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Claude Almansi

Campus announces restriction of public access to educational content | The Daily Califo... - 0 views

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    "UC Berkeley announced Wednesday that it would restrict public access to existing educational content after a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation concluded that many of the video captions did not meet standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Campus will instead invest in developing new online content with necessary accessibility features, according to campus spokesperson Roqua Montez. Montez said that because of limited viewership of more than 20,000 course capture videos and a projected cost of at least $1 million for captioning, campus decided not to revamp the videos deemed inaccessible. "On average, the older videos were watched for less than 8 minutes," Montez said. "(It) doesn't make sense to go back and do that, given the budget climate we are in. We had to weigh that as a factor.""
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    Articolo sull'annuncio di Berkeley del ritiro dalla visibilità pubblica dei video non conformi ai requisiti di accessibilità
Claude Almansi

WAVE Web Accessibility Tool - 1 views

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    Strumento per la verifica dell'accessibilità delle pagine Web, con criteri più aggiornati - mi pare - di CynthiaSays, ad es. ARIA. Grazie a Mattia Lanzoni - https://www.diigo.com/user/Matzlanz - per la segnalazione. PS: Forse non c'entra direttamente con questo cMOOC #ltis13 - però i cMOOC usano tanti strumenti sociali di cui è necessario valutare l'accessibilità (anche di cosa si produce con essi) se poi li si vogliono ri-adoperare anche a scuola. E questi strumenti sociali presentano caratteristiche tecniche (di codice) che altre applicazioni più vecchie (?) di valutazione dell'accessibilità non prendono in conto.
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    Grazie Claude, utilissimo.Condivido e sottoscrivo quanto dici sui criteri di accessibilità.
Claude Almansi

About DCMP - 1 views

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    "Our mission is to promote and provide equal access to communication and learning through described and captioned educational media. The ultimate goal of the DCMP is for accessible media to be an integral tool in the teaching and learning process for all stakeholders in the educational community, including students, educators and other school personnel, parents, service providers, businesses, and agencies. The DCMP supports the U.S. Department of Education Strategic Plan for 2014-2018 by committing to the following goals: Ensuring that students (early learning through grade 12) who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind have the opportunity to achieve the standards of academic excellence. Advocating for equal access to educational media as well as the establishment and maintenance of quality standards for captioning and description by service providers. Providing a collection of free-loan described and captioned educational media. Furnishing information and research about accessible media. Acting as a gateway to Internet resources related to accessibility. Adapting and developing new media and technologies that assist students in obtaining and using available information."
Claude Almansi

Learning Center - Articles - DMCP.org - 0 views

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    "CAPTIONING [+]About Captioning [+]Benefits of Captioning [+]Captioning Guidelines [+]Captioning Vendors [+]Research and Studies [+]Spanish [+]The Law DESCRIPTION [+]About Description [+]Benefits of Description [+]Description Guidelines [+]Description Vendors [+]Research and Studies [+]Spanish [+]The Law DESCRIBED AND CAPTIONED MEDIA PROGRAM [+]About the DCMP [+]History - Captioned Films for the Deaf, Captioned Films/Videos Program, and Captioned Media Program [+]History - Captioning Manuals and Guidelines [+]History - Closed Captioning [+]History - John Gough [+]History - Malcolm Norwood [+]Recommend Media to the DCMP ACCESSIBLE MEDIA UTILIZATION [+]For Educators [+]For Interpreters [+]For Other Consumers [+]For Parents"
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    DMCP = Described and Captioned Media Program. Vedi anche la pagina http://www.dcmp.org/about-dcmp : "Our mission is to promote and provide equal access to communication and learning through described and captioned educational media. The ultimate goal of the DCMP is for accessible media to be an integral tool in the teaching and learning process for all stakeholders in the educational community, including students, educators and other school personnel, parents, service providers, businesses, and agencies. The DCMP supports the U.S. Department of Education Strategic Plan for 2014-2018 by committing to the following goals: Ensuring that students (early learning through grade 12) who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind have the opportunity to achieve the standards of academic excellence. Advocating for equal access to educational media as well as the establishment and maintenance of quality standards for captioning and description by service providers. Providing a collection of free-loan described and captioned educational media. Furnishing information and research about accessible media. Acting as a gateway to Internet resources related to accessibility. Adapting and developing new media and technologies that assist students in obtaining and using available information.
Claude Almansi

The Ultimate Section 508 Guide for Students: Content for Everyone - 0 views

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    "The Ultimate Section 508 Guide for Students In 1973, the United States government passed a sweeping piece of legislation known as the United States Workforce Rehabilitation Act. Intended to aid those with disabilities, this legislation provides funding for ...vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance (and) authorizes a variety of training and service discretionary grants administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration. As technology advanced, and both the workplace and society as a whole underwent significant changes, the need of those with disabilities also evolved. In order to foster equal access to the Internet and related technologies for all, the government added Section 508 to the Workforce Rehabilitation Act in 1998. What is Section 508? As amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220), Section 508 ...requires federal agencies to develop, procure, maintain and use electronic and information technology (EIT) that is accessible to people with disabilities - regardless of whether or not they work for the federal government. In short, federal law requires government agencies to create and use electronic devices, and content developed to be used with them (e.g., websites, media files, etc.), that people with disabilities can readily access. "
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    Questa guida è scritta in lingua molto semplice e illustrata da video, mentre la sezione 508 dell'ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act, un po' come la legge Stanca in Italia) in legalese originale è più difficile da capire.
Claude Almansi

UC Berkeley Responds to DOJ Letter Over Web Accessibility - 3PlayMedia, Oct 5, 2016 - 0 views

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    "The US Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division is doing everything that it can to make the web and information technology (IT) more accessible to people with disabilities. One of the most effective ways to achieve this goal is by following up on complaints submitted by citizens who feel their rights to use the internet are being denied by an organization's inaccessible technology. A landscape portrait featuring Berkeley's Campanile tower in the foreground and a rainy San Francisco Bay in the background That's exactly what happened when, in October 2014, the DOJ began investigating the free, public MOOC (Massive open online course) system offered by University of California, Berkeley when deaf and hard of hearing individuals complained they could not access the audio and video content on the site. On August 30, 2016, the DOJ submitted a 10-page letter to the administration at UC Berkeley stating that they had found the university's MOOC content to be in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which protects disabled people from discrimination. Legal Context: How Are MOOCs Subject to Accessibility Laws? The laws surrounding free online course content accessibility are not explicit."
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    L'articolo descrive il contesto e gli aspetti giuridici del confronto sull'accessibilità tra Dipartimento della Giustizia US e l'Università di Berkeley.
Claude Almansi

Intervention of the Holy See: WIPO Diplomatic Conference on a Treaty for the Blind | Kn... - 0 views

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    The Holy See delivered this statement on 18 June 2013 at the Marrakesh Diplomatic Conference on a WIPO Treaty for the Blind. Statement by His Excellency Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva at World Intellectual Property Organization Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities Marrakech (Morocco) "...Mr. President, The primary goals of the copyright system is the dissemination of creative works to enhance the common good. Copyright has never been an end in itself. Increasingly, technological developments have strained the capacity of copyright law to limit the ways in which the public accesses creative works. As stated by Jean Paul II, in his Encyclical Letter Laborem Exercens, "It would be radically unworthy of man, and a denial of our common humanity, to admit to the life of the community, and thus admit to work, only those who are fully functional. To do so would be to practise a serious form of discrimination, that of the strong and healthy against the weak and sick" [2] . Since all persons are called to contribute to society, it is fundamental to create an international instrument that could give even to impaired people a variety of opportunities to discover their potential, understand their environment, discover their rights and put to the best use their talents and resources both for personal fulfilment and for their contribution to society. This common good must be served in its fullness, not according to a reductionist vision subordinated only to the advantage of some people; rather, it is to be based on a logic that leads to the acceptance of a comprehensive responsibility. "The common good corresponds to the highest of human inclinations [3], but it is a good that is very difficult to attain because it requires the constant ability and effort to see
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    La difesa incondizionale da parte del Vaticano di un trattato OMPI per i ciechi e altre persone che non possono adoperare testi stampati è particolarmente interessante: in incontri precedenti su questo trattato - sotto il Papa precedente - il Vaticano si era allineato sui paesi ricchi del cosiddetto "Gruppo B" dell'OMPI nel chiedere di seppellire questo trattato.
Claude Almansi

A statement on online course content and accessibility | Berkeley News (UC Berkeley, Se... - 0 views

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    " We look forward to continued dialog with the Department of Justice regarding the requirements of the ADA and options for compliance. Yet we do so with the realization that, due to our current financial constraints, we might not be able to continue to provide free public content under the conditions laid out by the Department of Justice to the extent we have in the past. In many cases the requirements proposed by the department would require the university to implement extremely expensive measures to continue to make these resources available to the public for free. We believe that in a time of substantial budget deficits and shrinking state financial support, our first obligation is to use our limited resources to support our enrolled students. Therefore, we must strongly consider the unenviable option of whether to remove content from public access. Please know that we fully intend to exhaust every available option to retain or restore free public availability of online content. It is our hope that we will find an appropriate resolution with the Department of Justice that allows us to serve the extended seeing- and hearing-impaired community and continue to provide free online content."
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    Risposta di Berkeley alla lettera del Dipartimento di Giustizia US sulla non conformità dei materiali di corso con i requisiti della legge.
Claude Almansi

When Equal Access Means Zero Access for All | Foundation for Economic Education March 1... - 0 views

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    "Last week, the University made its decision final, and announced that it will begin the process of removing all the content on March 15th. To add insult to injury, it turns out that removing this digital library will ultimately end up requiring about five months worth of work- a cost UC Berkeley will be forced to pay."
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    Articolo "anti-stato" sulla disputa tra Berkeley e il Dipartimento della Giustizia US (DoJ) in merito all'accessibilità dei corsi pubblici di Berkeley. L'autrice ignora deliberatamente diversi fatti: il riconoscimento da parte del DoJ degli sforzi di Berkeley per implementare l'accessibilità, il fatto che i video inaccessibili non verranno cancellati, ma il loro accesso verrà per ora ristretto, ecc,
Claude Almansi

Opening remarks of the WBU at Marrakesh Diplomatic Conference on a WIPO Treaty for the... - 0 views

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    Opening Remarks WIPO DIP Com 18 June 2013 By: Maryanne Diamond on behalf of the WBU [World Blind Union] "...I urge you to play your part in making a difference in the lives of these millions of people, by agreeing a treaty that is simple, usable and meaningful. We cannot accept a treaty which has no substance, nor, can we accept a treaty full of bureaucratic and cumbersome requirements. We cannot accept a trophy treaty that will not work in practice. When considering your proposals, changes or amendments to the text, please stop and think about what that change will make on the ground to the people this treaty is about. You have received copies of our positions on the key issues in the current text of concern to us. * Commercial availability in articles D and E will ensure the treaty fails * The treaty must allow for distribution to individuals * The treaty must not allow TPMs to be a block to access to a book by blind people Please ask us if you're not sure what the impact of text you are considering will be on the ground. We are here for the entire conference. ..."
Claude Almansi

Filmmakers' group tries to reshape treaty that would benefit the blind - The Washington... - 1 views

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    "By Kimberly Kindy, Published: June 22 Hundreds of negotiators from around the world have descended on Morocco this week to finalize a treaty aimed at ensuring that millions of blind and vision-impaired people can get books in accessible formats like audio, Braille and large print. But the treaty, years in the making, could be in jeopardy because of unresolved differences between advocates for the blind and the Motion Picture Association of America, which says the accord could undermine protections important for filmmakers, publishers and other major industries."
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    Lungo pezzo seriamente documentato sulla proposta di un trattato OMPI che faciliti la condivisione tra paesi diversi di libri in formati accessibili ai ciechi - e sul lobbying accanito della MPAA e di altri grossi produttori di contenuti contro questo trattato. La corrispondenza e-mail tra i lobbyisti della MPAA e il rappresentante US all'OMPI citata verso la fine dell'articolo può essere scaricata da http://keionline.org/node/1759 . La traduzione italiana automatica dell'articolo con http://translate.google.com/ ha le sue pecche tipiche, però rende abbastanza il senso generale.
Claude Almansi

Affrontare l'accessibilità - per un sito più accessibile in 30 giorni - Mark ... - 1 views

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    "Questo libro risponde a due domande. La prima è "Perchè dovrei rendere più accessibile il mio sito?" E se non avete un sito web, questo libro non è per voi. La seconda domanda è "Come posso rendere il mio sito più accessibile?" Se non siete convinti della vostra prima risposta, non sarete di certo interessati alla seconda. Ed ora, tuffiamoci nello studio. Potete prelevare 'Affrontare l'accessibilità' versione in italiano come HTML (328 KB, zip) come PDF (668 KB, zip) Potete leggere 'Affrontare l'accessibilità' Indice Tutti i suggerimenti nell'ordine in cui sono stati pubblicati. Raccomandato per una prima lettura Suggerimenti per protagonista I suggerimenti sono qui raggruppati per ognuno dei personaggi protagonisti Suggerimenti per disabilità I suggerimenti sono presentati per disabilità, sia fisica che tecnologica Suggerimenti per principi di progettazione Suggerimenti raggruppati per principi di progettazione consigliati dal W3C. Tutte le pagine web dovrebbero essere percepibili, funzionali, navigabili, comprensibili, e robuste Suggerimenti per tipo di browser Suggerimenti raggruppati per browser o per prodotti specifici di ausilio alla disabilità Suggerimenti per strumenti di pubblicazione Suggerimenti raggruppati per strumenti di pubblicazione.Ogni suggerimento, se utilizzabile, include specifiche istruzioni per ognuno degli strumenti di pubblicazione inserito nel libro. [NdT ovvero MovableType, Radio Userland, Manila, Greymatter, Blogger.]" Traduzione italiana di Roberto Scano e del team Webaccessibile.org .
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    Originale inglese ora in http://diveintoaccessibility.info/ , poiché Mark Pilgrim ha provato a cancellare - ogni sua traccia online nel 2011, compreso il sito originale diveintoaccessibility.org. Vedi http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2011/10/04/searching-for-mark-pilgrim/ . Interessante e necessaria l'impostazione "multiprospettiva" di Dive Into Accessibility / Affrontare l'accessibilità.
Claude Almansi

ginger's thoughts | Silvia [Pfeiffer]'s blog - 1 views

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    Silvia Pfeiffer fa ricerca su come sfruttare le potenzialità di HTML5 per rendere audio e video accessibili. Inoltre è bravissima nello spiegare questi temi tecnici in modo semplice.
Vincenzo Capasso

Il digitale è una cultura, non una tecnica: il giornalismo e le dieci leggi d... - 7 views

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    Interessante, però manca qualsiasi indicazione sull'inasprimento del diritto d'autore da quando c'è il digitale e dai grattacapi causati, che fanno parte integrante - purtroppo - di quella cultura digitale. Dal commento in attesa di moderazione che ho lasciato al post di Mario Tedeschini: "sotto questo post, c'è la scritta "Copyright © 1999-2007 Elemedia S.p.A. Tutti i diritti riservati" seguita da "Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso Spa" (collegato a gruppoespresso.it). (...) cosa sarebbe quell'Elemedia? Non lo spiega nemmeno la pagina gruppoespresso.it . Certo, se si va sulla sotto-pagina delle attività radiofoniche, viene spiegato (ma cosa diamine c'entra questo blog con quella SpA che gestisce le attività radiofoniche) e c'è un link a elemedia.it , ma reindirizza automaticamente a gruppoespresso.it. Che valgano allora le condizioni stipulate nella sottopagina "notizie legali" di gruppoespresso.it, le sole indicazioni fornite agli utenti? Sono molto più limitative della legge italiana sul diritto d'autore, che prevede restrizioni al copyright ad es. per scopi educativi e di accessibilità per i disabili, per la parodia e la citazione. Gruppoespresso.it no: la sola restrizione che consentono quelle notizie legali è quella per utilizzo personale. Perciò Gloria Vanni le ha violate, citando 4 righe di questo post quando l'ha ribloggato, anche se quella citazione è lecita secondo la Legge sul diritto d'autore. E per non essere di resto, le ho violate ancora più platealmente utilizzando Webcitation.org per ottenere un riferimento accademicamente corretto di questo post: "Mario Tedeschini. Il digitale è una cultura, non una tecnica: il giornalismo e le dieci leggi dell'universo digitale. Source: Kataweb. . URL:http://mariotedeschini.
Claude Almansi

Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Vis... - 1 views

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    Ossia: Trattato di Marrakech per facilitare l'accesso alle opere pubblicate per le persone cieche, ipovedenti o con altre disabilità che impediscono l'uso dei testi stampati" Pagina del sito dell'OMPI dal quale il trattato può essere scaricato in inglese, francese, spagnolo, arabo, cinese e russo.
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    Qualcuno avrebbe un suggerimento per rendere "print-disabled" più snellamente? Definizioni: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/print-disabled http://www.readingrights.org/definition-print-disabled Nelle traduzioni ufficiali del trattato (nelle lingue che capisco), per "otherwise Print Disabled": FR ayant d'autres difficultés de lecture des textes imprimés ES con otras dificultades para acceder al texto impreso In http://www.unipd.it/ilbo/content/accesso-ai-libri-i-non-vedenti-miracolo-marrakech Antonella De Robbio usa: "che non hanno accesso alla cultura nei supporti a stampa e in video" - "in video" è interessante perché si riferisce a una bozza anteriore che avrebbe incluso anche i sordi tra i benificiari (via la sottotitolazione), ma che ha attratto l'ira di Hollywood , rischiando di far naufragare l'intero trattato.
Claude Almansi

Why parents should worry about Office 365's Immersive Reader dictation feature for stud... - 0 views

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    "Beginning in February, Microsoft plans to offer a new feature for young students: Immersive Reader dictation, a new feature within Office 365 apps for Windows and the Mac. As a parent of two elementary school students, though, I'm concerned that this feature-which brings smartphone-style voice dictation to traditional desktop apps-will be an unwelcome crutch."
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