Introduction Email

Hello, my name is Teenya Franklin and I joined the PWG last week. This is
just a brief email to say Hello and introduce myself.

I currently serve as the Accessible Materials Specialist for the Pearson
Accessibility Group for School. My position entails working with company
wide teams on document accessibility evaluation and remediation, developing
and delivering accessible materials training, and accessible resource
management.

Most recently Pearson Assessment has begun researching the pros/cons of
moving the development of documentation such as teacher /administrator
manuals and specifications from PDF to EPUB. As my knowledge of accessible
documentation is limited to that of PDF and MS Office applications, I went
seeking resources. Luckily my supervisor Brent Bakken was familiar with the
PWG and assisted me in contact the group.

I previously served as Director of Community Programs for Knowbility,
overseeing all AIR (Accessible Internet Rally) programs, the annual John
Slatin AccessU and AccessU West Accessibility Training conferences and
other Knowbility training and educational efforts.

I am currently a member of 501 Tech Club, and in the past have participated
as a mentor in the summer mentoring program through the Texas School for
the Blind. At one time I served on the Steering Committee for the
Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities and was also a member of
Austin Connects, a partnership for professional development in the
community technology sector.

So that is me and how I got here, I look forward to being a part of the
group and working with you.

Teenya Franklin
Accessible Materials Specialist

Pearson

M: 512 - 945-9074

Learn more at pearson.com

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