EASI Free Webinar on the Chromebook Accessibility
Thursday November 1 at 11 pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern
Presenter:  Laura (Palmaro) Allen | Google | Chrome & Chrome OS
Accessibility Program Manager

Chromebook computers come with a variety of accessibility features built
in, such as the ChromeVox screen reader, different types of
magnification, braille support, and more. Join Laura, the Chrome and
Chrome OS Accessibility Program Manager, to learn about the various
features and functionalities built into Chrome OS that can help to make
your experience more accessible and productive. 

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Because of airplane conflicts beyond our control, the AI accessibility
webinar is moved from Thursday 25 to Friday 26
11 pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central or 2 Eastern
Those who have registered will get a notice later today. If you don't
get it, then we had a bad email for you. You can register between now
and Thursday Midnight at
http://easi.cc and select webinars and check for the AI webinar.
Norm

EASI Free Webinar: Inclusive Design of Artificial Intelligence Thursday
October 25
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and accessibility: will it enhance or
impede accessibility for users with disabilities?
Artificial intelligence used to be all about the distance future, but it
has now become mainstream. It is already impacting us in ways we may not
recognize. It is impacting us today already. It is involved in search
engines. It is involved in the collecting of big data and analyzing it.
It is involved in all the arguments about the way social media is being
used to effect, or try to effect, our thinking 

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Below is the promised link to the Zoom Accessibility webinar.
People wanted who we were using to do the captioning
ecaptions.com
(be sure to make it plural)
http://easi.cc/archive/zoom/contents-for-Zoom-Accessibility-Webinar.htm

You also can find it at the top of the EASI home page
easi.cc

Norm

EASI Free Zoom Video Conferencing and Accessibility Fri. 14

Friday September 14 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central or 2 Eastern

Presenters: Hadi Rangin, Jason Smith and Ken Ding from UW and Zoom

Zoom is a web conferencing software that is quickly becoming more widely
used by educational institutions, government agencies, and various
commercial companies. The University of Washington has been
collaborating with Zoom for a couple of years to improve its
accessibility and overall user experience. While there is still a ways
to go to achieve full accessibility, we believe that Zoom has made great
strides towards accessibility. 

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Syllabus for Barrier-free e-learning

EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information provides month-long,
asynchronous, online courses demonstrating how to make e-learning
courses accessible for both students and faculty. This month-long course
begins September 10 but late registrations will be accepted through
Friday September 14. Everyone who completes the course will receive an
EASI document of completion. 

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EASI Free Webinar on the Chromebook Accessibility

Mon. Sept. 10 at 11 pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Presenter: Laura (Palmaro) Allen, Google Chrome & Chrome OS
Accessibility Program Manager

Chromebook computers come with a variety of accessibility features built
in, such as the ChromeVox screen reader, different types of
magnification, braille support, and more. Join Laura to learn about the
various features and functionalities built into Chrome OS that can help
to make your experience more accessible and productive. 

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EASI 4-part Fee-based Series Accessible PowerPoint and Excel

September 18. 25, October 2 and 9, 2018

Times: 11 Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Presenter: Karen McCall

This four-part series takes an in-depth look at making PowerPoint and
Excel content more accessible. While Karen has delivered sessions on
PowerPoint accessibility as part of general document accessibility, this
four-part series gives us a chance to delve into more of the tools that
document authors have to optimize PowerPoint and Excel content for
accessibility. 

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EASI Free Webinar: A11yFirst Project or Accessible Authoring

Presenter Jon Gunderson: University of Illinois

Thursday April 26 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

The goal of the A11yFirst Project is to support authors in creating
accessible online resources.Most of the content created for the web is
done through WYSISWYG editors that are part of content management
systems (CMS) like WordPress and Drupal.The authors are for the most
part non-technical and know little about accessibility.This project
modifies the user interface of the popular CKEditor, that is commonly
used in WordPress and Drupal, to help authors understand accessibility
 

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    The Basics of PDF Remediation: a fee-based 4-part series

*** as a EASI webinar member, this series is free. Use the link at the
bottom of the page!

Presenter: Karen McCall, M.Ed.

April 3' 10, 17 and 24

Times: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central or 3 Eastern

This four part series introduces new features for PDF remediation
professionals in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and provides a review of PDF 2
Tags for specific document components. Although the word “basics” is in
the webinar title, those of us who remediate PDF documents often find
ourselves quickly in the “advanced” 

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EASI Webinar: Learn about IDEAL Group's Android Real-Time Text
communications application

When? Thur. March 22 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central or 2 Eastern

Who? Presenter: Steve Jacobs: IDEAL Group, Inc. | Apps4Android, Inc. |
Inftyreader Group, Inc.

Learn about IDEAL Group's new Android transcription Real-Time Text (RTT)
communications application, Speech2RTT. It was designed to help more
than 45 million 

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EASI Webinar: Learn about IDEAL Group's Android Real-Time Text
communications application

When? Thur. March 22 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central or 2 Eastern

Who? Presenter: Steve Jacobs: IDEAL Group, Inc. | Apps4Android, Inc. |
Inftyreader Group, Inc.

Learn about IDEAL Group's new Android transcription Real-Time Text (RTT)
communications application, Speech2RTT. It was designed to help more
than 45 million 

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EASI Free Webinar: Speech2RTT: enables anyone hearing-impaired to
talk in real time with anyone

Thursday March 22 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern
Daylight

Presenter: Steve Jacobs: IDEAL Group, Inc. | Apps4Android, Inc. |
Inftyreader Group, Inc.

Speech2RTT is an Android application that enables people who are deaf,
hard of hearing, and non-verbal to communicate with anyone – using their
Android smart phone or tablet. It works over cellular networks and for
Wi-Fi calling. Speech2RTT captions, and then streams, the text of what
is being said, in real-time, between individuals. If a user cannot
speak, or 

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Read&Write 4-Part Webinars
dates: February Tuesdays 6, 13, 20 and 27
Times: 11 Pacific, 12 Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern standard
Presenters:
Shaun Pate, Alternate Media Specialist from Cleveland University
Roberrt Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist at Kansas City Kansas
Community College
This supportive tool provides interactive help for mainly visual and
cognitive processing disabilities but it is so powerful and rich that
students without disabilities will also benefit greatly from it. It
works with the mainstream computer applications such as authoring
applications (Word etc) and browsers. The series covers:
The 4 webinars will cover:
Overview and program setup
 

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EASI Four-part Fee-based Series: `Read&Write 4-Part Webinars
dates: February Tuesdays 6, 13, 20 and 27
Times: 11 Pacific, 12 Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern standard
Presenters:
Shaun Pate, Alternate Media Specialist from Cleveland University
Roberrt Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist at Kansas City Kansas
Community College
The largest number os students with disabilities are those with various
visual and cognitive processing issues which we used to lump together as
learning disabilities. The areas of support offered by Read&Write are:
reading                 tools, writing tools, study tools and research
tools.
The 4 webinars will cover:
Webina r1: 

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EASI Four-part Fee-based Series: `Read&Write 4-Part Webinars
dates: February Tuesdays 6, 13, 20 and 27
Times: 11 Pacific, 12 Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern standard
Presenters:
Shaun Pate, Alternate Media Specialist from Cleveland University
Roberrt Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist at Kansas City Kansas
Community College
The largest number os students with disabilities are those with various
visual and cognitive processing issues which we used to lump together as
learning disabilities. The areas of support offered by Read&Write are:
reading                 tools, writing tools, study tools and research
tools.
The 4 webinars will cover:
Webina r1: 

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EASI Free Webinar: improvements to accessibility in Office

This one hour webinar will provide an overview of some of the new
features that have been implemented over the past few months in Office
365/Office 2016. it is a good opportunity to get an idea of what some of
the new tools and features are that support accessible document design
and accessibility for document authors. Tuesday Jan. 16 at 11 Pacific,
noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern. 

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EASI Webinar: Improvements in Office Accessibility

Microsoft has integrated new accessibility features into Office
365/Office 2016 helping even authors not aware of the need to create
accessible documents in designing content that make their work more
useful to readers with disabilities. When authors have to be aware of
the need for accessibility and when they have to know how to include it
in their work, it is easy to forget about accessibility or to conclude
that it is not worth the bother. Not that a writer is forced to make the
content accessible, but the authoring tool will remind them 

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Did you know that MS office now has its own accessibility checker?

EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) is hosting a free 2-part
webinar series on November 7 and 9with Karen McCall explaining what the
checker can and cannot check. Automatic checkers can be a big help, but
there are limits to what a machine can do. 

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CADET is NCAM's free software for writing captions and descriptions.It
runs in any browser and can export captions in file formats commonly
used online today by most browsers and stand-alone media

This free webinar is Thursday October 19 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1
Central and 2 Eastern

Presenters:Geoff Freed, Bryan Gould

The webinar is hosted by EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
and will be recordedto watch later. 

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EASI Free Webinar: CADET, NCAM's New Caption and Description Editing Tool

Thursday October 19 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Presenters:Geoff Freed, Bryan Gould

Summary: CADET is NCAM's free software for writing captions and
descriptions.It runs in any browser and can export captions in file
formats commonly used online today by most browsers and stand-alone
media players.CADET can also be used to generate audio-description
scripts. Once downloaded and installed, CADET does not require an
internet connection in order to operate: it runs locally in any Web
browser, so users do not need to upload private videos 

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Webinar EasyReader: Accessible reading app for dyslexia, low vision &
blindness

EASI: free webinar Thursday October 12

Times: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

To read more, go to the link below and look for webinars in October

http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

Norm Coombs

Dolphin just announced a significant upgrade to read&Write which seems
significantly changed!

Our webinar presenters do not want to provide out-of-date information!!!

We all decided to postpone it 2-3 months so the presenters could deliver
the newest and relevant content!! If you have registered, we'll keep it
for the new dates. Watch for update information in a couple months at either 

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EASI Webinar: Get and Read Accessible Books With Dolphin EasyReader
EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) hosts a free webinar on
Dolphin's new EasyReader

It simplifies finding and obtaining accessible books from several sources.
It organizes and stores your books and documents
It displays the content in accessible modes fo readers with disabilities
can read 

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The read&Write 4-part webinar starts a week late and is:</p>

<p>Tuesdays October 10, 17, 24 and 31</p>

Important! There are some scholarships available for the Read&write
4-part webinars from:

http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm

Here is a direct link for members free registration:

https://goo.gl/forms/WHudVDxDU1wspWIW2

Or go to the member page http://easi.cc/member/index.htm

EASI Four-part Fee-based Series: `Read&Write 4-Part Webinars

Tuesdays: October 3, 10, 17,24 

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Important! There are some scholarships available for the Read&write
4-part webinars from:

http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm

EASI Four-part Fee-based Series: `Read&Write 4-Part Webinars

Tuesdays: October 3, 10, 17,24

Times: 11 Pacific, 12 Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Presenters:

•Shaun Pate, Alternate Media Specialist from Cleveland University

•Roberrt Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist at Kansas City
Kansas Community College

Description: This 4-part webinar will highlight some of the key features
of the program Read&Write. The areas of support offered by Read&Write
are: reading tools, writing tools, study tools and research tools. Due
to time constraints, it is not possible to show all tools 

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EASI Four-part Fee-based Series: `Read&Write 4-Part Webinars

Tuesdays: October 3, 10, 17,24

Times: 11 Pacific, 12 Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Presenters:

•Shaun Pate, Alternate Media Specialist from Cleveland University

•Roberrt Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist at Kansas City
Kansas Community College

Description: This 4-part webinar will highlight some of the key features
of the program Read&Write. The areas of support offered by Read&Write
are: reading tools, writing tools, study tools and research tools. Due
to time constraints, it is not possible to show all tools in action.
However, most of the tools will be demonstrated via video clips 

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Three days left to register for Word Tables and Columns

EASI Free Webinar: Working with Columns in Microsoft Word and Tagged PDF

Webinar Presenter: Karen McCall

Karen is a tester for Office and Acrobat.

When? tuesday September 19, 2017

Times: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

This one hour webinar provides information on how to use columns in Word
effectively and provides tips on how to do complex layouts using
parallel columns and sidebars. Once the Word document with columns is
accessible, it can be converted to tagged PDF and retain the logical
reading order. Authors increasingly 

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EASI Free Webinar: Working with Columns in Microsoft Word and Tagged PDF

Most documents you write can be read from one margin to the other. There
are times your content can be communicated best with a different
display—a table or a column. Use semantic mark-up in creating these. The
mark-up can guarantee that accistive technologies will be able to render
these correctly. 

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EASI Online Course: Barrier-free E-learning

Month-long, online, asynchronis course based on the book: ‘Making Online
Teaching Accessible’

(Sory for duplicate postings)

Learning management systems are being used more and more both for
distance learners and to support courses taught on campus. These systems
are becoming accessible and, at the same time, provide help for faculty
providers to create their content in an accessible format. The course
will assist colleges in making a level learning space for all students. 

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The Kindle can now work with JAWS or NVDA if the book has enhanced text!

Thursday 11 pacific, noon mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Register directly at:

https://goo.gl/forms/OhgYU6nmvIubJpTu2

Norm

it is in 30 mins

http://easi.cc/entrance.htm

EASI Free Webinar: Improvements to Kindle for PC With Accessability

Thursday July 13 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Presenter: Norman Coombs, Ph.D. CEO of EASI

Amazon has been taking accessibility more seriously in recent years.
Amazon had provided a free tool to read Kindle books on a computer.
Kindle for PC with accessability enabled a blind person to read a Kindle
book on a computer, but it was not very satisfactory. A screen reader
could navigate some of the menus, but the actual text was read by
Kindle's own text-to-speach program. This read the text 

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*4-part webinar: Styles in Word: A Primer for Accessible Document Design*

Dates: June Tue. 6, Thur. 8, Tue. 20 and Thur. 22

Time: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Presenter: Karen McCall, M.Ed. Microsoft MVP 2010 for Word, Canadian
delegate to the ISO/TC 171, Committee Member of PDF/UA Universal Access
working group 

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Webinar on Moodle today at 11 Pacific, noon mountain, 1 Central and 2
Eastern
to join go to
http://easi.cc/entrance.htm
on this entrance.htm page take the lilnk at the bottom of the page to go
to the actual logon page. If you have not previously attended an EASI
webinar, use the link to install the client for your operating system.
Then take the link 'click here to enter the room' and put in your name
BUT LEAVE THE PASSWORD FIELD EMPTY!
Norm

Creating audio descriptions for TV and movies

Multimedia accessibility is advancing from alt text for images to
providing audio description for the action in TV and movies.

You ought to try it!

Major cinemas are now equipped with audio descriptions on their movies
and small personal devices for users to hear those descriptions. Stop at
the customer help desk and ask for the device to provide audio
descriptions for the blind and visually impaired. It plays a special
sound track on the film. During gaps in the dialogue, the user can hear
the recorded description of relevant actions. 

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Remember that for this series, we want you to be able to share the LMS
series to everyone or anyone at your institution. The link for anyone to
register is:

https://goo.gl/forms/qPQ306yVcZ4rBvPT2

Here is the webinar description and dates

Accessibility of LMS: Content, Creation and Delivery (a 4-part
webinar series)

Thursdays April 20, 27, May 4 and 11 

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My memory tells me that I provided the wrong url for people to apply for
the scholarship to the 4-part webinar series on 4 LMS systems. Please
share it with people from your institution who would benefit from
updates on Canvas, Desire2learn, Blackboard and Moodle. If your
membership is for an individual, I'd still like to share this webinar
with your colleagues. the correct url to apply for the webinar is 

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People have been concerned about the accessibility and usability of the
learning management system their college or university uses. This
webinar series offers an opportunity ou can’t afford to miss. Members
have free access to these 4 webinars. Even if your membership is an
individual membership, –we are extending your benefits to cover you and
anyone at your institution. This is a special, one-time benefit. Look at
the information below and share it and the registration linkwith friends
and colleagues at your institution. 

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*Accessibility of LMS: Content, Creation and Delivery (a 4-part webinar
series) *

–Thursdays April 20, 27, May 4 and 11

Times: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Series moderators: Hadi Rangin from the University of Washington and
Norm Coombs from EASI

Canvas Thursday April 20

Desire2Learn Thursday April 27

Blackboard Thursday May 4

Moodle Thursday May 11 

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EASI Webinar: Making Electronic Information Accessible toAll

For many of us, the process has been slow, but it is encouraging and
exciting to see that real progress is becoming a reality. Pearson is
only one of many publishers dedicated to design more of their
publications to be fully accessible.

This webinar is Tuesday March 28 at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm
Central and 2pm Eastern 

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Accessible Document Design – 4 Part Fee-based Series

Presenter: *Karen McCall*

Dates: Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23

Times: 11 Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

This four part series takes a look at how to optimize Word, PowerPoint,
Excel, PDF and PDF forms for accessibility and usability.

This is free to annual members. You can attend without registering
starting Thursday, Feb 2 from the webinar entrance page: 

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Accessible Document Design – 4 Part Fee-based Series

Presenter: *Karen McCall*

Dates: Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23

Times: 11 Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

This four part series takes a look at how to optimize Word, PowerPoint,
Excel, PDF and PDF forms for accessibility and usability.

Week 1 – Word

What tools do you have in Word to optimize your documents for
accessibility and usability...and where do you find them! What are the
improvements to accessibility of Word documents from the perspective of
someone using adaptive technology? 

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*EASI Webinar 2-part Fee-based Series: Creating Accessible Forms,
buttons, etc.in HTML *

Presenter Jon Gunderson

Dates Tuesday 24 and 31

Times: 11 pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern (all standard
time)

If you attended the forms with PDF 4-part series last fall, you’ll want
to join this 2-part series which is free for you EASI annual members.
Instead of making you go to the member page, use the link below. You can
attend without registering but your registering helps us a lot!! 

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*EASI Webinar 2-part Fee-based Series: Creating Accessible Forms,
buttons, etc.in HTML *

Presenter Jon Gunderson

Dates Tuesday 24 and 31

Times: 11 pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern (all standard
time)

This 2-part series is free to EASI annual webinar members and you can
register directly from:

http://bit.ly/2j6yCyU

*Part 1*

*: Creating Accessible Forms: Labeling and focus styling * 

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*EASI 4-part Member Webinar Series: Captioning Introduction -
Need-to-Know Workshop *

Presenter: Susanne Van Dorpe Mistric, Instructor/Coordinator Distance
Learning – Individualized Learning Center Wade Technical Community College

Wednesdays october 5, 12, 19 and 26

Time: noon Pacific, 1 Mountain, 2 Central and 3 Eastern

Note that the times are an hour later than usual!

This Webinar series will have real-time captioning. 

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Check out this 4-part series. It is based on a shorter series from last
January. It is free for EASI Annual Members. Read about and register free

the link below is to the member-only schedule and registration page.
Remember the username is easi
the password is mem2016

http://easi.cc/member/index.htm

*ccessible PDF Forms in Adobe Acrobat Pro Four Part Series *

Presenter: Karen McCall, M.Ed. Microsoft MVP 2010 for Word, Canadian
delegate to the ISO/TC 171, committee Member of PDF/UA Universal Access
working group

This 4-part series is free for you EASI annual members

(The audio of these 4 Webinars will be transcribed and made available
shortly after each Webinar as part of its archive.) 

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Weregret the publishing webinar will be postponed

Tripp regrets that his company has scheduled an important and
last-minute meeting he needs to attend.

All people now registered will remain on that list and we’ll contact you
when it is rescheduled. You can also check our webinar schedule page:

http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

Again, I regret this inconvenience.

Norm

*Accessible PDF Forms in Adobe Acrobat Pro Four Part Series *

Presenter: Karen McCall, M.Ed. Microsoft MVP 2010 for Word, Canadian
delegate to the ISO/TC 171, committee Member of PDF/UA Universal Access
working group

(The audio of these 4 Webinars will be transcribed and made available
shortly after each Webinar as part of its archive.) 

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**

*Free Webinar: The challenge of accessible publishing*

Presenter: TRIPP NARUP | Archive Strategic Manager / DAM Project
Manager, ELSEVIER

Thursday, June 23 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Publishers face both internal and external challenges to making
accessible books. Some of these challenges are specific technical
hurdles, others are more difficult cultural hurdles. Despite these
challenges, publishers continue to move closer to accessible books. Some
of the hurddles are: 

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EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information Home

Norm's Reflections on last week's CSUN conference

These remarks are personal, and other attendees will paint a different
picture. The meeting rooms, the exhibit hall and the lobby seemed maybe
even more crowded than ever. I went with an interest in anything related
to ePub3, Google, Android and Amazon which colors my experience. 

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Hi:

I am sorry for the inconvenience.
The new dates are
Tue. 19, Thur. 21, Tue. 26 and Tue. Feb 2.

Join as a participant at
http://easi.cc/entrance.htm

Our server is off line all day. I am sorry.
Also I am FURIOUS!
I'll send update info probably Wednesday and we'll put an announcement
on the home page when it is back onlline.

Remember you had free access to this month’s Webinar series

Karen is doing an update on PDF accessibility. Adobe has an update and
the new universal standards for PDF both effect you if you want to stay
up-to-date! I recommend you attend one or more of these 4 Webinars. Read
the description below and put the dates on your calendar. Login for the
series is below 

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EASI 4-part Webinar Series: Assistive Technology for Postsecondary
Students with Learning Disabilities:

Exploring Strategies, Solutions, Innovations and Resources

Creating Accessible Documents for Individuals with Learning
Disabilities

Presenter: John Rempel, Quality Control & Training Specialist, AMAC
Accessibility at Georgia Tech

(this Webinar was part 4 in a fee-based Webinar series which was free to
EASI Annual Members. Read about membership benefits http://easi.cc/sub.htm 

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Testing to see if footer comes through (test1)

Tuesday October 20 is week 3 in Karen's series on advanced features in
Word and this week it is on footnotes and endnotes
Times 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern
Free access to this fee-based webinar is one of your benefits.

Come join us at
http://easi.cc/entrance.htm

Join as a participant

I am late to the game in twitter.
Actually there was an old idle twitter under easicc

I am dumping that and the new name will be easi_it

Join us at
http://twitter.com/easi_it

See you there!

EASI Free Webinar: Update on NFB-NEWSLINE
Presenter: Scott White, Director of Sponsored Technology Programs,
National Federation of the Blind
Tuesday September 22, 11 Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern

The National Foundation of the Blind's NFB-NEWSLINE provides well over
300 newspapers including 4 in Spanish and more than 40 magazines and is
still growing is at last making it possible for blind individuals to
gain access to the information in newspapers at the same time as their
sighted colleagues, friends, and family members. Lifetime learning,
including detailed awareness of current events, is part of what makes a
 

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To members of one of EASI's spreadsheets
If you are getting this email and you did not register to attend the
EASI Fee-based 4-part series on beginner/intermediate PowerPoint, i am
sorry to have included you wrongly in this email. Go ahead and hit the
delete key!!
If you did register for the September Webinar 4-part series on
beginner/internediate PowerPoint, please reply and please put your name
and email address in that reply. 

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Accessing Higher Ground, November 16 - 20, 2015, Presented by AHEAD

aPreview of 4-part EASI Webinar series in 2015-16

EASI has five series planned for this academic year. Two are scheduled
in September and October. Three more are being finalized for next winter
and spring.

·Beginner-Intermediate PowerPoint 4-part series (scheduled in September)

·EASI Fee-based, 4-part Series: Word 2013: Beyond the Basics (scheduled
in October)

·Alt-media Creation and Production (tentatively in November-December) 

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Hello from Norm. I am only beginning to add members to this list. Those
on the list now at the start are institutional membership
representatives. I think the list may be most useful to you folk.

Please get a list of people from your institution you think should be
getting regular member information.
What I would prefer is if you could send those people. I need their full
name and their email address. You can either put this into an email
message to
([log in to unmask]) or you could send it to me in a spreadsheet. 

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testing mail to see its behavior

One more test from my gmail address

will I get this?

testing delivery

I am sending this from my gmail account just to see what happens.
--Steve

reset my own subscription

added a subject header

I changed the setting for the reply-to field to match itd-jnl. Trying to see if list behavior is different.
--Steve

will I get a copy or just an acknowledgement?

this is from e r

testing again to get a copy.

I set ack and repro
I should get acknowledgement and this mail too.
Norm

Will e r get this
will I get confirmed
will I get a copy

hello
I signed off and now I have rejoined.
Who will get this email?

This is to check on some of the list setting changes.
Norm

I am sending yet another test.
1 will there be footers
will I get a copy
will I get an acknowledgement

This is a test from a different email address. Will it go
will it get acknowledged
will it get a copy?

will I get a copy and will the footer be there?

The old footer should be gone now. Just checking.
--Steve

Just trying to see if the footer looks the same.
--Steve

Just seeing if this will repro my own post
--Steve

This is Norm Coombs. I am testing the axslib-l list.
Thanks for support.

Norm

will this go and be sent on. Will e.r. get some notice

check the footer and also check for the error message

I should get notified.
Wait to see if I get a copy.
If not try easi.register

ok will both get this?

just a test again of axslib-l

>
> EASI Fee-based 4-part Series: Beginner/Intermediate PowerPoint
>
> * Presenter Norm Coombs, CEO Equal Access to Software and Information
>
> * Dates: Thursdays Sept. 10, 17, 24 and October 1
>
>
> Creating Accessible PowerPoint Content by Learning Its Accessible
> Features
>
> (Fee-based Webinar series are free to annual members and scholarships
> are also available)
>
> These four weeks will be designed for non-technical content providers.
> Once the creator learns the basics of this tool, making content fully
> accessible for students with disabilities using assistive technologies
> will not be 

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EASI Fee-based 4-part Series: Beginner/Intermediate PowerPoint
* Presenter Norm Coombs, CEO Equal Access to Software and Information
* Dates: Thursdays Sept. 10, 17, 24 and October 1

Creating Accessible PowerPoint Content by Learning Its Accessible Features

(Fee-based Webinar series are free to annual members and scholarships
are also available)
These four weeks will be designed for non-technical content providers.
Once the creator learns the basics of this tool, making content fully
accessible for students with disabilities using assistive technologies
will not be burdensome. 

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EASI Fee-based 4-part Series: Beginner/Intermediate PowerPoint

* Presenter Norm Coombs, CEO Equal Access to Software and Information

* Dates: Thursdays Sept. 10, 17, 24 and October 1

Creating Accessible PowerPoint Content by Learning Its Accessible
Features

(Fee-based Webinar series are free to annual members and scholarships
are also available)

These four weeks will be designed for non-technical content providers.
Once the creator learns the basics of this tool, making content fully
accessible for students with disabilities using assistive technologies
will not be burdensome. 

[More ...]

Creating Accessible PowerPoint Content By Learning Its Accessible Features
EASI Fee-based 4-part Series: Beginner/Intermediate PowerPoint
(Fee-based Webinar series are free to annual members and scholarships
are also available)
Presenter Norm Coombs, CEO Equal Access to Software and Information
Dates: Thursdays Sept. 10, 17, 24 and October 1
These four weeks will be designed for non-technical content providers.
Once the creator learns the basics of this tool, making content fully
accessible for students with disabilities using assistive technologies
will not be burdensome. 

[More ...]

Creating Accessible PowerPoint Content By Learning Its Accessible Features
EASI Fee-based 4-part Series: Beginner/Intermediate PowerPoint
(Fee-based Webinar series are free to annual members and scholarships
are also available)
Presenter Norm Coombs, CEO Equal Access to Software and Information
Dates: Thursdays Sept. 10, 17, 24 and October 1
These four weeks will be designed for non-technical content providers.
Once the creator learns the basics of 

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who get this

EASI Webinar Archive: Accessible, Wearable Computing
EASI has an archive of 3 plus years of Webinar archives. These are normally reserved for EASI Annual Members, but the EASI homepage provides a rotating example from this archive. Currently you can view the archive of last mont's Webinar on accessible Wearable computing which demonstrates devices such as:
• glasses which can identify obstacles
• smart watches which can display incoming text messages, monitor exercise, blood pressure, etc.
• various prosthetics enhanced by micro processors
EASI Webinar Archive: Accessible, Wearable Computing
EASI has an archive of 3 plus years of Webinar archives. These 

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• Shalin Recounts the Adventure of Creating an Accessible App for iPhone Thursday July 9
• Creating and Reading Accessible ePub Documents for Beginners on Thursday July 16
•Facebook with JAWS and MAGic: Part 2 onJuly 31
Read more details and register from:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

EASI also has Webinar series which are fee-based, and these are already scheduled for September and October; one on PowerPoint and one on advanced Word features. The fee for these series is $225.
Become an annual member and have free access to fee-based series and receive discounts on the month-long, online courses
Read about membership from:
 

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• Shalin Recounts the Adventure of Creating an Accessible App for iPhone Thursday July 9

• Shalin Recounts the Adventure of Creating an
Accessible App for iPhone Thursday July 9
• Creating and Reading Accessible ePub Documents
for Beginners on Thursday July 16
•Facebook with JAWS and MAGic: Part 2 onJuly 31
Read more details and register from:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

EASI also has Webinar series which are fee-based,
and these are already scheduled for September and
October; one on PowerPoint and one on advanced
Word features. The fee for these series is $225.
Become an annual member and have free access to
fee-based series and receive discounts on the month-long, online courses
Read about membership from:
 

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EASI Webinar Fee-based Series: Implementing PDF/UA
PDF/UA, Universal Accessibility Newly Created Standards
Presenter: Karen McCall
Dates: Jan 13, 20, 27 and Feb 3
times: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern (all standard)
This four part series will guide you through the
impact of the PDF/UA standards on the
accessibility of PDF documents. There are three
parts to the technical specifications:
the accessibility of the document itself,
the ability of the PDF viewer/reader to provide
the accessibility to the end-user
the ability of the adaptive technology to
support the PDF/UA features in the PDF/UA compliant document. 

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what is up

here goes

EASI: Barrier-free E-learning

(At the bottom of this announcement is a link to a handout, Tips for Online
Teachers)

Barrier-free E-learning is EASI's online course starting Monday July 9 and
running for 4 weeks. EASI does allow time extensions to course participants.

The course syllabus and online registration is available at:
http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm

The strongly-recommended textbook is Making Online Learning Accessible by
Jossey-Bass and available from Amizon. An accessible version can be
obtained from Bookshare.org 

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will I get my copy?

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It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve
Norman Coombs [log in to unmask]

Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html

EASI: Barrier-free E-learning

(At the bottom of this announcement is a link to a handout, Tips for Online
Teachers)

Barrier-free E-learning is EASI's online course starting Monday July 9 and
running for 4 weeks. EASI does allow time extensions to course participants.

The course syllabus and online registration is available at:
http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm

The strongly-recommended textbook is Making Online Learning Accessible by
Jossey-Bass and available from Amizon. An accessible version can be
obtained from Bookshare.org 

[More ...]

EASI: Barrier-free E-learning

(At the bottom of this announcement is a link to a handout, Tips for Online
Teachers)

Barrier-free E-learning is EASI's online course starting Monday July 9 and
running for 4 weeks. EASI does allow time extensions to course participants.

The course syllabus and online registration is available at:
http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm

The strongly-recommended textbook is Making Online Learning Accessible by
Jossey-Bass and available from Amizon. An accessible version can be
obtained from Bookshare.org 

[More ...]

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Free Webinar-Accessibility and Usability: Working Together at MIT
Tuesday, June 26, 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central 2 PM Eastern
Presenters: Katherine Wahl and Stephani Roberts from MIT
The Usability and Accessibility teams in MIT's Information Services and
Technology Department (IS&T) always worked closely together, but were formally
merged during a department-wide reorganization in 2009. Our goal in
blending the
teams was to provide a comprehensive service to clients without diluting our
individual practices.
After two years, we have strengthened our ability advocate persuasively for
both
usability and accessibility with clients, have provided more comprehensive
 

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will I get this?

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It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve
Norman Coombs [log in to unmask]

Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html

Free Webinar-Accessibility and Usability: Working Together at MIT
Tuesday, June 26, 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central 2 PM Eastern
Presenters: Katherine Wahl and Stephani Roberts from MIT
The Usability and Accessibility teams in MIT's Information Services and
Technology Department (IS&T) always worked closely together, but were formally
merged during a department-wide reorganization in 2009. Our goal in
blending the
teams was to provide a comprehensive service to clients without diluting our
individual practices.
After two years, we have strengthened our ability advocate persuasively for
both
usability and accessibility with clients, have provided more comprehensive
services, and have observed standards 

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how will it look?

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It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve
Norman Coombs [log in to unmask]

Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html

EASI Free Webinar: The Cutting Edge of E-book Accessibility
Friday June 15: 11 PM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern
Presenter: Norm Coombs, Ph.D. CEO EASI, Professor Emeritus RIT

The explosion of e-books is changing the face of book publishing and changing
the role of book stores. Different vendors of e-books created their unique,
proprietary document formats which required their being read in e-readers
designed specifically for that format. Imagine having to use different glasses
to read print books depending on who was its publisher! Of course, the
document
format and the specialized e-readers were inaccessible 

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EASI Free Webinar: The Cutting Edge of E-book Accessibility
Friday June 15: 11 PM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern
Presenter: Norm Coombs, Ph.D. CEO EASI, Professor Emeritus RIT

The explosion of e-books is changing the face of book publishing and changing
the role of book stores. Different vendors of e-books created their unique,
proprietary document formats which required their being read in e-readers
designed specifically for that format. Imagine having to use different glasses
to read print books depending on who was its publisher! Of course, the
document
format and the specialized e-readers were inaccessible 

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EASI Online Course: Barrier-free Web Design June 5-30
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2 (WCAG2) delivered to your
computer over the Internet
Besides giving insight into these guidelines, the course will introduce
toolbars you can use to measure the accessibility of a Web site

WCAG2 is structured on 4 major principles:
• Perceivable
• Operable
• Understandable
• Robust 

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The EASI site should be available now.
The problem was not with the site as such. There are name tables on the
Internet that change the address you are seeking so it turns into
corresponding numbers. One of those tables had an error in it, but it is
now corrected. This means your browser should be able to find us now.
It is possible that in a couple regions, it may take a little time for it
to catch up. 

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Many people have been unable to access the easi.cc site.
Strangely, I can do it, but my daughter only a couple blocks away cannot.

The provider is trying to troubleshoot.

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It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve
Norman Coombs [log in to unmask] 

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Tuesday May 22 at 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM
Central and 2 P M Eastern (all US daylight times)
Presenter: Angela Hooker

one of the hazards of academia is that people often believe they must
provide lectures, papers and even Web pages using pedantic language with
long compound, complex sentences and with, not 4-letter words, but 4-5
syllable words and sound like a doctor or lawyer trying to impress the
client with their learning. We sometimes try to dazzle the audience rather
than communicating.
Government and some businesses have joined the 'plain English' movement.
The first goal of 

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Creating accessible EPUB, PDF, Word DAISY, audio content and converting
between formats
This is a 4-week, EASI course stressing how to make accessible content in
many formats while primarily using authoring tools you already know and
use.While the course has been primarily about creating accessible document
content, this offering

will include an understanding of commercial e-book formats and mainstream
e-readers. Course participants need this background before moving on to
learning how to author accessible e-books in these formats.
Because we are only starting to integrate these insights into the course,
we will be making changes on the fly. The new 

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EASI Provides 2 Month-long Courses Starting May 7
Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content
Barrier-free Information Technology

Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content
The lesson topics below reflect the course as it hs been taught for a
couple years. But there are a number of important events related to e-books
and e-publishing recently that requires

rethinking the course topics and lessons.
The explosion of commercial e-books and e-readers is changing the world of
books and publishers. Currently, these are starting to involve more
accessibility in their products. The 

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Two New EASI Webinars in May
May 3: the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII)
May 22 Better Communication With Plain English

Registration for both is online at: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm/#may

Free Webinar: the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII)
Thursday May 3: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern
(all US daylight)
Presenter: Jim Tobias, Inclusive Technologies
Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII) is about building
accessibility features into the infrastructure of the Internet itself. GPII
will combine cloud computing, web, and platform services to make access
simpler, more inclusive, available everywhere, and more affordable. When
completed it will 

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EASI's Two May Courses
Barrier-free Information Technology
Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content

The first of these month-long, online courses is a good, general overview
of what is needed for an institution or organization to make all of its
information technology accessible to everyone. Information technology
provides the opportunity to make a level learning and working space for
everyone, but, poor design can throw up new and needless barriers instead.
http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm 

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EASI is providing 2 free one-hour Webinars this month:

Thursday April 19
EASI is proud to be able to host this Webinar for the DAISY Consortium
Free Webinar: Tobi - how to make images more accessible using the new image
description editor.
Thursday April 19: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
daylight and 6 PM GMT
Presenters: Avneesh Singh & Daniel Weck
Tobi now ships with an integrated editor for rich, audible image
descriptions. Using the DIAGRAM standard for accessible infographics,
authors can
• Enhance documents with alternate images (tactile, simplified), textual
descriptions and fully-featured 

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EASI Webinars Take the Mountain to Muhammad

Are your department budgets being cut?

Is your travel being restricted?

If so, how do you keep up-to-date on the rapid transformations happening
daily in the technologies that are crucial to your department’s
responsibilities?

Internet Webinars have the ability to bring the mountains of new
information to you rather than your having to go to conferences and attend
presentations. Of course, there have always been books and journals. These
now abound in electronic formats at Web sites around the world. Webinars
can do more. You are in a virtual conference room with a 

[More ...]

EASI Webinars Take the Mountain to Muhammad

Are your department budgets being cut?

Is your travel being restricted?

If so, how do you keep up-to-date on the rapid transformations happening
daily in the technologies that are crucial to your department’s
responsibilities?

Internet Webinars have the ability to bring the mountains of new
information to you rather than your having to go to conferences and attend
presentations. Of course, there have always been books and journals. These
now abound in electronic formats at Web sites around the world. Webinars
can do more. You are in a virtual conference room with a 

[More ...]

The accessibility of e-books is almost the hottest topic at
disability-education-disability conferences. Because it is new, most of us
don't know nearly enough about it. We don't know how it impacts our
students, and we don't know what re the future prospects for accessibility.
EASI provided a very popular Webinar on the accessibility of e-book formats
a month ago, and you will want to see its slides and watch its recording.
Go to:
http://easi.cc/archive/e-readers/resources.htm 

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The accessibility of e-books is almost the hottest topic at
disability-education-disability conferences. Because it is new, most of us
don't know nearly enough about it. We don't know how it impacts our
students, and we don't know what re the future prospects for accessibility.
EASI provided a very popular Webinar on the accessibility of e-book formats
a month ago, and you will want to see its slides and watch its recording.
Go to:
http://easi.cc/archive/e-readers/resources.htm 

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No abstract is available available for this message. [Read Message ...]

No abstract is available available for this message. [Read Message ...]

EASI Webinars Take the Mountain to Muhammad

Are your department budgets being cut?

Is your travel being restricted?

If so, how do you keep up-to-date on the rapid transformations happening
daily in the technologies that are crucial to your department’s
responsibilities?

Internet Webinars have the ability to bring the mountains of new
information to you rather than your having to go to conferences and attend
presentations. Of course, there have always been books and journals. These
now abound in electronic formats at Web sites around the world. Webinars
can do more. You are in a virtual conference room with a 

[More ...]

EASI is offering a short, helpful pamphlet for online teachers. The tips do
support making online teaching accessible, but the tips are more about
teaching than about accessibility. They content that good teaching is the
most important part of accessibility for students with disabilities.

This short pamphlet is a free bonus for those who register for the
Barrier-free E-learning course which is EASI's month-long course for March
Read more and register online at
http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm
STudents, overseas participants and EASI Annual Members get a twenty
percent discount. 

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Information Technology and Disabilities e-journal is being revived in 2012
as a peer-reviewed journal.

The revitalized publication is a merger of 2 previous ventures: ATHEN
E-Journal and Information Technology and Disabilities . DO-IT students
spent the summer bringing the old archives in line with modern Web
accessibility best practices.
<http://easi.cc/call.htm>
Read a fuller description and the call for articles:
http://easi.cc/call.htm 

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By email don.saklad at gmail.com [log in to unmask] would any of you
kind folks send the full text?... for an article

Antipsychotics activate the TGFβ pathway effector SMAD3
T Cohen, S Sundaresh and F Levine
Original Article
Molecular Psychiatry , (31 January 2012) | doi:10.1038/mp.2011.186
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/mp2011186a.html

Greetings Colleagues and Students,

Register for Psychology of Persons With Disabilities - 227 IN1. This
Internet course is being offered at Middlesex County College (Edison, New
Jersey) during the Spring Session: 01/23/2012-05/08/2012

Welcome to Psychology of People with Developmental Disabilities. Disabled
people are just like you and me. Together, we will be covering an assortment
of topics such as pregnancy, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Intellectual
Disabilities, Epilepsy, Learning Disabilities, and so much more. Since this
3 credit course is completely online, you can attend any time during the day
or night. As long as you are an active learner, I will 

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EASI 4-part WEbinar Series: Creating Accessible Forms in PDF, Word and HTML
Tue. Nov. 29, Wed. Dec. 7, Tue. Dec. 13 and Tue Dec. 20
Presenters include Karen McCall, Dan Clark, Norman Coombs and Marisol Miranda

(This fee-based Webinar series is free to EASI Annual Members who can use
the member link below to register meaning they will get all series
announcements and archives. There are also some scholarships available
http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm ) 

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Bonus pamphlet will be sent to anyone registering for Train the Trainer in
December. It provides tips for computer support staff on relating to
students with disabilities.

Train the Trainer has been significantly updated and also enriched with new
multimedia. Participants will be expected to download both demo versions of
adaptive software or free support software and spend part of almost every
lesson actually acquiring hands-on experience.
Computer technology has the potential to provide the most level learning
space and working space in history for people with disabilities. However,
many users arrive on campus or at work with inadequate training 

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EASI 4-part WEbinar Series: Creating Accessible Forms in PDF, Word and HTML
Times 11 Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM (all standard)
Tue. Nov. 29, Wed. Dec. 7, Tue. Dec. 13 and Tue Dec. 20
Presenters include Karen McCall, Dan Clark, Norman Coombs and Marisol Miranda
(This fee-based Webinar series is free to EASI Annual Members who can use
the member link below to register 

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EASI Free Webinar: EASYCHIRP, an accessible Interface for Twitter
Note that it Saturday and note the time
Saturday Nov. 12 at 10 AM Pacific, 11 Mountain Noon Central and 1 PM
Eastern standard

Presenter: Dennis Lembree,
Social media seem to get more popular every day. People with disabilities
have become more and more involved in these online meeting places. The
interfaces have varying degrees of problems for such users. Here is a
valuable tool for Twitter.
Dennis Lembree, author of Easy Chirp, discusses Twitter and accessibility.
Easy Chirp, an accessible Twitter web application formerly named Accessible
Twitter, and other Twitter 

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Creating Accessibility for online learning

Starting Monday, November 7, EASI's Barrier-free E-learning course will
explore how online courses can be made more accessible without instructors
having to learn HTML code or struggle through a lot of technical jargon. It
can be much easier than you think. Faculty can use features already built
into the authoring tools they use every day to create a level learning
space for all their students. 

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I am sorry. My goof. This one should work

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEFJaVBTX2YtYnY1Mkx2dmlSY1d5NlE6MQ

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It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve
Norman Coombs [log in to unmask]

Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html

Free Webinar Conference Panel providing Glimpses into Our Changing
Assistive Technologies

Fri. Oct 14 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 Central 2 PM Eastern

Panel of presenters from the 2011 AHG Conference:

In the list of speakers below , each person will be followed by the title
of their AHG presentation:

• Howard Kramer [log in to unmask]

AHG Conference Coordinator, University of Colorado 

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EASI 4-part Fee-based Series on Creating Accessible PDF
Presenter Karen McCall
Tuesdays Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25
times: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern
This series will cover both taking simple Word or scanned documents into
PDF and using Acrobat to create more complex PDF.
Week 1 What is an accessible PDF document?
This week is an overview of what types of documents we encounter every day
as PDF documents.
What makes one PDF document more accessible than another?
What types of accessibility barriers are faced with scanned images,
documents not created to 

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Free Webinar: Practical comparison of screen readers, using

scenario based user testing.
Sept. 28 at 11 AM Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM

Eastern
Presenters: Birkir R. Gunnarsson and Hlynur M. Hreinsson
Iceland National Institute for the Blind, Deafblind and Visually

Impaired.
We have yet to find a way to slap a grade on happiness, but in the 

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EASI has 5 opportunities for you

First, there are 3 free Webinars:

1 EASI Free Webinar: Tobi, authoring of DAISY and EPUB3 read-aloud books
Sept. 20 at 11 AM Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern
Presenters: Daniel weck - Principal architect and Avneesh Singh Project lead.
Tobi, a free production tool for DAISY Digital Talking Books and the
upcoming EPUB3 eBooks standard. Create accessible read-aloud 

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Barrier-free Web Design is EASI's online course in October. Those
completing the work will receive a document of completion and the course
will count towards the Certificate In Accessible Information Technology.
Marisol Miranda is the instructor.

Web pages can be created using Universal Design principles permitting Their
use by people with different browsers, different connection speeds, mobile
phones, tablets, etc, and by people with disabilities using Adaptive
computer technology. They can also be created in ways that Exclude many of
the above users. Barrier-free Web Design will prepare you to create web
pages that are visually appealing and still permit 

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EASI Opportunities in September

EASI has five events in September to highlight: 2 online courses and 3
Webinar events.

The September courses are:
Barrier-free Information Technology
The emphasis in this month-long course will be on creating structures that
will lead to the institution-wide system change as required by recent
disability-related legislation.
The course will be useful for:
• administrators,
• ADA compliance officers
• admissions officers
• computer support staff,
• instructional support staff,
• online learning support staff
• disability services staff,
• faculty,
• librarians
Syllabus and registration is at: http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm
(EASI Annual Members receive a discount) 

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Interesting article from NPR on researchers questioning the concept of
different learning styles:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/29/139973743/think-youre-an-auditory-or-visual-learner-scientists-say-its-unlikely

Free Webinar: Book Review: Managing the Assistive Technology Process: The
Nontech Guide for Disability Service Providers.
Presenter James Bailey, MS, Adaptive Technology Adviser, University of Oregon.
When? Tue. August 23: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
Bailey has extensive experience managing adaptive technology at the
university level and has presented on the topic at AHEAD and other
conferences. The book can be obtained from LRP. What makes James advice so
useful is that he demonstrates that creating plans and implementing
policies is far less daunting than many imagine. Not only does it enable
staff to 

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EASI Online Month-long Course: Train the Trainer starting
August 1
This course aims to provide computer and disability service staff with an
introduction to several adaptive technologies used by students with a wide
spectrum of disabilities. It will equip these participants to provide
training on such applications for students who lack skills on using the
software they will need to succeed in college. 

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Free Webinar Android Apps for
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Presenter Steve Jacobs of Apps for Android
When? Tuesday July 26
11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
This is the 3rd EASI Webinar related to Android accessibility.

Smart phones are getting smarter and bringing more and more tools to their
users. STEM content has been slow to become accessible, but this is
changing. Now Android phones can even become useful STEM tools.
You can do more than texting your college friends. You can even get help
for your homework.
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm 

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Greetings Colleagues and Students,

Register for Psychology of Women (PSY-217-INF2 09/26/11-12/16/11),
Introductory Psychology (PSY123-INF2 09/26/11-12/16/11), and/or Psychology
of Persons With Disabilities (PSY-227-IN1 9/06/11-12/16/11) . These Internet
courses are being offered at Middlesex County College (Edison, New Jersey)
during the Fall 2011 Session

Since these 3 credit courses are completely online, you can attend any time
during the day or night. As long as you are an active learner, I will do my
best to help you succeed. Remember, I am only an e-mail away.
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Please note that Clayton needs responses from people without disabilities as well as those with. Thanks, Linda

My name is Clayton Copeland and I am a doctoral candidate in the School of Library & Information Science at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Samantha Hastings is the chair of my dissertation committee. Dr. Hastings may be reached at [log in to unmask] 

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Good organization and navigation of content is the key to both writing more
readable books and to being able to read them easier.

While print books solved this centuries ago, e-books have just begun to be
marked up to make them as easy to read and to understand. The kindle and
the nook let readers jump to chapters and sections and pages quickly. The
same book mastery is available to people with so-called print disabilities
using DASI (Digital Accessible Information System. 

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July EASI Online Course: Barrier-free E-learning

The Dick Banks Memorial Scholarship is available for those unable to
procure funding:
http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm

The text for the course is:
Making Online Teaching Accessible written by Norman Coombs
The book can be purchased from Amazon and an accessible DAISY version can
be obtained from

Bookshare.org

Barrier-free E-learning is based on the realization that content
authors, faculty and instructional designers, are placing their content
inside a
courseware or learning management system. Most of the Web accessibility issues
relate to that interface, and only a few accessibility features are
relevant to
the actual course content. The 

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Sorry I left out the link where you can register for any of these 3 events

http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
Norm

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Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve
Norman Coombs [log in to unmask]

Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html

Three Webinar Reviews on Useful Books on Accessibility

EASI friends are some of the best informed people I know on accessibility
for information

technology. Some of them are also authors. This summer, EASI is sponsoring
3 Webinars by 3 of our

friends reviewing books that they have written. This is an opportunity to
get a preview of some 

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University of Colorado at Boulder's Office of Diversity (ODECE) presents
our 14th Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology
Conference
for Education, for Businesses, for Web and Media Designers

Accessing Higher Ground focuses on the implementation and benefits of
Assistive Technology in the university and college setting for people with
sensory,
physical and learning disabilities. Other topics include legal and policy
issues, including ADA and 508 compliance, and making campus media and
information
resources - including Web pages and library resources - accessible. 

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Online course: Unscrambling WCAG 2.0 Web Standards for Non-technical Designers

Barrier-free Web Design is a month-long online course created and provided
by EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) and it's next offering
begins Monday, June 6, 2011.

Do you have trouble reading computer and software manuals? EASI will take
the jargon out of Web design and out of the technical requirements for Web
accessibility. This course will make creating accessible Web pages easier
than you think! 

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Why a Webinar series on columns and tables? What's so difficult about these?
Because these seem simple, many people do not take care to design them
properly. While half-way decent-looking columns and tables can be made
easily, to be sure of their accessibility, authors will benefit from a
glimpse into how assistive technologies handle these features. 

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Hello All,

The Universal Accessibility Interest Group will have joint discussion/meeting at:

Date: Monday, 6/27,

Time: 8:00-10:00 a.m. (the conference program lists it as 8-12, but don't worry about that.)

Location: MCC Room 263

It is open to everyone attending the conference!

The Universal Accessibility Interest Group is intended as a resource

and discussion forum for academic library disability service issues 

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Accessing Higher Ground is now accepting papers for its 14th annual
Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference. The conference focuses on
the implementation
and benefits of Assistive Technology and Accessible Media in the
university, business and public setting. Other topic areas cover legal and
policy issues,
including ADA and 508 compliance. The creation of accessible media and
information resources, including Web pages and library resources are a
particular
focus of the event. For the main conference, accepted out of town speakers
will receive a 10% discount off conference registration fees. Local speakers
will receive a 5% discount. Additional incentives are 

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Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve
Norman Coombs [log in to unmask]

Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html

Subject: Access2Science
Hello Blind Math colleagues. Three blind scientists, Dr. Norman Coombs, Dr.
Cary Supalo, and Dr. Katsuhito Yamaguchi have joined me in sponsoring a new
web site devoted to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
access. See
http://www.access2science.com/
This site is intended to provide a wealth of articles and links to practical
information useful to blind and dyslexic people and to their peers, parents,
teachers, and various providers. At this point, the wealth is fairly slim,
but it is a start. The editors have invited articles on several obvious
topics of need/interest, and I encourage people on the Blind 

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From: Doug Cook [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:56 AM
To: Adina Joyce Mulliken
Cc: Aaron Dobbs; Ryan Sittler
Subject: Re: Call for Chapter Proposals

Adina
Thanks for bringing this up. We are open to adding useful chapters to the book so we appreciate your ideas. If you could forward this to your listserv we would be open to a chapter on accessibility
Cheers
Doug
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Adina Joyce Mulliken <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi Aaron, Ryan and Doug, 

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EASI has made 3 changes to its Webinars scheduled in this month!

1 The 2-part Flash series is now a single Webinar. It is on Jan. 18, the
date of the scheduled part 2 in the series. Part 1 from Jan. 11 is cancelled.

2 The Webinar on OneNote is changed from Jan. 10 to Jan. 19 

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EASI Webinars for January 2011

EASI actually has a large number of Webinars already scheduled for January,
February and for March 2011 with others being planned for the spring.

Karen McCall is enthusiastic about MS OneNote and will describe how it
works and its accessibility on Jan. 10

Many people use Flash and also many struggle with issues about making it
accessible. Adobe staff will explain Flash and discuss how to make it
accessible in 2 parts: January 11 and January 18 

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Two fresh-out-of-the-press articles on online accessibility. While they do not specifically address library issues, these are clearly relevant also for librarians.

Colleges Lock Out Blind Students Online (Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 13)<http://chronicle.com/article/Blind-Students-Demand-Access/125695/>

Best and Worst College Web Sites for Blind Students (Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 12)<http://chronicle.com/article/BestWorst-College-Web/125642/>.

Axel

Axel Schmetzke, Ph.D.
Professor
Library
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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FYI: Penn State Discriminates Against Blind Students and Faculty. National Federation of the Blind Files Complaint Against Penn State<http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=702> (Nov. 12, 2010)
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=702

Accessibility problems with the Library website are on top of the list of complaints.

Axel

Axel Schmetzke
Library
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Accessing Higher Ground - Join EASI & Others in the Rocky Mountains Nov. 15-19

13thAnnual Accessing Higher Ground Conference, Nov. 15-19

There are still pre-conference slots and lodging still available for this
year's 13thannualAccessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology
Conferenceat the Westin Hotel in Westminster. The conference focuses on the
benefits of Web Standards and Universal Design for Digital Media along with
strategies for making campus information resources accessible for students
with disabilities and effective for all audiences. 

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EASI is providing a few scholarships for people who can't get their school
to pay for the Webinar:
Accessible LMS: Moodle, Desire2Learn Sakai and Blackboard

We do this in memory of our long-time colleague and friend, Dick Banks.
You can read about the Webinar from the Webinar page:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

You can apply online for the scholarship from
http://easi.cc/webinar-scholarship.htm 

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I am sorry but I have to make TWO corrections to the previous announcement
about accessibility and 4 well-known LMS systems:

First Ken Petri is from Ohio State (now corrected in the announcement
below). The other is the
corrected URL where non-members can register for this fee-based 4-part series:
https://www.secure.servsite.com/easi/enrollment/enrollment_pal.shtml

*** corrected announcement is below **** 

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Webinar: Moodle, Desire2Learn, Sakai and Blackboard accessibility
A Four-part fee-based Webinar Series on the Accessibility of Learning
Management Systems
Oct. 19, 26 and Nov. 2 9 at 2 PM Eastern
Hosted by EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information

Week 1 Oct. 19 Moodle
Presenter: Brian Charlson from the Carroll Center for the Blind and Mark
Thompson from the University of Illinois 

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Free Webinar: Word 2010 Accessibility Features including the Accessibility
Checker
Wednesday September 29 at 11 Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 Eastern
Presenter: Karen McCall, M.Ed. Microsoft MVP 2009 for Word
Microsoft has consistently added accessibility features and tools for
document authors with each version of its Office applications. This webinar
will provide an overview of some of the tools available to create more
accessible documents and content.
You need to register now to save a seat in the Webinar room and to get the
link and related info to let you join the Webinar on Wednesday. You 

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Free Webinar: check this tool to help Create Accessible Online Course Content
SoftChalk : Authoring Tool For E-learning on September, Wed. 15 at 2 PM
Eastern
Hosted by EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information
Presenter: Steven Saltzberg,

With SoftChalk you can....
Create interactive web pages for your e-learning course. It's easy, quick,
and your lessons will 

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Dear Colleagues: The 13th Annual Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference will take place November 15‑19, 2010 in Westminster, CO, Accessing Higher Ground focuses on the implementation and benefits of Universal Design, accessible media and Assistive Technology in the university, business and public setting. AHG attracts the leading practitioners and decision makers in the field of campus accessibility, and accessible media in all environments. We invite you to review this year’s rich agenda at http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference. There are currently many great airfare deals to Denver for the middle of November; last year, the conference moved to the beautiful 

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EASI will again participate at this year's Accessing Higher Ground
Conference. Join EASI and other leaders in the field of campus
accessibility and accessible
media for the premier Assistive Technology and accessible media conference
of the Rocky Mountains. EASI will present sessions on Captioning Videos for
YouTube along with sessions on the state of web and IT accessibility
outside the U.S. 

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How do you know before buying and trying a book on Cdrom if it will be usable with a screen reader? My alma mater has partnered with some company to produce a two volume, fully illustrated history and alumni memories, etc. book which is available on Cdrom. I know the pictures won't be accessible, but I was interested in the text. The people producing and selling it couldn't tell me what format e.g. PDF etc. it was in although they were pretty sure it wasn't PDF. How do you figure it out? Thanks. Kathie 

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At the ALA conference, during our Universal Accessibility discussion, an interest was expressed in finding a better way for librarians to communicate about accessibility of library e-resources, such as databases, ebooks, etc.
The fcllowing was a wiki that had been set up for this purpose: (http://ascla.ala.org/toolkit/index.php?title=Accessibility_to_Library_Databases_and_Other_Online_Library_Resources_for_People_with_Disabilities ).
A small group has volunteered to create a simpler and easier Drupal-based website to replace this wiki.
We are looking for people who would be interested in joining a core group of volunteers to work on this.
The core group would work to connect with future contributors (such as users with disabilities and/or 

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Please come to the Universal Accessibility Meet-up, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, June 28th, 8am to 10am.

If you cannot make it in person the meeting will be broadcast in audio and text chat using the OPAL conferencing system.
The audio part of the meeting will be captioned using a remote CART captioning service.
Links and information to join the online auditorium and to access the remote CART transcription are below. 

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Please forward to colleagues or other lists as appropriate. Apologies for duplication!

Do you have questions about academic library accessibility issues, such as web accessibility, assistive technology, networking assistive technology, reference and instruction for users with disabilities, and captioning? DC Public Library Adaptive Services Division, LITA Accessibility Interest Group, ACRL Universal Accessibility Interest Group and ASCLA Academic Libraries Accessibility and Disability Discussion Group (ALAD), and will sponsor a joint discussion forum for academic library disability service topics. People with expertise in web development, high level adaptive technology users, and academic and public library adaptive technology professionals from AccessibilityDC Meetup and 

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Greetings Colleagues and Students,

Register for Psychology of Persons With Disabilities - 227 IN1. This
Internet course is being offered at Middlesex County College (Edison, New
Jersey) during the Fall Session: 09/07/2010-12/17/2010.

Welcome to Psychology of the Handicapped. People, with developmental
disabilities, are just like you and me. Together, we will be covering an
assortment of topics such as pregnancy, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Intellectual
Disabilities, Epilepsy, Learning Disabilities, and so much more. Since this
3 credit course is completely online, you can attend any time during the day
or night. As long as you are an active learner, I will 

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Please forward to colleagues or other lists as appropriate.

Do you have questions about academic library accessibility issues, such as web accessibility, assistive technology, networking assistive technology, reference and instruction for users with disabilities, and captioning? DC Public Library Adaptive Services Division, LITA Accessibility Interest Group, ACRL Universal Accessibility Interest Group and ASCLA Academic Libraries Accessibility and Disability Discussion Group (ALAD), and will sponsor a joint discussion forum for academic library disability service topics. People with expertise in web development, high level adaptive technology users, and academic and public library adaptive technology professionals from AccessibilityDC Meetup and the Adaptive Services 

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We want to be able to give double computer time to patrons with disabilities who need longer time. The authentication softwares we are familiar with (Telus and Envisionware) don't seem to be able to recognize different patron types...just different computer types, and we want to allow our patrons access to all library computers, mixed use or just AT. Does anyone have experience with this issue or possible solutions? Thanks in advance! 

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Dear Colleagues:

It's that time of year again. We're now accepting proposals
for the Nov. 15-19, 2010 conference. Information on
the submission process can be found below.

Request for Papers: April 2 deadline for first round of
submissions

Accessing Higher Ground:
Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference
November 15-19, 2010

Westin Westminster Hotel B Westminster, Colorado

Keynote Speaker: George Kerscher, Ph.D., Secretary General of
the DAISY Consortium 

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We are looking towards purchasing OCR software to process our eReserves
so that they are more accessible to all members of our university
community. At the present we are leaning toward ABBYY FineReader
Corporate or Nuance's OmniPage (with ABBYY in the lead because of ease
of use)

I am wondering if anyone has any experience with these products (or
others) and can offer advice on the best one for our purpose. 

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I wanted to share some info about Mike Marlin, Manager of the California State Talking Book and Braille Library, who is running for ALA Council. He helped write the Resolution for Purchasing Accessible Electronic Resources that passed at Annual 2009. Having worked very closely with him on it, I got to know him and I can say he is a very forceful personal advocate for social justice. I strongly believe he would be a great person to have on Council! 

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You can create books and documents in the new DAISY format that is
becoming standard

for books from NLS, Bookshare and Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic. The
DAISY

format provides readers the ability to use documents as people have done
for years with

print. The reader can locate chapters and pages in the middle of the book
without painfully 

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Our Library already has delivery services to the homebound of our city. However, we were seeking information about any ADA regulations or laws that mandate homebound library services. I read Title II and have looked around for other information but can't find anything specific. If someone can point me to clear rules about this, I'd appreciate it. 

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Available for free online the number 15 of the Documentation Magazine
with the following summary:

3 Editorial Mª. AUXILIADORA MARTIN GALLARDO 4 Interview JOHN TESKEY
(CANADA) 6 Training LAS UNIDADES DE INFORMACION EN EL CONTEXTO DE LA
TRANSPARENCIA Y EL ACCESO A LA INFORMACION PUBLICA 7 Interview ANDREAS
R. BRELLOCHS (SWITZERLAND) 10 News 21 Article LOS ARCHIVOS JUDICIALES:
FUENTE PARA LA INVESTIGACION HISTORICA. JORGE NUÑEZ CHAVEZ (MEXICO) 26
Article LA LECTURA Y LAS TECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMACION Y COMUNICACION.
DIEGO SANTANA ZUÑIGA (MEXICO) 31 Interview JORGE GAGLIARDI (ARGENTINA)
37 Reflections of a President LEY 20.285 DE ACCESO A LA INFORMACION
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Four-part Webinar Series on Social Media
Social continues to grow and expand. While there are some accessibility
problems especially

for a screen reader, these media are becoming more accessible, and many
people with every

disability you can imagine are becoming active and even avid supporters.
Educators are

exploring its uses as well. This series is both timely and important. 

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From: Danielsen, Chris [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 9:44 AM
To: RRC
Subject: FW: Blindness Organizations and Arizona State University Resolve Litigation Over Kindle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Chris Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
National Federation of the Blind
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Mitch Pomerantz, President
American Council of the Blind
(626) 372-5150 (Cell)
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
(202) 514-2007 

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Greetings Students and Colleagues,

Register for Psychology of Persons With Disabilities - 227 IN1. This
Internet course is being offered at Middlesex County College (Edison, New
Jersey) during the Spring Session: Start Date 16 February 2010 End Date 11
May 2010.

Welcome to Psychology of the Handicapped. People, with developmental
disabilities, are just like you and me. Together, we will be covering an
assortment of topics such as pregnancy, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Intellectual
Disabilities, Epilepsy, Learning Disabilities, and so much more. Since this
3 credit course is completely online, you can attend any time during the day
or night. As 

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Our library has Mango language program on the website through which you can study a dozen or so languages. Parts of it are totally inaccessible to screen reader users. Do you know any electronic language-learning products they could subscribe to that would be screen reader friendly?
Thanks for your help.
Kathie
Katherine Schneider, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist, Emerita
Counseling Service
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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Thursday Dec. 10 at 2 PM Eastern Standard
Webinar discussing Windows 7 and its accessibility

Read more and register for this free Webinar at:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

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Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve

Norman Coombs [log in to unmask]
CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information
phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone)
****READ ABOUT THE DICK BANKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm

Are you as eager to get the scoop
on Windows 7 as I am? I have been hearing favorable messages and wondering
if it was just another commercial. I heard little negative from the
community of computer users with disabilities. So, I put out a call for
someone to help me get beyond hype and rumors and get some facts. So, here
is EASI's next Webinar: 

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Hi:

I am scrambling to fill out the remainder of the calendar with interesting
and useful Webinars.
You can keep up on what is coming and can register for Webinars from
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

First, Thursday is another Webinar on Web 2.0 and social media. I have
dragged my feet on social media, and I am rushing to catch up. Expect more
on the topic soon! 

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Hi all,
This question was forwarded to me and I wanted to check if someone happens to know about this or have suggestions where to look. We are just starting, so haven't searched much yet. Thank you for any help!

Here is the chat transcript:

"I need a source (and to see if it is true) that in the past (like 60 years ago) the disabled were turned away from library school because they couldn't shelve books." 

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