From neal.sorensen at mnsu.edu Wed Apr 1 11:28:34 2020 From: neal.sorensen at mnsu.edu (Sorensen, Neal B) Date: Wed Apr 1 11:28:42 2020 Subject: [Athen] ReadSpeak, Beeline reader In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: As a person with dyslexia, I found BeeLine reader to be helpful. Not sure I would pay for that functionality? For ReadSpeaker, we had that integrated with the LMS at Aims Community College. While it is fairly rudimentary, it was helpful to have it built into D2L. It reportedly works in Respondus LockDown browser, though I haven?t tried it. Cengage has ReadSpeaker built in to their Cengage Unlimited book reader as well. Neal Sorensen (pronouns: he, him, his) Access Specialist Accessibility Resources Minnesota State University, Mankato 132 Memorial Library Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-389-5242 FAX: 507-389-1199 Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu [cid:image001.jpg@01D60829.6EE48640] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ReadSpeak, Beeline reader Thanks, Susan. I noticed with Beeline Reader, it depends on whether or not I'm fighting a migraine as to whether it's helpful or distracting. Hope you're staying safe and healthy! Heidi On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:23 PM Susan Kelmer > wrote: Beeline reader was a good option before, but then went to a pay model. I think it?s free right now because of *gestures to the world at large*. I didn?t find it that useful, as it really only did one thing ? it puts a color gradient on all text, which is supposed to lead your eye from line to line. I just found it distracting. *Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.* Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 12:46 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] ReadSpeak, Beeline reader Hello all! Is anyone's institution using ReadSpeak on their websites or within their LMS (specifically Blackaboard when using the Respondus Lockdown Browser)? Also, has anyone looked at the Beeline Reader? Thanks for any info you can provide! 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I've never had experience with IA ... and truthfully, this is why. Access to their resources ... especially for blind students ... feels like a black box. Can anyone shed some light on how I can help my student access these materials? Gratefully, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | 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... URL: From popish at pdx.edu Thu Apr 2 10:09:45 2020 From: popish at pdx.edu (Mary Popish) Date: Thu Apr 2 10:10:54 2020 Subject: [Athen] Converting Kindle to PDF via Calbire? Message-ID: Hi all, Hope you are well! I'm writing to see if anyone has used Calibre to convert a Kindle book to PDF. I am working with a student who can only find a textbook on Kindle or paperback, and they need it digitally. (And the delivery time for the paperback is well into midterms!) However, the Kindle format isn't working for the student. If anyone has used Calibre with Kindle, please let me know! I haven't gotten it to work, but I'm hoping there might be a step or a setting I'm missing. Or if you've got other suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Thanks, all. Take care! Mary *Mary Popish* Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Portland State University Phone: (503) 725-9119 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: drc@pdx.edu URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc Pronouns: she / her / hers --- *COVID-19 Announcement* We hope you are doing well during this difficult time. We are still here for you! We are performing all essential functions of the work of the DRC remotely, including initial appointments and drop-ins. 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Good luck! -Andi :) From: athen-list On Behalf Of Mary Popish Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:10 PM To: athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Converting Kindle to PDF via Calbire? Hi all, Hope you are well! I'm writing to see if anyone has used Calibre to convert a Kindle book to PDF. I am working with a student who can only find a textbook on Kindle or paperback, and they need it digitally. (And the delivery time for the paperback is well into midterms!) However, the Kindle format isn't working for the student. If anyone has used Calibre with Kindle, please let me know! I haven't gotten it to work, but I'm hoping there might be a step or a setting I'm missing. Or if you've got other suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Thanks, all. Take care! Mary Mary Popish Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Portland State University Phone: (503) 725-9119 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: drc@pdx.edu URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc Pronouns: she / her / hers --- COVID-19 Announcement We hope you are doing well during this difficult time. We are still here for you! We are performing all essential functions of the work of the DRC remotely, including initial appointments and drop-ins. Call 503-725-4150 or email drc@pdx.edu to sign up for drop-ins. We are monitoring voice mail and email messages closely and will respond as soon as possible. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adietrich at cornell.edu Thu Apr 2 10:15:45 2020 From: adietrich at cornell.edu (Andrea L. Dietrich) Date: Thu Apr 2 10:16:06 2020 Subject: [Athen] Converting Kindle to PDF via Calbire? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, If it?s book they bought through Amazon then it?s probably DRM protected so Calibre won?t convert it by default. There are plugins you can get for removing DRM protection but the legality is not 100% clear so I probably shouldn?t share the details on here. But if you do a search for ?Calibre? ?DeDRM? you?ll find a lot of information. Good luck! -Andi :) From: athen-list On Behalf Of Mary Popish Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:10 PM To: athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Converting Kindle to PDF via Calbire? Hi all, Hope you are well! I'm writing to see if anyone has used Calibre to convert a Kindle book to PDF. I am working with a student who can only find a textbook on Kindle or paperback, and they need it digitally. (And the delivery time for the paperback is well into midterms!) However, the Kindle format isn't working for the student. If anyone has used Calibre with Kindle, please let me know! I haven't gotten it to work, but I'm hoping there might be a step or a setting I'm missing. Or if you've got other suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Thanks, all. Take care! Mary Mary Popish Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Portland State University Phone: (503) 725-9119 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: drc@pdx.edu URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc Pronouns: she / her / hers --- COVID-19 Announcement We hope you are doing well during this difficult time. We are still here for you! We are performing all essential functions of the work of the DRC remotely, including initial appointments and drop-ins. Call 503-725-4150 or email drc@pdx.edu to sign up for drop-ins. We are monitoring voice mail and email messages closely and will respond as soon as possible. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'm researching alt format materials for a totally blind student. I found one of their books in the Internet Archive - and see it's available for download in a protected DAISY format (as well as encrypted PDF and EPUB files to borrow.) I've never had experience with IA ... and truthfully, this is why. Access to their resources ... especially for blind students ... feels like a black box. Can anyone shed some light on how I can help my student access these materials? Gratefully, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | 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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I imagined it was something like this, but I thought it was worth reaching out to see. Thanks so much! *Mary Popish* Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Portland State University Phone: (503) 725-9119 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: drc@pdx.edu URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc Pronouns: she / her / hers --- *COVID-19 Announcement* We hope you are doing well during this difficult time. We are still here for you! We are performing all essential functions of the work of the DRC remotely, including initial appointments and drop-ins. Call 503-725-4150 or email drc@pdx.edu to sign up for drop-ins. We are monitoring voice mail and email messages closely and will respond as soon as possible. On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:18 AM Andrea L. Dietrich wrote: > Hi, > > > > If it?s book they bought through Amazon then it?s probably DRM protected > so Calibre won?t convert it by default. There are plugins you can get for > removing DRM protection but the legality is not 100% clear so I probably > shouldn?t share the details on here. But if you do a search for ?Calibre? > ?DeDRM? you?ll find a lot of information. > > > > Good luck! > > > > -Andi :) > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Mary Popish > *Sent:* Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:10 PM > *To:* athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Converting Kindle to PDF via Calbire? > > > > Hi all, > > > > Hope you are well! I'm writing to see if anyone has used Calibre to > convert a Kindle book to PDF. I am working with a student who can only find > a textbook on Kindle or paperback, and they need it digitally. (And the > delivery time for the paperback is well into midterms!) However, the Kindle > format isn't working for the student. > > > > If anyone has used Calibre with Kindle, please let me know! I haven't > gotten it to work, but I'm hoping there might be a step or a setting I'm > missing. Or if you've got other suggestions, I'd love to hear them. > > > > Thanks, all. Take care! > > > > Mary > > > > *Mary Popish* > > Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator > > Disability Resource Center > > Portland State University > > > > Phone: (503) 725-9119 > > Fax: (503) 725-4103 > > Email: drc@pdx.edu > > URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc > > Pronouns: she / her / hers > > --- > > > > *COVID-19 Announcement* > > > > We hope you are doing well during this difficult time. *We are still here > for you!* We are performing all essential functions of the work of the > DRC remotely, including initial appointments and drop-ins. *Call > 503-725-4150 or email drc@pdx.edu to sign up for drop-ins.* > > > > *We are monitoring voice mail and email messages closely and will respond > as soon as possible.* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Thu Apr 2 10:25:10 2020 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Thu Apr 2 10:25:32 2020 Subject: [Athen] Converting Kindle to PDF via Calbire? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I?ve successfully cracked a Kindle book using Calibre. Just google for instructions. I haven?t done it in a couple of years, but it worked fine when I did. As for the legality, we are legally allowed to crack DRM and change formats to provide alt format for qualifying students. Don?t let that hold you back. ? *Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.* Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. 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My student uses Zoom and not voiceover but she's wanting a PDF for a protected book that I could easily read in Windows using the Kindle app. The publisher is refusing to provide the PdF of course. Also I have future students whose books will be available on Kindle and from home it's not easy to scan. Will there be any issues for students with various access technologies on the Mac to read Kindle books? --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinr at disability.tamu.edu Thu Apr 2 10:40:54 2020 From: justinr at disability.tamu.edu (Justin Romack) Date: Thu Apr 2 10:41:49 2020 Subject: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student In-Reply-To: References: <4bb845106ec44739a7e68589b085bbd1@disability.tamu.edu> Message-ID: Unfortunately, in all the research I've done to this point - the VR Stream is the ONLY blindness-friendly option I can dig up. It looks like the EPUB and PDF options I can download are available for Digital Editions - which I've found to be a disaster with JAWS (personally.) This student would be fine with DAISY or EPUB ... if I could get them in their app of choice. Thanks for this, though! I'm glad to know that SOMEONE out there has had some luck with their content. Thanks, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | 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 On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 12:20 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student I've downloaded historical books on communism from the internet archive in Daisy and they played on the VR stream just fine. I don't think things on the archive are protected though. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 9:29 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student Howdy all! Hoping you are safe and well in your respective corner of the world. I know we're all desperately awaiting news that we're trending in a positive direction ... I'm researching alt format materials for a totally blind student. I found one of their books in the Internet Archive - and see it's available for download in a protected DAISY format (as well as encrypted PDF and EPUB files to borrow.) I've never had experience with IA ... and truthfully, this is why. Access to their resources ... especially for blind students ... feels like a black box. Can anyone shed some light on how I can help my student access these materials? Gratefully, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | 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... URL: From lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu Thu Apr 2 10:48:00 2020 From: lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu (Lisa Brandt) Date: Thu Apr 2 10:48:25 2020 Subject: [Athen] Converting Kindle to PDF via Calbire? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Search for Calibre Apprentice Alf for DRM information. On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:27 AM Susan Kelmer wrote: > I?ve successfully cracked a Kindle book using Calibre. Just google for > instructions. I haven?t done it in a couple of years, but it worked fine > when I did. > > > > As for the legality, we are legally allowed to crack DRM and change > formats to provide alt format for qualifying students. Don?t let that hold > you back. J > > > > **Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by > email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.** > > > > *Susan Kelmer * > > Alternate Format Production Program Manager > > Disability Services > > Division of Student Affairs > > *T* 303 735 4836 > > *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices > * > > > > > > [image: cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] > > > > *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this > message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please > notify the sender immediately and delete this message. * > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Lisa Brandt Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Services 971-722-4340 Zoom Meeting Room : 669-900-6833, Meeting ID 971-722-4340 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Steven Bianco Florida SouthWestern State College Office of Information Technology Electronic Information Technology (EIT) Accessibility Specialist Phone: (239) 432-6774 or X16774 Email: Steven.Bianco@FSW.edu From: Steven Bianco Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:28 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student I believe the "in copyright" files are encrypted. Their help indicates needing a key from the Library of Congress to access current books https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/accessing#protected-daisy Steven Bianco Florida SouthWestern State College Office of Information Technology Electronic Information Technology (EIT) Accessibility Specialist Phone: (239) 432-6774 or X16774 Email: Steven.Bianco@FSW.edu From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:20 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student I've downloaded historical books on communism from the internet archive in Daisy and they played on the VR stream just fine. I don't think things on the archive are protected though. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 9:29 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student Howdy all! Hoping you are safe and well in your respective corner of the world. I know we're all desperately awaiting news that we're trending in a positive direction ... I'm researching alt format materials for a totally blind student. I found one of their books in the Internet Archive - and see it's available for download in a protected DAISY format (as well as encrypted PDF and EPUB files to borrow.) I've never had experience with IA ... and truthfully, this is why. Access to their resources ... especially for blind students ... feels like a black box. Can anyone shed some light on how I can help my student access these materials? Gratefully, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | 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. 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Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 11:41 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student Unfortunately, in all the research I've done to this point - the VR Stream is the ONLY blindness-friendly option I can dig up. It looks like the EPUB and PDF options I can download are available for Digital Editions - which I've found to be a disaster with JAWS (personally.) This student would be fine with DAISY or EPUB . if I could get them in their app of choice. Thanks for this, though! I'm glad to know that SOMEONE out there has had some luck with their content. Thanks, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | 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 > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 12:20 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student I've downloaded historical books on communism from the internet archive in Daisy and they played on the VR stream just fine. I don't think things on the archive are protected though. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 9:29 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student Howdy all! Hoping you are safe and well in your respective corner of the world. I know we're all desperately awaiting news that we're trending in a positive direction . I'm researching alt format materials for a totally blind student. I found one of their books in the Internet Archive - and see it's available for download in a protected DAISY format (as well as encrypted PDF and EPUB files to borrow.) I've never had experience with IA . and truthfully, this is why. Access to their resources . especially for blind students . feels like a black box. Can anyone shed some light on how I can help my student access these materials? 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The problem is that the instructor didn't just use Mathtype for the equations, but used it for all the content in the document, including text instructions. The conversion to PDF made quite a mess of things. Is there a way to modify the Mathtype content in the Word document so that only the equations are rendered in Mathtype? The eLearning person doesn't want to have to re-type all the content, if he can avoid it. Thanks for any ideas. Russell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chagnon at pubcom.com Thu Apr 2 12:52:33 2020 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (chagnon@pubcom.com) Date: Thu Apr 2 12:52:44 2020 Subject: [Athen] Mathtype question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00ef01d60928$4069b6a0$c13d23e0$@pubcom.com> Wow. Just to make sure I understand correctly, the instructor wrote the entire document (not just the equations)in MathType? Definitely don't make the PDF until this is corrected in the source Word document. I'd contact the MathType vendor that created the author's plug-in and see if they have any solutions. I don't know of any solutions, but am anxious to read others' thoughts on this. -Bevi - - - Bevi Chagnon, founder/CEO | Bevi@PubCom.com - - - PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing consulting . training . development . design . sec. 508 services Upcoming classes at www.PubCom.com/classes - - - Latest blog-newsletter - Accessibility Tips at www.PubCom.com/blog From: athen-list On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Mathtype question Hi everyone, We've been contacted by one of our eLearning team members. He is attempting to convert an instructor's Word document to a PDF. The document is for a math course and has many math equations done using Mathtype. The problem is that the instructor didn't just use Mathtype for the equations, but used it for all the content in the document, including text instructions. The conversion to PDF made quite a mess of things. Is there a way to modify the Mathtype content in the Word document so that only the equations are rendered in Mathtype? The eLearning person doesn't want to have to re-type all the content, if he can avoid it. Thanks for any ideas. Russell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From TMariotti at mvcc.edu Thu Apr 2 13:05:56 2020 From: TMariotti at mvcc.edu (Tamara Mariotti) Date: Thu Apr 2 13:06:35 2020 Subject: [Athen] Mathtype question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Does the team member have access to Math type, and why convert it? Just asking - if the student does not have word, can it move to a google doc as easily? Or offer free office 365. I know this sounds simple, but perhaps this can work? I would check it all though with JAWS or Fusion. I created this for students to access the free Zoomtext/Jaws/Fusion if it will help. Feel free to share this "How to" widely. Tamara Mariotti Coordinator of the Office of Accessibility Resources (OAR) Mohawk Valley Community College Wilcox Hall (formally IT) Building Learning Commons, Room 129A 1101 Sherman Drive Utica, NY 13501 Voice 315-731-5702 (receiving remote messages) Fax 315-731-5868 (receiving faxes remotely) Zoom contact: https://zoom.us/j/7895355494 (video chat) https://www.mvcc.edu/accessibility-resources [mvcc logo] Proud member of: [NYSDSC 2016 Logo for email sig] "Disability is not a 'brave struggle' or 'courage in the face of adversity'. Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live." Neil Marcus From: athen-list On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Mathtype question Hi everyone, We've been contacted by one of our eLearning team members. He is attempting to convert an instructor's Word document to a PDF. The document is for a math course and has many math equations done using Mathtype. The problem is that the instructor didn't just use Mathtype for the equations, but used it for all the content in the document, including text instructions. The conversion to PDF made quite a mess of things. Is there a way to modify the Mathtype content in the Word document so that only the equations are rendered in Mathtype? The eLearning person doesn't want to have to re-type all the content, if he can avoid it. Thanks for any ideas. Russell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It would seem something isn't quite right about what they've shared with you. I'd be asking a lot more questions. Even so, why convert to PDF at all? For a sighted student, the visual presentation in the Word file should be fine. For a blind student who can read MathML, the document is already accessible. *Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.* Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you've received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Mathtype question Hi everyone, We've been contacted by one of our eLearning team members. He is attempting to convert an instructor's Word document to a PDF. The document is for a math course and has many math equations done using Mathtype. The problem is that the instructor didn't just use Mathtype for the equations, but used it for all the content in the document, including text instructions. The conversion to PDF made quite a mess of things. Is there a way to modify the Mathtype content in the Word document so that only the equations are rendered in Mathtype? The eLearning person doesn't want to have to re-type all the content, if he can avoid it. Thanks for any ideas. Russell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I don't know of any solutions, but am anxious to read others' thoughts on this. -Bevi - - - Bevi Chagnon, founder/CEO | Bevi@PubCom.com - - - PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing consulting * training * development * design * sec. 508 services Upcoming classes at www.PubCom.com/classes - - - Latest blog-newsletter - Accessibility Tips at www.PubCom.com/blog From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Mathtype question Hi everyone, We've been contacted by one of our eLearning team members. He is attempting to convert an instructor's Word document to a PDF. The document is for a math course and has many math equations done using Mathtype. The problem is that the instructor didn't just use Mathtype for the equations, but used it for all the content in the document, including text instructions. The conversion to PDF made quite a mess of things. Is there a way to modify the Mathtype content in the Word document so that only the equations are rendered in Mathtype? The eLearning person doesn't want to have to re-type all the content, if he can avoid it. Thanks for any ideas. Russell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From solowoniukr at macewan.ca Thu Apr 2 14:45:08 2020 From: solowoniukr at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Thu Apr 2 14:45:35 2020 Subject: [Athen] Mathtype question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Tamara, I think the student probably does have Word. I'm not sure why they are converting to PDF, but having said that, I'm not able to get Jaws to read the equations in the Word document either. I'm trying to figure this out now. Thanks, Russell From: athen-list On Behalf Of Tamara Mariotti Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020 2:06 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Mathtype question Does the team member have access to Math type, and why convert it? Just asking - if the student does not have word, can it move to a google doc as easily? Or offer free office 365. I know this sounds simple, but perhaps this can work? I would check it all though with JAWS or Fusion. I created this for students to access the free Zoomtext/Jaws/Fusion if it will help. Feel free to share this "How to" widely. Tamara Mariotti Coordinator of the Office of Accessibility Resources (OAR) Mohawk Valley Community College Wilcox Hall (formally IT) Building Learning Commons, Room 129A 1101 Sherman Drive Utica, NY 13501 Voice 315-731-5702 (receiving remote messages) Fax 315-731-5868 (receiving faxes remotely) Zoom contact: https://zoom.us/j/7895355494 (video chat) https://www.mvcc.edu/accessibility-resources [mvcc logo] Proud member of: [NYSDSC 2016 Logo for email sig] "Disability is not a 'brave struggle' or 'courage in the face of adversity'. Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live." Neil Marcus From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Mathtype question Hi everyone, We've been contacted by one of our eLearning team members. He is attempting to convert an instructor's Word document to a PDF. The document is for a math course and has many math equations done using Mathtype. The problem is that the instructor didn't just use Mathtype for the equations, but used it for all the content in the document, including text instructions. The conversion to PDF made quite a mess of things. Is there a way to modify the Mathtype content in the Word document so that only the equations are rendered in Mathtype? The eLearning person doesn't want to have to re-type all the content, if he can avoid it. Thanks for any ideas. Russell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4536 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 17113 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From slovika at lanecc.edu Thu Apr 2 15:24:53 2020 From: slovika at lanecc.edu (Alexandra Slovik) Date: Thu Apr 2 15:25:58 2020 Subject: [Athen] Mathtype question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, I've managed to get NVDA and other screen readers to play nice with math that's first entered into Word using the equation editor then exported to HTML. I use a free software program called Central Access Reader (by the University of Washington). You simply drag in a Word file then export to HTML. The screen readers will read out the alt text for the equations. Best, Lexi Slovik On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 2:49 PM Russell Solowoniuk wrote: > Hi Tamara, > > > > I think the student probably does have Word. I?m not sure why they are > converting to PDF, but having said that, I?m not able to get Jaws to read > the equations in the Word document either. I?m trying to figure this out > now. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Russell > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Tamara Mariotti > *Sent:* Thursday, April 02, 2020 2:06 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Mathtype question > > > > Does the team member have access to Math type, and why convert it? Just > asking ? if the student does not have word, can it move to a google doc as > easily? Or offer free office 365 > . I know this > sounds simple, but perhaps this can work? I would check it all though with > JAWS or Fusion. I created this for students to access the free > Zoomtext/Jaws/Fusion if it will help. Feel free to share this ?How to? > widely. > > > > Tamara Mariotti > > Coordinator of the Office of Accessibility Resources (OAR) > > Mohawk Valley Community College > > Wilcox Hall (formally IT) Building > > Learning Commons, Room 129A > > 1101 Sherman Drive > > Utica, NY 13501 > > > > Voice 315-731-5702 (receiving remote messages) > > Fax 315-731-5868 (receiving faxes remotely) > > Zoom contact: https://zoom.us/j/7895355494 (video chat) > > https://www.mvcc.edu/accessibility-resources > > [image: mvcc logo] > > > > Proud member of: > > [image: NYSDSC 2016 Logo for email sig] > > > > "Disability is not a 'brave struggle' or 'courage in the face of > adversity'. Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live." Neil > Marcus > > > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Russell Solowoniuk > *Sent:* Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:37 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Mathtype question > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > We?ve been contacted by one of our eLearning team members. He is > attempting to convert an instructor?s Word document to a PDF. The document > is for a math course and has many math equations done using Mathtype. The > problem is that the instructor didn?t just use Mathtype for the equations, > but used it for all the content in the document, including text > instructions. > > > > The conversion to PDF made quite a mess of things. Is there a way to > modify the Mathtype content in the Word document so that only the equations > are rendered in Mathtype? The eLearning person doesn?t want to have to > re-type all the content, if he can avoid it. > > > > Thanks for any ideas. > > > > Russell > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Lexi Slovik Testing Coordinator *Effective March 18, 2020 CAR will be open with modifications until May 11th, 2020. Staff will work remotely and will continue to offer accommodations and support during this time. We will be available via email at accessibleresources@lanecc.edu and phone at (541) 463-5150. You can also find resources for online class support at www.lanecc.edu/disability * *Center for Accessible Resources* Lane Community College | Building 19/266 Eugene, OR 97405 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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But in looking up my students' textbook needs I increasingly see that the Kindle offering and renting a book on the Kindle is often considerably cheaper than renting or purchasing from our bookstore, even when it's an ebook. So I want to start recommending my students use the Kindle app and read more of their textbooks there. For screen reader users, the Kindle app works well with JAWS and NVDA , though of course not all material is totally accessible and it's difficult to get to a particular section - not as convenient as a Daisy book. But it's fine for courses like literature where you have to read a book straight through. Gets a bit harder if you need to find a particular story in a large collection like a Norton literature anthology. And the app can be a bit tricky to navigate if you are new to your screen reader. But you can read books on your phone or tablet as well. 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From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 8:12 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Kindle questions I'm a dedicated Kindle user, but I want to know how well Kindle works for people with other print impairments. How effective is the Kindle app for the Mac and for Windows for your students who use Voiceover, Zoom, other magnification and tools like K3000 and Read and Write? I'm pretty sure there is no way for K3000 to read a Kindle book but I could be wrong. Here's why I need to know: here at home, I cannot effectively scan textbooks. I have a scanner, but personal deliveries are not a good idea with the shelter in place. But in looking up my students' textbook needs I increasingly see that the Kindle offering and renting a book on the Kindle is often considerably cheaper than renting or purchasing from our bookstore, even when it's an ebook. So I want to start recommending my students use the Kindle app and read more of their textbooks there. For screen reader users, the Kindle app works well with JAWS and NVDA , though of course not all material is totally accessible and it's difficult to get to a particular section - not as convenient as a Daisy book. But it's fine for courses like literature where you have to read a book straight through. Gets a bit harder if you need to find a particular story in a large collection like a Norton literature anthology. And the app can be a bit tricky to navigate if you are new to your screen reader. But you can read books on your phone or tablet as well. What I need to know is how effective are the Kindle apps for people who don't use JAWS or NVDA? --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From erik.ferguson at pcc.edu Fri Apr 3 08:22:28 2020 From: erik.ferguson at pcc.edu (Erik Ferguson) Date: Fri Apr 3 08:23:11 2020 Subject: [Athen] Kindle questions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I use Kindle on iOS with font adjustments, tint adjustments, spacing adjustments and text to speech via the Speak Screen utility with the new Speech Controller. I love it. Also, the Libby app for library books sends quite a few books to Kindle on request and that?s awesome. Hope this helps Erik On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 8:14 AM Deborah Armstrong wrote: > I?m a dedicated Kindle user, but I want to know how well Kindle works for > people with other print impairments. > > > > How effective is the Kindle app for the Mac and for Windows for your > students who use Voiceover, Zoom, other magnification and tools like K3000 > and Read and Write? I?m pretty sure there is no way for K3000 to read a > Kindle book but I could be wrong. > > > > Here?s why I need to know: here at home, I cannot effectively scan > textbooks. I have a scanner, but personal deliveries are not a good idea > with the shelter in place. > > > > But in looking up my students? textbook needs I increasingly see that the > Kindle offering and renting a book on the Kindle is often considerably > cheaper than renting or purchasing from our bookstore, even when it?s an > ebook. > > > > So I want to start recommending my students use the Kindle app and read > more of their textbooks there. > > > > For screen reader users, the Kindle app works well with JAWS and NVDA , > though of course not all material is totally accessible and it?s difficult > to get to a particular section ? not as convenient as a Daisy book. > > > > But it?s fine for courses like literature where you have to read a book > straight through. Gets a bit harder if you need to find a particular story > in a large collection like a Norton literature anthology. > > > > And the app can be a bit tricky to navigate if you are new to your screen > reader. > > > > But you can read books on your phone or tablet as well. > > > > What I need to know is how effective are the Kindle apps for people who > don?t use JAWS or NVDA? > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Erik Ferguson Alternative Media Technician PCC Disability Services Assistive Technology Team Contact us for questions and support at: Phone: 971-722-TECH (971-722-8324) access-tech-group@pcc.edu *Please Note: I am not in office Tuesday or Thursday. For immediate response please use the email and number listed in signature above.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Fri Apr 3 08:30:38 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Fri Apr 3 08:31:17 2020 Subject: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student In-Reply-To: References: <4bb845106ec44739a7e68589b085bbd1@disability.tamu.edu> Message-ID: Digital editions works great if you have to read something straight through. But it has no ability to let you jump to a particular section. However if you get a book in digital editions, free speech-friendly software called Codex can convert it to an epub with all the headings intact. Codex no longer apparently can remove the dRM from Kindle books. What makes Codex legal is that you have to legally have the book on your own PC. It uses the license information that's already on your computer to decrypt the DRM. Print-impaired folks can decrypt the DRM for their personal use. http://jscholes.net/project/codex/ --Debee From: athen-list On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 10:41 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student Unfortunately, in all the research I've done to this point - the VR Stream is the ONLY blindness-friendly option I can dig up. It looks like the EPUB and PDF options I can download are available for Digital Editions - which I've found to be a disaster with JAWS (personally.) This student would be fine with DAISY or EPUB ... if I could get them in their app of choice. Thanks for this, though! I'm glad to know that SOMEONE out there has had some luck with their content. Thanks, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | 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 > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 12:20 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student I've downloaded historical books on communism from the internet archive in Daisy and they played on the VR stream just fine. I don't think things on the archive are protected though. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 9:29 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Need help understanding title on Internet Archive for blind student Howdy all! Hoping you are safe and well in your respective corner of the world. I know we're all desperately awaiting news that we're trending in a positive direction ... I'm researching alt format materials for a totally blind student. I found one of their books in the Internet Archive - and see it's available for download in a protected DAISY format (as well as encrypted PDF and EPUB files to borrow.) I've never had experience with IA ... and truthfully, this is why. Access to their resources ... especially for blind students ... feels like a black box. Can anyone shed some light on how I can help my student access these materials? Gratefully, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | 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... URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Fri Apr 3 10:30:05 2020 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Fri Apr 3 10:31:08 2020 Subject: [Athen] ReadSpeak, Beeline reader In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks so much, Neal! I do appreciate your feedback. We are really interested in ReadSpeak with the Respondus LockDown Browser, since RLB doesn't work well (or at all) with AT. Stay well, Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT *she, her, hers* Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:28 PM Sorensen, Neal B wrote: > As a person with dyslexia, I found BeeLine reader to be helpful. Not sure > I would pay for that functionality? > > > > For ReadSpeaker, we had that integrated with the LMS at Aims Community > College. While it is fairly rudimentary, it was helpful to have it built > into D2L. It reportedly works in Respondus LockDown browser, though I > haven?t tried it. Cengage has ReadSpeaker built in to their Cengage > Unlimited book reader as well. > > > > Neal Sorensen > > (pronouns: he, him, his) > > Access Specialist > > Accessibility Resources > > Minnesota State University, Mankato > > 132 Memorial Library > > Mankato, MN 56001 > > > > Phone: 507-389-5242 > > FAX: 507-389-1199 > > Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in > error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the > sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:37 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] ReadSpeak, Beeline reader > > > > Thanks, Susan. I noticed with Beeline Reader, it depends on whether or not > I'm fighting a migraine as to whether it's helpful or distracting. > > > > Hope you're staying safe and healthy! > > > > Heidi > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:23 PM Susan Kelmer > wrote: > > Beeline reader was a good option before, but then went to a pay model. I > think it?s free right now because of *gestures to the world at large*. I > didn?t find it that useful, as it really only did one thing ? it puts a > color gradient on all text, which is supposed to lead your eye from line to > line. I just found it distracting. > > > > **Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by > email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.** > > > > *Susan Kelmer * > > Alternate Format Production Program Manager > > Disability Services > > Division of Student Affairs > > *T* 303 735 4836 > > *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices > > * > > > > > > [image: cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] > > > > *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this > message cannot be guaranteed. 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T_T But we'll make sure one of the co-chairs have a copy and will send it to you if necessary. -- Jiatyan [cid:0F6F0AC5-C9D8-45B2-84A7-A67D4C2022AF] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Screenshot 2020-04-03 at 23.02.43.png Type: image/png Size: 74617 bytes Desc: Screenshot 2020-04-03 at 23.02.43.png URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Sun Apr 5 05:57:51 2020 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sun Apr 5 05:58:10 2020 Subject: [Athen] Your Best Resource for Online Newbies and Accessibility Message-ID: <002401d60b49$d1be34f0$753a9ed0$@karlencommunications.com> Hi Everyone: I am part of a panel webinar this week talking about the impact COVID-19 is having on post secondary education for students with disabilities. I know we all have great resources and share them, however, am wondering if your college or university has created something specifically for the high learning curve that some faculty face. Or, is your college or university now looking at an accelerated strategic plan for the fall when COVID-19 returns or next year when we have another pandemic. Not being pessimistic?just realistic. We?re going to go through this again. ? If you can share any links to these types of resources I can feature them in the webinar or the handout that follows. I only have 5-7 minutes so will need to talk faster than I usually do! LOL Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Wink Harner On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 2:21 PM Deborah Armstrong wrote: > The California Council Of The blind published my article, ?Fix Your > Computer When you are not a Wizard?. > > http://ccbnet.org/drupal7/node/638 > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Wink Harner Assistive Technology Consulting and Training Alternative Text Production Portland OR. foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gian at accessibilityoz.com Sun Apr 5 16:11:58 2020 From: gian at accessibilityoz.com (Gian Wild) Date: Sun Apr 5 16:12:38 2020 Subject: [Athen] Your Best Resource for Online Newbies and Accessibility Message-ID: Hi We have a number of free resources: - AccessibilityOz Factsheets: https://www.accessibilityoz.com/factsheets/ - AccessibilityOz Slideshow available under GPL2 license: https://www.accessibilityoz.com/products/accessibilityoz-slideshow/ - CCC Developer Videos: https://www.accessibilityoz.com/videos/ - Accessibility articles: https://www.accessibilityoz.com/about/articles/ - Accessibility webinars: https://www.accessibilityoz.com/about/presentations/ We are also providing our main products: OzART, OzPlayer and OzWiki for free for three months due to COVID19: https://www.accessibilityoz.com/accessibility-blog/ Cheers, Gian -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu Sent: Monday, 6 April 2020 5:00 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 171, Issue 6 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Your Best Resource for Online Newbies and Accessibility (Karlen Communications) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 08:57:51 -0400 From: "Karlen Communications" To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: [Athen] Your Best Resource for Online Newbies and Accessibility Message-ID: <002401d60b49$d1be34f0$753a9ed0$@karlencommunications.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Everyone: I am part of a panel webinar this week talking about the impact COVID-19 is having on post secondary education for students with disabilities. I know we all have great resources and share them, however, am wondering if your college or university has created something specifically for the high learning curve that some faculty face. Or, is your college or university now looking at an accelerated strategic plan for the fall when COVID-19 returns or next year when we have another pandemic. Not being pessimistic?just realistic. We?re going to go through this again. ? If you can share any links to these types of resources I can feature them in the webinar or the handout that follows. I only have 5-7 minutes so will need to talk faster than I usually do! LOL Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ End of athen-list Digest, Vol 171, Issue 6 ****************************************** From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Apr 6 07:14:18 2020 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Mon Apr 6 07:14:52 2020 Subject: [Athen] [EXT] To share with your BVI students In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Nice! Congrats for getting it published. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 4:22 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [EXT][Athen] To share with your BVI students CAUTION: This email originated outside KCKCC. Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Please forward all suspicious emails to support@kckcc.edu. The California Council Of The blind published my article, "Fix Your Computer When you are not a Wizard". http://ccbnet.org/drupal7/node/638 --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From slovika at lanecc.edu Mon Apr 6 09:52:50 2020 From: slovika at lanecc.edu (Alexandra Slovik) Date: Mon Apr 6 09:53:37 2020 Subject: [Athen] [EXT] To share with your BVI students In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you for sharing your article! This is honestly very helpful to all computer users right now, as many working from home begin to feel more isolated and therefore more frustrated with technology issues. Teaching people how to troubleshoot their own tech issues is crucial, especially when most of us are relying on tech to do our work or go to school right now. Thank you! On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 7:16 AM Robert Beach wrote: > Nice! Congrats for getting it published. > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Deborah Armstrong > *Sent:* Sunday, April 5, 2020 4:22 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [EXT][Athen] To share with your BVI students > > > > *CAUTION:** This email originated outside KCKCC. Do not click links or > open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Please forward all > suspicious emails to support@kckcc.edu .* > > The California Council Of The blind published my article, ?Fix Your > Computer When you are not a Wizard?. > > http://ccbnet.org/drupal7/node/638 > > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Lexi Slovik Testing Coordinator *Effective March 18, 2020 CAR will be open with modifications until June 14th, 2020. Staff will work remotely and will continue to offer accommodations and support during this time. We will be available via email at accessibleresources@lanecc.edu and phone at (541) 463-5150. You can also find resources for online class support at www.lanecc.edu/disability * *Center for Accessible Resources* Lane Community College | Building 19/266 Eugene, OR 97405 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Check out this article from USA TODAY: Use Zoom? These 5 safety tips can keep the 'Zoombombing' hackers away https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/04/02/how-to-keep-zoombombing-hackers-away-zoom-safety-tips/5113080002/ Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rspangler1 at udayton.edu Mon Apr 6 10:04:34 2020 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Mon Apr 6 10:05:14 2020 Subject: [Athen] Using VitalSource with a Screen Reader Message-ID: Hello, is there anyone who's blind who has used VitalSource Bookshelf with NVDA or JAWS? I have been playing with it recently and I see that I can have the text of a book read out loud with MS Speech API. This is insufficient, however, because I want to be able to review the text of the book with NVDA. This is particularly important when reviewing text by character is necessary, such as when reading programming books. I don't see a way to do this. Am I missing something or am I simply out of luck? Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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 info at karlencommunications.com Mon Apr 6 11:05:09 2020 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Mon Apr 6 11:05:36 2020 Subject: [Athen] Zoombombing prevention In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006401d60c3d$e9a39ac0$bcead040$@karlencommunications.com> I got a post from Zoom on the weekend that starting on the weekend or with the Zoom update, a password will be required by default so if you don?t want one, you?ll have to turn it off and every meeting will have a waiting room by default which you would again have to turn off if you don?t want it. I?ve also started registration for general Zoom meetings/not with my students but will be using the password moving forward. Once caution about using the password, I did some online training and everyone could use the password except me and the captioner?Not sure what was going on but always get into your Zoom meeting rooms ahead of time to troubleshoot things like this. The organizers of the Zoom meeting had to cancel the meeting they planned, recreate the meeting but this time turn off the password. Fortunately it was me, the captioner and a room full of participants but demonstrates what can go wrong. ? Cheers, Karen From: athen-list On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 1:03 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Zoombombing prevention Hi all, I ran across this in the news this morning. Thought these easy steps might be helpful for some. Zoombombing is a thing. It?s a security breach. Zoom is aware of it. Many are using Zoom ?usage went from a few million in December 2019 to several hundred million in March. Zoombombing occurs when a zoom link is hijacked by an uninvited ?guest.? Here are some immediate (easy-peasey) precautions we can all take to prevent this from happening on any of our zoom calls, meetings, or online conferencing. Use password protection, share meeting IDs and logins via email instead of links, use advanced host security measures for screen sharing, find and use Waiting Room to require everyone be approved by the host before being admitted to the zoom call. Read on for more details. Check out this article from USA TODAY: Use Zoom? These 5 safety tips can keep the 'Zoombombing' hackers away https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/04/02/how-to-keep-zoombombing-hackers-away-zoom-safety-tips/5113080002/ Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kerscher at montana.com Mon Apr 6 11:08:32 2020 From: kerscher at montana.com (kerscher@montana.com) Date: Mon Apr 6 11:08:37 2020 Subject: [Athen] Using VitalSource with a Screen Reader In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006001d60c3e$623a1e50$26ae5af0$@montana.com> Hello, I use NVDA all of the time. Most blind users are using version 7.6.4. Results of testing can be found at http://www.epubtest.org There is also testing with Jaws. Both work about the same. Version 9.1.2 is difficult to use with a screen reader, and they are planning to create shortcut keys, which will make this version much easier to use. Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 11:05 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Using VitalSource with a Screen Reader Hello, is there anyone who's blind who has used VitalSource Bookshelf with NVDA or JAWS? I have been playing with it recently and I see that I can have the text of a book read out loud with MS Speech API. This is insufficient, however, because I want to be able to review the text of the book with NVDA. This is particularly important when reviewing text by character is necessary, such as when reading programming books. I don't see a way to do this. Am I missing something or am I simply out of luck? Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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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On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 11:06 AM Karlen Communications < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > I got a post from Zoom on the weekend that starting on the weekend or with > the Zoom update, a password will be required by default so if you don?t > want one, you?ll have to turn it off and every meeting will have a waiting > room by default which you would again have to turn off if you don?t want it. > > > > I?ve also started registration for general Zoom meetings/not with my > students but will be using the password moving forward. > > > > Once caution about using the password, I did some online training and > everyone could use the password except me and the captioner?Not sure what > was going on but always get into your Zoom meeting rooms ahead of time to > troubleshoot things like this. The organizers of the Zoom meeting had to > cancel the meeting they planned, recreate the meeting but this time turn > off the password. Fortunately it was me, the captioner and a room full of > participants but demonstrates what can go wrong. ? > > > > Cheers, Karen > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Wink Harner > *Sent:* Monday, April 6, 2020 1:03 PM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Zoombombing prevention > > > > Hi all, > > > > I ran across this in the news this morning. Thought these easy steps might > be helpful for some. > > > > Zoombombing is a thing. It?s a security breach. Zoom is aware of it. Many > are using Zoom ?usage went from a few million in December 2019 to several > hundred million in March. Zoombombing occurs when a zoom link is hijacked > by an uninvited ?guest.? > > > > Here are some immediate (easy-peasey) precautions we can all take to > prevent this from happening on any of our zoom calls, meetings, or online > conferencing. > > > > Use password protection, share meeting IDs and logins via email instead of > links, use advanced host security measures for screen sharing, find and use > Waiting Room to require everyone be approved by the host before being > admitted to the zoom call. > > > > Read on for more details. > > > > Check out this article from USA TODAY: > > > > Use Zoom? These 5 safety tips can keep the 'Zoombombing' hackers away > > > > > https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/04/02/how-to-keep-zoombombing-hackers-away-zoom-safety-tips/5113080002/ > > Wink Harner > > Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production > > The Foreign Type > > Portland OR > foreigntype@gmail.com > 480-984-0034 > > This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive > quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . > _______________________________________________ > 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 rspangler1 at udayton.edu Mon Apr 6 11:38:51 2020 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Mon Apr 6 11:39:33 2020 Subject: [Athen] Using VitalSource with a Screen Reader In-Reply-To: <006001d60c3e$623a1e50$26ae5af0$@montana.com> References: <006001d60c3e$623a1e50$26ae5af0$@montana.com> Message-ID: Hello, thanks for this suggestion; the older version is definitely easier to use. Let me reiterate, however, that it's not the lack of shortcut keys that I find to be inconvenient about the new version. It is that I am unable to navigate through the book content with the arrow keys, so if I need to review a piece of text in detail, I am unable to do this with the newer version. I am able to do this with Bookshelf 7.6.4, though, so thanks again for this suggestion. On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 2:12 PM wrote: > Hello, > > > > I use NVDA all of the time. Most blind users are using version 7.6.4. > > > > Results of testing can be found at http://www.epubtest.org > > > > There is also testing with Jaws. Both work about the same. > > > > Version 9.1.2 is difficult to use with a screen reader, and they are > planning to create shortcut keys, which will make this version much easier > to use. > > > > Best > > George > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Robert Spangler > *Sent:* Monday, April 6, 2020 11:05 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Using VitalSource with a Screen Reader > > > > Hello, is there anyone who's blind who has used VitalSource Bookshelf with > NVDA or JAWS? I have been playing with it recently and I see that I can > have the text of a book read out loud with MS Speech API. This is > insufficient, however, because I want to be able to review the text of the > book with NVDA. This is particularly important when reviewing text by > character is necessary, such as when reading programming books. I don't > see a way to do this. Am I missing something or am I simply out of luck? > > > > Thanks, > > Robert > > > > > -- > > ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 > PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. > ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary > Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call > 937-229-2066. > > ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the > Write Place will be accessible remotely. > > ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning > > > > > > 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 > -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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 kerscher at montana.com Mon Apr 6 12:17:18 2020 From: kerscher at montana.com (kerscher@montana.com) Date: Mon Apr 6 12:17:43 2020 Subject: [Athen] Using VitalSource with a Screen Reader In-Reply-To: References: <006001d60c3e$623a1e50$26ae5af0$@montana.com> Message-ID: <00a501d60c47$fd94ff60$f8befe20$@montana.com> Hi, With 9.1.2, because of the lack of shortcut keys, we have not done extensive testing with screen readers. Once that is there, we will test and get feedback to the developers. Also, I will email your thoughts to the developers. Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 12:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Using VitalSource with a Screen Reader Hello, thanks for this suggestion; the older version is definitely easier to use. Let me reiterate, however, that it's not the lack of shortcut keys that I find to be inconvenient about the new version. It is that I am unable to navigate through the book content with the arrow keys, so if I need to review a piece of text in detail, I am unable to do this with the newer version. I am able to do this with Bookshelf 7.6.4, though, so thanks again for this suggestion. On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 2:12 PM > wrote: Hello, I use NVDA all of the time. Most blind users are using version 7.6.4. Results of testing can be found at http://www.epubtest.org There is also testing with Jaws. Both work about the same. Version 9.1.2 is difficult to use with a screen reader, and they are planning to create shortcut keys, which will make this version much easier to use. Best George From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 11:05 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Using VitalSource with a Screen Reader Hello, is there anyone who's blind who has used VitalSource Bookshelf with NVDA or JAWS? I have been playing with it recently and I see that I can have the text of a book read out loud with MS Speech API. This is insufficient, however, because I want to be able to review the text of the book with NVDA. This is particularly important when reviewing text by character is necessary, such as when reading programming books. I don't see a way to do this. Am I missing something or am I simply out of luck? Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning Robert Spangler Disability Services Technical Support Specialist rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. 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For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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 info at karlencommunications.com Mon Apr 6 14:13:22 2020 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Mon Apr 6 14:13:52 2020 Subject: [Athen] How is COVID -19 Impacting Digital Accessibility Message-ID: <00a101d60c58$34aa26f0$9dfe74d0$@karlencommunications.com> This is a survey put out by IAAP. 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Dorf, Introduction to Electric Circuits, 9th Edition, Wiley, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-1118477502 ISBN-10: 1118477502 Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N.O. Sadiku, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2017. ISBN-13: 978-0078028229 ISBN-10: 0078028221 James W. Nillson and Susan Riedel, Electric Circuits, 11th Edition, Pearson, 2019. ISBN-13: 978-0134746968 ISBN-10: 0134746961 Thanks in advance. Mike Mike Gibson Access Technology Coordinator Educational Access Center Boise State University 1910 University Dr. Boise, ID 83725-1375 Office: (208) 426-1583 Fax: (208) 473-2984 Website: www.BoiseState.edu/EAC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kerscher at montana.com Tue Apr 7 12:24:22 2020 From: kerscher at montana.com (kerscher@montana.com) Date: Tue Apr 7 12:24:48 2020 Subject: [Athen] Webinar series on accessible publishing and reading Message-ID: <005001d60d12$24fbea30$6ef3be90$@montana.com> Dear Higher Education folks I do not plan to send messages about this webinar series in the future. Just too much email. Last week we announced the free every Wednesday webinar series. It was unclear that we wanted people to sign up for the notification list. You can expect to get a weekly message about the upcoming six webinars along with links to recordings to past webinars. The link that I suggest people complete is: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WG8H879 Or you can go to daisy.org/webinars to sign up. The update I received this week is below; you should expect to receive a similar message each week. There are also links to sign up directly for individual webinars below. Tomorrow is ' "Publisher Faceoff to Prove the accessibility of their titles" Best George -----Original Message----- From: webinar-news-request@lists.daisy.org On Behalf Of webinars@daisy.org Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 6:05 AM To: webinar-news@lists.daisy.org Subject: [webinar-news] DAISY Webinar Series Update April 6th 2020 Hello George Kerscher Thank you once again for your interest in the DAISY Consortium Webinar Series on Accessible Publishing and Reading. We are delighted to have received considerable interest in these webinars from around the world. Our initial webinar proved incredibly popular, becoming over booked with more people registered than any of our previous webinars! Over the coming weeks we will be increasing our capacity to enable even more people to enjoy the live experience, but rest assured that all webinars are recorded and made available for free just a few days after the event. The webinar recordings are available on the DAISY website with links also circulated in these weekly updates. We have some wonderful presenters lined up to deliver sessions on a fascinating range of topics and will be using this newsletter to announce one each week. Our thanks to those who have submitted webinar suggestions, either on topic of interest or a proposal to deliver a session. We welcome further suggestions via the DAISY contact form: https://daisy.org/contact The presentation topics will change each week, so people can sign up for the webinars individually using the links located below the session titles. This Wednesday April 8, 2020 will be ?Publishers Faceoff to Prove the Accessibility of their titles.? https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MIOGV3kySwGR-Fo4lCN0Mw Publishers are making accessibility claims, but what is really happening inside the digital cover? This webinar will provide a platform for disability experts from the DSO and accessible publishing community to dive deep into EPUB 3 digital textbooks from the top selling publishers in Higher education. Next Week, April 15, 2020 will be ?Create EPUB publications from Word with a simple tool anyone can use? https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_scaK_d3NQfalkoyTnBawtQ A new tool from the DAISY Consortium is being rapidly adopted around the world to aid in the creation of accessible EPUB3 publications directly from Microsoft Word. This session will provide some background on how and why this free tool was created and will include a practical demonstration to highlight just how easy it is to use. April 22, 2020 will be ?Making Math Accessible, One Step at a Time? https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fwL5s83QQ5uT5iN5Q_xGjw Creating accessible math content has historically been challenging, but research and technology have both progressed significantly in recent years. This session will explore some of the tools to aid in accessible math creation, as well as present contextualized research on how to support students with learning disabilities in their math education. April 29, 2020 will be ?Telling Your Story: Creating Better Accessibility Statements with ASPIRE? https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I5XyxqT_TUerLOmrrs-Dig Two years ago a project was launched to assess accessibility statements made by organizations in the publishing industry, evaluating the performance against the promises. This webinar looks at the lessons from that initial projects and offers practical advice for authoring and interpreting accessibility statements. May 6, 2020 will be ?Publishing, accessibility, W3C standards ? where are we and how did we get here?? https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xubb7nQES2yu3WDQV_clfw Behind the scenes of any technology you can find a significant amount of effort invested over many years has shaped where we are today. This session will reflect on the EPUB 3 journey to become the most popular and most accessible digital publishing standard in the world. Previous webinars: April 1, 2020 Helping Higher Ed Students with access to accessible course material during the COVID-19 crisis https://daisy.org/news-events/articles/helping-higher-ed-students-with-access-to-accessible-course-material-during-the-covid-19-crisis-w/ The session explored some of the ways that students can continue to work remotely and accessibly at this challenging time. Presenters from VitalSource and RedShelf will discuss their new initiatives which are currently available in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. The fully captioned recording of the webinar, slide deck, extended description and all links are published on the page linked above. You have already signed up for the latest information, but your friends and colleagues can join you by visiting this form: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WG8H879 Remember the full list of forthcoming and archived webinars are always available at: https://daisy.org/webinars Many thanks once again for your interest in the webinar series, we look forward to bringing you details of a new webinar next week. The DAISY Consortium ---- You have received this message because you requested regular details on the DAISY Webinar Series. Your information will never be published or shared in any way and you will not be added to any other mailing lists. To be removed from this list simply reply to this message requesting to be unsubscribed. From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Tue Apr 7 13:14:12 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Tue Apr 7 13:14:46 2020 Subject: [Athen] Opinion, enough with the preaching to the choir! Message-ID: I'm getting flooded with announcements for webinars on how to make online learning accessible. I applaud all that effort. But what's really needed now are a few webinars for students on what to do when their content isn't! For example: How to communicate with your professor and turn them on to the best resources. How to know when an access issue is a small thing you can quickly resolve. How to determine if it's a problem with your level of knowledge, your access technology or the course content. How to find and use free tools you can use right now to get better access. How to get results from publisher courseware technical support. How to determine if your electronic textbook is accessible and what to do when it's not. How to get a refund for inaccessible content. How to report problems and advocate effectively. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'm getting flooded with announcements for webinars on how to make online learning accessible. I applaud all that effort. But what's really needed now are a few webinars for students on what to do when their content isn't! For example: How to communicate with your professor and turn them on to the best resources. How to know when an access issue is a small thing you can quickly resolve. How to determine if it's a problem with your level of knowledge, your access technology or the course content. How to find and use free tools you can use right now to get better access. How to get results from publisher courseware technical support. How to determine if your electronic textbook is accessible and what to do when it's not. How to get a refund for inaccessible content. How to report problems and advocate effectively. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Doug On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:11 AM Deborah Armstrong wrote: > My mom, in her late eighties has worsening macular degeneration. She?s > stuck inside her apartment and becoming very self-absorbed. She doesn?t > have the virus! > > > > I?m posting here because the answers can probably help some of our > students. > > > > Mom reads email on her iPAD and also the web when email contains links to > pages. She also uses Facebook a lot. > > > > She wants an app that ?reads to her?. > > > > I have previously shown her voiceover ? too complicated. I showed her > speak screen, but that just reads the screen. > > > > I?m looking for an app that will read her email to her, something with > nice big buttons for next message, previous message and delete. Something > super-duper easy to learn! > > > > Also does anyone know of atalking browser app for iDEVICES? Again EASY! > (We also tried Zoom with Safari and we found that tired her eyes out just > as much as using Safari without zoom.) > > > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randaro at ucsc.edu Thu Apr 9 11:18:24 2020 From: randaro at ucsc.edu (Randa Roland) Date: Thu Apr 9 11:19:43 2020 Subject: [Athen] OT: seeking an app for my Mom In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi there, I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I don't have an app recommendation for you, but I'd be happy to send a "hello" message to your mom to let her know there are lots of people out here who love and appreciate their moms. I hope you're safe and well. By the way, I'm Randa, a faculty lecturer in chemistry at UC Santa Cruz. Your posts are really helpful. Thanks, and take care, Randa On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:13 AM Deborah Armstrong wrote: > My mom, in her late eighties has worsening macular degeneration. She?s > stuck inside her apartment and becoming very self-absorbed. She doesn?t > have the virus! > > > > I?m posting here because the answers can probably help some of our > students. > > > > Mom reads email on her iPAD and also the web when email contains links to > pages. She also uses Facebook a lot. > > > > She wants an app that ?reads to her?. > > > > I have previously shown her voiceover ? too complicated. I showed her > speak screen, but that just reads the screen. > > > > I?m looking for an app that will read her email to her, something with > nice big buttons for next message, previous message and delete. Something > super-duper easy to learn! > > > > Also does anyone know of atalking browser app for iDEVICES? Again EASY! > (We also tried Zoom with Safari and we found that tired her eyes out just > as much as using Safari without zoom.) > > > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Thu Apr 9 11:28:35 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Thu Apr 9 11:29:09 2020 Subject: [Athen] OT: seeking an app for my Mom In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A great solution for my students! Not sure if it will confuse or help Mom. To the folks who recommended VoiceDream and Natural reader, Thanks so much. I recommend these to students all the time. I?ll have mom download them (she won?t mind paying) and see if she can use them. Do you know of any good tutorials ? say on YouTube for using them. Being her tech support is exhausting. And tutorials on the InstaPaper fix? I sent her some tutorials on Speak Screen; hope she?ll give it a try. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Doug Hayman Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:17 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] OT: seeking an app for my Mom Deborah, I do this: Open story in Safari and click Reader view from the left-hand side of where the URL is entered. Then, I save the story to Instapaper. Then I use the read out loud function in the iOS accessibility section. And when on an article in Instapaper I do a 2-finger swipe down from the top of the screen to read that article. I was using Instapaper as my pre-shelter in place commute I'd often have no connectivity. I did find it weirds out on quote sign and says "power of" and on some italicized words in will start reading the English text with another language accent. Doug On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:11 AM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: My mom, in her late eighties has worsening macular degeneration. She?s stuck inside her apartment and becoming very self-absorbed. She doesn?t have the virus! I?m posting here because the answers can probably help some of our students. Mom reads email on her iPAD and also the web when email contains links to pages. She also uses Facebook a lot. She wants an app that ?reads to her?. I have previously shown her voiceover ? too complicated. I showed her speak screen, but that just reads the screen. I?m looking for an app that will read her email to her, something with nice big buttons for next message, previous message and delete. Something super-duper easy to learn! Also does anyone know of atalking browser app for iDEVICES? Again EASY! (We also tried Zoom with Safari and we found that tired her eyes out just as much as using Safari without zoom.) --Debee _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From erik.ferguson at pcc.edu Thu Apr 9 11:29:25 2020 From: erik.ferguson at pcc.edu (Erik Ferguson) Date: Thu Apr 9 11:29:51 2020 Subject: [Athen] OT: seeking an app for my Mom In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Voice Dream has a very tidy mail reading app for 10 bucks that works nicely. You can buy the whole suite for something like 20 bucks and read web pages too if she can handle the work flow of ?sharing? I also like ?NOA? news over audio if you can afford the subscription. Best, Erik On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:21 AM Randa Roland wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I don't have an app recommendation for > you, but I'd be happy to send a "hello" message to your mom to let her know > there are lots of people out here who love and appreciate their moms. > > I hope you're safe and well. > > By the way, I'm Randa, a faculty lecturer in chemistry at UC Santa Cruz. > Your posts are really helpful. > > Thanks, and take care, > Randa > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:13 AM Deborah Armstrong < > armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > >> My mom, in her late eighties has worsening macular degeneration. She?s >> stuck inside her apartment and becoming very self-absorbed. She doesn?t >> have the virus! >> >> >> >> I?m posting here because the answers can probably help some of our >> students. >> >> >> >> Mom reads email on her iPAD and also the web when email contains links to >> pages. She also uses Facebook a lot. >> >> >> >> She wants an app that ?reads to her?. >> >> >> >> I have previously shown her voiceover ? too complicated. I showed her >> speak screen, but that just reads the screen. >> >> >> >> I?m looking for an app that will read her email to her, something with >> nice big buttons for next message, previous message and delete. Something >> super-duper easy to learn! >> >> >> >> Also does anyone know of atalking browser app for iDEVICES? 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OT: seeking an app for my Mom (Deborah Armstrong) 2. Re: OT: seeking an app for my Mom (Doug Hayman) 3. Re: OT: seeking an app for my Mom (Randa Roland) 4. Re: OT: seeking an app for my Mom (Deborah Armstrong) 5. Re: OT: seeking an app for my Mom (Erik Ferguson) 6. MBS Direct Course Material Fulfillment and Accessibility (Laura Loree) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 18:11:09 +0000 From: Deborah Armstrong To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] OT: seeking an app for my Mom Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" My mom, in her late eighties has worsening macular degeneration. She's stuck inside her apartment and becoming very self-absorbed. She doesn't have the virus! I'm posting here because the answers can probably help some of our students. Mom reads email on her iPAD and also the web when email contains links to pages. She also uses Facebook a lot. She wants an app that "reads to her". I have previously shown her voiceover - too complicated. I showed her speak screen, but that just reads the screen. I'm looking for an app that will read her email to her, something with nice big buttons for next message, previous message and delete. Something super-duper easy to learn! Also does anyone know of atalking browser app for iDEVICES? Again EASY! (We also tried Zoom with Safari and we found that tired her eyes out just as much as using Safari without zoom.) --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 11:16:39 -0700 From: Doug Hayman To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] OT: seeking an app for my Mom Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Deborah, I do this: Open story in Safari and click Reader view from the left-hand side of where the URL is entered. Then, I save the story to Instapaper. Then I use the read out loud function in the iOS accessibility section. And when on an article in Instapaper I do a 2-finger swipe down from the top of the screen to read that article. I was using Instapaper as my pre-shelter in place commute I'd often have no connectivity. I did find it weirds out on quote sign and says "power of" and on some italicized words in will start reading the English text with another language accent. Doug On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:11 AM Deborah Armstrong wrote: > My mom, in her late eighties has worsening macular degeneration. She?s > stuck inside her apartment and becoming very self-absorbed. She > doesn?t have the virus! > > > > I?m posting here because the answers can probably help some of our > students. > > > > Mom reads email on her iPAD and also the web when email contains links > to pages. She also uses Facebook a lot. > > > > She wants an app that ?reads to her?. > > > > I have previously shown her voiceover ? too complicated. I showed her > speak screen, but that just reads the screen. > > > > I?m looking for an app that will read her email to her, something with > nice big buttons for next message, previous message and delete. > Something super-duper easy to learn! > > > > Also does anyone know of atalking browser app for iDEVICES? Again EASY! > (We also tried Zoom with Safari and we found that tired her eyes out > just as much as using Safari without zoom.) > > > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman12.u.washin > gton.edu_mailman_listinfo_athen-2Dlist&d=DwICAg&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-Sd > SueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=fdKdk6k-qNTcMmpvhQ-s-8ea7PVDh9Jhpn-Rg2XYTvo& > m=dVyv0KtDs1TZh2UEGzAsMXr4833Wdltvp9zwImddUBc&s=c1jWaEeMQ5NKw88z4J0WuS > 9FOEh3YZ6co78IwgPaGtU&e= > -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.washington.edu_doit&d=DwICAg&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-SdSueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=fdKdk6k-qNTcMmpvhQ-s-8ea7PVDh9Jhpn-Rg2XYTvo&m=dVyv0KtDs1TZh2UEGzAsMXr4833Wdltvp9zwImddUBc&s=lHNRKL5-rp-UjSBDQ-nDNjaqzH36EFXRnxVKkLih4Bc&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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She > doesn?t have the virus! > > > > I?m posting here because the answers can probably help some of our > students. > > > > Mom reads email on her iPAD and also the web when email contains links > to pages. She also uses Facebook a lot. > > > > She wants an app that ?reads to her?. > > > > I have previously shown her voiceover ? too complicated. I showed her > speak screen, but that just reads the screen. > > > > I?m looking for an app that will read her email to her, something with > nice big buttons for next message, previous message and delete. > Something super-duper easy to learn! > > > > Also does anyone know of atalking browser app for iDEVICES? Again EASY! > (We also tried Zoom with Safari and we found that tired her eyes out > just as much as using Safari without zoom.) > > > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman12.u.washin > gton.edu_mailman_listinfo_athen-2Dlist&d=DwICAg&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-Sd > SueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=fdKdk6k-qNTcMmpvhQ-s-8ea7PVDh9Jhpn-Rg2XYTvo& > m=dVyv0KtDs1TZh2UEGzAsMXr4833Wdltvp9zwImddUBc&s=c1jWaEeMQ5NKw88z4J0WuS > 9FOEh3YZ6co78IwgPaGtU&e= > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 18:28:35 +0000 From: Deborah Armstrong To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] OT: seeking an app for my Mom Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" A great solution for my students! Not sure if it will confuse or help Mom. To the folks who recommended VoiceDream and Natural reader, Thanks so much. I recommend these to students all the time. I?ll have mom download them (she won?t mind paying) and see if she can use them. Do you know of any good tutorials ? say on YouTube for using them. Being her tech support is exhausting. And tutorials on the InstaPaper fix? I sent her some tutorials on Speak Screen; hope she?ll give it a try. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Doug Hayman Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:17 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] OT: seeking an app for my Mom Deborah, I do this: Open story in Safari and click Reader view from the left-hand side of where the URL is entered. Then, I save the story to Instapaper. Then I use the read out loud function in the iOS accessibility section. And when on an article in Instapaper I do a 2-finger swipe down from the top of the screen to read that article. I was using Instapaper as my pre-shelter in place commute I'd often have no connectivity. I did find it weirds out on quote sign and says "power of" and on some italicized words in will start reading the English text with another language accent. Doug On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:11 AM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: My mom, in her late eighties has worsening macular degeneration. She?s stuck inside her apartment and becoming very self-absorbed. She doesn?t have the virus! I?m posting here because the answers can probably help some of our students. Mom reads email on her iPAD and also the web when email contains links to pages. She also uses Facebook a lot. She wants an app that ?reads to her?. I have previously shown her voiceover ? too complicated. I showed her speak screen, but that just reads the screen. I?m looking for an app that will read her email to her, something with nice big buttons for next message, previous message and delete. Something super-duper easy to learn! 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URL: ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 11:29:25 -0700 From: Erik Ferguson To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] OT: seeking an app for my Mom Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Voice Dream has a very tidy mail reading app for 10 bucks that works nicely. You can buy the whole suite for something like 20 bucks and read web pages too if she can handle the work flow of ?sharing? I also like ?NOA? news over audio if you can afford the subscription. Best, Erik On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:21 AM Randa Roland wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I don't have an app recommendation > for you, but I'd be happy to send a "hello" message to your mom to let > her know there are lots of people out here who love and appreciate their moms. > > I hope you're safe and well. > > By the way, I'm Randa, a faculty lecturer in chemistry at UC Santa Cruz. > Your posts are really helpful. > > Thanks, and take care, > Randa > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:13 AM Deborah Armstrong < > armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > >> My mom, in her late eighties has worsening macular degeneration. >> She?s stuck inside her apartment and becoming very self-absorbed. She >> doesn?t have the virus! >> >> >> >> I?m posting here because the answers can probably help some of our >> students. >> >> >> >> Mom reads email on her iPAD and also the web when email contains >> links to pages. She also uses Facebook a lot. >> >> >> >> She wants an app that ?reads to her?. >> >> >> >> I have previously shown her voiceover ? too complicated. I showed her >> speak screen, but that just reads the screen. >> >> >> >> I?m looking for an app that will read her email to her, something >> with nice big buttons for next message, previous message and delete. >> Something super-duper easy to learn! >> >> >> >> Also does anyone know of atalking browser app for iDEVICES? Again EASY! >> (We also tried Zoom with Safari and we found that tired her eyes out >> just as much as using Safari without zoom.) >> >> >> >> >> >> --Debee >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman12.u.washi >> ngton.edu_mailman_listinfo_athen-2Dlist&d=DwICAg&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB- >> SdSueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=fdKdk6k-qNTcMmpvhQ-s-8ea7PVDh9Jhpn-Rg2XYT >> vo&m=dVyv0KtDs1TZh2UEGzAsMXr4833Wdltvp9zwImddUBc&s=c1jWaEeMQ5NKw88z4J >> 0WuS9FOEh3YZ6co78IwgPaGtU&e= >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman12.u.washin > gton.edu_mailman_listinfo_athen-2Dlist&d=DwICAg&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-Sd > SueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=fdKdk6k-qNTcMmpvhQ-s-8ea7PVDh9Jhpn-Rg2XYTvo& > m=dVyv0KtDs1TZh2UEGzAsMXr4833Wdltvp9zwImddUBc&s=c1jWaEeMQ5NKw88z4J0WuS > 9FOEh3YZ6co78IwgPaGtU&e= > -- Erik Ferguson Alternative Media Technician PCC Disability Services Assistive Technology Team Contact us for questions and support at: Phone: 971-722-TECH (971-722-8324) access-tech-group@pcc.edu *Please Note: I am not in office Tuesday or Thursday. 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Click on that. Now we'll go over there and check this box. Now I'm selecting this ..." I don't want to hassle my hard-working colleagues because they are already stressed. Griping about lack of access seems so mean-spirited! And I'm pretty good at figuring out stuff on my own but it's such a big waste of my time. And it's so lonely having to always figure out everything all by myself. Why can't people **SAY*** what they are clicking on! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From erik.ferguson at pcc.edu Thu Apr 9 15:30:32 2020 From: erik.ferguson at pcc.edu (Erik Ferguson) Date: Thu Apr 9 15:31:05 2020 Subject: [Athen] More accessibility frustrations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Heard. Agree. Thanks for speaking out. Wish I could fix it all. Its usually one receptive person at a time though. Perhaps, as we are doing all of this online work we should begin a discussion on Audio Description in technical and business climates... Best Regards, Erik Ferguson On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 2:28 PM Deborah Armstrong wrote: > I?m visually impaired. I?ve been in a ton of trainings this week on remote > apps for working from home. > > > > The audio usually sounds like this ?I?m going to click on this. Then I?ll > open that over here. Click on that. Now we?ll go over there and check this > box. Now I?m selecting this ?? > > > > I don?t want to hassle my hard-working colleagues because they are already > stressed. Griping about lack of access seems so mean-spirited! > > > > And I?m pretty good at figuring out stuff on my own but it?s such a big > waste of my time. And it?s so lonely having to always figure out everything > all by myself. > > Why can?t people **SAY*** what they are clicking on! > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Erik Ferguson Alternative Media Technician PCC Disability Services Assistive Technology Team Contact us for questions and support at: Phone: 971-722-TECH (971-722-8324) access-tech-group@pcc.edu *Please Note: I am not in office Tuesday or Thursday. For immediate response please use the email and number listed in signature above.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Please forward all suspicious emails to support@kckcc.edu. I'm visually impaired. I've been in a ton of trainings this week on remote apps for working from home. The audio usually sounds like this "I'm going to click on this. Then I'll open that over here. Click on that. Now we'll go over there and check this box. Now I'm selecting this ..." I don't want to hassle my hard-working colleagues because they are already stressed. Griping about lack of access seems so mean-spirited! And I'm pretty good at figuring out stuff on my own but it's such a big waste of my time. And it's so lonely having to always figure out everything all by myself. Why can't people **SAY*** what they are clicking on! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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New approaches in machine learning combined with the availability of ?big data? have enabled substantial advances in computer vision, natural language technologies, recommender systems, and other sub-fields of AI. AI-based approaches have the potential for outsized impact on the lives of people with disabilities by combining end-users? abilities with machine intelligence in harmonious ways. For instance, vision-to-language tools might supplement the perceptual skills of people who are blind, predictive language technologies might increase communication speeds for people who rely on alternative and augmentative communication devices, and robotic assistants might support manipulation of the physical world by people with limited mobility. However, AI technologies also have the potential to stereotype, disadvantage, or exclude people with disabilities, which can contribute to a wide range of negative consequences. Already we see examples of automated hiring software that purports to analyze facial expression and prosody that may perpetuate ableist assumptions in employment practices, ?black box? algorithms for determining who is eligible for disability benefits that make it difficult to challenge bureaucratic decision-making, ad targeting tools that may make inferences about sensitive demographic traits including age and medical conditions, and even sensor systems that do not recognize people with differences in their appearance, speech, or speed as human. This Special Issue of TACCESS will address the myriad ways in which AI FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) issues intersect with issues relating to disability and accessibility. This includes concerns regarding AI systems designed specifically for accessibility scenarios (e.g., sign language recognition), AI tools whose use disproportionately impacts people with disabilities (e.g., tools for determining benefits eligibility), as well as general-purpose AI systems (e.g., ensuring that mainstream tools are accessible to people with disabilities). We encourage articles that consider user groups made up of people with disabilities (including but not limited to disabilities relating to mobility, vision, speech, hearing, cognition, or others), people with chronic or acute health conditions (including mental health concerns), and older adults, as well as those considering intersections with other minoritized identities. Please see the detailed call for papers for more information about topics of interest and the submission process. Submissions are due on Friday July 24th, 2020. Guest Editors: Cynthia L. Bennett (Carnegie Mellon University and Apple) Stacy M. 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For searching they showed how to locate a particular "page" or a phrase within the book. Also they showed how to locate a specific book in the library. Note that all these keystrokes also work with NVDA. This took them literally only ten minutes because it's a few simple keystrokes - but that's it! Pages in Kindle books have nothing to do with the printed pages in the hardcover or softcover equivalent. Chapters and subsections don't always start at a page boundary. The say all (read from the cursor until I tell you to stop) doesn't work on my app and I noticed it wasn't mentioned in the training! So though this fluffy overview is a really nice start, the app isn't going to be robust enough for anyone who needs to use a screen reader or magnification to locate sections in a book. And I have no idea if other apps like k3000 can work with this app but I suspect they cannot. I was optimistically hoping that any issues I had with the app were caused by my own ignorance. Looks like they were not! As much as I love using my Kindle and related apps for recreational reading, I find it super frustrating that there aren't more navigation possibilities. For your beginners, the training is archived here: https://www.freedomscientific.com/webinars/connect-and-learn-accessing-the-kindle-app-for-pc-with-jaws/ --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, -Kartik From foreigntype at gmail.com Fri Apr 10 18:20:38 2020 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Fri Apr 10 18:20:54 2020 Subject: [Athen] Disappointed with Kindle app for student needs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Debee, This is coming from someone experienced in document and alt-text conversion. I'm sure others will pipe in with other solutions. If *I* were working on your behalf, I would download the Kindle book, undo the DRM locks, and with a copy of the textbook (hard copy or pdf of hard copy), use Caliber to convert it to a different e-book format for you, or convert it to a text file and then add the page numbering that corresponds to the book or add an inline reference separated with extra line feeds and brackets to indicate which e-page corresponds to which actual page of the book. The index would be based on the bracket page numbers and chapter breaks allowing you to navigate either from the front chapter & section listing or simply by searching for the "open bracket, page number, close bracket search feature. (that is a thing, right? It's more complex of course than my simple explanation here but my point is really that unless the kindle app FS is pushing actually indexes the actual textbook page numbers, the students who are using JAWS or NVDA to access their college textbooks will, as you experienced, get hopelessly lost. Reading for pleasure is a different beast altogether, as you can set bookmarks and can read at leisure. Students need more structure and pagination that matches both the textbooks and the syllabus assignments. Perhaps not much specific help since your concern was related to Freedom Scientific and their app. Is there something the rest of us in the alt-text hive can do to help? Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 2:07 PM Deborah Armstrong wrote: > I?m a big Kindle fan but I mostly read for fun. When I do read for classes > it was typically history or literature, books that had to be read > chronologically. > > > > Yesterday Freedom scientific did a training on the Kindle app for the PC. > I was really hoping to learn something new, but I didn?t. > > > > For people just getting started, it shows how to navigate the library, > find a specific book and filter for only those downloaded to the PC. > > > > Freedom scientific?s trainer showed how to move by line character and > word, plus how to set and retrieve a bookmark. > > > > For searching they showed how to locate a particular ?page? or a phrase > within the book. Also they showed how to locate a specific book in the > library. > > > > Note that all these keystrokes also work with NVDA. > > > > This took them literally only ten minutes because it?s a few simple > keystrokes ? but that?s it! > > > > Pages in Kindle books have nothing to do with the printed pages in the > hardcover or softcover equivalent. Chapters and subsections don?t always > start at a page boundary. The say all (read from the cursor until I tell > you to stop) doesn?t work on my app and I noticed it wasn?t mentioned in > the training! > > > > So though this fluffy overview is a really nice start, the app isn?t going > to be robust enough for anyone who needs to use a screen reader or > magnification to locate sections in a book. And I have no idea if other > apps like k3000 can work with this app but I suspect they cannot. > > > > I was optimistically hoping that any issues I had with the app were caused > by my own ignorance. Looks like they were not! > > > > As much as I love using my Kindle and related apps for recreational > reading, I find it super frustrating that there aren?t more navigation > possibilities. > > > > For your beginners, the training is archived here: > > > https://www.freedomscientific.com/webinars/connect-and-learn-accessing-the-kindle-app-for-pc-with-jaws/ > > > > --Debee > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Wink Harner Assistive Technology Consulting and Training Alternative Text Production Portland OR. foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Sat Apr 11 16:36:00 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Sat Apr 11 16:36:28 2020 Subject: [Athen] Disappointed with Kindle app for student needs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Nothing you can do, I was just disappointed. It wasn?t a freedom scientific app it was a demo of the Kindle app. I just had hoped it was less limited and that I had not discovered all the features. I have tools for removing DRM from my own books but not for my students? books; often I can?t get to their books anyway if they are on an ebook platform because they end up bundled with a course. But sometimes I can and when that happens I zap the drm and try to get in some structure. --Debee From: athen-list On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 6:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Disappointed with Kindle app for student needs Debee, This is coming from someone experienced in document and alt-text conversion. I'm sure others will pipe in with other solutions. If *I* were working on your behalf, I would download the Kindle book, undo the DRM locks, and with a copy of the textbook (hard copy or pdf of hard copy), use Caliber to convert it to a different e-book format for you, or convert it to a text file and then add the page numbering that corresponds to the book or add an inline reference separated with extra line feeds and brackets to indicate which e-page corresponds to which actual page of the book. The index would be based on the bracket page numbers and chapter breaks allowing you to navigate either from the front chapter & section listing or simply by searching for the "open bracket, page number, close bracket search feature. (that is a thing, right? It's more complex of course than my simple explanation here but my point is really that unless the kindle app FS is pushing actually indexes the actual textbook page numbers, the students who are using JAWS or NVDA to access their college textbooks will, as you experienced, get hopelessly lost. Reading for pleasure is a different beast altogether, as you can set bookmarks and can read at leisure. Students need more structure and pagination that matches both the textbooks and the syllabus assignments. Perhaps not much specific help since your concern was related to Freedom Scientific and their app. Is there something the rest of us in the alt-text hive can do to help? Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 2:07 PM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: I?m a big Kindle fan but I mostly read for fun. When I do read for classes it was typically history or literature, books that had to be read chronologically. Yesterday Freedom scientific did a training on the Kindle app for the PC. I was really hoping to learn something new, but I didn?t. For people just getting started, it shows how to navigate the library, find a specific book and filter for only those downloaded to the PC. Freedom scientific?s trainer showed how to move by line character and word, plus how to set and retrieve a bookmark. For searching they showed how to locate a particular ?page? or a phrase within the book. Also they showed how to locate a specific book in the library. Note that all these keystrokes also work with NVDA. This took them literally only ten minutes because it?s a few simple keystrokes ? but that?s it! Pages in Kindle books have nothing to do with the printed pages in the hardcover or softcover equivalent. Chapters and subsections don?t always start at a page boundary. The say all (read from the cursor until I tell you to stop) doesn?t work on my app and I noticed it wasn?t mentioned in the training! So though this fluffy overview is a really nice start, the app isn?t going to be robust enough for anyone who needs to use a screen reader or magnification to locate sections in a book. And I have no idea if other apps like k3000 can work with this app but I suspect they cannot. I was optimistically hoping that any issues I had with the app were caused by my own ignorance. Looks like they were not! As much as I love using my Kindle and related apps for recreational reading, I find it super frustrating that there aren?t more navigation possibilities. For your beginners, the training is archived here: https://www.freedomscientific.com/webinars/connect-and-learn-accessing-the-kindle-app-for-pc-with-jaws/ --Debee _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Wink Harner Assistive Technology Consulting and Training Alternative Text Production Portland OR. foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You can look at the tools by visiting: https://inclusivepublishing.org/inclusive-publishing-hub-resources/ Ace is free and open source, and SMART is free to use for a limited number of titles a month. Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Khoa Pham Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 8:59 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessibility Rating Hi Everyone, Is anyone currently using or have a method in which they would rate the accessibility of an application? Perhaps a point system that would provide a percentage for accessibility. Thanks in advance! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rspangler1 at udayton.edu Mon Apr 13 08:23:40 2020 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Mon Apr 13 08:23:56 2020 Subject: [Athen] [EXT] More accessibility frustrations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'm blind, too and I plan to continue griping about access just as much now, if not more, than I did in the past. It is very easy for smaller groups with needs, such as blind people, to be forgotten during times like these, when there are many major changes, so we need to continue to educate people even more than ever now. Robert On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 8:45 AM Robert Beach wrote: > I hear you, big time. > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Deborah Armstrong > *Sent:* Thursday, April 9, 2020 4:26 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [EXT][Athen] More accessibility frustrations > > > > *CAUTION:** This email originated outside KCKCC. Do not click links or > open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Please forward all > suspicious emails to support@kckcc.edu .* > > I?m visually impaired. I?ve been in a ton of trainings this week on remote > apps for working from home. > > > > The audio usually sounds like this ?I?m going to click on this. Then I?ll > open that over here. Click on that. Now we?ll go over there and check this > box. Now I?m selecting this ?? > > > > I don?t want to hassle my hard-working colleagues because they are already > stressed. Griping about lack of access seems so mean-spirited! > > > > And I?m pretty good at figuring out stuff on my own but it?s such a big > waste of my time. And it?s so lonely having to always figure out everything > all by myself. > > Why can?t people **SAY*** what they are clicking on! > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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 Mon Apr 13 08:43:18 2020 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Mon Apr 13 08:43:40 2020 Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products Message-ID: Hello everyone: Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost alternatives. These products include: Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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 Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Mon Apr 13 08:52:21 2020 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Mon Apr 13 08:52:27 2020 Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is one of those cases where you get what you pay for. No free products are going to give you the kind of reading support that Texthelp or Kurzweil will. No highlighting, not bookmarking, no note-taking. Not too many choices of voices. The Mac has a reader built in, you can find it by searching for speech and dictation. Microsoft?s Narrator is pretty decent ? it has come a long way since its early days. Voiceover will read on the iPhone or iPad. There are a zillion TTS programs for the Android platform. There are low-cost programs you can recommend, but you would have to pay for licensing for each person using them, so not sure they are cost-effective. Natural Reader (about $60) for the pc/mac VoiceDream reader for iOS and Android ClaroRead for the Mac (I think about $70) These will add up per student, so might not be cost-effective in the end. The other thing to consider is that with these programs, you may not be meeting the students? needs, opening yourself up to an OCR complaint or worse. This is a risk assessment your campus should investigate before deciding to take away these programs from disabled students. *Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.* Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 9:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products Hello everyone: Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost alternatives. These products include: Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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... 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If you want to be acknowledged in my recommendations, let me know. Otherwise, all comments will be confidential. Reach me at kkham@library.ucla.edu All the best, Kelli Kelli Ham Community Engagement Librarian NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Network Email: kkham@library.ucla.edu NNLM Pacific Southwest Region UCLA Biomedical Library Los Angeles, CA nnlm.gov/psr From: athen-list On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] [EXT] More accessibility frustrations I'm blind, too and I plan to continue griping about access just as much now, if not more, than I did in the past. It is very easy for smaller groups with needs, such as blind people, to be forgotten during times like these, when there are many major changes, so we need to continue to educate people even more than ever now. Robert On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 8:45 AM Robert Beach > wrote: I hear you, big time. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 4:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [EXT][Athen] More accessibility frustrations CAUTION: This email originated outside KCKCC. Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Please forward all suspicious emails to support@kckcc.edu. I?m visually impaired. I?ve been in a ton of trainings this week on remote apps for working from home. The audio usually sounds like this ?I?m going to click on this. Then I?ll open that over here. Click on that. Now we?ll go over there and check this box. Now I?m selecting this ?? I don?t want to hassle my hard-working colleagues because they are already stressed. Griping about lack of access seems so mean-spirited! And I?m pretty good at figuring out stuff on my own but it?s such a big waste of my time. And it?s so lonely having to always figure out everything all by myself. Why can?t people **SAY*** what they are clicking on! --Debee _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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 lbencomo at uccs.edu Mon Apr 13 09:28:35 2020 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Mon Apr 13 09:28:43 2020 Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I also think it is difficult for students to change tools in the midst of staying home on their own computers. Having to download and install new technology can be a challenge for some. If possible, I think the less change the better. We are also scrambling with the dictation. We had Dragon NS on several lab computers on campus and in our testing center. Now, we are having to quickly switch to using Dictate in MS Word for tests. We are also using the free trial of Equatio for dictating STEM. I have also shown some of my students the Otter app as a notetaking/dictation option since it transcribes and records. However, it isn?t perfect. Leyna Bencomo, MA ILT Assistive Technology Specialist Office of Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs Available via Microsoft Teams (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu [sig logo small] From: athen-list On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 9:52 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products This is one of those cases where you get what you pay for. No free products are going to give you the kind of reading support that Texthelp or Kurzweil will. No highlighting, not bookmarking, no note-taking. Not too many choices of voices. The Mac has a reader built in, you can find it by searching for speech and dictation. Microsoft?s Narrator is pretty decent ? it has come a long way since its early days. Voiceover will read on the iPhone or iPad. There are a zillion TTS programs for the Android platform. There are low-cost programs you can recommend, but you would have to pay for licensing for each person using them, so not sure they are cost-effective. Natural Reader (about $60) for the pc/mac VoiceDream reader for iOS and Android ClaroRead for the Mac (I think about $70) These will add up per student, so might not be cost-effective in the end. The other thing to consider is that with these programs, you may not be meeting the students? needs, opening yourself up to an OCR complaint or worse. This is a risk assessment your campus should investigate before deciding to take away these programs from disabled students. *Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.* Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 9:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products Hello everyone: Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost alternatives. These products include: Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. 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Leyna Bencomo, MA ILT Assistive Technology Specialist Office of Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs Available via Microsoft Teams (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu [sig logo small] From: athen-list On Behalf Of kerscher@montana.com Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 12:25 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessibility Rating Hello, The only thing I have seen that comes close is the Benetech Global Certified Accessible (GCA) rating for EPUB 3 content from publishers. They have a system that uses the automatic Accessibility Checker for EPUB (Ace by DAISY), and the Simple Manual Accessibility Reporting Tool (SMART) for the checking. Their customized version of SMART has a rating system where a person gives a 0 tto 4 quality rating for amany, many items in a publication. They also provide guidance to the publisher on how to improve their score. Publishers must get at least 80% for that title to pass. You can look at the tools by visiting: https://inclusivepublishing.org/inclusive-publishing-hub-resources/ Ace is free and open source, and SMART is free to use for a limited number of titles a month. Best George From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Khoa Pham Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 8:59 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Accessibility Rating Hi Everyone, Is anyone currently using or have a method in which they would rate the accessibility of an application? Perhaps a point system that would provide a percentage for accessibility. Thanks in advance! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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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 ? ? ? Latest blog-newsletter ? Accessibility Tips at www.PubCom.com/blog From: athen-list On Behalf Of Ham, Kelli Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 12:24 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] [EXT] More accessibility frustrations Greetings all, I?m a librarian at UCLA, but my specific program is part of a national network. I?ve been the broken record in my organization for more accessibility of digital content for years. As a course instructor, my area deals mostly with online courses, webinars, presentations, documents, and PowerPoint. As noted, it?s now more important than ever with everything being presented remotely. I?d love to get your input to share back with my colleagues here and around the country. Please respond directly ? send me your gripes and what people need to do for accessible remote meetings or anything else right now. I?ll do my best to educate and spread the word. If you want to be acknowledged in my recommendations, let me know. Otherwise, all comments will be confidential. Reach me at kkham@library.ucla.edu All the best, Kelli Kelli Ham Community Engagement Librarian NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Network Email: kkham@library.ucla.edu NNLM Pacific Southwest Region UCLA Biomedical Library Los Angeles, CA nnlm.gov/psr From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 8:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] [EXT] More accessibility frustrations I'm blind, too and I plan to continue griping about access just as much now, if not more, than I did in the past. It is very easy for smaller groups with needs, such as blind people, to be forgotten during times like these, when there are many major changes, so we need to continue to educate people even more than ever now. Robert On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 8:45 AM Robert Beach > wrote: I hear you, big time. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 4:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [EXT][Athen] More accessibility frustrations CAUTION: This email originated outside KCKCC. Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Please forward all suspicious emails to support@kckcc.edu. I?m visually impaired. I?ve been in a ton of trainings this week on remote apps for working from home. The audio usually sounds like this ?I?m going to click on this. Then I?ll open that over here. Click on that. Now we?ll go over there and check this box. Now I?m selecting this ?? I don?t want to hassle my hard-working colleagues because they are already stressed. Griping about lack of access seems so mean-spirited! And I?m pretty good at figuring out stuff on my own but it?s such a big waste of my time. And it?s so lonely having to always figure out everything all by myself. Why can?t people **SAY*** what they are clicking on! --Debee _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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 k.fleetwood-bentley at snhu.edu Mon Apr 13 10:09:42 2020 From: k.fleetwood-bentley at snhu.edu (Fleetwood-Bentley, Kasey) Date: Mon Apr 13 10:09:55 2020 Subject: [Athen] Coursera accessibility? Message-ID: Does anyone have knowledge about the accessibility of Coursera's catalog of courses? I'm having trouble getting a VPAT or accessibility conformance report from them and thought I'd check here before I start venturing down the testing path to see if anyone has information on the accessibility of Coursera's offerings. Feel free to contact me offline if you prefer. Thanks, Kasey Fleetwood Kasey Fleetwood | ADA/504 Coordinator Southern New Hampshire University 2500 N River Rd, Manchester, NH 03106 Email: k.fleetwood@snhu.edu Phone: 603-644-3122 | snhu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Mon Apr 13 11:21:26 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Mon Apr 13 11:21:43 2020 Subject: [Athen] Coursera accessibility? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I've taken several MOOCS from courser and I'm a screen reader user. It really depends on how the content is laid out. The platform and discussions themselves are accessible. Exams have properly formatted form fields. Videos are sometimes captioned and always have transcripts, plus they can be downloaded so you can easily work with limited internet. Buttons to move backwards and forwards are keyboard accessible, though jump by time was a bit tricky. But... big but here many professors use lots of visually rich content like maps, photos, charts,graphs and other undescribed stuff. Plus many PDF files are image-only. And many courses have mouse-centric simulations, for example their beginning CIS courses don't have you working in a real development environment, instead you are working in a simulated environment on the web. I had more success with humanities, writing, and personal development courses than I did with anything science related. In particular the peer review process was refreshingly accessible and it was easy to collaborate. But I could not succeed in any course that was intensely visual as there were no text-based alternatives. I am also fairly sure most of the captions for videos are automatic, though weirdly they also are accessible to a Braille or magnification user. One interesting point about the humanities and personal development: though they usually had visual aids the professors spent a long, sometimes agonizingly long time going over them, pointing out for example every country on a map or every up and down in agraph. These ivy-league dudes loved to hear themselves talk, which benefited me but would have been frustrating for a visual learner or someone with audio processing challenges. By contrast the more "left-brained"courses tended to have less chatty professors. I did complain about chapters in a book in an English composition course, and they belatedly sent me a rather poorly OCR'd pdf. I found the same book in perfect quality on bookshare and extracted the relevant chapters and had better success. The iOS appforCoursera works great with Voiceover unless a recent update screwed it up. The Android app with Talkback not so much. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Fleetwood-Bentley, Kasey Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 10:10 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Coursera accessibility? Does anyone have knowledge about the accessibility of Coursera's catalog of courses? I'm having trouble getting a VPAT or accessibility conformance report from them and thought I'd check here before I start venturing down the testing path to see if anyone has information on the accessibility of Coursera's offerings. Feel free to contact me offline if you prefer. Thanks, Kasey Fleetwood Kasey Fleetwood | ADA/504 Coordinator Southern New Hampshire University 2500 N River Rd, Manchester, NH 03106 Email: k.fleetwood@snhu.edu Phone: 603-644-3122 | snhu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klatimer at udel.edu Mon Apr 13 11:29:55 2020 From: klatimer at udel.edu (Karen Latimer) Date: Mon Apr 13 11:30:37 2020 Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: LipSurf, a chrome extension seems to work very well in the chrome settings including control of some of the functions. I've been trying the free version and find it works fairly well. Karen On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 11:48 AM Robert Spangler wrote: > Hello everyone: > > Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is > asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic > year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost > alternatives. These products include: > Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives > available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose > from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? > > Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for > opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the > built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer > supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, > Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. > So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. > > Thanks, > Robert > > > -- > ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 > PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. > ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary > Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call > 937-229-2066. > ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the > Write Place will be accessible remotely. > ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning > > > 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 > -- *Karen Latimer, ATP* *Assistive Technology Specialist* *Delaware Assistive Technology ?Initiative * *Center for Disabilities Studies* *461 Wyoming Rd. * *Newark, DE 19716* *302-831-7469* *www.udel.edu/cds* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Mon Apr 13 11:33:23 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Mon Apr 13 11:33:51 2020 Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The voice recognition in Windows 10 is just OK. Takes much more practice to speak in ways it understands but it can be done. Remember that Windows-H starts dictation in a text field and it?s more accurate than the built-in voice recognition because it sends the recording out to a Microsoft server like siri. I agree that the free products aren?t as good. But for some students a simple interface is better. Balabolka free in Windows 10 is all some but not all students need for TTS and the free One-Core voices in Windows 10 are pretty darn good. I have students who use the free Capti and like it as well. Alsostudents who learned Natural Reader orRead Please in high school and won?t use anything else. Windows Edge and Adobe acrobat will also automatically read outloud but without any frills like highlighting. I personally like TextAloud (low-cost) and I think visually it is easier to learn than Balabolka though not everyone agrees -- Balabolka is easier to use with magnification because it has standard menus. I really don?t think they should cancel K3000 or TextHelp completely but perhaps buy licenses just for folks who will actually use and benefit from those programs. Some students don?t use all the fancy features anyway, and others definitely depend on them. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 8:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products Hello everyone: Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost alternatives. These products include: Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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 info at karlencommunications.com Mon Apr 13 11:48:07 2020 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Mon Apr 13 11:48:45 2020 Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00b801d611c4$13d6e140$3b84a3c0$@karlencommunications.com> For those in Canada, our charter of rights and freedoms has a duty to accommodate that has been upheld by our supreme court. In Ontario, there is also a duty to accommodate with three high thresholds that identify undue hardship: 1. The cost of the accommodation/in this case an individual student?s adaptive technology is not a financial hardship on the entire organization, not the department. 2. The organization has not been able to find alternate funding for the accommodation. 3. The accommodation is a health and safety issue. Link to videos for Duty to Accommodate in Ontario http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/learning/duty-accommodate General Duty to Accommodate in Ontario: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-ableism-and-discrimination-based-disability/8-duty-accommodate Undue hardship criteria in Ontario http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/guidelines-accessible-education/undue-hardship-standard Other provinces should have similar information available. There is also a page on accommodating students with disabilities: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/accommodating-students-disabilities-roles-and-responsibilities-fact-sheet And an interesting one on ableism if anyone wants to read it: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-ableism-and-discrimination-based-disability Am not a lawyer or offering legal advice, just resources. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 12:29 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products I also think it is difficult for students to change tools in the midst of staying home on their own computers. Having to download and install new technology can be a challenge for some. If possible, I think the less change the better. We are also scrambling with the dictation. We had Dragon NS on several lab computers on campus and in our testing center. Now, we are having to quickly switch to using Dictate in MS Word for tests. We are also using the free trial of Equatio for dictating STEM. I have also shown some of my students the Otter app as a notetaking/dictation option since it transcribes and records. However, it isn?t perfect. Leyna Bencomo, MA ILT Assistive Technology Specialist Office of Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs Available via Microsoft Teams (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 9:52 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products This is one of those cases where you get what you pay for. No free products are going to give you the kind of reading support that Texthelp or Kurzweil will. No highlighting, not bookmarking, no note-taking. Not too many choices of voices. The Mac has a reader built in, you can find it by searching for speech and dictation. Microsoft?s Narrator is pretty decent ? it has come a long way since its early days. Voiceover will read on the iPhone or iPad. There are a zillion TTS programs for the Android platform. There are low-cost programs you can recommend, but you would have to pay for licensing for each person using them, so not sure they are cost-effective. Natural Reader (about $60) for the pc/mac VoiceDream reader for iOS and Android ClaroRead for the Mac (I think about $70) These will add up per student, so might not be cost-effective in the end. The other thing to consider is that with these programs, you may not be meeting the students? needs, opening yourself up to an OCR complaint or worse. This is a risk assessment your campus should investigate before deciding to take away these programs from disabled students. *Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.* Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 9:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products Hello everyone: Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost alternatives. These products include: Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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: 15239 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: not available URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Mon Apr 13 12:27:22 2020 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Mon Apr 13 12:28:04 2020 Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Consider also setting up SOME of your institutional software on servers accessible through open portal logins. Many software (read & write, Kurzweil, and others can be accessed through the portal. Check to see which programs you use can be accessed successfully through an open portal login and work with IT. Find out how robust a program your students need and work on some free/open source software options (for example, NVDA is a good substitute for JAWS; Alternatively you college's licenses for JAWS can be downloaded to flash drives and your BVI students can use it from anywhere. Dragon NS is designed to be user/computer-specific and works best on an individual computer linked to a specific speaker's profile. Might be best to see if you can negotiate a volume discount through Nuance. There are other dictation options to consider, but first and foremost, consider what the student is using it for and why. Most of the other dictation programs (free or low cost) do not offer robust vocabulary or voice editing, and students cannot compose research papers with other available software, or use it to control the computer. None of the other dictation programs offer corrections by voice and many do not automatically save & update a voice profile, making the program improve with use. With a volume discount on DNS licenses, remember these can be reused in the future. In the case of students off-site, purchase the licenses with download links rather than cd/dvd copies. You can send the download links to the students. You should cover the cost of noise-canceling headset mics (and don't expect them back at the end of the term --they're expendable!). The software licenses can be reused in the future. Dictation with math works well for lower-level math using Equatio, but not (yet) with the higher level maths. Your best bet there is to either purchase DNS download links and add download links for MathTalk and Scientific Notebook or a download link for DNS and talk to Nancilu McClellan at Metroplex Voice Computing to see if MathTalk and Scientific Notebook will operate OK if loaded on the college server and the student with DNS loaded on their home computer can log in through an open portal to use SN & MT. She's knowledgeable and helpful and will work with your IT folks to find the best solution. Equatio for some; MathTalk + Scientific Notebook with Dragon Naturally Speaking for others. Others have already added some valuable options. My advice is to weigh what the students need first and present a list of what can be loaded onto a server & accessed through an open portal login, what needs to be provided to individual students for individual use off-site, and what would be OK to substitute with free or open source software. Stay away from multiple individual purchases or software requiring monthly/annual subscriptions as these end up costing much more in the long run and we can't ask students to either purchase the software on their own or pay for the subscriptions. Asking the students to switch software without advance notice or without training/support or practice, especially if it happens with a deadline for a paper or assignment, or if there's a test involved is not recommended. Maybe putting together a list of 3-4 different options for students and letting them choose (in advance of deadlines or tests) with some training guidelines and support would be helpful. My thoughts. Hope these are useful for the general good. Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 8:43 AM Robert Spangler wrote: > Hello everyone: > > Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is > asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic > year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost > alternatives. These products include: > Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives > available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose > from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? > > Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for > opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the > built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer > supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, > Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. > So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. > > Thanks, > Robert > > > -- > ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 > PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. > ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary > Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call > 937-229-2066. > ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the > Write Place will be accessible remotely. > ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning > > > 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 Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu Mon Apr 13 12:29:46 2020 From: Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu (Stager, Catherine) Date: Mon Apr 13 12:30:13 2020 Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Robert, I agree you do get what you pay for, but that does not leave us high and dry anymore. One less expensive line of AT tools comes from Claro software ? their tools are reliable and they offer some good pricing deals for education. I have not used them in the last couple of years, but they are well established and they are responsive to inquiries and bug fixes. https://www.clarosoftware.com/ You will find a great resources at https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/atrc/assistive-technology-resources/quick-start-guides/ I also have some Getting Started Guides that my student staff have assembled to support our students for this time of atypical support Built-ins do Add Functionality (work with IT to make sure these are not restricted by the university?s builds) Nothing is like Dragon of course, but? You may find that for voice typing functions, Windows voice recognition or Voice typing in Google docs is adequate. You will not get the type of command functionality that Dragon provides, but they do function fairly accurately. You can pair them with other built-in functions such as Word Prediction in Win 10. The commands functionality can be support in part by the built-in assistants, such as Siri, Hey Google and Cortana (which has just been restructured to be an app rather than an integrated part of the Windows 10 OS.) One function that I miss in Read and Write is the screenshot reader! To just be able to take a screenshot, OCR and start to read out loud with just one tool is pretty sweet. Basically, I would say that many tools can replace Read & Write?s functions, but it will take many, not just one. Good luck with the budget cuts ? that really stinks for your students. Best regards, Cath Catherine M. Stager Assistive Technology Specialist Catherine.Stager@frontrange.edu (720) 336-1245 [cid:image001.png@01D23FF3.21F590B0] Disability Support Services - Assistive Technology Check out our Getting Started Guides for At Home Support! From: athen-list On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 9:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Hello everyone: Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost alternatives. These products include: Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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: 18481 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Mon Apr 13 13:38:19 2020 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Mon Apr 13 13:39:32 2020 Subject: [Athen] Conversion - Trying to make contingency plans Message-ID: Hello Athenians! Our university has already announced that all summer classes will be online only. We still have no idea when we will be back in the office. We've almost developed our contingency plan for conversion, but have run into a wall. So, I'm reaching out to you to hopefully gather some options. I'm sure we?re not alone in this! Any thoughts about the following situations would be greatly appreciated! I'm curious to know what contingency plans you're implementing for distance learners needing converted materials when you cannot get a digital copy from a publisher nor a hard copy. Also, is anyone working with the campus library to obtain digital files which can be remedited OR books for scanning? If so, I would appreciate information on how your process is structured, who?s involved, who you are working with within the library, etc. Situation 1: Student submitted a request and proof of ownership. Student is still waiting to receive delivery of said book. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response (not sure if the publisher is even open at this time as they are in the UK. But this could just as easily be a small publishing house in the US.) No local source to purchase book. Book can be ordered, but won?t arrive until finals week. Too late for the student! Situation 2: Student submits request and proof of ownership. Student is not local. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response. No local source to purchase book. We have in the past had a student send us their book for us to scan/convert. (We cover all costs of shipping.) Once we have a book, we cannot chop the spine off (our print shop is closed and Kinko?s etc, will not accept any outside paper source items). But we could still scan the book manually. With summer quickly approaching and the very short "semester" sessions on top of the current working remote order, we're trying to come up with some options. A student could take pictures of the pages and use SensusAccess to convert or send them to us. But that just doesn't seem like a viable option! Any thoughts shared would be greatly appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT *she, her, hers* Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joe at a11yeval.com Mon Apr 13 13:43:25 2020 From: joe at a11yeval.com (joe@a11yeval.com) Date: Mon Apr 13 13:46:11 2020 Subject: [Athen] Current Adobe Connect Accessibility Challenges Message-ID: <04c901d611d4$2e976120$8bc62360$@a11yeval.com> Hi All, I have a client that is exploring using Adobe Connect5 (among other platforms for remote training. Does anyone have any feedback I can share about Adobe Connect in terms of accessibility challenges low vision, Blind, Keyboard-only and Deaf/HoH uses may experience when using either the web-based or application version of this software? I'm doing my own review of the software (although the turn around time is very tight for my high-level report). So far it seems exactly the same as it was when I tested it over 5 years ago when I worked for Indiana University. Any help/ feedback appreciated. It will be anonymously share with the client. Thankx, Joe Humbert Senior Accessibility Engineer Native Mobile Application Accessibility Lead The Paciello Group -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Mon Apr 13 13:49:41 2020 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Mon Apr 13 13:50:48 2020 Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Another thought to consider. Discontinuing use of specific AT can potentially put ALL students with disabilities who are requesting services at risk. While your budget may see few $$, staff may end up spending MUCH more time having to work with individual students to get them back on track with multiple apps. Which means services to students are not using AT could suffer. Not only could the institution be opening themselves up for OCR/legal issues from students who use AT, but also from other students who aren't getting services in a reasonable time frame. There are only so many hours in a day/a week. Sometimes spending the $$ can actually be a cost-savings for everyone. Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT *she, her, hers* Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 2:30 PM Stager, Catherine < Catherine.Stager@frontrange.edu> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I agree you do get what you pay for, but that does not leave us high and > dry anymore. > > > > One less expensive line of AT tools comes from Claro software ? their > tools are reliable and they offer some good pricing deals for education. I > have not used them in the last couple of years, but they are well > established and they are responsive to inquiries and bug fixes. > https://www.clarosoftware.com/ > > > > You will find a great resources at > https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/atrc/assistive-technology-resources/quick-start-guides/ > > I also have some Getting Started Guides > > that my student staff have assembled to support our students for this time > of atypical support > > > Built-ins do Add Functionality (work with IT to make sure these are not > restricted by the university?s builds) > > Nothing is like Dragon of course, but? > > You may find that for voice typing functions, Windows voice recognition or > Voice typing in Google docs is adequate. You will not get the type of > command functionality that Dragon provides, but they do function fairly > accurately. You can pair them with other built-in functions such as Word > Prediction in Win 10. > > The commands functionality can be support in part by the built-in > assistants, such as Siri, Hey Google and Cortana (which has just been > restructured to be an app rather than an integrated part of the Windows 10 > OS.) > > > > One function that I miss in Read and Write is the screenshot reader! To > just be able to take a screenshot, OCR and start to read out loud with just > one tool is pretty sweet. > > Basically, I would say that many tools can replace Read & Write?s > functions, but it will take many, not just one. > > Good luck with the budget cuts ? that really stinks for your students. > > > > Best regards, > > Cath > > > > Catherine M. Stager > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Catherine.Stager@frontrange.edu > > > > (720) 336-1245 > > *[image: cid:image001.png@01D23FF3.21F590B0]* > > *Disability Support Services - Assistive Technology* > > *Check out our **Getting Started Guides for At Home Support!* > > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Robert Spangler > *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2020 9:43 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products > > > > > > *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community > College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize > the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT > Help Desk if you have any questions. > > Hello everyone: > > > > Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is > asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic > year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost > alternatives. These products include: > > Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives > available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose > from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? > > > > Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for > opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the > built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer > supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, > Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. > So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. > > > > Thanks, > > Robert > > > > > -- > > ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 > PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. > ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary > Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call > 937-229-2066. > > ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the > Write Place will be accessible remotely. > > ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning > > > > > > 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Discontinuing use of specific AT can potentially put ALL students with disabilities who are requesting services at risk. While your budget may see few $$, staff may end up spending MUCH more time having to work with individual students to get them back on track with multiple apps. Which means services to students are not using AT could suffer. Not only could the institution be opening themselves up for OCR/legal issues from students who use AT, but also from other students who aren't getting services in a reasonable time frame. There are only so many hours in a day/a week. Sometimes spending the $$ can actually be a cost-savings for everyone. Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT she, her, hers Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 2:30 PM Stager, Catherine > wrote: Hi Robert, I agree you do get what you pay for, but that does not leave us high and dry anymore. One less expensive line of AT tools comes from Claro software ? their tools are reliable and they offer some good pricing deals for education. I have not used them in the last couple of years, but they are well established and they are responsive to inquiries and bug fixes. https://www.clarosoftware.com/ You will find a great resources at https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/atrc/assistive-technology-resources/quick-start-guides/ I also have some Getting Started Guides that my student staff have assembled to support our students for this time of atypical support Built-ins do Add Functionality (work with IT to make sure these are not restricted by the university?s builds) Nothing is like Dragon of course, but? You may find that for voice typing functions, Windows voice recognition or Voice typing in Google docs is adequate. You will not get the type of command functionality that Dragon provides, but they do function fairly accurately. You can pair them with other built-in functions such as Word Prediction in Win 10. The commands functionality can be support in part by the built-in assistants, such as Siri, Hey Google and Cortana (which has just been restructured to be an app rather than an integrated part of the Windows 10 OS.) One function that I miss in Read and Write is the screenshot reader! To just be able to take a screenshot, OCR and start to read out loud with just one tool is pretty sweet. Basically, I would say that many tools can replace Read & Write?s functions, but it will take many, not just one. Good luck with the budget cuts ? that really stinks for your students. Best regards, Cath Catherine M. Stager Assistive Technology Specialist Catherine.Stager@frontrange.edu (720) 336-1245 [cid:image001.png@01D23FF3.21F590B0] Disability Support Services - Assistive Technology Check out our Getting Started Guides for At Home Support! From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 9:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Hello everyone: Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost alternatives. These products include: Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 18481 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Mon Apr 13 13:56:16 2020 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Mon Apr 13 13:56:52 2020 Subject: [Athen] Conversion - Trying to make contingency plans In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am asking students to NOT order a book until they?ve checked with me. If the book needs to be scanned, I have them order it to be shipped to me. My local Office Depot is still cutting and scanning books for me (just had one done last Friday). I hadn?t heard that print shops were not doing that work anymore. Have you contacted the professor for a desk copy? These are going to become issues for us, I can see it. Fortunately, summer requests are often much lower than regular semester ones. If we end up going this way into fall, I may have a lot of rethinking to do. And we need to figure out how to force our campuses to use books that are going to have electronic options available. They should already be there now, but this may just force the issue. *Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.* Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 2:38 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Conversion - Trying to make contingency plans Hello Athenians! Our university has already announced that all summer classes will be online only. We still have no idea when we will be back in the office. We've almost developed our contingency plan for conversion, but have run into a wall. So, I'm reaching out to you to hopefully gather some options. I'm sure we?re not alone in this! Any thoughts about the following situations would be greatly appreciated! I'm curious to know what contingency plans you're implementing for distance learners needing converted materials when you cannot get a digital copy from a publisher nor a hard copy. Also, is anyone working with the campus library to obtain digital files which can be remedited OR books for scanning? If so, I would appreciate information on how your process is structured, who?s involved, who you are working with within the library, etc. Situation 1: Student submitted a request and proof of ownership. Student is still waiting to receive delivery of said book. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response (not sure if the publisher is even open at this time as they are in the UK. But this could just as easily be a small publishing house in the US.) No local source to purchase book. Book can be ordered, but won?t arrive until finals week. Too late for the student! Situation 2: Student submits request and proof of ownership. Student is not local. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response. No local source to purchase book. We have in the past had a student send us their book for us to scan/convert. (We cover all costs of shipping.) Once we have a book, we cannot chop the spine off (our print shop is closed and Kinko?s etc, will not accept any outside paper source items). But we could still scan the book manually. With summer quickly approaching and the very short "semester" sessions on top of the current working remote order, we're trying to come up with some options. A student could take pictures of the pages and use SensusAccess to convert or send them to us. But that just doesn't seem like a viable option! Any thoughts shared would be greatly appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT she, her, hers Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From llewis at paciellogroup.com Mon Apr 13 14:00:44 2020 From: llewis at paciellogroup.com (Larry L. Lewis, Jr.) Date: Mon Apr 13 13:59:01 2020 Subject: [Athen] Current Adobe Connect Accessibility Challenges In-Reply-To: <04c901d611d4$2e976120$8bc62360$@a11yeval.com> References: <04c901d611d4$2e976120$8bc62360$@a11yeval.com> Message-ID: <009b01d611d6$995052e0$cbf0f8a0$@paciellogroup.com> Oddly enough: I'll be strategizing with a third-party how to best use Adobe Connect for a virtual presentation that I'm giving next month; walk-through is this Wednesday. I'm a vision-impaired user proficient with desktop screenreaders. I'm sensing that I won't be able to control my own slide deck using the keyboard, nor read my slide contents. The coordinator of the event asked me if there'd be someone to help me present my slides and if I could memorize the slide contents-neither of which is an acceptable solution for me. Yes, despite our digital accessibility advancements, these sorts of comments are still made. I have a one on one meeting scheduled with the coordinator of the presentation this Wed and am happy to share my experiences (both positive and negative) as I put Adobe Connect through its paces. Respectfully: Larry L. Lewis, Jr. Director of Government Sales and Strategic Partnerships The Paciello Group A Vispero Company 17757 US Highway 19 N, Suite 560 Clearwater, FL 33764 Phone: +1(727) 803-8000, EXT 1909 E-Mail From: athen-list On Behalf Of joe@a11yeval.com Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 4:43 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Current Adobe Connect Accessibility Challenges Hi All, I have a client that is exploring using Adobe Connect5 (among other platforms for remote training. Does anyone have any feedback I can share about Adobe Connect in terms of accessibility challenges low vision, Blind, Keyboard-only and Deaf/HoH uses may experience when using either the web-based or application version of this software? I'm doing my own review of the software (although the turn around time is very tight for my high-level report). So far it seems exactly the same as it was when I tested it over 5 years ago when I worked for Indiana University. Any help/ feedback appreciated. It will be anonymously share with the client. Thankx, Joe Humbert Senior Accessibility Engineer Native Mobile Application Accessibility Lead The Paciello Group -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.png Type: image/png Size: 14237 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Hope this helps Tamara Mariotti Coordinator of the Office of Accessibility Resources (OAR) Mohawk Valley Community College Wilcox Hall (formally IT) Building Learning Commons, Room 129A 1101 Sherman Drive Utica, NY 13501 Voice 315-731-5702 (receiving remote messages) Fax 315-731-5868 (receiving faxes remotely) Zoom contact: https://zoom.us/j/7895355494 (video chat) https://www.mvcc.edu/accessibility-resources [mvcc logo] Proud member of: [NYSDSC 2016 Logo for email sig] "Disability is not a 'brave struggle' or 'courage in the face of adversity'. Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live." Neil Marcus From: athen-list On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 4:38 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Conversion - Trying to make contingency plans Hello Athenians! Our university has already announced that all summer classes will be online only. We still have no idea when we will be back in the office. We've almost developed our contingency plan for conversion, but have run into a wall. So, I'm reaching out to you to hopefully gather some options. I'm sure we?re not alone in this! Any thoughts about the following situations would be greatly appreciated! I'm curious to know what contingency plans you're implementing for distance learners needing converted materials when you cannot get a digital copy from a publisher nor a hard copy. Also, is anyone working with the campus library to obtain digital files which can be remedited OR books for scanning? If so, I would appreciate information on how your process is structured, who?s involved, who you are working with within the library, etc. Situation 1: Student submitted a request and proof of ownership. Student is still waiting to receive delivery of said book. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response (not sure if the publisher is even open at this time as they are in the UK. But this could just as easily be a small publishing house in the US.) No local source to purchase book. Book can be ordered, but won?t arrive until finals week. Too late for the student! Situation 2: Student submits request and proof of ownership. Student is not local. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response. No local source to purchase book. We have in the past had a student send us their book for us to scan/convert. (We cover all costs of shipping.) Once we have a book, we cannot chop the spine off (our print shop is closed and Kinko?s etc, will not accept any outside paper source items). But we could still scan the book manually. With summer quickly approaching and the very short "semester" sessions on top of the current working remote order, we're trying to come up with some options. A student could take pictures of the pages and use SensusAccess to convert or send them to us. But that just doesn't seem like a viable option! Any thoughts shared would be greatly appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT she, her, hers Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4536 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Leyna Bencomo, MA ILT Assistive Technology Specialist Office of Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs Available via Microsoft Teams (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu [sig logo small] From: athen-list On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 1:27 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Replacing Assistive Tech Products Consider also setting up SOME of your institutional software on servers accessible through open portal logins. Many software (read & write, Kurzweil, and others can be accessed through the portal. Check to see which programs you use can be accessed successfully through an open portal login and work with IT. Find out how robust a program your students need and work on some free/open source software options (for example, NVDA is a good substitute for JAWS; Alternatively you college's licenses for JAWS can be downloaded to flash drives and your BVI students can use it from anywhere. Dragon NS is designed to be user/computer-specific and works best on an individual computer linked to a specific speaker's profile. Might be best to see if you can negotiate a volume discount through Nuance. There are other dictation options to consider, but first and foremost, consider what the student is using it for and why. Most of the other dictation programs (free or low cost) do not offer robust vocabulary or voice editing, and students cannot compose research papers with other available software, or use it to control the computer. None of the other dictation programs offer corrections by voice and many do not automatically save & update a voice profile, making the program improve with use. With a volume discount on DNS licenses, remember these can be reused in the future. In the case of students off-site, purchase the licenses with download links rather than cd/dvd copies. You can send the download links to the students. You should cover the cost of noise-canceling headset mics (and don't expect them back at the end of the term --they're expendable!). The software licenses can be reused in the future. Dictation with math works well for lower-level math using Equatio, but not (yet) with the higher level maths. Your best bet there is to either purchase DNS download links and add download links for MathTalk and Scientific Notebook or a download link for DNS and talk to Nancilu McClellan at Metroplex Voice Computing to see if MathTalk and Scientific Notebook will operate OK if loaded on the college server and the student with DNS loaded on their home computer can log in through an open portal to use SN & MT. She's knowledgeable and helpful and will work with your IT folks to find the best solution. Equatio for some; MathTalk + Scientific Notebook with Dragon Naturally Speaking for others. Others have already added some valuable options. My advice is to weigh what the students need first and present a list of what can be loaded onto a server & accessed through an open portal login, what needs to be provided to individual students for individual use off-site, and what would be OK to substitute with free or open source software. Stay away from multiple individual purchases or software requiring monthly/annual subscriptions as these end up costing much more in the long run and we can't ask students to either purchase the software on their own or pay for the subscriptions. Asking the students to switch software without advance notice or without training/support or practice, especially if it happens with a deadline for a paper or assignment, or if there's a test involved is not recommended. Maybe putting together a list of 3-4 different options for students and letting them choose (in advance of deadlines or tests) with some training guidelines and support would be helpful. My thoughts. Hope these are useful for the general good. Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 8:43 AM Robert Spangler > wrote: Hello everyone: Unfortunately, as a result of recent events, our leadership at UD is asking which AT products are we able to cancel for the 2020-21 academic year. I am writing here to seek suggestions for free or lower-cost alternatives. These products include: Read and Write - I know that there are free text-to-speech alternatives available. Can anyone recommend some for me to try? What would I lose from Read and Write if I decided to opt for a free or low-cost solution? Dragon - This one I feel will be harder to replace, but I'm looking for opinions. I've already begun teaching my Mac students how to use the built-in Mac Dictation, which is pretty good. Also, Nuance no longer supports MacOS. Windows is a problem, however. Last time I checked, Windows dictation didn't even come close to being as accurate as Dragon. So again, any thoughts on this are welcome. Thanks, Robert -- ? OLR will be available via phone and email Mon-Fri from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The office in Roesch 023 will not be open until further notice. ? Appointments for Disability Services, accommodations, and Voluntary Medical Withdrawals will be conducted via telephone. To schedule, call 937-229-2066. ? Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, and the Write Place will be accessible remotely. ? For instructions and current OLR updates, visit go.udayton.edu/learning Robert Spangler Disability Services Technical Support Specialist rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. 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Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT *she, her, hers* Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 3:57 PM Susan Kelmer wrote: > I am asking students to NOT order a book until they?ve checked with me. > If the book needs to be scanned, I have them order it to be shipped to me. > > > > My local Office Depot is still cutting and scanning books for me (just had > one done last Friday). I hadn?t heard that print shops were not doing that > work anymore. > > > > Have you contacted the professor for a desk copy? > > > > These are going to become issues for us, I can see it. Fortunately, > summer requests are often much lower than regular semester ones. If we end > up going this way into fall, I may have a lot of rethinking to do. > > > > And we need to figure out how to force our campuses to use books that are > going to have electronic options available. They should already be there > now, but this may just force the issue. > > > > **Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by > email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.** > > > > *Susan Kelmer * > > Alternate Format Production Program Manager > > Disability Services > > Division of Student Affairs > > *T* 303 735 4836 > > *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices > * > > > > > > [image: cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] > > > > *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this > message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please > notify the sender immediately and delete this message. * > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2020 2:38 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Conversion - Trying to make contingency plans > > > > Hello Athenians! > > > > Our university has already announced that all summer classes will be > online only. We still have no idea when we will be back in the office. > We've almost developed our contingency plan for conversion, but have run > into a wall. So, I'm reaching out to you to hopefully gather some > options. I'm sure we?re not alone in this! > > > > Any thoughts about the following situations would be greatly appreciated! > I'm curious to know what contingency plans you're implementing for distance > learners needing converted materials when you cannot get a digital copy > from a publisher nor a hard copy. > > > > Also, is anyone working with the campus library to obtain digital files > which can be remedited OR books for scanning? If so, I would appreciate > information on how your process is structured, who?s involved, who you are > working with within the library, etc. > > > > Situation 1: Student submitted a request and proof of ownership. Student > is still waiting to receive delivery of said book. Files not available from > any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher > multiple times with no response (not sure if the publisher is even open at > this time as they are in the UK. But this could just as easily be a small > publishing house in the US.) No local source to purchase book. Book can be > ordered, but won?t arrive until finals week. Too late for the student! > > > > Situation 2: Student submits request and proof of ownership. Student is > not local. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have > attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response. No > local source to purchase book. We have in the past had a student send us > their book for us to scan/convert. (We cover all costs of shipping.) Once > we have a book, we cannot chop the spine off (our print shop is closed and > Kinko?s etc, will not accept any outside paper source items). But we could > still scan the book manually. > > > > With summer quickly approaching and the very short "semester" sessions on > top of the current working remote order, we're trying to come up with some > options. > > > > A student could take pictures of the pages and use SensusAccess to convert > or send them to us. But that just doesn't seem like a viable option! > > > > Any thoughts shared would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director - AT > > *she, her, hers* > > Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas > > 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 phone > 479.575.7445 fax > +++++++++++++++ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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That would be fantastic! Ours simply cuts the book for us - that's it. They don't even do re-binding. Scanning/binding/remediation is all done within our lab. Thanks again! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT *she, her, hers* Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 5:00 PM Tamara Mariotti wrote: > Scanning for us is currently being completed through our Print office. We > send the book, he cuts it, scans it, I send a USB drive with the book, he > re-binds the book and sends all to our Accessibility office. Our Print > office is still open as of now. It is one main staff working alone. We have > a disability staff review the raw scans, use Omni page or other OCR > software to review, and creates the book chapter by chapter with the > course. The cut and scan is not the hard part, it I the review and > manipulation into an accessible file. > > > > Hope this helps > > > > Tamara Mariotti > > Coordinator of the Office of Accessibility Resources (OAR) > > Mohawk Valley Community College > > Wilcox Hall (formally IT) Building > > Learning Commons, Room 129A > > 1101 Sherman Drive > > Utica, NY 13501 > > > > Voice 315-731-5702 (receiving remote messages) > > Fax 315-731-5868 (receiving faxes remotely) > > Zoom contact: https://zoom.us/j/7895355494 (video chat) > > https://www.mvcc.edu/accessibility-resources > > [image: mvcc logo] > > > > Proud member of: > > [image: NYSDSC 2016 Logo for email sig] > > > > "Disability is not a 'brave struggle' or 'courage in the face of > adversity'. Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live." Neil > Marcus > > > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2020 4:38 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Conversion - Trying to make contingency plans > > > > Hello Athenians! > > > > Our university has already announced that all summer classes will be > online only. We still have no idea when we will be back in the office. > We've almost developed our contingency plan for conversion, but have run > into a wall. So, I'm reaching out to you to hopefully gather some > options. I'm sure we?re not alone in this! > > > > Any thoughts about the following situations would be greatly appreciated! > I'm curious to know what contingency plans you're implementing for distance > learners needing converted materials when you cannot get a digital copy > from a publisher nor a hard copy. > > > > Also, is anyone working with the campus library to obtain digital files > which can be remedited OR books for scanning? If so, I would appreciate > information on how your process is structured, who?s involved, who you are > working with within the library, etc. > > > > Situation 1: Student submitted a request and proof of ownership. Student > is still waiting to receive delivery of said book. Files not available from > any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher > multiple times with no response (not sure if the publisher is even open at > this time as they are in the UK. But this could just as easily be a small > publishing house in the US.) No local source to purchase book. Book can be > ordered, but won?t arrive until finals week. Too late for the student! > > > > Situation 2: Student submits request and proof of ownership. Student is > not local. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have > attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response. No > local source to purchase book. We have in the past had a student send us > their book for us to scan/convert. (We cover all costs of shipping.) Once > we have a book, we cannot chop the spine off (our print shop is closed and > Kinko?s etc, will not accept any outside paper source items). But we could > still scan the book manually. > > > > With summer quickly approaching and the very short "semester" sessions on > top of the current working remote order, we're trying to come up with some > options. > > > > A student could take pictures of the pages and use SensusAccess to convert > or send them to us. But that just doesn't seem like a viable option! > > > > Any thoughts shared would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director - AT > > *she, her, hers* > > Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas > > 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 phone > 479.575.7445 fax > +++++++++++++++ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4536 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We've almost developed our contingency plan for conversion, but have run into a wall. So, I'm reaching out to you to hopefully gather some options. I'm sure we?re not alone in this! Any thoughts about the following situations would be greatly appreciated! I'm curious to know what contingency plans you're implementing for distance learners needing converted materials when you cannot get a digital copy from a publisher nor a hard copy. Also, is anyone working with the campus library to obtain digital files which can be remedited OR books for scanning? If so, I would appreciate information on how your process is structured, who?s involved, who you are working with within the library, etc. Situation 1: Student submitted a request and proof of ownership. Student is still waiting to receive delivery of said book. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response (not sure if the publisher is even open at this time as they are in the UK. But this could just as easily be a small publishing house in the US.) No local source to purchase book. Book can be ordered, but won?t arrive until finals week. Too late for the student! Situation 2: Student submits request and proof of ownership. Student is not local. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response. No local source to purchase book. We have in the past had a student send us their book for us to scan/convert. (We cover all costs of shipping.) Once we have a book, we cannot chop the spine off (our print shop is closed and Kinko?s etc, will not accept any outside paper source items). But we could still scan the book manually. With summer quickly approaching and the very short "semester" sessions on top of the current working remote order, we're trying to come up with some options. A student could take pictures of the pages and use SensusAccess to convert or send them to us. But that just doesn't seem like a viable option! Any thoughts shared would be greatly appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT she, her, hers Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ 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 hascherdss at gmail.com Tue Apr 14 08:15:25 2020 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Tue Apr 14 08:16:09 2020 Subject: [Athen] Conversion - Trying to make contingency plans In-Reply-To: <512A18E0-7C28-47E9-973A-2AA6E57F1672@Lee.Edu> References: <512A18E0-7C28-47E9-973A-2AA6E57F1672@Lee.Edu> Message-ID: Hi K-Leigh, Thank you for your offer! We might have to take you up on that. :-) Cutting/scanning is really the least of my worries as we do have a scanner doesn't require a binding to be removed. It's not ideal, and takes longer, but it is an option for us. Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT *she, her, hers* Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 7:00 AM Villanueva, K-leigh wrote: > Hi Heidi, > > I will check with our on campus print shop to see when they are back, > some of our services will be on campus after 4/30. If they are, if you > will send the book, I can get the binding cut and a scan put in. All > shipping costs would have to be covered by y?all though. We are located > near Houston. > > > > K-Leigh Villanueva > Access Center- Lee College > 832-555-4069 > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 13, 2020, at 3:41 PM, Heidi Scher wrote: > > ? > > Hello Athenians! > > > > Our university has already announced that all summer classes will be > online only. We still have no idea when we will be back in the office. > We've almost developed our contingency plan for conversion, but have run > into a wall. So, I'm reaching out to you to hopefully gather some > options. I'm sure we?re not alone in this! > > > > Any thoughts about the following situations would be greatly appreciated! > I'm curious to know what contingency plans you're implementing for distance > learners needing converted materials when you cannot get a digital copy > from a publisher nor a hard copy. > > > > Also, is anyone working with the campus library to obtain digital files > which can be remedited OR books for scanning? If so, I would appreciate > information on how your process is structured, who?s involved, who you are > working with within the library, etc. > > > > Situation 1: Student submitted a request and proof of ownership. Student > is still waiting to receive delivery of said book. Files not available from > any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher > multiple times with no response (not sure if the publisher is even open at > this time as they are in the UK. But this could just as easily be a small > publishing house in the US.) No local source to purchase book. Book can be > ordered, but won?t arrive until finals week. Too late for the student! > > > > Situation 2: Student submits request and proof of ownership. Student is > not local. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have > attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response. No > local source to purchase book. We have in the past had a student send us > their book for us to scan/convert. (We cover all costs of shipping.) Once > we have a book, we cannot chop the spine off (our print shop is closed and > Kinko?s etc, will not accept any outside paper source items). But we could > still scan the book manually. > > > > With summer quickly approaching and the very short "semester" sessions on > top of the current working remote order, we're trying to come up with some > options. > > > > A student could take pictures of the pages and use SensusAccess to convert > or send them to us. But that just doesn't seem like a viable option! > > > > Any thoughts shared would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director - AT > > *she, her, hers* > > Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas > > 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 phone > 479.575.7445 fax > +++++++++++++++ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 lydia at autistichoya.com Tue Apr 14 08:44:31 2020 From: lydia at autistichoya.com (Lydia X. Z. 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Best George -----Original Message----- From: webinar-news-request@lists.daisy.org On Behalf Of webinars@daisy.org Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 5:18 AM To: webinar-news@lists.daisy.org Subject: [webinar-news] DAISY Webinar Series Update April 14th 2020 Hello George Kerscher Thank you once again for your interest in the DAISY Consortium Webinar Series on Accessible Publishing and Reading. We?re announcing a new webinar every single week and you can find details of the latest webinar to be announced just below. We have some very special sessions coming up which we look forward to sharing with you. We welcome suggestions and proposals for further sessions via the DAISY contact form: https://daisy.org/contact Interest in these webinars from around the world has really been astounding and our thanks goes out to everyone who continues to raise awareness of these sessions in their regions. The recordings of every webinar will be available on the DAISY website the week after the live event for reference and further sharing, along with related links, the slide deck and a full transcript of the webinar. The presentation topics will change each week, so people can sign up for the webinars individually using the links located below the session titles. This week, April 15, 2020 will be ?Create EPUB publications from Word with a simple tool anyone can use? https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_scaK_d3NQfalkoyTnBawtQ A new tool from the DAISY Consortium is being rapidly adopted around the world to aid in the creation of accessible EPUB3 publications directly from Microsoft Word. This session will provide some background on how and why this free tool was created and will include a practical demonstration to highlight just how easy it is to use. Next Week, April 22, 2020 will be ?Making Math Accessible, One Step at a Time? https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fwL5s83QQ5uT5iN5Q_xGjw Creating accessible math content has historically been challenging, but research and technology have both progressed significantly in recent years. This session will explore some of the tools to aid in accessible math creation, as well as present contextualized research on how to support students with learning disabilities in their math education. April 29, 2020 will be ?Telling Your Story: Creating Better Accessibility Statements with ASPIRE? https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I5XyxqT_TUerLOmrrs-Dig Two years ago a project was launched to assess accessibility statements made by organizations in the publishing industry, evaluating the performance against the promises. This webinar looks at the lessons from that initial projects and offers practical advice for authoring and interpreting accessibility statements. May 6, 2020 will be ?Publishing, accessibility, W3C standards ? where are we and how did we get here?? https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xubb7nQES2yu3WDQV_clfw Behind the scenes of any technology you can find a significant amount of effort invested over many years has shaped where we are today. This session will reflect on the EPUB 3 journey to become the most popular and most accessible digital publishing standard in the world. May 13, 2020 will be ?Easy access to books and articles through a smart speaker? https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_W9x6lazlR3WKIoKXuwdYXQ In a world where smart speakers appear to be everywhere, how can these easy to use devices with their intelligent assistants help with access to reading books and articles? This webinar will explain the accessibility features of Amazon Echo and Google Assistant, and present case studies of their application for people with print impairments. As well as exploring the technical aspects of configuring such services, we will review user feedback and acceptability of the experiences. Previous webinars: April 8, 2020 Publishers Faceoff to Prove the Accessibility of their titles. https://daisy.org/news-events/articles/publishers-faceoff-to-prove-the-accessibility-of-their-titles-w/ Publishers are making accessibility claims, but what is really happening inside the digital cover? This webinar will provide a platform for disability experts from the DSO and accessible publishing community to dive deep into EPUB 3 digital textbooks from the top selling publishers in Higher education. April 1, 2020 Helping Higher Ed Students with access to accessible course material during the COVID-19 crisis https://daisy.org/news-events/articles/helping-higher-ed-students-with-access-to-accessible-course-material-during-the-covid-19-crisis-w/ The session explored some of the ways that students can continue to work remotely and accessibly at this challenging time. Presenters from VitalSource and RedShelf will discuss their new initiatives which are currently available in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. The fully captioned recording of the webinar, slide deck, extended description and all links are published on the page linked above. 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Karen and Robert are bringing us a webinar titled "Automated Caption, Translation and Notetaking of Remote Learning Sessions" where they will be showcasing Streamer - a new approach to captioning, note-taking and translation. Take care! Doug Mantle, Assistive Technology Support Specialist, STARS Learning Lab Co-ordinator Accessibility, Counselling and Student Development - Accessibility Services - Student Affairs King's University College at Western University 266 Epworth Avenue London, Ontario, Canada N6A 2M3 P. 519-433-3491 ext. 4579 | P. 1-800-265-4406 | F. 519-963-1013 Doug.Mantle@Kings.UWO.ca | www.kings.uwo.ca Please be advised that this email is only monitored during regular office hours. During peak times of the academic year, replies may take 2-3 days. If your matter is urgent, please contact the Accessibility, Counselling and Student Development office at 519-433-3491 extension 4321 or acsd@kings.uwo.ca or Wemple room 151. ________________________________ From: noat@googlegroups.com [noat@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Network of Assistive Technologists [info@noat.ca] Sent: April-14-20 12:17 AM To: NOAT@googlegroups.com Subject: [N.O.A.T.] Webinar Announcement - Automated Caption, Translation and Notetaking of Remote Learning Sessions - Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 1:30pm ET You are invited to join The Network of Assistive Technologists on Friday, April 17th at 1:30pm ET as we welcome Karen Anderson, PhD, Director of Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss and Robert Palmquist, the CEO of SpeechGear. Karen and Robert are bringing us a webinar titled "Automated Caption, Translation and Notetaking of Remote Learning Sessions" where they will be showcasing Streamer - a new approach to captioning, note-taking and translation. With COVID-19 and the resulting remote learning and livestream situations, ensuring equal access for everyone has become a significant issue. Be it co-workers for a firm, students in a school, or attendees of a religious service, remote livestreams can be difficult to follow and understand. This is especially true for individuals that are hard of hearing, deaf, and those who prefer using a language other than English. In this webinar you will learn how you can use Streamer to caption, translate and take notes during livestreams, and do so in a way that is easy, affordable, private and secure. With StreamerTM, you have one approach that works the same way, every time, with every livestream platform, including Zoom, Google, Adobe, Cisco, Skype and more. Set it up once, and from then on just double-click your Streamer desktop icon and everything being said is instantly captioned and translated for all participants. The foundation and benefits of providing captioning will be presented by Karen Anderson, and the configuration and use of Streamer will be demonstrated by Robert Palmquist. During the webinar you will have the opportunity to create a Streamer system for yourself, your business, agency, or school. Participants will also receive four weeks of free unlimited captioning and translation. After that first four weeks, the cost to continue using your Streamer system is about $9/month. This is not a per user price, this is the total cost for a Streamer captioning room. You are encouraged to share your Streamer subscription with others. For full details and to register, please visit the N.O.A.T. Events Site. We look forward to seeing you online Friday, April 17, 2020 at 1:30pm ET. Come out and learn about the foundation and benefits of providing captioning with Streamer. 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Message-ID: ATHEN President Mon, Feb 17, 2:54 PM to Access Hi all, It's time for our next ATHEN Quarterly Membership Meeting - how time flies! Anyone is welcome to attend. Meeting details are below, including the Zoom meeting link. ** If there are items to be voted on, only members of ATHEN will be able to vote. Time reserved for this meeting is 1.5 hours - attend as much time as you are able. Discussion Topics: - Remote online learning and accessibility - Accommodations in an online setting Expected time frame for next meetings: - Early Aug - Nov = Annual meeting If you have any questions or suggestions for an agenda item, don't hesitate to reply to this email. Have a good day, Dawn Hunziker ATHEN President *** Meeting Details *** Topic: ATHEN Quarterly Meeting Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Time: 11 Pacific Noon Mountain 1 Central 2 Eastern ATHEN President is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Note the meeting is set up with a waiting room option to enter the room. 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Ours always has these awful abbreviations for books and is less than willing to provide too much identifying information like an ISBN lest students purchase books on a cheaper site like Amazon. They have to show a profit. I know in times like these any college would not want to lay off bookstore employees, but it seems to me in the long run we'd be way better off it students were encouraged to buy books the cheapest way possible. For example this morning, a student sent me a receipt for a book that read LAB MANUAL+WORKBK.F/BIOLOG.ANTHRO.(LL) SOLURI 1 $53.47 I looked at the actual bookstore information for this course; same thing. Instructor's syllabus also probably says the same thing. Hard to provide alt media with minimal info like this. RANT MODE OFF! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Wed Apr 15 14:19:43 2020 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Wed Apr 15 14:20:04 2020 Subject: [Athen] Bookstore politics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Fortunately, our bookstore shows the ISBN number with the listing, so we never have this problem. They still make plenty of money on the students whose books are purchased as part of their tuition benefits, student loans, scholarships, etc., and they also sell campus gear (which they make a LOT of money off of). *Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.* Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you've received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 3:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Bookstore politics RANT MODE ON: Do you have this problem with your bookstore? Ours always has these awful abbreviations for books and is less than willing to provide too much identifying information like an ISBN lest students purchase books on a cheaper site like Amazon. They have to show a profit. I know in times like these any college would not want to lay off bookstore employees, but it seems to me in the long run we'd be way better off it students were encouraged to buy books the cheapest way possible. For example this morning, a student sent me a receipt for a book that read LAB MANUAL+WORKBK.F/BIOLOG.ANTHRO.(LL) SOLURI 1 $53.47 I looked at the actual bookstore information for this course; same thing. 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Neal Sorensen (pronouns: he, him, his) Access Specialist Accessibility Resources Minnesota State University, Mankato 132 Memorial Library Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-389-5242 FAX: 507-389-1199 Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu [cid:image001.jpg@01D613D5.EFD2A6D0] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Bookstore politics RANT MODE ON: Do you have this problem with your bookstore? Ours always has these awful abbreviations for books and is less than willing to provide too much identifying information like an ISBN lest students purchase books on a cheaper site like Amazon. They have to show a profit. I know in times like these any college would not want to lay off bookstore employees, but it seems to me in the long run we'd be way better off it students were encouraged to buy books the cheapest way possible. For example this morning, a student sent me a receipt for a book that read LAB MANUAL+WORKBK.F/BIOLOG.ANTHRO.(LL) SOLURI 1 $53.47 I looked at the actual bookstore information for this course; same thing. Instructor's syllabus also probably says the same thing. Hard to provide alt media with minimal info like this. RANT MODE OFF! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4084 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From plabella at necc.mass.edu Thu Apr 16 08:21:35 2020 From: plabella at necc.mass.edu (LaBella, Pam) Date: Thu Apr 16 08:21:48 2020 Subject: [Athen] Bookstore politics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6f969b8bbf8147cc8539630d011f357d@necc.mass.edu> I thought providing ISBNs was required now by bookstores Textbooks. The HEOA is a federal mandate that, inter alia, requires institutions of higher education to display textbook information at the time enrollment opens. The Act specifies that the University display the textbook title, price, and ISBN identifier. https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1015b&num=0&edition=prelim Pam LaBella Assistive Technology/Alternative Text Specialist Tues,Wed,Thurs I am currently working remotely and can be reached by email or by calling the LA Center/978-556-3654 [logo] This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you For the protection of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors, we are currently taking proactive measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are limiting in-person services and working diligently to offer as many services as possible on a remote basis. Visit www.necc.mass.edu/public-safety/coronavirus-information/ for the most updated information. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sorensen, Neal B Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 11:01 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics ATTENTION: This email is from an external source. Do not click on any links or open any attachments within the email unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact the Service Desk at x3111 if you are unsure of the content of the email. If you feel this email may be a phishing attempt, please forward it to phishing@necc.mass.edu immediately. Is your bookstore a Barnes and Noble campus store? I'm fairly sure that is the way Barnes and Noble lists textbooks (maybe all books?). Our bookstore is B&N and we have these same garbage descriptions! The ISBN is so essential. I don't have a solution, but I share your pain! This practice has made me play detective more than I'd like. Keep fighting the good fight. Neal Sorensen (pronouns: he, him, his) Access Specialist Accessibility Resources Minnesota State University, Mankato 132 Memorial Library Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-389-5242 FAX: 507-389-1199 Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu [cid:image003.jpg@01D613E0.26311040] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Bookstore politics RANT MODE ON: Do you have this problem with your bookstore? Ours always has these awful abbreviations for books and is less than willing to provide too much identifying information like an ISBN lest students purchase books on a cheaper site like Amazon. They have to show a profit. I know in times like these any college would not want to lay off bookstore employees, but it seems to me in the long run we'd be way better off it students were encouraged to buy books the cheapest way possible. For example this morning, a student sent me a receipt for a book that read LAB MANUAL+WORKBK.F/BIOLOG.ANTHRO.(LL) SOLURI 1 $53.47 I looked at the actual bookstore information for this course; same thing. Instructor's syllabus also probably says the same thing. Hard to provide alt media with minimal info like this. RANT MODE OFF! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 34564 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4084 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From neal.sorensen at mnsu.edu Thu Apr 16 08:43:16 2020 From: neal.sorensen at mnsu.edu (Sorensen, Neal B) Date: Thu Apr 16 08:44:03 2020 Subject: [Athen] Bookstore politics In-Reply-To: <6f969b8bbf8147cc8539630d011f357d@necc.mass.edu> References: <6f969b8bbf8147cc8539630d011f357d@necc.mass.edu> Message-ID: It is for bookstores, but students don't always realize that we need it when making requests. I've been using AIM this semester for alt format, and it uses the inventory list from the bookstore, so I get all that info without the student having to provide it... Unless of course the student simply emails me to ask if I have a book. Neal Sorensen (pronouns: he, him, his) Access Specialist Accessibility Resources Minnesota State University, Mankato 132 Memorial Library Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-389-5242 FAX: 507-389-1199 Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu [cid:image001.jpg@01D613DB.D5710DD0] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. From: athen-list On Behalf Of LaBella, Pam Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:22 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics I thought providing ISBNs was required now by bookstores Textbooks. The HEOA is a federal mandate that, inter alia, requires institutions of higher education to display textbook information at the time enrollment opens. The Act specifies that the University display the textbook title, price, and ISBN identifier. https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1015b&num=0&edition=prelim Pam LaBella Assistive Technology/Alternative Text Specialist Tues,Wed,Thurs I am currently working remotely and can be reached by email or by calling the LA Center/978-556-3654 [logo] This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you For the protection of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors, we are currently taking proactive measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are limiting in-person services and working diligently to offer as many services as possible on a remote basis. Visit www.necc.mass.edu/public-safety/coronavirus-information/ for the most updated information. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sorensen, Neal B Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 11:01 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics ATTENTION: This email is from an external source. Do not click on any links or open any attachments within the email unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact the Service Desk at x3111 if you are unsure of the content of the email. If you feel this email may be a phishing attempt, please forward it to phishing@necc.mass.edu immediately. Is your bookstore a Barnes and Noble campus store? I'm fairly sure that is the way Barnes and Noble lists textbooks (maybe all books?). Our bookstore is B&N and we have these same garbage descriptions! The ISBN is so essential. I don't have a solution, but I share your pain! This practice has made me play detective more than I'd like. Keep fighting the good fight. Neal Sorensen (pronouns: he, him, his) Access Specialist Accessibility Resources Minnesota State University, Mankato 132 Memorial Library Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-389-5242 FAX: 507-389-1199 Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu [cid:image001.jpg@01D613DB.D5710DD0] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Bookstore politics RANT MODE ON: Do you have this problem with your bookstore? Ours always has these awful abbreviations for books and is less than willing to provide too much identifying information like an ISBN lest students purchase books on a cheaper site like Amazon. They have to show a profit. I know in times like these any college would not want to lay off bookstore employees, but it seems to me in the long run we'd be way better off it students were encouraged to buy books the cheapest way possible. For example this morning, a student sent me a receipt for a book that read LAB MANUAL+WORKBK.F/BIOLOG.ANTHRO.(LL) SOLURI 1 $53.47 I looked at the actual bookstore information for this course; same thing. Instructor's syllabus also probably says the same thing. Hard to provide alt media with minimal info like this. RANT MODE OFF! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4084 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From justinr at disability.tamu.edu Thu Apr 16 15:12:27 2020 From: justinr at disability.tamu.edu (Justin Romack) Date: Thu Apr 16 15:13:08 2020 Subject: [Athen] Bookstore politics In-Reply-To: References: <6f969b8bbf8147cc8539630d011f357d@necc.mass.edu> Message-ID: <8b5562e4ae014adb86266fd77554bf06@disability.tamu.edu> Neal, I'm working with our Barnes and Noble ... though we don't have AIM ... and I've been told they can't share inventory lists with me due to privacy concerns. Have you heard of anything like this? Great conversation, all! I feel like I need a decoder ring or something to solve these truncated title mysteries sometimes ... but typically ISBN narrows things down when available. Admittedly, our profs aren't making determinations on their course materials at registration ... which does make things far more difficult for us - and the students, to be honest. Usually I'll email profs for classes our high-volume alt format users are planning to take in the upcoming term, but this won't ever solve the problem of schedule changes and last-minute adds. Gratefully, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | 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 On Behalf Of Sorensen, Neal B Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics It is for bookstores, but students don't always realize that we need it when making requests. I've been using AIM this semester for alt format, and it uses the inventory list from the bookstore, so I get all that info without the student having to provide it... Unless of course the student simply emails me to ask if I have a book. Neal Sorensen (pronouns: he, him, his) Access Specialist Accessibility Resources Minnesota State University, Mankato 132 Memorial Library Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-389-5242 FAX: 507-389-1199 Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu [cid:image001.jpg@01D61412.2EB307A0] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of LaBella, Pam Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:22 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics I thought providing ISBNs was required now by bookstores Textbooks. The HEOA is a federal mandate that, inter alia, requires institutions of higher education to display textbook information at the time enrollment opens. The Act specifies that the University display the textbook title, price, and ISBN identifier. https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1015b&num=0&edition=prelim Pam LaBella Assistive Technology/Alternative Text Specialist Tues,Wed,Thurs I am currently working remotely and can be reached by email or by calling the LA Center/978-556-3654 [logo] This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you For the protection of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors, we are currently taking proactive measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are limiting in-person services and working diligently to offer as many services as possible on a remote basis. Visit www.necc.mass.edu/public-safety/coronavirus-information/ for the most updated information. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sorensen, Neal B Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 11:01 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics ATTENTION: This email is from an external source. Do not click on any links or open any attachments within the email unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact the Service Desk at x3111 if you are unsure of the content of the email. If you feel this email may be a phishing attempt, please forward it to phishing@necc.mass.edu immediately. Is your bookstore a Barnes and Noble campus store? I'm fairly sure that is the way Barnes and Noble lists textbooks (maybe all books?). Our bookstore is B&N and we have these same garbage descriptions! The ISBN is so essential. I don't have a solution, but I share your pain! This practice has made me play detective more than I'd like. Keep fighting the good fight. Neal Sorensen (pronouns: he, him, his) Access Specialist Accessibility Resources Minnesota State University, Mankato 132 Memorial Library Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-389-5242 FAX: 507-389-1199 Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu [cid:image001.jpg@01D61412.2EB307A0] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Bookstore politics RANT MODE ON: Do you have this problem with your bookstore? Ours always has these awful abbreviations for books and is less than willing to provide too much identifying information like an ISBN lest students purchase books on a cheaper site like Amazon. They have to show a profit. I know in times like these any college would not want to lay off bookstore employees, but it seems to me in the long run we'd be way better off it students were encouraged to buy books the cheapest way possible. For example this morning, a student sent me a receipt for a book that read LAB MANUAL+WORKBK.F/BIOLOG.ANTHRO.(LL) SOLURI 1 $53.47 I looked at the actual bookstore information for this course; same thing. Instructor's syllabus also probably says the same thing. Hard to provide alt media with minimal info like this. RANT MODE OFF! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Once we showed our new B & N bookstore manager that other universities were already providing this, the ?privacy issues? were eradicated. Of course we were using AIM so we could link the books to the students files AND to our alt-text production teams. We also had to do all of the transfer work ourselves from writing the export/import file transfers to get it from the bookstore database into our database. Once we worked out the kinks, it worked. So, my suggestion is to do a little inventory of your sister colleges in Texas and find out how many are able to access the database through Barnes & Noble, then you provide this information to your bookstore manager. All things being equal, and in the spirit of equity, if some (many, a lot) of colleges & universities in TX are able to access the book lists and course book lists, then you can gently point out that ?if UTA or UTSA are doing this, you can too!? I make it sound easy but it took some work on our part to convince the bookstore that this was only used for the students in our DSS alt-text accommodations. I hope you find other reasonable solutions from others on the list. Do please let me know (off list) if you have any questions. Wink Harner On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 3:13 PM Justin Romack wrote: > Neal, > > > > I?m working with our Barnes and Noble ? though we don?t have AIM ? and > I?ve been told they can?t share inventory lists with me due to privacy > concerns. Have you heard of anything like this? > > > > Great conversation, all! I feel like I need a decoder ring or something to > solve these truncated title mysteries sometimes ? but typically ISBN > narrows things down when available. > > > > Admittedly, our profs aren?t making determinations on their course > materials at registration ? which does make things far more difficult for > us ? and the students, to be honest. Usually I?ll email profs for classes > our high-volume alt format users are planning to take in the upcoming term, > but this won?t ever solve the problem of schedule changes and last-minute > adds. > > > > Gratefully, > > J > > > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > *Justin Romack* | Assistive Technology Coordinator > > Disability Resources | 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 *On > Behalf Of *Sorensen, Neal B > *Sent:* Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:43 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics > > > > It is for bookstores, but students don?t always realize that we need it > when making requests. I?ve been using AIM this semester for alt format, > and it uses the inventory list from the bookstore, so I get all that info > without the student having to provide it? Unless of course the student > simply emails me to ask if I have a book. > > > > Neal Sorensen > > (pronouns: he, him, his) > > Access Specialist > > Accessibility Resources > > Minnesota State University, Mankato > > 132 Memorial Library > > Mankato, MN 56001 > > > > Phone: 507-389-5242 > > FAX: 507-389-1199 > > Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in > error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the > sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *LaBella, Pam > *Sent:* Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:22 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics > > > > I thought providing ISBNs was required now by bookstores > > > > *Textbooks*. The HEOA is a federal mandate that, inter alia, requires > institutions of *higher education* to display *textbook* information at > the time enrollment opens. The *Act* specifies that the University > display the *textbook* title, price, and ISBN identifier. > > https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html > > > > https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1015b&num=0&edition=prelim > > > > > > > Pam LaBella > > Assistive Technology/Alternative Text Specialist > > Tues,Wed,Thurs > > I am currently working remotely and can be reached by email or by calling > the LA Center/978-556-3654 > > [image: logo] > > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may > contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If > you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by > telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. > Thank you > > *For the protection of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors, we are > currently taking proactive measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. > We are limiting in-person services and working diligently to offer as many > services as possible on a remote basis. Visit * > *www.necc.mass.edu/public-safety/coronavirus-information/* > * for > the most updated information.* > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Sorensen, Neal B > *Sent:* Thursday, April 16, 2020 11:01 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics > > > > *ATTENTION:* This email is from an external source. Do not click on any > links or open any attachments within the email unless you recognize the > sender and know the content is safe. Please contact the Service Desk at > x3111 if you are unsure of the content of the email. If you feel this email > may be a phishing attempt, please forward it to phishing@necc.mass.edu > immediately. > > Is your bookstore a Barnes and Noble campus store? > > > I?m fairly sure that is the way Barnes and Noble lists textbooks (maybe > all books?). Our bookstore is B&N and we have these same *garbage* > descriptions! The ISBN is so essential. I don?t have a solution, but I > share your pain! This practice has made me play detective more than I?d > like. > > > > Keep fighting the good fight. > > > > Neal Sorensen > > (pronouns: he, him, his) > > Access Specialist > > Accessibility Resources > > Minnesota State University, Mankato > > 132 Memorial Library > > Mankato, MN 56001 > > > > Phone: 507-389-5242 > > FAX: 507-389-1199 > > Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in > error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the > sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Deborah Armstrong > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:16 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Bookstore politics > > > > RANT MODE ON: > > > > Do you have this problem with your bookstore? Ours always has these awful > abbreviations for books and is less than willing to provide too much > identifying information like an ISBN lest students purchase books on a > cheaper site like Amazon. They have to show a profit. > > > > I know in times like these any college would not want to lay off bookstore > employees, but it seems to me in the long run we?d be way better off it > students were encouraged to buy books the cheapest way possible. > > > > For example this morning, a student sent me a receipt for a book that read > > LAB MANUAL+WORKBK.F/BIOLOG.ANTHRO.(LL) SOLURI 1 $53.47 > > I looked at the actual bookstore information for this course; same thing. > Instructor?s syllabus also probably says the same thing. 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I was added to one class as a ?backup? because if there IS lag or something having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting. -Andi :) From: athen-list On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters Hello all! I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed. Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT she, her, hers Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dkrahmer at colgate.edu Fri Apr 17 07:00:05 2020 From: dkrahmer at colgate.edu (Debbie Krahmer) Date: Fri Apr 17 07:01:25 2020 Subject: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: NDC has a bunch of information and tips they've posted about sign language in online classes. Try their covid collection of Q&As. Thanks, D. ______________ Debbie Krahmer Preferred Pronouns: D/no pronouns Associate Professor in the Libraries Accessible Technology & Government Documents Librarian 304 Case-Geyer Colgate University 315-228-6592 dkrahmer@colgate.edu On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 9:56 AM Andrea L. Dietrich wrote: > Hi, > > > > I?m a C-Print captionist as part of my job, but I?ve been captioning for a > few classes where a student is also using interpreters. We use Zoom to > meet. As far as I know, the interpreters are simply being allowed to join > the meeting as normal participants, and the professor (in this case) knows > that if the students are put into breakout rooms the interpreters (and I) > should also be added to the student?s room. It seems to work well. I was > added to one class as a ?backup? because if there IS lag or something > having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may > want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting. > > > > -Andi :) > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters > > > > Hello all! > > > > I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and > using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS > Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed. > > > > Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director - AT > > *she, her, hers* > > Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas > > 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 phone > 479.575.7445 fax > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Dietrich Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 8:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters Hi, I?m a C-Print captionist as part of my job, but I?ve been captioning for a few classes where a student is also using interpreters. We use Zoom to meet. As far as I know, the interpreters are simply being allowed to join the meeting as normal participants, and the professor (in this case) knows that if the students are put into breakout rooms the interpreters (and I) should also be added to the student?s room. It seems to work well. I was added to one class as a ?backup? because if there IS lag or something having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting. -Andi :) From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters Hello all! I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed. Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT she, her, hers Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Fri Apr 17 07:49:01 2020 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Fri Apr 17 07:50:04 2020 Subject: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Andi, Thanks for the information! My concern is that with some of the apps, if a participant isn't active (i.e. talking) then their video box disappears. I know there's the option to have a separate "meeting" for the user and the interpreter, but I was curious about general experiences as well as how the various vid conferencing apps handled the video box. Thank you! Heidi On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 8:53 AM Andrea L. Dietrich wrote: > Hi, > > > > I?m a C-Print captionist as part of my job, but I?ve been captioning for a > few classes where a student is also using interpreters. We use Zoom to > meet. As far as I know, the interpreters are simply being allowed to join > the meeting as normal participants, and the professor (in this case) knows > that if the students are put into breakout rooms the interpreters (and I) > should also be added to the student?s room. It seems to work well. I was > added to one class as a ?backup? because if there IS lag or something > having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may > want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting. > > > > -Andi :) > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters > > > > Hello all! > > > > I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and > using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS > Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed. > > > > Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director - AT > > *she, her, hers* > > Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas > > 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 phone > 479.575.7445 fax > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Dietrich > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I?m a C-Print captionist as part of my job, but I?ve been captioning for >> a few classes where a student is also using interpreters. We use Zoom to >> meet. As far as I know, the interpreters are simply being allowed to join >> the meeting as normal participants, and the professor (in this case) knows >> that if the students are put into breakout rooms the interpreters (and I) >> should also be added to the student?s room. It seems to work well. I was >> added to one class as a ?backup? because if there IS lag or something >> having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may >> want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting. >> >> >> >> -Andi :) >> >> *From:* athen-list *On >> Behalf Of *Heidi Scher >> *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < >> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >> *Subject:* [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters >> >> >> >> Hello all! >> >> >> >> I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and >> using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS >> Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed. >> >> >> >> Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! >> >> >> >> Heidi >> >> +++++++++++++++ >> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC >> Associate Director - AT >> >> *she, her, hers* >> >> Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas >> >> 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 >> Fayetteville, AR 72701 >> 479.575.3104 phone >> 479.575.7445 fax >> +++++++++++++++ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... 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In some > instances this means a parallel Google Meet session for a Google Meet > meeting. Hopefully the systems will evolve to allow users to see more > participants at once and to be able to pin 2 or more speakers, including > when screen sharing is being used. > > > > Todd > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Andrea L. Dietrich > *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 8:53 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language > interpreters > > > > Hi, > > > > I?m a C-Print captionist as part of my job, but I?ve been captioning for a > few classes where a student is also using interpreters. We use Zoom to > meet. As far as I know, the interpreters are simply being allowed to join > the meeting as normal participants, and the professor (in this case) knows > that if the students are put into breakout rooms the interpreters (and I) > should also be added to the student?s room. It seems to work well. I was > added to one class as a ?backup? because if there IS lag or something > having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may > want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting. > > > > -Andi :) > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters > > > > Hello all! > > > > I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and > using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS > Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed. > > > > Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director - AT > > *she, her, hers* > > Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas > > 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 phone > 479.575.7445 fax > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Justin Romack Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 6:12 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics Neal, I?m working with our Barnes and Noble ? though we don?t have AIM ? and I?ve been told they can?t share inventory lists with me due to privacy concerns. Have you heard of anything like this? Great conversation, all! I feel like I need a decoder ring or something to solve these truncated title mysteries sometimes ? but typically ISBN narrows things down when available. Admittedly, our profs aren?t making determinations on their course materials at registration ? which does make things far more difficult for us ? and the students, to be honest. Usually I?ll email profs for classes our high-volume alt format users are planning to take in the upcoming term, but this won?t ever solve the problem of schedule changes and last-minute adds. Gratefully, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | 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 On Behalf Of Sorensen, Neal B Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics It is for bookstores, but students don?t always realize that we need it when making requests. I?ve been using AIM this semester for alt format, and it uses the inventory list from the bookstore, so I get all that info without the student having to provide it? Unless of course the student simply emails me to ask if I have a book. Neal Sorensen (pronouns: he, him, his) Access Specialist Accessibility Resources Minnesota State University, Mankato 132 Memorial Library Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-389-5242 FAX: 507-389-1199 Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu [cid:image001.jpg@01D61412.2EB307A0] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of LaBella, Pam Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:22 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics I thought providing ISBNs was required now by bookstores Textbooks. The HEOA is a federal mandate that, inter alia, requires institutions of higher education to display textbook information at the time enrollment opens. The Act specifies that the University display the textbook title, price, and ISBN identifier. https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1015b&num=0&edition=prelim Pam LaBella Assistive Technology/Alternative Text Specialist Tues,Wed,Thurs I am currently working remotely and can be reached by email or by calling the LA Center/978-556-3654 [logo] This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you For the protection of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors, we are currently taking proactive measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are limiting in-person services and working diligently to offer as many services as possible on a remote basis. Visit www.necc.mass.edu/public-safety/coronavirus-information/ for the most updated information. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sorensen, Neal B Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 11:01 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Bookstore politics ATTENTION: This email is from an external source. Do not click on any links or open any attachments within the email unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact the Service Desk at x3111 if you are unsure of the content of the email. If you feel this email may be a phishing attempt, please forward it to phishing@necc.mass.edu immediately. Is your bookstore a Barnes and Noble campus store? I?m fairly sure that is the way Barnes and Noble lists textbooks (maybe all books?). Our bookstore is B&N and we have these same garbage descriptions! The ISBN is so essential. I don?t have a solution, but I share your pain! This practice has made me play detective more than I?d like. Keep fighting the good fight. Neal Sorensen (pronouns: he, him, his) Access Specialist Accessibility Resources Minnesota State University, Mankato 132 Memorial Library Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-389-5242 FAX: 507-389-1199 Email: neal.sorensen@mnsu.edu [cid:image001.jpg@01D61412.2EB307A0] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply email so that our address record can be corrected. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Bookstore politics RANT MODE ON: Do you have this problem with your bookstore? Ours always has these awful abbreviations for books and is less than willing to provide too much identifying information like an ISBN lest students purchase books on a cheaper site like Amazon. They have to show a profit. I know in times like these any college would not want to lay off bookstore employees, but it seems to me in the long run we?d be way better off it students were encouraged to buy books the cheapest way possible. For example this morning, a student sent me a receipt for a book that read LAB MANUAL+WORKBK.F/BIOLOG.ANTHRO.(LL) SOLURI 1 $53.47 I looked at the actual bookstore information for this course; same thing. Instructor?s syllabus also probably says the same thing. Hard to provide alt media with minimal info like this. RANT MODE OFF! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I know there's the option to have a separate "meeting" for the user and the interpreter, but I was curious about general experiences as well as how the various vid conferencing apps handled the video box. Thank you! Heidi On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 8:53 AM Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: Hi, I?m a C-Print captionist as part of my job, but I?ve been captioning for a few classes where a student is also using interpreters. We use Zoom to meet. As far as I know, the interpreters are simply being allowed to join the meeting as normal participants, and the professor (in this case) knows that if the students are put into breakout rooms the interpreters (and I) should also be added to the student?s room. It seems to work well. I was added to one class as a ?backup? because if there IS lag or something having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting. -Andi :) From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters Hello all! I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed. Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT she, her, hers Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ 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 hascherdss at gmail.com Fri Apr 17 09:18:10 2020 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Fri Apr 17 09:19:04 2020 Subject: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Andrea! That's a feature I'm looking for in each of the platforms. I'm also curious about any best practices or pitfalls folks have encountered. Appreciate your feedback! Heidi On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 11:03 AM Andrea L. Dietrich wrote: > In Zoom it?s possible to ?pin? some people so they never disappear. > https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362743-Pin-Video > > > > -Andi :) > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 10:49 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language > interpreters > > > > Hello Andi, > > > > Thanks for the information! My concern is that with some of the apps, if a > participant isn't active (i.e. talking) then their video box disappears. I > know there's the option to have a separate "meeting" for the user and the > interpreter, but I was curious about general experiences as well as how the > various vid conferencing apps handled the video box. > > > > Thank you! > > Heidi > > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 8:53 AM Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I?m a C-Print captionist as part of my job, but I?ve been captioning for a > few classes where a student is also using interpreters. We use Zoom to > meet. As far as I know, the interpreters are simply being allowed to join > the meeting as normal participants, and the professor (in this case) knows > that if the students are put into breakout rooms the interpreters (and I) > should also be added to the student?s room. It seems to work well. I was > added to one class as a ?backup? because if there IS lag or something > having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may > want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting. > > > > -Andi :) > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters > > > > Hello all! > > > > I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and > using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS > Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed. > > > > Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director - AT > > *she, her, hers* > > Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas > > 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 phone > 479.575.7445 fax > +++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ipriest at msudenver.edu Fri Apr 17 11:47:28 2020 From: ipriest at msudenver.edu (Priest, Ione) Date: Fri Apr 17 11:47:46 2020 Subject: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Re: web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Heidi, We?ve worked out methods with Zoom and MS Teams for our interpreters. Both allow the ?pinning? of videos, as Andi mentioned. Teams allows the pinning of multiple videos at once, but only on the desktop versions. The mobile apps for both only allows the pinning of a single video. We have a few students who only have their phone or iPad to access their lectures, so we set up test meetings for each course with the professors and interpreters to go over all the tech elements and let them test what would work or not work together, and instructed the interpreters and students how to un-pin and re-pin when the interpreters swap. The other big thing we?ve found is if a professor uses the ?whiteboard? or shares their screen (mostly for their PPT slides). In both cases, this changes everyone?s main view to see the screen, regardless of whether a video is pinned or not. The pinned videos should still be visible, however, and the student can simply click/tap to swap with the screen view. This will minimize the screen view, so the student might have to switch back and forth, depending on the class. It?s definitely not perfect, but it seems to be working for our students so far. Hope that helps! Ione Priest, CPACC | Accessibility Technology Manager Pronouns: she, her, hers Access Center Metropolitan State University of Denver Campus Box 56, P.O. Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217-3362 303-615-0200 (office) 720-778-5662 (fax) ipriest@msudenver.edu | www.msudenver.edu/access MSU Denver logo: [Metropolitan State University of Denver] This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 10:18 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters NOTICE: This email originated from outside the University. Please exercise caution when replying or opening links and attachments. Thanks Andrea! That's a feature I'm looking for in each of the platforms. I'm also curious about any best practices or pitfalls folks have encountered. Appreciate your feedback! Heidi On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 11:03 AM Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: In Zoom it?s possible to ?pin? some people so they never disappear. https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362743-Pin-Video -Andi :) From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 10:49 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters Hello Andi, Thanks for the information! My concern is that with some of the apps, if a participant isn't active (i.e. talking) then their video box disappears. I know there's the option to have a separate "meeting" for the user and the interpreter, but I was curious about general experiences as well as how the various vid conferencing apps handled the video box. Thank you! Heidi On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 8:53 AM Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: Hi, I?m a C-Print captionist as part of my job, but I?ve been captioning for a few classes where a student is also using interpreters. We use Zoom to meet. As far as I know, the interpreters are simply being allowed to join the meeting as normal participants, and the professor (in this case) knows that if the students are put into breakout rooms the interpreters (and I) should also be added to the student?s room. It seems to work well. I was added to one class as a ?backup? because if there IS lag or something having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting. -Andi :) From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters Hello all! I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed. Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT she, her, hers Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ 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... 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Anyone else seeing this? -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hascherdss at gmail.com Sun Apr 19 12:21:33 2020 From: hascherdss at gmail.com (Heidi Scher) Date: Sun Apr 19 12:22:34 2020 Subject: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Re: web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Ione, Thank you for those tips! I had wondered about the situation of screen sharing. I greatly appreciate your feedback! Heidi On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 1:48 PM Priest, Ione wrote: > Hello Heidi, > > > > We?ve worked out methods with Zoom and MS Teams for our interpreters. Both > allow the ?pinning? of videos, as Andi mentioned. Teams allows the pinning > of multiple videos at once, but only on the desktop versions. The mobile > apps for both only allows the pinning of a single video. We have a few > students who only have their phone or iPad to access their lectures, so we > set up test meetings for each course with the professors and interpreters > to go over all the tech elements and let them test what would work or not > work together, and instructed the interpreters and students how to un-pin > and re-pin when the interpreters swap. > > > > The other big thing we?ve found is if a professor uses the ?whiteboard? or > shares their screen (mostly for their PPT slides). In both cases, this > changes everyone?s main view to see the screen, regardless of whether a > video is pinned or not. The pinned videos should still be visible, however, > and the student can simply click/tap to swap with the screen view. This > will minimize the screen view, so the student might have to switch back and > forth, depending on the class. > > > > It?s definitely not perfect, but it seems to be working for our students > so far. > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > *Ione Priest, **CPACC > ** |* *Accessibility > Technology Manager* > *Pronouns: she, her, hers* > > Access Center > > Metropolitan State University of Denver > > Campus Box 56, P.O. Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217-3362 > > 303-615-0200 (office) > > 720-778-5662 (fax) > > ipriest@msudenver.edu | www.msudenver.edu/access > > MSU Denver logo: > > [image: Metropolitan State University of Denver] > > *This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you > are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by > reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.* > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 10:18 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign > language interpreters > > > > NOTICE: This email originated from outside the University. Please > exercise caution when replying or opening links and attachments. > > > > Thanks Andrea! > > > > That's a feature I'm looking for in each of the platforms. I'm also > curious about any best practices or pitfalls folks have encountered. > > > > Appreciate your feedback! > > > > Heidi > > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 11:03 AM Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: > > In Zoom it?s possible to ?pin? some people so they never disappear. > https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362743-Pin-Video > > > > > -Andi :) > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 10:49 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language > interpreters > > > > Hello Andi, > > > > Thanks for the information! My concern is that with some of the apps, if a > participant isn't active (i.e. talking) then their video box disappears. I > know there's the option to have a separate "meeting" for the user and the > interpreter, but I was curious about general experiences as well as how the > various vid conferencing apps handled the video box. > > > > Thank you! > > Heidi > > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 8:53 AM Andrea L. Dietrich > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I?m a C-Print captionist as part of my job, but I?ve been captioning for a > few classes where a student is also using interpreters. We use Zoom to > meet. As far as I know, the interpreters are simply being allowed to join > the meeting as normal participants, and the professor (in this case) knows > that if the students are put into breakout rooms the interpreters (and I) > should also be added to the student?s room. It seems to work well. I was > added to one class as a ?backup? because if there IS lag or something > having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may > want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting. > > > > -Andi :) > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters > > > > Hello all! > > > > I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and > using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS > Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed. > > > > Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director - AT > > *she, her, hers* > > Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas > > 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 phone > 479.575.7445 fax > +++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Dorf, Introduction to Electric Circuits, >9th Edition, Wiley, 2014. >ISBN-13: 978-1118477502 >ISBN-10: 1118477502 >? >Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N.O. Sadiku, >Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, >6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2017. >ISBN-13: 978-0078028229 >ISBN-10: 0078028221 >? >James W. Nillson and Susan Riedel, Electric >Circuits, 11th Edition, Pearson, 2019. >ISBN-13: 978-0134746968 >ISBN-10: 0134746961 >? >Thanks in advance. >? >Mike >? >? >Mike Gibson >Access Technology Coordinator >Educational Access Center >Boise State University >1910 University Dr. >Boise, ID 83725-1375 >Office: (208) 426-1583 >Fax: (208) 473-2984 >Website: www.BoiseState.edu/EAC -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dandrews920 at comcast.net Sun Apr 19 12:38:09 2020 From: dandrews920 at comcast.net (David Andrews) Date: Sun Apr 19 12:38:30 2020 Subject: [Athen] More accessibility frustrations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I feel your pain! I had to set up a VPN at home, and the instructions I got from our IT folks were a bunch of screen shots, with some connecting text. Stuff like click here -- like the screenshot below shows. Dave At 04:26 PM 4/9/2020, Deborah Armstrong wrote: >Content-Language: en-US >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > >boundary="_000_BYAPR10MB2663169DE6774A2974589C1BB1C10BYAPR10MB2663namp_" > >I?m visually impaired. I?ve been in a ton of >trainings this week on remote apps for working from home. > >The audio usually sounds like this ?I?m going to >click on this. Then I?ll open that over here. >Click on that. Now we?ll go over there and check >this box. Now I?m selecting this ? > >I don?t want to hassle my hard-working >colleagues because they are already stressed. >Griping about lack of access seems so mean-spirited! > >And I?m pretty good at figuring out stuff on my >own but it?s such a big waste of my time. And >it?s so lonely having to always figure out everything all by myself. >Why can?t people **SAY*** what they are clicking on! > >--Debee -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com From dkrahmer at colgate.edu Mon Apr 20 04:55:21 2020 From: dkrahmer at colgate.edu (Debbie Krahmer) Date: Mon Apr 20 04:55:42 2020 Subject: [Athen] Anybody else seeing glitches with captions in YouTube yesterday and today In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Doug, I haven't had that problem yet, but when I was checking my work youtube Sunday, I kept getting the wrong cc file showing up in videos. I don't know if there's something related in that. . Thanks, D. ______________ Debbie Krahmer Preferred Pronouns: D/no pronouns Associate Professor in the Libraries Accessible Technology & Government Documents Librarian 304 Case-Geyer Colgate University 315-228-6592 dkrahmer@colgate.edu On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 3:41 PM Doug Hayman wrote: > Hi All, > > I recall a while back where when google/YouTube made some changes to code, > that there was an uptick in people asking "Where did my captions button go?" > > I've had one video go south on me on my work YouTube account and have now > uploaded the same to my personal YouTube account with hopes of fixing > captions in the latter and being done with one task. > > New video uploaded and there is no CC button in the player and, no > auto-generated content for captions got created. > > Anyone else seeing this? > > -- > Doug Hayman w.edu> > Senior Computer Specialist > DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) > UW Technology Services > Box 354842 > Seattle, WA 98195 > (206) 221-4165 > http://www.washington.edu/doit > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Dietrich) Date: Mon Apr 20 07:46:41 2020 Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: VLC Player works well for making WAV files from pretty much any video file. -Andi :) From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 10:42 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I'm seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality just a bit, so I'd prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3. When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. 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Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I'm seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality just a bit, so I'd prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3. When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. This is also useful when I'm working on a recording someone else made. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best George Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 8:42 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I'm seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality just a bit, so I'd prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3. When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. This is also useful when I'm working on a recording someone else made. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From neal.sorensen at mnsu.edu Mon Apr 20 10:58:00 2020 From: neal.sorensen at mnsu.edu (Sorensen, Neal B) Date: Mon Apr 20 10:58:17 2020 Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Seconded, VLC Player is the see-all do-all media converter! From: athen-list On Behalf Of Andrea L. Dietrich Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 9:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter VLC Player works well for making WAV files from pretty much any video file. -Andi :) From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 10:42 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I'm seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality just a bit, so I'd prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3. When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. This is also useful when I'm working on a recording someone else made. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jpolizzotto at berkeley.edu Mon Apr 20 11:54:13 2020 From: jpolizzotto at berkeley.edu (Joseph Polizzotto MA) Date: Mon Apr 20 11:55:17 2020 Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Debee, If you don't mind working from the command line, you can also use FFmpeg . You can type a command like the following in the terminal to get your desired file: ffmpeg -i input.m4a output.wav You can also try converting directly to MP3 from M4A and see if the quality is still too poor for your needs. Here is a command that can do that; ffmpeg -i input.m4a -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256k output.mp3 It is possible to write a short script that does this process in a loop for all of the files in a directory. I came across this article that touches on the decline of usability of many desktop applications . I thought you could relate to a lot of what is said there. Those are also arguments in favor of using the command line! (BTW I am not referring to any desktop applications mentioned in this thread). HTH, Joseph On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 7:43 AM Deborah Armstrong wrote: > Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I?m seeking a simple > converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I > prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce > the audio quality just a bit, so I?d prefer to convert to wav, edit it and > then convert to Mp3. > > > > When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the > recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. > > > > This is also useful when I?m working on a recording someone else made. > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- *Alternate Media Supervisor* Disabled Students' Program University of California, Berkeley https://dsp.berkeley.edu/ (510) 642-0329 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Mon Apr 20 12:03:19 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Mon Apr 20 12:03:26 2020 Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Wow! I forgot about ffmpeg. Got to find a windows build as I don?t want to build from scratch on my work computer, but I use it all the time in Linux for fun to convert videos for my hubby, who tends to fill up our server?s hard drive! I need a better grasp in the obvious. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Joseph Polizzotto MA Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 11:54 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Debee, If you don't mind working from the command line, you can also use FFmpeg. You can type a command like the following in the terminal to get your desired file: ffmpeg -i input.m4a output.wav You can also try converting directly to MP3 from M4A and see if the quality is still too poor for your needs. Here is a command that can do that; ffmpeg -i input.m4a -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256k output.mp3 It is possible to write a short script that does this process in a loop for all of the files in a directory. I came across this article that touches on the decline of usability of many desktop applications. I thought you could relate to a lot of what is said there. Those are also arguments in favor of using the command line! (BTW I am not referring to any desktop applications mentioned in this thread). HTH, Joseph On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 7:43 AM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I?m seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality just a bit, so I?d prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3. When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. This is also useful when I?m working on a recording someone else made. --Debee _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Alternate Media Supervisor Disabled Students' Program University of California, Berkeley https://dsp.berkeley.edu/ (510) 642-0329 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Mon Apr 20 12:04:22 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Mon Apr 20 12:04:51 2020 Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Um, but how do you do this in Windows with VLC? I have VLC but mostly just press Play and haven't gotten much farther with it. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sorensen, Neal B Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 10:58 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Seconded, VLC Player is the see-all do-all media converter! From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Andrea L. Dietrich Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 9:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter VLC Player works well for making WAV files from pretty much any video file. -Andi :) From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 10:42 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I'm seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality just a bit, so I'd prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3. When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. This is also useful when I'm working on a recording someone else made. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adietrich at cornell.edu Mon Apr 20 12:08:18 2020 From: adietrich at cornell.edu (Andrea L. Dietrich) Date: Mon Apr 20 12:08:45 2020 Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Go to Media --> Convert/Save, then add your file to the list and click Convert/Save. On the window that opens up, choose the "Audio - CD" profile from the dropdown menu. Then hit Browse, and choose what to name the file and where to save it. Then click Start to convert. For most videos it takes very little time. -Andi :) From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 3:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Um, but how do you do this in Windows with VLC? I have VLC but mostly just press Play and haven't gotten much farther with it. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sorensen, Neal B Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 10:58 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Seconded, VLC Player is the see-all do-all media converter! From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Andrea L. Dietrich Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 9:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter VLC Player works well for making WAV files from pretty much any video file. -Andi :) From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 10:42 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I'm seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality just a bit, so I'd prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3. When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. This is also useful when I'm working on a recording someone else made. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu Mon Apr 20 12:09:32 2020 From: lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu (Lisa Brandt) Date: Mon Apr 20 12:10:10 2020 Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Debee, if you have a version of Windows that's WSL-capable, you could run ffmpeg in a native Linux command line! On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 12:07 PM Deborah Armstrong < armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > Wow! I forgot about ffmpeg. Got to find a windows build as I don?t want to > build from scratch on my work computer, but I use it all the time in Linux > for fun to convert videos for my hubby, who tends to fill up our server?s > hard drive! I need a better grasp in the obvious. > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Joseph Polizzotto MA > *Sent:* Monday, April 20, 2020 11:54 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter > > > > Debee, > > > > If you don't mind working from the command line, you can also use FFmpeg > . > You can type a command like the following in the terminal to get your > desired file: > > > > ffmpeg -i input.m4a output.wav > > > > You can also try converting directly to MP3 from M4A and see if the > quality is still too poor for your needs. Here is a command that can do > that; > > > > ffmpeg -i input.m4a -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256k output.mp3 > > > > It is possible to write a short script that does this process in a loop > for all of the files in a directory. > > > > I came across this article that touches on the decline of usability of > many desktop applications > . > I thought you could relate to a lot of what is said there. Those are also > arguments in favor of using the command line! (BTW I am not referring to > any desktop applications mentioned in this thread). > > > > HTH, > > > > Joseph > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 7:43 AM Deborah Armstrong < > armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > > Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I?m seeking a simple > converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I > prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce > the audio quality just a bit, so I?d prefer to convert to wav, edit it and > then convert to Mp3. > > > > When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the > recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. > > > > This is also useful when I?m working on a recording someone else made. > > > > --Debee > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > > > -- > > *Alternate Media Supervisor* > > Disabled Students' Program > > University of California, Berkeley > > https://dsp.berkeley.edu/ > > > (510) 642-0329 > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Lisa Brandt Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Services 971-722-4340 Zoom Meeting Room : 669-900-6833, Meeting ID 971-722-4340 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Mon Apr 20 12:30:55 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Mon Apr 20 12:31:26 2020 Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter In-Reply-To: <002b01d61725$cfc5e4d0$6f51ae70$@montana.com> References: <002b01d61725$cfc5e4d0$6f51ae70$@montana.com> Message-ID: This Obi looks very good, sending this to the whole list, because this really is a great tool I knew nothing about before. Students can use this to turn their long recordings of online classes in to daisy books, much easier to work with. I have never gotten my students as fired up about using Daisy as I am, but there's always hope. And for me, turning a recording of a webinar in to a Daisy book looks fairly easy. From: athen-list On Behalf Of kerscher@montana.com Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 8:10 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter DeBee, I would suggest you check out Obi from the DAISY Consortium https://daisy.org/activities/software/obi/ This audio editing tool has a lot of options, including what you are after. It is the most powerful human narration audio editing tool out there; super-efficient. It does a lot more than you are asking for, but you do not need to use all the features. I would bet it speeds up your audio editing tremendously. It is free, open source, and the developer is blind. It runs on Windows only. If you need some assistance, I can connect you to one of our trainers. Best George Best George From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 8:42 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I'm seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality just a bit, so I'd prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3. When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. This is also useful when I'm working on a recording someone else made. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Mon Apr 20 12:33:49 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Mon Apr 20 12:34:19 2020 Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have found an easier solution: winff. It is ffmpeg with a graphical front end. You still have access to the command line, either from the real Windows command line or from inside the graphical window. Winff is screen reader and keyboard friendly, works in Win10, lets you add presets and you can dispense with it altogether and just use the native ffmpeg. Very cool! From: athen-list On Behalf Of Lisa Brandt Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 12:10 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Debee, if you have a version of Windows that's WSL-capable, you could run ffmpeg in a native Linux command line! On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 12:07 PM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: Wow! I forgot about ffmpeg. Got to find a windows build as I don?t want to build from scratch on my work computer, but I use it all the time in Linux for fun to convert videos for my hubby, who tends to fill up our server?s hard drive! I need a better grasp in the obvious. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Joseph Polizzotto MA Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 11:54 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter Debee, If you don't mind working from the command line, you can also use FFmpeg. You can type a command like the following in the terminal to get your desired file: ffmpeg -i input.m4a output.wav You can also try converting directly to MP3 from M4A and see if the quality is still too poor for your needs. Here is a command that can do that; ffmpeg -i input.m4a -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256k output.mp3 It is possible to write a short script that does this process in a loop for all of the files in a directory. I came across this article that touches on the decline of usability of many desktop applications. I thought you could relate to a lot of what is said there. Those are also arguments in favor of using the command line! (BTW I am not referring to any desktop applications mentioned in this thread). HTH, Joseph On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 7:43 AM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I?m seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality just a bit, so I?d prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3. When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. 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URL: From lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu Mon Apr 20 15:36:44 2020 From: lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu (Lisa Brandt) Date: Mon Apr 20 15:37:20 2020 Subject: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oh, nice! Yeah, I suppose WSL would be overkill for just converting files. On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 12:37 PM Deborah Armstrong < armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > I have found an easier solution: winff. It is ffmpeg with a graphical > front end. You still have access to the command line, either from the real > Windows command line or from inside the graphical window. > > > > Winff is screen reader and keyboard friendly, works in Win10, lets you add > presets and you can dispense with it altogether and just use the native > ffmpeg. Very cool! > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Lisa Brandt > *Sent:* Monday, April 20, 2020 12:10 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter > > > > Debee, if you have a version of Windows that's WSL-capable, you could run > ffmpeg in a native Linux command line! > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 12:07 PM Deborah Armstrong < > armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > > Wow! I forgot about ffmpeg. Got to find a windows build as I don?t want to > build from scratch on my work computer, but I use it all the time in Linux > for fun to convert videos for my hubby, who tends to fill up our server?s > hard drive! I need a better grasp in the obvious. > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Joseph Polizzotto MA > *Sent:* Monday, April 20, 2020 11:54 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter > > > > Debee, > > > > If you don't mind working from the command line, you can also use FFmpeg > . > You can type a command like the following in the terminal to get your > desired file: > > > > ffmpeg -i input.m4a output.wav > > > > You can also try converting directly to MP3 from M4A and see if the > quality is still too poor for your needs. Here is a command that can do > that; > > > > ffmpeg -i input.m4a -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256k output.mp3 > > > > It is possible to write a short script that does this process in a loop > for all of the files in a directory. > > > > I came across this article that touches on the decline of usability of > many desktop applications > . > I thought you could relate to a lot of what is said there. Those are also > arguments in favor of using the command line! (BTW I am not referring to > any desktop applications mentioned in this thread). > > > > HTH, > > > > Joseph > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 7:43 AM Deborah Armstrong < > armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > > Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I?m seeking a simple > converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I > prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce > the audio quality just a bit, so I?d prefer to convert to wav, edit it and > then convert to Mp3. > > > > When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the > recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain. > > > > This is also useful when I?m working on a recording someone else made. > > > > --Debee > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > > > -- > > *Alternate Media Supervisor* > > Disabled Students' Program > > University of California, Berkeley > > https://dsp.berkeley.edu/ > > > (510) 642-0329 > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > > > -- > > Lisa Brandt > > Alternate Media Coordinator > > Disability Services > > 971-722-4340 > > Zoom Meeting Room > : 669-900-6833, > Meeting ID 971-722-4340 > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Lisa Brandt Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Services 971-722-4340 Zoom Meeting Room : 669-900-6833, Meeting ID 971-722-4340 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Wink On Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 6:01 PM Karlen Communications < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > One of my students found it! > > http://www.csun.edu/~hfdss006/conf/2003/proceedings/135.htm > > Cheers, Karen > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Karlen Communications > *Date:* April 20, 2020 at 8:57:04 PM EDT > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* *1999 CSUN paper on Project PiVot* > > ?I know this is a long shot but does anyone know where I can get a copy of > the presentation? > > This is all I can find on it and the summary and NCAM links don?t take me > to more information. > > > https://www.washington.edu/doit/pivot-promising-practice-making-online-physics-course-accessible > > I wish CSUN hadn?t removed psst presentations as I found them useful to > refer to. > > Cheers, Karen > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Our goal is to continue to build up the a11y community and provide learning opportunities that were missed due to covid-19. Sessions will be captioned. Make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates, and subscribe to the YouTube channel for a reminder when the conference is about to start. We also have a welcome video with more information." 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 Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu Tue Apr 21 08:48:18 2020 From: Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu (Stager, Catherine) Date: Tue Apr 21 08:48:56 2020 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: 1999 CSUN paper on Project PiVot In-Reply-To: <124DDBFA-2887-4B1A-B8FD-D29C00B3C43F@karlencommunications.com> References: <124DDBFA-2887-4B1A-B8FD-D29C00B3C43F@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: Greetings Karen, I remember this project well! You can still access more content regarding the project via the web archives: 1. Access to Physics Interactive Video Tutor Project at http://web.archive.org/web/20010820034125/http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/pivot/index.html 2. The Physics Interactive Video Tutor A Web-Based Supplement to a Core Science Course at http://web.archive.org/web/20010801144910/http://caes.mit.edu/research/pivot/report_2000-10.html 3. And the project site at http://web.archive.org/web/20010812040601/http://curricula2.mit.edu/pivot/ Best regards, Cath From: athen-list On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 7:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Fwd: 1999 CSUN paper on Project PiVot CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. One of my students found it! http://www.csun.edu/~hfdss006/conf/2003/proceedings/135.htm Cheers, Karen Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Karlen Communications > Date: April 20, 2020 at 8:57:04 PM EDT To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: 1999 CSUN paper on Project PiVot ?I know this is a long shot but does anyone know where I can get a copy of the presentation? This is all I can find on it and the summary and NCAM links don?t take me to more information. https://www.washington.edu/doit/pivot-promising-practice-making-online-physics-course-accessible I wish CSUN hadn?t removed psst presentations as I found them useful to refer to. Cheers, Karen Sent from my iPad -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Tue Apr 21 10:59:15 2020 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Tue Apr 21 10:59:29 2020 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: 1999 CSUN paper on Project PiVot In-Reply-To: References: <124DDBFA-2887-4B1A-B8FD-D29C00B3C43F@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <001401d61806$954f9760$bfeec620$@karlencommunications.com> Thank you! From: athen-list On Behalf Of Stager, Catherine Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 11:48 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: 1999 CSUN paper on Project PiVot Greetings Karen, I remember this project well! You can still access more content regarding the project via the web archives: 1. Access to Physics Interactive Video Tutor Project at http://web.archive.org/web/20010820034125/http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/pivot/index.html 2. The Physics Interactive Video Tutor A Web-Based Supplement to a Core Science Course at http://web.archive.org/web/20010801144910/http://caes.mit.edu/research/pivot/report_2000-10.html 3. And the project site at http://web.archive.org/web/20010812040601/http://curricula2.mit.edu/pivot/ Best regards, Cath From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 7:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Fwd: 1999 CSUN paper on Project PiVot CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. 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November 16 ? 20, 2020 Proposal Deadline: May 8 Accessing Higher Ground 2020 is now accepting proposals for its 23rd Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.* Due to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, individuals will not be penalized for submitting a proposal and later declining to present at the conference onsite. Attendees and speakers will also be allowed to cancel their registrations until very close to the conference without a cancellation fee. Although the first-round deadline is May 8 we will review submissions on a rolling basis and will post accepted sessions on the conference website as they occur. AHG focuses on: ? accessible media ? 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Accessibility Analyst ?(928) 523-6042 "If you have knowledge, let others light their candles by it." Thomas Fuller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu Wed Apr 22 12:41:06 2020 From: Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu (Stager, Catherine) Date: Wed Apr 22 12:41:41 2020 Subject: [Athen] TTS with eTextbooks In-Reply-To: <2BAA4191-5B95-4C1D-8653-FDCFD90EBB31@nau.edu> References: <2BAA4191-5B95-4C1D-8653-FDCFD90EBB31@nau.edu> Message-ID: Here is the Guide my student staff employee created on Redshelf. He was able to have the TTS options. https://bit.ly/2XW1Bwo From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sean Kugler Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 1:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] TTS with eTextbooks CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Hello all, My daughter texted me back and she is using RedShelf for her textbooks. This is the first quarter that TTS has been available. I have never used RedShelf. Does anyone have access to RedShelf to see if the addition of TTS is across the board? Stay healthy, Sean Sean Kugler, M.Ed. Accessibility Analyst ?(928) 523-6042 "If you have knowledge, let others light their candles by it." Thomas Fuller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sean Kugler Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 1:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] TTS with eTextbooks Hello all, My daughter texted me back and she is using RedShelf for her textbooks. This is the first quarter that TTS has been available. I have never used RedShelf. Does anyone have access to RedShelf to see if the addition of TTS is across the board? Stay healthy, Sean Sean Kugler, M.Ed. Accessibility Analyst ?(928) 523-6042 "If you have knowledge, let others light their candles by it." Thomas Fuller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu Wed Apr 22 14:27:29 2020 From: Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu (Stager, Catherine) Date: Wed Apr 22 14:27:52 2020 Subject: [Athen] TTS with eTextbooks In-Reply-To: <00ca01d618ec$21279900$6376cb00$@montana.com> References: <2BAA4191-5B95-4C1D-8653-FDCFD90EBB31@nau.edu> <00ca01d618ec$21279900$6376cb00$@montana.com> Message-ID: Thanks, George! Best, Cath From: athen-list On Behalf Of kerscher@montana.com Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:22 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] TTS with eTextbooks CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. From head of accessibility at Redshelf, Here is the answer: RedShelf does offer Text-to-Speech for all of our titles. It is currently enabled on most books, but some of the older titles have to be reprocessed to add it. If a student does not have the option for TTS in their book, they (or their parents) can reach out to us at accessibility@redshelf.com, and we will reprocess their book. It takes about an hour to complete. Happy to answer any additional questions directly at erin@redshelf.com. Best George From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sean Kugler Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 1:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] TTS with eTextbooks Hello all, My daughter texted me back and she is using RedShelf for her textbooks. This is the first quarter that TTS has been available. I have never used RedShelf. Does anyone have access to RedShelf to see if the addition of TTS is across the board? Stay healthy, Sean Sean Kugler, M.Ed. Accessibility Analyst ?(928) 523-6042 "If you have knowledge, let others light their candles by it." 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Many asked about joining the ATHEN Listserv - Details can be found at https://athenpro.org/content/mailing-list By popular demand, we are going to hold another ATHEN meeting that will follow the same "listserv in realtime" format so come with your questions and hot topics! What: ATHEN Meeting Date: Wednesday, 5/6/20 Time: 11:00 Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1:00 Central, 2:00 Eastern Location: Zoom (with Waiting Room) https://zoom.us/j/98373192312 Meeting ID: 983 7319 2312 One tap mobile +13462487799,,98373192312# US (Houston) +16699006833,,98373192312# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US +1 301 715 8592 US +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) Meeting ID: 983 7319 2312 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aemv5a8Jvh Stay safe everyone and see you in a couple of weeks! 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He was able to have the TTS options. https://bit.ly/2XW1Bwo From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Sean Kugler Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 1:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] TTS with eTextbooks CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Hello all, My daughter texted me back and she is using RedShelf for her textbooks. This is the first quarter that TTS has been available. I have never used RedShelf. Does anyone have access to RedShelf to see if the addition of TTS is across the board? Stay healthy, Sean Sean Kugler, M.Ed. Accessibility Analyst ?(928) 523-6042 "If you have knowledge, let others light their candles by it." Thomas Fuller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Stager Assistive Technology Specialist Catherine.Stager@frontrange.edu (720) 336-1245 [cid:image001.png@01D23FF3.21F590B0] Disability Support Services - Assistive Technology Check out our Getting Started Guides for At Home Support! https://bit.ly/GettingStartedAtHome From: athen-list On Behalf Of Million, Carrie Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:06 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Audio Description tool CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Does anyone have a tool they can recommend for adding audio description to a pre-recorded campus event? Many thanks, Carrie Million Diablo Valley College -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you, Holli Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:40 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] Teams Transcription Hi there, Apologies if I have missed this with the plethora of emails form multiple listservs. :/ Is there anyone using Microsoft Teams and the Captioning and Transcription functions when recording a meeting? It appears you can download a VTT file, edit it, and reupload, but is there a better tool or way to do this? This is all pretty new to me. Related, how do Zoom's captioning and transcription functions compare? 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Editing a VTT is essentially just editing a text file. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:59 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Nevermind! I finally found it. It is not easy to find via documentation, so my apologies. Thank you, Holli Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:40 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: [Athen] Teams Transcription Hi there, Apologies if I have missed this with the plethora of emails form multiple listservs. :/ Is there anyone using Microsoft Teams and the Captioning and Transcription functions when recording a meeting? It appears you can download a VTT file, edit it, and reupload, but is there a better tool or way to do this? This is all pretty new to me. Related, how do Zoom's captioning and transcription functions compare? 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[A screenshot of a cell phone Description automatically generated] Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list On Behalf Of Stager, Catherine Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 3:04 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription What did you find, Holly? I was just writing the below - If you have access to the full recording and the VTT file: -you can use a tool such as Cadet (http://ncamftp.wgbh.org/cadet/ ) which allows you to edit the captions while viewing the meeting. -you could also post on a private YouTube channel, upload the VTT, use YouTube to edit the captions while viewing the meeting. Editing a VTT is essentially just editing a text file. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:59 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Nevermind! I finally found it. It is not easy to find via documentation, so my apologies. Thank you, Holli Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:40 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: [Athen] Teams Transcription Hi there, Apologies if I have missed this with the plethora of emails form multiple listservs. :/ Is there anyone using Microsoft Teams and the Captioning and Transcription functions when recording a meeting? It appears you can download a VTT file, edit it, and reupload, but is there a better tool or way to do this? This is all pretty new to me. Related, how do Zoom's captioning and transcription functions compare? 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As far as captioning guidelines, when I am teaching, I refer my students to: www.dcmp.org/learn/213 and www.onlinelearning.berkeley.edu/courses/433559/pages/captioning-standards-and-best-practices/ From: athen-list On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 1:13 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Thanks so much, Catherine. I don't know if this ideal, but it does appear they have an editor within Stream. It is was just hard to get to. You can see the auto-captioning was not great (but we know that). I was able to edit and save changes easily, but I am still trying to figure out the timing portions. I am also super new to the transcription/captioning side of things so if this is not an ideal choice, I welcome any suggestions Thank you! [A screenshot of a cell phone Description automatically generated] Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Stager, Catherine Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 3:04 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription What did you find, Holly? I was just writing the below - If you have access to the full recording and the VTT file: -you can use a tool such as Cadet (http://ncamftp.wgbh.org/cadet/ ) which allows you to edit the captions while viewing the meeting. -you could also post on a private YouTube channel, upload the VTT, use YouTube to edit the captions while viewing the meeting. Editing a VTT is essentially just editing a text file. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:59 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Nevermind! I finally found it. It is not easy to find via documentation, so my apologies. Thank you, Holli Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:40 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: [Athen] Teams Transcription Hi there, Apologies if I have missed this with the plethora of emails form multiple listservs. :/ Is there anyone using Microsoft Teams and the Captioning and Transcription functions when recording a meeting? It appears you can download a VTT file, edit it, and reupload, but is there a better tool or way to do this? This is all pretty new to me. Related, how do Zoom's captioning and transcription functions compare? 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Our accessibility expert (I'm still learning!) here in the Library mentioned possibly using YouTube. It might be better than Stream, but maybe not as good as Cadet. The resources you provided are also appreciated. -Holli Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list On Behalf Of Stager, Catherine Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 3:51 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription Some interfaces will be less cumbersome than others, but if you can move the start point with via scrubbing ( moving the focus in the audio), have the video start at the point the caption begins when you select the caption box, have it generate a new start time if you split a caption... then you have pretty much the tools of the other programs. Cadet is the most user-friendly and most powerful, but you do have to download and use a local version of your video. YouTube offers similar functionality, but not as sophisticated. Just from the screenshot, this one looks like it is usable and maybe a step below YouTube. As far as captioning guidelines, when I am teaching, I refer my students to: www.dcmp.org/learn/213 and www.onlinelearning.berkeley.edu/courses/433559/pages/captioning-standards-and-best-practices/ From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 1:13 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Thanks so much, Catherine. I don't know if this ideal, but it does appear they have an editor within Stream. It is was just hard to get to. You can see the auto-captioning was not great (but we know that). I was able to edit and save changes easily, but I am still trying to figure out the timing portions. I am also super new to the transcription/captioning side of things so if this is not an ideal choice, I welcome any suggestions Thank you! [A screenshot of a cell phone Description automatically generated] Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Stager, Catherine Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 3:04 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription What did you find, Holly? I was just writing the below - If you have access to the full recording and the VTT file: -you can use a tool such as Cadet (http://ncamftp.wgbh.org/cadet/ ) which allows you to edit the captions while viewing the meeting. -you could also post on a private YouTube channel, upload the VTT, use YouTube to edit the captions while viewing the meeting. Editing a VTT is essentially just editing a text file. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:59 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Nevermind! I finally found it. It is not easy to find via documentation, so my apologies. Thank you, Holli Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:40 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: [Athen] Teams Transcription Hi there, Apologies if I have missed this with the plethora of emails form multiple listservs. :/ Is there anyone using Microsoft Teams and the Captioning and Transcription functions when recording a meeting? It appears you can download a VTT file, edit it, and reupload, but is there a better tool or way to do this? This is all pretty new to me. Related, how do Zoom's captioning and transcription functions compare? Thanks in advance, Holli Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 82571 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu Thu Apr 23 13:27:50 2020 From: Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu (Stager, Catherine) Date: Thu Apr 23 13:28:04 2020 Subject: [Athen] Teams Transcription In-Reply-To: References: <1371de86714947b3a269b229f5db4502@syr.edu> Message-ID: Yes, Cadet is free. I have worked in both and I do like Cadet best. https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/what-we-do/ncam/cadet YouTube is useful to know as well, this video is a pretty good intro- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFcsGElz6Yo From: athen-list On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:06 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Thank you again, Catherine. I really appreciate it. I do not seem to be able to move/change the time at all; It seems to be line by line and adds weird punctuation and breaks based on pauses (which I assume is fairly common). I believe you can download the entire video from Stream. Is Cadet free? Our accessibility expert (I'm still learning!) here in the Library mentioned possibly using YouTube. It might be better than Stream, but maybe not as good as Cadet. The resources you provided are also appreciated. -Holli Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Stager, Catherine Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 3:51 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription Some interfaces will be less cumbersome than others, but if you can move the start point with via scrubbing ( moving the focus in the audio), have the video start at the point the caption begins when you select the caption box, have it generate a new start time if you split a caption... then you have pretty much the tools of the other programs. Cadet is the most user-friendly and most powerful, but you do have to download and use a local version of your video. YouTube offers similar functionality, but not as sophisticated. Just from the screenshot, this one looks like it is usable and maybe a step below YouTube. As far as captioning guidelines, when I am teaching, I refer my students to: www.dcmp.org/learn/213 and www.onlinelearning.berkeley.edu/courses/433559/pages/captioning-standards-and-best-practices/ From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 1:13 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Thanks so much, Catherine. I don't know if this ideal, but it does appear they have an editor within Stream. It is was just hard to get to. You can see the auto-captioning was not great (but we know that). I was able to edit and save changes easily, but I am still trying to figure out the timing portions. I am also super new to the transcription/captioning side of things so if this is not an ideal choice, I welcome any suggestions Thank you! [A screenshot of a cell phone Description automatically generated] Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Stager, Catherine Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 3:04 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription What did you find, Holly? I was just writing the below - If you have access to the full recording and the VTT file: -you can use a tool such as Cadet (http://ncamftp.wgbh.org/cadet/ ) which allows you to edit the captions while viewing the meeting. -you could also post on a private YouTube channel, upload the VTT, use YouTube to edit the captions while viewing the meeting. Editing a VTT is essentially just editing a text file. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:59 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Teams Transcription CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Colorado Community College System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions. Nevermind! I finally found it. It is not easy to find via documentation, so my apologies. Thank you, Holli Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Holli Kubly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:40 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: [Athen] Teams Transcription Hi there, Apologies if I have missed this with the plethora of emails form multiple listservs. :/ Is there anyone using Microsoft Teams and the Captioning and Transcription functions when recording a meeting? It appears you can download a VTT file, edit it, and reupload, but is there a better tool or way to do this? This is all pretty new to me. Related, how do Zoom's captioning and transcription functions compare? Thanks in advance, Holli Holli Kubly Web Accessibility + Emerging Technologies Librarian hkubly@syr.edu 315.443.3540 Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syr.edu Syracuse University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 82571 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From FONTAINEP at cua.edu Fri Apr 24 07:08:35 2020 From: FONTAINEP at cua.edu (Paul Fontaine) Date: Fri Apr 24 07:09:01 2020 Subject: [Athen] Assistive Technology/eText Coordinator position at CUA Washington DC Message-ID: The Catholic University of America in Washington DC has an immediate opening for an Assistive Technology/eText Coordinator in the Office of Disability Support Services. It's a great place to work. Check it out at: https://staff-cua.icims.com/jobs/8783/assistive-technology-coordinator/job -- Paul Fontaine, MCat Assistive Technology and eText Office of Disability Support Services The Catholic University of America 202-319-5211 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Sat Apr 25 19:59:22 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Sat Apr 25 19:59:46 2020 Subject: [Athen] Interesting Jaws bug when reading foreign languages Message-ID: ... though FS tech support says it's the way it is supposed to work. This is only relevant for JAWS users who are studying or just reading foreign languages. If you turn "language detect change" on in JAWS settings center or quick settings, then JAWS will read in a diferent language if the document (word or html) is properly marked up. That all works as expected. If you turn "language detect change" off, then it ignores this markup. You would turn it off when markup is incorrect and JAWS starts reading in the wrong language. But, here's the buggy part. If you press Windows-Control-L, JAWS pops up a menu to let you choose which language it should be pronouncing. If you pick a foreign language it is supposed to begin reading in that language. You would use this feature if you need to read a document that isn't marked up properly, or you need to read within an application where such markup isn't possible. A good example is an online interactive lab in another language. Another example are bookshare books which don't have markup for foreign languages. However, this pronouncing in a foreign language works only if "language detect change" is off. If it's turned on, then JAWS will continue to read in English, even if you've selected a foreign language. But its message and keyboard voice will be read in the foreign language. The voice JAWS calls the "PC cursor" will continue pronouncing the foreign language as English. (The JAWS cursor voice will read in the foreign language correctly.) I've sent a report to FS but I think they are just going to tell me again that this is how it is supposed to work. However it makes no sense to me that the message and keyboard voices would use the foreign pronunciation while the screen voice continues pronouncing in English. At least it's easy to solve the problem; simply turn "language detect change" off to actually get the reading voice to read in the proper language when you select it with the Control-Windows-L menu. I have tested this with Eloquence the default voice but also with the Vocalizer Expressive high quality free voices you can add to your JAWS installation. They are particularly useful for foreign language study. As far as I know, NVDA and VoiceOver users don't have this ability to change the reading language on the fly for documents without proper markup. If I'm wrong, I'd like to know! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From travis at travisroth.com Sun Apr 26 05:31:28 2020 From: travis at travisroth.com (travis@travisroth.com) Date: Sun Apr 26 05:31:36 2020 Subject: [Athen] Interesting Jaws bug when reading foreign languages In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <016101d61bc6$9c84c5f0$d58e51d0$@travisroth.com> Hi Debee, The current behavior makes sense to me. "language detect change" Is meant to override the default setting when it encounters markup saying the language has changed. Wins+Ctrl+l is just changing the default setting. It sounds like you also want it to turn off "language detect change"? But this would make a real bug. Travis From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2020 9:59 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Interesting Jaws bug when reading foreign languages . though FS tech support says it's the way it is supposed to work. This is only relevant for JAWS users who are studying or just reading foreign languages. If you turn "language detect change" on in JAWS settings center or quick settings, then JAWS will read in a diferent language if the document (word or html) is properly marked up. That all works as expected. If you turn "language detect change" off, then it ignores this markup. You would turn it off when markup is incorrect and JAWS starts reading in the wrong language. But, here's the buggy part. If you press Windows-Control-L, JAWS pops up a menu to let you choose which language it should be pronouncing. If you pick a foreign language it is supposed to begin reading in that language. You would use this feature if you need to read a document that isn't marked up properly, or you need to read within an application where such markup isn't possible. A good example is an online interactive lab in another language. Another example are bookshare books which don't have markup for foreign languages. However, this pronouncing in a foreign language works only if "language detect change" is off. If it's turned on, then JAWS will continue to read in English, even if you've selected a foreign language. But its message and keyboard voice will be read in the foreign language. The voice JAWS calls the "PC cursor" will continue pronouncing the foreign language as English. (The JAWS cursor voice will read in the foreign language correctly.) I've sent a report to FS but I think they are just going to tell me again that this is how it is supposed to work. However it makes no sense to me that the message and keyboard voices would use the foreign pronunciation while the screen voice continues pronouncing in English. At least it's easy to solve the problem; simply turn "language detect change" off to actually get the reading voice to read in the proper language when you select it with the Control-Windows-L menu. I have tested this with Eloquence the default voice but also with the Vocalizer Expressive high quality free voices you can add to your JAWS installation. They are particularly useful for foreign language study. As far as I know, NVDA and VoiceOver users don't have this ability to change the reading language on the fly for documents without proper markup. If I'm wrong, I'd like to know! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Did your policy include the mention of any kind of content delivery systems such as a Learning Management System since most are tied directly together? *Thank You* *Thomas Kearns* Assistive Technician Reno, Nevada 89512 Wk: 775-673-7209 Email: tkearns@tmcc.edu -- -- *Public Records Notice:*?In accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) Chapter 239, this email and responses, unless otherwise made confidential by law, may be subject to the Nevada Public Records laws and may be disclosed to the public upon request. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Wed Apr 29 10:52:11 2020 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Wed Apr 29 10:52:59 2020 Subject: [Athen] Teach Access Faculty Grants to Develop Curricula - June 1 deadline Message-ID: Hello All: Passing along this Teach Access announcement: Teach Access is excited to announce that we?ll be offering another round of Teach Access Faculty Grants this year! All information can be found at: http://teachaccess.org/initiatives/faculty-grants/ Awards of $5,000 each will be given to faculty to develop modules, presentations, exercises or curriculum enhancements or changes that introduce the fundamental concepts and skills of accessible design and development into their existing courses. Note: these grants are only open to faculty who have not taught about accessibility in their courses previously. Application deadline is June 1, 2020. Please feel free to pass this information on to any faculty members you think may be interested in applying. -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . 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Hold the following dates/times! *Day 1: Tuesday, June 16, 2020* Time: 10 Pacific, 11 Mountain, 12 Central, 1 Eastern Length: 1 hour *Day 2: Tuesday, June 23, 2020* Time: 10 Pacific, 11 Mountain, 12 Central, 1 Eastern Length: 1 hour *Day 3: Tuesday, June 30, 2020* Time: 10 Pacific, 11 Mountain, 12 Central, 1 Eastern Length: 1 hour Speaker information and conference theme will be announced soon! Dawn Hunziker ATHEN President -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lydia at autistichoya.com Wed Apr 29 15:22:01 2020 From: lydia at autistichoya.com (Lydia X. Z. Brown) Date: Wed Apr 29 15:23:05 2020 Subject: [Athen] Hudson, NY: Bard College hiring Director of Disability Resources and Accessibility Message-ID: Hello Everyone, Bard College is hiring for a new position that comes on the heels of a call to action between our MFA class, and 2019 founded Disability Student Union within the undergraduate program. There was an Accessibility Working Group formed last semester to get the ball rolling. I believe this is a new position within the school. Please feel free to circulate the link below: Director of Disability Resources and Accessibility https://www.bard.edu/employment/descriptions/?id=7470053 All best, Josephine DIRECTOR OF DISABILITY RESOURCES AND ACCESSIBILITYBard College seeks a Director of Disability Resources and Accessibility. The primary role of the Director is to work with students who self-identify as having a disability (learning, psychological, physical) and are requesting accommodations in order to have access to the programs and services of the College. The Director will employ a dynamic, iterative process to coordinate academic and non-academic support services and programs. This includes reviewing and assessing documentation; determining eligibility for services and reasonable accommodations; arranging classroom, testing, and other accommodations for qualified students and collaborating with faculty, staff of the Center for Student Life & Advising and the Learning Commons, and other campus constituencies to implement support strategies for students. This is a full-time, 12 month per year position. Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals who contribute to its diversity. ESSENTIAL DUTIES: - Review and assess student paperwork and documentation - Meet with students to develop reasonable accommodation plans and provide accommodation letters each semester at student request which includes providing verification letters for study abroad programs and graduate school exams - Advocate for students to help ensure appropriate accommodations are available both in and out of the classroom - Communicate and clarify accommodation parameters with faculty and campus departments to help ensure student access - Develop innovative practices to create services for students in collaboration with campus constituents - Support students in connecting to other support resources on campus, as well as help them practice and hone their self-advocacy skills - Obtain and create accessible format course materials for qualified students with print-based disabilities - Maintain a lending library of assistive technology and provide training to students on assistive technology - Collaborate with the 504 Coordinator on compliance and grievance process - Keep up to date on changing disability law, developments in assistive technology, and appropriate responsiveness to emergent trends to apply best practices and keep campus constituents up-to-date - Organize proctoring services for students who qualify for accommodated testing - Work with Residence Life and Housing for disability-related special circumstance housing requests - Meet with prospective and accepted students and their families - Organize pre-arrival visits for incoming students who may need extra transition support - Manage institutional reporting - Consult with graduate programs and international programs Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - The successful candidate will have 3-5 years? experience in disability service provision in a college setting, and a Master?s Degree in Education, Psychology, or a related field is preferred. Candidate should have familiarity with Social Model of Disability, as well as ability to meet the guidelines provided by AHEAD. - Strong interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving, written, and oral communication skills; - In-depth knowledge of disability, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and awareness of updates and changes to the law; - Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a range of individuals across the college; proven ability to provide training to students, faculty and staff; - Attention to detail and ability to understand complex legal matters and maintain confidentiality; - Knowledge of small, liberal arts institutions preferred. Please submit a cover letter, resume, and the names of three references through Interfolio.com at: http://apply.interfolio.com/71948. Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities. ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Thu Apr 30 07:26:19 2020 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Thu Apr 30 07:26:54 2020 Subject: [Athen] Voice Dream Reader and Scanner are on sale! Message-ID: Hello all, I thought some of your students may be interested in this great sale. These usually run around $15 each. Voice Dream Reader and Voice Dream Scanner are immensely popular apps. 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Though we encourage you to review the page for additional information, we have collected the most relevant questions and answers to the comments posted: - Can I use the ?captions? feature or auto-captions during live online video rooms or for recorded videos? - How can I add live-stream captioning within online meetings or Learning Management Systems (LMS) platforms, such as Canvas, Blackboard, or Zoom? - How can I create transcripts for captioning media from auto-captions? - What are some considerations when planning for an accessible, virtual commencement for deaf participants? - How do you pin the interpreter or live-stream captioning window across different video conferencing platforms (e.g., Zoom, WebEx, Microsoft Teams, etc)? NDC has additional information and guidance for professionals, educators and students impacted by COVID-19 . We are frequently adding content and encourage you to check back often for the most updated information. Some of the resources you will find on that page are: - Remember Accessibility in the Rush to Online Instruction: 10 Tips for Educators - 5 Tips for Disability Service Professionals to Provide Accessibility in Online Classes - Checklist for Teaching Deaf Students Online While the above information provides basic content on the issues brought up, we want to remind you that we are here for you! NDC has a team of professionals that can respond to your specific questions regarding access for deaf students. You can contact us now at help@nationaldeafcenter.org or schedule a virtual appointment . Get Connected! Join our listserv to discuss strategies or find out what your colleagues working with deaf individuals are doing. *Please see our COVID-19 webpage for updated information, resources, and tips. * * NDC | help* Savio Chan, Lore Kinast, Dave Litman, & Stephanie Zito *help@nationaldeafcenter.org * [image: https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/] Subscribe to our newsletter and receive updates about NDC activities. NDC is a technical assistance and dissemination center jointly funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) #H326D160001. Disclaimer: the contents of this email do not necessarily represent the policies of the federal government. On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 6:08 PM ATHEN President wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Thank you to the over 75 participants who attended today's ATHEN > Membership meeting! We had a lively discussion with lots of great resources > and "thinking outside of the box" moments. > > We have posted a copy of the notes > (thanks > Krista!) which allows you to add information that may be missing. All > identifying information has been removed so if there is a comment you would > like to follow up on, contact me at athenpresident@gmail.com. > > Many asked about joining the ATHEN Listserv - Details can be found at > https://athenpro.org/content/mailing-list > > By popular demand, we are going to hold another ATHEN meeting that will > follow the same "listserv in realtime" format so come with your questions > and hot topics! > > What: ATHEN Meeting > Date: Wednesday, 5/6/20 > Time: 11:00 Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1:00 Central, 2:00 Eastern > Location: Zoom (with Waiting Room) > > https://zoom.us/j/98373192312 > > Meeting ID: 983 7319 2312 > One tap mobile > +13462487799,,98373192312# US (Houston) > +16699006833,,98373192312# US (San Jose) > > Dial by your location > +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) > +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) > +1 253 215 8782 US > +1 301 715 8592 US > +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) > +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) > Meeting ID: 983 7319 2312 > Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aemv5a8Jvh > > Stay safe everyone and see you in a couple of weeks! > Dawn Hunziker > ATHEN President > and > Krista Greear > ATHEN Vice President > > _______________________________________________ > 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 hkramer at ahead.org Thu Apr 30 11:32:49 2020 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Thu Apr 30 11:33:32 2020 Subject: [Athen] =?utf-8?q?CFP=3A_Accessing_Higher_Ground_2020_=E2=80=93_1?= =?utf-8?q?st_round_deadline_is_May_8?= Message-ID: Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference ? November 16 ? 20, 2020 Proposal Deadline: May 8 Accessing Higher Ground 2020 is now accepting proposals for its 23rd Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.* Covid-19 and the Conference Due to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, individuals will not be penalized for submitting a proposal and later declining to present at the conference onsite. Attendees and speakers will also be allowed to cancel their registrations until very close to the conference without a cancellation fee. We will be offering an option to present remotely if the need arises due to the return of Covid-19 in the fall. 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) ? evidence-based research ? 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 720-351-8668 or at the email below. e-mail: ahg@ahead.org Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org/ -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . 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