[Athen] Distance Education and Assistive Technology

[Gaeir Dietrich]

Providing software on a student's personal computer has never been a
standard policy in the California community colleges. A few campuses "loan"
some software, but that practice is limited to software that "times out" or
can otherwise be controlled by the campus.

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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich 
High Tech Center Training Unit of the 
California Community Colleges 
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 
www.htctu.net 
408-996-6043 
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The HTCTU provides leadership, training, and support to the California
Community Colleges in using technology to promote the success of students
with disabilities.

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 12:21 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] Distance Education and Assistive Technology

 

Afternoon,

 

They are requesting this software for their personal computer?  That would
be a personal accommodation and therefore not required to be provided.  What
kind of voice recognition software are they asking for?  The built voice
recognition software in both VISTA and Windows 7 is pretty good if they just
need simple input.

 

Ron Stewart

 

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Brown, Carol
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:15 PM
To: athen at athenpro.org
Subject: [Athen] Distance Education and Assistive Technology

 

A student in another state is taking a distance education course from our
University and has requested speech-to-text software.  How are
colleges/universities handling this type or request?

Any policies/procedures that you wish to share would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks. 

 

Carol Brown
Assistive Technology Specialist
Student Accessibility Services
Rm. 244, Corbett Center
MSC 4149
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001
 
(575) 646-6840  Office
(575) 646-5222  Fax
(575) 646-1918  TTY

 

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