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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I haven’t used it but there is now a LinkedIn group for SharePoint and Section 508 although LinkedIn's accessibility has deteriorated in the last year so if you are using adaptive technology it might take a while to find things.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The link is <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/SharePoint-Section-508-3833037?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr">http://www.linkedin.com/groups/SharePoint-Section-508-3833037?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr</a> but am not sure if you can get to it without signing into LinkedIn.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Cheers, Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brusnighan, Dean A.<br><b>Sent:</b> April-12-11 11:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technologists in Higher Education Network<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Is SharePoint 2010 as accessible as advertised?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I’m invited to a meeting this afternoon where I will be asked about the accessibility of SharePoint 2010. I’ve read the article on the Microsoft SharePoint Team blog (<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2010/03/09/accessibility-and-sharepoint-2010.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2010/03/09/accessibility-and-sharepoint-2010.aspx</a>). This explains their intentions for accessibility. What have AT users experienced?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dean Brusnighan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Purdue University, Young Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>155 S. Grant Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Phone: 765-494-9082<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:dabrus@purdue.edu">dabrus@purdue.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>