[Athen] Sensis Access

[Susan Kelmer]

Sensus Access quickly turns a non-accessible PDF into something somewhat readable.  It depends on the quality of the original, of course, and we don't require students to use it, it is just a tool they can use for a quick-convert when they need it in the middle of the night or on the weekend when I am not in my office to do the converting for them.

Faculty have been using it to make some of their PDFs accessible before they put them up on the LMS, as well.  It is a tool, but not a total solution.

Susan Kelmer
Alternate Format Production Program Manager
Disability Services
University of Colorado Boulder
303-735-4836



From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo
Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 9:04 AM
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So is this a service or does the student actually do the conversion?

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 at uccs.edu<mailto:lbencomo at uccs.edu>
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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu>> On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer
Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 8:14 AM
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Hi Stephen.

We have Sensus Access on our campus, and anyone with a campus login can use it.  This means faculty, staff, and students.  It is listed as a resource on our campus's accessibility page, and we always talk about it at faculty presentations on alternate format.

Susan Kelmer
Alternate Format Production Program Manager
Disability Services
University of Colorado Boulder
303-735-4836



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Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 5:27 PM
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Subject: [Athen] Sensis Access

Hello List

I am curious whether your institution uses Sensis Access, and, if so, what are some best practices? How did you roll it out to faculty and students? Do you have training material? Do you have it behind your student management system or is it on public facing pages? Anything you can tell me about your experiences would be helpful.

So background. I just started here at CSUDH and we purchased Sensis Access last year. We are rolling it out over the next couple of weeks. I am familiar with Robobraille for individual users but I am not sure how it fits in to a campus's overall accessibility strategy.

Any help you can provide would be much appreciated.


Stephen Alexander (Alex) Marositz J.D. CPACC
Accessible Technology Initiative Coordinator
Information Technology Services, California State University Dominguez Hills
(310)243-3077

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