[Athen] recommendations for tool compatible with screenreader for creating screencasts

[Howard Kramer]

Hi Norm,

What is the tool you use for screen capture? And what's the tool you use
with PPT for audio recording?

Thanks,
Howard


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Prof Norm Coombs <norm.coombs at gmail.com>wrote:


>  Howard:

>

> I often have a need to get screen shots of this or that to include in some

> of what I do online. There are tools that I can use with JAWS. I can

> navigate the controls and get something saved.

> The problem, being unable to see the actual screen I'm not sure what is

> being captured. JAWS often transforms the screen into a virtual replica and

> then I'm never sure what will be captured. And then, of course, I can't

> evaluate what got captured or know its quality.

>

> I can do it, but I'm not totally sure of what I am capturing or of what I

> actually captured.  I find I have a colleague with sight to actually make

> the capture.

>

> I have used a utility which lets me save a sequence of PowerPoint slides

> and simultaneously record audio to go with it. In that I made the

> PowerPoint, I have a fair idea of what the end result will be like, but

> when it comes to capturing something done by soneone else I'm never totally

> certain of it.

>

> Hopefully someone will have a better solution so I can learn too.

>

> Norm

>

> At 09:24 AM 5/13/2014, you wrote:

>

> I'm working with a blind student who wants to develop an online course.

> This will require the creation of screencasts. I would guess using

> PowerPoint with the built in recording function would be the method most

> compatible and feasible with a screenreader. Does anyone else have

> experience with this or recommendations?

>

> Thanks,

> Howard

>

>

>

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