[Athen] Has anyone heard of this??[Scanned]

[Kelmer, Susan M]

>Have you had any blind students use this? Can it be used 

>instead of JAWS or Zoomtext?


It is not appropriate for visually disabled students and will not replace
the "big boy" products of Jaws and Zoomtext.  In fact, it offers no product
that competes with those.  However, the package has some wonderful tools for
LD students.

Susan Kelmer
Coordinator
Information ACCESS Lab
St. Louis Community College at Meramec
314/984-7951
 


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>[mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Jiron, Randi

>Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:52 AM

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>Have you had any blind students use this? Can it be used 

>instead of JAWS or Zoomtext?

>

>Randi Jiron

>Support Services Specialist

>

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>[mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M

>Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:05 AM

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>We use it on this campus, primarily the talking word 

>processor, the text-to-audio feature, and the magic PDF 

>converter.  They are a suitable low-cost alternative for some 

>of our LD students.  

>

>Susan Kelmer

>Coordinator

>Information ACCESS Lab

>St. Louis Community College at Meramec

>314/984-7951

>

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