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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2">We were asked to evaluate one of these back in April and found both the keyboard accessibility and the content accessibility to be basically non-existent. We said "no" and that seemed to be the end
of it. Then, another of these programs reared its head on our website (we have distributed content management), and have again raised the issue with IT. It has only been a few days, so no response. If nothing is forthcoming, we will raise the question at
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">John F. Elmer</font></div>
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<div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Ventura College </font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> athen-bounces@athenpro.org [athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Melanie Thornton [mpthornton@ualr.edu]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Flipping Flash PDF Documents<br>
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<div><font face="Arial">Hi all. I recall a while back a discussion about these flipping books and concerns about accessibility. At the time they had not raised their heads on our campus but now they have and I can't recall the details of the discussion.
The one I tested was keyboard accessible but had no recognizable content for JAWS at all. Does anyone know if there are different levels of accessibility produced by different tools that create these?
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And how are your campuses responding to the discussion about using these? Is anyone just saying "no" to them? And if you are using them, what alternatives are being provided for access?<br>
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Thanks!<br>
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Melanie<br>
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Director, Project PACE<br>
Associate Director, Disability Resource Center<br>
2801 S. University Ave., DSC #103<br>
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