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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>John,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>EndNote is not quite accessible to screen reader users. Most of the issues with Endnote aren’t solvable by scripts or screen reader customization because there are fundamental issues with EndNote’s underlying code.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pratik<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Pielaet, Jon<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Question re: accessibility of reference tools<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Kathy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have extensive experience with Reference Management Tools. EndNote is by far my favorite. It offers the most features and offers great accessibility. I haven’t used newer versions of Ref Works, as our institution has opted for the web version. (Ref Works Web) Because it is web-based Ref Works Web offers some flexibility as far as being platform independent. It works in any web browser but offers fewer features. Both of these applications are stand alone and have fairly good accessibility features. I have even seen some JAWS scripts floating around for them that may be useful. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Zotero is an interesting contender because it is a Firefox extension. It is my experience that many JAWS users (including myself) dislike Firefox in general because of the way it interfaces with scripts in JAWS. Zotero is nice because it is free but I have found its usefulness to be the most limited out of the three. If you are just looking for a free tool to track bookmarks you’re much better off using del.icio.us or Xmarks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I would love to hear from others about their own experiences,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jon P. Pielaet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Program Assistant for Instructional Materials<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Disability Services for Students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Emma B. Lommasson 154<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The University of Montana<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Missoula, MT 59812<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.umt.edu/dss/">www.umt.edu/dss/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>406-243-2243 Voice/Text<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>406-243-4461 Direct Line<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>406-243-5330 Fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>From: athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill<br>Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:38 PM<br>To: Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>Subject: [Athen] Question re: accessibility of reference tools<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Colleagues;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Do any of you have some experience evaluating the accessibility of the following Reference Management Tools: EndNote, Ref Works and Zotero? I’m especially curious how well they work with JAWS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><br>Thank you,<br>Kathy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>**************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kathleen Cahill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Adaptive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>77 Mass. Ave. 7-143<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cambridge MA 02139<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(617) 253-5111<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>kcahill@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>