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From: Joseph O'Connor
Date: Wed, Aug 02 2006 1:00PM
Subject: accessible forms generation tool
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I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a forms generation software
package that produces accessible forms?

I know about the Accessify tool:

http://accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/accessibility-tools/form-builder/

I need something self contained that prompts forms creators for all
the information needed to generate accessible forms.

Thanks,

Joseph O'Connor
CSUN
Manager, University Web Communications




From: John Foliot
Date: Wed, Aug 02 2006 3:20PM
Subject: RE: accessible forms generation tool
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Joseph O'Connor wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a forms generation software
> package that produces accessible forms?
>
> I know about the Accessify tool:
>
> http://accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/accessibility-tools/form-builder/
>
> I need something self contained that prompts forms creators for all
> the information needed to generate accessible forms.
>
> Thanks,
>

Have you looked at A-Form? http://www.atutor.ca/aform/index.php

Cheers!

JF
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John Foliot
Academic Technology Specialist - Online Accessibility
Stanford University
560 Escondido Mall
Meyer Library 181
Stanford, CA 94305-3093






From: Joseph O'Connor
Date: Fri, Aug 04 2006 1:30PM
Subject: Re: accessible forms generation tool
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John Foliot wrote:
> Have you looked at A-Form? http://www.atutor.ca/aform/index.php

John,

I should have specified that the software package that will generate
accessible forms be usable by mere mortals:-) I can't distribute
AForm and expect that anyone on campus will have the foggiest idea of
how to install and implement it except a very few support people.

Joseph O'Connor
CSUN
Manager, University Web Communications




From: Robert Yonaitis
Date: Fri, Aug 04 2006 1:40PM
Subject: RE: accessible forms generation tool
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Here is a free form tool for windows. Supports Tables or CSS layout, HTML or XHTML

http://www.hisoftware.com/access/valueadd9.html

This might be useful as well

-rob





From: Eoin Campbell
Date: Tue, Aug 08 2006 3:20AM
Subject: accessible forms generation tool
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There are a number of elearning course content conversion tools which
convert
Word documents into HTML.
Some of the tools convert specially structured tables in Word into
fairly accessible
HTML forms, for example YAWC Online (our product - www.yawconline.com),
and courseGenie (www.horizonwimba.com).

Where you put the HTML pages after they are created is up to the author.

However, the background processing of the forms is a different matter.
It must still be developed in some non-generic way, I think.
Forms generated with elearning tools generally are self-assessments, where
the answers are displayed using embedded JavaScript, or are intended for
use in
SCORM-conformant VLEs/LMSs such as Moodle, Blackboard, etc.

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> I should have specified that the software package that will generate
> accessible forms be usable by mere mortals:-) I can't distribute
> AForm and expect that anyone on campus will have the foggiest idea of
> how to install and implement it except a very few support people.
>
>

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