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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Hi Karen!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I am relieved to hear that accessibility
is at least on the radar for ALEKS. McGraw Hill certainly knows the legal
requirements that we operate under, and if they are making actual changes to
the software, that is a hopeful sign. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I am scheduled to speak with a gentleman
named Jimmy Bartlett tomorrow, so I will ask about the MathML issue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>As for the tactile graphics: I can
understand them not producing actual graphics to send us, but if they could
provide a printable file that we could then use as a basis to create our own
graphics (using PIAF or the TIGER or other means), that would be very helpful.
I also agree with your math instructor…simply deleting the graphics is
not a great choice!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Please do let us know how your testing
goes, and if anything interesting comes out of the call I have tomorrow, I will
let everyone know that, as well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich</span></font><font
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color:blue'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'>High Tech Center Training Unit of the</span></font><font
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font-family:Arial;color:blue'>California Community Colleges</span></font><font
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font-family:Arial;color:blue'>De Anza College, Cupertino, CA</span></font><font
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<a href="http://www.htctu.net/"><font color=black><span style='color:black;
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<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>HTCTU Secretary: 408-996-4636</span></font><font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu
[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Karen Sorensen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 07, 2014
1:04 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Access Technology Higher
Education Network<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Athen] ALEKS and
Accessibility</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi All ,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>ALEX has a October 1, 2013 VPAT that is supposed to cover all of their
changes. Lisa Nicks is the accessibility specialist at McGraw Hill who I got
the VPAT from. </span></font><u style='white-space:pre-wrap'><font size=1
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><a href="mailto:lisa.nicks@mheducation.com" style='outline:none'>lisa.nicks@mheducation.com</a></span></font></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We have also been in communication with folks from McGraw Hill (who now
have purchased ALEX in the last year as I understand it. ) They have moved all
of their equations to Javascript rather than JAVA, and they say that 72% of
their equations are now accessible, even though the folks we talked with
weren't sure the equations were in mathML (Lisa Nicks wasn't on the
call). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We are going to be doing some testing of ALEX this Friday. I'll post
back to the listserv next week on what we find. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>One of their accessibility "improvements" they showed us, was
a way for an instructor to indicate that a blind student was using ALEX. When
the instructor clicked that button, all graphical questions were eliminated.
How do folks feel about that? Our math instructors didn't like that at all. We
asked the McGraw Hill folks if they would provide tactile alt. formats for
those graphical questions. They seemed to think that was our responsibility. My
feeling is that we shouldn't have to pay for materials that we then have to
accommodate. How do others feel about this?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks. Hope that helps. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Karen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Karen M. Sorensen<br>
Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses</span></font><br>
<a href="http://www.pcc.edu/access" target="_blank">www.pcc.edu/access</a><font
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><br>
Portland Community College<br>
971-722-4720</span></font><br>
<i><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-style:italic'>"The power of the Web
is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an
essential aspect.”</span></font></i><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>
Tim Berners-Lee</span></font><br>
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