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Hi Phil,<br>
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I'm not sure what you mean by adding a self voicing system and a
templated patch. I'd definitely have to figure out how to work with
something like AxsJax. <br>
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Since there are potentially a lot of sites that faculty are developing,
I'm not sure about how outsourcing the work to a company would work, or
if it would scale. I'd need to get some idea of an hourly (?) cost or
some sort of cost schedule for how that would work. There is such
variability that would need to be accommodated, I'm just not sure how
cost effective it would be. Also, I forsee that there would need to be
a lot of participation of our faculty subject matter experts for
accurate alt text, for example, that I'm not sure how that would work
with a 3rd party. <br>
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Thanks for your ideas!<br>
Lisa<br>
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<pre wrap="">In which case, like I say, a redesign would usually be best. And there are
dozens of excellent companies out there, to do just that.
If there are clear reasons for this being impractical, a retrofit is going
to have many problems to overcome. Adding a self voiceing system and/or
templated patch (a little like T.V Raman's AxsJax) is a way to work around
these issues. This is something I'd be more than happy to investigate for
you, and is something we've done before.
I'd list other design companies for a redesign, but there are so many and
I'd hate to leave anyone out.
Best
Phil
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<pre wrap="">Actually, I'm scoping out the development of an accessibility production
service for our campus, and was wondering whether anyone has done that
somewhere else. Our faculty are generally not experienced web
developers, and there is interest in providing a service that will work
with their online course materials and either redesign or retrofit them
to be accessible. The majority of our public sites are accessible, but
when it comes to course pages, there is some work that needs to be done.
By whom, is the question.
Thanks,
Lisa
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<pre wrap="">Looking at your site, its not so bad. Which areas are you wanting work
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<pre wrap="">on? Are they they public, for me to have a poke at?
Cheers
Phil
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<pre wrap="">While most would say rewrites are better than retrofitting (and I'd
agree), if you have the resources/time... we could look at it as a
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<pre wrap="">Talklets and V Browser offer fairly unique add-on services. They can
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<pre wrap="">bespoke tailored to work around the shortcomings of a given legacy
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<pre wrap="">Best,
Phil
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CTO & Chief Architect,
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DELTA Instructional Support Services
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