moderately complex legal concepts addressed in the class, which emphasized not only questions and answers but small group discussions. The transcripts also contained many instances of missing or inaccurately interpreted information. The college agreed to provide the necessary accommodations and to furnish appropriate auxiliary aids to ensure effective communication in the future for other students. (p. 14 ) We hope you find the above information and resources useful, should you have any further questions about STTS please do not hesitate to reach out to us directly at help@nationaldeafcenter.org . If you have not done so, please subscribe to our listserv or bimonthly newsletter . Shortly, you will receive a survey asking for feedback on the activities, services, and support provided by the NDC. Your feedback is appreciated and will be used to improve NDC services. Resources Referenced: 1. Speech-to-Text Services: An Introduction https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/introstt 2. U.S. Department of Justice (2010) https://www.ada.gov/effective-comm.htm 3. Equitable Access Guide: Understanding Legal Responsibilities for Institutions (Second Edition) www.nationaldeafcenter.org/eag * *NDC | nav team* *Tia Ivanko, Lore Kinast, Dave Litman, Stephanie Zito* National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC) help@nationaldeafcenter.org nationaldeafcenter.org Sign up for our Newsletter or Listserv *Connect with NDC!* NDC is a technical assistance and dissemination center funded by the U.S. Department of Education, OSEP #HD326D160001. Disclaimer: the contents of this email do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government. On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Maria Ortado wrote: > Thank you both for your response! > > *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 > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 4:04 PM, Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: > >> 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 < >> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >> *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. >> >> 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 >> >> > > 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. 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Graduated with dual bachelor's at 18, got his master's at 19, and is now working on dual Ph.D.s in physics and mathematics. (Yes, he almost has intelligence leaking out his ears! LOL! ) Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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, May 2, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Wink Harner wrote: > Heidi et al ATHENites, > > > > He can also record macros for frequently repeated sections of LaTeX code. > > > > To respond to your second question (which none of us did previously!): DNS > in Windows has the ability to voice-control the mouse. > > > > Wink > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 02, 2018 11:48 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control > > > > Thanks, Wink! Your thoughts and ideas are always appreciated! He has > already been using Dragon and imported quite a bit of his vocabulary. > Unfortunately, there are a lot of "manual" entries (i.e. not strings) that > have to be made - especially in the coding. > > > > Thanks again!!!! > > > > Heidi > > > +++++++++++++++ > 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, May 2, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Wink Harner > wrote: > > Heidi, > > > > I'm going to reinforce one of my suggestions about importing vocabulary > into DNS. It doesn't matter which OS you use. If there are repeated code > strings or commands, specialized vocabulary specific to a topic can be > imported to DNS and trained. Dragon can mine the hard drive for vocabulary, > it can extract vocabulary from imported or stored documents, from text > copied and saved from web pages, and more. If I can teach Dragon to dictate > chemistry or Braille code, I would claim with some degree of authority that > it can be trained to recognize LaTeX. > > > > On a side note, as good as DNS is and as far as Apple & Nuance have worked > on improving this app for the IDevices, the harsh reality is that the math > & science dictation works better, at a more refined and sophisticated level > in Windows than it does (yet) in the iOS. There is no version of Math Talk > & scientific notebook package for the iOS yet. > > > > Is it possible for your student to run Windows on his Mac? My thought is > that he might be able to set up a partitioned drive, do the dictation in > the Windows OS with the math talk + scientific notebook + DNS and use his > iOS for everything else he needs to do. > > > > Just a few extra thoughts for consideration. > > > > Wink > > > > On Wed, May 2, 2018, 7:05 AM Heidi Scher wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Since I'm not at all a Mac user, I'm reaching out to beg for you to share > some of your collective knowledge. Have a student whose is losing > manual dexterity. He is working on dual doctoral degrees (physics & > mathematics). As such, he works a lot with LaTeX and some other coding > software. He has been using Dragon, but is finding it cumbersome. > > > > He has investigated VoiceCode software which works along with Dragon as > well as the SmartNav software and hardware. > > > > If anyone has used these, would you share your experience? Are there other > suggestions we should investigate? > > > > TIA! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > 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 > +++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > > > > Virus-free. www.avg.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 foreigntype at gmail.com Wed May 2 12:44:13 2018 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Adding a voice to Win 7 In-Reply-To: <32f1902662ae42218c4a3744ae277cb2@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> References: <32f1902662ae42218c4a3744ae277cb2@ad-oh-ex01.ad.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: <146e01d3e24d$f30e0da0$d92a28e0$@gmail.com> James et al ATHEN-ites, I was only able to successfully get other languages to work in Windows OS ULTIMATE. Not Enterprise. My understanding on the language packets is that the multi-language versions allow us to (type) input in other languages using the keyboards in French (choose among various French speaking countries). In order to get speech output from this language packet: 1. Add TTS in other languages: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/using-the-speak-feature-with-multil ingual-tts-e522a4f2-37cb-492b-be6a-8997d23dfe70#__toc272757143 2. Download the speech platform for the correct WIN OS: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24974 3. Download the appropriate (French) TTS language engines: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/using-the-speak-feature-with-multil ingual-tts-e522a4f2-37cb-492b-be6a-8997d23dfe70#__toc252354033 4. Not confident this SPEAK feature works in WIN 7, but in case it does, here's a link to add the SPEAK feature to the ribbon: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/using-the-speak-feature-with-multil ingual-tts-e522a4f2-37cb-492b-be6a-8997d23dfe70#__toc272757146 5. It is *very* difficult to change voices in MS Narrator regardless of what language you've chosen as the OS language. And a word of caution: if you decide to change the OS language to French, every notice known to mankind and Microsoft will come to you in French, including all the HELP and SEARCH windows. Be careful what you ask for ;>) 6. If you want a cheap (free) reliable TTS app for books, articles & other materials, here's an app which works in many different languages. Balabolka. You can download additional SAPI 5 voices if you want to supplement the voice choices. Balabolka can be set via the menu to pick the voice of choice & adjust pitch, timbre and speed. 7. Download Balabolka here: http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm What's the goal? Screen reading or TTS? For dictation, DNS has a pretty fine French version available (I have it and use it). Built in OS dictation is not sophisticated enough yet to even come close to competing with DNS. Contact me off line if I can help further brainstorm solutions, James. Wink Wink Harner Adaptive Technology Consulting & Training Alternative Text & Media Production The Foreigntype Cell: 480-984-0034 foreigntype@gmail.com winkharner1113@gmail.com ATHEN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL - Member at Large (Disclaimer: this email was dictated with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive any quirks, mis-recognitions, or omissions.) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of James Bailey Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 4:05 PM To: ATHENPRO (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Adding a voice to Win 7 Hello All, My IT person is struggling with getting French working as a speech option on Win 7. It is Windows Enterprise Edition, so it should take the language packs. I can see the folders on the hard drive, but it is not showing up as an option in programs that let you pick the tts language. Any thoughts or help? Thanks, James James Bailey M.S. Associate Director Accessible Education Center University of Oregon Virus-free. www.avg.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Wed May 2 16:23:36 2018 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control In-Reply-To: <144001d3e247$3488eae0$9d9ac0a0$@gmail.com> References: <144001d3e247$3488eae0$9d9ac0a0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: If he?s needing quite a few customizations, then he may want to consider Dragonfly! It?s freely available on GitHub but is meant for programming. Here?s a video of the developer using Dragonfly, fast forward to 9 minutes to hear it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkdfdXWYaI Or VoiceAttack: https://voiceattack.com/ (gaming and app macros, may work well with MathType) may be another option to consider. ~Joshua From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:56 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control Heidi et al ATHENites, He can also record macros for frequently repeated sections of LaTeX code. To respond to your second question (which none of us did previously!): DNS in Windows has the ability to voice-control the mouse. Wink From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 11:48 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control Thanks, Wink! Your thoughts and ideas are always appreciated! He has already been using Dragon and imported quite a bit of his vocabulary. Unfortunately, there are a lot of "manual" entries (i.e. not strings) that have to be made - especially in the coding. Thanks again!!!! Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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, May 2, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Wink Harner > wrote: Heidi, I'm going to reinforce one of my suggestions about importing vocabulary into DNS. It doesn't matter which OS you use. If there are repeated code strings or commands, specialized vocabulary specific to a topic can be imported to DNS and trained. Dragon can mine the hard drive for vocabulary, it can extract vocabulary from imported or stored documents, from text copied and saved from web pages, and more. If I can teach Dragon to dictate chemistry or Braille code, I would claim with some degree of authority that it can be trained to recognize LaTeX. On a side note, as good as DNS is and as far as Apple & Nuance have worked on improving this app for the IDevices, the harsh reality is that the math & science dictation works better, at a more refined and sophisticated level in Windows than it does (yet) in the iOS. There is no version of Math Talk & scientific notebook package for the iOS yet. Is it possible for your student to run Windows on his Mac? My thought is that he might be able to set up a partitioned drive, do the dictation in the Windows OS with the math talk + scientific notebook + DNS and use his iOS for everything else he needs to do. Just a few extra thoughts for consideration. Wink On Wed, May 2, 2018, 7:05 AM Heidi Scher > wrote: Hi all, Since I'm not at all a Mac user, I'm reaching out to beg for you to share some of your collective knowledge. Have a student whose is losing manual dexterity. He is working on dual doctoral degrees (physics & mathematics). As such, he works a lot with LaTeX and some other coding software. He has been using Dragon, but is finding it cumbersome. He has investigated VoiceCode software which works along with Dragon as well as the SmartNav software and hardware. If anyone has used these, would you share your experience? Are there other suggestions we should investigate? TIA! 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URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Wed May 2 19:28:49 2018 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control In-Reply-To: References: <144001d3e247$3488eae0$9d9ac0a0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Great ideas, Joshua! Many thanks!! Heidi +++++++++++++++ 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, May 2, 2018 at 6:23 PM, Joshua Hori wrote: > If he?s needing quite a few customizations, then he may want to consider > Dragonfly! It?s freely available on GitHub but is meant for programming. > Here?s a video of the developer using Dragonfly, fast forward to 9 minutes > to hear it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkdfdXWYaI > > > > Or VoiceAttack: https://voiceattack.com/ (gaming and app macros, may work > well with MathType) may be another option to consider. > > > > > > ~Joshua > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Wink Harner > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:56 AM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control > > > > Heidi et al ATHENites, > > > > He can also record macros for frequently repeated sections of LaTeX code. > > > > To respond to your second question (which none of us did previously!): DNS > in Windows has the ability to voice-control the mouse. > > > > Wink > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu > ] *On Behalf Of *Heidi > Scher > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 02, 2018 11:48 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Mac: Speech-to-text and non-manual mouse control > > > > Thanks, Wink! Your thoughts and ideas are always appreciated! He has > already been using Dragon and imported quite a bit of his vocabulary. > Unfortunately, there are a lot of "manual" entries (i.e. not strings) that > have to be made - especially in the coding. > > > > Thanks again!!!! > > > > Heidi > > > +++++++++++++++ > 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, May 2, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Wink Harner > wrote: > > Heidi, > > > > I'm going to reinforce one of my suggestions about importing vocabulary > into DNS. It doesn't matter which OS you use. If there are repeated code > strings or commands, specialized vocabulary specific to a topic can be > imported to DNS and trained. Dragon can mine the hard drive for vocabulary, > it can extract vocabulary from imported or stored documents, from text > copied and saved from web pages, and more. If I can teach Dragon to dictate > chemistry or Braille code, I would claim with some degree of authority that > it can be trained to recognize LaTeX. > > > > On a side note, as good as DNS is and as far as Apple & Nuance have worked > on improving this app for the IDevices, the harsh reality is that the math > & science dictation works better, at a more refined and sophisticated level > in Windows than it does (yet) in the iOS. There is no version of Math Talk > & scientific notebook package for the iOS yet. > > > > Is it possible for your student to run Windows on his Mac? My thought is > that he might be able to set up a partitioned drive, do the dictation in > the Windows OS with the math talk + scientific notebook + DNS and use his > iOS for everything else he needs to do. > > > > Just a few extra thoughts for consideration. > > > > Wink > > > > On Wed, May 2, 2018, 7:05 AM Heidi Scher wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Since I'm not at all a Mac user, I'm reaching out to beg for you to share > some of your collective knowledge. Have a student whose is losing > manual dexterity. He is working on dual doctoral degrees (physics & > mathematics). As such, he works a lot with LaTeX and some other coding > software. He has been using Dragon, but is finding it cumbersome. > > > > He has investigated VoiceCode software which works along with Dragon as > well as the SmartNav software and hardware. > > > > If anyone has used these, would you share your experience? Are there other > suggestions we should investigate? > > > > TIA! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > 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 > +++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > > > > Virus-free. www.avg.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 jiatyan at stanford.edu Thu May 3 10:21:15 2018 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Teach Access Curriculum Development Awards application now available Message-ID: <5598E0F9-2A95-4085-9E31-DCC7842F12B8@stanford.edu> Apologies for the cross post. For those of you who know of with faculty and instructional staff, particularly in the areas of CS, design and HCI, would you mind forwarding this teaching grant information to them? Teach Access will be awarding 20 grants of $5,000 each to faculty at institutions of higher education to develop modules, presentations, exercises, or curriculum enhancements or syllabus changes that infuse the fundamental concepts and skills of accessible design and development into existing technology- and design-focused courses. These awards will be made to full-time, part-time, or adjunct faculty in computer science, design, user experience research, human-computer interaction, and related fields at higher education institutions in the U.S. (with ten reserved for faculty at New York City-based colleges and universities). Teach Access is accepting proposal submissions through June 4 at 5pm ET, with awardees to be announced in late June for courses to be taught from the Fall of 2018 through the Spring of 2019. Please consider applying if you meet the eligibility requirements, or share this announcement with faculty members who may be interested in including the teaching of accessibility principles in their courses. Please also share the Call for Proposals link on your social media accounts to help us get the word out! -- Jiatyan Chen Stanford Online Accessibility Program (SOAP) Manager Stanford University From Serena.Johnson at cpcc.edu Fri May 4 09:22:37 2018 From: Serena.Johnson at cpcc.edu (Serena Johnson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathType challenges Message-ID: <6055664c3d59424099cb27beced68fd0@mbx10.cpcc.edu> Happy Friday! I received this message from the Division Director of Mathematics here: I need some guidance with making sure my math department has an approved process for creating math equations that meet the ADA requirements. We are running into all sorts of issues with the different versions of MathType and its compatibility with MS Office. Some instructors can't get the equations to read, while others can. Same is true with using the equation editor in MS Word. Does anyone know of a suggested process I can share with him or can share some common solutions to the issues he's referring to? Thank you in advance. Serena ________________________________ 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: From foreigntype at gmail.com Fri May 4 09:40:55 2018 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] MathType challenges In-Reply-To: <6055664c3d59424099cb27beced68fd0@mbx10.cpcc.edu> References: <6055664c3d59424099cb27beced68fd0@mbx10.cpcc.edu> Message-ID: Serena, Equation editor in MS WORD is an image of Math, not an accessible form of Math. For questions in re which version of Math Type, Windows & Microsoft Office/MS WORD to use, there is a great FAQ page online at Design Science + they have good tech support. Wink Harner On May 4, 2018 9:23 AM, "Serena Johnson" wrote: Happy Friday! I received this message from the Division Director of Mathematics here: *I need some guidance with making sure my math department has an approved process for creating math equations that meet the ADA requirements. We are running into all sorts of issues with the different versions of MathType and its compatibility with MS Office. Some instructors can?t get the equations to read, while others can. Same is true with using the equation editor in MS Word. * Does anyone know of a suggested process I can share with him or can share some common solutions to the issues he?s referring to? Thank you in advance. Serena ------------------------------ 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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And then they need to output the file properly - to html + mathjax (web page) or as Word. This depends on what the student will be using to read it. Are they using CAR and Word? Are they using Jaws and html? Are they using NVDA and word? These things make a difference on whether the student can actually "hear" them or not. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Serena Johnson Sent: Friday, May 04, 2018 10:23 AM To: Athen list serve (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] MathType challenges Happy Friday! I received this message from the Division Director of Mathematics here: I need some guidance with making sure my math department has an approved process for creating math equations that meet the ADA requirements. We are running into all sorts of issues with the different versions of MathType and its compatibility with MS Office. Some instructors can't get the equations to read, while others can. Same is true with using the equation editor in MS Word. Does anyone know of a suggested process I can share with him or can share some common solutions to the issues he's referring to? Thank you in advance. Serena ________________________________ 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: From danc at uw.edu Fri May 4 10:32:24 2018 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] UW Disability Services Assistant Director Position Message-ID: (forwarded) Hello- The University of Washington Disability Resources for Students office has an opening for a great leadership opportunity of Assistant Director. This position will have oversight of the Program Manager for the unit?s Access Text & Technology (ATT) Program while also holding a leadership, outreach and administrative role in the broader office operations. The ATT program serves all three UW campuses (Bothell, Tacoma and Seattle) in the conversion and creation of accessible instructional materials and media for courses. We partner with campus offices such as Access Technology Services, DO-IT, UW Captioning, Center for Teaching and Learning, and many more as we strive for accessible and inclusive classrooms for students. We are excited to find a leader looking to join our team and the amazing work happening at the UW. There has been, and continues to be, some amazing work happening on campus with a focus on accessibility. It is an energizing time to work on this campus and partner with great colleagues as we form our new ideal state of operating. With a new ADA Coordinator search underway, a new charge for a comprehensive 3-5 year plan for accessibility across campus, and administrative commitment to look at how to move the dial on access and inclusion for people with disabilities, we are collectively engaged to get some great work done. Here are some links to our website to review and see if this is position, unit and college is a fit for you. Please reach out and ask any questions as well as share and post widely with any and all peers who may be interested. ? Disability.uw.edu ? Accessible Instructional Materials ? Accessible Videos and Audio UW Jobs Req 155589: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/ default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=155589& szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1 Bree *BREE CALLAHAN* Director Disability Resources for Students Pronouns: she, her, hers 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.2453 / Main: 206.543.8924 breec@uw.edu/ http://disability.uw.edu -- -*- 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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My UW email is still active for the next month. Krista Greear ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Dan Comden Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 10:32:24 AM To: ATHEN list Subject: [Athen] UW Disability Services Assistant Director Position (forwarded) Hello- The University of Washington Disability Resources for Students office has an opening for a great leadership opportunity of Assistant Director. This position will have oversight of the Program Manager for the unit?s Access Text & Technology (ATT) Program while also holding a leadership, outreach and administrative role in the broader office operations. The ATT program serves all three UW campuses (Bothell, Tacoma and Seattle) in the conversion and creation of accessible instructional materials and media for courses. We partner with campus offices such as Access Technology Services, DO-IT, UW Captioning, Center for Teaching and Learning, and many more as we strive for accessible and inclusive classrooms for students. We are excited to find a leader looking to join our team and the amazing work happening at the UW. There has been, and continues to be, some amazing work happening on campus with a focus on accessibility. It is an energizing time to work on this campus and partner with great colleagues as we form our new ideal state of operating. With a new ADA Coordinator search underway, a new charge for a comprehensive 3-5 year plan for accessibility across campus, and administrative commitment to look at how to move the dial on access and inclusion for people with disabilities, we are collectively engaged to get some great work done. Here are some links to our website to review and see if this is position, unit and college is a fit for you. Please reach out and ask any questions as well as share and post widely with any and all peers who may be interested. ? Disability.uw.edu ? Accessible Instructional Materials ? Accessible Videos and Audio UW Jobs Req 155589: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=155589&szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1 Bree BREE CALLAHAN Director Disability Resources for Students Pronouns: she, her, hers 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.2453 / Main: 206.543.8924 breec@uw.edu/ http://disability.uw.edu [cid:image001.gif@01D3DB1F.EDE4CBA0] -- -*- 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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My UW email is still active for the next month. Krista Greear ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Dan Comden Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 10:32:24 AM To: ATHEN list Subject: [Athen] UW Disability Services Assistant Director Position (forwarded) Hello- The University of Washington Disability Resources for Students office has an opening for a great leadership opportunity of Assistant Director. This position will have oversight of the Program Manager for the unit?s Access Text & Technology (ATT) Program while also holding a leadership, outreach and administrative role in the broader office operations. The ATT program serves all three UW campuses (Bothell, Tacoma and Seattle) in the conversion and creation of accessible instructional materials and media for courses. We partner with campus offices such as Access Technology Services, DO-IT, UW Captioning, Center for Teaching and Learning, and many more as we strive for accessible and inclusive classrooms for students. We are excited to find a leader looking to join our team and the amazing work happening at the UW. There has been, and continues to be, some amazing work happening on campus with a focus on accessibility. It is an energizing time to work on this campus and partner with great colleagues as we form our new ideal state of operating. With a new ADA Coordinator search underway, a new charge for a comprehensive 3-5 year plan for accessibility across campus, and administrative commitment to look at how to move the dial on access and inclusion for people with disabilities, we are collectively engaged to get some great work done. Here are some links to our website to review and see if this is position, unit and college is a fit for you. Please reach out and ask any questions as well as share and post widely with any and all peers who may be interested. ? Disability.uw.edu ? Accessible Instructional Materials ? Accessible Videos and Audio UW Jobs Req 155589: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=155589&szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1 Bree BREE CALLAHAN Director Disability Resources for Students Pronouns: she, her, hers 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.2453 / Main: 206.543.8924 breec@uw.edu/ http://disability.uw.edu [cid:image001.gif@01D3DB1F.EDE4CBA0] -- -*- 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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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 May 4, 2018, at 2:12 PM, Krista Greear wrote: > > I'm going to chime in because it's not often where you get to openly advertise a job that you just vacated. > > I left this position because the next chapter of my life brought me to Utah (where I am still in the accessibility industry). I have loved my time at UW and have been extremely blessed there, and in that assistant director role. > > This is a GREAT opportunity for someone who has disability and technology and management experience. The UW is a lovely community of accessibility professionals, and you will find lots of positive movement regarding accessibility on campus. > > Happy to answer questions as you consider if this is opportunity could be right for you. My UW email is still active for the next month. > > Krista Greear > > From: athen-list on behalf of Dan Comden > Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 10:32:24 AM > To: ATHEN list > Subject: [Athen] UW Disability Services Assistant Director Position > > (forwarded) > > Hello- > > The University of Washington Disability Resources for Students office has an opening for a great leadership opportunity of Assistant Director. This position will have oversight of the Program Manager for the unit?s Access Text & Technology (ATT) Program while also holding a leadership, outreach and administrative role in the broader office operations. The ATT program serves all three UW campuses (Bothell, Tacoma and Seattle) in the conversion and creation of accessible instructional materials and media for courses. We partner with campus offices such as Access Technology Services, DO-IT, UW Captioning, Center for Teaching and Learning, and many more as we strive for accessible and inclusive classrooms for students. > > We are excited to find a leader looking to join our team and the amazing work happening at the UW. There has been, and continues to be, some amazing work happening on campus with a focus on accessibility. It is an energizing time to work on this campus and partner with great colleagues as we form our new ideal state of operating. With a new ADA Coordinator search underway, a new charge for a comprehensive 3-5 year plan for accessibility across campus, and administrative commitment to look at how to move the dial on access and inclusion for people with disabilities, we are collectively engaged to get some great work done. > > Here are some links to our website to review and see if this is position, unit and college is a fit for you. Please reach out and ask any questions as well as share and post widely with any and all peers who may be interested. > ? Disability.uw.edu > ? Accessible Instructional Materials > ? 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The AT Manager duties are: * assists students, faculty and staff with the implementation and use of assistive technologies to meet their academic needs. * recommends, evaluates, installs and maintains assistive technology on campus. The AT Manager is * responsible for determining reasonable accommodations for students with sensory (hearing and vision), and upper-body mobility impairments. * trains individual students with disabilities in the use of appropriate AT and how to adapt their learning strategies to make optimal use of technology. * oversees captioning, alternative text, note-taking and interpreting services for students with disabilities. * advises campus partners regarding the accessibility of websites, hardware, and software systems. * assists in the development of policies and procedures related to accessibility and assistive technology. Position details are posted here: (https://careers.american.edu/Staff/job/Washington-Assistive-Technology-Manager-%284749%29-DC-20016/463554200/) Regards, Moira E. Williams AT Consultant to ASAC American Unversity Washington, DC 20016 moiraw@american.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 530 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: From ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net Wed May 9 13:44:03 2018 From: ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Slide format (16:9 vs. 4:3) and accessibility Message-ID: <43E0F845-B22D-472B-9D0C-43881103B3EA@techpotential.net> A question for all you ATHENites: For slide presentations, does choice of slide aspect ratio (16:9 widescreen vs. 4:3 standard) impact accessibility? Here are some illustrations comparing the two: side_by_side_4by3_and_16by9.png massav_blog_widescreen_graphic1.jpg I?m quite familiar with all the standard factors that make slide presentations accessible: font, size, colors, and spacing of accessible text; alt-text for images and tables; reading order; accessible table structure; meaningful hyperlinks; etc., etc. However, I?ve never seen anything that discusses the relative accessibility of widescreen slides (16:9 aspect ratio) and standard slides (4:3 aspect ratio). Perhaps the answer is: ?it doesn?t matter?. The only compelling differences I've found for one format vs. the other was how and on what devices they?re used: 16:9 slides are optimized for widescreen video projection 4:3 slides are optimized for print iPads and most dedicated e-book readers have 4:3 displays (or close to that) Most smartphones and non-iOS tablet displays are closer to 16:9. 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Here is a course description and other info: *About this course: *This course provides instruction and strategies to support you in developing a course that is inclusive to students with a wide range of abilities, including students with disabilities. We cover effective practices to increase inclusion and avoid some of the common accessibility issues that can arise in an online course. In particular, Basics of Inclusive Design Online covers course organization, the accessibility of Microsoft Office and PDF documents, making course instruction pages accessible, captioning of videos, making images accessible, and designing for learning differences. We also discuss how inclusive course materials can help all students, including students without disabilities. This course will appeal to those who want both a broad overview of the range of accessibility considerations and also a step-by-step guide of how to check documents for accessibility, caption a video, or prepare course content for non-visual users. *Who is this class for: *Anyone interested in making their courses more accessible, from faculty designing their own courses to course designers, should find this class helpful. No specific prerequisites are needed although some knowledge of Learning Management Systems and Microsoft Office products will help you get the most out of this course. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, 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... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Thu May 10 14:28:31 2018 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Digital accessibility in the legal space: potholes or cookies? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01a301d3e8a5$d85037a0$88f0a6e0$@htctu.net> Hi all! Please forgive cross-posts, but Lainey Feingold?s legal updates are always very valuable. If you are interested in the legal aspects of digital equality, I highly recommend following Lainey by joining her list. Best wishes, Gaeir Subject: Digital accessibility in the legal space: potholes or cookies? I'm writing to share three recent article I've posted on my website. Two are about my sessions at the 2018 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in San Diego last month. The third is a reminder to build accessibility into technology vendor contracts and procurement practices. The first two articles have links to the powerpoint slides and summaries of the talks in San Diego. The third was first published in Business Law Today, a publication of the American Bar Association. As always, feedback welcomed. * Potholes of Discrimination: A Post-CSUN Legal Update Wrap-Up * Recipe for Staying Ahead of the Legal Curve: Bake Accessibility into Your Organization * Technology Vendor Contracts and Accessibility: What Every Business Lawyer Should Know Thank you to Eve Hill, my co-author of the vendor contract article. Thank you to Sue Boyd, the Microsoft lawyer who was my co-presenter for the Bake Accessibility session. We had a lot of fun and even served cookies to drive home our theme. (The ingredient list includes transparency, inclusive hiring, and accountability. Find out why in the article!) Lastly, thank you to 96 year old federal judge Jack Weinstein who gave the legal update wrap-up its title. Judge Weinstein recently refused to throw a web access case out of court. He wrote that too narrow an interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act would leave "potholes of discrimination in what would otherwise be a smooth road to integration." I wish each of you a smooth road, and the sweetness of cookies, Lainey p.s. I'll be doing the legal update next at the wonderful AccessU conference in Austin in May. Get the details about that, as well as upcoming webinars and my talks at the annual ADA Symposium in Pittsburgh in June, on the Speaking page of my website. ps #2: Until April 30 my book is 30% off when purchased on the publisher's website with code DRSALE50 Lainey Feingold Law Office of Lainey Feingold Author, Structured Negotiation | A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits http://lflegal.com/ 510.548.5062 LF@LFLegal.com Follow on Twitter Copyright ? 2018 Law Office of Lainey Feingold, All rights reserved. Thank you for being interested in Structured Negotiation and digital accessibility Our mailing address is: Law Office of Lainey Feingold PO Box 9382 Berkeley, California 94709 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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These awards will be made to full-time, part-time, or adjunct faculty in computer science, design, user experience research, human-computer interaction, and related fields at higher education institutions in the U.S. (with ten reserved for faculty at New York City-based colleges and universities). Today the Awards Overview and Call for Proposals went live on our site and we will be accepting submissions through June 4 at 5pm ET, with awardees to be announced in late June for courses to be taught from the Fall of 2018 through the Spring of 2019. Please consider applying if you meet the eligibility requirements, or share this announcement with faculty members who may be interested in including the teaching of accessibility principles in their courses. Please also share the Call for Proposals link on your social media accounts to help us get the word out! Thank you - The Teach Access Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I have not >allowed my University's IT folks or Canon to place their >inaccessible products in my AT labs. How have others responded to >the vendors who do not meet accessibility standards? > >Thanks. > > >Bryon > > >Bryon Kluesner, RhD >Adaptive Technology Coordinator >Disability Resource Center >University of Tennessee at Chattanooga >103 Frist Hall >Chattanooga, TN 37403 >423-425-5251 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From JAsuncion at dawsoncollege.qc.ca Mon May 14 08:44:09 2018 From: JAsuncion at dawsoncollege.qc.ca (Jennison Asuncion) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] 7th gaad is on May 17 Message-ID: May 17 is the 7th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), a day dedicated to talking and learning about all things digital access and inclusion. There are over 70 public in-person and online events taking place which you can find info about and get involved in at http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/events.php. Please share info about the day with your IT services and other campus areas who have responsibility for any aspect of tech on your campuses. It's great to see a growing number of schools holding events to mark GAAD. If you would like yours included to the growing, alphabetized listing here http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/activities.php send an email to globala11yawarenessday@gmail.com and indicate whether it is open to your college/university community, or to the general public (so that it can be added to the right page on the GAAD site). You can follow GAAD on Twitter via @gbla11yday and the #gaad hashtag, as well as via Facebook at www.facebook.com/globalaccessibilityawarenessday Jennison Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Founder, Global Accessibility Awareness Day www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon May 14 15:49:01 2018 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: [udhecop] STEM for All Video Showcase - is Live In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004401d3ebd5$c14bfb60$43e3f220$@htctu.net> FYI from UDHECOP List Subject: [udhecop] STEM for All Video Showcase - is Live Hello Everyone, The STEM for All Video Showcase is now live. The Showcase, which runs from May 14-21 highlights work being done by federally-funded programs to transform STEM education. This year, the AccessCSforAll (one of our other projects) submission will bring attention to including students with disabilities in K-12 computer science education by highlighting a blind student programming a robot using Blocks4All. Blocks4All, developed by UW CSE graduate student Lauren Milne, explores techniques to make block-based programming accessible to students who are blind. Check out our video, join the conversation, and cast your vote: Accessible Programming with Blocks4All While you're there, check out other videos related to disability and from our partners: * Inventing, designing, and engineering on the autism spectrum * Providing equitable access to computing education in MS * IE Capstone projects to benefit adults with disabilities * Project TACTIC: Teaching All Computational Thinking through Inclusion and Collaboration * APLU INCLUDES: Broadening participation within STEM faculty * Project ESCOLAR * Doing the math with paraeducators * Expanding Computing Education Pathways * RAISE: STEM career development for incarcerated youth * Teaching mathematics to struggling learners Did anyone else submit a video? If you did please send the link so we can check it out. Lyla Lyla Mae Crawford, MS Coordinator/Counselor DO-IT Program UW Technology University of Washington 606 W. 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This position is eligible for a broad range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurances, retirement (CalPERS), tuition waiver, vacation and sick leave. In addition, 14 paid holidays are offered each year: 13 scheduled on specific days and a Personal Holiday that may be taken any time during the year. This position is open until filled. For full consideration, please submit application, along with cover letter and resume, by 8am on May 28, 2018. Please refer to the Application Process section of this posting for additional details. Sonoma State University, located 48 miles north of San Francisco, is one of the 23 campuses of the California State University. Sonoma State University is a liberal arts institution with an enrollment of approximately 9,500 students and 530 full-time and part-time faculty. Our beautiful campus is located in Rohnert Park, at the foot of the Sonoma hills in the Wine Country. http://web.sonoma.edu/jobs/ Please forward to those who may be interested in applying. Thank you, Brent Brent Boyer, M.A. Director Disability Services for Students Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (707) 664-2677 Fax ( 707) 664-3330 Dial 711 for Relay www.sonoma.edu/dss Title: 10th Anniversary of SSU Disability Awareness Month - Description: Logo Tagline: Disability Contributes to a World of Diversity -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Berkeley is committed to hiring and developing staff who want to work in a high performing culture that supports the outstanding work of our faculty and students. In deciding whether to apply for a staff position at Berkeley, candidates are strongly encouraged to consider the alignment of the Berkeley Workplace Culture with their potential for success at http://jobs.berkeley.edu/why-berkeley.html. Departmental Overview As Berkeley?s chief administrative officer, the Vice Chancellor for Administration (VCA) supports Berkeley?s academic mission through strategic policy and managerial leadership of campus operations. The VCA is responsible for leading a division with over 1,800 staff whose jobs include human resources, information technology, facilities management, police, procurement, and other administrative functions that support the campus mission. The ADA/Section 504 Compliance Officer is part of the Office of the VCA and administers all aspects of campus-wide compliance with federal and state disability laws, as well as University policies and procedures pertaining to protections for persons with disabilities. The position interprets law and policies, acts as liaison for the campus disabled community and the public, provides training, evaluates accommodation requests, assesses the physical environment, oversees campus obligations under the Gustafson settlement, and manages the ADA budget. Responsibilities Campus Expert ? Serves as the central authority and expert on employee requests for accommodations, compliance issues, complaints, etc. Provides guidance to the campus on policies, procedures and requirements on accommodations made for employees with disabilities. Reviews appeals and determines final resolution of accommodation requests made by employees with disabilities. Collaborates with department partners on resolution of ADA and disability customer service complaints, rights of persons with disabilities, ways of providing reasonable accommodations, application of best practices, compliance matters, etc. Manages central campus access funding. Recommends and/or makes budgetary and resource allocations. Develops projections for short and long-term planning. Provides financial analyses and reports as needed. Secures and allocates the budget resources needed to meet the scope and objectives of the program, and to meet disability compliance. ? Assesses the physical environment and develops and executes maintenance and construction projects to ensure compliance with federal and state laws, the Gustafson settlement, and university policies and procedures. Coordinate campus physical access initiatives including access to buildings, paths of travel, and transportation with the Campus Architect, Facilities, Parking & Transportation Services, etc. ? Coordinate campus access for all campus visitors, for visiting scholars, and others. Develop procedures for the fulfillment of requests for alternative formats, interpreting services, CART, and other communication access needs. ? Identifies compliance issues of importance to the organization which frequently cross organizational lines. Develops appropriate analytical and procedural framework for addressing the issues in the organization. Leadership/Strategy ? Provide strategic vision and leadership to the campus regarding all accessibility issues. Serves as the principal planning coordinator for University programs, policies, and procedures relating to University compliance and the promotion of University opportunities for persons with disabilities. ? Provide leadership for the development and administration of university-wide and campus policy. In collaboration with campus partners, propose and develop new policies and guidelines, or revise policy to reflect changes in legislation, university policy, or local philosophy/practice. ? Maintains current information regarding state and federal laws and regulations as well as the best practices of other universities and private employers concerning the rights of persons with disabilities and ways of providing reasonable accommodations to persons with disabilities while maintaining program performance standards. ? Ensures that University-related information is readily available on services, accommodations, policies, and demographics relating to persons with disabilities. ? Develop, provide and maintain written materials and other informational pieces to broadly disseminate information regarding the ADA and the University policies relating to persons with disabilities. ? Work with other campus entities on long term online access policies and planning. Consult with university leadership on electronic and information technology and website accessibility in the classroom (physical and online) and in outreach with the public consistent with best practices in higher education. Planning & Policy ? Serves as the principal planning coordinator for University programs, policies, and procedures relating to University compliance and the promotion of University opportunities for persons with disabilities. ? Participates with high level management in strategic thinking and planning in regards to ethics and compliance policy. Develops benchmarks / training for complex topics. ? Investigates, researches, and analyzes a variety of issues, programs, reports, and policy and procedures to respond to questions, resolve concerns/complaints, write reports and make recommendations. ? Participate in a variety of campus committees to facilitate equal access and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. Represent the campus on system-wide committees. Responsible for developing and implementing system-wide strategies, practices or policy governing issues common to the ten campuses. Programming ? Provides ADA program and facility interpretation and advice on compliance to all sectors of the University community. Develops and implements training programs ensuring all campus departments are educated in their responsibilities under federal and state disability law. ? Serves as the central intake for matters relating to the ADA and facilitates activity and the flow of information among the various University offices with responsibilities relating to disability compliance. ? Provides feedback and analysis for relevant federal and state laws. May participate in meeting with legislature. Serves as the primary University liaison with relevant state and federal agencies, as well as other ADA coordinators at colleague institutions and associations. Other ? Ensures the timely filing of all required compliance reports. Monitors compliance with existing legal settlements. ? Develops and implements internal measures and/or reports which inform the university administration of the status of ADA compliance and opportunities for people with disabilities. ? Monitors and oversees implementation of campus disability strategic plan. Required Qualifications ? Ability to analyze legislation, regulations and policies regarding federal and state laws pertaining to individuals with disabilities. ? Excellent interpersonal skills to work independently with all levels of University personnel, including management and faculty, and to facilitate agreement on issues and corrective actions. ? Ability to communicate complex information to all levels of management and administrators in a clear and concise manner both written and verbal. ? Applies sound principles and standards in completing highly complex and technical assignments. ? Ability to gather, organize, analyze, and report on issues and recommendations that are complex in nature. Ability to apply policy and legal concepts to issues. ? Excellent skills in complex decision making on critical issues. ? Excellent skills in presenting information in a thorough and complete manner. ? Work experience with ADA compliance in higher education or government is desirable. ? Experience working with individuals with various disabilities is desirable. ? JD or other advanced degree in related areas and/or equivalent experience/training Salary & Benefits For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html How to Apply Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Conviction History Background This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check. Equal Employment Opportunity The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct -- *Associate Director* Disabled Students' Program University of California, Berkeley https://dsp.berkeley.edu/ (510) 642-8755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jon.McGough at wwu.edu Thu May 17 12:07:56 2018 From: Jon.McGough at wwu.edu (Jon McGough) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] J-Say and Canvas Message-ID: Hello all, Has anyone had experience using J-Say to access Canvas course content? I'd love to have a quick conversation if you've had this experience. Thanks, Jon McGough Associate Director, disAbility Resources for Students Direct: 360.650.7424 DRS Front Office: 360.650.3083 Fax: 360.650.3715 Email: Jon.McGough@wwu.edu Pronouns: he, him, his Information contained in this message is part of an educational record and is protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. This information is being shared with the addressee(s) because of legitimate educational interest. Any re-disclosure of this information must be done in accordance with FERPA or the student's consent. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, use, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify me by telephone or email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greeark at uw.edu Fri May 18 07:29:09 2018 From: greeark at uw.edu (Krista Greear) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Access Text & Technology Manager & Assistant Director at U of WA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Here's the other position that is available at the beautiful University of Washington! The Access Text and Technology Manager will report directly to the Assistant Director. Both positions focus on accessibility in documents and videos. The Manager will focus on day-to-day operations and management of the alt formats and captioning programs. The Assistant Director will focus on more strategic initiatives and supporting the admin needs of the Disability Resources for Students office. Krista ________________________________ From: Waped on behalf of Bree Callahan Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 12:16 PM Subject: [Waped] Come work for UW Disability Resources for Students Hello- Sharing that we now have both of our new positions posted. Please reach out and ask any questions as well as share with post widely with any and all peers you have who may be interested. Access Text & Technology Manager The University of Washington Disability Resources for Students office has a new opportunity to join our team as the Access Text & Technology Manager. This position will have daily oversight of the Access Text & Technology (ATT) Program operations and work with the Assistant Director on broader accessibility and technology work. The ATT program serves all three UW campuses (Bothell, Tacoma and Seattle) in the conversation and creation of accessible instructional materials and media for courses. We partner with campus offices such as Access Technology Services, DO-IT, UW Captioning, Center for Teaching and Learning and many more as we strive towards accessible and inclusive classrooms for students. ? UW Jobs Req 156006: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/Candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=156006 Assistant Director The University of Washington Disability Resources for Students office has an opening for a great leadership opportunity of Assistant Director. This position will have oversight of the Program Manager for the unit?s Access Text & Technology (ATT) Program while also holding a leadership, outreach and administrative role in the broader office operations. The ATT program serves all three UW campuses (Bothell, Tacoma and Seattle) in the conversation and creation of accessible instructional materials and media for courses. We partner with campus offices such as Access Technology Services, DO-IT, UW Captioning, Center for Teaching and Learning and many more as we strive towards accessible and inclusive classrooms for students. ? UW Jobs Req 155589: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=155589&szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1 UW and DRS We are excited to find some new team members looking to join our team and the work happening at the UW. There has been, and continues to be, some amazing work happening on campus related to a focus on accessibility. It is an energizing time to work on this campus and partner with great collogues as we form our new ideal state of operating. With a new ADA Coordinator search underway, a new charge for a comprehensive 3-5 year plan for accessibility across campus, and administrative commitment to look at how to move the dial on access and inclusion for people with disabilities we are collectively engaged to get some great work done. Here are some links to our website to review and see if this is position, unit and college is a fit. ? Disability.uw.edu ? Accessible Instructional Materials ? Accessible Videos and Audio Bree BREE CALLAHAN Director Disability Resources for Students Pronouns: she, her, hers 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.2453 / Main: 206.543.8924 breec@uw.edu/ http://disability.uw.edu [cid:image001.gif@01D3EDD8.D61A4100] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 1303 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: From dslab at cpcc.edu Mon May 21 08:55:42 2018 From: dslab at cpcc.edu (dslab) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Bring Your Own Device Message-ID: <7786bf757cf6415b8539950d3e2fc34c@mbx9.cpcc.edu> Hello everyone, Our college is headed for a Bring Your Own Device model for campus technology in the next few years. Has anyone at other colleges undergone this transformation? I'd like to know what benefits and challenges have come out of it in working with students with disabilities so I can share this with my tech team. Please feel free to email directly as well at Alysia.leak@cpcc.edu. Thanks a bunch, Alysia Leak, MA, LMFTA Assistive Technology Specialist, Disability Services Alysia.leak@cpcc.edu 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? Please Note: CPCC will operate on an adjusted summer schedule May 14 - July 22. During this period, the college will be open Monday - Thursday, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and closed Friday - Sunday. ________________________________ This e-mail, including any attachments, is intended only for the addressee's use and may contain confidential and proprietary information. 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Thanks, Danita Assistive Technology Instructor Counseling & Special Services One Full-Time position Salary Range: $51,912.00 - $106,386.00 Annually Application Deadline: ?6/08/2018 @ 5:00 pm TO APPLY PLEASE VISIT https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/deltacollege -- Chas Conley Human Resources Specialist x5004 -- Danita Scott Director, Student Support Services San Joaquin Delta College (209) 954-5151, x6229 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon May 21 12:25:10 2018 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Berkeley Position opening: ADA/504 Compliance Officer In-Reply-To: <7516D6A5B170B64D90AA3C32803A1E03CC992CEB@CIO-TNC-D2MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <1488971E-0996-42A6-B116-535CC1232FFB@osu.edu> <7516D6A5B170B64D90AA3C32803A1E03CC992CEB@CIO-TNC-D2MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <006701d3f139$6f87ff90$4e97feb0$@htctu.net> From: ADA OSU [mailto:ada-osu@osu.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 7:02 AM Subject: Berkeley Position opening: ADA/504 Compliance Officer Do you know someone that would be up for the challenge of putting their mark on a newly created position at Berkely? ADA/Section 504 Compliance Officer (6060U) #24981 https://jobs.berkeley.edu/ About Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the world's most iconic teaching and research institutions. Since 1868, Berkeley has fueled a perpetual renaissance, generating unparalleled intellectual, economic and social value in California, the United States and the world. Berkeley's culture of openness, freedom and acceptance-academic and artistic, political and cultural-make it a very special place for students, faculty and staff. Berkeley is committed to hiring and developing staff who want to work in a high performing culture that supports the outstanding work of our faculty and students. In deciding whether to apply for a staff position at Berkeley, candidates are strongly encouraged to consider the alignment of the Berkeley Workplace Culture with their potential for success at http://jobs.berkeley.edu/why-berkeley.html. Departmental Overview As Berkeley's chief administrative officer, the Vice Chancellor for Administration (VCA) supports Berkeley's academic mission through strategic policy and managerial leadership of campus operations. The VCA is responsible for leading a division with over 1,800 staff whose jobs include human resources, information technology, facilities management, police, procurement, and other administrative functions that support the campus mission. The ADA/Section 504 Compliance Officer is part of the Office of the VCA and administers all aspects of campus-wide compliance with federal and state disability laws, as well as University policies and procedures pertaining to protections for persons with disabilities. The position interprets law and policies, acts as liaison for the campus disabled community and the public, provides training, evaluates accommodation requests, assesses the physical environment, oversees campus obligations under the Gustafson settlement, and manages the ADA budget. Responsibilities Campus Expert . Serves as the central authority and expert on employee requests for accommodations, compliance issues, complaints, etc. Provides guidance to the campus on policies, procedures and requirements on accommodations made for employees with disabilities. Reviews appeals and determines final resolution of accommodation requests made by employees with disabilities. Collaborates with department partners on resolution of ADA and disability customer service complaints, rights of persons with disabilities, ways of providing reasonable accommodations, application of best practices, compliance matters, etc. Manages central campus access funding. Recommends and/or makes budgetary and resource allocations. Develops projections for short and long-term planning. Provides financial analyses and reports as needed. Secures and allocates the budget resources needed to meet the scope and objectives of the program, and to meet disability compliance. . Assesses the physical environment and develops and executes maintenance and construction projects to ensure compliance with federal and state laws, the Gustafson settlement, and university policies and procedures. Coordinate campus physical access initiatives including access to buildings, paths of travel, and transportation with the Campus Architect, Facilities, Parking & Transportation Services, etc. . Coordinate campus access for all campus visitors, for visiting scholars, and others. Develop procedures for the fulfillment of requests for alternative formats, interpreting services, CART, and other communication access needs. . Identifies compliance issues of importance to the organization which frequently cross organizational lines. Develops appropriate analytical and procedural framework for addressing the issues in the organization. Leadership/Strategy . Provide strategic vision and leadership to the campus regarding all accessibility issues. Serves as the principal planning coordinator for University programs, policies, and procedures relating to University compliance and the promotion of University opportunities for persons with disabilities. . Provide leadership for the development and administration of university-wide and campus policy. In collaboration with campus partners, propose and develop new policies and guidelines, or revise policy to reflect changes in legislation, university policy, or local philosophy/practice. . Maintains current information regarding state and federal laws and regulations as well as the best practices of other universities and private employers concerning the rights of persons with disabilities and ways of providing reasonable accommodations to persons with disabilities while maintaining program performance standards. . Ensures that University-related information is readily available on services, accommodations, policies, and demographics relating to persons with disabilities. . Develop, provide and maintain written materials and other informational pieces to broadly disseminate information regarding the ADA and the University policies relating to persons with disabilities. . Work with other campus entities on long term online access policies and planning. Consult with university leadership on electronic and information technology and website accessibility in the classroom (physical and online) and in outreach with the public consistent with best practices in higher education. Planning & Policy . Serves as the principal planning coordinator for University programs, policies, and procedures relating to University compliance and the promotion of University opportunities for persons with disabilities. . Participates with high level management in strategic thinking and planning in regards to ethics and compliance policy. Develops benchmarks / training for complex topics. . Investigates, researches, and analyzes a variety of issues, programs, reports, and policy and procedures to respond to questions, resolve concerns/complaints, write reports and make recommendations. . Participate in a variety of campus committees to facilitate equal access and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. Represent the campus on system-wide committees. Responsible for developing and implementing system-wide strategies, practices or policy governing issues common to the ten campuses. Programming . Provides ADA program and facility interpretation and advice on compliance to all sectors of the University community. Develops and implements training programs ensuring all campus departments are educated in their responsibilities under federal and state disability law. . Serves as the central intake for matters relating to the ADA and facilitates activity and the flow of information among the various University offices with responsibilities relating to disability compliance. . Provides feedback and analysis for relevant federal and state laws. May participate in meeting with legislature. Serves as the primary University liaison with relevant state and federal agencies, as well as other ADA coordinators at colleague institutions and associations. Other . Ensures the timely filing of all required compliance reports. Monitors compliance with existing legal settlements. . Develops and implements internal measures and/or reports which inform the university administration of the status of ADA compliance and opportunities for people with disabilities. . Monitors and oversees implementation of campus disability strategic plan. Required Qualifications . Ability to analyze legislation, regulations and policies regarding federal and state laws pertaining to individuals with disabilities. . Excellent interpersonal skills to work independently with all levels of University personnel, including management and faculty, and to facilitate agreement on issues and corrective actions. . Ability to communicate complex information to all levels of management and administrators in a clear and concise manner both written and verbal. . Applies sound principles and standards in completing highly complex and technical assignments. . Ability to gather, organize, analyze, and report on issues and recommendations that are complex in nature. Ability to apply policy and legal concepts to issues. . Excellent skills in complex decision making on critical issues. . Excellent skills in presenting information in a thorough and complete manner. . Work experience with ADA compliance in higher education or government is desirable. . Experience working with individuals with various disabilities is desirable. . JD or other advanced degree in related areas and/or equivalent experience/training Salary & Benefits For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html How to Apply Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Conviction History Background This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check. Equal Employment Opportunity The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarah.bourne at mass.gov Tue May 22 05:30:55 2018 From: sarah.bourne at mass.gov (Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] webinar today Message-ID: Level Access is offering a one hour webinar today at 2:00pm ET, "Making Education Websites Accessible to People with Disabilities". Here is the description: Today, much more education is happening online. Online universities offer students from all walks of life the opportunity to earn college degrees. And many more traditional schools are using technology to support their programs and services. For students with disabilities, online resources remove many of the physical and social barriers to education, like coping with school facilities that are not physically accessible, carrying books, or coping with social anxiety or OCD. This webinar will cover: * Common accessibility barriers for students * Current ADA requirements for educational institutions * Costs of retrofitting vs. building in accessibility from the start and phasing in with website and mobile app updates * Tips for meeting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) * Whether or not you need an accessibility vendor and advice for finding the right vendor Registration: https://www.levelaccess.com/resources/making-education-websites-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities/ sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS) 1 Ashburton Place, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 Office: (617) 626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov | www.mass.gov/eotss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Tue May 22 05:43:25 2018 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] app recommendation Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hello all, I'm looking for recommendations of way finding apps that visually impaired students can use to program in routes, especially thinking about programming routes across campuses. Also, any other navigational app recommendations would be appreciated as well. Well shucks, as far as that goes, any recommendations for apps for visually impaired students would be good. Of course I know about Read2Go, ?Voice Dream, Go Read, HEARD, COGI and the readers from NLS, Amazon, Apple and B&N. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 913-288-7671 Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rspangler1 at udayton.edu Tue May 22 06:09:39 2018 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] app recommendation In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Hi, for navigation, I use NowNav, Nearby Explorer Online and Lazarillo. These are Android apps, but Nearby Explorer Online has an iOS equivalent. These apps all allow plotting favorites for finding later. I'm not sure how good their turn-by-turn directions are, but I know that one of the methods they use for helping a user find a point they added is by beeping and audibly alerting the user when they are nearing a specific favorite. For reading I use @Voice on Android, not sure of an iOS equivalent, but you mentioned VoiceDream which works quite well on that platform. Thanks, Robert On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Robert Beach wrote: > Hello all, > > > > I?m looking for recommendations of way finding apps that visually impaired > students can use to program in routes, especially thinking about > programming routes across campuses. Also, any other navigational app > recommendations would be appreciated as well. Well shucks, as far as that > goes, any recommendations for apps for visually impaired students would be > good. Of course I know about Read2Go, ?Voice Dream, Go Read, HEARD, COGI > and the readers from NLS, Amazon, Apple and B&N. Any other suggestions > would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Robert Lee Beach > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Kansas City Kansas Community College > > 7250 State Avenue > > Kansas City, KS 66112 > > Phone: 913-288-7671 > > Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.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 rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Tue May 22 06:15:32 2018 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] app recommendation In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E6AA@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Awesome! I really appreciate the Android feedback. I?m not as up on those apps as I would like to be. 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 Robert Spangler Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 8:10 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] app recommendation Hi, for navigation, I use NowNav, Nearby Explorer Online and Lazarillo. These are Android apps, but Nearby Explorer Online has an iOS equivalent. These apps all allow plotting favorites for finding later. I'm not sure how good their turn-by-turn directions are, but I know that one of the methods they use for helping a user find a point they added is by beeping and audibly alerting the user when they are nearing a specific favorite. For reading I use @Voice on Android, not sure of an iOS equivalent, but you mentioned VoiceDream which works quite well on that platform. Thanks, Robert On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Robert Beach > wrote: Hello all, I?m looking for recommendations of way finding apps that visually impaired students can use to program in routes, especially thinking about programming routes across campuses. Also, any other navigational app recommendations would be appreciated as well. Well shucks, as far as that goes, any recommendations for apps for visually impaired students would be good. Of course I know about Read2Go, ?Voice Dream, Go Read, HEARD, COGI and the readers from NLS, Amazon, Apple and B&N. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 913-288-7671 Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.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 rspangler1 at udayton.edu Tue May 22 06:44:25 2018 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] app recommendation In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E6AA@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E6AA@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: I was an iOS user up until last August then, being the curious techy nerd I am, I got bored with it and decided to switch to Android. I bought a budget phone to see if I could use it and eventually purchased a Pixel 2. I haven't looked back! Anyone needing help or advice with Android please feel free to contact me either on or off list. By the way, my name is Robert Lee, too. Thanks, Robert On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 9:15 AM, Robert Beach wrote: > Awesome! I really appreciate the Android feedback. I?m not as up on those > apps as I would like to be. > > > > > > 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 *Robert Spangler > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 8:10 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] app recommendation > > > > Hi, for navigation, I use NowNav, Nearby Explorer Online and Lazarillo. > These are Android apps, but Nearby Explorer Online has an iOS equivalent. > These apps all allow plotting favorites for finding later. I'm not sure > how good their turn-by-turn directions are, but I know that one of the > methods they use for helping a user find a point they added is by beeping > and audibly alerting the user when they are nearing a specific favorite. > > > > For reading I use @Voice on Android, not sure of an iOS equivalent, but > you mentioned VoiceDream which works quite well on that platform. > > > > Thanks, > > Robert > > > > > > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Robert Beach wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I?m looking for recommendations of way finding apps that visually impaired > students can use to program in routes, especially thinking about > programming routes across campuses. Also, any other navigational app > recommendations would be appreciated as well. Well shucks, as far as that > goes, any recommendations for apps for visually impaired students would be > good. Of course I know about Read2Go, ?Voice Dream, Go Read, HEARD, COGI > and the readers from NLS, Amazon, Apple and B&N. Any other suggestions > would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Robert Lee Beach > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Kansas City Kansas Community College > > 7250 State Avenue > > Kansas City, KS 66112 > > Phone: 913-288-7671 > > Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.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 > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.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 rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Tue May 22 06:55:58 2018 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] app recommendation In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E6AA@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E717@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> A very good name in my unbiased opinion. 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 Robert Spangler Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 8:44 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] app recommendation I was an iOS user up until last August then, being the curious techy nerd I am, I got bored with it and decided to switch to Android. I bought a budget phone to see if I could use it and eventually purchased a Pixel 2. I haven't looked back! Anyone needing help or advice with Android please feel free to contact me either on or off list. By the way, my name is Robert Lee, too. Thanks, Robert On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 9:15 AM, Robert Beach > wrote: Awesome! I really appreciate the Android feedback. I?m not as up on those apps as I would like to be. 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 Robert Spangler Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 8:10 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] app recommendation Hi, for navigation, I use NowNav, Nearby Explorer Online and Lazarillo. These are Android apps, but Nearby Explorer Online has an iOS equivalent. These apps all allow plotting favorites for finding later. I'm not sure how good their turn-by-turn directions are, but I know that one of the methods they use for helping a user find a point they added is by beeping and audibly alerting the user when they are nearing a specific favorite. For reading I use @Voice on Android, not sure of an iOS equivalent, but you mentioned VoiceDream which works quite well on that platform. Thanks, Robert On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Robert Beach > wrote: Hello all, I?m looking for recommendations of way finding apps that visually impaired students can use to program in routes, especially thinking about programming routes across campuses. Also, any other navigational app recommendations would be appreciated as well. Well shucks, as far as that goes, any recommendations for apps for visually impaired students would be good. Of course I know about Read2Go, ?Voice Dream, Go Read, HEARD, COGI and the readers from NLS, Amazon, Apple and B&N. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! 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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@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.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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I'm running into an accessibility issue with the Google logo at the top of the page and the Google link at the bottom of the page and haven't been able to find a solution. Rachel Ford Web Accessibility Manager 5101 Evergreen Road Dearborn, Michigan 48128 313-317-1541 (Office) raford3@hfcc.edu www.hfcc.edu [""] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3503 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: From kschoeb1 at swarthmore.edu Tue May 22 10:46:18 2018 From: kschoeb1 at swarthmore.edu (Corrine Schoeb) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] RELAY - Peer to peer texting Message-ID: Hi all, Wondering if anyone has any experience with a texting tool called Relay ( https://relaytxt.com/)? If so would you mind sharing what you think and if you've found any access issues? -- Corrine Schoeb Technology Accessibility Coordinator, ITS 610-957-6208 *** Swarthmore College ITS will never ask you for your password, including by email. Please keep your passwords private to protect yourself and the security of our network. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue May 22 11:07:20 2018 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: New Website Accessibility Initiative Message-ID: <00ec01d3f1f7$bace6160$306b2420$@htctu.net> U.S. Department of Education Launches New Website Accessibility Technical Assistance Initiative The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced it is launching a new technical assistance initiative to assist schools, districts, state education agencies, libraries, colleges and universities in making their websites and online programs accessible to individuals with disabilities. Through webinars, OCR will provide information technology professionals with vital information on website accessibility, including tips for making their online programs accessible. The initiative announced today, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, builds on OCR's history of providing technical assistance on this issue to hundreds of stakeholders. "As more educational opportunities are delivered online, we need to ensure those programs, services and activities are accessible to everyone," said U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, "OCR's technical assistance will help us continue to forge important partnerships with schools for the benefit of students and parents with disabilities." OCR will offer the first three webinars on the following dates: * Webinar I: May 29, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. EDT * Webinar II: June 5, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. EDT * Webinar III: June 12, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. EDT If you are interested in participating in any of these webinars, please send your request to OCRWebAccessTA@ed.gov; include your name, preferred webinar and contact information. You are encouraged to invite your vendors to attend these webinars. Information regarding the scheduling and registration for additional webinars is available on the Department's website at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/iwcs.html. https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-launches-new- website-accessibility-technical-assistance-initiative -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinr at disability.tamu.edu Tue May 22 11:49:41 2018 From: justinr at disability.tamu.edu (Justin Romack) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] app recommendation In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Robert, Check out Soundscape (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/product/soundscape/) by Microsoft. Initially born out of research, Microsoft has developed an accessible wayfinding solution that gives nonvisual travelers auditory feedback as they do point-to-point travel or explore open spaces. The app does a great job of announcing nearby points of interest, intersections and pre-determined destinations. Best of all - it's a free app! Thanks, Justin --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] app recommendation Hello all, I'm looking for recommendations of way finding apps that visually impaired students can use to program in routes, especially thinking about programming routes across campuses. Also, any other navigational app recommendations would be appreciated as well. Well shucks, as far as that goes, any recommendations for apps for visually impaired students would be good. Of course I know about Read2Go, ?Voice Dream, Go Read, HEARD, COGI and the readers from NLS, Amazon, Apple and B&N. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! 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Thanks, Danita Assistive Technology Instructor Counseling & Special Services One Full-Time position Salary Range: $51,912.00 - $106,386.00 Annually Application Deadline: ?6/08/2018 @ 5:00 pm TO APPLY PLEASE VISIT https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/deltacollege -- Chas Conley Human Resources Specialist x5004 -- Danita Scott Director, Student Support Services San Joaquin Delta College (209) 954-5151, x6229 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Tue May 22 16:22:37 2018 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] AHG 2018: 10 days left to submit 2nd-round proposals Message-ID: Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference ? November 12 ? 16, 2018 2nd-Round Proposal Deadline: May 31 Accessing Higher Ground 2018 is now accepting 2nd-round proposals for its 21st Annual Conference in Westminster, Colorado. AHG focuses on: ? accessible media ? Universal Design ? best practices for web & media development ? accessible curriculum ? alternate format ? teaching about accessibility and UD in university curriculum (and elsewhere) ? other topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments Use the online speaker proposal form to submit your proposal. Additional speaker information can be found on the AHG website . 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/ -- 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 hkramer at ahead.org Tue May 22 16:42:05 2018 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reliability and effectiveness of Compliance Sheriff by Cyxtera Message-ID: Does anyone know about the effectiveness of this product? How reliable/usable is it for checking the accessibility of sites? 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... URL: From dandrews at visi.com Tue May 22 18:25:52 2018 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reliability and effectiveness of Compliance Sheriff by Cyxtera In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is considered to be a good product. It is one of the four or five enterprise-level products in this area. Each has strengths and weaknesses, and its own style. Dave At 06:42 PM 5/22/2018, you wrote: >Does anyone know about the effectiveness of this >product? How reliable/usable is it for checking the accessibility of sites? > >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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Free for ATHEN members. *Agenda - Friday, June 8* Welcome: 8:30 AM PST/11:30 AM EST *Session 1: 8:40 AM PST/11:40 AM EST* Topic: How Three Campuses Are Addressing Office of Civil Rights Actions This session brings attendees the experiences of three campuses who are responding to the actions of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). From initial responses to long-term planning, panelists will share their approaches, challenges, and successes in addressing legal, ethical, and logistical factors related to OCR actions. *Session 2: 9:50 AM PST/12:50 PM EST* Topic: UDL, Accessibility, and Quality Assurance ? Collaborations at the University of Arizona for Accessible Online Classes The University of Arizona?s Office of Digital Learning and Disability Resources collaborate to ensure quality, accessible, universally designed courses for UA Online. Key partnership elements include sharing resources and knowledge around innovative technologies for teaching and best practices for accessibility and inclusive learning components. *Session 3: 11:00 AM PST/2:00 PM EST* Topic: Technology Strategies for Supporting Students with Disabilities This session explores assistive technology, mobile apps, and other technology strategies to directly support students with disabilities. Speakers will share insights into researching, selecting, supporting, and training for assistive technology for students. *Session 4: 12:10 PM PST/3:10 PM EST* Topic: Procuring accessible ICT and what to do when ?everything is an exception? Campuses around the country have worked to establish procedures for the procurement and implementation of accessible ICT. However, once accessibility review processes are in place, it quickly becomes evident that most products on the market are not fully accessible. 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An enterprise-type tool like Compliance Sheriff is good for monitoring for trends, such as increasing or decreasing defects over time, and for targeted tasks, such as making sure headings are being used or that images have alternative text. (Even then a human then has to check to be sure the headings are being used appropriately and the alternative text is an actual replacement for the image.) They can be very helpful for assigning remediation tasks and making sure they're followed up on. I haven't looked at this product in a while, so I'm not sure what kind of features they have for that. If you're looking for tools to help you test specific sites or pages, there a lot of free tools that will be just as effective. If you're looking for something to help you manage an organization-wide monitoring and remediation program, then Compliance Sheriff or other validation management systems may be a big help. Others include Accessibility Management Platform (AMP) by Level Access, Rational Policy Tester by IBM, and Worldspace (WorldSpace Attest, WorldSpace Assure, WorldSpace Comply) by Deque. sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS) 1 Ashburton Place, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 Office: (617) 626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov | www.mass.gov/eotss From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of David Andrews Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 9:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Reliability and effectiveness of Compliance Sheriff by Cyxtera It is considered to be a good product. It is one of the four or five enterprise-level products in this area. Each has strengths and weaknesses, and its own style. Dave At 06:42 PM 5/22/2018, you wrote: Does anyone know about the effectiveness of this product? How reliable/usable is it for checking the accessibility of sites? 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. [https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png] Virus-free. www.avg.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karlgroves at gmail.com Wed May 23 05:56:35 2018 From: karlgroves at gmail.com (Karl Groves) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reliability and effectiveness of Compliance Sheriff by Cyxtera In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: As Sarah Bourne mentioned, there are limitations to what automated testing tools can do, but you probably already knew that. ;-) I have some articles on my blog on this topic: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Akarlgroves.com+tools Since Compliance Sheriff is a competitor, I won't comment specifically. One thing worth mentioning is that you should always ask for a trial. Not just a demo of the product, but a trial period long enough for you to give the product a fair shake. You should avoid any product vendor who won't do this. On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 7:42 PM, Howard Kramer wrote: > Does anyone know about the effectiveness of this product? How > reliable/usable is it for checking the accessibility of sites? > > 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@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Karl Groves www.karlgroves.com @karlgroves http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves Phone: +1 410.541.6829 www.tenon.io From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Wed May 23 06:42:22 2018 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] app recommendation In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27F115@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Thank you. I have heard of this but had totally forgotten about it. 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 Justin Romack Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 1:50 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] app recommendation Robert, Check out Soundscape (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/product/soundscape/) by Microsoft. Initially born out of research, Microsoft has developed an accessible wayfinding solution that gives nonvisual travelers auditory feedback as they do point-to-point travel or explore open spaces. The app does a great job of announcing nearby points of interest, intersections and pre-determined destinations. Best of all - it's a free app! Thanks, Justin --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) > Subject: [Athen] app recommendation Hello all, I'm looking for recommendations of way finding apps that visually impaired students can use to program in routes, especially thinking about programming routes across campuses. Also, any other navigational app recommendations would be appreciated as well. Well shucks, as far as that goes, any recommendations for apps for visually impaired students would be good. Of course I know about Read2Go, ?Voice Dream, Go Read, HEARD, COGI and the readers from NLS, Amazon, Apple and B&N. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 913-288-7671 Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rspangler1 at udayton.edu Wed May 23 10:23:18 2018 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] app recommendation In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27F115@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27F115@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: I'm still not completely clear on how this app works. Suppose I ought to ask my sister if I can put it on her device to try as I no longer have an iPhone. I read about using headphones with the app and navigating the outdoors. I don't know how they think that wearing headphones and navigating blind is ever a good idea. On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:42 AM, Robert Beach wrote: > Thank you. I have heard of this but had totally forgotten about it. > > > > > > 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 *Justin Romack > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 1:50 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] app recommendation > > > > Robert, > > > > Check out Soundscape (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/product/ > soundscape/) by Microsoft. Initially born out of research, Microsoft has > developed an accessible wayfinding solution that gives nonvisual travelers > auditory feedback as they do point-to-point travel or explore open spaces. > The app does a great job of announcing nearby points of interest, > intersections and pre-determined destinations. Best of all ? it?s a free > app! > > > > Thanks, > > Justin > > > > > > --- > > *Justin Romack *| Assistive Technology Coordinator > > Disability Services | Texas A&M University > > 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 > > ph: 979.845.1637 | justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > *DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS *| One Division. One Mission. > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu > ] *On Behalf Of *Robert > Beach > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:43 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network ( > athen-list@u.washington.edu) > *Subject:* [Athen] app recommendation > > > > Hello all, > > > > I?m looking for recommendations of way finding apps that visually impaired > students can use to program in routes, especially thinking about > programming routes across campuses. Also, any other navigational app > recommendations would be appreciated as well. Well shucks, as far as that > goes, any recommendations for apps for visually impaired students would be > good. Of course I know about Read2Go, ?Voice Dream, Go Read, HEARD, COGI > and the readers from NLS, Amazon, Apple and B&N. Any other suggestions > would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Robert Lee Beach > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Kansas City Kansas Community College > > 7250 State Avenue > > Kansas City, KS 66112 > > Phone: 913-288-7671 > > Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.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 jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Wed May 23 11:32:39 2018 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] app recommendation In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27F115@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <7C75F3D5-E263-4EE9-8B0D-1957F7435EF9@gmail.com> It works much better with bone conduction headphones then EarPods. Sent from my iPhone. please excuse errors from using Apple's dictation feature. > On May 23, 2018, at 1:23 PM, Robert Spangler wrote: > > I'm still not completely clear on how this app works. Suppose I ought to ask my sister if I can put it on her device to try as I no longer have an iPhone. I read about using headphones with the app and navigating the outdoors. I don't know how they think that wearing headphones and navigating blind is ever a good idea. > >> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:42 AM, Robert Beach wrote: >> Thank you. I have heard of this but had totally forgotten about it. >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 Justin Romack >> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 1:50 PM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> Subject: Re: [Athen] app recommendation >> >> >> >> Robert, >> >> >> >> Check out Soundscape (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/product/soundscape/) by Microsoft. Initially born out of research, Microsoft has developed an accessible wayfinding solution that gives nonvisual travelers auditory feedback as they do point-to-point travel or explore open spaces. The app does a great job of announcing nearby points of interest, intersections and pre-determined destinations. Best of all ? it?s a free app! >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Justin >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> >> Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator >> >> Disability Services | Texas A&M University >> >> 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 >> >> ph: 979.845.1637 | justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission. >> >> >> >> From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach >> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:43 AM >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) >> Subject: [Athen] app recommendation >> >> >> >> Hello all, >> >> >> >> I?m looking for recommendations of way finding apps that visually impaired students can use to program in routes, especially thinking about programming routes across campuses. Also, any other navigational app recommendations would be appreciated as well. Well shucks, as far as that goes, any recommendations for apps for visually impaired students would be good. Of course I know about Read2Go, ?Voice Dream, Go Read, HEARD, COGI and the readers from NLS, Amazon, Apple and B&N. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> >> >> Robert Lee Beach >> >> Assistive Technology Specialist >> >> Kansas City Kansas Community College >> >> 7250 State Avenue >> >> Kansas City, KS 66112 >> >> Phone: 913-288-7671 >> >> Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.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 > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Wed May 23 11:55:28 2018 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] app recommendation In-Reply-To: <7C75F3D5-E263-4EE9-8B0D-1957F7435EF9@gmail.com> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27E648@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84013E27F115@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <7C75F3D5-E263-4EE9-8B0D-1957F7435EF9@gmail.com> Message-ID: <129CF3E7-F131-48A8-B515-92351979ECEE@karlencommunications.com> Sadly, SoundScape is still not available in Canada. Cheers, Karen Sent from my iPad > On May 23, 2018, at 2:32 PM, Jeffrey Dell wrote: > > It works much better with bone conduction headphones then EarPods. > > Sent from my iPhone. please excuse errors from using Apple's dictation feature. > >> On May 23, 2018, at 1:23 PM, Robert Spangler wrote: >> >> I'm still not completely clear on how this app works. Suppose I ought to ask my sister if I can put it on her device to try as I no longer have an iPhone. I read about using headphones with the app and navigating the outdoors. I don't know how they think that wearing headphones and navigating blind is ever a good idea. >> >>> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:42 AM, Robert Beach wrote: >>> Thank you. I have heard of this but had totally forgotten about it. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 Justin Romack >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 1:50 PM >>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >>> Subject: Re: [Athen] app recommendation >>> >>> >>> >>> Robert, >>> >>> >>> >>> Check out Soundscape (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/product/soundscape/) by Microsoft. Initially born out of research, Microsoft has developed an accessible wayfinding solution that gives nonvisual travelers auditory feedback as they do point-to-point travel or explore open spaces. The app does a great job of announcing nearby points of interest, intersections and pre-determined destinations. Best of all ? it?s a free app! >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Justin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> >>> Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator >>> >>> Disability Services | Texas A&M University >>> >>> 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 >>> >>> ph: 979.845.1637 | justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu >>> >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission. >>> >>> >>> >>> From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:43 AM >>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) >>> Subject: [Athen] app recommendation >>> >>> >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> >>> >>> I?m looking for recommendations of way finding apps that visually impaired students can use to program in routes, especially thinking about programming routes across campuses. Also, any other navigational app recommendations would be appreciated as well. Well shucks, as far as that goes, any recommendations for apps for visually impaired students would be good. Of course I know about Read2Go, ?Voice Dream, Go Read, HEARD, COGI and the readers from NLS, Amazon, Apple and B&N. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Robert Lee Beach >>> >>> Assistive Technology Specialist >>> >>> Kansas City Kansas Community College >>> >>> 7250 State Avenue >>> >>> Kansas City, KS 66112 >>> >>> Phone: 913-288-7671 >>> >>> Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Thu May 24 08:25:40 2018 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reliability and effectiveness of Compliance Sheriff by Cyxtera In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDD3490C9E@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> I second what karl says below. If they won't let you try out their tool yourself, you should understand that probably means there is a reason for that stance. We did not select this tool at Ohio State when we were evaluating tools. Best, -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of Karl Groves Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:57 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Reliability and effectiveness of Compliance Sheriff by Cyxtera As Sarah Bourne mentioned, there are limitations to what automated testing tools can do, but you probably already knew that. ;-) I have some articles on my blog on this topic: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Akarlgroves.com+tools Since Compliance Sheriff is a competitor, I won't comment specifically. One thing worth mentioning is that you should always ask for a trial. Not just a demo of the product, but a trial period long enough for you to give the product a fair shake. You should avoid any product vendor who won't do this. On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 7:42 PM, Howard Kramer wrote: > Does anyone know about the effectiveness of this product? How > reliable/usable is it for checking the accessibility of sites? > > 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@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Karl Groves www.karlgroves.com @karlgroves http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves Phone: +1 410.541.6829 www.tenon.io _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From norm.coombs at gmail.com Thu May 24 10:29:24 2018 From: norm.coombs at gmail.com (Norm Coombs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub Message-ID: Years ago, I used AMIS to read DAISY books on my PC. i had mistakenly assumed by now it would be upgraded to handle EPUB but apparently not. I know of windows software READHEAR by GH LLC and EasyReader by Dolphin but neiter is free for windows. (EasyReader has free apps for smart phones but so far as I understand not for windows. Can someone recomment a windows application that works OK with screen readers and will handle EPUB content? It seems to me it must be there but that I missed it somehow. Thanks, Norm From hkramer at ahead.org Thu May 24 11:13:18 2018 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reliability and effectiveness of Compliance Sheriff by Cyxtera In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDD3490C9E@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CDD3490C9E@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: Thank you everyone for your replies. It's been very helpful. Regards, Howard On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 10:25 AM, Bossley, Peter A. wrote: > I second what karl says below. If they won't let you try out their tool > yourself, you should understand that probably means there is a reason for > that stance. > We did not select this tool at Ohio State when we were evaluating tools. > Best, > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list On > Behalf Of Karl Groves > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:57 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: [Athen] Reliability and effectiveness of Compliance Sheriff > by Cyxtera > > As Sarah Bourne mentioned, there are limitations to what automated > testing tools can do, but you probably already knew that. ;-) > I have some articles on my blog on this topic: > https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Akarlgroves.com+tools > > Since Compliance Sheriff is a competitor, I won't comment > specifically. One thing worth mentioning is that you should always > ask for a trial. Not just a demo of the product, but a trial period > long enough for you to give the product a fair shake. You should avoid > any product vendor who won't do this. > > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 7:42 PM, Howard Kramer wrote: > > Does anyone know about the effectiveness of this product? How > > reliable/usable is it for checking the accessibility of sites? > > > > 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@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > > > -- > Karl Groves > www.karlgroves.com > @karlgroves > http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves > Phone: +1 410.541.6829 > > www.tenon.io > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.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 kkolander at stchas.edu Thu May 24 11:23:22 2018 From: kkolander at stchas.edu (Keith Kolander) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Natural Reader supports EPUB files. Keith Kolander Adaptive Technology Specialist St. Charles Community College Cottleville, MO 63376 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of Norm Coombs Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 12:29 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub Years ago, I used AMIS to read DAISY books on my PC. i had mistakenly assumed by now it would be upgraded to handle EPUB but apparently not. I know of windows software READHEAR by GH LLC and EasyReader by Dolphin but neiter is free for windows. (EasyReader has free apps for smart phones but so far as I understand not for windows. Can someone recomment a windows application that works OK with screen readers and will handle EPUB content? It seems to me it must be there but that I missed it somehow. 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Thanks, 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 rspangler1 at udayton.edu Thu May 24 12:06:32 2018 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mind mapping software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We use Mind View here at UD. It's been tough getting folks to use it (we don't have a lab) but the ones who are using it enjoy it. Due to its visual nature, I can't say much but it has strong integration with MS Word. If you design a concept map on Mind View, it can then convert it to a Word outline, which is extremely useful for some folks. Additionally, Mind View is cloud-based, so it can be accessed from any computer. I think there might be a traditional desktop application available, too, which might be more appropriate for labs. On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:36 PM, Kluesner, Bryon wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Currently, I have Inspiration 8 (2010) installed on my lab computers > (version 9 is now available). We reviewed MindView mapping software via a > webinar yesterday. Does anyone have any advice on choosing one over the > other? While I rarely (if ever) have seen a student use Inspiration, I > think, based on the webinar, that MindView may be more user friendly. > > > > Any comments or thoughts about the effectiveness of one program over the > other? > > > > Thanks, > > > > 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* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.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 adwershing at pstcc.edu Thu May 24 12:42:55 2018 From: adwershing at pstcc.edu (Wershing, Alice D.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mind mapping software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <10d57ae47e2e4af297b41518e0fdaa3f@EXMAIL03.pstcc.edu> Mindview has a version that is the AT version. I have recently purchased one copy and have used it a little bit. It is designed accessibly to work with JAWS and Dragon Naturally Speaking. Alice D. Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P., C.P.A.A.C. Disability Services, Technology Specialist Pellissippi State Community College 865-694-6751 865-539-7699 (fax) East TN Region Accessibility Specialist Tenessee Board of Regents-TN eCampus PSCC Access for All Blog PSCC Accessible Format Facebook Page (PSCC-Disability Services) PSCC Access4All Twitter Feed (@Access4allPSCC) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:36 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Mind mapping software Hi all, Currently, I have Inspiration 8 (2010) installed on my lab computers (version 9 is now available). We reviewed MindView mapping software via a webinar yesterday. Does anyone have any advice on choosing one over the other? While I rarely (if ever) have seen a student use Inspiration, I think, based on the webinar, that MindView may be more user friendly. Any comments or thoughts about the effectiveness of one program over the other? Thanks, 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 rspangler1 at udayton.edu Thu May 24 13:03:45 2018 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mind mapping software In-Reply-To: <10d57ae47e2e4af297b41518e0fdaa3f@EXMAIL03.pstcc.edu> References: <10d57ae47e2e4af297b41518e0fdaa3f@EXMAIL03.pstcc.edu> Message-ID: Hello, I am curious to know how mind mapping software works with a screen reader, since the nature of it is visual. I'm wondering if it's just the functional parts, like converting it to an outline and other text-based tasks like that which are accessible, and not so much the concept maps themselves. On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Wershing, Alice D. wrote: > Mindview has a version that is the AT version. I have recently purchased > one copy and have used it a little bit. It is designed accessibly to work > with JAWS and Dragon Naturally Speaking. > > > > Alice D. Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P. , > C.P.A.A.C. > > Disability Services, Technology Specialist Pellissippi State Community > College > > 865-694-6751 > > 865-539-7699 (fax) > > > > East TN Region Accessibility Specialist > > > Tenessee Board of Regents-TN eCampus > > > > PSCC Access for All Blog > > PSCC Accessible Format Facebook Page > (PSCC-Disability Services) > > PSCC Access4All Twitter Feed > (@Access4allPSCC) > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Kluesner, Bryon > *Sent:* Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:36 PM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Mind mapping software > > > > Hi all, > > > > Currently, I have Inspiration 8 (2010) installed on my lab computers > (version 9 is now available). We reviewed MindView mapping software via a > webinar yesterday. Does anyone have any advice on choosing one over the > other? While I rarely (if ever) have seen a student use Inspiration, I > think, based on the webinar, that MindView may be more user friendly. > > > > Any comments or thoughts about the effectiveness of one program over the > other? > > > > Thanks, > > > > 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* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.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 Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu Thu May 24 13:15:28 2018 From: Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu (Kluesner, Bryon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mind mapping software In-Reply-To: References: <10d57ae47e2e4af297b41518e0fdaa3f@EXMAIL03.pstcc.edu> Message-ID: Robert, Based on the webinar I sat through yesterday, the presenter said that Mind View uses most of the same keyboard strokes that JAWS uses. I am also curious on how drag and click works with JAWS. I am not a expert JAWS user, so I am unsure how to specifically answer your questions. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies [Power C] 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@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 4:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Mind mapping software Hello, I am curious to know how mind mapping software works with a screen reader, since the nature of it is visual. I'm wondering if it's just the functional parts, like converting it to an outline and other text-based tasks like that which are accessible, and not so much the concept maps themselves. On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Wershing, Alice D. > wrote: Mindview has a version that is the AT version. I have recently purchased one copy and have used it a little bit. It is designed accessibly to work with JAWS and Dragon Naturally Speaking. Alice D. Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P., C.P.A.A.C. Disability Services, Technology Specialist Pellissippi State Community College 865-694-6751 865-539-7699 (fax) East TN Region Accessibility Specialist Tenessee Board of Regents-TN eCampus PSCC Access for All Blog PSCC Accessible Format Facebook Page (PSCC-Disability Services) PSCC Access4All Twitter Feed (@Access4allPSCC) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:36 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Mind mapping software Hi all, Currently, I have Inspiration 8 (2010) installed on my lab computers (version 9 is now available). We reviewed MindView mapping software via a webinar yesterday. Does anyone have any advice on choosing one over the other? While I rarely (if ever) have seen a student use Inspiration, I think, based on the webinar, that MindView may be more user friendly. Any comments or thoughts about the effectiveness of one program over the other? Thanks, 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 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 7792 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From SAMAROSITZ at pasadena.edu Thu May 24 15:02:15 2018 From: SAMAROSITZ at pasadena.edu (S A. Marositz) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Norm and All I am going to give you a couple options but, please know, there are others I have not yet tried. The first is QRead: https://q-continuum.net/qread/download It opens e-pub books along with many other formats. One of its main advantages is you can use your own screen reader to read the book, that is you don't have to use the software's built-in TTS. It does automatic bookmarking and is good for students because it has a tabbed interface. You can have several books, all in different formats, open at once and can use CTRL+tab to switch between them. A couple of downsides are that it is not free although the price is pretty reasonable and if you use your own screen reader, some of the navigation like reading by paragraph does not work as expected. The second is Adobe Digital Editions: https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html I have a little less experience with this program but it works well under Windows, not so much on the Mac with Voiceover even though it says it is supported. You can make bookmarks and read continuously, all with the voice of your screen reader, but I find that reading by sentence or paragraph doesn't work, I think because Digital Editions tries to retain the structure of the page visually. I have also had some success reading EPUB with Microsoft Edge, the browser built in to Windows 10 but I can't say I found it to be an enjoyable experience. I don't remember why but I think it was because I had difficulty turning pages easily. This can be an issue with all the browser based EPUB readers I've tried. Lastly, I have Readium Chrome extention installed now but I can only remember using it once. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readium/fepbnnnkkadjhjahcafoaglimekefifl I think it worked pretty well though. I hope this helps Stephen Alexander Marositz JD, CPACC Assistive Technology Specialist, Pasadena City College Phone: (626) 585-7242 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of Keith Kolander Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:23 AM To: norm.coombs@gmail.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub Natural Reader supports EPUB files. Keith Kolander Adaptive Technology Specialist St. Charles Community College Cottleville, MO 63376 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of Norm Coombs Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 12:29 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub Years ago, I used AMIS to read DAISY books on my PC. i had mistakenly assumed by now it would be upgraded to handle EPUB but apparently not. I know of windows software READHEAR by GH LLC and EasyReader by Dolphin but neiter is free for windows. (EasyReader has free apps for smart phones but so far as I understand not for windows. Can someone recomment a windows application that works OK with screen readers and will handle EPUB content? It seems to me it must be there but that I missed it somehow. Thanks, Norm _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jpolizzotto at htctu.net Thu May 24 16:25:07 2018 From: jpolizzotto at htctu.net (Joseph Polizzotto) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000801d3f3b6$74323040$5c9690c0$@htctu.net> Hi Norm: I recommend trying Vital Source Bookshelf. VitalSource continues to make upgrades to all the versions of Bookshelf (macOS, Windows, iOs, Android). In addition, the reading systems testing group (DAISY) have produced multiple tests of Vital Source's apps, which have consistently gotten good results when using the Non-Visual test book. You can see some of the results by going to the Book Industry Standards Group (BISG) page here: http://www.epubtest.org/testsuite/accessibility/ Some of the important EDUPUB features they support are MathML, PageList Nav, and video. I have used NVDA and VoiceOver with VS Bookshelf and have been able to do the following tasks: - access all the UI elements - jump to page - navigate math expressions - perform continuous reading - navigate tables - navigate by headings - initiate read from here One drawback: you can sideload EPUBs into VS Bookshelf but you won't get the annotations functionality. For that, you will need to purchase a book from Vital Source. HTH, --- Joseph Polizzotto HTCTU Instructor 408-996-6044 www.htctu.net >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] >On Behalf Of Norm Coombs >Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:29 AM >To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub > >Years ago, I used AMIS to read DAISY books on my PC. i had mistakenly >assumed by now it would be upgraded to handle EPUB but apparently not. >I know of windows software READHEAR by GH LLC and EasyReader by Dolphin >but neiter is free for windows. (EasyReader has free apps for smart phones >but so far as I understand not for windows. >Can someone recomment a windows application that works OK with screen >readers and will handle EPUB content? > >It seems to me it must be there but that I missed it somehow. > >Thanks, >Norm >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From adwershing at pstcc.edu Fri May 25 06:06:48 2018 From: adwershing at pstcc.edu (Wershing, Alice D.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Mind mapping software In-Reply-To: References: <10d57ae47e2e4af297b41518e0fdaa3f@EXMAIL03.pstcc.edu> Message-ID: <465df3a51c2a48109591d23c71eab2a5@EXMAIL03.pstcc.edu> The vendor has been very responsive to us. You may want to set up a demo with them. Alice From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 4:15 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Mind mapping software Robert, Based on the webinar I sat through yesterday, the presenter said that Mind View uses most of the same keyboard strokes that JAWS uses. I am also curious on how drag and click works with JAWS. I am not a expert JAWS user, so I am unsure how to specifically answer your questions. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies [Power C] 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@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 4:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Mind mapping software Hello, I am curious to know how mind mapping software works with a screen reader, since the nature of it is visual. I'm wondering if it's just the functional parts, like converting it to an outline and other text-based tasks like that which are accessible, and not so much the concept maps themselves. On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Wershing, Alice D. > wrote: Mindview has a version that is the AT version. I have recently purchased one copy and have used it a little bit. It is designed accessibly to work with JAWS and Dragon Naturally Speaking. Alice D. Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P., C.P.A.A.C. Disability Services, Technology Specialist Pellissippi State Community College 865-694-6751 865-539-7699 (fax) East TN Region Accessibility Specialist Tenessee Board of Regents-TN eCampus PSCC Access for All Blog PSCC Accessible Format Facebook Page (PSCC-Disability Services) PSCC Access4All Twitter Feed (@Access4allPSCC) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:36 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Mind mapping software Hi all, Currently, I have Inspiration 8 (2010) installed on my lab computers (version 9 is now available). We reviewed MindView mapping software via a webinar yesterday. Does anyone have any advice on choosing one over the other? While I rarely (if ever) have seen a student use Inspiration, I think, based on the webinar, that MindView may be more user friendly. Any comments or thoughts about the effectiveness of one program over the other? Thanks, 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 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 7792 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From dandrews at visi.com Fri May 25 20:52:02 2018 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Two things I would say, Microsoft Edge reads ePub's. You can find accessibility evaluations of many ePub readers at www.epubtest.org Dave At 12:29 PM 5/24/2018, you wrote: >Years ago, I used AMIS to read DAISY books on my PC. i had >mistakenly assumed by now it would be upgraded to handle EPUB but >apparently not. >I know of windows software READHEAR by GH LLC and EasyReader by >Dolphin but neiter is free for windows. (EasyReader has free apps >for smart phones but so far as I understand not for windows. >Can someone recomment a windows application that works OK with >screen readers and will handle EPUB content? > >It seems to me it must be there but that I missed it somehow. > >Thanks, >Norm --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com From kelly at kellford.com Mon May 28 16:02:32 2018 From: kelly at kellford.com (KellyFord) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] IAAP Certification Exams Message-ID: <021501d3f6d7$f6422d50$e2c687f0$@kellford.com> Hi, I am curious if anyone has ever taken or served as a proctor for one of the IAAP certification exams for people who use assistive technology. I would take these tests with a screen reader and as I understand the process, that means I have to find my own proctor and take the test privately. http://www.accessibilityassociation.org/certificationapplication How much time am I asking someone to commit to if I ask them to proctor my exam if you have ever done this. Are the Kryterion test centers, where you can also take these tests, really not able to administer tests for people who use assistive technology? More details: http://www.accessibilityassociation.org/certification Kelly -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From akosakowski at baypath.edu Tue May 29 05:47:48 2018 From: akosakowski at baypath.edu (Adam Kosakowski) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Learning Management System symposium--Speakers needed! Message-ID: Hello all! Staff at my institution are organizing a learning management system (LMS) symposium sponsored by NERCOMP on October 24th in Norwood, Massachusetts. We are in need of speakers and I have been tasked with seeing if I could locate speakers to talk about accessibility needs in an LMS environment. Speakers could receive free registration to the conference. *This day-long event will provide all LMS users in the region an opportunity to collaborate and network around issues common to all users. Additionally, there will be ample time (in the afternoon) for BlackBoard, Brightspace, Canvas, and Moodle User Groups to break out into sessions and discuss tips, issues and best practices specific to each LMS.This event should draw approx. 100-150 attendees. This will be a mixture of instructional designers and technologists, IT folks working with the LMS, librarians, and others from higher ed.* *Here is the basic * agenda for the day: - 8:30a - 9a: Registration, breakfast and small group chats - 9a - 10a: Keynote Speaker- individual/panel speaking to the future of LMS? - 10a - 10:15a: Morning Break - *10:15a - 11a: Accessibility, Devices and the Web: Ensuring the success of every user (Could be a panel or a single speaker)* - 11:05 - 11:50a: OER and the LMS - 11:50a - 12:50p: Lunch AFTERNOON SESSIONS ARE SPECIFIC TO EACH LMS USER GROUP - 1p - 1:45p: Session 1 - 1:50p - 2:15p: Session 2 - 2:15p - 2:30p Afternoon Break - 2:30p - 3p: Session 3 - 3p - 3:30p: Wrap Up/Q&A Please let me know if you are interested in presenting or have an idea of who may be interested. Thank you for your consideration! 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You can open the table of contents with the right arrow, navigate to the chapter/section you want, press enter, and then tab back into the content of the document, and you will be placed at the location you chose in the table of contents. Hope this helps. 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 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. Please consider the environment before printing this email We acknowledge that the land on which we gather in Treaty Six Territory is the traditional gathering place for many Indigenous people. We honour and respect the history, languages, ceremonies and culture of the First Nations, M?tis and Inuit who call this territory home. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norm Coombs Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:29 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub Years ago, I used AMIS to read DAISY books on my PC. i had mistakenly assumed by now it would be upgraded to handle EPUB but apparently not. I know of windows software READHEAR by GH LLC and EasyReader by Dolphin but neiter is free for windows. (EasyReader has free apps for smart phones but so far as I understand not for windows. Can someone recomment a windows application that works OK with screen readers and will handle EPUB content? It seems to me it must be there but that I missed it somehow. Thanks, Norm _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From dandrews at visi.com Tue May 29 19:04:51 2018 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] question on accessible windows application to read epub In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Some people have had trouble with Digital Editions locking up on them. Also, I could be wrong but it is my understanding that Adobe is no longer updating the program -- so probably not the best choice. Dave At 12:04 PM 5/29/2018, you wrote: >Hi Norm, > >As someone else here mentioned, Adobe Digital >Editions works quite well with screen readers >when reading ePub documents. You can usually >press shift + tab from the content of the >document and you will be placed in a table of >contents. You can open the table of contents >with the right arrow, navigate to the >chapter/section you want, press enter, and then >tab back into the content of the document, and >you will be placed at the location you chose in the table of contents. > >Hope this helps. > >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 > >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. >Please consider the environment before printing this email > >We acknowledge that the land on which we gather >in Treaty Six Territory is the traditional >gathering place for many Indigenous people. We >honour and respect the history, languages, >ceremonies and culture of the First Nations, >M?tis and Inuit who call this territory home. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list >[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norm Coombs >Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:29 AM >To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub > >Years ago, I used AMIS to read DAISY books on my PC. i had mistakenly >assumed by now it would be upgraded to handle EPUB but apparently not. >I know of windows software READHEAR by GH LLC and EasyReader by Dolphin >but neiter is free for windows. (EasyReader has free apps for smart >phones but so far as I understand not for windows. >Can someone recomment a windows application that works OK with screen >readers and will handle EPUB content? > >It seems to me it must be there but that I missed it somehow. > >Thanks, >Norm --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com From chagnon at pubcom.com Wed May 30 04:22:19 2018 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (chagnon@pubcom.com) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] question on accessible windows application to read epub In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <008401d3f808$79b3a700$6d1af500$@pubcom.com> Yes, Adobe retooled the DPS technology in 2015 and rolled it into their "Experience Manager" suite of tools. It's kind of a hybrid type of technology that has proprietary features, is finicky to produce, and costs the publisher $50,000 and up per year for a license, so it is priced out of the range of all but the largest publishers. A close colleague who used to work for a major household name publisher said that each monthly edition of their publication cost the firm $250,000 in labor costs alone, and that Adobe's engineers worked on some of the coding for free so that they could showcase the publication on their website. That has to tell you something about the technology! Better publishing technologies are out there. See this website for a decent review. Note, however, that accessibility isn't mentioned. https://www.readz.com/digital-publishing-platforms-tools ? ? ? 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 ? ? ? -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of David Andrews Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 10:05 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] question on accessible windows application to read epub Some people have had trouble with Digital Editions locking up on them. Also, I could be wrong but it is my understanding that Adobe is no longer updating the program -- so probably not the best choice. Dave At 12:04 PM 5/29/2018, you wrote: >Hi Norm, > >As someone else here mentioned, Adobe Digital Editions works quite well >with screen readers when reading ePub documents. You can usually press >shift + tab from the content of the document and you will be placed in >a table of contents. You can open the table of contents with the right >arrow, navigate to the chapter/section you want, press enter, and then >tab back into the content of the document, and you will be placed at >the location you chose in the table of contents. > >Hope this helps. > >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 > >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. >Please consider the environment before printing this email > >We acknowledge that the land on which we gather in Treaty Six Territory >is the traditional gathering place for many Indigenous people. We >honour and respect the history, languages, ceremonies and culture of >the First Nations, M?tis and Inuit who call this territory home. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list >[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of >Norm Coombs >Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:29 AM >To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >Subject: [Athen] question on accessiblewindows application to read epub > >Years ago, I used AMIS to read DAISY books on my PC. i had mistakenly >assumed by now it would be upgraded to handle EPUB but apparently not. >I know of windows software READHEAR by GH LLC and EasyReader by Dolphin >but neiter is free for windows. (EasyReader has free apps for smart >phones but so far as I understand not for windows. >Can someone recomment a windows application that works OK with screen >readers and will handle EPUB content? > >It seems to me it must be there but that I missed it somehow. > >Thanks, >Norm --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From athenpresident at gmail.com Wed May 30 08:41:09 2018 From: athenpresident at gmail.com (ATHEN President) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Registration open for the ATHEN Virtual Conference Message-ID: Hello ATHEN Members, Registration is now open for ATHEN?s virtual conference, ?Share, Learn, Engage!? To register, please complete the form at: https://goo.gl/forms/LJ5b3XfI7TaDdaaF3 All sessions will be conducted using the Zoom platform. Free for ATHEN members. Not an ATHEN member? More information about joining ATHEN at: https://athenpro.org/content/membership-athen *Description* This virtual conference will explore current technology accessibility topics within higher education. Presenters and panelists will offer real-world examples of how various institutions approach technology accessibility needs, from policy and procurement to universal design and student support. With a focus on practice instead of theory, this event will help us pool our experiences and ideas to meet our collective goal: a more inclusive and accessible experience for all. *Agenda - Friday, June 8* Welcome: 8:30 AM PDT/11:30 AM EDT *Session 1: 8:40 AM PDT/11:40 AM EDT* Topic: How Three Campuses Are Addressing Office of Civil Rights Actions This session brings attendees the experiences of three campuses who are responding to the actions of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). From initial responses to long-term planning, panelists will share their approaches, challenges, and successes in addressing legal, ethical, and logistical factors related to OCR actions. *Session 2: 9:50 AM PDT/12:50 PM EDT* Topic: UDL, Accessibility, and Quality Assurance ? Collaborations at the University of Arizona for Accessible Online Classes The University of Arizona?s Office of Digital Learning and Disability Resources collaborate to ensure quality, accessible, universally designed courses for UA Online. Key partnership elements include sharing resources and knowledge around innovative technologies for teaching and best practices for accessibility and inclusive learning components. *Session 3: 11:00 AM PDT/2:00 PM EDT* Topic: Technology Strategies for Supporting Students with Disabilities This session explores assistive technology, mobile apps, and other technology strategies to directly support students with disabilities. Speakers will share insights into researching, selecting, supporting, and training for assistive technology for students. *Session 4: 12:10 PM PDT/3:10 PM EDT* Topic: Procuring accessible ICT and what to do when ?everything is an exception? Campuses around the country have worked to establish procedures for the procurement and implementation of accessible ICT. However, once accessibility review processes are in place, it quickly becomes evident that most products on the market are not fully accessible. This presentation will discuss this reality and how it can be addressed. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinr at disability.tamu.edu Thu May 31 09:41:37 2018 From: justinr at disability.tamu.edu (Justin Romack) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:35:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Suggestions for accessible presentation space Message-ID: <300be3e3a10b424886e63f7f8802963f@disability.tamu.edu> Howdy! We're scoping out technology needs for presentation and conference spaces in our new student services building. We want these spaces to be the model for accessibility, so I'm trying to get an idea what solutions may exist to support any speaker who may use these rooms. If you were building out this space, what are some solutions you would incorporate? From the physical space, to the technology used alongside presenters, I want to make sure we're thinking ahead on how to support access for all. Thanks! --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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