<div dir="ltr">Hello Paul,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the great information. </div><div><br></div><div>The "one station minimum" was in reference to what was mandated by our settlement agreement. The campus has made a strong commitment to ensure that we have more than one ADA station that contains AT. We have also gone above the "basic AT package" and included Kurzweil, WYNN, OpenBook, JAWS, MAGic, and Dragon. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The campus IT Help Desk staff are also trained in troubleshooting and providing assistance to any student that requires AT assistance. We also developed training manuals for students and staff that are located at each station. We also provide one on one training and support for any student requiring additional assistance.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the link to our Educational Technology Services accessibility page: <a href="http://ets.berkeley.edu/accessibility">http://ets.berkeley.edu/accessibility</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Martha </div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Paul E. Paire <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paire@temple.edu" target="_blank">paire@temple.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Regarding your requirement that it be “</span>installed on at least 1 workstation in each of our general access computer labs<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">”,
we took a different approach. We base the number of required installs on the ADA Accessibility Guidelines for designated wheelchair seats in areas with fixed seating, section
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4.1.3(19)(a)</a>:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="14e504e69cea325f_4.1.3(19)(a)">(a)</a> In places of assembly with fixed seating accessible wheelchair locations shall comply with
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4.33.2</a>, <a href="https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-ada-standards/background/adaag#4.33.3" target="_blank">
4.33.3</a>, and <a href="https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-ada-standards/background/adaag#4.33.4" target="_blank">
4.33.4</a> and shall be provided consistent with the following table:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Capacity of Seating in Assembly Area Number of Required Wheelchair Locations<u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4 to 25 1<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">over 500 6 plus 1 additional space for each total seating capacity increase of 100<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">But we tweaked it so that this would be for each type of workstation. So if you have a lab of 25 computers, but half are Macs then you need one accessible
PC and one accessible Mac. Further if 5 of the 25 PC’s are specific for video editing, then one of the 5 video editing machines has to be accessible (insofar as you can make a video editing workstation accessible.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">We also address not just AT but reach distances, clearances, route to and around the workstation as well.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Lastly it doesn’t help to have the AT installed on the workstation if people don’t know it exists. We have a designated ‘Accessibility Tools’ folder on the
desktop and a recommend setting up a hotkey for JAWS. We also have instructions on how to use Windows Narrator/Magnifier to login to the workstation, then kill Narrator/Magnifier and launch JAWS/ZoomText once they’re at the desktop.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Our guidelines for computer lab managers:
<a href="http://accessibility.temple.edu/policies-guidelines/standards-and-guidelines/computer-lab-accessibility-guidelines" target="_blank">
http://accessibility.temple.edu/policies-guidelines/standards-and-guidelines/computer-lab-accessibility-guidelines</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Our instructions for end users:
<a href="https://computerservices.temple.edu/computer-lab-accessibility-tools" target="_blank">https://computerservices.temple.edu/computer-lab-accessibility-tools</a>
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<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-list [mailto:<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Martha Velasquez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 02, 2015 3:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Budget cuts and Assistive Technology in campus computer labs, & Disability Service technology campus availability (Paul E. Paire)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The "Basic AT package" consists of free open source software but we also hold a campus license to Kurzweil which is now being installed on all computers as part of the campus computer image. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the link to our settlement agreement: <a href="http://dralegal.org/sites/dralegal.org/files/casefiles/settlement-ucb_0.pdf" target="_blank">http://dralegal.org/sites/dralegal.org/files/casefiles/settlement-ucb_0.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can find the part about AT software on page 8. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let me know if I can answer any questions. I hope this helps! Good luck!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Aura Mollick Hirschman <<a href="mailto:hirschma@uwm.edu" target="_blank">hirschma@uwm.edu</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300">Hi All. In addition to Bryon's timely question, I would like to add:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300">My campus (and our system) is facing severe cuts, as you may have already heard. We have General Access Computer Labs/Lounges around campus that have AT software, (e.g.
JAWS, ZoomText, Kurzweil, R&WG). The question came up today in a meeting with IT as to whether we need all of these in the labs. This question is being asked in light of the budget cuts, but also given all of the new accessibility features in Windows 8 and
the accessibility features in the Mac. I do not equate the Windows updates or Mac updates with providing the AT (referred to in our meeting as accessibility software) that students need, but this seems to be the way that the IT folks are thinking. We discussed
individualized accommodations, ADA, and accessibility. I explained how students use AT according to their disability, skills and abilities, environment, and tasks, and how their preferences are important in determining what is reasonable for the individual. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300">At the meeting we agreed that we would look into student use statistics for our AT installed in the labs. This will include the last two years. We also agreed that I would
gather info from other campuses on how, where and what AT is needed to insure we are meeting the needs of all of our students, considering retention, but also recruitment.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300">Here are some questions. How do you make AT available in your campus computer labs? If a student transitions to college after using one type of AT, like Kurzweil, through
K-12, is it reasonable to expect them to change to another type of AT, such as RWG, if that is all that is available through the school? Is there any guidance out there as to what a campus should minimally offer in AT? Has this been tested in the courts? How
many students do you think look at AT offerings when making their decisions to come to a campus? (none, some, many?) Any data? Feel free to respond here or get in touch by phone.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300">I'm also watching the responses to Bryon's recent inquiry. Thanks for reading through my wordy questions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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