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RE: Accessibility Scheduling/Calendar Tools

Posted By John Lee 05-06-2024 12:50:30 PM
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If your campus has a Microsoft 365 subscription, I recommend checking out Microsoft Bookings. It's free (if you have Microsoft 365), accessible, and works well for a basic scheduling tool. John John Lee pronouns He/Him/His Assistive Technology Specialist & Accessibility Professional Disability ...

RE: Captions for text-based videos?

Posted By John Lee 04-11-2024 12:17:21 AM
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Hi Sarah, I would add an audio track to the video where someone reads aloud the onscreen text in the slides and provides audio descriptions of any of the non-text elements, if there are any. This provides access for Blind/low vision folks and those with learning disabilities and low literacy. Then ...

RE: Microscope access for students in Wheelchairs

Posted By John Lee 03-25-2024 07:59:07 PM
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Hi Laura, How about connecting a microscope-compatible camera to the microscope so the wheelchair user can view the live images on a connected monitor. The live microscope video output shown on the monitor can easily be viewed by the user from their wheelchair without need to position themselves over ...

RE: ICYMI GPT-4 was announced yesterday by openai.com

Posted By John Lee 03-15-2023 09:13:56 AM
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Thanks, Margaret. Another article recently posted on this topic is from TechCrunch: GPT-4's new capabilities power a 'virtual volunteer' for the visually impaired Be My Eyes is a great free app. Now that it's incorporating Chat GPT-4, Be My Eyes can offer some similar AI-based computer vision like ...

Whisper transcription tool for Windows?

Posted By John Lee 03-01-2023 08:41:00 AM
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Hi all, I've recently been playing with the relatively new MacWhisper software, based on the open-source Whisper transcription software created by the folks at Open AI (same creators of ChatGPT). I've been very impressed with the accuracy and ease of use of MacWhisper, especially in comparison to ...

RE: Smart building Applications (AI or otherwise) for ADA compliance

Posted By John Lee 02-21-2023 08:38:38 AM
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Hi Sharon, FYI - There is a new Chrome extension called Talk-to-ChatGPT that uses both speech recognition (for asking questions) and text to speech (for providing responses). John John Lee pronouns He/Him/His Assistive Technology Specialist & Accessibility Professional Disability Resource ...

RE: Accessibility technology for hard of hearing folks

Posted By John Lee 02-21-2023 08:30:43 AM
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Hi Joe, I wanted to offer one more suggestion. One of our IT staff has set up a low-cost, easy-to-install portable PA system called Audio Fetch Express ($549.00) as an assistive listening system in several of our smart classrooms. It can use the existing campus WiFi network or its own built-in WiFi. ...

RE: Alternatives to Otter AI

Posted By John Lee 10-12-2022 08:41:33 PM
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Hi Lori, We've been using Otter.ai at our university for student accommodations, primarily. I have looked into Ava for Education as an alternative, especially given the recent price increase by Otter.ai. Unlike Otter.ai, Ava is specifically designed for use by Deaf and hard of hearing individuals ...

RE: Assistive technologies and training

Posted By John Lee 02-21-2022 09:00:32 AM
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Hey Joshua, I remember seeing your Trello board below a few years ago when you kindly shared it on another listserv (I don't recall where I saw it). As others have said, it's an awesome resource and a fantastic application of Trello for organizing the information! It's great to see that you continue ...

RE: Assistive technologies and training

Posted By John Lee 02-21-2022 09:00:22 AM
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------------------------------ John Lee Assistive Technology Specialist California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo CA jlee245@calpoly.edu ------------------------------

RE: Assistive technology for a faculty member with hearing aid

Posted By John Lee 02-10-2022 02:15:32 AM
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Hi Cris, In addition to the excellent suggestions that others have already offered, consider having the instructor use a portable personal amplifier like the Pocketalker 2.0 with a shotgun (or directional) microphone such as the Williams handheld unidirectional microphone or the MM300 super-directional ...

RE: QR Math Accessibility (Graphs, Statistics, Conversions)

Posted By John Lee 01-25-2022 04:52:09 AM
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Hi Andy, Since you mentioned that the class instructor specified a need for graphs of statistical information, I wanted to suggest a couple of software options geared towards users of screen readers and Braille: BrailleR - designed to provide improved access to R, an open source statistical software ...