[athen] [Fwd: Looking for accessibility ideas for BSAD 141]

[Kathleen Cahill]

Hi Nick;

I can't tell from the email what the subject content of the course is.  MS
Access is supposed to work with JAWS for Windows but, of course, I don't know
if it will specifically work with the specific database the student needs to
use for this course.

As far as Visio, it seems too visual and pictorial to work with a screen reader.
 I have never tried JAWS with Visio, but just my limited experience with Visio
leads me to wonder if it's too graphical for text to speech.

Kathy Cahill
MIT ATIC Lab
kcahill at mit.edu

Quoting Nick Ogrizovich III <defnick at yahoo.com>:


> hello fellow problem solvers,

> this is an email from a prof at our college:

> i'd thought i'd ask the list to see if this has been done before...

> _________________

> 

> This semester, we have our first blind student in BSAD 141. A large

> part of 141 involved charting various systems, then implementing them

> in Access.

>  

> We're currently stymied as to how to teach the bulk of the course

> that 

> involves Access and Visio.  Will JAWS be able to handle the design 

> surface of Access and Visio?  Are there alternatives?  Are there any 

> resources that would assist us in finding a middle ground for this 

> student?  Any ideas?

> _____________________

> 

> 

> thanks,

> nick at the university of vermont

> 

> =====

> Nick Ogrizovich III

> http://www.uvm.edu/~nogrizov

> defnick at yahoo.com

> 

> 

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