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Published works by Alan Cantor

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1. Windows guides

• Keyboard Access Tips. (Current version: 2.2.) 2004 - 2008.
• Keyboard Access FAQ. (Current version: 1.4.) 2004 - 2008.
• Windows Macros FAQ. (Current version: 3.0.) 2004 - 2008.

2. Articles in conference proceedings

• Voice-enabling a Web-based Application: Lessons Learned. 2008 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles.
• Enhance Accessibility and Usability with "Smart" Macros. 2007 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles.
• PDF Accessibility Survey: Progress and Contradictions. 2007 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles.
• Case Study: Keyboard Training and Hotkey Macros Quadruple Productivity. 2006 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles.
• Dimensions of Usability: Toward a Rational Keyboard GUI Keyboard Interface. 2005 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles.
• Radical Software Surgery: Case Studies in Advanced Customization. 2005 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles.
• Enhancing the Accessibility and Usability of Microsoft Office Applications Using Visual Basic. 2004 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles.
• Macro Techniques: Wormholes through Windows. 2003 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles. A version of this paper with a fully accessible complex data table is reproduced here.
• Speech Recognition: an Accommodation Planning Perspective. 2001 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles.
• Through the Wormhole: Exotic Computer Shortcuts for People with Disabilities. 2000 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles.
• Avoiding the Mousetrap: an Evaluation of Keyboard-only Access to Windows. 1998 CSUN Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles.
• Disability in the Workplace: Effective and Cost-effective Accommodation Planning. NATCON 1998 Conference Proceedings.
• Keyboard-only access to Windows for "single-digit" typists. RESNA `97. (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Devices Society of North America). June 20-24 1997. Pittsburgh.
• The future of workplace accommodations: containing costs and maximizing effectiveness. National Conference on Disability and Work/Confèrence nationale sur le monde du travail et les personnes handicapées. 7 - 9 October 1996. Toronto.
• Repetitive strain injuries (RSIs): risk factors and prevention strategies for employees who use alternative and augmentative communication systems. The 4th Annual Pittsburgh Employment Conference for Augmented Communicators, August 23-25 1996.
• Repetitive strain injuries at the adapted keyboard: preventing computer overuse injuries in persons with disabilities. Proceedings, 1995 CSUN International Technology and Persons with Disability Conference. Los Angeles. E-text.

3. Journal and book articles

• Super Shortcuts: Software Modifications for People with Disabilities, 2006, in Abilities, Winter 2006 issue.
• Accommodating People with Disabilities in Web-based Training Programs, 2001, in "Web Based Training," Published by Educational Technology Publications. Edited by Dr. Badrul Khan. Abstract for the Chapter.
• NaturallySpeaking 5.0: Is the Upgrade Worthwhile? Real Times. May - July 2001, No. 49, pp. 6-7. Center for Accessible Technology, Berkeley, CA.
• The Complete Equation: The Importance of Workplace Accommodations with Computer-induced RSIs. Rehab Management International, Fall 1999, Volume 9, Number 1, p. 32.
• Understanding the Costs of Job Accommodations. Back to Work. September 1997, p. 5.
• Accommodating Employees with Disabilities: a Primer. Series of articles published in Worksite News, 1996-1997:
  Part 1: The Duty to Accommodate
  Part 2: The Costs and Benefits of Accommodating Employees with Disabilities
  
• The ADAPTABLE Approach: A Practical Guide to Planning Accessible Libraries. Library Hi Tech News. Vol. 14, No. 1. 1996. Consecutive Issue #53. pp. 41-45.
• The AD-A-P-T-A-B-L-E Approach: Planning Accessible Libraries. Information Technology and Disabilities, Vol. 2, No. 4. December 1995.
• Computer Access for Persons with Print Handicaps. Kermit News, No. 6. March 1995.

4. Government publications on accessibility

• A Short Guide to Media Accessibility. (2007) by Alan Cantor, William McQueen, Don Peuramaki, and Charles Silverman. Developed for the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario.
• A Guide to Annual Accessibility Planning under the Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2001. (2002). The original guidelines and report templates were developed for the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario.
• A Guide to Accessible HTML Data Tables. (2003). Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario.
• Quick Guide to Accessible HTML Forms. (2003). Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario.
• Model for Intranet Remediation and Repair. (2003). Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario.
• Web Format Accessibility Matrix. (2003). Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario.
• Testing for Accessibility. (2003). Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario.
• A Quick Guide to Accessible PDF. (2002). Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario.
• A Quick Guide to Jaws and HTML Data Tables. (2002). Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario.
• Accessible Word Forms. (2002). Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario.
• Tips for Creating Word Documents that are Accessible to People with Disabilities. (2002). Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario.

5. Podcasts

• Wormholes Through Windows (Part One). In the first of a two part EASI webcast, Alan Cantor examines Windows accessibilty by viewing it through a usabilty lens. Transcript of podcast. Recorded: 18 January 2006.
• Wormholes Through Windows (Part Two). In the second of two EASI webcast, Alan Cantor continues his talk. Transcript of podcast. Recorded: 25 January 2006.
• Smart Macros. Dr. Lynn Gitlow of Hussan College interviewed Alan Cantor about "smart macros" in March 2007 for the Connsense Bulletin. Transcript forthcoming.

6. Quotations and citations

• Accommodation Can Increase Productivity (2006), reprinted in NBDC Review. May 2006, Issue 5, pp 2 - 4. Published by the National Business & Disability Council, Albertson, NY.
• Micro Changes, Macro Results: The Benefits of Mainstream Product Modifications. (2006) by Jane Berliss-Vincent. Published in Axistive, the Assistive Technology News Portal, 25 March 2006.
• In English: Accommodation Can Increase Productivity; en français : Les mesures d'adaptation peuvent augmenter la productivité. (2006) by Deb Finn. Published in Accessible News #26, Winter 2006, by ADIO (Assistive Devices Industry Office).
• Distance Education - A Systems View. Second Edition. (2005). Michael G. Moore and Greg Kearsely. Thomson - Wadsworth. Belmont, CA. Citation appears on page 119.
• The Archive Dilemma: What to do with Legacy PDF Files (2005) by Glenda Watson Hyatt. Published in Accessible Content, Volume 1, Number 2, page 7.
• Access Denied, by Scott Foster. Published in IT Business.ca, 10 December 2003.
• A quote by Alan Cantor appeared in the web masthead for Terra Incognita: Disabled Environments Workshop & Group Collaborative Exhibition. 17-22 September 2002, Goldsmith Hall, University of Texas at Austin.
• Focus On: Worker Accommodation — Affordable and Integral to Worker Well-Being. By Suzan Butyn. Published in PPRC Review, November 2002 issue.
• For an aging population, technology help is at hand. By Grant Buckler. Published 31 May 2002, page T5, in the Globe and Mail.
• Policy and Guidelines on Disability and the Duty to Accommodate. Ontario Human Rights Commission. 22 March 2001.
• Internet Inclusion: A Growing Trend? By Donna Gifford. Published 6 May 2000 in Spinewire Magazine.
• Site Unseen. The January 1999 issue of "Inside Technology Training" featured an article by Sarah Auerbach about making web-based training programs more accessible to people who are blind.
• Ensuring accessibility: IT can help disabled users escape technology's restraints. David Raths. 26 October 1998, InfoWorld, Volume 20, Issue 43.
• Access Mysteries: The RESNA Conference Solutions. Susan Gilbert Beck, Richard Banks and Norman Coombs. Library Hi Tech News. September 1998, Volume 155, pp. 11-16.
• The Painful Truth About Using a Computer. Craig Colby. EXN.ca, 2 May 1998.
• Stating your case: How to sell the merits of disability management to senior executives. Dianne Dyck. Benefits Canada. February 1998. Maclean Hunter Publishing Ltd.
• Ergonomist Career Interview. Carolynn Van de Vyvere and Keri-Lynn Smith. The Bridges Initiatives Inc., 1998.
• The Long, Dark Tunnel of Pain at the End of the Web. Shapiro, Michael. Web Review, March 7, 1997. Songline Studios, Inc. Web Techniques and Web Design and Development. Miller Freeman, Inc.
• The carrot before the adaptive stick: healthy work habits a must for RSIs. Successful Job Accommodation Strategies. Horsham, PA. February 1997. Volume 2, Issue 10. p. 12.
• (Article about library accessibility). Disability Compliance for Higher Education. Volume ?, Issue ??. p. ??
• A six-step plan for world class accommodation. Workplace Diversity Update. November 1996. p. 5.
• The accessible Canadian library II: a resource tool for libraries serving persons with disabilities. Scott, Wendy. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 1996, as represented by the National Library of Canada. Ottawa.
• Workers with carpal tunnel take much longer to return to work. Successful Job Accommodation Strategies. Horsham, PA. September 1996. Volume 2, Issue 5, p. 4.
• Easy Access: Consultant bucks tradition, finds solution to accommodate chemist. Successful Job Accommodation Strategies. Vol. 2, Issue 4, August 1996. p. 4. Horsham, PA.
• Accommodation alternatives: Evaluating speech recognition. Office Ergonomics Update. Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 1995.
• Repetitive strain injury and AAC. Augmentative Communication News. March/April 1995, Vol. 8, No. 2.
• RSI: Pains, Strains and Computers. The Toronto Star. 15 April 1995, pp. A1 - A18.

7. Health and safety manuals

• Preventing repetitive strain injuries: a guide for graduate students who use computers. Graduate Students Union, University of Toronto, 1993.
• RSI fact sheet. Lakeshore Area Multi-service Project, Etobicoke, Ontario, 1993.

8. Curricula

• ADAPTABLE: a creative & practical approach to workplace accommodation planning.
• Employment accommodations for people with disabilities: a primer.
• Internet access for people with disabilities: a manual on universal Web-page design. Co-author: Dena Shumila.
• Marketing workplace accommodations to employers. (Includes exercises to sensitize participants about disability issues.)
• Preventing RSI: the view from the other side. (Full-day and half-day sessions)
• The RSI Factor. (One-hour information session)
• Fifty ways to prevent and accommodate RSI.

9. Other publications

• Text Macros for Choosing Folders, July 2007.
• "Intelligent" Macros that Reduce the Cognitive Effort of Operating a Computer, June 2006.
• A Review of NaturallySpeaking Version 7.0, May 2003.

10. Request for reprints

For reprints e-mail us or telephone 416-406-5098.

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