[Athen] Assistive Technology Use and Citrix's XenApp or Microsoft's App-V Virtual Environment

[Thomas Kearns]

Premier AT helped my college put their literacy tools into Citrix XenApp
and it is working well. It's a great way for students to have use of a
software other than college computers. All they need is a URL to the
xenapp, their student login and they can use Premier AT any place anytime
they need it.



*Thomas Kearns*
 Assistive Technician / Accessibility Specialist ATACP
Office of Disability Resource Center
Truckee Meadows Community College
7000 Dandini Blvd. (RDMT 315-U)
Reno, Nevada 89512
Wk: 775-673-7209  Fax 775-673-7207
Email: tkearns at tmcc.edu
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On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Cassandra L. Tex <
Cassandra.Tex at humboldt.edu> wrote:


> Greetings All,

>

> Sorry for the cross post…

>

>

>

> Has anyone been successful in using assistive technology (specifically

> JAWS, MAGic, and Dragon NaturallySpeaking) in either Citrix’s XenApp or

> Microsoft’s App-V virtual environment?  Our IT folks are moving in the

> direction of serving up programs virtually but we’re having difficulty

> getting JAWS and MAGic to work in this environment (we haven’t even started

> dealing with DNS).  We do have a remote access license for JAWS and MAGic.

> JAWS is installed both locally and remotely.  JAWS works fine locally and

> we can start the virtual programs.  However, once the virtual environment

> is loaded, JAWS ceases to work.  In some cases JAWS will echo the

> keystrokes, but in others, JAWS is silent.  Keyboard access does work, but

> JAWS does not.

>

>

>

> We have the latest versions of both JAWS and MAGic…

>

>

>

> If anyone has been successful in implementing a virtual environment using

> either Citrix’s XenApp or Microsoft’s App-V virtual environment with

> assistive technology, I would appreciate it if you would share your

> knowledge!

>

>

>

> Thanks in advance for your help!

>

>

>

> Cassandra Tex

>

> Assistive Technology Specialist

>

> Humboldt State University

>

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