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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Glad to help, Joe. And although it might help to talk with the student about placing requests farther in advance, last-minute requests are still something we always have to be prepared for. Not an easy thing
to do, but it’s a reminder for all of us of the importance of planning for the unexpected.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Smiles,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Teresa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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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:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nast, Joseph M<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Need Tips: Preparing JAWS-ready beginning Spanish textbook (Accessible PDF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">I’d like to personally thank Dr. Haven and Professor Polizzotto for pointing me in the right direction on this matter. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">As challenging as it’ll be for me to create a Daisy or EPub version of this book, my biggest worry is delivering the alt format in a timely manner – considering the semester has already started.
As Dr. Haven noted earlier: “Retrofitting foreign-language educational materials into something appropriately accessible requires a lot of labor and attention to detail.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">Fortunately, the DSO spirits have smiled upon us a bit; Learning Ally has this textbook available, read entirely by Spanish\English bilingual narrators. The audio seems to be satisfactorily detailed;
readers even annunciate purely visual elements of the book like the afore-mentioned red-colored text. Naturally, I don’t imagine it’s a 1:1 substitute for a fully accessible Daisy book, but it seems to be much more accessible than a PDF in this case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">However, I’m not confident we’ll always be this lucky, so I’ll continue creating a Daisy\EPub version using the advice I’ve been given as a starting point. Apparently, I also need to do a better
job at managing students’ expectations when it comes to this kind of intense alt formatting. Submitting alt format requests 2 business days before the semester starts is
<i>No Bueno</i>. </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">Gratefully,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:joseph.m.nast@lonestar.edu"><span style="color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none">Joseph M. Nast</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#1F497D">Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D">office phone: 281.290.3207<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D">office room number: CASA 109j<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://cyfair.lonestar.edu/">Lone Star College Cy Fair</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.lonestar.edu/counseling-services.htm">Counseling, Career, and Disability Services</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#BF0000">The information in this e-mail is legally privileged and confidential information intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named above.</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list [<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Normajean.Brand<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Need Tips: Preparing JAWS-ready beginning Spanish textbook (Accessible PDF)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#002060">Sooooo glad you brought this up Joseph! We’re struggling with the same issues with another Spanish textbook for another JAWS user.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#002060">NJ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list [<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nast, Joseph M<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 20, 2016 5:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Need Tips: Preparing JAWS-ready beginning Spanish textbook (Accessible PDF)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Title: Puntos de partida: An Invitation to Spanish<br>
Author: Dorwick, Thalia; Pérez-Gironés, Ana María; Becher, Anne<br>
ISBN13: 9780073385419<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Beyond simply using my OmniPage Pro to save\convert the publisher’s non-accessible PDF to the tagged, searchable flavor, I was wondering if those wiser than me (meaning everyone) have any tips\best practices
to offer regarding possibly problematic visual elements of the textbook, such as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt">“Matching” mini-exercises that ask the reader to match items in the first column to a list of choices in the second.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Textbook’s use of text color to tag important elements (quote: “Note the use of red to highlight aspects of Spanish that you should pay special attention to”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Additionally, I’m concerned about the book’s use of mixed Spanish and English within the same sentence. I know that JAWS (at least v12 and up) has a Spanish voice (Paulina) and is capable of reading Spanish
comprehensibly. However, I’m concerned about the Spanish voice’s pronunciation of English words. (I’ve heard the English voice butcher Spanish words).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Any pointers are much appreciated. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><a href="mailto:joseph.m.nast@lonestar.edu"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Joseph M. Nast</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">office phone: 281.290.3207<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">office room number: CASA 109j<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="http://cyfair.lonestar.edu/">Lone Star College Cy Fair</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="http://www.lonestar.edu/counseling-services.htm">Counseling, Career, and Disability Services</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#BF0000">The information in this e-mail is legally privileged and confidential information intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named above.</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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