From athen-list at u.washington.edu Tue Aug 5 00:14:10 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Gian Wild via athen-list) Date: Tue Aug 5 00:14:22 2025 Subject: [Athen] Blog posts on people with cognitive and mental health disabilities Message-ID: Hi The needs of people with cognitive disabilities The needs of people with mental health disabilities Cheers Gian Gian Wild, CEO AccessibilityOz Email: gian@accessibilityoz.com United States: (917) 764 5452 Australia: 0408 223 391 - Mobile: 042 442 6262 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianwild/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Natasha Geyer, MSE (She/Her) Assistant Director -Disability Access Center University of Wisconsin - Platteville Email: geyern@uwplatt.edu Phone: 608-342-1818 0200 Ullsvik Hall 1 University Plaza, Stop 1 Platteville, WI 53818 www.uwplatt.edu/disability [UW-Platteville Disability Access Center Logo] [Title: Facebook - Description: image of Facebook icon] [Title: LinkedIn - Description: image of LinkedIn icon] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 34332 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 2071 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.png Type: image/png Size: 3004 bytes Desc: image003.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 18 08:37:30 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (via athen-list) Date: Mon Aug 18 08:37:32 2025 Subject: [Athen] Looking for Alternative Format Book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <02f201dc1056$02f450b0$08dcf210$@montana.com> Hello, At Bookshare there is the 5th edition: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/5828392?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGV OYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPUlUJTJCU3RyYXRlZ3klMkIlMjUyNmFtcCUyNTNCJTJCSW5ub3Z hdGlvbg IT Strategy and Innovation (Edition 5.0) Book cover of IT Strategy and Innovation (Edition 5.0) View larger image By: Heather Smith . James D. McKeen Synopsis Designed for courses where the goal is to understand how IT delivers organizational value, this text can be used in IT Strategy and IT Management courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The text combines the experiences and insights of many senior IT managers from leading-edge organizations with thorough academic research to bring important issues in IT management to life and demonstrate how IT strategy is put into action in contemporary businesses. Edition 5.0 is updated with 11 new chapters and 3 new mini cases. Copyright: 2022 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Natasha Geyer via athen-list Sent: Monday, August 18, 2025 8:41 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Looking for Alternative Format Book Hello, I'm looking for a digital copy (ideally in PDF or EPUB format) of IT Strategy & Innovation, 4th Edition, by McKeen & Smith, ISBN: 9781943153442. I have reached out to the publisher and received no response. I was able to obtain the 5th Edition from Bookshare, but the student is struggling to match the information between the editions. This student is in a distance program, so I am unable to scan their copy and have not been able to locate a copy on my campus to scan. Thanks! Natasha Geyer, MSE (She/Her) Assistant Director -Disability Access Center University of Wisconsin - Platteville Email: geyern@uwplatt.edu Phone: 608-342-1818 0200 Ullsvik Hall 1 University Plaza, Stop 1 Platteville, WI 53818 www.uwplatt.edu/disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 34332 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 2071 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If you sign up for an account with disability access, you can request an unprotected PDF from accessibility@archive.org. https://help.archive.org/help/program-overview/ Best, Christa Christa Price (She/Her/Hers) Assistive Technology Specialist - Disability Resources and Educational Services Strengths: Empathy, Intellection, Input, Connectedness, Positivity [C S U N California State University, Nortthridge] From: athen-list On Behalf Of Natasha Geyer via athen-list Sent: Monday, August 18, 2025 7:41 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Looking for Alternative Format Book Hello, I'm looking for a digital copy (ideally in PDF or EPUB format) of IT Strategy & Innovation, 4th Edition, by McKeen & Smith, ISBN: 9781943153442. I have reached out to the publisher and received no response. I was able to obtain the 5th Edition from Bookshare, but the student is struggling to match the information between the editions. This student is in a distance program, so I am unable to scan their copy and have not been able to locate a copy on my campus to scan. Thanks! Natasha Geyer, MSE (She/Her) Assistant Director -Disability Access Center University of Wisconsin - Platteville Email: geyern@uwplatt.edu Phone: 608-342-1818 0200 Ullsvik Hall 1 University Plaza, Stop 1 Platteville, WI 53818 www.uwplatt.edu/disability [UW-Platteville Disability Access Center Logo] [Title: Facebook - Description: image of Facebook icon] [Title: LinkedIn - Description: image of LinkedIn icon] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.png Type: image/png Size: 6695 bytes Desc: image004.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Here is a link to their request process. *Xanth King* Accessible Formats Technology Specialist Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs Disabled Students Program Creekside Center/Dwinelle Hall Annex On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 8:57?AM Price, Christa Anne via athen-list < athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > The 4th edition is available through Internet Archive (archive.org). If > you sign up for an account with disability access, you can request an > unprotected PDF from accessibility@archive.org. > > https://help.archive.org/help/program-overview/ > > Best, > > Christa > > *Christa Price (She/Her/Hers)* > > Assistive Technology Specialist > > *?* > > Disability Resources and Educational Services > > Strengths: Empathy, Intellection, Input, Connectedness, Positivity > > [image: C S U N California State University, Nortthridge] > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Natasha Geyer via athen-list > *Sent:* Monday, August 18, 2025 7:41 AM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Looking for Alternative Format Book > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm looking for a digital copy (ideally in PDF or EPUB format) of *IT > Strategy & Innovation,* *4th Edition, *by McKeen & Smith, > ISBN: 9781943153442. I have reached out to the publisher and received no > response. I was able to obtain the 5th Edition from Bookshare, but the > student is struggling to match the information between the editions. This > student is in a distance program, so I am unable to scan their copy and > have not been able to locate a copy on my campus to scan. > > > > Thanks! > > > > *Natasha Geyer, MSE* (She/Her) > Assistant Director -Disability Access Center > > University of Wisconsin ? Platteville > > > > Email: geyern@uwplatt.edu > > Phone: 608-342-1818 > > > > 0200 Ullsvik Hall > > 1 University Plaza, Stop 1 > > Platteville, WI 53818 > > www.uwplatt.edu/disability > > > > > [image: UW-Platteville Disability Access Center Logo] > > > > [image: Title: Facebook - Description: image of Facebook icon] > > [image: Title: LinkedIn - Description: image of LinkedIn icon] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman22.u.washington.edu > http://mailman22.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.png Type: image/png Size: 6695 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We are in the process of seeking academic aid, but we are also very concerned about how to best support her with aspects of these classes that are highly visual, particularly the 3D models and computer-based work that are integral to chemistry and physiology. Have any of you faced a similar situation? If so, how did you approach accommodations for courses that rely heavily on visual and spatial content? Any specific recommendations for tools, strategies, or approaches that worked well for students in these disciplines would be very helpful. We sincerely appreciate any guidance or resources you can share. Thank you, Jeff Bishop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 20 07:51:15 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Mariotti, Tamara via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 20 07:51:22 2025 Subject: [Athen] Seeking Guidance: Supporting a Newly Blind Student in Online STEM Courses In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I would work with the student to supplement textbook graphics with tactile learning. There are a lot of 3D printers now on campuses. American Printing house has a tactile library, and you can order already created science tactile designs. Use of a lab partner specifically to assist the learning in the labs and to describe to the student. Tutoring specifically to support the student. Some combination of all of these. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis) via athen-list Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 8:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Seeking Guidance: Supporting a Newly Blind Student in Online STEM Courses Hello all, We are working with a student who will be taking statistics, organic chemistry, and physiology-entirely online. She is newly blind and is currently learning JAWS for Windows. Notably, she has taken the chemistry course before as a sighted student. We are in the process of seeking academic aid, but we are also very concerned about how to best support her with aspects of these classes that are highly visual, particularly the 3D models and computer-based work that are integral to chemistry and physiology. Have any of you faced a similar situation? If so, how did you approach accommodations for courses that rely heavily on visual and spatial content? 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I didn't know this until I got lost on campus one day and wandered in to an enormous lab full of 3D models, skeletons, muscles, tendons, ligaments etc.Students had to check out the models they needed along with a study room. The woman who runs the lab said most colleges had them. She said sighted students also needed somethings besides 2D pictures to envision what anatomy and physiology really looked like. Make sure the student is really really comfortable using AI to independently get descriptions of things like the bloodstream that cannot be shown as a 3D model. Talk to the instructor regarding alternate test questions because many questions on exams will be asking a student to identify pictured items. The student will need to learn to advocate for this as well. If getting student volunteers to assist is difficult one often overlooked resource are sororities, fraternities, and on-campus clubs. And if your student is online, many young people enjoy the opportunity to do volunteer work over zoom as long as it's just a few hours a week. We have a similar problem with an instructor who didn't want a blind student. Sometimes it's good to ask the student to wait until a more accepting instructor is available which is what we're doing now for physical anthropology. The current instructor is not supportive of students working in teams, but the one we've encouraged the student to learn from will teach it again in the winter. As a newly blind person, your student may not know how to be symbiotic yet, but it's super important in STEM classes, as they can add great support to a team by taking notes, coming up with study questions and making sure everyone participates. With my students, I always ask them to think about what they are going to contribute to a team so it will be a natural thing for other team members to fill in where their disability prevents participation. For example, one of my LD students was encouraged to take "video notes" when their team worked on a project and kept a running record of what the group was discovering. Someone new to their disability may not know how to compensate or may be uncomfortable about revealing their limitations. They will need encouragement! Also with these difficult courses, it's best to take one at a time if you have any sort of sensory disability. It's hard sometimes to convince young people to do this, especially because DOR and financial aid don't want to support a student taking fewer units. But we always fill in with easy classes like speechor P.E. so they can get the needed funding but not be stressed taking too many hard classes at once. You probably know this already, but I'm posting all these tips for the benefit of those new to serving disabled students. It's the little things we often overlook, like reminding a student not to take physics, chemistry and biology all at the same time! From: athen-list On Behalf Of Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis) via athen-list Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 5:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Seeking Guidance: Supporting a Newly Blind Student in Online STEM Courses Hello all, We are working with a student who will be taking statistics, organic chemistry, and physiology-entirely online. She is newly blind and is currently learning JAWS for Windows. Notably, she has taken the chemistry course before as a sighted student. We are in the process of seeking academic aid, but we are also very concerned about how to best support her with aspects of these classes that are highly visual, particularly the 3D models and computer-based work that are integral to chemistry and physiology. Have any of you faced a similar situation? If so, how did you approach accommodations for courses that rely heavily on visual and spatial content? 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Will they be able to navigate to the LMS and within course materials? Does the student know any braille? Nemeth? Familiarity with tactile graphics? Is the student connected with vocational rehabilitation for tech, orientation and mobility, and braille training? As a blind professional who navigated a similar situation personally during undergrad, I would be concerned that the student is not set up for success taking 3 STEM courses while lacking the technology skills to have a positive learning experience. If this were my student, I might have a candid conversation about the necessity of taking these specific classes at this specific time. Of course, if the student is hard set on continuing with the term, we would do our best to provide access. I would recommend posing the question to admin about hiring part time workers to support with homework and reading if resources allow. I would also advise having a lab assistant and scribe for notes in all classes. I would recommend getting all course materials in plain text Word documents that are easy for the student to navigate with Jaws. This will be especially helpful if homework can be in Word format so they can work in the same document and copy paste answers into an LMS if needed. For any graphing in the stats class, you may want to discuss with the student the best way for them to graph. Is Desmos an option? Or could the student use tactile graphics and string/pipe cleaners/glue to plot points and lines? Peg boards can also be helpful for graphing if a lower tech solution creates fewer barriers for the student. Happy to be a resource if it would be helpful. Warmly, Adjusting to vision loss can be incredibly taxing. The learning curve associated with learning how to function and do school at the same time can be daunting for the most prepared folks. The student may have a good idea of what they need now but that could shift once they get in the courses and understand the work load and materials. Ali Steenis Pronouns: she/hers Alternative Formats Access Specialist, Disability Resource Center (DRC) 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Room U001 Bellevue, WA 98007 Phone: (425)-564-2605 TTY: (425)-564-6189 FAX: (425)-564-5110 drc@bellevuecollege.edu www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc This email and any files transmitted may contain confidential information as protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 USC ? 1232g and/or Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. ? 2510-2521. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution is prohibited. Furthermore, if you are not the intended recipient, please notify me immediately by telephone or return e-mail and completely delete this message from your system. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis) via athen-list Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 5:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Seeking Guidance: Supporting a Newly Blind Student in Online STEM Courses CAUTION: This email originated from outside Bellevue College. Do not click links or open attachments unless you validate the sender and know the content is safe. If you are unsure, contact the Service Desk at x4357 (425-564-4357) or email servicedesk@bellevuecollege.edu. Hello all, We are working with a student who will be taking statistics, organic chemistry, and physiology-entirely online. She is newly blind and is currently learning JAWS for Windows. Notably, she has taken the chemistry course before as a sighted student. We are in the process of seeking academic aid, but we are also very concerned about how to best support her with aspects of these classes that are highly visual, particularly the 3D models and computer-based work that are integral to chemistry and physiology. Have any of you faced a similar situation? If so, how did you approach accommodations for courses that rely heavily on visual and spatial content? Any specific recommendations for tools, strategies, or approaches that worked well for students in these disciplines would be very helpful. We sincerely appreciate any guidance or resources you can share. Thank you, Jeff Bishop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Does anyone have any recommendations for Fusion alternatives on Mac products? Thanks! Amy Willard Accessible Technology Coordinator|ADA Compliance Metropolitan Community College Office: 816-604-1092 3200 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 amy.willard@mcckc.edu | www.mcckc.edu Preparing students, serving communities, creating opportunities for all CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. 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Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Willard, Amy via athen-list Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2025 2:06 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Fusion Alternative for Mac I have a student a low vision student who is in a graphic design class in a lab where they use Macs. This student is used to using Fusion on their own computer but my understanding is that will only work on Microsoft Windows based products. Does anyone have any recommendations for Fusion alternatives on Mac products? Thanks! 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Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Willard, Amy via athen-list Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2025 2:06 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Fusion Alternative for Mac I have a student a low vision student who is in a graphic design class in a lab where they use Macs. This student is used to using Fusion on their own computer but my understanding is that will only work on Microsoft Windows based products. Does anyone have any recommendations for Fusion alternatives on Mac products? Thanks! 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Title: K: A Common Law Approach to Contracts, Third Edition and 2025 Supplement ISBN: 9798894116006 Author: George and Korobkin Edition: 3 1. Title: Cases and Materials on Torts Author: Epstein and Sharkey 13th edition ISBN: 9798889060567 1. Title: Glannon Guide Author: Hasen Fifth edition ISBN: 9798892072892 Thank you for checking! Best, Ramya Ramya Karthikeyan Alternative Format Specialist UCLA Center for Accessible Education -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 25 10:58:21 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Will Pines via athen-list) Date: Mon Aug 25 10:58:54 2025 Subject: [Athen] Law Textbook Files In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Bookshare: Cases and Materials on Torts: [connected Ebook With Study Center] (Aspen Casebook Ser.) Also has several *Glannon Guide* but different author listed Best, *WILL PINES*, *Disability Specialist* Accessible Technology Specialist Student Disability Resource Center *he/him/his* University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue 1228 Student Services Building Riverside, CA 92521 Phone: 951-827-3861 | Email: wilbert.pines@ucr.edu Schedule an Appointment SDRC Web | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter ?A mind stretched by new experiences will never go back to its original dimensions.? On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 10:50?AM Karthikeyan, Ramya via athen-list < athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hello! > > I would greatly appreciate if you could share the following books if you > have them in your collection. The student has already provided us with > receipts but I am not receiving a response from the Publisher. > > > 1. Title: *K: A Common Law Approach to Contracts, Third Edition and > 2025 Supplement* > > ISBN: 9798894116006 > Author: George and Korobkin > Edition: 3 > > > 2. Title: *Cases and Materials on Torts* > > Author: Epstein and Sharkey > 13th edition > ISBN: 9798889060567 > > > 3. Title:* Glannon Guide* > > Author: Hasen > Fifth edition > ISBN: 9798892072892 > > Thank you for checking! > > Best, > Ramya > > *Ramya Karthikeyan* > Alternative Format Specialist > UCLA Center for Accessible Education > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman22.u.washington.edu > http://mailman22.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 27 07:47:31 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Susan Kelmer via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 27 07:47:37 2025 Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? Message-ID: I should know this but I've reached my frustration limit with publishers and Bookshare at the moment... Who has a step by step process for turning rotten Bookshare Daisy files into ePubs so I can then extract text and do what I want with it? The directions I'm finding online are wholly unhelpful and appear to be leaving out steps, and I'm lost. Help! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Life T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DC172F.38D2E7C0] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you've received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 27 08:07:22 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Andrea L. Dietrich via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 27 08:07:29 2025 Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Can you not download the epubs directly? I've never seen a Bookshare file that I couldn't get in Word or epub format in addition to Daisy. I'm sorry I can't help with the specific request; I've never tried converting a Daisy file. -Andi --------------------------------- Andrea Dietrich She / Her / Hers Accessible Media Specialist Student Disability Services Cornell University Ceriale Center for Cornell Health, Level 5 110 Ho Plaza Ithaca, NY 14853 Email: adietrich@cornell.edu Phone: (607) 254-4545 Fax: (607) 255-1562 Web: sds.cornell.edu From: athen-list On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 10:48 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? I should know this but I've reached my frustration limit with publishers and Bookshare at the moment... Who has a step by step process for turning rotten Bookshare Daisy files into ePubs so I can then extract text and do what I want with it? The directions I'm finding online are wholly unhelpful and appear to be leaving out steps, and I'm lost. Help! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Life T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DC1742.C20AF290] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you've received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Who has a step by step process for turning rotten Bookshare Daisy files into ePubs so I can then extract text and do what I want with it? The directions I'm finding online are wholly unhelpful and appear to be leaving out steps, and I'm lost. Help! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Life T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you've received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: not available URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 27 08:47:16 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (DAVID ANDREWS via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 27 08:47:21 2025 Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <736197027.367612.1756309636321@connect.xfinity.com> The DAISY Pipeline fromhttp://www.daisy.org has the ability to convert to and rom many formats! Dave > On 08/27/2025 10:07 AM CDT Andrea L. Dietrich via athen-list wrote: > > > > Can you not download the epubs directly? I?ve never seen a Bookshare file that I couldn?t get in Word or epub format in addition to Daisy. > > > > I?m sorry I can?t help with the specific request; I?ve never tried converting a Daisy file. > > > > -Andi > > --------------------------------- > > Andrea Dietrich > > She / Her / Hers > > Accessible Media Specialist > > Student Disability Services > > > > Cornell University > > Ceriale Center for Cornell Health, Level 5 > > 110 Ho Plaza > > Ithaca, NY 14853 > > Email: adietrich@cornell.edu mailto:adietrich@cornell.edu > > Phone: (607) 254-4545 > > Fax: (607) 255-1562 > > Web: sds.cornell.edu > > > > > > > > From: athen-list On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer via athen-list > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 10:48 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? > > > > I should know this but I?ve reached my frustration limit with publishers and Bookshare at the moment? > > > > Who has a step by step process for turning rotten Bookshare Daisy files into ePubs so I can then extract text and do what I want with it? > > > > The directions I?m finding online are wholly unhelpful and appear to be leaving out steps, and I?m lost. > > > > Help! > > > > Susan Kelmer > > Alternate Format Production Program Manager > > Disability Services > > Division of Student Life > > T 303 735 4836 > > www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices > > > > > > > > Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman22.u.washington.edu > http://mailman22.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: not available URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 27 08:55:43 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Deborah Armstrong via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 27 08:55:50 2025 Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is my understanding that all publisher quality books on bookshare are actually delivered to bookshare as epub. I heard this from two folks who used to work for bookshare. And typically when you choose to download a book, you get a drop-down from which you can select epub. However, if the book was provided by a volunteer who scanned it in, then epub will not appear in the drop-down and the quality may not be that great, depending on how much proofreading the volunteer did. There's also the issue that the publisher can decide to submit the book without images. If the book is available as Daisy with images, and images are needed by my student, and they don't like or want to use Daisy, then I usually ask bookshare to convert it to Word, which will retain those images. The process is automatic, and the results aren't as good if someone worked on it by hand, but you can always convert any daisy file to word using bookshare's tools and see what you get. Then you can convert word to epub and more tools for that are readily available. I'm seeing more and more books though where the publisher chose to not include images because they want a student to buy the printed book. And they rationalize that if the student can see they can see the pictures in that printed book and if the student cannot see, they don't need the images. This is of course crazy because a student with vision issues can use a tutor or AI to describe images, and a student with good vision is still going to want to have the images there in front of them onscreen. And most of my low fision students need to magnify an image to see it anyway, so images should always be included; don't be surprised however if they are missing! I know this is a bit off topic, but if I need epub I usually have the bookshare automatic fairies convert it to word, then I confert the word to epub and check that images are or are not included. Another point near this topic, is never -NEVER -- use the automatic Braille conversion, it is absolutely terrible. You can get better Braille, even if you don't know Braille by taking the Word document in to Duxbury or even Braille Blaster, especially if it has some markup, and letting that software automatically convert. When Bookshare converts to Braille it does not preserve any of the markup. And modern displays typically can handle Daisy and in some cases epub letting a Braille reader benefit from existing structure in a textbook. Also, if a book on bookshare has limitations, minimal structure, bad formatting, no images - if it is poor quality I will give it to the student anyway, explaining the quality is crummy. I then tell the student to bring me their printed book and I will scan, convert and improve on what they got early. I find that many students will not bother but instead either use an eBook version which is reasonably accessible, or they'll put up with the crummy version from bookshare. This policy has saved me a ton of work since I'm only scanning and formatting books for students who need that extra effort. And it's important to ensure your bookstore will allow the student to return the printed book in exchange for the eBook, often integrated in to a required lab. Not all the publishers' online platforms are accessible, but often they are, and there, the book is often better formatted than what comes out of bookshare. Sorry for ranting some and going off-topic but as a person who myself requires alternate formats, I believe we do what we can and if we can push for publishers' online platforms to be more accessible we could eventually make our profession obsolete. --Debee From: athen-list On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 7:48 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? I should know this but I've reached my frustration limit with publishers and Bookshare at the moment... Who has a step by step process for turning rotten Bookshare Daisy files into ePubs so I can then extract text and do what I want with it? The directions I'm finding online are wholly unhelpful and appear to be leaving out steps, and I'm lost. Help! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Life T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DC172F.226C7FF0] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you've received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 27 09:09:29 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (foreigntype@gmail.com via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 27 09:09:44 2025 Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? In-Reply-To: <002301dc1768$8738da80$95aa8f80$@montana.com> References: <002301dc1768$8738da80$95aa8f80$@montana.com> Message-ID: George, If the file is in daisy format, what are the specific steps to convert a daisy file into epub? Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . On Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 8:38 AM via athen-list wrote: > Hello, > > > > You should start with the EPUB. That is the format publishers provide. The > other formats are derived from that. > > > > If you have WordToEPUB installed, you should have a context menu item to > go from EPUB to Word. WordToEPUB also has the option to export HTML. > > > > Best > > George > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer via athen-list > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 27, 2025 8:48 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? > > > > I should know this but I?ve reached my frustration limit with publishers > and Bookshare at the moment? > > > > Who has a step by step process for turning rotten Bookshare Daisy files > into ePubs so I can then extract text and do what I want with it? > > > > The directions I?m finding online are wholly unhelpful and appear to be > leaving out steps, and I?m lost. > > > > Help! > > > > *Susan Kelmer * > > Alternate Format Production Program Manager > > Disability Services > > Division of Student Life > > *T* 303 735 4836 > > *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices > * > > > > > > > > *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this > message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please > notify the sender immediately and delete this message.* > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman22.u.washington.edu > http://mailman22.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: not available URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 27 09:09:59 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 27 09:10:01 2025 Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <018101dc176d$0a5e5260$1f1af720$@montana.com> Hi, Have you checked the braille conversion recently? Engineering reports that they have made major improvements. Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 9:56 AM To: Susan Kelmer ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? It is my understanding that all publisher quality books on bookshare are actually delivered to bookshare as epub. I heard this from two folks who used to work for bookshare. And typically when you choose to download a book, you get a drop-down from which you can select epub. However, if the book was provided by a volunteer who scanned it in, then epub will not appear in the drop-down and the quality may not be that great, depending on how much proofreading the volunteer did. There's also the issue that the publisher can decide to submit the book without images. If the book is available as Daisy with images, and images are needed by my student, and they don't like or want to use Daisy, then I usually ask bookshare to convert it to Word, which will retain those images. The process is automatic, and the results aren't as good if someone worked on it by hand, but you can always convert any daisy file to word using bookshare's tools and see what you get. Then you can convert word to epub and more tools for that are readily available. I'm seeing more and more books though where the publisher chose to not include images because they want a student to buy the printed book. And they rationalize that if the student can see they can see the pictures in that printed book and if the student cannot see, they don't need the images. This is of course crazy because a student with vision issues can use a tutor or AI to describe images, and a student with good vision is still going to want to have the images there in front of them onscreen. And most of my low fision students need to magnify an image to see it anyway, so images should always be included; don't be surprised however if they are missing! I know this is a bit off topic, but if I need epub I usually have the bookshare automatic fairies convert it to word, then I confert the word to epub and check that images are or are not included. Another point near this topic, is never -NEVER -- use the automatic Braille conversion, it is absolutely terrible. You can get better Braille, even if you don't know Braille by taking the Word document in to Duxbury or even Braille Blaster, especially if it has some markup, and letting that software automatically convert. When Bookshare converts to Braille it does not preserve any of the markup. And modern displays typically can handle Daisy and in some cases epub letting a Braille reader benefit from existing structure in a textbook. Also, if a book on bookshare has limitations, minimal structure, bad formatting, no images - if it is poor quality I will give it to the student anyway, explaining the quality is crummy. I then tell the student to bring me their printed book and I will scan, convert and improve on what they got early. I find that many students will not bother but instead either use an eBook version which is reasonably accessible, or they'll put up with the crummy version from bookshare. This policy has saved me a ton of work since I'm only scanning and formatting books for students who need that extra effort. And it's important to ensure your bookstore will allow the student to return the printed book in exchange for the eBook, often integrated in to a required lab. Not all the publishers' online platforms are accessible, but often they are, and there, the book is often better formatted than what comes out of bookshare. Sorry for ranting some and going off-topic but as a person who myself requires alternate formats, I believe we do what we can and if we can push for publishers' online platforms to be more accessible we could eventually make our profession obsolete. --Debee From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 7:48 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? I should know this but I've reached my frustration limit with publishers and Bookshare at the moment. Who has a step by step process for turning rotten Bookshare Daisy files into ePubs so I can then extract text and do what I want with it? The directions I'm finding online are wholly unhelpful and appear to be leaving out steps, and I'm lost. Help! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Life T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you've received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: not available URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 27 09:22:20 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Robert Beach via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 27 09:22:27 2025 Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Why not just download the EPUB format from Bookshare to begin with? You could even select the Word option and save another step. Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 9:48 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? I should know this but I've reached my frustration limit with publishers and Bookshare at the moment... Who has a step by step process for turning rotten Bookshare Daisy files into ePubs so I can then extract text and do what I want with it? The directions I'm finding online are wholly unhelpful and appear to be leaving out steps, and I'm lost. Help! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Life T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DC1744.D9D76820] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you've received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 27 09:38:08 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Deborah Armstrong via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 27 09:38:16 2025 Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? In-Reply-To: <002301dc1768$8738da80$95aa8f80$@montana.com> References: <002301dc1768$8738da80$95aa8f80$@montana.com> Message-ID: The only time you don't see epub is when the bookshare book came from a volunteer who scanned it and then all bets are off. Or of course, if it is one of their new human narrated audio books. But George is right; what bookshare receives is epub from publishers. If it's all messed up that could be due to the fault of bookshare's automatic conversion process for Daisy. I've seen this happen before; I have a quality epub but the bookshare version is crummy. A sighted student, especially with a highly visual book is often better off using the publisher's online platform if it has a built-in read out loud button. Those usually just read the current page, so at the same time they are viewing the image, the computer is reading the text. From: athen-list On Behalf Of via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 8:38 AM To: 'Susan Kelmer' ; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? Hello, You should start with the EPUB. That is the format publishers provide. The other formats are derived from that. If you have WordToEPUB installed, you should have a context menu item to go from EPUB to Word. WordToEPUB also has the option to export HTML. Best George From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 8:48 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? I should know this but I've reached my frustration limit with publishers and Bookshare at the moment... Who has a step by step process for turning rotten Bookshare Daisy files into ePubs so I can then extract text and do what I want with it? The directions I'm finding online are wholly unhelpful and appear to be leaving out steps, and I'm lost. Help! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Life T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DC1736.4A2C1CB0] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you've received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 27 10:10:08 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 27 10:10:10 2025 Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? In-Reply-To: References: <002301dc1768$8738da80$95aa8f80$@montana.com> Message-ID: <01e601dc1775$71b51ea0$551f5be0$@montana.com> Hi, First, if we are talking about Bookshare, you should download the EPUB version. If we are talking about a DAISY 3 title that is full text, the DAISY Pipeline has a range of transformers that will convert the XML file. Of course, the quality of the DAISY 3 matters. The DAISY Pipeline is freely available. There are over 20 transformations. Google DAISY Pipeline and you should get a link to the DAISY.org website. Best George From: foreigntype@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 10:09 AM To: kerscher@montana.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? George, If the file is in daisy format, what are the specific steps to convert a daisy file into epub? Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . On Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 8:38 AM via athen-list > wrote: Hello, You should start with the EPUB. That is the format publishers provide. The other formats are derived from that. If you have WordToEPUB installed, you should have a context menu item to go from EPUB to Word. WordToEPUB also has the option to export HTML. Best George From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 8:48 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Quick and dirty convert Bookshare to ePub tool/process? I should know this but I?ve reached my frustration limit with publishers and Bookshare at the moment? Who has a step by step process for turning rotten Bookshare Daisy files into ePubs so I can then extract text and do what I want with it? The directions I?m finding online are wholly unhelpful and appear to be leaving out steps, and I?m lost. Help! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Life T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. 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URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 27 13:12:47 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Karthikeyan, Ramya via athen-list) Date: Wed Aug 27 13:12:52 2025 Subject: [Athen] JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: What fun!! I believe APH also has a user guide for creating new accessible crossword puzzles and opening .puz files that can be opened in the app. https://tech.aph.org/pz/#Creating-New-Puzzles Full disclosure, I have not tried it, but is in my to do list as a puzzle nerd:) Ramya Karthikeyan Alternative Format Specialist UCLA Center for Accessible Education 310-825-1501 (CAE line) http://www.cae.ucla.edu/ ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Willard, Amy via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 12:39:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator Greetings, I have a blind student in a class where the instructor does a lot of crossword puzzles. The student uses JAWS screenreader. Does anyone know of a site where I can create crossword puzzles with clues that work with JAWS? I read that the American Print House has an app that works for this, but when I go to that site there is only an option to solve pre-made puzzles but not create them https://crossword.aphtech.org/ Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Amy Willard Accessible Technology Coordinator|ADA Compliance Metropolitan Community College Office: 816-604-1092 3200 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 amy.willard@mcckc.edu | www.mcckc.edu Preparing students, serving communities, creating opportunities for all CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. 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I use a lot of crossword and word search puzzles in my foreign language classes. I import chapter vocabulary and use it in the puzzles. It would be great to be able to create and work these puzzles using my voice navigation & dictation software! Wink Harner Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . Virus-free.www.avast.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 1:13?PM Karthikeyan, Ramya via athen-list < athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > What fun!! > > I believe APH also has a user guide for creating new accessible crossword > puzzles and opening .puz files that can be opened in the app. > https://tech.aph.org/pz/#Creating-New-Puzzles > > Full disclosure, I have not tried it, but is in my to do list as a puzzle > nerd:) > > > *Ramya Karthikeyan* > Alternative Format Specialist > UCLA Center for Accessible Education > 310-825-1501 (CAE line) > > http://www.cae.ucla.edu/ > ------------------------------ > *From:* athen-list on > behalf of Willard, Amy via athen-list > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 27, 2025 12:39:19 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator > > Greetings, > I have a blind student in a class where the instructor does a lot of > crossword puzzles. The student uses JAWS screenreader. Does anyone know of > a site where I can create crossword puzzles with clues that work with > JAWS? I read that the American Print House has an app that works for this, > but when I go to that site there is only an option to solve pre-made > puzzles but not create them https://crossword.aphtech.org/ > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! > > Amy Willard > > Accessible Technology Coordinator|ADA Compliance > > Metropolitan Community College > > Office: 816-604-1092 > > 3200 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 > > > amy.willard@mcckc.edu | www.mcckc.edu > > > > *Preparing students, serving communities, creating opportunities for all* > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any > attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain > confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected > from disclosure. 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I read that the American Print House has an app that works for this, but when I go to that site there is only an option to solve pre-made puzzles but not create them https://crossword.aphtech.org/ Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Amy Willard Accessible Technology Coordinator|ADA Compliance Metropolitan Community College Office: 816-604-1092 3200 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 amy.willard@mcckc.edu | www.mcckc.edu Preparing students, serving communities, creating opportunities for all CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. 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From: athen-list on behalf of Joshua Hori via athen-list Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 1:55?PM To: Willard, Amy , Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator APH has a guide on making accessible crossword puzzles: https://www.perkins.org/resource/aph-accessible-crossword-puzzle-app-review/ From: athen-list on behalf of Willard, Amy via athen-list Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 12:40?PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator Greetings, I have a blind student in a class where the instructor does a lot of crossword puzzles. The student uses JAWS screenreader. Does anyone know of a site where I can create crossword puzzles with clues that work with JAWS? I read that the American Print House has an app that works for this, but when I go to that site there is only an option to solve pre-made puzzles but not create them https://crossword.aphtech.org/ Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Amy Willard Accessible Technology Coordinator|ADA Compliance Metropolitan Community College Office: 816-604-1092 3200 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 amy.willard@mcckc.edu | www.mcckc.edu Preparing students, serving communities, creating opportunities for all CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. 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Student can also cell phone as camera attached to laptop via USB or can use a small portable camera on a flexible desktop tripod via USB connection to laptop. Bluetooth is also an option but not reliable if the Wi-Fi signal in the classroom isn?t adequate. I personally think professors might object to using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth devices though. If in an online class, Jamworks can import both audio and video from the computer screen. Jamworks has some really good tutorials and demos on their website and their staff (IMHO) is responsive and helpful. Hope this finds the right person who asked! Wink Harner Adaptive Technology Consulting and Training Portland OR. foreigntype@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu Aug 28 05:55:45 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Robert Beach via athen-list) Date: Thu Aug 28 05:55:57 2025 Subject: [Athen] JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Spoonville used to have a crossword puzzle app. You could select from premade puzzles or create your own. This may work if it is still out there. Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Willard, Amy via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 2:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator Greetings, I have a blind student in a class where the instructor does a lot of crossword puzzles. The student uses JAWS screenreader. Does anyone know of a site where I can create crossword puzzles with clues that work with JAWS? I read that the American Print House has an app that works for this, but when I go to that site there is only an option to solve pre-made puzzles but not create them https://crossword.aphtech.org/ Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Amy Willard Accessible Technology Coordinator|ADA Compliance Metropolitan Community College Office: 816-604-1092 3200 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 amy.willard@mcckc.edu | www.mcckc.edu Preparing students, serving communities, creating opportunities for all CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. 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Now I just have to learn how to do crossword puzzles because I have never seen one in my life. I am so excited they get to enjoy the same fun (and frustration) of crosswords as their peers! Have a great weekend, Amy Willard Accessible Technology Coordinator|ADA Compliance Metropolitan Community College Office: 816-604-1092 3200 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 amy.willard@mcckc.edu | www.mcckc.edu Preparing students, serving communities, creating opportunities for all From: Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2025 7:56 AM To: Willard, Amy ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator Spoonville used to have a crossword puzzle app. You could select from premade puzzles or create your own. This may work if it is still out there. Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Willard, Amy via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 2:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator Greetings, I have a blind student in a class where the instructor does a lot of crossword puzzles. The student uses JAWS screenreader. Does anyone know of a site where I can create crossword puzzles with clues that work with JAWS? I read that the American Print House has an app that works for this, but when I go to that site there is only an option to solve pre-made puzzles but not create them https://crossword.aphtech.org/ Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! 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URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 29 08:58:22 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Karthikeyan, Ramya via athen-list) Date: Fri Aug 29 08:58:31 2025 Subject: [Athen] JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: That's great! Thank you for sharing! Another one to add to my to-do list to test? Ramya Karthikeyan Alternative Format Specialist UCLA Center for Accessible Education 310-825-1501 (CAE line) http://www.cae.ucla.edu/ ________________________________ From: Willard, Amy Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 8:03:19 AM To: Robert Beach ; Access Technology Higher Education Network ; Joshua Hori ; Karthikeyan, Ramya Subject: RE: JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator Thank you Ramya, Joshua, and Robert for your suggestions. I ended up trying a few things and discovering https://amuselabs.com/ and got this feedback from the student after sending them the crossword I made: Good morning, this website is amazingly accessible. I have been using a Mac, and I was able to turn on screen reader mode with Control Shift V, to interact with the website. It seemed to work better with their built-in screen reader. Now I just have to learn how to do crossword puzzles because I have never seen one in my life. I am so excited they get to enjoy the same fun (and frustration) of crosswords as their peers! Have a great weekend, Amy Willard Accessible Technology Coordinator|ADA Compliance Metropolitan Community College Office: 816-604-1092 3200 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 amy.willard@mcckc.edu | www.mcckc.edu Preparing students, serving communities, creating opportunities for all From: Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2025 7:56 AM To: Willard, Amy ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator Spoonville used to have a crossword puzzle app. You could select from premade puzzles or create your own. This may work if it is still out there. Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Willard, Amy via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 2:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] JAWS Accessible Crossword Creator Greetings, I have a blind student in a class where the instructor does a lot of crossword puzzles. The student uses JAWS screenreader. Does anyone know of a site where I can create crossword puzzles with clues that work with JAWS? I read that the American Print House has an app that works for this, but when I go to that site there is only an option to solve pre-made puzzles but not create them https://crossword.aphtech.org/ Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! 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