[Athen] Placement Test and Screen Reader Software

Bossley, Peter A. (Pete) bossley.5 at osu.edu
Wed Sep 10 14:35:18 PDT 2014


Nope, RW Gold really doesn't work for blind students.



Peter Bossley
OCIO Accessibility Analyst
Office of the Chief Information Officer Enterprise Applications
017 Enarson Classrooms Building, 2009 Millikin Rd, Columbus, OH 43210
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-----Original Message-----
From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Erin Lauridsen
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:06 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Placement Test and Screen Reader Software

Hi Carol,
Curious if this solution works for blind students? In my experience Read and Write must be operated with a mouse, would love to know if there is a work around.

Thanks,
Erin

--
Erin Lauridsen
Screen Reader Specialist
University of Michigan
erinlau at umich.edu
(734) 764-7825



On 9/10/14, Carol Raymundo <raymundo at linnbenton.edu> wrote:

> We did a huge study of this very thing this summer. As of last week I am so

> happy to say we are no longer using human readers with Accuplacer. We found

> that the only screen reading software that works with Accuplacer is Read

> and Write Gold. We decided to purchase 2 licenses that are on USB's so they

> can be moved around in the testing center. Feel free to contact me if you

> would like to discuss this some more.

>

> Regards,

>

> Carol Raymundo, MS

> Coordinator, Center for Accessibility Resources & Student Assessment

> Linn-Benton Community College

>

> raymundo at linnbenton.edu

> 541-917-4832

>

>

> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:18 AM, Schneider, Karen <

> karen.schneider at sinclair.edu> wrote:

>

>> Hello: In an effort to eliminate/reduce use of human readers on

>> Placement Tests, I wanted to know if any of your schools use the

>> Accuplacer

>> test. If so, what screen reader software have you found to be compatible

>> with it?

>>

>>

>>

>> Thank you in advance,

>>

>>

>>

>> Karen

>>

>>

>>

>> *Karen L. Schneider, MRC, CRC*

>>

>> Adaptive Equipment Specialist

>>

>> Sinclair Community College

>>

>> 444 West Third Street

>>

>> Dayton OH 45402

>>

>> (937) 512-2136

>>

>>

>>

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>

> --

> Regards,

>

> Carol Raymundo, MS

> Coordinator, Center for Accessibility Resources & Student Assessment

> Linn-Benton Community College

>

> raymundo at linnbenton.edu

> 541-917-4832

>

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