Fix for Dragon Version 10 Install Error Message

April 21, 2009 at 7:20 am | In Speech to Text, accessibility, assistive technology | Leave a Comment
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This just in from our Technology Learning Services:

Some Dragon users are receiving a “Visual C++ runtime file needs to be installed, etc.” message when trying to install version 10.  Here is a link to a fix that will allow users to download the 10.1 release, as long as they have their serial number available.

If they go to this website and fill out a brief form, Nuance  will send them via email a download of the entire 10.1 version.

CourseSmart and Section 508 Compliance

March 24, 2009 at 5:55 am | In Publisher digital request for, creating digital textbooks, electronic texts, faculty resources | Leave a Comment
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I was pleased to see that CourseSmart has acknowledged the issue of  the inaccessibility of their e-textbooks and have a page on their site with an apology and a statement concerning their intent to change the format of their e-textbooks to become Section 508 compliant.  The page also lists the links to the permission forms for their publishers.  I am hoping that as more universities and colleges are leaning towards using open-course content and away from using standard textbooks, CourseSmart will fear the loss of income and speed up the process towards compliance.

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