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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This may not help, but we have taken the PDF created by Canva and run it through ABBYY to create an accessible PDF of the flyer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kansas City Kansas Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman22.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Monica Olsson via athen-list<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 29, 2025 10:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Accessible Newsletter programs and templates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">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
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="https://venngage.com/" title="https://venngage.com/">Venngage</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> offers
a more accessible alternative to Canva and I plan to share that with their team, but hope to share other resources as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">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? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Thoughts on MailChimp or other such communications technologies?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060;background:white">•Email:
</span><b><u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu">molsson@sbctc.edu</a></span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">•
Phone: 360-704-3922</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424">The power of the Web is in its universality.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424">Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424">Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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