[Athen] AT software causing problem with IT loadsets

[Howard Kramer]

Thanks Bob, Ron.

-Howard

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Bob Shimmin <
bshimmin at bakersfieldcollege.edu> wrote:


> In answer to your question about putting AT software on the lab image, we

> have not experienced any problems.  We have Kurzweil 3000, Jaws, and Read &

> Write Gold in all labs and in some labs we have also added ZoomText and

> Dragon (because of the limited number of licenses we have).

>

>

>

> The only performance issue we have run across is the login time.  The more

> software, of any kind, you have the longer the login time will be.  We use

> a product called DeepFreeze which does not save any of the users settings

> or information for that session once the computer is rebooted.  So each

> time the user logs in it is like logging in for the first time and the

> profile has to be rebuilt.

>

>

>

> Bob Shimmin

>

> Bakersfield College

>

> Systems Support Specialist

>

>

>

> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Ron

> *Sent:* Monday, January 25, 2016 9:52 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] AT software causing problem with IT loadsets

>

>

>

> It used to be a real problem, in particular when one piece of AT would

> fight with another. I have done recent testing for several years and this

> is no longer the case. I do a regular training in which we load up the four

> major screen readers at the same time and other than getting quad TTS no

> BSDs.

>

>

>

> Ron Stewart

>

> On Monday, January 25, 2016, Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org> wrote:

>

> Hello All:

>

>

>

> Does anyone know of a reason to avoid putting AT software (JAWS for

> example) into IT loadsets (computer lab software configurations) so that

> this software can be distributed across campus computers? Our IT contact

> feels it might cause the systems to be unstable. I know this can sometimes

> happen. How have you addressed this on your campuses?

>

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Howard

>

>

>

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