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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Has
anybody experienced the accessibility of the BookEye scanner unit?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
received the following e-mail:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>in
searching for reviews/possible explanations of how (or how well) the Book Eye
works for the visually impaired patrons, I found your post on a listserv.
Do you have one of these stations – such as the KIC station? Aside
from the capacity to read text and output to MP3, do you know anything about
how easily a visually impaired person can use it? All the literature from
DLSG shows or describes the touch screen input method, cropping, etc –
all of which I have a hard time (as a sighted person) understanding how a blind
person can use independently.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
folks at DLSG are at ALA and I’m not, so I’m grabbing at straws to
have questions answered. If you have had experience with the KIC system
and visually impaired patrons, could you give me your opinion or share some of
your knowledge? Please ignore this request if you are too busy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many
thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jacqueline
Tygart, Associate Librarian for Art, Architecture, Philosophy & Religion</span></b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Drury
University, F. W. Olin Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>900
N. Benton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Springfield,
MO 65802<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="mailto:jtygart@drury.edu"><span style='color:black'>jtygart@drury.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Kenneth Elkind<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Adaptive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>University of Massachusetts - Boston<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>IT-ED Tech Operations<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Healey Library /UL/ 032<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>617-287-5243<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kenneth.Elkind@umb.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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