From M.Deeprose at soton.ac.uk Tue Jul 5 04:17:55 2022 From: M.Deeprose at soton.ac.uk (Matthew Deeprose) Date: Tue Jul 5 04:18:01 2022 Subject: [Athen] Placing long image descriptions within course materials. Message-ID: Hello colleagues For complex images like charts and graphs, the W3C recommend writing long descriptions. I'm interested to learn how you deal with long image descriptions in course materials, for example in PowerPoint and Word documents that are uploaded to a Learning Management System like Blackboard / Canvas / Moodle etc. For example, if you write long descriptions do you use the alt text box, or do you add it to speaker notes or a hidden slide (in PowerPoint), or an appendix or supplementary document? Does anyone have any examples to share of course content that includes long descriptions of complex images? I researched and delivered a presentation on this topic recently, it uses a number of worked examples on how to write long descriptions, I'm really interested to learn some practical examples of how others are placing long descriptions within course materials. Thanks Matt This email has been checked for accessibility. Want to know how to make your email accessible? Matthew Deeprose He/Him/His Digital Learning iSolutions University of Southampton JISC Community Chamption 2022 EdTech Awards 2022 Finalist: Edtech author / speaker or podcaster My accessibility presentations, blog posts, and projects [Digital Leaning Team Logographic.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Unfortunately I can't share any examples because all our work is done for our clients. Steve Green Managing Director Test Partners Ltd From: athen-list On Behalf Of Matthew Deeprose Sent: 05 July 2022 12:18 To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Placing long image descriptions within course materials. Hello colleagues For complex images like charts and graphs, the W3C recommend writing long descriptions. I'm interested to learn how you deal with long image descriptions in course materials, for example in PowerPoint and Word documents that are uploaded to a Learning Management System like Blackboard / Canvas / Moodle etc. For example, if you write long descriptions do you use the alt text box, or do you add it to speaker notes or a hidden slide (in PowerPoint), or an appendix or supplementary document? Does anyone have any examples to share of course content that includes long descriptions of complex images? I researched and delivered a presentation on this topic recently, it uses a number of worked examples on how to write long descriptions, I'm really interested to learn some practical examples of how others are placing long descriptions within course materials. Thanks Matt This email has been checked for accessibility. Want to know how to make your email accessible? Matthew Deeprose He/Him/His Digital Learning iSolutions University of Southampton JISC Community Chamption 2022 EdTech Awards 2022 Finalist: Edtech author / speaker or podcaster My accessibility presentations, blog posts, and projects [Digital Leaning Team Logographic.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 5159 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From kerscher at montana.com Tue Jul 5 06:23:28 2022 From: kerscher at montana.com (kerscher@montana.com) Date: Tue Jul 5 06:24:01 2022 Subject: [Athen] Placing long image descriptions within course materials. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <008401d89072$79b1b330$6d151990$@montana.com> Hello, For published materials that have long descriptions, also called extended descriptions, the two recommendations are to put the extended description inside a HTML or XHTML details element, which can be expanded and collapsed. The other recommendation is to have a link directly below the image to another place in the publication. With this second type, there must also be a back link to the exact location where you started. These are tested at epubtest.org using the test book: https://www.epubtest.org/books/Accessibility-Tests-Extended-Descriptions-v1. 1.1.epub Note now that NVDA and Jaws supports the aria-details attribute, we will soon be updating the best practice to include this attribute in the image. This alerts the reader that there is indeed a long description associated with the image. If there is no aria-details, then the alt text is sufficient. Best George Oh, and you can go to epubtest.org to check out all the reading systems that pass these tests, along with all the other test books, like support for MathML. Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Steve Green Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 5:40 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Placing long image descriptions within course materials. My preference is to present the long description as visible text, so it benefits everyone. However, most clients don't want to do that. The next preference is to add the long description as hidden text behind the chart or graph. It can be in a very small font if necessary, because no one will ever see it. Both approaches allow us to apply semantic structure such as headings, lists or tables, which you cannot do with alt text. You can do this with Word and PowerPoint. In principle you can do it with HTML too, but some CMSs and content creation platforms will not let you. In both cases the image is marked as decorative. Unfortunately I can't share any examples because all our work is done for our clients. Steve Green Managing Director Test Partners Ltd From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Matthew Deeprose Sent: 05 July 2022 12:18 To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] Placing long image descriptions within course materials. Hello colleagues For complex images like charts and graphs, the W3C recommend writing long descriptions. I'm interested to learn how you deal with long image descriptions in course materials, for example in PowerPoint and Word documents that are uploaded to a Learning Management System like Blackboard / Canvas / Moodle etc. For example, if you write long descriptions do you use the alt text box, or do you add it to speaker notes or a hidden slide (in PowerPoint), or an appendix or supplementary document? Does anyone have any examples to share of course content that includes long descriptions of complex images? I researched and delivered a presentation on this topic recently , it uses a number of worked examples on how to write long descriptions, I'm really interested to learn some practical examples of how others are placing long descriptions within course materials. Thanks Matt This email has been checked for accessibility. Want to know how to make your email accessible? 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It is ultimately the responsibility of the institution (aka, your campus) to provide the appropriate alternate format for a student. I?m assuming you have checked with Bookshare to see if there is a file there? It won?t be a PDF, but you can usually download a Word copy and then do some editing to make it work for your student. You can see if the student will let you scan their book. Our bookstore takes back the rebound (spiral bound) book as a used book with no questions asked. Also, you can ask on the listservs (like this one) to see if someone already has a PDF of that book that they could share with you. 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 Tiffany Kennell Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2022 2:50 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] publisher unwilling to provide a PDF Hello, I have run into a publisher who is unwilling to provide a PDF. It has been many years, but I used to have a "Dear Colleague" letter that I would use for this kind of situation, but I can't find it now. Please share with me what you say when a publisher says it is the college's responsibility to buy the PDF even when the student has already done so. Thank you! Tiffany Kennell, BS Chemeketa Community College Student Accessibility Services tiffany.kennell@chemeketa.edu 503.399.5192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Kind regards, Tiffany Kennell, BS Chemeketa Community College Student Accessibility Services tiffany.kennell@chemeketa.edu 503.399.5192 On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 12:03 PM < athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu> wrote: > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://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. Audio description headphones (Kluesner, Bryon) > 2. publisher unwilling to provide a PDF (Tiffany Kennell) > 3. Re: publisher unwilling to provide a PDF (Romack, Justin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:30:51 +0000 > From: "Kluesner, Bryon" > To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Audio description headphones > Message-ID: > < > DM6PR02MB621886C21ADA2D5D365575819ABA9@DM6PR02MB6218.namprd02.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi all, > > Our campus is partnering with a community agency ND PLAN TO SHOW A MOVIE. > Can anyone recommend headphones (wireless) that can be used for audio > descriptions of the movie we plan to show? > > Thanks, > > Bryon > > Bryon Kluesner RhD, ATAC > Adaptive Technology Coordinator > Disability Resource Center > University of Tennessee at Chattanooga > 615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953 > Chattanooga, TN 37403 > 423-425-5251 > > To schedule an appointment, please click the following link: > > https://utcemsa.as.me/DRC-BK-AA60 > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20220630/e1f3e08b/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:49:54 -0700 > From: Tiffany Kennell > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Athen] publisher unwilling to provide a PDF > Message-ID: > FoPe14Ot6ZkS0A@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, > > I have run into a publisher who is unwilling to provide a PDF. It has been > many years, but I used to have a "Dear Colleague" letter that I would use > for this kind of situation, but I can't find it now. Please share with me > what you say when a publisher says it is the college's responsibility to > buy the PDF even when the student has already done so. > > Thank you! > > > Tiffany Kennell, BS > Chemeketa Community College > Student Accessibility Services > tiffany.kennell@chemeketa.edu > 503.399.5192 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20220630/fbdba6f1/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 21:58:25 +0000 > From: "Romack, Justin" > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] publisher unwilling to provide a PDF > Message-ID: > < > SA2PR11MB516126401A35285989F719FCF2BA9@SA2PR11MB5161.namprd11.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Howdy Tiffany! > > Yes, it?s frustrating and challenging when a publisher refuses to share a > digital file. > > The publisher?s response, all be it unhelpful and uncooperative, is not > inaccurate. You can send them a Dear Colleague letter and let them know all > of the reasons why their materials should be accessible to this student ? > but ultimately your institution is on the hook for making it happen. > > In these situations, I?ll do one of two things: > > > 1. I?ll ask the student if I can cut and scan their copy of the > material. Many times, if they have no intent to keep the book after the > class, our bookstore will buy back the re-bound materials and not penalize > the student?s buy-back price. > 2. If the student is unwilling to have their copy cut, I?ll just buy > the PDF. Yes, the publisher has double-dipped here, but they run a business > and, frankly, aren?t held to the same compliance measures as our > institutions. > > > > What?s the book? Maybe one of us here may have a copy to share? > > > > Thanks! ? > > > > Be well, > > 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 justinr@disability.tamu.edu> | disability.tamu.edu > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission > > From: athen-list On > Behalf Of Tiffany Kennell > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2022 3:50 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Athen] publisher unwilling to provide a PDF > > Hello, I have run into a publisher who is unwilling to provide a PDF. It > has been many years, but I used to have a "Dear Colleague" letter that I > would use for this kind of situation, but I can't find it now. 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EIT Accessibility Policy - UIdaho is pretty late to the game. Currently no University wide policy, with accessibility left to each department. Again, hoping to use other schools' policy as a starting point to write ours. 3. Policy Enforcement - specifically around EIT used in classes. I assume some of that is in the policy, but wondering how it works in practice. I've had faculty voice concerns that this position would take away their freedom to structure courses as they see fit. As opposed to currently, where any barriers are brought to my director and I to come up with an alternative format or accommodation, but the issue doesn't actually get fixed. 4. Proposal / Presentation around the need for an EIT Accessibilitity Position - I have a communication disability, so in my brain it all just makes sense, but when I try to explain, it comes out as a rambling list of disjointed facts. If anyone is willing to share any proposals or presentations they've done relating to an EIT accessibility position, I would be forever grateful. For those of you without an EIT Accessibility position, who handles digital accessibility at your school? In the past I've helped different departments and done accessibility reviews, but my case load has gotten to the point where I don't have time for that. Eric Matson | Assistive Technology Specialist Center for Disability Access and Resources Division of Student Affairs The University of Idaho Phone: 208.885.6307 | ecmatson@uidaho.edu| Bruce M. Pitman Center 127 Fax: 208.885.9404 Campus Zip: 4257 Pronouns: He / Him / His This communication may contain privileged, non-public or other confidential information. If you have received it in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. 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Respectfully, *Emily Singer Lucio She/Her/Hers* ADA/504 Coordinator University of Maryland, College Park Office of Diversity & Inclusion 3123 Susquehanna Hall 4200 Leigh Road College Park MD 20742 Tel:301 405-2841 | Fax:301 314-9992 Email: eslucio@umd.edu On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 2:51 PM Matson, Eric (ecmatson@uidaho.edu) < ecmatson@uidaho.edu> wrote: > Hey all, > > > > After a couple years of nagging and a some major accessibility issues, I > finally got my administration to at least talk about the need for an > Electronic Information Technology Accessibility position. Figured I?d see > if any ATHENites have gone through the process of getting an EIT position > at their institution and have some pointers. More specifically is anyone is > willing to share some or all the things below: > > > > 1. *Position Description w/ pay range*. The few I?ve found just say > salary dependent on experience, so would like to get a better idea of pay > scale. And figure once I get to job description stage would be easier to > pull language from existing positions rather than reinvent the wheel. > 2. E*IT Accessibility Policy *? UIdaho is pretty late to the game. > Currently no University wide policy, with accessibility left to each > department. Again, hoping to use other schools? policy as a starting point > to write ours. > 3. *Policy Enforcement* ? specifically around EIT used in classes. I > assume some of that is in the policy, but wondering how it works in > practice. I?ve had faculty voice concerns that this position would take > away their freedom to structure courses as they see fit. As opposed to > currently, where any barriers are brought to my director and I to come up > with an alternative format or accommodation, but the issue doesn?t actually > get fixed. > 4. *Proposal / Presentation* around the need for an EIT > Accessibilitity Position ? I have a communication disability, so in my > brain it all just makes sense, but when I try to explain, it comes out as a > rambling list of disjointed facts. If anyone is willing to share any > proposals or presentations they?ve done relating to an EIT accessibility > position, I would be forever grateful. > > > > For those of you without an EIT Accessibility position, who handles > digital accessibility at your school? In the past I?ve helped different > departments and done accessibility reviews, but my case load has gotten to > the point where I don?t have time for that. > > > > > > *Eric Matson | Assistive Technology Specialist* > > Center for Disability Access and Resources > > Division of Student Affairs > > The University of Idaho > > Phone: 208.885.6307 | ecmatson@uidaho.edu| Bruce M. Pitman Center 127 > > Fax: 208.885.9404 > > Campus Zip: 4257 > > > > Pronouns: He / Him / His > > > > This communication may contain privileged, non-public or other > confidential information. If you have received it in error, please advise > the sender by reply e-mail and immediately delete the message and any > attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 coco.napolis at csueastbay.edu Thu Jul 7 13:42:40 2022 From: coco.napolis at csueastbay.edu (Coco Napolis) Date: Thu Jul 7 13:43:21 2022 Subject: [Athen] EIT Accessibility - Position Description / Policy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The California State University, Assistive Technology Initiative is a great resource. Each campus in our system have varying processes but we all tie back to our CO initiative. -- (Corazon) Coco Napolis IT Accessibility & Business Operations Specialist Information Technology Solutions Cal State East Bay (510) 885-3831 Direct Production Assistants: alternate.media@csueastbay.edu *"To receive much, Is to give much."* On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 1:32 PM Emily Singer Lucio wrote: > Eric, > > It might be helpful to know that the AHEAD Career website has 5 listings > in the EIT/AT field. You might look at those as a starting point. > > Respectfully, > > *Emily Singer Lucio She/Her/Hers* > ADA/504 Coordinator > University of Maryland, College Park > Office of Diversity & Inclusion > 3123 Susquehanna Hall > 4200 Leigh Road > College Park MD 20742 > Tel:301 405-2841 | Fax:301 314-9992 > Email: eslucio@umd.edu > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 2:51 PM Matson, Eric (ecmatson@uidaho.edu) < > ecmatson@uidaho.edu> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> >> >> After a couple years of nagging and a some major accessibility issues, I >> finally got my administration to at least talk about the need for an >> Electronic Information Technology Accessibility position. Figured I?d see >> if any ATHENites have gone through the process of getting an EIT position >> at their institution and have some pointers. More specifically is anyone is >> willing to share some or all the things below: >> >> >> >> 1. *Position Description w/ pay range*. The few I?ve found just say >> salary dependent on experience, so would like to get a better idea of pay >> scale. And figure once I get to job description stage would be easier to >> pull language from existing positions rather than reinvent the wheel. >> 2. E*IT Accessibility Policy *? UIdaho is pretty late to the game. >> Currently no University wide policy, with accessibility left to each >> department. Again, hoping to use other schools? policy as a starting point >> to write ours. >> 3. *Policy Enforcement* ? specifically around EIT used in classes. I >> assume some of that is in the policy, but wondering how it works in >> practice. I?ve had faculty voice concerns that this position would take >> away their freedom to structure courses as they see fit. As opposed to >> currently, where any barriers are brought to my director and I to come up >> with an alternative format or accommodation, but the issue doesn?t actually >> get fixed. >> 4. *Proposal / Presentation* around the need for an EIT >> Accessibilitity Position ? I have a communication disability, so in my >> brain it all just makes sense, but when I try to explain, it comes out as a >> rambling list of disjointed facts. If anyone is willing to share any >> proposals or presentations they?ve done relating to an EIT accessibility >> position, I would be forever grateful. >> >> >> >> For those of you without an EIT Accessibility position, who handles >> digital accessibility at your school? In the past I?ve helped different >> departments and done accessibility reviews, but my case load has gotten to >> the point where I don?t have time for that. >> >> >> >> >> >> *Eric Matson | Assistive Technology Specialist* >> >> Center for Disability Access and Resources >> >> Division of Student Affairs >> >> The University of Idaho >> >> Phone: 208.885.6307 | ecmatson@uidaho.edu| Bruce M. Pitman Center 127 >> >> Fax: 208.885.9404 >> >> Campus Zip: 4257 >> >> >> >> Pronouns: He / Him / His >> >> >> >> This communication may contain privileged, non-public or other >> confidential information. If you have received it in error, please advise >> the sender by reply e-mail and immediately delete the message and any >> attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 glp at uoregon.edu Thu Jul 7 14:48:06 2022 From: glp at uoregon.edu (Grey Pierce) Date: Thu Jul 7 14:48:11 2022 Subject: [Athen] EIT Accessibility - Position Description / Policy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Eric, I'd be happy to provide some information to you about all of those topics. I was hired as the University of Oregon's Digital Accessibility Architect a few months ago, and prior to that, I spent over a decade involved in digital accessibility work at Michigan State University (and consulted for a variety of other organizations). Feel free to send me an email if you'd like to find a time to meet (due to dexterity disabilities, I'm limited in how much I can type, and the answers to some of your questions are a bit long). -- Grey L. Pierce (they/them) Digital Accessibility Architect University of Oregon ________________________________ Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 18:50:07 +0000 From: "Matson, Eric (ecmatson@uidaho.edu)" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] EIT Accessibility - Position Description / Policy Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hey all, After a couple years of nagging and a some major accessibility issues, I finally got my administration to at least talk about the need for an Electronic Information Technology Accessibility position. Figured I'd see if any ATHENites have gone through the process of getting an EIT position at their institution and have some pointers. More specifically is anyone is willing to share some or all the things below: 1. Position Description w/ pay range. The few I've found just say salary dependent on experience, so would like to get a better idea of pay scale. And figure once I get to job description stage would be easier to pull language from existing positions rather than reinvent the wheel. 2. EIT Accessibility Policy - UIdaho is pretty late to the game. Currently no University wide policy, with accessibility left to each department. Again, hoping to use other schools' policy as a starting point to write ours. 3. Policy Enforcement - specifically around EIT used in classes. I assume some of that is in the policy, but wondering how it works in practice. I've had faculty voice concerns that this position would take away their freedom to structure courses as they see fit. As opposed to currently, where any barriers are brought to my director and I to come up with an alternative format or accommodation, but the issue doesn't actually get fixed. 4. Proposal / Presentation around the need for an EIT Accessibilitity Position - I have a communication disability, so in my brain it all just makes sense, but when I try to explain, it comes out as a rambling list of disjointed facts. If anyone is willing to share any proposals or presentations they've done relating to an EIT accessibility position, I would be forever grateful. For those of you without an EIT Accessibility position, who handles digital accessibility at your school? In the past I've helped different departments and done accessibility reviews, but my case load has gotten to the point where I don't have time for that. Eric Matson | Assistive Technology Specialist Center for Disability Access and Resources Division of Student Affairs The University of Idaho Phone: 208.885.6307 | ecmatson@uidaho.edu| Bruce M. Pitman Center 127 Fax: 208.885.9404 Campus Zip: 4257 Pronouns: He / Him / His This communication may contain privileged, non-public or other confidential information. 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Join our team which includes myself, the University ADA Coordinator and a higher education access lifer and reports directly to our New Deputy ADA Coordinator for Digital Access, a former member of the Office for Civil Rights? National Digital Access Team; and our Assistant Director of our Digital Accessibility Center who came to us about a year ago after implementing an accessibility program for t he Ohio Secretary of State?s Office. Senior Accessibility SME ADA Coordinator?s Office | Office of Institutional Equity | The Oho State University Application Review Begins This Week Job requisition# R51039 The Ohio State University is committed to diversity and a campus culture of inclusion that is necessary for a rich learning environment and essential in preparing students to work, live and contribute to in an increasingly complex society. As part of this effort, the University is committed to the full inclusion of individuals with disabilities; continually improving the accessibility of our programs, the physical infrastructure, and digital environment. Reporting to the Deputy ADA Coordinator who oversees the Digital Accessibility Center, this position will support The Ohio State University's campus wide digital accessibility compliance program. The Senior Accessibility SME will provide expertise to the university community on acquisition, development, and implementation of digital information and services including documents, multimedia, websites, web and native applications. They will provide advice and consultation to campus units, vendors, and other parties as appropriate, in interpreting, understanding, and applying applicable university policy and standards for accessibility including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA), Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines. They will also participate in audits of campus units to ensure their processes, procedures, and plans for compliance with the University?s Digital Accessibility Policy are being effectively implemented. They will, under direct supervision, investigate complaints under the Digital Accessibility Policy from Faculty, Staff, Students, Program Participants, and members of the general public and participate in their resolution. They will continually seek awareness and understanding of emerging accessible development practices, industry trends, and assistive technologies as they relate to institutions of higher education. 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It?s time consuming, it can be expensive, and can leave you open to compliance issues during those first weeks of term when you?re getting it all organised. It can be a headache, to say the least. In this webinar, we?ll discuss why you should consider moving towards a tech-first approach to note taking support, and how independent note taking can help students to learn important study skills. 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Mohawk College's Reasons for Cancelling Its Much-Needed Accessible Media Production Program Don't Stand Up Under Scrutiny - AODA Alliance The decision was made without warning or consultation and is devastating for those wanting a career in digital accessibility...and those of us with disabilities. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Tue Jul 19 09:10:16 2022 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (foreigntype@gmail.com) Date: Tue Jul 19 09:10:32 2022 Subject: [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC Message-ID: Hi all, I ran across some invaluable resources offered through the California community college accessibility training office and wanted to know if these courses are available to others outside of the CCC purview. Here?s a link: https://catalog.onlinenetworkofeducators.org/browse/accessibility/courses/alternate-media-production-manual These courses provide valuable training for those of us in the field and for those of us who teach others in the field of accessible media & accessible course materials. Any inside tips for those of us who would benefit from access to these self-paced courses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Wink Harner -- 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 Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Tue Jul 19 09:37:37 2022 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Tue Jul 19 09:37:42 2022 Subject: [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I don?t know, but I wish they would. I created two courses in there that I think people outside of CCC would find valuable to take. 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 foreigntype@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 10:10 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC Hi all, I ran across some invaluable resources offered through the California community college accessibility training office and wanted to know if these courses are available to others outside of the CCC purview. Here?s a link: https://catalog.onlinenetworkofeducators.org/browse/accessibility/courses/alternate-media-production-manual These courses provide valuable training for those of us in the field and for those of us who teach others in the field of accessible media & accessible course materials. Any inside tips for those of us who would benefit from access to these self-paced courses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Wink Harner -- 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The senior specialist will take lead on the production of Nemeth braille and STEM tactile graphics to be utilized by students with print-based disabilities, including blindness/low-vision, learning disabilities, and mobility impairments. Please note this is a two-year, fixed-term position and can be fully remote. Nemeth and literary braille certification required. Full posting can be found at: http://m.rfer.us/STANFORDDcHJ8f Robin Cole | she/her | Alternate Format & Assistive Technology Manager OAE | CONNECT | Office of Accessible Education Stanford University - 563 Salvatierra Walk - Stanford, CA 94305 650-723-0942 The information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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I created two courses in there that > I think people outside of CCC would find valuable to take. > > > > *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 *foreigntype@gmail.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2022 10:10 AM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC > > > > Hi all, > > I ran across some invaluable resources offered through the California > community college accessibility training office and wanted to know if these > courses are available to others outside of the CCC purview. > > > > Here?s a link: > > > https://catalog.onlinenetworkofeducators.org/browse/accessibility/courses/alternate-media-production-manual > > > > These courses provide valuable training for those of us in the field and > for those of us who teach others in the field of accessible media & > accessible course materials. > > > > Any inside tips for those of us who would benefit from access to these > self-paced courses would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Wink Harner > > -- > > Wink Harner Assistive Technology Consulting and Training Alternative Text > Production Portland OR. foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 > _______________________________________________ > 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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Doug Hayman IT Accessibility Coordinator Information Technology Olympic College dhayman@olympic.edu (360) 475-7632 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [EXTERNAL] - Re: [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC CAUTION: This email came from a non-OC system or external source. Beware of phishing and social engineering! I don't know, but I wish they would. I created two courses in there that I think people outside of CCC would find valuable to take. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D89B78.C55B85C0] 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 foreigntype@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 10:10 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC Hi all, I ran across some invaluable resources offered through the California community college accessibility training office and wanted to know if these courses are available to others outside of the CCC purview. Here's a link: https://catalog.onlinenetworkofeducators.org/browse/accessibility/courses/alternate-media-production-manual These courses provide valuable training for those of us in the field and for those of us who teach others in the field of accessible media & accessible course materials. Any inside tips for those of us who would benefit from access to these self-paced courses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! 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Wink On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 2:07 PM Hayman, Douglass wrote: > I thought at some time a few years ago I was able to get access to that > even though not part of the California Community College system. Was at UW > then and through someone in that system was given instructions on how to > log in and use things. Maybe that is still possible or, perhaps got > changed. > > > > Doug Hayman > > IT Accessibility Coordinator > > Information Technology > > Olympic College > > dhayman@olympic.edu > > (360) 475-7632 > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:38 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] - Re: [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC > > > > CAUTION: This email came from a non-OC system or external source. Beware > of phishing and social engineering! > > > > I don?t know, but I wish they would. I created two courses in there that > I think people outside of CCC would find valuable to take. > > > > *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 *foreigntype@gmail.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2022 10:10 AM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC > > > > Hi all, > > I ran across some invaluable resources offered through the California > community college accessibility training office and wanted to know if these > courses are available to others outside of the CCC purview. > > > > Here?s a link: > > > https://catalog.onlinenetworkofeducators.org/browse/accessibility/courses/alternate-media-production-manual > > > > > These courses provide valuable training for those of us in the field and > for those of us who teach others in the field of accessible media & > accessible course materials. > > > > Any inside tips for those of us who would benefit from access to these > self-paced courses would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Wink Harner > > -- > > Wink Harner Assistive Technology Consulting and Training Alternative Text > Production Portland OR. foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 > _______________________________________________ > 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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CentreTech Parkway, S202B Aurora, CO 80011 Phone: 303-340-7548 Fax: 303.340.7551 Email: Reem.hamodi@ccaurora.edu "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved." -Helen Keller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From normajean.brand at hccs.edu Tue Jul 19 15:12:48 2022 From: normajean.brand at hccs.edu (Normajean.Brand) Date: Tue Jul 19 15:13:01 2022 Subject: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] - Re: Self-pace courses through CCC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I second that! I would also like to access these self-paced courses, refresh on those I?ve had access to in the past, and learn new stuff(?) if at all possible. Thanks! NJ From: athen-list On Behalf Of foreigntype@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 4:11 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] - Re: Self-pace courses through CCC I?ve taken a number of courses in person before coming from AZ to CA for the training. Access changed when it went to self-paced online training. If anyone knows how to access this wonderful assortment of mini-courses by folks outside of the CCC district, let me know! Thanks!! Wink On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 2:07 PM Hayman, Douglass > wrote: I thought at some time a few years ago I was able to get access to that even though not part of the California Community College system. Was at UW then and through someone in that system was given instructions on how to log in and use things. Maybe that is still possible or, perhaps got changed. Doug Hayman IT Accessibility Coordinator Information Technology Olympic College dhayman@olympic.edu (360) 475-7632 From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:38 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [EXTERNAL] - Re: [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC CAUTION: This email came from a non-OC system or external source. Beware of phishing and social engineering! I don?t know, but I wish they would. I created two courses in there that I think people outside of CCC would find valuable to take. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D89B92.C3E7ABA0] 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 foreigntype@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 10:10 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC Hi all, I ran across some invaluable resources offered through the California community college accessibility training office and wanted to know if these courses are available to others outside of the CCC purview. Here?s a link: https://catalog.onlinenetworkofeducators.org/browse/accessibility/courses/alternate-media-production-manual These courses provide valuable training for those of us in the field and for those of us who teach others in the field of accessible media & accessible course materials. Any inside tips for those of us who would benefit from access to these self-paced courses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Wink Harner -- Wink Harner Assistive Technology Consulting and Training Alternative Text Production Portland OR. foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 _______________________________________________ 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From lorilane at illinois.edu Thu Jul 21 14:11:05 2022 From: lorilane at illinois.edu (Lane, Lori) Date: Thu Jul 21 14:11:11 2022 Subject: [Athen] Zoom Events Conference and Webex Message-ID: Hello! I apologize for cross-posting. I am curious to learn more about Zoom's conference lobby and Webex events before I evaluate them. Zoom launched the Events conference lobby last August 2021. They have been updated or fixed frequently in the past year. Has anyone used it before? How accessible is it? Zoom Events Conference What about Webex Events? They seem to be committed to accessibility. Thank you! Lori Lane, M.Ed., CPACC IT Accessibility Specialist Accessible IT Group (AITG) Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dokinaka at ccctechcenter.org Fri Jul 22 10:46:05 2022 From: dokinaka at ccctechcenter.org (Dawn Okinaka) Date: Fri Jul 22 10:46:20 2022 Subject: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] - Re: Self-pace courses through CCC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good morning everyone, Yes, we do have self-paced courses related to Alternate Media. We are in need of updating them which is slated for this year. While I do not believe we can change the registration of the self paced courses in terms of requirements we do have the ability to have Accessibility Office Hour discussions and other types of training we can offer live and to a broader audience. We will advertise them once they are slated to be delivered. Thank you, Dawn Okinaka, M.A Director, CCC Accessibility Center California Community Colleges Technology Center dokinaka@ccctechcenter.org 530-879-4132 DHS Trusted Tester #TT-2112-01518 On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 3:13 PM Normajean.Brand wrote: > I second that! I would also like to access these self-paced courses, > refresh on those I?ve had access to in the past, and learn new stuff(?) if > at all possible. > > > > Thanks! > > NJ > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *foreigntype@gmail.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2022 4:11 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] - Re: Self-pace courses through CCC > > > > I?ve taken a number of courses in person before coming from AZ to CA for > the training. Access changed when it went to self-paced online training. If > anyone knows how to access this wonderful assortment of mini-courses by > folks outside of the CCC district, let me know! > > > > Thanks!! > > > > Wink > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 2:07 PM Hayman, Douglass > wrote: > > I thought at some time a few years ago I was able to get access to that > even though not part of the California Community College system. Was at UW > then and through someone in that system was given instructions on how to > log in and use things. Maybe that is still possible or, perhaps got > changed. > > > > Doug Hayman > > IT Accessibility Coordinator > > Information Technology > > Olympic College > > dhayman@olympic.edu > > (360) 475-7632 > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:38 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] - Re: [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC > > > > CAUTION: This email came from a non-OC system or external source. Beware > of phishing and social engineering! > > > > I don?t know, but I wish they would. I created two courses in there that > I think people outside of CCC would find valuable to take. > > > > *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 *foreigntype@gmail.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2022 10:10 AM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Self-pace courses through CCC > > > > Hi all, > > I ran across some invaluable resources offered through the California > community college accessibility training office and wanted to know if these > courses are available to others outside of the CCC purview. > > > > Here?s a link: > > > https://catalog.onlinenetworkofeducators.org/browse/accessibility/courses/alternate-media-production-manual > > > > > These courses provide valuable training for those of us in the field and > for those of us who teach others in the field of accessible media & > accessible course materials. > > > > Any inside tips for those of us who would benefit from access to these > self-paced courses would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Wink Harner > > -- > > Wink Harner Assistive Technology Consulting and Training Alternative Text > Production Portland OR. foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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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This position also works with faculty/staff on best practices and guidelines for creating accessible content for use on Rice?s public websites, within the Canvas learning management system (LMS), and other university technologies. Flexible work schedule is available. Essential Functions Evaluate and remediate current campus technologies and training materials Develop best practices/guidelines for future technologies Work closely with the Disability Resource Center, Center for Teaching Excellence university committees, and other stakeholders on campus technology accessibility Work with the Procurement Office to ensure accessible technology purchasing Frequent interactions with vendors, including Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) review, hands-on testing, and negotiating remedies Testing websites and applications for internal and external clients to ensure standards are met Develop content used to engage constituents and grow channels Develop integrated communications and/or marketing plans to meet objectives Recommend, develop and implement the digital communication and brand strategy for the campus Act as the internal campus expert for digital accessibility community efforts, building support for social initiatives among internal stakeholders and driving digital accessibility best practices Contribute to overall development and refinement of campus-wide digital accessibility community strategy and innovative social initiatives Performs all other duties as assigned Additional Functions / Information Serves as campus expert for accessible content Works with faculty/staff to ensure all materials in campus LMS are accessible Leads workshops for faculty/staff on making content accessible Serves as a member of the university-wide accessibility committee Works with faculty/staff to remediate inaccessible websites and other public-facing information Engages with vendors to improve their product?s accessibility compliance Experience and Education Requirements Bachelor?s Degree 2 years of related experience in leading accessibility workshops and training for small groups 2 years of related experience in developing and delivering training and effective support materials Substitutions In lieu of the experience requirement, additional related education, above and beyond what is required, on an equivalent year for year basis may be substituted In lieu of the education requirement, additional related experience, above and beyond what is required, on an equivalent year for year basis may be substituted Skills Required Expert knowledge of applicable Federal and State laws/standards (ADA, WCAG 2.1, etc.) Ability to communicate effectively (written, interpersonal, verbal) with faculty and staff members at all levels of the organization Commitment to providing outstanding service and support to students, faculty, and staff Strong capability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment Strong attention to detail and ability to learn new technologies quickly Knowledge of instructional design methodologies, pedagogical issues, and best practices for the classroom, both online and hybrid learning Preferences Experience Experience working with users to implement accessibility standards Experience evaluating third-party technology systems against accessibility standards Experience working with higher education faculty Experience drafting accessible technology guidelines, procedures, and policies Experience with implementing and using assistive technologies such as screen readers, captioning systems, screen enhancement technology, EIT mobility devices, etc. Experience working with any of the following types of systems: learning management systems, student information systems, multimedia management systems, content management systems, databases Skills Strong knowledge of Universal Design for Learning principles Strong commitment to accessibility principles Strong knowledge of assistive technology hardware and software (JAWS, NVDA, etc.) Ability to process vendor VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) statements Experience in web development Experience supporting both online and traditional courses Angela Angela D Rabuck, PhD Interim Director Learning Environments & Enterprise Data and Business Intelligence Office of Information Technology, Rice University 713-348-8220 adehart@rice.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Mon Jul 25 07:45:40 2022 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (foreigntype@gmail.com) Date: Mon Jul 25 07:45:55 2022 Subject: [Athen] Kiwi Write Math In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Karen, What is it you?re looking for on behalf of your student(s) as far as written math is concerned? An app or program that can provide on-screen math for students with a math disability (dyscalculia? numerical processing?). What level of math is involved? Is it for using math or are you looking for something to solve the math problems (tutoring vs. access)? KiwiWrite and other Kiwi subscriptions are geared to the 5-16 y/o level math students. While it might be sufficient for Basic Math (pre-college prep class) or a regular College Math course in college, it is not sufficiently robust to handle college level maths beyond a basic algebra level. It also is a subscription-only app and reports are that it is next to impossible to cancel the automatically renewing subscriptions. There are a number of math supports available for college level students that include on-screen math. What access are you looking for or so you hope to provide for your students? Many of us could make other recommendations & suggestions with some additional info about what access is needed. Hope this is helpful. Wink Harner On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 5:43 AM Karen Latimer wrote: > Hello, > Has anyone used this product and can give me some pros and cons?? > https://www.kiwiwrite.com/ > Thanks! > Karen Latimer > > -- > *Karen Latimer, ATP* > *Senior Assistive Technology Specialist* > *Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative * > *Center for Disabilities Studies* > *461 Wyoming Rd. * > *Newark, DE 19716* > *302-831-7469* > *www.udel.edu/cds * > > _______________________________________________ > 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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For the Alt Text/Text Alternative, there is a twin document that is free from ITU. All links are provided: ISO Alternative Text: ISO/IEC 20071-11:2019 - Information technology - User interface component accessibility - Part 11: Guidance on text alternatives for images (ansi.org) ITU twin document (free direct download) https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=a670bc38ac8393228a65ebda74393998e83ef6248cb9e0eb3f4fcffdd624608aJmltdHM9MTY1ODgzNzMzOSZpZ3VpZD1jMjI4YjIxZC03ZDZkLTRiNzgtYjUwNy0zMGNlZGJhOTQ2YWEmaW5zaWQ9NTE2NA&ptn=3&fclid=bae7fbab-0cdb-11ed-afaf-df43c0b74c48&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaXR1LmludC9yZWMvZG9sb2dpbl9wdWIuYXNwP2xhbmc9ZSZpZD1ULVJFQy1ULjcwMS4xMS0yMDIwMDktSSEhUERGLUUmdHlwZT1pdGVtcw&ntb=1 There is also an ISO/ITU standard/guidance on captioning and when I find the link(s), I'll send them. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Is it for using math or are > you looking for something to solve the math problems (tutoring vs. access)? > > KiwiWrite and other Kiwi subscriptions are geared to the 5-16 y/o level > math students. While it might be sufficient for Basic Math (pre-college > prep class) or a regular College Math course in college, it is not > sufficiently robust to handle college level maths beyond a basic algebra > level. It also is a subscription-only app and reports are that it is next > to impossible to cancel the automatically renewing subscriptions. > > There are a number of math supports available for college level students > that include on-screen math. What access are you looking for or so you hope > to provide for your students? Many of us could make other recommendations & > suggestions with some additional info about what access is needed. > > Hope this is helpful. > > Wink Harner > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 5:43 AM Karen Latimer wrote: > >> Hello, >> Has anyone used this product and can give me some pros and cons?? >> https://www.kiwiwrite.com/ >> Thanks! >> Karen Latimer >> >> -- >> *Karen Latimer, ATP* >> *Senior Assistive Technology Specialist* >> *Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative * >> *Center for Disabilities Studies* >> *461 Wyoming Rd. * >> *Newark, DE 19716* >> *302-831-7469* >> *www.udel.edu/cds * >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- *Karen Latimer, ATP* *Senior 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... 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Here are the two links. The ITU version is free. ITU version (free): T.701.25 : Guidance on the audio presentation of text in videos, including captions, subtitles and other on-screen text (itu.int) ISO version: ISO - ISO/IEC TS 20071-25:2017 - Information technology - User interface component accessibility - Part 25: Guidance on the audio presentation of text in videos, including captions, subtitles and other on-screen text Cheers, Karen -------------- 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 foreigntype at gmail.com Tue Jul 26 08:45:20 2022 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (foreigntype@gmail.com) Date: Tue Jul 26 08:45:37 2022 Subject: [Athen] Kiwi Write Math In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You are most welcome. Wink Harner On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 6:26 AM Karen Latimer wrote: > Hi Wink, > Your feedback is exactly what I was looking for! We are a lending > library that loans out all different levels of products. So I was trying to > do some homework on what groups/situations this might be a solution for. > > Thank you!!! > Karen > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 10:46 AM foreigntype@gmail.com < > foreigntype@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Karen, >> >> What is it you?re looking for on behalf of your student(s) as far as >> written math is concerned? An app or program that can provide on-screen >> math for students with a math disability (dyscalculia? numerical >> processing?). What level of math is involved? Is it for using math or are >> you looking for something to solve the math problems (tutoring vs. access)? >> >> KiwiWrite and other Kiwi subscriptions are geared to the 5-16 y/o level >> math students. While it might be sufficient for Basic Math (pre-college >> prep class) or a regular College Math course in college, it is not >> sufficiently robust to handle college level maths beyond a basic algebra >> level. It also is a subscription-only app and reports are that it is next >> to impossible to cancel the automatically renewing subscriptions. >> >> There are a number of math supports available for college level students >> that include on-screen math. What access are you looking for or so you hope >> to provide for your students? Many of us could make other recommendations & >> suggestions with some additional info about what access is needed. >> >> Hope this is helpful. >> >> Wink Harner >> >> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 5:43 AM Karen Latimer wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> Has anyone used this product and can give me some pros and cons?? >>> https://www.kiwiwrite.com/ >>> Thanks! >>> Karen Latimer >>> >>> -- >>> *Karen Latimer, ATP* >>> *Senior Assistive Technology Specialist* >>> *Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative * >>> *Center for Disabilities Studies* >>> *461 Wyoming Rd. * >>> *Newark, DE 19716* >>> *302-831-7469* >>> *www.udel.edu/cds * >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > > -- > *Karen Latimer, ATP* > *Senior Assistive Technology Specialist* > *Delaware Assistive Technology ?Initiative * > *Center for Disabilities Studies* > *461 Wyoming Rd. * > *Newark, DE 19716* > *302-831-7469* > *www.udel.edu/cds * > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Thank you for all your help! Shannon Shannon Lavey, MS, OTR/L, ATP Pronouns: she/her/hers Student Service Coordinator [Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University] Room 301, Occupational Therapy Building P: 970-491-4241 shannon.lavey@colostate.edu Assistive Technology Resource Center Accessibility By Design -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 13678 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From alexis_delevett at cuesta.edu Thu Jul 28 09:16:04 2022 From: alexis_delevett at cuesta.edu (Alexis Delevett) Date: Thu Jul 28 09:16:14 2022 Subject: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Honorlock and Text-to-Speech Access? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Many of our students use the Kurzweil browser extension and the only limitation is that extensions are disabled if the instructor selects the Browserguard feature -- in that case they can either create a copy of the exam and assign it to the student or add a note for Honorlock support in which case the student will have to contact them prior to the exam (it seems they just disable Browserguard so it's equivalent to option A except that it makes the student jump through an extra hoop). ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 2:57 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Athen] Honorlock and Text-to-Speech Access? Hi all, Is anyone successfully using Honorlock with a Text-to-Speech (TTS) software? Before I go down a rabbit hole of testing options?. (smile). 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Shannon From: athen-list On Behalf Of Alexis Delevett Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2022 10:21 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Increasing size of ribbon menu and dialogue boxes ** Caution: EXTERNAL Sender ** Doesn't "Make everything bigger" in the Display section work the way you need? ________________________________ From: athen-list > on behalf of Lavey,Shannon > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2022 9:14 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Athen] Increasing size of ribbon menu and dialogue boxes Hello all! I was hoping to pick your brains about a question! I'm working with an individual with low vision who uses a Windows 10 computer and uses common programs such as Microsoft Word, Teams, Excel, Outlook, and Chrome. She does not prefer to use the Windows magnifier or ZoomText because it makes her dizzy. Ideally, she would like to enlarge the text/icon size in all applications and windows. We have been playing around with the Windows Ease of Access Center settings to change the text size and size of apps, but we noticed that the text in areas such as the ribbon menu and dialogue boxes does not always increase. Do you have tips on how to adjust those settings? Thank you for all your help! Shannon Shannon Lavey, MS, OTR/L, ATP Pronouns: she/her/hers Student Service Coordinator [Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University] Room 301, Occupational Therapy Building P: 970-491-4241 shannon.lavey@colostate.edu Assistive Technology Resource Center Accessibility By Design -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Pyatt, Ph.D. Accessibility IT Consultant/Lead Trainer Penn State IT Accessibility Office of the Deputy CIO accessibility@psu.edu (General accessibility questions) ejp10@psu.edu 25 Shields Building University Park, PA 16802 https://accessibility.psu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klatimer at udel.edu Fri Jul 29 07:32:14 2022 From: klatimer at udel.edu (Karen Latimer) Date: Fri Jul 29 07:29:20 2022 Subject: [Athen] Penn State Hiring Alternative Media and Assistive Technology Coordinator In-Reply-To: <36E5EA67-95FB-4AB2-8D2A-AFD168E6BE40@psu.edu> References: <36E5EA67-95FB-4AB2-8D2A-AFD168E6BE40@psu.edu> Message-ID: Hi Elizabeth, I can't see a salary range for this position, can you advise? Thank you- Karen On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 10:14 AM Pyatt, Elizabeth J wrote: > FYI - Penn State Student Disability Resources is looking for an Alt > Media/AT Coordinator. This is a remote position, but the option to get > ice-cream from the Creamery is always available. > > See details at Penn State Jobs (REQ_0000032352) > > > Please pass on to anyone interested. Philip Voorhees and I are happy to > answer questions. > > Elizabeth > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Elizabeth J. 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URL: From okeeffe1 at stanford.edu Fri Jul 29 09:57:51 2022 From: okeeffe1 at stanford.edu (Clare O'Keeffe) Date: Fri Jul 29 09:58:04 2022 Subject: [Athen] Hypothesis annotation tool accessibility with JAWS In-Reply-To: <004701d6ba19$3f6b8c90$be42a5b0$@montana.com> References: <004701d6ba19$3f6b8c90$be42a5b0$@montana.com> Message-ID: Hi George, Charles, and anyone else - Dredging up this old thread because we might be evaluating Hypothesis again here, and I'm curious if there was any outcome of discussions with their team that we should be aware of. I appreciate any new insights available! Thanks, Clare O'Keeffe Stanford | University IT Digital Accessibility Consulting Engineer Office of Digital Accessibility okeeffe1@stanford.edu From: athen-list On Behalf Of kerscher@montana.com Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 7:01 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Cc: 'Charles LaPierre' Subject: Re: [Athen] Hypothesis annotation tool accessibility with JAWS Dear All, I took the liberty of sending this post to people at Hypothesis. I will be setting up a session with their accessibility team for testing their accessibility, and Charles LaPierre from Benetech will join me. We have been talking to them for over a year under the Diagram project. This functionality has great potential for published materials in EPUB 3. They have made progress, but clearly it is not there yet. I'll post here as we make progress. Below is what they asked me to post here. >From Hypothesis accessibility team: As you may already know, when reading a web page with JAWS, navigation through the page happens in an invisible text layer using the Virtual Cursor rather than on the document itself. If a user wants to copy and paste a passage of text, they make the text selection in this invisible text layer. Nothing is happening within the DOM here, and this is invisible to the Hypothesis client. That is why selecting text with the Virtual Cursor the annotate/highlight tools do not appear. Through some initial research and consultation with a few of our Blind users, we've learned that JAWS uses something called Forms Mode when direct interaction with the DOM is necessary. Entering Forms mode does allow JAWS users to select text and the annotate/highlight tools will appear. However, we've found that when entering Forms mode and selecting text, JAWS does not read back the selection to the user. This is fine for keyboard-only sighted users, but obviously problematic for Blind users. We've reached out to Vispero, who were unable to get JAWS to read text selection events out to the user (and they declined to comment on whether they have plans to implement such an affordance). Our developers are researching some workarounds, which we are summarizing in this Github issue: Improve experience for creating annotations/highlights with NVDA (and JAWS) - as this is a problem for NVDA as well. So far we've learned that not even Google has come up with a satisfactory solution here for their commenting tool in Google Docs. Google's documentation indicates that a comment can only be added to one word. This would be a better experience for our NVDA and JAWS users than the current one, but still not ideal (as sighted users and blind users on VoiceOver are able to expand text selections to entire passages, or narrow them to one character). A few of our teachers have employed a workaround with Blind students using NVDA and JAWS which may be useful. It involves three options, each with benefits and drawbacks. None of these will be "one size fits all" and we recommend working with students to find a solution they feel most comfortable with. * Option 1: Use VoiceOver to annotate (drawback: not available to non-Mac users; also it's not always fair to ask a student to change their workflow if they are used to another screenreader) * Option 2: Enter Forms/Focus mode to create annotations (drawback: JAWS and NVDA do not provide verbal feedback while text selection is happening, so the experience is confusing) * Option 3: Stay in Browse Mode / Virtual cursor to read. Create a Page Note to discuss portions of the text (drawback: may result in a student "outing" themselves to classmates when they don't want to) Most of our students have chosen Option 1 or Option 3. For option 1, consult Apple's documentation for VoiceOver. For option 3: * Use your screen reader to copy the passage of text you wish to discuss, the same way you might copy text to paste into an email, Word document, etc. * Navigate to the Hypothesis sidebar and select the Page Note button * In the text box, type the > character, a space, and then paste the passage of text. Press Enter or Return twice * Now, dictate or type what you would like to say about this passage and post your page note. * Your teacher and classmates will see the quoted passage styled as a blockquote, with your commentary underneath. The annotation will appear in the Page Notes tab and won't be linked to the passage itself, but at least there will be context for the teacher and the other students to go with the annotation. Please note that we understand these workarounds are a stopgap rather than a true solution. We are committed to creating an equitable, usable experience for all of our teachers and students. If you or any of your students is interested in providing feedback on how the annotation experience could be better for Blind users, please send an email to katelyn@hypothes.is Best wishes, Katelyn Lemay Product Manager, Hypothesis Best George From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Clare O'Keeffe Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 1:52 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Hypothesis annotation tool accessibility with JAWS Hi Carrie, I have been testing Hypothesis with JAWS this week actually. I had the same roadblock and just today was documenting steps required to get it to work. The Annotate and Highlight tools do not appear because the text selection with JAWS occurs in the virtual buffer, not on the true page itself, so the page is unaware of your selection. You need to use a combination of Caret Browsing, the JAWS cursor, and passing through keys. Here are the steps I've come up with (this was within Canvas integration): 1. Once the Hypothesis page (module or assignment) that you want is loaded within Canvas, turn on Caret Browsing (F7) 2. Navigate to the text you want to select for annotation or highlight as usual with the virtual cursor 3. Determine the number of characters you want to select from start to finish. 4. Return the virtual cursor to the start location for your selection 5. Route JAWS cursor to PC cursor (INSERT + NUM PAD MINUS) 6. Simulate left click at that location with FOREWARD SLASH 7. Use SHIFT + RIGHT ARROW to highlight the number of characters that you previously determined you need to select (there will be no audible feedback, hence the need to pre-determine the number of characters, but you could copy and paste this selection to another document, such as Notepad, to confirm you correctly selected the text you wanted). 8. Use pass through modifier INSERT + NUM ROW 3 then A (to trigger annotation button) or H (to trigger highlight button). If you trigger an annotation, then focus moves to the sidebar automatically. If you trigger a highlight, then focus does not move to the sidebar and you will have to navigate there separately. Switch back to Virtual PC Cursor. To get to the Hypothesis sidebar quickly use CTRL + INSERT + B to bring up the list of buttons and go to the "Annotation sidebar button" and toggle it to expand the sidebar. I hope this helps. It appears Hypothesis is aware of text selection being difficult in JAWS and NVDA. I was pointed to this backlog item of theirs when I reached out to them asking for help. https://github.com/hypothesis/product-backlog/issues/1148. I was going to come up with the steps in NVDA as well, but haven't gotten to that yet. Thanks, Clare O'Keeffe Stanford | University IT Digital Accessibility Consulting Engineer, SOAP okeeffe1@stanford.edu From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Million, Carrie Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:19 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Hypothesis annotation tool accessibility with JAWS Hi all, I'm interested in whether any campuses have used the Hypothes.is annotation tool with JAWS. I'm having difficulty getting the annotation/highlight tool to activate when I select text using the keyboard in JAWS. When I select the text with my mouse, the tools do appear. It's almost as if the Hypothesis website isn't recognizing the JAWS text selection. Thanks, Carrie Million Assistive Tech Diablo Valley College -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Clare O'Keeffe Sent: Friday, July 29, 2022 10:58 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: 'Charles LaPierre' Subject: Re: [Athen] Hypothesis annotation tool accessibility with JAWS Hi George, Charles, and anyone else - Dredging up this old thread because we might be evaluating Hypothesis again here, and I'm curious if there was any outcome of discussions with their team that we should be aware of. I appreciate any new insights available! Thanks, Clare O'Keeffe Stanford | University IT Digital Accessibility Consulting Engineer Office of Digital Accessibility okeeffe1@stanford.edu From: athen-list > On Behalf Of kerscher@montana.com Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 7:01 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Cc: 'Charles LaPierre' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Hypothesis annotation tool accessibility with JAWS Dear All, I took the liberty of sending this post to people at Hypothesis. I will be setting up a session with their accessibility team for testing their accessibility, and Charles LaPierre from Benetech will join me. We have been talking to them for over a year under the Diagram project. This functionality has great potential for published materials in EPUB 3. They have made progress, but clearly it is not there yet. I'll post here as we make progress. Below is what they asked me to post here. >From Hypothesis accessibility team: As you may already know, when reading a web page with JAWS, navigation through the page happens in an invisible text layer using the Virtual Cursor rather than on the document itself. If a user wants to copy and paste a passage of text, they make the text selection in this invisible text layer. Nothing is happening within the DOM here, and this is invisible to the Hypothesis client. That is why selecting text with the Virtual Cursor the annotate/highlight tools do not appear. Through some initial research and consultation with a few of our Blind users, we've learned that JAWS uses something called Forms Mode when direct interaction with the DOM is necessary. Entering Forms mode does allow JAWS users to select text and the annotate/highlight tools will appear. However, we've found that when entering Forms mode and selecting text, JAWS does not read back the selection to the user. This is fine for keyboard-only sighted users, but obviously problematic for Blind users. We've reached out to Vispero, who were unable to get JAWS to read text selection events out to the user (and they declined to comment on whether they have plans to implement such an affordance). Our developers are researching some workarounds, which we are summarizing in this Github issue: Improve experience for creating annotations/highlights with NVDA (and JAWS) - as this is a problem for NVDA as well. So far we've learned that not even Google has come up with a satisfactory solution here for their commenting tool in Google Docs. Google's documentation indicates that a comment can only be added to one word. This would be a better experience for our NVDA and JAWS users than the current one, but still not ideal (as sighted users and blind users on VoiceOver are able to expand text selections to entire passages, or narrow them to one character). A few of our teachers have employed a workaround with Blind students using NVDA and JAWS which may be useful. It involves three options, each with benefits and drawbacks. None of these will be "one size fits all" and we recommend working with students to find a solution they feel most comfortable with. * Option 1: Use VoiceOver to annotate (drawback: not available to non-Mac users; also it's not always fair to ask a student to change their workflow if they are used to another screenreader) * Option 2: Enter Forms/Focus mode to create annotations (drawback: JAWS and NVDA do not provide verbal feedback while text selection is happening, so the experience is confusing) * Option 3: Stay in Browse Mode / Virtual cursor to read. Create a Page Note to discuss portions of the text (drawback: may result in a student "outing" themselves to classmates when they don't want to) Most of our students have chosen Option 1 or Option 3. For option 1, consult Apple's documentation for VoiceOver . For option 3: * Use your screen reader to copy the passage of text you wish to discuss, the same way you might copy text to paste into an email, Word document, etc. * Navigate to the Hypothesis sidebar and select the Page Note button * In the text box, type the > character, a space, and then paste the passage of text. Press Enter or Return twice * Now, dictate or type what you would like to say about this passage and post your page note. * Your teacher and classmates will see the quoted passage styled as a blockquote, with your commentary underneath. The annotation will appear in the Page Notes tab and won't be linked to the passage itself, but at least there will be context for the teacher and the other students to go with the annotation. Please note that we understand these workarounds are a stopgap rather than a true solution. We are committed to creating an equitable, usable experience for all of our teachers and students. If you or any of your students is interested in providing feedback on how the annotation experience could be better for Blind users, please send an email to katelyn@hypothes.is Best wishes, Katelyn Lemay Product Manager, Hypothesis Best George From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Clare O'Keeffe Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 1:52 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Hypothesis annotation tool accessibility with JAWS Hi Carrie, I have been testing Hypothesis with JAWS this week actually. I had the same roadblock and just today was documenting steps required to get it to work. The Annotate and Highlight tools do not appear because the text selection with JAWS occurs in the virtual buffer, not on the true page itself, so the page is unaware of your selection. You need to use a combination of Caret Browsing, the JAWS cursor, and passing through keys. Here are the steps I've come up with (this was within Canvas integration): 1. Once the Hypothesis page (module or assignment) that you want is loaded within Canvas, turn on Caret Browsing (F7) 2. Navigate to the text you want to select for annotation or highlight as usual with the virtual cursor 3. Determine the number of characters you want to select from start to finish. 4. Return the virtual cursor to the start location for your selection 5. Route JAWS cursor to PC cursor (INSERT + NUM PAD MINUS) 6. Simulate left click at that location with FOREWARD SLASH 7. Use SHIFT + RIGHT ARROW to highlight the number of characters that you previously determined you need to select (there will be no audible feedback, hence the need to pre-determine the number of characters, but you could copy and paste this selection to another document, such as Notepad, to confirm you correctly selected the text you wanted). 8. Use pass through modifier INSERT + NUM ROW 3 then A (to trigger annotation button) or H (to trigger highlight button). If you trigger an annotation, then focus moves to the sidebar automatically. If you trigger a highlight, then focus does not move to the sidebar and you will have to navigate there separately. Switch back to Virtual PC Cursor. To get to the Hypothesis sidebar quickly use CTRL + INSERT + B to bring up the list of buttons and go to the "Annotation sidebar button" and toggle it to expand the sidebar. I hope this helps. It appears Hypothesis is aware of text selection being difficult in JAWS and NVDA. I was pointed to this backlog item of theirs when I reached out to them asking for help. https://github.com/hypothesis/product-backlog/issues/1148. I was going to come up with the steps in NVDA as well, but haven't gotten to that yet. Thanks, Clare O'Keeffe Stanford | University IT Digital Accessibility Consulting Engineer, SOAP okeeffe1@stanford.edu From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Million, Carrie Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:19 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Hypothesis annotation tool accessibility with JAWS Hi all, I'm interested in whether any campuses have used the Hypothes.is annotation tool with JAWS. I'm having difficulty getting the annotation/highlight tool to activate when I select text using the keyboard in JAWS. When I select the text with my mouse, the tools do appear. It's almost as if the Hypothesis website isn't recognizing the JAWS text selection. Thanks, Carrie Million Assistive Tech Diablo Valley College -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Scott) Date: Fri Jul 29 19:30:34 2022 Subject: [Athen] Advanced a notice of Public Rule-making on Web Accessibility by DOj In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Advanced a notice of Public Rule-making on Web Accessibility by DOj While Justice has been down this road before it seems more likely that they will carry through this time and will base the standards on WCAG if not outright adopt it RIN Data DOJ/CRT RIN: 1190-AA79 Publication ID: Spring 2022 Title: ?Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Governments Abstract: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) states that: no qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity 42 U.S.C. 12132. However, many websites from public entities (i.e., State and local governments) fail to incorporate or activate features that enable users with disabilities to access the public entity?s programs, activities, services, or information online. The Department intends to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its Title II ADA regulation to provide technical standards to assist public entities in complying with their existing obligations to make their websites accessible to individuals with disabilities. Agency: Department of Justice(DOJ) Priority: Economically Significant RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions Major: Yes Unfunded Mandates: No CFR Citation: 28 CFR 35 Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq. 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We are getting ready to implement Blackboard Ally at BU and are looking at different ways to implement it. If any of you are willing to share what worked best for you when you started using it and any handouts that you have for remediation of text that you handed out to faculty and students that were helpful we would greatly appreciate it. I look forward to hearing from you Best, Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From krasul1 at jhu.edu Sun Jul 31 11:10:34 2022 From: krasul1 at jhu.edu (Kamran Rasul) Date: Sun Jul 31 11:10:48 2022 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Ally In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Lorraine, Let me gather some information for you when I get back to work Tuesday. Kamran Rasul, MEd. (he/him) Assistive Technology/Alternate Format Specialist krasul1@jhu.edu Student Disability Services Garland Hall, Office 344 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device Get Outlook for Android ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022, 12:35 To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Ally External Email - Use Caution Dear All, I hope that you are all getting read for the upcoming Fall Semester. We are getting ready to implement Blackboard Ally at BU and are looking at different ways to implement it. If any of you are willing to share what worked best for you when you started using it and any handouts that you have for remediation of text that you handed out to faculty and students that were helpful we would greatly appreciate it. I look forward to hearing from you Best, Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinr at disability.tamu.edu Sun Jul 31 11:17:12 2022 From: justinr at disability.tamu.edu (Romack, Justin) Date: Sun Jul 31 11:17:19 2022 Subject: [Athen] Speech-to-text solutions for student with Tourette Syndrome and Dysgraphia Message-ID: Howdy y'all! I'm working with a student who has vocal ticks and wants to use speech-to-text dictation for longer writing assignments and essays (including use in our Testing Center). While I did not personally observe these ticks, they note this happens often (especially later in the day). The student has been able to use speech-to-text on their Android tablet by making use of a filter words feature built into the tablet's dictation function (they'll just filter out words/phrases as they become ticks). I'm not opposed to exploring this option in our Testing Center if necessary, but also wanted to see if we could provide a solution on our machines as well. I did look through some documentation on Chrome OS to see if I could duplicate their approach on a Chromebook, but didn't have much luck. I've not looked super closely at the Windows/Mac built-in dictation tools, but couldn't find anything in Dragon that would indicate a similar feature. The student does note that their ticks are usually at a much higher frequency range than their speaking voice and that another solution they've found to work is the noise suppression in Discord. This student seemed very well-versed on the tools that had been helpful to them to this point... it's just putting them all together in the academic space. Curious if anyone has worked through a similar scenario and had advice or recommendations. Grateful for this community! Be well, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistant Director 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 jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Sun Jul 31 13:31:31 2022 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sun Jul 31 13:31:37 2022 Subject: [Athen] Speech-to-text solutions for student with Tourette Syndrome and Dysgraphia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Word Q plus Speak Q is a really good tool that allows a person to use dictation and filter it with a word prediction utility in windows. https://www.pcworld.com/article/495057/wordq_plus_speakq.html Sent from my iPhone. please excuse errors from using Apple's dictation feature. > On Jul 31, 2022, at 2:17 PM, Romack, Justin wrote: > > ? > Howdy y?all! > > I?m working with a student who has vocal ticks and wants to use speech-to-text dictation for longer writing assignments and essays (including use in our Testing Center). > > While I did not personally observe these ticks, they note this happens often (especially later in the day). The student has been able to use speech-to-text on their Android tablet by making use of a filter words feature built into the tablet?s dictation function (they?ll just filter out words/phrases as they become ticks). I?m not opposed to exploring this option in our Testing Center if necessary, but also wanted to see if we could provide a solution on our machines as well. I did look through some documentation on Chrome OS to see if I could duplicate their approach on a Chromebook, but didn?t have much luck. > > I?ve not looked super closely at the Windows/Mac built-in dictation tools, but couldn?t find anything in Dragon that would indicate a similar feature. > > The student does note that their ticks are usually at a much higher frequency range than their speaking voice and that another solution they?ve found to work is the noise suppression in Discord. This student seemed very well-versed on the tools that had been helpful to them to this point? it?s just putting them all together in the academic space. > > Curious if anyone has worked through a similar scenario and had advice or recommendations. > > Grateful for this community! > > Be well, > J > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Justin Romack | Assistant Director > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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: