[Athen] Dragon NS and Math/Engineering

[John Gardner]

Sarah, MathTalk was (I believe) intended primarily for people who are 
blind and cannot, for whatever reason, use a keyboard.  If your 
student is not blind and can use a trackball, then he should be able 
to use an on-screen keyboard and to compose math with more or less 
any conventional math authoring application.  Try Word with the 
MathType equation editor.  Writing math will be tedious, but frankly 
I doubt that anything that composes math with speech is likely to be 
fast either.

Am I missing something?

John




At 01:53 PM 8/30/2006, you wrote:


>Hello, I am currently working with a student at Colorado State 

>University who experienced a spinal cord injury and is now at an 

>incomplete C5-C6 level. He is using Dragon right now for all his 

>computing needs, although he can successfully manipulate a trackball 

>mouse which helps. His main issue is that he is an engineering 

>student and is looking for a program that interfaces well with 

>Dragon but will allow him to dictate math and engineering lingo he 

>needs. I am not too familiar with the engineering aspect so wanted 

>to query all of you to see if anyone has experienced a similar 

>situation and has any advice as to math or engineering programs that 

>would interface well with Dragon.

>

>I've looked up and have demo Cds of mathtalk by metroplex but the 

>student did not feel it would meet his needs for engineering entirely.

>

>Any suggestions?

>

>Thanks!

>

>sara

>

>Sara Tuman, MS, OTR

>Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC)

>Department of Occupational Therapy

>Colorado State University

>Fort Collins, CO 80523-1573

>(970) 491-0625

>F: (970) 491-6290

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>

>

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>From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] 

>On Behalf Of Michael Goldhammer

>Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:19 AM

>To: Athen at athenpro.org

>Subject: [Athen] Jenzabar Portal Accessibility?

>

>Colleagues - Haven't posted in a while, been trying to drain swamps 

>and you know what happens then! I'm trying to ascertain 

>functionality and accessibility of Jenzabar Academic Portal for use 

>by students with disabilities. Any comments on portals in general 

>and Ideas as to how I can determine access for blind users would be 

>appreciated.

>

>Here is a list of questions that I'm working on:

>

>1. JAWS and Jenzabar keyboard shortcuts?

>

>2 . Do I use web page verifiers to check for 508 standards for 

>password protected portals?

>

>3. What kind of training materials need to be in place to be 

>effective for individuals with disabilities to use portals and 

>specifically Jenzabar?

>

>Feedback is appreciated!

>

>

>Michael Goldhammer

>Assistive Technology Computer Specialist

>Mt Hood Community College

>26000 S.E. Stark Street

>Gresham, Oregon 97030

>503.491-7593

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