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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Since we are nerding out about Chemistry, I thought I’d share some super exciting chemistry accessibility stuff on the horizon. To see a demo you can go to the
<a href="https://progressiveaccess.com/chemistry/index.php">Progressive Accessibility Solutions</a> webpage. This was one of the neatest things I saw at CSUN this year. You can navigate through the diagram using a screen reader. I’m just sad they aren’t
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lane, Lori<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 30, 2016 2:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Chemistry image description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I have received my colleague’s permission to show his work:
<a href="http://butane.chem.illinois.edu/dmills/accessibility/">http://butane.chem.illinois.edu/dmills/accessibility/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Doug Mills created this for online homework activities. This is his comment via email: “I do not know of any students with disabilities actually having used it
at this point, but wanted to stretch myself to see if the activity was at least potentially viable in terms of accessibility.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Doug’s contact information can be found on the slideshow. Please direct your questions to him if you have any questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Cheers,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Lori<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 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>Paul Chapin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 30, 2016 3:36 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> Re: [Athen] Chemistry image description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Aren’t they already explained in the text? I haven’t read the text closely but our experience is that most images/graphics in textbooks merely replicate the text. While it’s good
to have multiple formats for content, it doesn’t make much sense to have the original author make a graphic representation of his text and then for you to try to convert it back to text.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas;color:black">Paul Chapin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas;color:black">Amherst College IT staff will never ask for your password, including by email. Any email asking for any password or username is almost certainly bogus. Never click on a link in an email to
a site that requires a login as the link may be bogus. Type in the address yourself. Please keep your passwords private to protect yourself and the security of our network.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">athen-list <</span><a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">>
on behalf of "Lane, Lori" <</span><a href="mailto:lorilane@illinois.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">lorilane@illinois.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <</span><a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">athen-list@u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 4:20 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <</span><a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">athen-list@u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Athen] Chemistry image description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Our colleague from the Department of Chemistry utilizes HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to convey information in complex molecules as in the first example. This can
be utilized by mouse, touch, keyboard, and screen readers. If you want more information about his work, I will need to ask my colleague for permission before I give you his contact information.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Lori</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list [</span><a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jiatyan Chen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 30, 2016 2:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <</span><a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">athen-list@u.washington.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Chemistry image description</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi listers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How would one describe complicated molecules and interactions? Examples:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__chemistry.princeton.edu_faculty_macmillan&d=BQMFAg&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=yLNhwiX8iZacT6vVxox7Z_NGnpPZIttYTawwWKe49W8&m=DDljZCf-y3aCgXA5tQx_WhQ9C0Rawq4FqbTP91Riz2M&s=7L7NPqEva8EsMdlrBDZnXew370ZyYesQ79wkSLNVwoU&e=">https://chemistry.princeton.edu/faculty/macmillan</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__chemistry.princeton.edu_news_study-2Dreveals-2Dmechanism-2Dbehind-2Denzyme-2Dtags-2Dunneeded-2Ddna&d=BQMFAg&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=yLNhwiX8iZacT6vVxox7Z_NGnpPZIttYTawwWKe49W8&m=DDljZCf-y3aCgXA5tQx_WhQ9C0Rawq4FqbTP91Riz2M&s=fZRMD-MmZDtlgdCJQntV8GhZ9Gua35IeEs4ucY7rt5c&e=">https://chemistry.princeton.edu/news/study-reveals-mechanism-behind-enzyme-tags-unneeded-dna</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jiatyan Chen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stanford Online Accessibility Program (SOAP) Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
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