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Subject: [Acbny-l] News Release: At Chancellor Zimpher's Urging,
Google
Upgrades Service for visually challenged
Date:
Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:48:40 -0400
News Release: At Chancellor Zimpher's Urging, Google Upgrades
Service
for
News-Release
At Chancellor Zimpher's Urging, Google Upgrades Service for
Visually
Impaired Users
For Immediate Release: Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011
Contact: Morgan Hook;
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; 518-320-1311
Albany - State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L.
Zimpher today
commended Google, Inc. on its new initiative to increase
accessibility
for visually
challenged users on its major Web services.
In March, Chancellor Zimpher wrote to Eric Schmidt, Chairman of
the
Board & CEO of Google, urging the company to make their
Apps for Education
service more accessible to the visually impaired. SUNY campuses
began
using the service in 2010, but some visually impaired SUNY
students and
faculty were
having difficulty with the site, which prompted Chancellor
Zimpher to
contact Google.
"SUNY enrolls tens of thousands of blind and otherwise disabled
students, and we are committed to providing them with the same
top-quality technology that
is available to all students and faculty," said Chancellor
Zimpher. "It
is clear that Google shares our commitment to education and to
students
of all
ages, and I commend the company for its prompt response to the
needs of
our students and faculty by upgrading its education technology in
time
for the
2011-12 school year."
In the
letter,
Chancellor Zimpher praised the service, but noted that changes
needed to
be made "in order to fulfill our mission to provide the people of
New
York with
educational services of the highest quality and with the broadest
possible access." The letter continued, "Technology should make
their
educational experience
more accessible, not less so."
Google recently
announced
that it is rolling out accessibility improvements to Google Docs,
Sites
and Calendars, including new keyboard shortcuts and enhanced
screen
reader support.
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive
university
system in the United States, educating more than 467,000 students
in
more than
7,500 degree and certificate programs on 64 campuses with nearly
3
million alumni around the globe. To learn more about how SUNY
creates
opportunity, visit
www.suny.edu
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