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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The webinar from today will be up on Monday with the full recording, captions, and slides of the resources.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://daisy.org/webinar-series/">https://daisy.org/webinar-series/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Coco Napolis<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 21, 2021 12:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Publishers platforms and AT<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hi Debee,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Can you share the daisy webinar about this topic with me? I'll be following this thread as well. Usually if our alt text request is denied, we escalate and say the student uses specific AT/Reading support tools (e.g., Kurzweil) and that the Vitalsource or Redshelf materials are insufficient for their learning style. Most of the time I am able to get a file back.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:43.0pt'><td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 5.0pt 5.0pt 5.0pt;height:43.0pt'><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=119 height=77 style='width:1.2361in;height:.7986in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD3762.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 5.0pt 5.0pt 5.0pt;height:43.0pt'><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#674EA7'>(Corazon) Coco Napolis</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>IT Accessibility & Business Operations Specialist</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Information Technology Solutions</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Cal State East Bay</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>(510) 885-3831 Direct</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Production Assistants: <a href="mailto:alternate.media@csueastbay.edu" target="_blank">alternate.media@csueastbay.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#674EA7'>"To receive much, Is to give much."</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:17 AM Deborah Armstrong <<a href="mailto:armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu">armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I ask this every quarter, but have their been any new developments in tracking which AT works with which publisher-supplied ebook platforms?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I am taking a class that uses a book that is available as an ebook on VitalSource. I really like that platform for myself, but so so many of my students complain about VitalSource, or Redshelf or the many other ebook platforms that are publisher-specific. Pearson, Cengage, Wiley, McGrawHill and McMillan all offer ebooks integrated with online labs or available on their own platform when the student makes a purchase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>When the publisher refuses to provide me a book, because it’s already online and supposedly accessible, I can ask the student what AT they use, but it still leaves me unclear whether the problem is the AT, the platform or the student’s inability or unwillingness to learn to use the platform.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I could really use some real data – I know there was a daisy webinar about it just this morning which I’ll watch – but if I know for example that a particular Wiley book works fine with Kurzweil’s read the web, then I can just encourage the student to get more training which we have available. But if I know it doesn’t work, then I can start arguing with the publisher.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>--Debee<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>athen-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a><br><a href="http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list" target="_blank">http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>