From athen-list at u.washington.edu Fri May 2 07:47:11 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Philip Kiff via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Canon scanner question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <748790db-f916-da63-47f5-e153c63f3016@d4k.ca> If one of these solutions doesn't meet your needs, and you still want to use an old scanner, then you might consider trying VueScan from Hamrick Software. Vuescan is not free software, but they are a small business that have been providing reliable replacement drivers and practical, usable software for discontinued scanners for well over 20 years now. I have no personal or business relationship with the company other than having purchased their software over a decade ago, in order to be able to continue to use an HP Scanjet 4850 - which I'm still using now. Here is their support page on the Canon DR-9080C, if that's the scanner you're looking for drivers for: https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/canon_dr_9080c.html Phil. Philip Kiff D4K Communications On 2025-04-29 1:45 p.m., Xanth King via athen-list wrote: > Okay great! > > I've worked with that model. It's pretty good. We've been using a > Canon DR X10c for over 10 years. The double sheet detection and driver > software for color dropout and image adjustment is way better, but > they're in the 10k+ range. They also weigh 87 pounds. > > Just something?to consider if you do ever get your unit to upgrade. > > Lately we've been way down on scanning requests because we almost > always get digital versions from the publishers, but it's nice to have > a such?a workhorse. I've only had to replace the rollers and pads and > keep the glass clean. > > Let me?know if you have any questions. Happy to help. > > *Xanth King* > Accessible Formats Technology Specialist > Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs > Wheeler Hall, Basement Level, Room 22 > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 10:29?AM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: > > This was very clear and the scanner model is correct, I was just > working remotely and couldn?t remember the exact model. > > *From:*athen-list > *On Behalf Of *Xanth King via athen-list > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2025 9:52 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Canon scanner question > > Hello, > > I have found that these older scanner series will work with older > drivers on newer machines, but the company doesn't maintain the > 'driver signing' which keeps them "secure". As far as I can tell, > the protocols work exactly the same despite the newer operating > systems. > > However, when you install the Windows 7 driver, even if you > confirm that you are okay with the driver being unsigned, Windows > 10/11 security will not allow an installation. That is, it will > behave as though the installation worked, but nothing will happen. > This is because you have to turn off driver signature enforcement. > > This requires administrative access to your computer, so you will > likely need help from IT unless you have gotten admin privileges. > > If you do, you need to reboot into advanced startup (hold down > shift when you hit restart) > https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2294-boot-advanced-startup-options-windows-10-a.html > > and Disable driver signature enforcement > https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/156602-how-enable-disable-driver-signature-enforcement-windows-10-a.html > > (when is only temporary for the next time the computer goes into > Windows.) > > Then you can install the Windows 7 driver from Canon's website. > Run it as administrator. If it doesn't work, try installing it in > compatibility mode. > > Also, it could be a lack of google-fu, but I can't find a DR 8090 > driver. Presuming this is the 9080c, here is the page with the > driver. You can switch the operating system to Windows 7 and get > it there. > > https://www.usa.canon.com/support/p/imageformula-dr-9080c-color-production-scanner?srsltid=AfmBOooxHiaWvZTRtSQE6eMhTj_hgZKsDXoT7Bz2BBTosbXq4GtjPS51 > > > Hope this helps. If this was unclear, feel free to shoot me any > questions. > > *Xanth King* > > Accessible Formats Technology Specialist > > Pronouns:?They/Them/Theirs > > Wheeler Hall, Basement Level, Room 22 > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 9:06?AM Will Pines via athen-list > wrote: > > I was using a 3090 with Windows 7/10 with a generic driver. I > was able to get Capture Perfect to work but with only Batch > Scan and single page scan.. none of the extended menus that > worked with its original drivers and software. We could no > longer get parts for the 3090 (rollers, sensors, etc.). > > Department purchased DRG-2110. I am running the 2110 on > Windows 10 with its native Capture software with no problems. > > 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 > *Susan Kelmer via athen-list > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2025 8:52 AM > *To:* Deborah Armstrong ; Access > Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Canon scanner question > > Scanner technology has come a long way, and some older Canon > scanners (that are not horribly pricey) are working just fine > with updated Windows version. > > I still use and absolutely swear by the Canon ImageFormula > series of scanners.? Sheet feed, have OCR built in, and run > just seamlessly for me. These scanners are now 10 years old or > so, but have survived every operating system upgrade I?ve gone > through with them.? I?m using a Canon DRM160. > > Those older Canon 5080s were so picky about operating systems > and just did not upgrade well to new operating systems, but > I?m here to tell you that Canon does indeed make scanners that > will.? Bonus: they have a smaller footprint so don?t take up > hardly any room on my desk. > > *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:* Tuesday, April 29, 2025 9:46 AM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > > *Subject:* [Athen] Canon scanner question > > [External email - use caution] > > The answer is probably no, but here?s the situation. A long > time ago I had a Canon high speed scanner, DR 50 something. I > think it was a DR5090, but I?m not entirely sure. When Windows > 7 came out, there were no longer drivers that worked with it, > though the scanner itself worked fine. > > So I convinced my department to spend another $7,000 on a DR > 8090? scanner which is still working fine. > > But Windows 10 came out, again, no drivers supported it. > > So I hid my Windows 7 PC under my desk, even though we had > strict rules to surplus all our old computers due to Windows 7 > no longer being updated. > > Five years later, and if I still want a high-speed scanner > that works with modern Windows 11, I?m going to have to beg > again. And it is silly, because this scanner still works just > fine. Also the college wants to avoid spending money it does > not need to spend. > > So I continue to hide the PC controlling this scanner and > wonder if anyone has a better solution. > > I did try running the scanners in a VM, both when Windows XP > became deprecated and after that Windows 7, but the drivers > would not communicate with the virtual machine. If anyone has > had luck doing this, let me know. > > With such an expensive scanner, I?m disappointed that Canon > has refused twice to keep its drivers updated for modern > operating systems. I know it is in their best interest to sell > new models, but they could have sold new drivers for a few > bucks and kept cash flow going that way as well. > > I worry a little about continuing to run Windows 7 just so I > can use this scanner, but I also don?t want to explain why I > want a new one when this one works fine. > > --Debee > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman22.u.washington.edu > http://mailman22.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 2025-05-02 10:47 a.m., Philip Kiff via athen-list wrote: > > If one of these solutions doesn't meet your needs, and you still want > to use an old scanner, then you might consider trying VueScan from > Hamrick Software. > > Vuescan is not free software, but they are a small business that have > been providing reliable replacement drivers and practical, usable > software for discontinued scanners for well over 20 years now. > > I have no personal or business relationship with the company other > than having purchased their software over a decade ago, in order to be > able to continue to use an HP Scanjet 4850 - which I'm still using now. > > Here is their support page on the Canon DR-9080C, if that's the > scanner you're looking for drivers for: > https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/canon_dr_9080c.html > > Phil. > > Philip Kiff > D4K Communications > > On 2025-04-29 1:45 p.m., Xanth King via athen-list wrote: >> Okay great! >> >> I've worked with that model. It's pretty good. We've been using a >> Canon DR X10c for over 10 years. The double sheet detection and >> driver software for color dropout and image adjustment is way better, >> but they're in the 10k+ range. They also weigh 87 pounds. >> >> Just something?to consider if you do ever get your unit to upgrade. >> >> Lately we've been way down on scanning requests because we almost >> always get digital versions from the publishers, but it's nice to >> have a such?a workhorse. I've only had to replace the rollers and >> pads and keep the glass clean. >> >> Let me?know if you have any questions. Happy to help. >> >> *Xanth King* >> Accessible Formats Technology Specialist >> Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs >> Wheeler Hall, Basement Level, Room 22 >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 10:29?AM Deborah Armstrong >> wrote: >> >> This was very clear and the scanner model is correct, I was just >> working remotely and couldn?t remember the exact model. >> >> *From:*athen-list >> *On Behalf Of *Xanth King via athen-list >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2025 9:52 AM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Canon scanner question >> >> Hello, >> >> I have found that these older scanner series will work with older >> drivers on newer machines, but the company doesn't maintain the >> 'driver signing' which keeps them "secure". As far as I can tell, >> the protocols work exactly the same despite the newer operating >> systems. >> >> However, when you install the Windows 7 driver, even if you >> confirm that you are okay with the driver being unsigned, Windows >> 10/11 security will not allow an installation. That is, it will >> behave as though the installation worked, but nothing will >> happen. This is because you have to turn off driver signature >> enforcement. >> >> This requires administrative access to your computer, so you will >> likely need help from IT unless you have gotten admin privileges. >> >> If you do, you need to reboot into advanced startup (hold down >> shift when you hit restart) >> https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2294-boot-advanced-startup-options-windows-10-a.html >> >> and Disable driver signature enforcement >> https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/156602-how-enable-disable-driver-signature-enforcement-windows-10-a.html >> >> (when is only temporary for the next time the computer goes into >> Windows.) >> >> Then you can install the Windows 7 driver from Canon's website. >> Run it as administrator. If it doesn't work, try installing it in >> compatibility mode. >> >> Also, it could be a lack of google-fu, but I can't find a DR 8090 >> driver. Presuming this is the 9080c, here is the page with the >> driver. You can switch the operating system to Windows 7 and get >> it there. >> >> https://www.usa.canon.com/support/p/imageformula-dr-9080c-color-production-scanner?srsltid=AfmBOooxHiaWvZTRtSQE6eMhTj_hgZKsDXoT7Bz2BBTosbXq4GtjPS51 >> >> >> Hope this helps. If this was unclear, feel free to shoot me any >> questions. >> >> *Xanth King* >> >> Accessible Formats Technology Specialist >> >> Pronouns:?They/Them/Theirs >> >> Wheeler Hall, Basement Level, Room 22 >> >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 9:06?AM Will Pines via athen-list >> wrote: >> >> I was using a 3090 with Windows 7/10 with a generic driver. I >> was able to get Capture Perfect to work but with only Batch >> Scan and single page scan.. none of the extended menus that >> worked with its original drivers and software. We could no >> longer get parts for the 3090 (rollers, sensors, etc.). >> >> Department purchased DRG-2110. I am running the 2110 on >> Windows 10 with its native Capture software with no problems. >> >> 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 >> *Susan Kelmer via athen-list >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2025 8:52 AM >> *To:* Deborah Armstrong ; Access >> Technology Higher Education Network >> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Canon scanner question >> >> Scanner technology has come a long way, and some older Canon >> scanners (that are not horribly pricey) are working just fine >> with updated Windows version. >> >> I still use and absolutely swear by the Canon ImageFormula >> series of scanners.? Sheet feed, have OCR built in, and run >> just seamlessly for me.? These scanners are now 10 years old >> or so, but have survived every operating system upgrade I?ve >> gone through with them.? I?m using a Canon DRM160. >> >> Those older Canon 5080s were so picky about operating systems >> and just did not upgrade well to new operating systems, but >> I?m here to tell you that Canon does indeed make scanners >> that will.? Bonus: they have a smaller footprint so don?t >> take up hardly any room on my desk. >> >> *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:* Tuesday, April 29, 2025 9:46 AM >> *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' >> >> *Subject:* [Athen] Canon scanner question >> >> [External email - use caution] >> >> The answer is probably no, but here?s the situation. A long >> time ago I had a Canon high speed scanner, DR 50 something. I >> think it was a DR5090, but I?m not entirely sure. When >> Windows 7 came out, there were no longer drivers that worked >> with it, though the scanner itself worked fine. >> >> So I convinced my department to spend another $7,000 on a DR >> 8090? scanner which is still working fine. >> >> But Windows 10 came out, again, no drivers supported it. >> >> So I hid my Windows 7 PC under my desk, even though we had >> strict rules to surplus all our old computers due to Windows >> 7 no longer being updated. >> >> Five years later, and if I still want a high-speed scanner >> that works with modern Windows 11, I?m going to have to beg >> again. And it is silly, because this scanner still works just >> fine. Also the college wants to avoid spending money it does >> not need to spend. >> >> So I continue to hide the PC controlling this scanner and >> wonder if anyone has a better solution. >> >> I did try running the scanners in a VM, both when Windows XP >> became deprecated and after that Windows 7, but the drivers >> would not communicate with the virtual machine. If anyone has >> had luck doing this, let me know. >> >> With such an expensive scanner, I?m disappointed that Canon >> has refused twice to keep its drivers updated for modern >> operating systems. I know it is in their best interest to >> sell new models, but they could have sold new drivers for a >> few bucks and kept cash flow going that way as well. >> >> I worry a little about continuing to run Windows 7 just so I >> can use this scanner, but I also don?t want to explain why I >> want a new one when this one works fine. >> >> --Debee >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman22.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman22.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman22.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman22.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ > 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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We?d love to learn more about your experience?what?s working, what?s challenging, and how we might help. If you're a leader within a Disability Services Office, we?d greatly appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. What to Expect: - A 1-hour recorded interview via Zoom - A chance to share your insights, challenges, and needs - Camera use is encouraged if you?re comfortable If you're interested, please use the following Calendly link to select a time that works for you before May 30th: https://calendly.com/d/cnc2-nbt-t7x/1-hour-research-session-disability-services . Once you register, Calendly will automatically send you a meeting invitation. We?re aiming to speak with five professionals from diverse institutions across the U.S. If our slots fill up, we?ll follow up with folks accordingly. But stay tuned; there will be more opportunities to participate in future research rounds! If you know colleagues who may be interested but are not on this listserv, please pass this note along. If you have any questions, you can reach me at deanna.ferrante@macmillan.com. Thank you for everything you do to support students with disabilities. We?re excited to learn from you! Best, Deanna Ferrante (she/her) Executive Accessibility Project Manager Macmillan Learning -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Mon May 12 16:30:22 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Lucy Greco via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] reminder about Lucy's retirement event Message-ID: Hello everyone. I just wanted to send out a reminder that I will be hosting an online event this wednesday at 12 noon pdt as part of my retirement. if you have not already done so please sign up for the zoom event at this link https://berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/register/dKwQgPJPR0aoBzZM-Ckbeg In this meeting I will be interviewed by one of my colleagues about my journey at UC berkeley. 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During this live panel, you'll hear students discuss the learning challenges they faced and how one particular tool is empowering them to learn more effectively and independently. *Some of the questions we'll be exploring with them include:* - What were some of the learning challenges you were facing before using Glean? - How has Glean helped you to become a better learner? - Are there any specific features or tools that you found particularly helpful? - Have you used any other study apps or tools in the past, and if so, how does Glean compare? There will also be a Q&A session where you can ask the students your own questions. This session will take place via Zoom on *Wednesday, May 21st at 12pm ET / 11am CT.* You can find out more information and register here - https://glean.co/events/panel-webinar-real-students-real-success-stories All the best, Aneesha -- *Aneesha Aslam *(she/her) Senior Marketing Executive aneesha.aslam@glean.co -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Panel webinar Real students, real opinions and success stories - Live.png Type: image/png Size: 294383 bytes Desc: not available URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Fri May 16 09:42:31 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Ali Steenis via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Hard Copy Braille Textbook Donations? Message-ID: Hi all, Apologies for those seeing this cross posted! We have a few older editions of college textbooks in hard copy braille that we are looking to rehome. Has anyone had success in donating college-level textbooks in braille somewhere? Is there any interest in posting a list of what we have to see if other schools might need it? I have already contacted our state talking book and braille library, looked into ShareBraille.org (mainly children's books), and considered sending books to the NFB braille book fair (they don't take textbooks). As we all know, creating these books, especially the many volumes of math content with tactile graphics, is extremely expensive. It seems a waste to recycle or destroy them when braille literacy around the world is far lower than it should be and access to materials is a primary contributor to the issue. Our department policy is that students keep hard copy braille books but the inventory we have now is from before this policy was in place. Any ideas or strategies? 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Awardees don?t just receive recognition?they become part of the global Zero Project Network, present at the Zero Project Conference at the United Nations Office at Vienna, and receive other opportunities to advance their solutions. The U.S. Access Board will be hosting a joint webinar with the Zero Project on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, from 1:00 ? 2:00 PM (ET), to provide an overview of the Zero Project Awards 2026. Focusing on innovations in Accessibility, ICT, and Crisis Response, the Zero Project Call for Nominations 2026 opened today. The information webinar will be hosted over Zoom for Government and is open to all members of the public; sign language interpreting and real time captioning will be provided. 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I just want to start working on a presentation, Cheers, Karen From: athen-list On Behalf Of Robert Beach via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 10:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict Hello all, I have a key conflict with Microsoft's Copilot. I use ALT+SPACEBAR to bring up the system menu so I can maximize a window. However, now that Copilot is here, when I press ALT+SPACEBAR, Copilot comes up instead of the system menu. Very annoying! Does anybody have any idea how to redirect the Copilot hotkey? I have not found it in the Copilot settings, but maybe I'm missing it. Thanks! Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed May 21 08:13:33 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Kelly Ford via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, There is a setting someplace in the Copilot app to change this behavior. I apologize that I don't recall exactly where. If you write to edad@microsoft.com, they should be able to help. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Karen McCall via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 10:11 AM To: Robert Beach ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict Robert What application are you in? I just tested this with Outlook, Word and Edge and Alt + Spacebar is opening the system menu. I tried using the Alt on both sides of the Spacebar and am using JAWS 2025.. I have Microsoft 365 with all updates installed. I'm also on the beta channel. In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, there is a checkbox to turn Copilot off in the Options dialog, Copilot setting. The ability to do this has recently been added to PowerPoint and Excel. I find that Copilot interferes with my ability to be productive, especially in PowerPoint where the first Tab on the slide canvas is for Copilot. I just want to start working on a presentation, Cheers, Karen From: athen-list On Behalf Of Robert Beach via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 10:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict Hello all, I have a key conflict with Microsoft's Copilot. I use ALT+SPACEBAR to bring up the system menu so I can maximize a window. However, now that Copilot is here, when I press ALT+SPACEBAR, Copilot comes up instead of the system menu. Very annoying! Does anybody have any idea how to redirect the Copilot hotkey? I have not found it in the Copilot settings, but maybe I'm missing it. Thanks! 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From: athen-list On Behalf Of Karen McCall via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 8:11 AM To: Robert Beach ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [EXT] Re: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict External Email ________________________________ Robert What application are you in? I just tested this with Outlook, Word and Edge and Alt + Spacebar is opening the system menu. I tried using the Alt on both sides of the Spacebar and am using JAWS 2025.. I have Microsoft 365 with all updates installed. I'm also on the beta channel. In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, there is a checkbox to turn Copilot off in the Options dialog, Copilot setting. The ability to do this has recently been added to PowerPoint and Excel. I find that Copilot interferes with my ability to be productive, especially in PowerPoint where the first Tab on the slide canvas is for Copilot. I just want to start working on a presentation, Cheers, Karen From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Robert Beach via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 10:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict Hello all, I have a key conflict with Microsoft's Copilot. I use ALT+SPACEBAR to bring up the system menu so I can maximize a window. However, now that Copilot is here, when I press ALT+SPACEBAR, Copilot comes up instead of the system menu. Very annoying! Does anybody have any idea how to redirect the Copilot hotkey? I have not found it in the Copilot settings, but maybe I'm missing it. Thanks! Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Wed May 21 08:20:23 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Robert Beach via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It happens regardless of the application. It happens in Word, Outlook, Chrome, and File Explorer for example. I am also using JAWS 2025 and Office 365 (supposedly). Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 From: Karen McCall Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 10:11 AM To: Robert Beach ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: RE: Copilot and key conflict Robert What application are you in? I just tested this with Outlook, Word and Edge and Alt + Spacebar is opening the system menu. I tried using the Alt on both sides of the Spacebar and am using JAWS 2025.. I have Microsoft 365 with all updates installed. I'm also on the beta channel. In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, there is a checkbox to turn Copilot off in the Options dialog, Copilot setting. The ability to do this has recently been added to PowerPoint and Excel. I find that Copilot interferes with my ability to be productive, especially in PowerPoint where the first Tab on the slide canvas is for Copilot. I just want to start working on a presentation, Cheers, Karen From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Robert Beach via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 10:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict Hello all, I have a key conflict with Microsoft's Copilot. I use ALT+SPACEBAR to bring up the system menu so I can maximize a window. However, now that Copilot is here, when I press ALT+SPACEBAR, Copilot comes up instead of the system menu. Very annoying! Does anybody have any idea how to redirect the Copilot hotkey? I have not found it in the Copilot settings, but maybe I'm missing it. Thanks! 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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 Robert Beach via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 8:20 AM To: Karen McCall ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict It happens regardless of the application. It happens in Word, Outlook, Chrome, and File Explorer for example. I am also using JAWS 2025 and Office 365 (supposedly). Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 From: Karen McCall > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 10:11 AM To: Robert Beach >; Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: Copilot and key conflict Robert What application are you in? I just tested this with Outlook, Word and Edge and Alt + Spacebar is opening the system menu. I tried using the Alt on both sides of the Spacebar and am using JAWS 2025.. I have Microsoft 365 with all updates installed. I'm also on the beta channel. In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, there is a checkbox to turn Copilot off in the Options dialog, Copilot setting. The ability to do this has recently been added to PowerPoint and Excel. I find that Copilot interferes with my ability to be productive, especially in PowerPoint where the first Tab on the slide canvas is for Copilot. I just want to start working on a presentation, Cheers, Karen From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Robert Beach via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 10:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict Hello all, I have a key conflict with Microsoft's Copilot. I use ALT+SPACEBAR to bring up the system menu so I can maximize a window. However, now that Copilot is here, when I press ALT+SPACEBAR, Copilot comes up instead of the system menu. Very annoying! Does anybody have any idea how to redirect the Copilot hotkey? I have not found it in the Copilot settings, but maybe I'm missing it. Thanks! Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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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 Robert Beach via athen-list Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 8:20 AM To: Karen McCall >; Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Copilot and key conflict It happens regardless of the application. It happens in Word, Outlook, Chrome, and File Explorer for example. I am also using JAWS 2025 and Office 365 (supposedly). Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College rbeach@kckcc.edu 913-288-7671 From: Karen McCall > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 10:11 AM To: Robert Beach >; Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: RE: Copilot and key conflict Robert What application are you in? I just tested this with Outlook, Word and Edge and Alt + Spacebar is opening the system menu. I tried using the Alt on both sides of the Spacebar and am using JAWS 2025.. I have Microsoft 365 with all updates installed. I'm also on the beta channel. In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, there is a checkbox to turn Copilot off in the Options dialog, Copilot setting. The ability to do this has recently been added to PowerPoint and Excel. I find that Copilot interferes with my ability to be productive, especially in PowerPoint where the first Tab on the slide canvas is for Copilot. 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John (full disclosure, I am founder and president of ViewPlus) From: athen-list On Behalf Of Karthikeyan, Ramya via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2025 8:00 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] OCR Scanner and Braille Embosser Recommendations Hello! We are looking to replace a KIC Bookeye scanner for scanning books without breaking the spine. Any recommendations on recent OCR scanners for books? Also would appreciate any feedback of ViewPlus embossers. We have not needed large scale embossing so far. Thanks in advance! Best, Ramya Ramya Karthikeyan Alternative Format Specialist UCLA Center for Accessible Education 310-825-1501 (CAE line) http://www.cae.ucla.edu/ Pronouns: she/her Find the CAE on Social Media: [signature_260997815] [signature_4134850876] Note: The CAE is a Voter Registration Agency. To register to vote online, visit https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/. 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Evidence-based research ? other topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments, including campus-wide or business-wide accessibility initiatives View last year?s sessions to get a sense of the typical agenda and range of topics. Besides 1 and 2-hr main conference sessions, we are also looking for 3-hr or 6-hr pre-conference proposals. (Pre-con speakers receive additional discounts on conference fees. Contact the conference organizer for more details). Use the online speaker proposal form to submit your proposal. Additional speaker information can be found on the AHG website. Discounts: ? Out of state speakers receive a 10% discount on registration ? ATHEN and AHEAD members receive an additional 10% discount ? 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Thanks, Allison Swanson AT-IT Coordinator & Accessibility Facilitator [CBS8mbI0AM8N0XtHecA+I5472edEflZ8LcRRyQi8d+OSOKIRCQegUjiiEQkHoFI4ohEJCKEyP8D+cillr8apMoAAAAASUVORK5CYII=] 308 Occupational Therapy Building 970-491-0625 allison.r.swanson@colostate.edu Assistive Technology Resource Center Accessibility by Design -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 12255 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Tue May 27 06:45:15 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Aneesha Aslam via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Announcement from Dave Tucker, Founder, on Glean's next exciting chapter Message-ID: *BIG ANNOUNCEMENT BY Glean Founder & co-CEO Dave Tucker* Over the past 18 years we?ve heard countless stories of real lives that have been impacted and improved by our technology. 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I just had a fantastic research session with an ATHEN board member, and I hope the next great conversation will be with you! What to Expect: - A 1-hour recorded interview via Zoom - A chance to share your insights, challenges, and needs - Camera use is encouraged if you are comfortable If you're interested, please use the following Calendly link to select a time that works for you: https://calendly.com/d/cnc2-nbt-t7x/1-hour-research-session-disability-services . Once you register, Calendly will automatically send you a meeting invitation. If none of the available time slots work for you, please email deanna.ferrante@macmillan.com with your availability over the next 2 weeks (May 28-June 6). For this first phase of research, we are looking to speak with five professionals from diverse institutions across the U.S. If our slots fill up, we will follow up to let you know. Thank you for everything you do to support students with disabilities. 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He?s concerned about a recent executive order issued by the Trump administration that reportedly requires commercial drivers to be able to read and write English if stopped or inspected. From what I understand, this could potentially impact individuals with disabilities?like dyslexia or low vision?who may use assistive technology, need extra time, or process written information differently. I?m trying to find out more about the following: - How is this order currently being implemented and enforced? - Are roadside inspectors or others tasked with enforcement trained to recognize and accommodate individuals with documented disabilities? - Are there provisions to ensure compliance with existing disability rights laws (such as the ADA and Section 504) in how these requirements are evaluated? If anyone has insight, official guidance, or contacts who might know more about how accommodations are?or should be?applied in this context, I?d be very grateful. 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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... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 08:59:47 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (JORDISON_SHAWN via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Newsletter programs and templates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Venngage is where its at for now in my opinion. Mailchimp has many known issues with the buttons and labels specifically. I cant wait to get away from PDFs :) * 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 8:54 AM PDT athen-list@u.washington.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi all, A colleague used Canva to create a newsletter and their director is asking them to reformat it into an accessible format! (Win!) 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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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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Thu May 29 11:22:32 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Deborah Armstrong via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Message-ID: 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: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 11:24:10 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Kamran Rasul via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Newsletter programs and templates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We are beginning to shift to Adobe Express from Canva. So far, find it easier to make accessible using Adobe Professional. Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device Get Outlook for Android ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Monica Olsson via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 11:52:00 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessible Newsletter programs and templates External Email - Use Caution Hi all, A colleague used Canva to create a newsletter and their director is asking them to reformat it into an accessible format! (Win!) 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... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 12:07:00 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Susan Kelmer via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 14:02:51 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Ana Thompson via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 14:35:26 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Shannon L Garcia via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, I highly recommend the OpenStax OERs: https://openstax.org/subjects/math/ If you like, please reach out to me off-list - we have a large archive of STEM materials (Word with MathML) that we have remediated in-house. Shannon SHANNON GARCIA Program Manager / Access Text and Technology Disability Resources for Students UW Tower O-160 Box 359554 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195-9554 206.543.8924 / direct 206.221.7297 lea@uw.edu / disability.uw.edu UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Ana Thompson via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 2:02 PM To: Susan Kelmer ; Access Technology Higher Education Network ; Deborah Armstrong Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book 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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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... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 14:43:16 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Karthikeyan, Ramya via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [like] Karthikeyan, Ramya reacted to your message: ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of JORDISON_SHAWN via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 9:40:35 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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Shannon SHANNON GARCIA Program Manager / Access Text and Technology Disability Resources for Students UW Tower O-160 Box 359554 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195-9554 206.543.8924 / direct 206.221.7297 lea@uw.edu / disability.uw.edu UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Ana Thompson via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 2:02 PM To: Susan Kelmer ; Access Technology Higher Education Network ; Deborah Armstrong Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book 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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Relying on a template means relying on the template provider for remediation, which is, basically, a loop of death. Nothing every actually becomes accessible. You just spend your days trading emails with support in which they assure you that your concerns have been ?passed up the chain.? To get around this, back in 2004, we switched to a provider (Contant Contact) that allowed us to code our own HTML for each newsletter. Not just the template. The contents as well. EVERYTHING. This way, we can remediate and standardize that code (which we have done over the last 20 years) to address all of the many concerns that readers have in accessing the newsletters using various assistive technologies. The result are the newsletters that tens of thousands of AT subscribers, all over the world, read each week. In short, the killer app for true email accessibility is the ability to custom code. How do you know your code is correct / accessible each time? You run it through the W3C?s HTML Markup Validation Service located at: https://validator.w3.org/. Each newsletter that we publish must pass this check. But be warned. Email HTML is WAY behind today?s HTML standards. So you will still need to live with some deprecations that you will not be able to get rid of. This is, very unfortunately, the current state of the technology where email accessibility is concerned. Hope this helps. Happy to answer any additional questions anyone might have. Aaron Di Blasi, PMP ?The greatest barrier to accessibility is indifference.? ? PR Director (2024-Present) AT-Newswire Access Technology's Digital Newswire https://at-newswire.com ? Publisher (2024-Present) AI-Weekly The Week's News in Artificial Intelligence https://ai-weekly.ai ? Publisher (2022-Present) Access Information News The Week's News in Access Information https://accessinformationnews.com ? 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If you have received this e-mail and attachments in error, please delete the e-mail and its attachments from your computer. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Monica Olsson via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 11:52 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessible Newsletter programs and templates Hi all, A colleague used Canva to create a newsletter and their director is asking them to reformat it into an accessible format! (Win!) 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... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 94349 bytes Desc: not available URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 15:28:37 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Monica Olsson via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Shawn, Put me on the list of folks that want your video coming on June 18th! My email address is: molsson@sbctc.edu After the equations are in MathML, how do you recommend sharing the Math with students, would the final output be a word document with MathML? In this Accessible Math webinar from the CCC system, I watched a STEM faculty past LaTeX code directly into a Canvas page using by toggling on the LaTeX edit button in the Equation Editor and then Math Jax (behind the scenes) renders it on the Cavas page as readable Math to the screen reader user. Are you familiar with this process? 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 ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of JORDISON_SHAWN via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 2:40 PM To: Ana Thompson ; Access Technology Higher Education Network ; Deborah Armstrong ; Susan Kelmer Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book [Sent from outside SBCTC] 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... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 15:35:36 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (JORDISON_SHAWN via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yes I understand what she was looking for. I was simply trying to provide another method to get to the accessible part. Monica, Math entered into canvas today is totally accessible and renders in MathML. You don't have to do anything special to make it work. My recommendation would be to provide a word document with the math as math ml or as a canvas page. The video you watched is probably old because the way that they used to do it was having the math rendered as an image with latex entered as the alternate text. But now canvas natively supports accessible math. Of course, this also depends on what software the student is using, but what I've outlined should work just fine. - 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, 3:28?PM PDT molsson@sbctc.edu wrote: CAUTION: This email originated outside SMC. Hi Shawn, Put me on the list of folks that want your video coming on June 18th! My email address is: molsson@sbctc.edu After the equations are in MathML, how do you recommend sharing the Math with students, would the final output be a word document with MathML? In this Accessible Math webinar from the CCC system, I watched a STEM faculty past LaTeX code directly into a Canvas page using by toggling on the LaTeX edit button in the Equation Editor and then Math Jax (behind the scenes) renders it on the Cavas page as readable Math to the screen reader user. Are you familiar with this process? 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 ________________________________ From: athen-list > on behalf of JORDISON_SHAWN via athen-list > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 2:40 PM To: Ana Thompson >; Access Technology Higher Education Network >; Deborah Armstrong >; Susan Kelmer > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book [Sent from outside SBCTC] 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... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 16:18:45 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Joshua Hori via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello All, There is also the Libretexts.org OER/OpenStax library that is available to the public. Here?s the bookshelf for math textbooks: https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves My team was responsible for creating the Accessibility Checker for Libretexts, and more details about it?s fixing capabilities can be found in my Notion notes. There?s still some instances of ?filename.png? being used for images in textbooks, but authors can now easily fix it. We have also integrated Immersive Reader and BeelineReader as a reading option. We have ADAPT homework to help with inaccessible H5P homework questions/quizzes. 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 Shannon L Garcia via athen-list Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:36?PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network , Deborah Armstrong , Susan Kelmer , Ana Thompson Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book Hi all, I highly recommend the OpenStax OERs: https://openstax.org/subjects/math/ If you like, please reach out to me off-list - we have a large archive of STEM materials (Word with MathML) that we have remediated in-house. Shannon SHANNON GARCIA Program Manager / Access Text and Technology Disability Resources for Students UW Tower O-160 Box 359554 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195-9554 206.543.8924 / direct 206.221.7297 lea@uw.edu / disability.uw.edu UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Ana Thompson via athen-list Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 2:02 PM To: Susan Kelmer ; Access Technology Higher Education Network ; Deborah Armstrong Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book 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... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 16:28:57 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Joshua Hori via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:03 2025 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Newsletter programs and templates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Are they exporting a PNG or PDF? If they?re exporting PNG, then it?s probably an infographic of the newsletter which they?re sharing as a social media post and pasting into emails. If it?s a PDF, then it?s an email attachment. While I have used LinkedIn articles as a newsletter of sorts, I?ve been looking for something more robust. Medium and Substack comes up often and I?ve been playing with published Notion documents as well (There?s even a Notion templates that focus on newsletters). The great thing about Notion is that it?s Markdown! (Obsidian users, rejoice!!) I?ve discussed using AI to make marketing content more accessible in a LinkedIn Article, my ?newsletter?: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/using-ai-assist-making-accessible-content-joshua-hori-qynhc/ In the article, I discuss making images of tables into accessible HTML and submitting marketing materials for descriptions and alt tags. People will lose interest in Canva as Fooocus becomes popular. Yes, 3 O?s there. Fooo cus. It?s what I use when I want to generate images with specific styles attached. I love my steampunk and retro neon switches in Fooocus. 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: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 8:53?AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Accessible Newsletter programs and templates Hi all, A colleague used Canva to create a newsletter and their director is asking them to reformat it into an accessible format! (Win!) 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... URL: From athen-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 12:38:58 2025 From: athen-list at u.washington.edu (Rebecca Sitton via athen-list) Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:04 2025 Subject: [Athen] Free Virtual Multimedia Accessibility Conference - June 10 Message-ID: Greetings! Please share the following free opportunity, 'Creating Accessible Multimedia,' with your network and Channels. [image: North Carolina Higher Education Digital Accessibility Collaborative logo] The North Carolina Higher Education Digital Accessibility Collaborative invites you to join us at our 2025 Virtual Conference: Join the Journey: Creating Accessible Multimedia . *Date:* Tuesday, June 10, 2025 *Time:* 9:00 A.M. ? 3:00 P.M. ET *Location:* Online via Zoom *Cost:* FREE This full-day virtual conference will bring together digital accessibility experts to explore topics including: - Designing and implementing accessibility across various media types - Creating more accessible social media communications - Enhancing the accessibility of live and recorded events Whether you're just starting or looking to expand your expertise, this is a fantastic professional development opportunity for anyone who wants to maximize their work in multimedia production and improve their skills around digital accessibility to ensure their work reaches the widest audience possible and meets recent updates to Title II of the ADA. Please fill out the Conference Registration so we can plan for your attendance. Recordings will also be posted to our *YouTube channel* after the event. If you have any questions, please contact tap@wfu.edu. ASL (American Sign Language) interpreters for the Join the Journey conference are provided by UNC CAUSE. UNC CAUSE promotes cooperation and information exchange between the campuses of the UNC system in all areas related to information technology. Please share this opportunity far and wide. We hope to see you there! *The North Carolina Higher Ed Digital Accessibility Collaborative* *Rebecca E. Sitton* University Digital Accessibility Coordinator NC State University Office of Information Technology Outreach, Communications & Consulting P: (919) 513-4087 Email: resitton@ncsu.edu Schedule an appointment Pronouns: she, her, hers NC State Accessibility "All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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