Speakers and Handouts
Dan Clark & Eric Damery, Freedom Scientific
Lab: Accessible Distance Learning Solution for Training and Testing with JAWS and MAGic
Tuesday, November 10, 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Training Materials and Online Learning
The Freedom Scientific Webinar Training Room
Practice Documents, Exams, and Continuing Education Units
Saint Petersburg, Florida (Word)
Terrill Thompson, DO-IT, University of Washington
Video Accessibility (PowerPoint Presentation)
Video Accessibility (PDF)
Tuesday, November 10, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
A Longitudinal Study on Higher Education Web Accessibility: Implications for Advocates (Powerpoint Presentation)
A Longitudinal Study on Higher Education Web Accessibility: Implications for Advocates (PDF) Friday, November 13, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Julie Balassa, Valencia Community College
Jeff Bazer - Dolphin Computer Access
Taming the Savage Source File (aka using Word & Dolphin EasyConverter to produce multiple student-ready alternate formats from one raw source file) (Powerpoint Presentation)
Friday, November 13, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Betsy Beaumon - Bookshare/Benetech
Bookshare's University Partners Program: Increasing the availability of accessible materials and textbooks for post-secondary students in the US.
Saturday, November 14, 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
BKS University Partner Program (PDF)
Mary Barnett
Making the DAISY (ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2005) Connection: DAISY, Academic Libraries, and Assistive Technology in Higher Education
Saturday, November 14, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Robert Beach - Kansas City Kansas Community College
Starting Up an Alternate Format Production System
Thursday, November 12, 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Growing Daisy!
Thursday, November 12, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Steve Boyle - Freedom Scientific Learning System Group
Tips for Maximizing your AT Potential with WYNN Software
Thursday, November 12, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Gaeir Dietrich - HTCTU
DAISY 101
Thursday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Alice Anderson - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Student Technology Use: Who, What, How, When, Where and Why?
Thursday, November 12, 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Deanna Arbuckle - University of Dayton
Assistive Technology & Higher Education ~ A Collaboration for Provision of E-Text (PDF)
Thursday, November 12, 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Outline - Assistive Technology & Higher Education ~ A Collaboration for Provision of E-Text (PDF)
Dennis Lembree - Web Overhaul.com / Web Axe
Twitter and Web Accessibility (ppt)
Twitter and Web Accessibility (pdf)
Twitter and Web Accessibility (rtf)
Thursday, November 12, 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Michelle Swaney - Center on Deafness, University of Tennessee
Heather Webb, Office of Disability Services, University of Tennessee
Collaboration for Accessible Distance Education
Thursday, November 12, 2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
E. A. Draffan - University of Southampton
Walking the tightrope between standards and a holistic approach to Web 2.0 usability and accessibility(HTML)
Thursday, November 12, 11:15 am - 12:15 p.m.
Eric Wagenfeld - Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne
Accessible Technology on a Budget: How to utilize available free and low cost AT to better serve your students
Friday November 13, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Hadi Rangin - University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Marc Thompson - University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Usability and accessibility in Web Conferencing Tools: Side-by-side comparison of four Web conferencing Tools (HTML version)
Friday, November 13, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
John Gardner - ViewPlus
DotsPlus Braille for the Mainstream Teacher
Thursday, November 12, 11-15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Easy to Make Accessible Scientific Graphics
Thursday, November 12, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Andy Leach - Dolphin Computer Access
Dolphin Pen II, Next Generation Access Technology on a USB Thumb Drive6
Friday, November 13, 2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Susan Kilmer - St. Louis Community College at Meramec
The Amazon Kindle DX and Accessibility - An Overview
The Amazon Kindle DX and Accessibility - An Overview (Word)
Saturday, November 14, 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
E. William Clymer - National Technical Institute for the Deaf/RIT
Assistive Technologies at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Friday, November 13, 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Jesse Hausler - Colorado State University
Craig Spooner - Colorado State University
The Universally Designed Learning Experience
Friday, November 13, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Kamran Rasul - American University
Learn how to utilize the Blackboard System to distribute accessible files to your students, securely!
Friday, November 13, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
In-house Captioning!
Saturday, November 14, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Panel Lunch
From Clay Tablets to the Kindle – implications of the new e-book technology, moderated by Anne Taylor, NFB Panelists: Gaeir Dietrich, HTCTU, Susan Anthes, CU-Boulder, Zahavit Paz, LDRFA
Friday, November 13, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
E Text Readers and E Text Books
The development of Technology and Assistive devices
Jean Salzer - Student Accessibility Center, UW-Milwaukee
Universal Design in Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards
Saturday, November 14, 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Kara Zirkle - George Mason University
Web Accessibility - Roles and Responsibilities
Thursday, November 12, 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Bryan Gould & Trisha O'Connell - WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
Accessible Science: How To Describe STEM Images
Thursday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Mireia Ribera - Universitat de Barcelona
Making PDF documents truly accessible
Friday, November 13, 2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Making PDF documents truly accessible (PDF)
Adobe Accessibility Quick Reference Card
Accessing PDF Documents with Assistive Technology - A Screen Reader User's Guide
