Wink Harner, Assistive Technology Consultant, The Foreign Type
Sean Keegan, Associate Director, Stanford University
Disability Area: Topic Area:
Length of Session (in hours): 5-6 hr
Format: Lecture
Expertise Level: Beginner
Type of session: Not provided
Summary of Session
Features five technology specialists from all across the US. Each speaker will present key steps in making math accessible from a number of angles: from alt text conversion, audible math, speech to text math, Braille & Nemeth code production, to text to speech in accessible web browser for math.
Abstract
Speakers & topics include:
1. Wink Harner - using MathTalk, Dragon Naturally Speaking and Scientific Notebook in speech-to-text production of Math; using an e-pen and a bamboo tablet to produce formatted math in MSW.
2. Marshall Sunnes & Wendy Holden - Presenting CWU newly developed tools: CAR Check, CAT Toolbar & CAR to check accessibility in math, to use in alt text production to create accessible content, & a screen reader which reads math content.
3. Todd Schwanke - An overview of workflows, strategies, tools & resources, in Nemeth Braille production. Workflows and strategies for providing Nemeth Braille in courses w/advanced math.
4. Sean Keegan - Alt Format Production for STEM Content with Infty Reader. Focus on producing accessible formats of STEM materials. Demo streamlining production process
5. Greg Kraus -Using MathJax to more easily publish accessible math on the Web, including browser support, plus research on a fully accessible web-based screen reader for math.
Kepoints
Gain an overview of different input methods to convert math into accessible formats
Learn strategies and steps in alt text production for math including print, audio and tactile.
Learn about new developments and research in web-based screen readers for math.
Speaker Bio(s)
Wink Harner
Wink Harner. BA, ABD - Has been an active member of ATHEN for 25 years and served for nearly a decade on the ATHEN Executive Board as Member-At-Large. Wink was invited as the keynote speaker for the 2019 Texas AHEAD conference and has been a keynote speaker at AZTAP in Arizona. She is the former director of disability services at Mesa Community College in Arizona, the Adaptive Technology Specialist for the DR office at Southern Oregon University. She currently works in freelance adaptive technology consulting and provides specialized alternative text conversions in math, sciences and foreign languages. She has been a professor of multiple languages for more than 25 years having completed her doctoral studies in Spanish, Portuguese, & French. Since August 2016, Wink developed and taught the adaptive technology in higher education core course for CUNY's Masters of Science in Disability Studies Program. In 2023 she developed a course in professional development for AHEAD in adaptive technology in higher education. She has presented at adaptive technology conferences for decades. For fun, Wink plays trombone in a wind symphony and a jazz band, as well as performing as a professional storyteller with the Portland Storytellers Guild.
Sean Keegan
Marshall Sunnes, Coordinator, Central Access, Disability Services, Central Washington University
Wendy Holden, Disability and Accessibility Consultant, Disability Services, Central Washington University