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

Jiron, Randi RJiron at roguecc.edu
Tue Jun 6 10:14:20 PDT 2006


I hear that we also pay a percentage of the cost of the product the
second year....Can you tell me anything about that?

Thanks,

Randi Jiron
Support Services Specialist

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Beach
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:17 AM
To: athen at athenpro.org
Subject: Re: [Athen] Has anyone heard of this??[Scanned]

Randy,

The Ultimate Talking Dictionary, Text-2-Audio and PDF Magic can be used
by a blind individual. However, none of the Premier products are
designed to be screen readers and therefore cannot substitute for JAWS
or Window-Eyes. By the same token, Premier does not have a screen
magnification program that can substitute for ZoomText or Magic. Their
products are more specific in nature such as the Talking Word Processor
and Universal Reader.

Don't be mislead. The Universal Reader is not designed for the visually
impaired and cannot substitute for a screen reader. I've known people
who thought they would use it as such only to find it wouldn't work for
a blind person. It is specifically designed to support reading for
individuals with learning disabilities and/or language barriers.

Hope this helps.



Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66112
Phone: (913) 288-7671
Fax: (913) 288-7678
E-mail: rbeach at kckcc.edu


>>> RJiron at roguecc.edu 6/6/2006 10:51 AM >>>

Have you had any blind students use this? Can it be used instead of JAWS
or Zoomtext?

Randi Jiron
Support Services Specialist

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:05 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Has anyone heard of this??[Scanned]

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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