From athen-list at u.washington.edu Tue Jun 3 11:22:14 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Gracie Sheets via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with refreshable braille displays? Message-ID: Hi all, I am working on formatting a textbook for a blind student that contains both print and braille. The student has asked if I could insert SimBraille into the word document where braille appears so they can simply plug in their refreshable braille display for those sections. I've not heard of this method before, and I do not have a refreshable braille display to test it out. Has anyone tried this method and had success? Or is this not possible due to the complexity of braille code? Thank you so much for your insight! Best, Gracie Sheets *She/They* *Alternative Formats Coordinator * Disability Resource Center Portland State University Office: 116 SMSU Phone: 503-725-4150 Fax: 503-725-4103 Email: alt.format@pdx.edu Website: *www.pdx.edu/disability-resource-center/ * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Tue Jun 3 11:32:54 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Deborah Armstrong via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with refreshable braille displays? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: SimBraille is just another font. Why not insert it in a few places and give your student a chapter to test. They should be able to read Grade 1 Braille without you needing to do much extra. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Gracie Sheets via athen-list Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 11:22 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with refreshable braille displays? Hi all, I am working on formatting a textbook for a blind student that contains both print and braille. The student has asked if I could insert SimBraille into the word document where braille appears so they can simply plug in their refreshable braille display for those sections. I've not heard of this method before, and I do not have a refreshable braille display to test it out. Has anyone tried this method and had success? Or is this not possible due to the complexity of braille code? Thank you so much for your insight! Best, Gracie Sheets She/They Alternative Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Portland State University Office: 116 SMSU Phone: 503-725-4150 Fax: 503-725-4103 Email: alt.format@pdx.edu Website: www.pdx.edu/disability-resource-center/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Tue Jun 3 11:53:00 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Xanth King via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with refreshable braille displays? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yeah, SimBraille is mainly a problem when you're labeling things in tactile graphics and printing them on a brailler, because the brailler is trying to reproduce exactly the image that it sees, so you get the extra dots. Text only braille typically just sends the text information to the printer. I don't have experience directly with refreshable braille displays, but I've seen them. Logically I think it would be way more complicated, slower and less accurate for them to react to the appearance of the font. You could probably change the font to anything and it would give you the same result on a typical refreshable braille display. *Xanth King* Accessible Formats Technology Specialist Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs Wheeler Hall, Basement Level, Room 22 On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 11:33?AM Deborah Armstrong via athen-list < athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > SimBraille is just another font. Why not insert it in a few places and > give your student a chapter to test. > > They should be able to read Grade 1 Braille without you needing to do much > extra. > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Gracie Sheets via athen-list > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 3, 2025 11:22 AM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with > refreshable braille displays? > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am working on formatting a textbook for a blind student that > contains both print and braille. The student has asked if I could insert > SimBraille into the word document where braille appears so they can simply > plug in their refreshable braille display for those sections. I've not > heard of this method before, and I do not have a refreshable braille > display to test it out. Has anyone tried this method and had success? Or is > this not possible due to the complexity of braille code? > > > > Thank you so much for your insight! > > > > Best, > > > > Gracie Sheets > > *She/They* > > *Alternative Formats Coordinator * > > Disability Resource Center > Portland State University > Office: 116 SMSU > Phone: 503-725-4150 > Fax: 503-725-4103 > Email: alt.format@pdx.edu > Website: *www.pdx.edu/disability-resource-center/ > * > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Jun 4 02:44:53 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Carmen Fernandez via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Not receiving emails from athen-list Message-ID: Hi, The last email I received from this list was on 16 April. Can someone please advice if this list been discontinued or I have been removed from the list? Thanks, Carmen Carmen Fernandez she / her / hers Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Service University of the Arts London Contact me on Teams Assistive Technology webpage Disability Service website This email and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email and/or its attachments you must not take any action based upon them and you must not copy or show them to anyone. Please send the email back to us and immediately and permanently delete it and its attachments. Where this email is unrelated to the business of University of the Arts London or of any of its group companies the opinions expressed in it are the opinions of the sender and do not necessarily constitute those of University of the Arts London (or the relevant group company). 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Perhaps a chat with your IT folks might reveal something similar to restore normalcy to your athen participation? Doug Hayman IT Accessibility Coordinator Information Technology Olympic College dhayman@olympic.edu (360) 475-7632 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Carmen Fernandez via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 2:45 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [EXTERNAL] - [Athen] Not receiving emails from athen-list CAUTION: This email came from a non-OC system or external source. Beware of phishing and social engineering! Hi, The last email I received from this list was on 16 April. Can someone please advice if this list been discontinued or I have been removed from the list? 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For context, I have a student who has requested an extremely large volume of books (90) with the justification that they "support the areas I am actively exploring through my internship, professional specialization, and future clinical goals." They are currently not registered in any courses until the fall semester, and I have no verification about an internship either. I'm interested in how you would all approach such a scenario. I have my own inclinations on it but wanted to check myself against others for posterity. Thanks, Ione Priest (they/she) | Assistant Director of Accessibility Technology and Testing CPACC, DHS Certified Trusted Tester Access Center Metropolitan State University of Denver 303-615-0200 (office) www.msudenver.edu/access This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. 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I have granted student's access to bookshare where they can easily find resources they want... but you are not a library. *Elizabeth Killinger* *Associate Coordinator* *FIT-ABLE | Office of Disability ServicesFashion Institute of Technology* David Dubinsky Student Center, A570 Phone: 212.217.4090 Website: fitnyc.edu/fitable On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 10:45?AM Ione Priest via athen-list < athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm seeking folks' thoughts on IHEs responsibilities related to graduate > students and alternative format requests. > > For context, I have a student who has requested an extremely large > volume of books (90) with the justification that they "support the areas > I am actively exploring through my internship, professional specialization, > and future clinical goals." They are currently not registered in any > courses until the fall semester, and I have no verification about an > internship either. > > I'm interested in how you would all approach such a scenario. I have my > own inclinations on it but wanted to check myself against others for > posterity. > > Thanks, > > > > *Ione Priest* *(they/she)* | *Assistant Director of Accessibility > Technology and Testing* > > CPACC, DHS Certified Trusted Tester > > Access Center > > Metropolitan State University of Denver > > 303-615-0200 (office) > > www.msudenver.edu/access > > > > *This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you > are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by > reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original 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: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Jun 4 12:25:27 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Monica Olsson via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Not receiving emails from athen-list In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The last message I see is also from April 16th. Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges ?Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ? Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. 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URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Jun 4 13:29:22 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Michael Cantino via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with refreshable braille displays? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I agree with Deborah. Give the student a file, and let them determine how well it will work. That said, I don't see how it could work outside of a BRF file. I tested it with my braille display, and it did not provide me with the correct braille transcription. Here's a quick explanation of where this is breaking down. - I typed the text "This is plain text with simbraille." into a Word document. If I change this font to simbraille, you won't be able to tell the difference on the braille display because only the font is changing. Visually, the braille will start to look incorrect (like dots 4-6 for a period instead of dots 2-5-6) - This really starts to break down once you prepare the simbraille as a correct braille transcription. Using the same sample text as before, the sentence would look like this: ",? is pla9 text ) simbrl4" - The screen reader is going to translate this text into either contracted or uncontracted braille because it still thinks it's looking at print. It doesn't know that it's already being provided with a braille translation. - The capital indicator will be translated as a comma. The th- contraction (represented by the question mark) will be translated as a question mark. The -in contraction (represented by a 9) will be translated as a 9, and so on. - Even if you write out the text as if it's uncontracted simbraille and you set your screen reader settings to translate into uncontracted braille, you're still going to have issues. Capitalization indicators, punctuation, and other symbols will not be interpreted correctly. Something like a number indicator, which is the # symbol in simbraille, will be translated as the 2-cell braille equivalent (_#) in uncontracted or contracted braille. Basically, you can't trick the display into not translating the print text. The best you could do is give it nice, clean print text to translate, but you'll still run into issues with symbols that are unique to braille, like the transcriber note indicator. Good luck! If someone else cracks this, I would be very interested to know. Michael Cantino (he/him) BVIS Technology Specialist Northwest Regional Education Service District (503)614-1339 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Jun 4 13:38:48 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Deborah Armstrong via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with refreshable braille displays? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In general when a student wants something like large print or Braille before you do a lot of work, make sure they can read a sample. I often have students who ?know? Braille because they took a class and can now keep track of phone numbers and read elevator signs. They quickly find out that reading Braille academically is not going to work with their limited skill set. If they really need to practice they can order fiction from their NLS regional library. Same with large print. I give them a small sample first to find out if it?s going to work for them, because actually I want them using a video magnifier because everyone?s limited vision is so different and hardcopy large print is not that flexible. I can give them samples with different sizes using Lucida sans and if that?s hard for them to see, then they need to use a screen reader. People trying to escape from large printor master Braille do well too if they have only a portion of the work in that format. For example, classroom handouts in large print hardcopy and read the textbook with a magnifier. Or Braille for handouts but use a screen reader for exams and reading the textbook. Anyway, hopefully a sample will help the student. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Michael Cantino via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 1:29 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu; athen-list-request@mailman22.u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with refreshable braille displays? I agree with Deborah. Give the student a file, and let them determine how well it will work. That said, I don't see how it could work outside of a BRF file. I tested it with my braille display, and it did not provide me with the correct braille transcription. Here's a quick explanation of where this is breaking down. * I typed the text "This is plain text with simbraille." into a Word document. If I change this font to simbraille, you won't be able to tell the difference on the braille display because only the font is changing. Visually, the braille will start to look incorrect (like dots 4-6 for a period instead of dots 2-5-6) * This really starts to break down once you prepare the simbraille as a correct braille transcription. Using the same sample text as before, the sentence would look like this: ",? is pla9 text ) simbrl4" * The screen reader is going to translate this text into either contracted or uncontracted braille because it still thinks it's looking at print. It doesn't know that it's already being provided with a braille translation. * The capital indicator will be translated as a comma. The th- contraction (represented by the question mark) will be translated as a question mark. The -in contraction (represented by a 9) will be translated as a 9, and so on. * Even if you write out the text as if it's uncontracted simbraille and you set your screen reader settings to translate into uncontracted braille, you're still going to have issues. Capitalization indicators, punctuation, and other symbols will not be interpreted correctly. Something like a number indicator, which is the # symbol in simbraille, will be translated as the 2-cell braille equivalent (_#) in uncontracted or contracted braille. Basically, you can't trick the display into not translating the print text. The best you could do is give it nice, clean print text to translate, but you'll still run into issues with symbols that are unique to braille, like the transcriber note indicator. Good luck! If someone else cracks this, I would be very interested to know. Michael Cantino (he/him) BVIS Technology Specialist Northwest Regional Education Service District (503)614-1339 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Jun 4 13:44:49 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Susan Kelmer via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Graduate student alternative format requests - your thoughts? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I would definitely be digging a little deeper. Are they in a masters level program, or doctoral? You would not be responsible for producing files for their internship, unless that internship is on your campus and funded by campus. The 90 books seems excessive, and definitely an overreach by this student. I would talk to their faculty advisor for some clarification, and to narrow down the list of what actually needs to be produced. The student is not likely to be reading 90 books over the summer, so some clarification would be necessary for me, for sure. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Health and Wellness Services T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DBD55F.3825C390] 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. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Ione Priest via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 8:45 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Graduate student alternative format requests - your thoughts? [External email - use caution] Hello all, I'm seeking folks' thoughts on IHEs responsibilities related to graduate students and alternative format requests. For context, I have a student who has requested an extremely large volume of books (90) with the justification that they "support the areas I am actively exploring through my internship, professional specialization, and future clinical goals." They are currently not registered in any courses until the fall semester, and I have no verification about an internship either. I'm interested in how you would all approach such a scenario. I have my own inclinations on it but wanted to check myself against others for posterity. 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Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed Jun 4 13:45:54 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Sara Larkin via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with refreshable braille displays? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Definitely try it and check with the student. The only way that I can think of that it might work is if it has already been translated to braille using some form of translation software, copied into the document, and converted to SimBraille or some other braille font and the student is using computer braille. Then it is just showing the braille cell that corresponds to the character. Computer braille is the only setting that will keep the corresponding characters without translation, but it would still require the translation software before copying it into the document, otherwise, like others have said, the translation used by the screen reader would change it for everything except computer braille. If you did that though, it may work for the braille display, but the screen reader would not voice it correctly. That is just my suspicion anyway. Our students have never asked for SimBraille or any form of braille in a Word document, since they would generally use the screenreader and let its capabilities and setting do the work for translation. Sara [IESBVI Logo] Sara Larkin Statewide Math Consultant (319) 310-6070 3501 Harry Langdon Boulevard, Council Bluffs, IA 51503 https://www.iesbvi.org/ From: athen-list On Behalf Of Michael Cantino via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 3:29 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu; athen-list-request@mailman22.u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with refreshable braille displays? I agree with Deborah. Give the student a file, and let them determine how well it will work. That said, I don't see how it could work outside of a BRF file. I tested it with my braille display, and it did not provide me with the correct braille transcription. Here's a quick explanation of where this is breaking down. * I typed the text "This is plain text with simbraille." into a Word document. If I change this font to simbraille, you won't be able to tell the difference on the braille display because only the font is changing. Visually, the braille will start to look incorrect (like dots 4-6 for a period instead of dots 2-5-6) * This really starts to break down once you prepare the simbraille as a correct braille transcription. Using the same sample text as before, the sentence would look like this: ",? is pla9 text ) simbrl4" * The screen reader is going to translate this text into either contracted or uncontracted braille because it still thinks it's looking at print. It doesn't know that it's already being provided with a braille translation. * The capital indicator will be translated as a comma. The th- contraction (represented by the question mark) will be translated as a question mark. The -in contraction (represented by a 9) will be translated as a 9, and so on. * Even if you write out the text as if it's uncontracted simbraille and you set your screen reader settings to translate into uncontracted braille, you're still going to have issues. Capitalization indicators, punctuation, and other symbols will not be interpreted correctly. Something like a number indicator, which is the # symbol in simbraille, will be translated as the 2-cell braille equivalent (_#) in uncontracted or contracted braille. Basically, you can't trick the display into not translating the print text. The best you could do is give it nice, clean print text to translate, but you'll still run into issues with symbols that are unique to braille, like the transcriber note indicator. Good luck! If someone else cracks this, I would be very interested to know. Michael Cantino (he/him) BVIS Technology Specialist Northwest Regional Education Service District (503)614-1339 NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential, and intended solely for addressee. 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CAUTION: This email came from a non-OC system or external source. Beware of phishing and social engineering! Definitely try it and check with the student. The only way that I can think of that it might work is if it has already been translated to braille using some form of translation software, copied into the document, and converted to SimBraille or some other braille font and the student is using computer braille. Then it is just showing the braille cell that corresponds to the character. Computer braille is the only setting that will keep the corresponding characters without translation, but it would still require the translation software before copying it into the document, otherwise, like others have said, the translation used by the screen reader would change it for everything except computer braille. If you did that though, it may work for the braille display, but the screen reader would not voice it correctly. That is just my suspicion anyway. Our students have never asked for SimBraille or any form of braille in a Word document, since they would generally use the screenreader and let its capabilities and setting do the work for translation. Sara [IESBVI Logo] Sara Larkin Statewide Math Consultant (319) 310-6070 3501 Harry Langdon Boulevard, Council Bluffs, IA 51503 https://www.iesbvi.org/ From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Michael Cantino via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 3:29 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu; athen-list-request@mailman22.u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with refreshable braille displays? I agree with Deborah. Give the student a file, and let them determine how well it will work. That said, I don't see how it could work outside of a BRF file. I tested it with my braille display, and it did not provide me with the correct braille transcription. Here's a quick explanation of where this is breaking down. * I typed the text "This is plain text with simbraille." into a Word document. If I change this font to simbraille, you won't be able to tell the difference on the braille display because only the font is changing. Visually, the braille will start to look incorrect (like dots 4-6 for a period instead of dots 2-5-6) * This really starts to break down once you prepare the simbraille as a correct braille transcription. Using the same sample text as before, the sentence would look like this: ",? is pla9 text ) simbrl4" * The screen reader is going to translate this text into either contracted or uncontracted braille because it still thinks it's looking at print. It doesn't know that it's already being provided with a braille translation. * The capital indicator will be translated as a comma. The th- contraction (represented by the question mark) will be translated as a question mark. The -in contraction (represented by a 9) will be translated as a 9, and so on. * Even if you write out the text as if it's uncontracted simbraille and you set your screen reader settings to translate into uncontracted braille, you're still going to have issues. Capitalization indicators, punctuation, and other symbols will not be interpreted correctly. Something like a number indicator, which is the # symbol in simbraille, will be translated as the 2-cell braille equivalent (_#) in uncontracted or contracted braille. Basically, you can't trick the display into not translating the print text. The best you could do is give it nice, clean print text to translate, but you'll still run into issues with symbols that are unique to braille, like the transcriber note indicator. Good luck! If someone else cracks this, I would be very interested to know. 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For whatever reason, I couldn't get JAWS to output computer braille in Word, so you may have to dig a bit deeper into your settings if you encounter this issue. JAWS did output the correct braille when I tried this in Notepad, and NVDA did fine outputting computer braille from Word. Cool!! Michael Cantino (he/him) BVIS Technology Specialist Northwest Regional Education Service District (503)614-1339 Check out the BVIS Tech website to find helpful resources! Sign up for the WITT mailing list to connect and collaborate with Oregon TSVIs! On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 1:45?PM Sara Larkin wrote: > Definitely try it and check with the student. The only way that I can > think of that it might work is if it has already been translated to braille > using some form of translation software, copied into the document, and > converted to SimBraille or some other braille font and the student is using > computer braille. Then it is just showing the braille cell that corresponds > to the character. Computer braille is the only setting that will keep the > corresponding characters without translation, but it would still require > the translation software before copying it into the document, otherwise, > like others have said, the translation used by the screen reader would > change it for everything except computer braille. If you did that though, > it may work for the braille display, but the screen reader would not voice > it correctly. That is just my suspicion anyway. Our students have never > asked for SimBraille or any form of braille in a Word document, since they > would generally use the screenreader and let its capabilities and setting > do the work for translation. > > Sara > > > > [image: IESBVI Logo] > > *Sara Larkin* > *Statewide Math Consultant* > (319) 310-6070 > 3501 Harry Langdon Boulevard, Council Bluffs, IA 51503 > https://www.iesbvi.org/ > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Michael Cantino via athen-list > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 4, 2025 3:29 PM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu; > athen-list-request@mailman22.u.washington.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Is SimBraille in Word documents compatible with > refreshable braille displays? > > > > I agree with Deborah. Give the student a file, and let them determine how > well it will work. > > That said, I don't see how it could work outside of a BRF file. I tested > it with my braille display, and it did not provide me with the correct > braille transcription. Here's a quick explanation of where this is breaking > down. > > - I typed the text "This is plain text with simbraille." into a Word > document. If I change this font to simbraille, you won't be able to tell > the difference on the braille display because only the font is changing. > Visually, the braille will start to look incorrect (like dots 4-6 for a > period instead of dots 2-5-6) > - This really starts to break down once you prepare the simbraille as > a correct braille transcription. Using the same sample text as before, the > sentence would look like this: ",? is pla9 text ) simbrl4" > > > - The screen reader is going to translate this text into either > contracted or uncontracted braille because it still thinks it's looking at > print. It doesn't know that it's already being provided with a braille > translation. > - The capital indicator will be translated as a comma. The th- > contraction (represented by the question mark) will be translated as a > question mark. The -in contraction (represented by a 9) will be translated > as a 9, and so on. > > > - Even if you write out the text as if it's uncontracted simbraille > and you set your screen reader settings to translate into uncontracted > braille, you're still going to have issues. Capitalization indicators, > punctuation, and other symbols will not be interpreted correctly. Something > like a number indicator, which is the # symbol in simbraille, will be > translated as the 2-cell braille equivalent (_#) in uncontracted or > contracted braille. > > Basically, you can't trick the display into not translating the print > text. The best you could do is give it nice, clean print text to translate, > but you'll still run into issues with symbols that are unique to braille, > like the transcriber note indicator. > > > > Good luck! If someone else cracks this, I would be very interested to > know. > > > > Michael Cantino (he/him) > > BVIS Technology Specialist > > Northwest Regional Education Service District > > (503)614-1339 > > > NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: The contents of this e-mail message and any > attachments is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 > U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential, and intended solely for addressee. In > addition, any student related information contained in this e-mail > (including attachments) is protected by the Family Educational Rights and > Privacy Act of 1994. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this > communication is strictly prohibited. Please immediately notify the sender > by reply e-mail or phone and delete this message and its attachments, if > any. 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I asked her to explain the essential learning outcome of the assignment to me and asked if an alternate assignment could be offered. She was open to this idea, but also commented, "I don't want to remove all my fun assignments from the class." What would you advise? Thanks! Monica Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges ?Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ? Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Fri Jun 6 14:20:36 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Monica Olsson via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Having trouble with sending links from Google today. Hope this one works: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qOD4d2TJoGYw9Z9x_Vl1h48S0XJ1sBmyFel_55NrMPk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rw8fzw1o7s6f Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges ?Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ? Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web ________________________________ From: Monica Olsson Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 2:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles All, A unique kind of Math puzzle was shared with me from faculty as an example of a fun assignment she likes to assign students: Naoki Inaba Puzzles. The idea is to look at the numbers and design of the connected circles to find a pattern and then fill in each blank circle with the correct number. It reminds me of Sudoku. We started chatted about how to make these accessible to AT users, and I must admit that I was stumped. I don't think alt text will provide an equivalent experience. Some thoughts I had were - Would Desmos be helpful here at all to "listen" to patterns? I do not know enough about Desmos though, so I did not go down that route with the faculty. I asked her to explain the essential learning outcome of the assignment to me and asked if an alternate assignment could be offered. She was open to this idea, but also commented, "I don't want to remove all my fun assignments from the class." What would you advise? Thanks! Monica Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges ?Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ? Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Fri Jun 6 14:34:15 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Joshua Hori via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Those would be perfect for the Pictures-In-A-Flash (PIAF). That big ole easy bake oven will make that content tactile with thermofoam paper in seconds. You just need to install the SimBraille font and replace the numbers with the SimBraille output, keep in mind that SimBraille only produces grade 1 output if you?re including instructions. Best, Joshua Hori Accessible Technology Coordinator Information Educational Technology Academic Technology Services 50 Hutchison Dr. Davis, CA 95616 530-752-2439 Schedule a meeting via Calendly From: athen-list on behalf of Monica Olsson via athen-list Date: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 2:21?PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles Having trouble with sending links from Google today. Hope this one works: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qOD4d2TJoGYw9Z9x_Vl1h48S0XJ1sBmyFel_55NrMPk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rw8fzw1o7s6f Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges ?Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ? Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web ________________________________ From: Monica Olsson Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 2:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles All, A unique kind of Math puzzle was shared with me from faculty as an example of a fun assignment she likes to assign students: Naoki Inaba Puzzles. The idea is to look at the numbers and design of the connected circles to find a pattern and then fill in each blank circle with the correct number. It reminds me of Sudoku. We started chatted about how to make these accessible to AT users, and I must admit that I was stumped. I don't think alt text will provide an equivalent experience. Some thoughts I had were - Would Desmos be helpful here at all to "listen" to patterns? I do not know enough about Desmos though, so I did not go down that route with the faculty. I asked her to explain the essential learning outcome of the assignment to me and asked if an alternate assignment could be offered. She was open to this idea, but also commented, "I don't want to remove all my fun assignments from the class." What would you advise? Thanks! Monica Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges ?Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ? Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Fri Jun 6 14:43:04 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Will Pines via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: .. or 3D print them! 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.? [UC Riverside Student Disability Resource Center logo] From: athen-list On Behalf Of Joshua Hori via athen-list Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 2:34 PM To: Monica Olsson ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles Those would be perfect for the Pictures-In-A-Flash (PIAF). That big ole easy bake oven will make that content tactile with thermofoam paper in seconds. You just need to install the SimBraille font and replace the numbers with the SimBraille output, keep in mind that SimBraille only produces grade 1 output if you?re including instructions. Best, Joshua Hori Accessible Technology Coordinator Information Educational Technology Academic Technology Services 50 Hutchison Dr. Davis, CA 95616 530-752-2439 Schedule a meeting via Calendly From: athen-list > on behalf of Monica Olsson via athen-list > Date: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 2:21?PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles Having trouble with sending links from Google today. Hope this one works: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qOD4d2TJoGYw9Z9x_Vl1h48S0XJ1sBmyFel_55NrMPk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rw8fzw1o7s6f Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges ?Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ? Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web ________________________________ From: Monica Olsson > Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 2:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles All, A unique kind of Math puzzle was shared with me from faculty as an example of a fun assignment she likes to assign students: Naoki Inaba Puzzles. The idea is to look at the numbers and design of the connected circles to find a pattern and then fill in each blank circle with the correct number. It reminds me of Sudoku. We started chatted about how to make these accessible to AT users, and I must admit that I was stumped. I don't think alt text will provide an equivalent experience. Some thoughts I had were - Would Desmos be helpful here at all to "listen" to patterns? I do not know enough about Desmos though, so I did not go down that route with the faculty. I asked her to explain the essential learning outcome of the assignment to me and asked if an alternate assignment could be offered. She was open to this idea, but also commented, "I don't want to remove all my fun assignments from the class." What would you advise? Thanks! Monica Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges ?Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ? Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8101 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Fri Jun 6 15:56:53 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Karthikeyan, Ramya via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I agree, tactile are the way to go..PIAF or embossed with a braille embosser or 3D printed.. Will need to wait longer for the multi-line braille displays to become economical to make it accessible electronically.. 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 Will Pines via athen-list Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 2:43:04 PM To: Joshua Hori ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles .. or 3D print them! 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.? [UC Riverside Student Disability Resource Center logo] From: athen-list On Behalf Of Joshua Hori via athen-list Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 2:34 PM To: Monica Olsson ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles Those would be perfect for the Pictures-In-A-Flash (PIAF). That big ole easy bake oven will make that content tactile with thermofoam paper in seconds. You just need to install the SimBraille font and replace the numbers with the SimBraille output, keep in mind that SimBraille only produces grade 1 output if you?re including instructions. Best, Joshua Hori Accessible Technology Coordinator Information Educational Technology Academic Technology Services 50 Hutchison Dr. Davis, CA 95616 530-752-2439 Schedule a meeting via Calendly From: athen-list > on behalf of Monica Olsson via athen-list > Date: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 2:21?PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles Having trouble with sending links from Google today. Hope this one works: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qOD4d2TJoGYw9Z9x_Vl1h48S0XJ1sBmyFel_55NrMPk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rw8fzw1o7s6f Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges ?Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ? Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web ________________________________ From: Monica Olsson > Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 2:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles All, A unique kind of Math puzzle was shared with me from faculty as an example of a fun assignment she likes to assign students: Naoki Inaba Puzzles. The idea is to look at the numbers and design of the connected circles to find a pattern and then fill in each blank circle with the correct number. It reminds me of Sudoku. We started chatted about how to make these accessible to AT users, and I must admit that I was stumped. I don't think alt text will provide an equivalent experience. Some thoughts I had were - Would Desmos be helpful here at all to "listen" to patterns? I do not know enough about Desmos though, so I did not go down that route with the faculty. I asked her to explain the essential learning outcome of the assignment to me and asked if an alternate assignment could be offered. She was open to this idea, but also commented, "I don't want to remove all my fun assignments from the class." What would you advise? Thanks! Monica Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges ?Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ? Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8101 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Fri Jun 6 16:36:57 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Xanth King via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Presuming this student isn't a braille user, the most thorough experience would probably be had through the T3 Tactile Tablet., where you press down on different things and it will read what they are aloud. https://www.touchgraphics.com/education/t3 I imagine that you'd want to contact them to get something custom made. The machine itself is $750 and no clue what they's ask for a custom item if it is even possible. The technology is similar to livescribe pens, so you might be able to juryrig something with a cut up piece of livescribe paper over a tactile. Never done that before but it might work. If there's any interest I'll dig up some of our resources and try to get it to work. *Xanth King* Accessible Formats Technology Specialist Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs Wheeler Hall, Basement Level, Room 22 On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 3:57?PM Karthikeyan, Ramya via athen-list < athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I agree, tactile are the way to go..PIAF or embossed with a braille > embosser or 3D printed.. Will need to wait longer for the multi-line > braille displays to become economical to make it accessible electronically.. > > *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 Will Pines via athen-list > *Sent:* Friday, June 6, 2025 2:43:04 PM > *To:* Joshua Hori ; Access Technology Higher Education > Network > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles > > > .. or 3D print them! > > > > 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.? > > [image: UC Riverside Student Disability Resource Center logo] > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Joshua Hori via athen-list > *Sent:* Friday, June 6, 2025 2:34 PM > *To:* Monica Olsson ; Access Technology Higher > Education Network > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles > > > > Those would be perfect for the Pictures-In-A-Flash (PIAF). That big ole > easy bake oven will make that content tactile with thermofoam paper in > seconds. > > > > You just need to install the SimBraille font and replace the numbers with > the SimBraille output, keep in mind that SimBraille only produces grade 1 > output if you?re including instructions. > > > > Best, > > > > Joshua Hori > > Accessible Technology Coordinator > > Information Educational Technology > > Academic Technology Services > > 50 Hutchison Dr. > > Davis, CA 95616 > > 530-752-2439 > > Schedule a meeting via Calendly > > > > > > > > *From: *athen-list on > behalf of Monica Olsson via athen-list > *Date: *Friday, June 6, 2025 at 2:21?PM > *To: *Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject: *Re: [Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles > > Having trouble with sending links from Google today. Hope this one works: > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qOD4d2TJoGYw9Z9x_Vl1h48S0XJ1sBmyFel_55NrMPk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rw8fzw1o7s6f > > > > *Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)* > > Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator > > Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges > > ?Email: *molsson@sbctc.edu * ? Phone: 360-704-3922 > > > > *The power of the Web is in its universality.* > > *Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.* > > Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Monica Olsson > *Sent:* Friday, June 6, 2025 2:19 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles > > > > All, > > > > A unique kind of Math puzzle was shared with me from faculty as an example > of a fun assignment she likes to assign students: *Naoki Inaba Puzzles > * > . > > > > The idea is to look at the numbers and design of the connected circles to > find a pattern and then fill in each blank circle with the correct number. > It reminds me of Sudoku. > > > > We started chatted about how to make these accessible to AT users, and I > must admit that I was stumped. I don't think alt text will provide an > equivalent experience. > > > > Some thoughts I had were - Would Desmos be helpful here at all to "listen" > to patterns? I do not know enough about Desmos though, so I did not go down > that route with the faculty. I asked her to explain the essential learning > outcome of the assignment to me and asked if an alternate assignment could > be offered. She was open to this idea, but also commented, "I don't want to > remove all my fun assignments from the class." > > > > What would you advise? > > > > Thanks! > > Monica > > > > *Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)* > > Policy Associate ? Accessible IT Coordinator > > Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges > > ?Email: *molsson@sbctc.edu * ? Phone: 360-704-3922 > > > > *The power of the Web is in its universality.* > > *Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.* > > Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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I know that Venngage offers a more accessible alternative to Canva and I plan to share that with their team, but hope to share other resources as well. What programs or products do you use or have learned to a good job building accessible newsletters? This team would like to use something more robust than Word. Publisher has Newsletter templates - what do we think of something like that? Thoughts on MailChimp or other such communications technologies? Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate - Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges *Email: molsson@sbctc.edu * Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Richard Allegra Director of Outreach and Information Association on Higher Education National Center for College Students with Disabilities >> An article from Disability Scoop that summarizes what's going on: Effort To Roll Back Federal Disability Rights Protections Alarms Advocates by Michelle Diament | June 9, 2025 The U.S. Department of Energy is accepting comments through June on a proposal to rescind long-standing requirements related to building accessibility. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS) The U.S. Department of Energy posted a notice last month announcing plans to rescind requirements under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act that specify what standards newly constructed and altered buildings must meet in order to be considered accessible. The change would do away with a mandate that's been on the books for decades, advocates say, sowing widespread confusion. More than that, it's the way that the agency is going about the update that's setting off alarm bells. Typically, in order to modify regulations, federal agencies go through a process known as "notice and comment," where the public is given notice, offered a period of time to comment and then the agency considers any comments before issuing a final rule. Those steps can take years to complete. In this case, however, the Energy Department is using a far more expedited approach known as a "direct final rule." As a result, the notice indicates that the change will take effect July 15 unless "significant adverse comments" are received by next week. The move is highly unusual, according to Claudia Center, legal director at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund. "A 'direct final rule' is supposed to be for something routine or noncontroversial," she said. "One example I heard was changing the name of a department. I've never seen it before in my career, and most of my colleagues report the same." Center said she's concerned that if the Trump administration is successful, they could use this same approach to make other big changes. "This action could be a 'trial balloon' for other agencies," she said. "There are more than 80 sets of Section 504 regulations across the federal government. This could be the first of many." If adopted, the change put forth by the Energy Department could affect thousands of buildings that receive funding from the agency, including those that are part of state and local governments, many universities and other private entities, advocates say. Under existing regulations, facilities constructed or altered after June 13, 1980 that receive federal financial assistance must be "readily accessible to and useable by handicapped persons." Buildings are considered to meet that standard if they comply with what are known as Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards. But now the Energy Department is calling this requirement "unnecessary and unduly burdensome." "It is DOE's policy to give private entities flexibility to comply with the law in the manner they deem most efficient. One-size-fits-all rules are rarely the best option. Accordingly, DOE finds good reason to eliminate this regulatory provision," reads the agency's new rule. The Energy Department did not respond to questions from Disability Scoop about what prompted the changes and why the agency is using an expedited process to implement them. Amy Robertson, a civil rights attorney who specializes in disability rights litigation, said this is the first time in 57 years that a federal agency has tried to delete the building requirement and doing so would yield significant consequences. "This would inevitably lead to the construction of less accessible or even inaccessible facilities," she said. "It would also create havoc (for) the entities that receive funding from the Department of Energy, as they would no longer have to follow the (Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards), but would still be open to liability under general non-discrimination requirements." In addition, Robertson noted that many entities that receive funding from the Energy Department are also subject to the existing building standard under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as regulations from other federal agencies. In comments that the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund plans to submit to the Energy Department, the group argues that the proposed rule is "unlawful." "The changes cannot be adopted as 'direct final rules' as they are neither routine nor noncontroversial. Nor can the changes be adopted through ordinary rulemaking," according to the comments. "The proposed rescissions contradict the foundational principles of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act." Above and beyond the specifics of the regulatory change, advocates are leery that the Energy Department's rushed approach could set a dangerous precedent. "The regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act are foundational to prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities in federally funded programs. Any changes to Section 504 should be approached cautiously and with extensive consideration and collaboration with impacted stakeholders," said Lydia Dawson, vice president of government relations at the American Network of Community Options and Resources, or ANCOR, which represents disability service providers across the nation. "Any rulemaking which implicates regulations fundamental to the rights of people with disabilities should be afforded the time and consideration necessary to protect against the potential for any unintended consequences which may infringe on those rights." The Energy Department is accepting comments through June 16. 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URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Mon Jun 16 19:09:17 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Ana Thompson via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Shawn, Please add me to the list when you share your video on 6/18. Thank you! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: JORDISON_SHAWN Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:40?PM To: Ana Thompson , Access Technology Higher Education Network , Deborah Armstrong , Susan Kelmer Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Highly recommend using MathPix for converting large PDFs with math. You can upload the math and have everything automatically created in LaTex. Then you can export as a word doc, and use MathType to one click convert the equations to MathML. I have a video on this - but its not coming out until June 18th! :) * Shawn ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials [Sent from Front] On May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Susan, I lead accessibility efforts at UW Bothell and have been doing accessible Math testing with MathType and the Word Equation Editor for Math as well as Chemistry formulas for lab handouts. Could you share Math Book information with me too, please? Thank you so much! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: athen-list > on behalf of Susan Kelmer via athen-list > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 12:07?PM To: Deborah Armstrong >, Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Deb, I have some files for pre-calc, linear algebra, and calc in both Word with MathType and MathML format. Not whole books, as we really just do the needed sections and chapters, but I can certainly send you some. If this works, let me know and I?ll put together a selection for you. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Health and Wellness Services T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DBD09A.54212180] 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. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:23 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book [External email - use caution] Hopefully an OER textbook for basic Math, pre-algebra, and algebra perhaps. My goal is to ensure I understand both how the Humanware devices that support math, and the JAWS support for math work. I am field-testing one device and I own another one. Plus I use JAWS with several Braille displays. The Math that?s supported is Math-ML and equations entered in the Word equation editor, so the format of the documents could be either Word or HTML. Images of formulas or equations are not going to cut it! Right now, I have no blind students who use Braille that are taking any math. and those using JAWS are not taking math either right now. But eventually my Braille readers will be taking some sort of freshman math and so will my JAWS users. And I want to be ahead of things so I can show the students and their instructors how all this works. I?ve listened to a few webinars, but I don?t actually have more than a few simple examples, and what I really need is a textbook so I can try working through some exercises and be able to demo this stuff. Getting Nemeth in textbooks is pretty easy, but I?m looking for textbooks that the devices or JAWS can work with, because ideally I want instructors producing accessible exams. And of course not all my blind students can read Braille. I wish someone would get a grant to produce a fully accessible remedial math online course that will allow my blind students to easily qualify for either higher math or give them enough math they can get a non-STEM degree. Thoughts? Availability of accessible textbooks? --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: JORDISON_SHAWN > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:40?PM To: Ana Thompson >, Access Technology Higher Education Network >, Deborah Armstrong >, Susan Kelmer > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Highly recommend using MathPix for converting large PDFs with math. You can upload the math and have everything automatically created in LaTex. Then you can export as a word doc, and use MathType to one click convert the equations to MathML. I have a video on this - but its not coming out until June 18th! :) * Shawn ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials [Sent from Front] On May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Susan, I lead accessibility efforts at UW Bothell and have been doing accessible Math testing with MathType and the Word Equation Editor for Math as well as Chemistry formulas for lab handouts. Could you share Math Book information with me too, please? Thank you so much! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: athen-list > on behalf of Susan Kelmer via athen-list > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 12:07?PM To: Deborah Armstrong >, Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Deb, I have some files for pre-calc, linear algebra, and calc in both Word with MathType and MathML format. Not whole books, as we really just do the needed sections and chapters, but I can certainly send you some. If this works, let me know and I?ll put together a selection for you. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Health and Wellness Services T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DBD09A.54212180] 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. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:23 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book [External email - use caution] Hopefully an OER textbook for basic Math, pre-algebra, and algebra perhaps. My goal is to ensure I understand both how the Humanware devices that support math, and the JAWS support for math work. I am field-testing one device and I own another one. Plus I use JAWS with several Braille displays. The Math that?s supported is Math-ML and equations entered in the Word equation editor, so the format of the documents could be either Word or HTML. Images of formulas or equations are not going to cut it! Right now, I have no blind students who use Braille that are taking any math. and those using JAWS are not taking math either right now. But eventually my Braille readers will be taking some sort of freshman math and so will my JAWS users. And I want to be ahead of things so I can show the students and their instructors how all this works. I?ve listened to a few webinars, but I don?t actually have more than a few simple examples, and what I really need is a textbook so I can try working through some exercises and be able to demo this stuff. Getting Nemeth in textbooks is pretty easy, but I?m looking for textbooks that the devices or JAWS can work with, because ideally I want instructors producing accessible exams. And of course not all my blind students can read Braille. I wish someone would get a grant to produce a fully accessible remedial math online course that will allow my blind students to easily qualify for either higher math or give them enough math they can get a non-STEM degree. Thoughts? Availability of accessible textbooks? --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: JORDISON_SHAWN Date: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 7:16?PM To: Ana Thompson , Access Technology Higher Education Network , Deborah Armstrong , Susan Kelmer Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Appreciate that Ana! No need for a list - it will be published to my channel found here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAccessibilityGuy ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials [Sent from Front] On June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM PDT thomana@uw.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Shawn, Please add me to the list when you share your video on 6/18. Thank you! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: JORDISON_SHAWN > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:40?PM To: Ana Thompson >, Access Technology Higher Education Network >, Deborah Armstrong >, Susan Kelmer > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Highly recommend using MathPix for converting large PDFs with math. You can upload the math and have everything automatically created in LaTex. Then you can export as a word doc, and use MathType to one click convert the equations to MathML. I have a video on this - but its not coming out until June 18th! :) * Shawn ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials [Sent from Front] On May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Susan, I lead accessibility efforts at UW Bothell and have been doing accessible Math testing with MathType and the Word Equation Editor for Math as well as Chemistry formulas for lab handouts. Could you share Math Book information with me too, please? Thank you so much! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: athen-list > on behalf of Susan Kelmer via athen-list > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 12:07?PM To: Deborah Armstrong >, Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Deb, I have some files for pre-calc, linear algebra, and calc in both Word with MathType and MathML format. Not whole books, as we really just do the needed sections and chapters, but I can certainly send you some. If this works, let me know and I?ll put together a selection for you. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Health and Wellness Services T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DBD09A.54212180] 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. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:23 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book [External email - use caution] Hopefully an OER textbook for basic Math, pre-algebra, and algebra perhaps. My goal is to ensure I understand both how the Humanware devices that support math, and the JAWS support for math work. I am field-testing one device and I own another one. Plus I use JAWS with several Braille displays. The Math that?s supported is Math-ML and equations entered in the Word equation editor, so the format of the documents could be either Word or HTML. Images of formulas or equations are not going to cut it! Right now, I have no blind students who use Braille that are taking any math. and those using JAWS are not taking math either right now. But eventually my Braille readers will be taking some sort of freshman math and so will my JAWS users. And I want to be ahead of things so I can show the students and their instructors how all this works. I?ve listened to a few webinars, but I don?t actually have more than a few simple examples, and what I really need is a textbook so I can try working through some exercises and be able to demo this stuff. Getting Nemeth in textbooks is pretty easy, but I?m looking for textbooks that the devices or JAWS can work with, because ideally I want instructors producing accessible exams. And of course not all my blind students can read Braille. I wish someone would get a grant to produce a fully accessible remedial math online course that will allow my blind students to easily qualify for either higher math or give them enough math they can get a non-STEM degree. Thoughts? Availability of accessible textbooks? --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Re: Seeking an accessible math book (JORDISON_SHAWN via athen-list) 3. Re: Seeking an accessible math book (Ana Thompson via athen-list) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 02:09:17 +0000 From: Ana Thompson via athen-list To: JORDISON_SHAWN , Access Technology Higher Education Network , Deborah Armstrong , Susan Kelmer Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Shawn, Please add me to the list when you share your video on 6/18. Thank you! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC> Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me> NWeLearn> Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA> Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell> From: JORDISON_SHAWN Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:40?PM To: Ana Thompson , Access Technology Higher Education Network , Deborah Armstrong , Susan Kelmer Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Highly recommend using MathPix for converting large PDFs with math. You can upload the math and have everything automatically created in LaTex. Then you can export as a word doc, and use MathType to one click convert the equations to MathML. I have a video on this - but its not coming out until June 18th! :) * Shawn ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me> YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials> [Sent from Front] On May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Susan, I lead accessibility efforts at UW Bothell and have been doing accessible Math testing with MathType and the Word Equation Editor for Math as well as Chemistry formulas for lab handouts. Could you share Math Book information with me too, please? Thank you so much! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC> Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me> NWeLearn> Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA> Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell> From: athen-list > on behalf of Susan Kelmer via athen-list > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 12:07?PM To: Deborah Armstrong >, Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Deb, I have some files for pre-calc, linear algebra, and calc in both Word with MathType and MathML format. Not whole books, as we really just do the needed sections and chapters, but I can certainly send you some. If this works, let me know and I?ll put together a selection for you. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Health and Wellness Services T 303 735 4836 https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fdisabilityservices&data=05%7C02%7Ckawilliams%40msudenver.edu%7C88eb6ccbecc94b3eb05208ddadd141f5%7C03309ca417334af9a73cf18cc841325c%7C1%7C0%7C638857836484515976%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ejnZAGUdqhrebNF%2Fuxl9gL6V4s18TiEgdvhlbhiTimE%3D&reserved=0 [cid:image001.png@01DBD09A.54212180] 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. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:23 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book [External email - use caution] Hopefully an OER textbook for basic Math, pre-algebra, and algebra perhaps. My goal is to ensure I understand both how the Humanware devices that support math, and the JAWS support for math work. I am field-testing one device and I own another one. Plus I use JAWS with several Braille displays. The Math that?s supported is Math-ML and equations entered in the Word equation editor, so the format of the documents could be either Word or HTML. Images of formulas or equations are not going to cut it! Right now, I have no blind students who use Braille that are taking any math. and those using JAWS are not taking math either right now. But eventually my Braille readers will be taking some sort of freshman math and so will my JAWS users. And I want to be ahead of things so I can show the students and their instructors how all this works. I?ve listened to a few webinars, but I don?t actually have more than a few simple examples, and what I really need is a textbook so I can try working through some exercises and be able to demo this stuff. Getting Nemeth in textbooks is pretty easy, but I?m looking for textbooks that the devices or JAWS can work with, because ideally I want instructors producing accessible exams. And of course not all my blind students can read Braille. I wish someone would get a grant to produce a fully accessible remedial math online course that will allow my blind students to easily qualify for either higher math or give them enough math they can get a non-STEM degree. Thoughts? Availability of accessible textbooks? --Debee -------------- 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: > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 02:16:24 +0000 From: JORDISON_SHAWN via athen-list To: Ana Thompson , Access Technology Higher Education Network , Deborah Armstrong , Susan Kelmer Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Appreciate that Ana! No need for a list - it will be published to my channel found here: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40TheAccessibilityGuy&data=05%7C02%7Ckawilliams%40msudenver.edu%7C88eb6ccbecc94b3eb05208ddadd141f5%7C03309ca417334af9a73cf18cc841325c%7C1%7C0%7C638857836484637881%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Phd6Jj9rxIjRI4fDXY74FNEIdjXPXNI%2BA6X0Q19a%2Bdw%3D&reserved=0 ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D > 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me> YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials> [Sent from Front] On June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM PDT thomana@uw.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Shawn, Please add me to the list when you share your video on 6/18. Thank you! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC> Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me> NWeLearn> Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA> Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell> From: JORDISON_SHAWN > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:40?PM To: Ana Thompson >, Access Technology Higher Education Network >, Deborah Armstrong >, Susan Kelmer > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Highly recommend using MathPix for converting large PDFs with math. You can upload the math and have everything automatically created in LaTex. Then you can export as a word doc, and use MathType to one click convert the equations to MathML. I have a video on this - but its not coming out until June 18th! :) * Shawn ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me> YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials> [Sent from Front] On May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Susan, I lead accessibility efforts at UW Bothell and have been doing accessible Math testing with MathType and the Word Equation Editor for Math as well as Chemistry formulas for lab handouts. Could you share Math Book information with me too, please? Thank you so much! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC> Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me> NWeLearn> Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA> Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell> From: athen-list > on behalf of Susan Kelmer via athen-list > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 12:07?PM To: Deborah Armstrong >, Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Deb, I have some files for pre-calc, linear algebra, and calc in both Word with MathType and MathML format. Not whole books, as we really just do the needed sections and chapters, but I can certainly send you some. If this works, let me know and I?ll put together a selection for you. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Health and Wellness Services T 303 735 4836 https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fdisabilityservices&data=05%7C02%7Ckawilliams%40msudenver.edu%7C88eb6ccbecc94b3eb05208ddadd141f5%7C03309ca417334af9a73cf18cc841325c%7C1%7C0%7C638857836485458992%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XcvSFtncyAS9booiVaoMYpBM%2FyK0cWbayx3QiLMeHNw%3D&reserved=0 [cid:image001.png@01DBD09A.54212180] 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. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:23 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book [External email - use caution] Hopefully an OER textbook for basic Math, pre-algebra, and algebra perhaps. My goal is to ensure I understand both how the Humanware devices that support math, and the JAWS support for math work. I am field-testing one device and I own another one. Plus I use JAWS with several Braille displays. The Math that?s supported is Math-ML and equations entered in the Word equation editor, so the format of the documents could be either Word or HTML. Images of formulas or equations are not going to cut it! Right now, I have no blind students who use Braille that are taking any math. and those using JAWS are not taking math either right now. But eventually my Braille readers will be taking some sort of freshman math and so will my JAWS users. And I want to be ahead of things so I can show the students and their instructors how all this works. I?ve listened to a few webinars, but I don?t actually have more than a few simple examples, and what I really need is a textbook so I can try working through some exercises and be able to demo this stuff. Getting Nemeth in textbooks is pretty easy, but I?m looking for textbooks that the devices or JAWS can work with, because ideally I want instructors producing accessible exams. And of course not all my blind students can read Braille. I wish someone would get a grant to produce a fully accessible remedial math online course that will allow my blind students to easily qualify for either higher math or give them enough math they can get a non-STEM degree. Thoughts? Availability of accessible textbooks? --Debee -------------- 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: > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 02:47:07 +0000 From: Ana Thompson via athen-list To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Shawn, Omg! I have been following your YT channel for quite a while and recommending it to others as I train staff on my campus. Thank you for all your work and sharing it out. Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC> Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me> NWeLearn> Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA> Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell> From: JORDISON_SHAWN Date: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 7:16?PM To: Ana Thompson , Access Technology Higher Education Network , Deborah Armstrong , Susan Kelmer Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Appreciate that Ana! No need for a list - it will be published to my channel found here: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40TheAccessibilityGuy&data=05%7C02%7Ckawilliams%40msudenver.edu%7C88eb6ccbecc94b3eb05208ddadd141f5%7C03309ca417334af9a73cf18cc841325c%7C1%7C0%7C638857836485900032%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FGJS6vg%2F4IpVkQA6weBRekaHYym9SA17V6GdyMuZqd4%3D&reserved=0 ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me> YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials> [Sent from Front] On June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM PDT thomana@uw.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Shawn, Please add me to the list when you share your video on 6/18. Thank you! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC> Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me> NWeLearn> Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA> Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell> From: JORDISON_SHAWN > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:40?PM To: Ana Thompson >, Access Technology Higher Education Network >, Deborah Armstrong >, Susan Kelmer > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Highly recommend using MathPix for converting large PDFs with math. You can upload the math and have everything automatically created in LaTex. Then you can export as a word doc, and use MathType to one click convert the equations to MathML. I have a video on this - but its not coming out until June 18th! :) * Shawn ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me> YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials> [Sent from Front] On May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Susan, I lead accessibility efforts at UW Bothell and have been doing accessible Math testing with MathType and the Word Equation Editor for Math as well as Chemistry formulas for lab handouts. Could you share Math Book information with me too, please? Thank you so much! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC> Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me> NWeLearn> Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA> Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell> From: athen-list > on behalf of Susan Kelmer via athen-list > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 12:07?PM To: Deborah Armstrong >, Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Deb, I have some files for pre-calc, linear algebra, and calc in both Word with MathType and MathML format. Not whole books, as we really just do the needed sections and chapters, but I can certainly send you some. If this works, let me know and I?ll put together a selection for you. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Health and Wellness Services T 303 735 4836 https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fdisabilityservices&data=05%7C02%7Ckawilliams%40msudenver.edu%7C88eb6ccbecc94b3eb05208ddadd141f5%7C03309ca417334af9a73cf18cc841325c%7C1%7C0%7C638857836486580951%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZPyIMSU0phS%2BwqWOEaReshRUlJu7zOXvOBsQnHCZAMs%3D&reserved=0 [cid:image001.png@01DBD09A.54212180] 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. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:23 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book [External email - use caution] Hopefully an OER textbook for basic Math, pre-algebra, and algebra perhaps. My goal is to ensure I understand both how the Humanware devices that support math, and the JAWS support for math work. I am field-testing one device and I own another one. Plus I use JAWS with several Braille displays. The Math that?s supported is Math-ML and equations entered in the Word equation editor, so the format of the documents could be either Word or HTML. Images of formulas or equations are not going to cut it! Right now, I have no blind students who use Braille that are taking any math. and those using JAWS are not taking math either right now. But eventually my Braille readers will be taking some sort of freshman math and so will my JAWS users. And I want to be ahead of things so I can show the students and their instructors how all this works. I?ve listened to a few webinars, but I don?t actually have more than a few simple examples, and what I really need is a textbook so I can try working through some exercises and be able to demo this stuff. Getting Nemeth in textbooks is pretty easy, but I?m looking for textbooks that the devices or JAWS can work with, because ideally I want instructors producing accessible exams. And of course not all my blind students can read Braille. I wish someone would get a grant to produce a fully accessible remedial math online course that will allow my blind students to easily qualify for either higher math or give them enough math they can get a non-STEM degree. Thoughts? Availability of accessible textbooks? --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials On June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM PDT thomana@uw.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Shawn, Please add me to the list when you share your video on 6/18. Thank you! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: JORDISON_SHAWN > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:40?PM To: Ana Thompson >, Access Technology Higher Education Network >, Deborah Armstrong >, Susan Kelmer > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Highly recommend using MathPix for converting large PDFs with math. You can upload the math and have everything automatically created in LaTex. Then you can export as a word doc, and use MathType to one click convert the equations to MathML. I have a video on this - but its not coming out until June 18th! :) * Shawn ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials [Sent from Front] On May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Susan, I lead accessibility efforts at UW Bothell and have been doing accessible Math testing with MathType and the Word Equation Editor for Math as well as Chemistry formulas for lab handouts. Could you share Math Book information with me too, please? Thank you so much! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: athen-list > on behalf of Susan Kelmer via athen-list > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 12:07?PM To: Deborah Armstrong >, Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Deb, I have some files for pre-calc, linear algebra, and calc in both Word with MathType and MathML format. Not whole books, as we really just do the needed sections and chapters, but I can certainly send you some. If this works, let me know and I?ll put together a selection for you. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Health and Wellness Services T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DBD09A.54212180] 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. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:23 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book [External email - use caution] Hopefully an OER textbook for basic Math, pre-algebra, and algebra perhaps. My goal is to ensure I understand both how the Humanware devices that support math, and the JAWS support for math work. I am field-testing one device and I own another one. Plus I use JAWS with several Braille displays. The Math that?s supported is Math-ML and equations entered in the Word equation editor, so the format of the documents could be either Word or HTML. Images of formulas or equations are not going to cut it! Right now, I have no blind students who use Braille that are taking any math. and those using JAWS are not taking math either right now. But eventually my Braille readers will be taking some sort of freshman math and so will my JAWS users. And I want to be ahead of things so I can show the students and their instructors how all this works. I?ve listened to a few webinars, but I don?t actually have more than a few simple examples, and what I really need is a textbook so I can try working through some exercises and be able to demo this stuff. Getting Nemeth in textbooks is pretty easy, but I?m looking for textbooks that the devices or JAWS can work with, because ideally I want instructors producing accessible exams. And of course not all my blind students can read Braille. I wish someone would get a grant to produce a fully accessible remedial math online course that will allow my blind students to easily qualify for either higher math or give them enough math they can get a non-STEM degree. Thoughts? Availability of accessible textbooks? --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials [Sent from Front] On June 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM PDT jordison_shawn@smc.edu wrote: Appreciate that Ana! No need for a list - it will be published to my channel found here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAccessibilityGuy ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials On June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM PDT thomana@uw.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Shawn, Please add me to the list when you share your video on 6/18. Thank you! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: JORDISON_SHAWN > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:40?PM To: Ana Thompson >, Access Technology Higher Education Network >, Deborah Armstrong >, Susan Kelmer > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Highly recommend using MathPix for converting large PDFs with math. You can upload the math and have everything automatically created in LaTex. Then you can export as a word doc, and use MathType to one click convert the equations to MathML. I have a video on this - but its not coming out until June 18th! :) * Shawn ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials [Sent from Front] On May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Susan, I lead accessibility efforts at UW Bothell and have been doing accessible Math testing with MathType and the Word Equation Editor for Math as well as Chemistry formulas for lab handouts. Could you share Math Book information with me too, please? Thank you so much! Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC Academic & Access Technologist UW Bothell IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) O 425.352.3794 | M 208.859.0231 (????????) Book time with me NWeLearn Co-Treasurer & Chair-elect Mental Health Matters WA Instructional Designer and Technology Advisor Ask me about Accessibility at UW Bothell From: athen-list > on behalf of Susan Kelmer via athen-list > Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 12:07?PM To: Deborah Armstrong >, Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Deb, I have some files for pre-calc, linear algebra, and calc in both Word with MathType and MathML format. Not whole books, as we really just do the needed sections and chapters, but I can certainly send you some. If this works, let me know and I?ll put together a selection for you. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Health and Wellness Services T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01DBD09A.54212180] 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. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:23 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book [External email - use caution] Hopefully an OER textbook for basic Math, pre-algebra, and algebra perhaps. My goal is to ensure I understand both how the Humanware devices that support math, and the JAWS support for math work. I am field-testing one device and I own another one. Plus I use JAWS with several Braille displays. The Math that?s supported is Math-ML and equations entered in the Word equation editor, so the format of the documents could be either Word or HTML. Images of formulas or equations are not going to cut it! Right now, I have no blind students who use Braille that are taking any math. and those using JAWS are not taking math either right now. But eventually my Braille readers will be taking some sort of freshman math and so will my JAWS users. And I want to be ahead of things so I can show the students and their instructors how all this works. I?ve listened to a few webinars, but I don?t actually have more than a few simple examples, and what I really need is a textbook so I can try working through some exercises and be able to demo this stuff. Getting Nemeth in textbooks is pretty easy, but I?m looking for textbooks that the devices or JAWS can work with, because ideally I want instructors producing accessible exams. And of course not all my blind students can read Braille. I wish someone would get a grant to produce a fully accessible remedial math online course that will allow my blind students to easily qualify for either higher math or give them enough math they can get a non-STEM degree. Thoughts? Availability of accessible textbooks? --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If this > works, let me know and I?ll put together a selection for you. > > > > > > *Susan Kelmer * > > Alternate Format Production Program Manager > > Disability Services > > Health and Wellness Services > > *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.* > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Deborah Armstrong via athen-list > *Sent:* Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:23 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book > > > > [External email - use caution] > > > > Hopefully an OER textbook for basic Math, pre-algebra, and algebra > perhaps. > > My goal is to ensure I understand both how the Humanware devices that > support math, and the JAWS support for math work. > > I am field-testing one device and I own another one. Plus I use JAWS with > several Braille displays. > > The Math that?s supported is Math-ML and equations entered in the Word > equation editor, so the format of the documents could be either Word or > HTML. Images of formulas or equations are not going to cut it! > > Right now, I have no blind students who use Braille that are taking any > math. and those using JAWS are not taking math either right now. > > But eventually my Braille readers will be taking some sort of freshman > math and so will my JAWS users. > > And I want to be ahead of things so I can show the students and their > instructors how all this works. > > I?ve listened to a few webinars, but I don?t actually have more than a few > simple examples, and what I really need is a textbook so I can try working > through some exercises and be able to demo this stuff. Getting Nemeth in > textbooks is pretty easy, but I?m looking for textbooks that the devices or > JAWS can work with, because ideally I want instructors producing accessible > exams. And of course not all my blind students can read Braille. > > I wish someone would get a grant to produce a fully accessible remedial > math online course that will allow my blind students to easily qualify for > either higher math or give them enough math they can get a non-STEM degree. > > Thoughts? Availability of accessible textbooks? > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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I think it is so important for people to understand a disease or disability as more than just merely a diagnosis; it is a lived experience that impacts every aspect of a person's life, while simultaneously making them who they are. I have experienced many high highs and low lows, but I have never let my illnesses stop me. Adjusting to life in college with multiple chronic illnesses has been a challenge, but technology has made the transition feel much easier. Technology has become my lifeline and has allowed me to do things I never knew possible. In 2023, I filled my backpack with medical supplies and left to study abroad in Indonesia. If it weren't for the technological advancements that have been made, my life-changing trip would not have been possible. This trip showed me that I really can do anything I set my mind to. My disease is not a roadblock that stops me in my tracks, but a challenge I am capable of overcoming. I am currently attending UCSB with aspirations to become a diabetes educator or work in nonprofit management. I have seen the role community plays in improving the lives of those living with a disability, and this firsthand experience inspired my career goals! Congratulations Sarah and we wish you well in your future endeavors. We will have some additional exciting announcements that will be shared soon so stay tuned! Jeff Bishop ATHEN President and the ATHEN Leadership Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Mon Jun 23 14:35:08 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis) via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Content and Media Coordinator position available at the University of Arizona ... 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I was hoping that you could please share my listserv message within your institutional listservs so that I may recruit students. Please see message below: Are you interested in volunteering to participate in a research study about how women graduate students with invisible disabilities encounter and navigate ableist perceptions of their competence within male-dominated academic fields? Are you 18-60 years old, identify as a woman, a registered graduate student who is currently enrolled in a male-dominated academic field, and have a self-identified invisible disability? Potential benefits of this research study include acquiring a profound comprehension of the phenomenon of competence that is being investigated. As a volunteer participant, you will participate in an interview. You will also participate in either a drawing exercise or an audio diary reflection. The interview and drawing exercise will take one hour and twenty minutes to complete. 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On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:41?AM Sine Rofofsky via athen-list < athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I wanted to ask, as I'm having problems with Ally labelling PDFs created > from accessible Word and PowerPoint documents, that when worked on in > exported PDFs in Acrobat and coming up as accessible, are still being > flagged. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to address this? > > Sine Rofofsky (he/him) > Librarian > SUNY Schenectady > _______________________________________________ > 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 Tue Jun 24 08:50:35 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Joe Feria-Galicia via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Ally Checking PDFs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sine, Can you list the errors being flagged by Ally? On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:41?AM Sine Rofofsky via athen-list < athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I wanted to ask, as I'm having problems with Ally labelling PDFs created > from accessible Word and PowerPoint documents, that when worked on in > exported PDFs in Acrobat and coming up as accessible, are still being > flagged. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to address this? > > Sine Rofofsky (he/him) > Librarian > SUNY Schenectady > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 11:50?AM Joe Feria-Galicia wrote: > Sine, > Can you list the errors being flagged by Ally? > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:41?AM Sine Rofofsky via athen-list < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> I wanted to ask, as I'm having problems with Ally labelling PDFs created >> from accessible Word and PowerPoint documents, that when worked on in >> exported PDFs in Acrobat and coming up as accessible, are still being >> flagged. >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to address this? >> >> Sine Rofofsky (he/him) >> Librarian >> SUNY Schenectady >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... 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On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 11:50?AM Joe Feria-Galicia wrote: > Sine, > Can you list the errors being flagged by Ally? > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:41?AM Sine Rofofsky via athen-list < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> I wanted to ask, as I'm having problems with Ally labelling PDFs created >> from accessible Word and PowerPoint documents, that when worked on in >> exported PDFs in Acrobat and coming up as accessible, are still being >> flagged. >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to address this? >> >> Sine Rofofsky (he/him) >> Librarian >> SUNY Schenectady >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... 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On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:53?AM Sine Rofofsky wrote: > My apologies, tagging - specifically headings and images. > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 11:50?AM Joe Feria-Galicia > wrote: > >> Sine, >> Can you list the errors being flagged by Ally? >> >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:41?AM Sine Rofofsky via athen-list < >> athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> I wanted to ask, as I'm having problems with Ally labelling PDFs created >>> from accessible Word and PowerPoint documents, that when worked on in >>> exported PDFs in Acrobat and coming up as accessible, are still being >>> flagged. >>> >>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to address this? >>> >>> Sine Rofofsky (he/him) >>> Librarian >>> SUNY Schenectady >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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... 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On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:53?AM Sine Rofofsky wrote: > My apologies, tagging - specifically headings and images. > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 11:50?AM Joe Feria-Galicia > wrote: > >> Sine, >> Can you list the errors being flagged by Ally? >> >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:41?AM Sine Rofofsky via athen-list < >> athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> I wanted to ask, as I'm having problems with Ally labelling PDFs created >>> from accessible Word and PowerPoint documents, that when worked on in >>> exported PDFs in Acrobat and coming up as accessible, are still being >>> flagged. >>> >>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to address this? >>> >>> Sine Rofofsky (he/him) >>> Librarian >>> SUNY Schenectady >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 Tue Jun 24 09:18:58 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (JORDISON_SHAWN via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Ally Checking PDFs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I just would like to add that Ally scans based off of the built in accessibility checker for Microsoft and Adobe. Did you know that neither of those checkers adhere to Section 508, WCAG, or any other law/standard? A passing document in ally does NOT mean the file is accessible, it just means it passes the built in accessibility check, which is really simple to do. -Shawn ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials [Sent from Front] On June 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Sine, Upload the original Word and PowerPoint files to Ally first. Make sure the Ally scores are 100%. Then use Ally 's Alternative Format to export to Adobe Acrobat and upload those versions to your LMS. If that doesn't work, you can email the original files, and I'll review them. On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:53?AM Sine Rofofsky > wrote: My apologies, tagging - specifically headings and images. On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 11:50?AM Joe Feria-Galicia > wrote: Sine, Can you list the errors being flagged by Ally? On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:41?AM Sine Rofofsky via athen-list > wrote: I wanted to ask, as I'm having problems with Ally labelling PDFs created from accessible Word and PowerPoint documents, that when worked on in exported PDFs in Acrobat and coming up as accessible, are still being flagged. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to address this? Sine Rofofsky (he/him) Librarian SUNY Schenectady _______________________________________________ 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 Tue Jun 24 09:18:58 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (JORDISON_SHAWN via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Ally Checking PDFs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I just would like to add that Ally scans based off of the built in accessibility checker for Microsoft and Adobe. Did you know that neither of those checkers adhere to Section 508, WCAG, or any other law/standard? A passing document in ally does NOT mean the file is accessible, it just means it passes the built in accessibility check, which is really simple to do. -Shawn ? Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D 530-238-5645 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Book a Session with me YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials [Sent from Front] On June 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Sine, Upload the original Word and PowerPoint files to Ally first. Make sure the Ally scores are 100%. Then use Ally 's Alternative Format to export to Adobe Acrobat and upload those versions to your LMS. If that doesn't work, you can email the original files, and I'll review them. On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:53?AM Sine Rofofsky > wrote: My apologies, tagging - specifically headings and images. On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 11:50?AM Joe Feria-Galicia > wrote: Sine, Can you list the errors being flagged by Ally? 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I have had multiple professors clim they didn't know about new editions when I asked and were find with the latest one being used. *Elizabeth Killinger* *Associate Coordinator* *FIT-ABLE | Office of Disability ServicesFashion Institute of Technology* David Dubinsky Student Center, A570 Phone: 212.217.4090 Website: fitnyc.edu/fitable On Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 12:32?PM Natasha K Geyer via athen-list < athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > > I?m looking for a PDF or EPUB of *IT Strategy & Innovation 4th Edition* > by McKeen, ISBN: 9781943153442. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > *Natasha Geyer, MSE* (She/Her) > Assistant Director -Disability Access Center > > University of Wisconsin ? 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Sine On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 12:19?PM JORDISON_SHAWN wrote: > I just would like to add that Ally scans based off of the built in > accessibility checker for Microsoft and Adobe. > > Did you know that neither of those checkers adhere to Section 508, WCAG, > or any other law/standard? > > A passing document in ally does NOT mean the file is accessible, it just > means it passes the built in accessibility check, which is really simple to > do. > > -Shawn > > ? > *Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D* > > 530-238-5645 > Accessibility Subject Matter Expert > Book a Session with me > YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials > > [image: Sent from Front] > > On June 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: > > CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. > > > Sine, > Upload the original Word and PowerPoint files to Ally first. Make sure the > Ally scores are 100%. Then use Ally 's Alternative Format to export to > Adobe Acrobat and upload those versions to your LMS. > If that doesn't work, you can email the original files, and I'll review > them. > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:53?AM Sine Rofofsky > wrote: > >> My apologies, tagging - specifically headings and images. >> >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 11:50?AM Joe Feria-Galicia >> wrote: >> >>> Sine, >>> Can you list the errors being flagged by Ally? >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:41?AM Sine Rofofsky via athen-list < >>> athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> I wanted to ask, as I'm having problems with Ally labelling PDFs >>>> created from accessible Word and PowerPoint documents, that when worked on >>>> in exported PDFs in Acrobat and coming up as accessible, are still being >>>> flagged. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to address this? >>>> >>>> Sine Rofofsky (he/him) >>>> Librarian >>>> SUNY Schenectady >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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... 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Sine On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 12:19?PM JORDISON_SHAWN wrote: > I just would like to add that Ally scans based off of the built in > accessibility checker for Microsoft and Adobe. > > Did you know that neither of those checkers adhere to Section 508, WCAG, > or any other law/standard? > > A passing document in ally does NOT mean the file is accessible, it just > means it passes the built in accessibility check, which is really simple to > do. > > -Shawn > > ? > *Shawn Jordison MS, Ed.D* > > 530-238-5645 > Accessibility Subject Matter Expert > Book a Session with me > YouTube channel featuring Accessibility Tutorials > > [image: Sent from Front] > > On June 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: > > CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. > > > Sine, > Upload the original Word and PowerPoint files to Ally first. Make sure the > Ally scores are 100%. Then use Ally 's Alternative Format to export to > Adobe Acrobat and upload those versions to your LMS. > If that doesn't work, you can email the original files, and I'll review > them. > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:53?AM Sine Rofofsky > wrote: > >> My apologies, tagging - specifically headings and images. >> >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 11:50?AM Joe Feria-Galicia >> wrote: >> >>> Sine, >>> Can you list the errors being flagged by Ally? >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 8:41?AM Sine Rofofsky via athen-list < >>> athen-list@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> I wanted to ask, as I'm having problems with Ally labelling PDFs >>>> created from accessible Word and PowerPoint documents, that when worked on >>>> in exported PDFs in Acrobat and coming up as accessible, are still being >>>> flagged. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to address this? >>>> >>>> Sine Rofofsky (he/him) >>>> Librarian >>>> SUNY Schenectady >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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... 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The EAA establishes and harmonizes standards for a wide range of products and services including consumer electronics (TVs, smartphones, computers, gaming consoles, etc.), ticketing and vending machines as well as websites and mobile apps. The EAA's web accessibility standard anchors to WCAG 2.2 instead of 2.1 but overall the approach is similar to the ADA Title II regulations here in the US. For example, third-party digital content and software. Embedded tools or plugins used on organizations' website are in scope. "We recommend that organizations make accessibility a requirement during the procurement process and request documented proof of accessibility (e.g., a completed VPAT report) from vendors prior to making a purchase.? Jon Avila An interesting and promising difference is the mandate for accessibility statements that go well beyond the notice statements typically found on US websites used to mitigate risk. In essence, the accessibility statement serves as both a public declaration of an organization's engagement with accessibility and a map of access features and barriers (see summary description below) Since Accessibility Statments must be public-facing documents detailing how services meet accessibility requirements Given the global economy, I am hopeful that this requirement for companies doing business in the EU will accelerate the trend in vendors providing reliable conformance reports (VPATs). ### "The legal framework gives us permission to dream" Lizzie Kiama --------------------------------- Key aspects of an EAA accessibility statement: Compliance Status: Clearly state whether the service is fully, partially, or not compliant with accessibility standards. Non-accessible Content: If there are any parts of the service that are not accessible, these should be listed for transparency. Preparation and Review: Include information about when the statement was prepared, how accessibility was assessed. Feedback Mechanism: Provide a way for users to report accessibility issues or request accessible alternatives, along with contact information for responsible personnel. Get Outlook for iOS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Sat Jun 28 13:02:41 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] The European Accessibility Act goes into effect today (6/28/2025) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <005a01dbe867$9b8805e0$d29811a0$@montana.com> Hello All, Included in the EAA that went into effect today is the requirement that all digital books sold or made available through libraries must be accessible. Furthermore, information about the accessibility of the digital books must be made available at point of distribution. Understanding Accessibility Metadata in Digital Publishing: A Guide for Students and Educators Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Lissner, L. Scott via athen-list Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2025 9:29 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] The European Accessibility Act goes into effect today (6/28/2025) The European Accessibility Act (EAA) goes into effect today (6/28/2025); should you care? The act applies to all economic providers (public or private) providing products or services, or offering to provide products or services, in the European Union - including organizations based outside the EU when conducting business within the EU market. Beyond considering if your organization offers covered services or products in the EU the - tools and strategies being used to implement the EAA can be a valuable resource to support and inform our efforts outside the EU. The EAA establishes and harmonizes standards for a wide range of products and services including consumer electronics (TVs, smartphones, computers, gaming consoles, etc.), ticketing and vending machines as well as websites and mobile apps. The EAA's web accessibility standard anchors to WCAG 2.2 instead of 2.1 but overall the approach is similar to the ADA Title II regulations here in the US. For example, third-party digital content and software. Embedded tools or plugins used on organizations' website are in scope. "We recommend that organizations make accessibility a requirement during the procurement process and request documented proof of accessibility (e.g., a completed VPAT report) from vendors prior to making a purchase." Jon Avila An interesting and promising difference is the mandate for accessibility statements that go well beyond the notice statements typically found on US websites used to mitigate risk. In essence, the accessibility statement serves as both a public declaration of an organization's engagement with accessibility and a map of access features and barriers (see summary description below) Since Accessibility Statments must be public-facing documents detailing how services meet accessibility requirements Given the global economy, I am hopeful that this requirement for companies doing business in the EU will accelerate the trend in vendors providing reliable conformance reports (VPATs). ### "The legal framework gives us permission to dream" Lizzie Kiama --------------------------------- Key aspects of an EAA accessibility statement: Compliance Status: Clearly state whether the service is fully, partially, or not compliant with accessibility standards. Non-accessible Content: If there are any parts of the service that are not accessible, these should be listed for transparency. 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