[Athen] Creating MP3s?

[Heidi Scher]

Hi Russell,

I use Balabolka, which is free, for some of my audio files, including
soundtracks for instructional videos I have made.

Stay well,

Heidi

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Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
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Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas
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On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 3:05 PM <tristenbreitenfeldt at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hi Russell,

> You can also use OpenBook 9.0 for converting text to mp3 files.  Simply

> import or scan your document into OpenBook, then select the Save to mp3

> option in the File menu.

>

> Hope that helps.

>

> Tristen Breitenfeldt

>

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> From: Russell Solowoniuk <solowoniukr at macewan.ca>

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> Hi everyone,

>

> We need to convert a textbook to an MP3 format for a student. We haven't

> done this in quite a few years. In the past we used TextAloud with good

> results, but that was a long time ago.

>

> Is TextAloud still the best tool for converting a Word document to MP3

> format? How does NaturalReader compare with TextAloud in this regard? Any

> other programs that work better?

>

> Thanks for any ideas and advice.

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> Best regards,

>

> Russell

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> Russell Solowoniuk

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> Hi Adina,

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> I've recently been working with a Graduate student on Nvivo. She's relying

> heavily on shortcut options listed at

>

> http://help-nv11.qsrinternational.com/desktop/procedures/keyboard_shortcuts.

> htm

> <http://help-nv11.qsrinternational.com/desktop/procedures/keyboard_shortcuts.htm>

> .

>

> I worked with her as someone who could help explain accessible ways to

> navigate while one of her college peers/supervisors helped us know which

> features she needed to access. There were a few items that weren't reading

> correctly but we were able to figure out alternative ways to access/input

> info. Like all programs, it's not fully accessible, but it was more

> accessible than I was expecting based on the interface I saw. She's just

> beginning to use the program so my experience is based on a very small

> portion of what I expect this application can do.

>

> Dawn

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> Dawn Hunziker

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> IT Accessibility Consultant, Sr. | Disability Resources

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> The University of Arizona | hunziker at arizona.edu

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> Subject: [EXT][Athen] Qualitative research software

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> Hi everyone,

>

> I?m wondering if anyone has info about accessibility of any qualitative

> research software?

>

>

>

> The names of the products I looked for are:

>

>   *   Atlas.ti- has a VPAT from 2013 posted on its site.  (Not too

> promising)

>   *   NVivo- I found this VPAT with no

> date<

> https://www.csulb.edu/sites/default/files/groups/academic-technology-se

> rvices/nvivo_vpat.pdf

> <https://www.csulb.edu/sites/default/files/groups/academic-technology-services/nvivo_vpat.pdf>>

> that I could find on CSU?s site.  It says NVivo ?uses

> 3rd party software? that didn?t/doesn?t work with screen readers.  It

> doesn?t say which features don?t work.  NVivo?s site says it works with

> JAWS<

> https://help-nv.qsrinternational.com/12/win/v12.1.98-d3ea61/Content/abo

> ut-nvivo/accessibility.htm#UseascreenreaderwithNVivo

> <https://help-nv.qsrinternational.com/12/win/v12.1.98-d3ea61/Content/about-nvivo/accessibility.htm#UseascreenreaderwithNVivo>>

> here.  Dept of

> Veterans Affairs found it was ?not conformant? with Section

> 508<https://www.oit.va.gov/Services/TRM/ToolPage.aspx?tid=6085> in June

> 2020.

>   *   ?MAXQDA? ?VPAT? -didn?t find any relevant results on Google and I

> didn?t find any accessibility info on its site

>   *   "Dedoose" "vpat" -didn?t find any relevant results on Google and I

> didn?t find any accessibility info on its site

>   *   "Provalis research text analytics software" "vpat" -didn?t find any

> relevant results on Google and I didn?t find any accessibility info on its

> site

>

>

>

> Names of some others I didn?t look up are

>

>   *   Raven?s Eye

>   *   Quirkos

>

>

>

> I would consider other qualitative research software if I find any that?s

> screen reader accessible.  I?m sighted and this is planning ahead for a

> project where I might be working with colleague(s) who are blind or have

> other disabilities.

>

>

>

> Thank you for any ideas!

>

>

>

> Adina Mulliken

>

> Silberman School of Social Work and Urban Public Health Library

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> Hunter College, CUNY

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