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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the clarification on this, guess I should have spent
more time on the site. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>You are right on, an HTML based system would be great, Pearson
is now producing some HTML textbooks in the k-12 space unfortunately there is
not descriptive text on the images and no way to add it at this point. Though I
understand they are working on a possible solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <a
href="http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ4Z4&PMDbProgramId=67381&PMDbSiteId=2781&PMDbSolutionId=6724&PMDbSubSolutionId=6732&PMDbCategoryId=806">http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ4Z4&PMDbProgramId=67381&PMDbSiteId=2781&PMDbSolutionId=6724&PMDbSubSolutionId=6732&PMDbCategoryId=806</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ken
Petri<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 16, 2009 3:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] [Fwd: New Concept in Textbooks]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The output I saw was HTML. I
created an account and tried to create a couple of "chapters" of a
"book." Students get an online textbook, of sorts. It has the ability
to mark up and add notes to text, skip through chapters, etc. Even though it is
HTML, it is not very accessible.<br>
<br>
There appears to be no keyboard-only navigation and the page markup is geared
primarily to visual users. The next-previous buttons are not tab navigable, for
instance. Neither are any of the drop down menus that give you access to key
functionality, such as bookmarking and noting. <br>
<br>
With a screen reader I can hunt around and mostly figure out what things are
(so long as I don't rely on the tab key--what most web application users would
expect), but I can't access any of the necessary high-level fly-out menus. This
keeps me from being able to access a lot of core functionality--just like with
keyboard-only use.<br>
<br>
Note: this is just a once over and I'm not even pretending to give a complete
analysis. I would say the system has promise (an all HTML book system with
basic not-taking ability) but the developers clearly did not have accessibility
in mind.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
ken<br clear=all>
-------------------------------------------------------<br>
Ken Petri
<br>
Program Director<br>
OSU Web Accessibility Center<br>
102D Pomerene Hall<br>
1760 Neil Avenue<br>
Columbus, Ohio 43210<br>
Phone: (614) 292-1760<br>
Fax: (614) 292-4190<br>
mailto:<a href="mailto:petri.1@osu.edu" target="_blank">petri.1@osu.edu</a><br>
-------------------------------------------------------<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Ron Stewart <<a
href="mailto:ron@ahead.org" target="_blank">ron@ahead.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>It appears to be PDF based so I would
not hold my breath.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ron Stewart</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org" target="_blank">athen-bounces@athenpro.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org" target="_blank">athen-bounces@athenpro.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Heidi Scher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 16, 2009 1:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] [Fwd: New Concept in Textbooks]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi
Melanie,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I've
not seen this, but electronic = access is definitely a misunderstanding that
I've been combating for some time now with faculty. Would definitely be
interested in hearing about this process and accessibility issues!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Heidi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On
Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Melanie Thornton <<a
href="mailto:mpthornton@ualr.edu" target="_blank">mpthornton@ualr.edu</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Has
anyone seen books produced using this process? I wrote to them and asked
about accessibility. It concerns me because professors may think
electronic equals accessible.<br>
<br>
Melanie<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>New
Concept in Textbooks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sat,
14 Nov 2009 02:15:51 -0500<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a
href="mailto:Publisher@gobongobooks.com" target="_blank">Publisher@gobongobooks.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<br>
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<p>Take a look at: <a href="http://gobongobooks.com" target="_blank">http://gobongobooks.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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