<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://46/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hmm - interesting response. Perhaps they (Robobraille) see the usage from certain email addresses and are thinking it may be originating from the institution's use? One option may be to have students use a personal email account that is not affiliated with the institution. I am curious as to what the usage volume may be to result in this response from Robobraille.<div><br></div><div>Full disclosure - we are using a variation on the Robobraille/Sensus Access system and encountered the opposite issue. Students wanted to use any email address and we require them to use their @stanford account in our system. The upside for me is that I can track system usage (although not specific individuals) to assess the volume. Were they able to provide information about volume or is it just any use?<br><div><br></div><div><div><div><div>Take care,</div><div>Sean</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 19, 2013, at 9:55 AM, James Bailey <<a href="mailto:jbailey@uoregon.edu">jbailey@uoregon.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Hello all:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">I think the RoboBraille service is great and I tell our Alt-format users about it. I particularly recommend it for those study sessions when a picture-only PDF comes off of BlackBoard etc. and a the student needs it converted quickly to keep working.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">I have received an e-mail or two from them suggesting we (U Oregon) need an agreement with them. We do not use it at all in our production process. I simply make students aware of it and the students then use it or not as individuals.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">This is from their web site (it’s cut and paste so any typos are theirs):<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">“RoboBraille is available 24/7 as a self-service solution, it is free of charge to all individual, non-commercial users and users need not register in order to use the service. The objective is to support and promote self-sufficiency of people with special needs socially, throughout the educational system and on the labour market. As an additional benefit, RoboBraille helps to protect the privacy of of those who need material in alternate formats.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">This seems pretty cut and dried to me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">If you have a take on this, please share it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Oh it gets better!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">From: Tanja Stevns <<a href="mailto:tanja@sensus.dk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">tanja@sensus.dk</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 9:10 AM<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">To: James Bailey<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Subject: SV: Document conversion<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">James,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The users go through our SensusAccess engine. The requests is coming from University of Oregon. I am not talking about<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">personal private use of individuals using RoboBraille as you are referring to in this mail.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Now I have tried to approach this in the best way possible but we will take action on further ongoing use from<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">universities who do not wish to make an agreement with us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Have a nice day,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Tanja<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">My take on this is that they are seeing our student e-mail accounts as being the University of Oregon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">As Tanja says, “Have a nice day”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">James<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span></p></div>_______________________________________________<br>athen-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a><br><a href="http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>